Mazda Rx-7 Group B
 

First of all-Hello to everyone!

My name is Vitan and i am a modeller from Bulgaria.
i like your forum and visit it quite often, but never dared to post a thread here.
i hope the fact i will write in Egnlish is not a big problem...:o
I would like to show you my project. This is Mazda Rx-7 Group B, which is kind of less known than the Lancia, Audi, Peugeot, Metro etc. But it was cool car and conquered 3-rd place at Rally Acropolis in 1985. Not that bad for a RWD car. Besides, this has never been made in 1/24 scale.
So, i decided to produce a multimedia resin kit.. It is at the very initial and rough stage, but the work goes in the right direction i think. I use Tamiya body which i casted with the idea to save the original model, combined with cahssis and engine from an old Monogram kit.

I used Milliput to make the fenders. Not much to see though and it is still very rough and thick, but this is just the beggining

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I hope you will like it

Welcome here.

This is a car that many rallybuilders like to build, including myself. But there is no kit or transkit to build it, but you have the solution, just scratch the car with a streetversion.
The beginning looks very good and I already can see a gr.B in the car. So great work. Keep it going.:champagne:

Grts, Guido

Hi, thanks a lot for your comment. Yes, there is not kit or transkit. This is why i decided to produce a full multimedia resin kit with photoetched parts etc. So, soon it will be available to everyone:):cool:

That`s great news. Like Guido, i`m a big rallyfan who loves the old rallycars. I`m definitly gonna follow you`re build.

Kind regards Philip

That is absolutely great news. This is one I absolutely want. :champagne::champagne:

That will make three of us. I will follow too. Nice start you have made...

Hello,

Welcome to you to from me.

I will follow you're project with great enthousiamsic. I'm building the Group B cars to but this car will probaly never make it because there's no kit. Untill you started this :)

Wish you the best with the kit and the building.

You got 1 follower more :D

greetings

welcome here, the same here, this one is certainly on my wish list

Hello with some updates:) After the putty for the fenders was sanded quite a lot i still didn't like the shape because of the thick look. So, i decided to take drastic measures and make them in a , more similar to the real car rebuilding:) The fenders were removed and new, wider ones, were fitted at their place:) Those i took from the second casted body. Since it is resin i supposed they might be shaped well in a hot water. I took the risk and it worked quite well:) Of course, it is still rough, but with the next step it will have the right finish. Now, already the putty will serve me much better and i will use it with joy:)

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Great project. Best of luck ;)

Hello,

a little, but important update:) The wheels for the model were created:) They came out really nice i think:) The work on the body continues, so i hope soon i will show this to you finished:gas:

http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/v...pse1fcfcdf.jpg

I hope you like it:)

Nice wheels.

Wow..:eek: .what kind of technique did you friend use to create them?
It's just a drawing but how did they came out for real?

Do you have a picture of that also?!

Hi, it is a 3d model, created by my friend through a 3D software. Now the wheels will be sent to a 3d printer which will create the physical model. i will have them in a two weeks and will show them to you.