CrewDawg15 Posted July 30, 2010 Posted July 30, 2010 Looks Great. I've been wanting to get my hands on one of these for a long time. I'm also curious about the engine. I think it would look great with a twin funneled Weber 44/48 IDA carb.
cruz Posted July 31, 2010 Author Posted July 31, 2010 I am going with the Rotary engine from this kit, I am planning to put in a carb vs a turbo, I want the old school type look. I did one of these engines before but stuck it in a Vega, they are very small engines but will look perfect on this build!!! Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki
cruz Posted July 31, 2010 Author Posted July 31, 2010 I have another kit of this car and it's permitting me to use it as a mockup so that I don't have to be handling my painted body, that's always a good thing! I have been playing around with the stance and I am almost there, I might tweak it a bit more and probably lower it a bit but up 'til now, I am happy. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki
Zoom Zoom Posted July 31, 2010 Posted July 31, 2010 Nice progress; I have one of the Tamiya RX7's w/the rotor wheels in my "built decades ago" stash, never got the 1st version (green one on the box) since it was rather toylike. I like the Monogram kit; the shape may not be quite as dead-on as Tamiya's, but if you do a nice job finishing the model it becomes a non-issue. I realized that after I had someone commission me to build the Monogram kit; I ended up building two of them side-by-side, so I could keep one for myself. I have the RX7 cafe racer as a parts kit and found a mint/unbuilt this past year, had terrible time finding them for a few years. It's a real shame that you can't build the "real" Racing Beat car from it; they did the basic graphics but the body kit is quite different. Guess they weren't going to spring for a new body, so went with separate flares instead. Oh well... I may end up robbing the parts kit for outfitting a Fujimi RX3 w/an opening hood and full engine.
cruz Posted July 31, 2010 Author Posted July 31, 2010 Nice progress; I have one of the Tamiya RX7's w/the rotor wheels in my "built decades ago" stash, never got the 1st version (green one on the box) since it was rather toylike. I like the Monogram kit; the shape may not be quite as dead-on as Tamiya's, but if you do a nice job finishing the model it becomes a non-issue. I realized that after I had someone commission me to build the Monogram kit; I ended up building two of them side-by-side, so I could keep one for myself. I have the RX7 cafe racer as a parts kit and found a mint/unbuilt this past year, had terrible time finding them for a few years. It's a real shame that you can't build the "real" Racing Beat car from it; they did the basic graphics but the body kit is quite different. Guess they weren't going to spring for a new body, so went with separate flares instead. Oh well... I may end up robbing the parts kit for outfitting a Fujimi RX3 w/an opening hood and full engine. Thanks Bob, they are quite rare but I really like them also, being Puerto Rican, they were and still are very popular in the Island and also with a lot of the Jersey and New York Puerto Rican community. May I ask you to post a few pictures of the one you did right here? Would love to see what you did with yours!!
Zoom Zoom Posted August 1, 2010 Posted August 1, 2010 Thanks Bob, they are quite rare but I really like them also, being Puerto Rican, they were and still are very popular in the Island and also with a lot of the Jersey and New York Puerto Rican community. May I ask you to post a few pictures of the one you did right here? Would love to see what you did with yours!! One of my best friends was a major rotorhead; he worked here in Atlanta for Jim Downing, I even got to ride w/him in Jim's '67 Cosmo Sport one time...nobody on the road had a clue how rare it was. My friend owned a bunch of RX3 SP's over the years, and I'm going to eventually do an SP conversion of Fujimi's kit. His last SP was sold and shipped to PR. Seems PR and New Zealand are the two world hubs of vintage rotaries. Anyway, here's the RX7. Was a fun OOB kind of build; guess it's been 10 or 12 years since I built it.
cruz Posted August 1, 2010 Author Posted August 1, 2010 Thanks Bob, this is a real treat, I love the color you chose. I am also planning to do the Tamiya kit but I also want to add an engine to it and use the original rims that come in the box. I also have some of the RX3 models which at some time will also be built. Thanks for sharing this!!!
charlie8575 Posted August 1, 2010 Posted August 1, 2010 Nice build, Bob. And as said before, Marcos, I like your. I'm going to off-topic here because it's a question I've never had a good answer. What exactly is a "Cafe racer?" It sounds like it should be a speed-demon waiter on roller skates at a large Dunkin' Donuts! Charlie Larkin
cotto Posted August 2, 2010 Posted August 2, 2010 Looking great Cruz, you can even go a little lower but I also think is good the way it is. I have been looking at images under google of these cars and have found out that some are way high, don't know if it's because of the tire choice. Can't wait to see those rims painted.
Jim0205 Posted August 2, 2010 Posted August 2, 2010 Looking good marcos as always a fan of your work very realistic and convincing
cruz Posted August 14, 2010 Author Posted August 14, 2010 Sorry for the delay guys, I have been building a model for a friend of mine and it has taken some of my time. Anyway, I decided to go ahead and paint my rims this evening. I started by using Testor's Aluminum Metallizer paint but thought it wasn't reflective enough to give me that polished aluminum look I am going for. I had a bottle of Alclad Polished Aluminum paint but thought that it would come out too shiny or reflective. What I decided to do was to shoot it a bit heavier than normal, I think I like the way they came out!!! Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki This is how the original ones look out of the Tamiya kit......
meaneyme Posted August 14, 2010 Posted August 14, 2010 I don't know about anybody else man but I think the Alcladed ones look better than the originals. I had a friend who had one of these 1/1 cars and he would polish those rims to a really high luster, these my friend have the perfect look.
cruz Posted August 14, 2010 Author Posted August 14, 2010 Still working with the stance, just wanted to show you guys the contrast between the rims and body.... Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki
Railfreak78 Posted August 14, 2010 Posted August 14, 2010 I am loving the look of this build and I have always thought this was a neat car. Wheels look great. I almost bought the Tamiya one today. Seeing this I wish I did since the car just begs for attention.
Jim0205 Posted August 14, 2010 Posted August 14, 2010 Glad to see you're back to this one, can't wait to see more.
edward smith Posted August 15, 2010 Posted August 15, 2010 Wow! Quite a difference with the rims painted vs the resin counterparts. Really gives this thing a completely different look. That shade of Alclad is just right also.
GerN Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 (edited) Here's a photo of the main pieces of a Mazda rotary, showing the intake and exhaust ports. Edited October 25, 2012 by GerN
cruz Posted October 25, 2012 Author Posted October 25, 2012 Oh man, major thread bump....I didn't even get to finish this thing, now I feel bad....
Jonathan Posted November 13, 2015 Posted November 13, 2015 Bringing this one back from long ago! Did you ever finish that RX-7? It sure looks good!
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