1/24 Mazda RX-7 Savannah (Cabriolet)

[Alan R]

Morning All,

Another one I found in my stash. I was looking through my model boxes, as one does, and I found this, in an advanced state of assembly.

It was one that my son had partially completed, and I just tidied up the 'edges', if you like.

On the whole, he did a great job, given that he was probably only 15 at the time and hadn't done a great deal of modelling.

Anyway, here are the pictures:

The box top. Tamiya box top art is usually very simple and elegant. This in my opinion is no exception.

This is where I have got with the body:

It's all primed and ready to be top-coated. The primer coat needed a little bit of preparation, but not much at all, just a quick rub down with very fine (1500 grit) wet-n-dry.

The interior & engine all assembled. The chrome tail pipes of the exhaust were painted with Molotow chrome, decanted and brushed on. Seemed to work.

It all looks nicely weathered. That's just 6 years of shelf dust!

 

Next step, top coating the body. I think some kind of metallic black would look good.

 

Thanks for looking, Alan.

Edited July 2, 2017 by Alan R

[Hamden]

 

Nice looking model Looking forward to seeing it  completed - probably in a lot quicker time scale than some 1:1 scale rebuilds!

 

  Roger

[Alan R]

Hi All,

Some more updates on this. After a short delay.

I finally got the top coat done. I mixed up some Tamiya X1 and Mr Color Levelling thinners in a 50-50 mix.

I then sprayed it on the body of the Rx7. I wasn't sure what to expect. My experience with spraying Tamiya paints has been mixed. Sometimes it worked, other times it blocked up the brush...

Anyway, some pictures:

I am quit impressed with the finish. I used the usual technique of a few dusting coats, followed by a final 'wet' coat, and this was the outcome.

 

However, (isn't there always a 'however'?), I noticed a couple of blemishes. One on the bonnet toward the front on the right-hand side and one on the boot where there must have been some contamination and a very small 'bald' spot appeared. So, I have sanded back those areas, and re-primed them, ready for another top coat.

 

Anyway, here it is at present:

 

I am hoping to get this top-coated today. Let's see...

 

All the best,

Alan.