Mazda RX7 SA22C - Revell

[Technics]

 

Going for out of box, open hood as it looks great open. Green is neat but I’m tempted by a metallic brown, believe it was the minor facelift option colour. Well see! 

 

For the interior I’d like to try an intimidating as it’s so revealing but faithful carpet color of the era a beige-mustardy-brown. None of which are pictured of in stock I have.. yet.

 

 

Edited 20 hours ago by Technics

[Technics]

Currently the rear wheel is not absolutely centered in the wheel well ( ocd torture ) .

The four corners are taped in place best I could for now for a mock-up.. faking the offset. Kinda nice with a narrow car and narrow track for a original late 70s/ early 80s car.

Generally I’m still surprised how good kits line up- it’s tiny plastic that’s been in a box for years, sometimes decades with questionable quality control and deviation.

I removed a fair bit of material to get the chassis to mate with the body. The wheelbase is off by a millemeter or two, it’ll be solved as I am liberal with gluing at final assembly to get things to look right overriding mechanical accuracy. I separated the muffler from the rest of the exhaust to make the muffler a more desirable stout angle and position. Before this it was angled downward and awkward, a true pet peeve of mine 😆 for any car! 

 

 

 

[DJMar]

Sweet! This is one of those Monogram gems that gets overlooked because the tooling was created in the late 1970s and isn't very detailed, but it's a fun build. I think it represents the real car pretty well in the end.

[Technics]

@DJMar I agree It looks really nice, the parts themselves are great. Don’t see many built really. It’s one of my favourites. I couldn’t help also pickup a modern ( I’m guessing ) tooled version. 

 

[DJMar]

4 hours ago, Technics said:

@DJMar I agree It looks really nice, the parts themselves are great. Don’t see many built really. It’s one of my favourites. I couldn’t help also pickup a modern ( I’m guessing ) tooled version.

Yes, that Hasegawa kit is relatively recent (2021 or so). It's much more detailed and better designed, and builds up into a really nice 1st gen RX-7.

[absmiami]

Just thinking - could the Hasegawa kit be a starting point for the ‘85 RX 7 SE ??  That’s the Mazda that i haven’t owned that i wish would follow me home some day …