Fujimi Mazda RX-7 FD3S 1:24 Scale

[Funkychiken]

Wanted to do an OOB kit, and have made reasonable progress so for.

 

Looking to get this done within a month.

 

 

[Funkychiken]

Those bonnet pins will be removed

the body has been pre-assembled.

the wing mirrors sit in a strange place, so they've had pins aded to make them easier to install

 

 

 

[Funkychiken]

Chassis is now painted, with Tamiya Flat black, hand painted details using Tamiya Acrylics and then a coating of Semi-matt clear.

 

[Funkychiken]

Probably the only non OOB thing i'll do is add this cross beam - made out of sprue from the kit

 

[Funkychiken]

Spoon test, this is Zero Grey primer, with Zero Black base & a light coating of Proscale Aston Martin Blue, finished with a coating of Zero 1K thinnned with Mr Color levelling thinner.

Looks a bit like Midnight Purple - but in blue...

 

[Dann Tier]

Love the look of this car, and its coming along brilliantly!

[Funkychiken]

On 5/3/2024 at 9:50 AM, Dann Tier said:

Love the look of this car, and its coming along brilliantly!

Thanks Dann, appreciate it!

[Funkychiken]

Interior was simple and easy to put together. I was tempted to put in some belts, but decided to get this completed quickly rather than faff with that.

 

The Chasis was also simple to put together, just waiting for wheels

 

 

 

[oldcarfan]

Love what you're doing, these kits build up so nice!

[Funkychiken]

This has had a coat of Zero Grey Primer

A coat of thinned Zero Black (it was called gloss black, but these lacquer base coats always turn out in a satin finish

then masked the black bits and coated in Aston Martin Blue - the same proscale paint used on my Mazda Mx5 - It was difficult to get an even coating, so i probably applied too much & coated the black too thick. But its good enough for me, I waan't going to go over it again...

then applied decals - added a few additional decals to fill the gaps.

 

I did use Microsol, and that left stains, when I cleaned the car for top coating, the decals came loose, so had to try to re-stick with microsol... eventually coated in Proscale 2k - this time I did add a little Mr Color self levelling thinner.

 

The result as seen is not as deep a colour as the spoon test, but a darker blue than the MX5, the gloss top coat is orange peely, and has a few pits, but minimal dust - which is a bonus - I was woried about sanding / polishing the paint with the decal underneath. 

 

Next up is polishing....

 

 

 

https://images2.imgbox.com/a4/89/r3yiF4lg_o.jpg

 

 

[Spottedlaurel]

It's coming together nicely Atin, the way it's turned out slightly darker looks good to me. Polishing should be a fairly minimal exercise?

[Funkychiken]

16 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

It's coming together nicely Atin, the way it's turned out slightly darker looks good to me. Polishing should be a fairly minimal exercise?

Thanks Nigel, im worried about going through the clear coat where the decals are,  but should be minimal! 

[Funkychiken]

Some progress on this car

Head lights were masked for spraying black on the inside & results. Not perfect, but good enough for me.

 

[Funkychiken]

The windows did not fair so well.

I masked it up, but forgot tomask this bit, I started spraying & noticed.

I tried to clean off with lacquer, but it cut into the surface!

SO I finished masking & painted, now its dry, I'm going to have to sand and polish out the inside of the windscreen

 

[Funkychiken]

The tail light is gloss black, with the exception of these six 3mm diameter lights.

They are too small to mask with tape

SO I'm going to mask with PVA, spray them black, and then remove the PVA to then finish off in the appropriate colours.

If that doesn't work, there is a plan B

And with PVA:

 

[Funkychiken]

Window was dealth with over a few days

1st I polished with Tamiya Coarse, and it was too bad

2nd I used Tamiya wet & dry  (using it wet of course) 400, 600, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000

3rd Micro mesh 3600

4th Micro mesh 4000 & 6000

5th Tamiya Coarse 3 times

6th Tamiya Fine twice

It turned out OK, not perfect, but good enough for me!

This is not one of my strengths, I tend to rush, push too hard, or try to cut corners.

but this time, I spread it out, and it helped me stay on course.

Next up is the photoetch grilles

[oldcarfan]

So mad! I found this kit in the Austin HobbyTown and then got distracted and forgot to buy it. I hope they still have it next month when we're back there.

[Funkychiken]

16 hours ago, oldcarfan said:

So mad! I found this kit in the Austin HobbyTown and then got distracted and forgot to buy it. I hope they still have it next month when we're back there.

Good luck Gary, its a nie little kit, simple to put together, the body setails are what takes the time

[Funkychiken]

Minor update, during a chassis fit test, there is a gap after the wheel arch, its too noticable, so I've added some plasticard & have painted it now (unpictured), Next up is some PE grilles.

 

Edited July 7, 2024 by Funkychiken

[Funkychiken]

A couple of weeks of updates

Headlamps in.

I also cut and fitted 11 pieces of Hex pattern Photoetch. it was fiddly, and lots of it got scrapped, but got there in the end

Wing mirrors in & front side spoiler thnigs fitted.

I've also added some PE bonnet pins, I used X22 Tamiya clear for this, it looks OK, but a bit wonky.

 

 

 

[Jonathan]

Looking great so far! Really like the blue.

[Funkychiken]

The final piece to paint is the tail light

 

I've painted the black, but want to clear coat it, so waiting for that...

 

[Funkychiken]

Final touches are now done!

I made an exhaust tip with large diamter alu tube - I did thin-down the end as much as possible, and then put the wing and diffuser in place. 

I'm calling this done now, I do need to take some proper pictures and post in finished models!

Really happy how it turned out for a kit that cost less than £20!

 

[SpikeSchumacher]

Excellent job on that Atin! 

[Funkychiken]

Thanks Spike!