Post by jbwelda on Jul 27, 2017 17:55:12 GMT -5
I don't know how well this will fit in here, but I will try it out. I build a lot of styles, but up until the past few years, most have been classic sports or racing cars. The past few years I have been branching out into American hot rods and other similar subjects but from time to time I still like to build a classic sports car or even a tuner or two. This model I just finished falls much more into that latter category than the others.
I already built one of these kits, curbside slammer style with blacked out windows. That one I donated to Racing Beat, builders of the real Bonneville rotary car, and it is being displayed in their salesroom in SoCal. In partial trade they gave me another copy of the kit, and this one I built up with a lot more detail, mainly the interior, which I scratchbuilt a lot of to match the real car, from photos supplied by Racing Beat. This included scratching up instrument panels for the dashboard, drag chute release levers, modifying the seats to more closely match the custom upholstery in the real car, and a lot of other little (barely seen) details. I also modified a roll cage I had in my parts box, so it pretty closely resembles the real car. I also added some other details such as the parachute release cable and anchor lines and point, adding tow hooks, and detailing the undercarriage some, along with fabricating an exhaust pipe to exit the right front wheel well in back of the tire.
I am hoping some here might appreciate the build, after all it is a Bonneville record holder and a pretty slick machine. I actually witnessed its successor run at Bonneville a few years ago and the sound of the twin rotary motors was fantastic.
When Revell reissues their 1st gen RX-7, I plan on buying it and building the engine standalone to accompany this model, although it is not really accurate for the model because they had moved on to a new generation of rotary by the time this car was built, and of course the engine in this car was highly modified.
Here are some photos, first of the real car and then of the model. Comments criticisms questions invited!
Model:
I did not glue the chassis or the interior bucket into the body and looking at my pics, I think I might break it open again and raise the front of the roll cage up some to make it hide more up above the upper window line. Other than that I am calling it done.
OK thanks for looking! I will be posting some more of my builds here soon, all variety of styles.
jb
I already built one of these kits, curbside slammer style with blacked out windows. That one I donated to Racing Beat, builders of the real Bonneville rotary car, and it is being displayed in their salesroom in SoCal. In partial trade they gave me another copy of the kit, and this one I built up with a lot more detail, mainly the interior, which I scratchbuilt a lot of to match the real car, from photos supplied by Racing Beat. This included scratching up instrument panels for the dashboard, drag chute release levers, modifying the seats to more closely match the custom upholstery in the real car, and a lot of other little (barely seen) details. I also modified a roll cage I had in my parts box, so it pretty closely resembles the real car. I also added some other details such as the parachute release cable and anchor lines and point, adding tow hooks, and detailing the undercarriage some, along with fabricating an exhaust pipe to exit the right front wheel well in back of the tire.
I am hoping some here might appreciate the build, after all it is a Bonneville record holder and a pretty slick machine. I actually witnessed its successor run at Bonneville a few years ago and the sound of the twin rotary motors was fantastic.
When Revell reissues their 1st gen RX-7, I plan on buying it and building the engine standalone to accompany this model, although it is not really accurate for the model because they had moved on to a new generation of rotary by the time this car was built, and of course the engine in this car was highly modified.
Here are some photos, first of the real car and then of the model. Comments criticisms questions invited!
Model:
I did not glue the chassis or the interior bucket into the body and looking at my pics, I think I might break it open again and raise the front of the roll cage up some to make it hide more up above the upper window line. Other than that I am calling it done.
OK thanks for looking! I will be posting some more of my builds here soon, all variety of styles.
jb