Showing posts with label Mazda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mazda. Show all posts

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Tokyo Auto Salon 2012 - Shakotan Jam


By night, at new year there are always gatherings all over japan as the remnants of the Shakotan and Kaido racers hit the streets.


Style and creativity is something that these car lovers display regularly.


Sometimes they meet out side Tuning Shop Tetsu.


Testsu specialize in all old school mods to create a special Shakotan ride.


Old school Z, Celica, Skyline and Savanna. Names we love like Cressida and Laurel also feature.


Here is the mechanic hard at work on a special S30 Z.


Hard at work on the mirror placement. Apprentices are taking a break as the work nears completion


Work on their own cars finished hours ago with test drives also complete.


Retired specials sit in the showroom. (Remember these are so small. this image is actually twice normal size.)


In the back room he has another in the build.


Screaming past the showroom this Savanna RX-3 sprints to the PA.


The other guys are ready to roll as the sky gets light.


Fill up and roll! Let's go to the PA.


By the time they arrive, dawn has broken!


The guys have been having fun in their sweet rides.


Rodenstock inspired 99 rocking out.


Ichikoh Nissan. ready for some sill riding.


Something for everyone.


Kaido, Shark nose or simply flared. However extreme, this Shakotam Jam at G-Works PA was awesome!


If you want to make your own. You need some cars and some Putty. I have a few of these RA-30 in my collection that I'll post soon, but I'll be adding to it. Tamiya Epoxy and some time.



  1. Disassemble and Paint Removal
  2. Fender grinding for clearance.
  3. Putty Fender Addition
  4. Basic shaping
  5. Detail shaping
  6. Body lines
  7. Special details.
  8. Paint.
If you build this many, you may need some donor cars and you'll end up with some spare parts.

Fantastic.



Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Hotworks RX7 - Newera


Hotworks Fd3s Rx7 cutomised for Newera Imports


This is a Hotworks Apexi D1 car with the stickers removed

Major changes include

Scoot Bonnet
Autoexe Rear Wing
Knight Sports Rear Bumper
RE-Amemiya Front Splitter
Fujita Engineering Side Skirts
Mazdaspeed MS-01 Wheels
V-Mount
Underbody bracing
Lots of carbon,
Stickers and details

To see more and see the refresh build click past the jump.

Friday, July 7, 2006

Aoshima Rx7 D1 Asamoto



Mazda FD3S RX-7
Aoshima D1 Asamoto Pan Speed CWest Kit

Decided not to go with the Asamota scheme as I have another similar.

Colour Light Titanium Silver Blue (need new pics)
Custom lowering, Hotworks Seats and Belts
Custom rear Lights
18" Nismo LM GT4 Wheels with Hotworks tyres


Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Jada - Pan Speed Replica


 This is a modified Jada Option D Work version. I custom carved the Pan Speed front to complement the crazy curves on these cars to create a street style replica.


The rear spoiler received the treatment also and then a coat of red to complete the transformation. the bonnet was painted to reflect the carbon style.


These cars have great detail inside and out. while not so scale they certainly make good showpieces.


Metal work sucks! but you get there in the end.


It was a shame to start this one.


But the side had a lot of decals that really weren't looking great.

So it got the renovation.

I later swapped the hood for a normal version and used the scoot style on another project.


Monday, August 22, 2005

Jada - RE-Xtreme Wide Body


 This is a Jada Toys 1/18 scale replica that started out as a silver and gold C-West version.


My own car at the time was similar and I really wanted white. So this was the replica.


Even replica of me.


It's pretty fat! the dis on the TE37 is massive. You don't get that in real life. I love the craziness of Jada toys.


This shot shows the width and no detail.


 This shot show detail and no width.


Waterspray on the IC? maybe?


Here are a couple of shots of the build.


Wide isn't she.

Even Keisuke and Ryosuke were impressed.


Thursday, July 7, 2005

Fujimi Rx-7 RS Touge Kit


Mazda FD3S RX-7

Fujimi RS Touge Kit
Metalic Blue
19" TE37 Wheels


Fujimi Rx7 RZ Kit


Mazda FD3S RX-7

Fujimi RZ Kit
White
Custom GT Wing
17" BBS RZ Wheels


Fujimi RE-Amemiya Greddy9 Kit


Mazda FD3S RX-7

Fujimi RE-Amemiya Greddy9 The Street Mu Kit
Mettalic Green
Full Cage / Custom Diffuser and Front Splitter
19" TE37 Wheels


This was another terrible kit from Fujimi. The fitment of bumpers to body were atrocious and the bonnet gap in stupidly big.

Side diffusers are unfinished and all in all, not something I'd recommend for the novice.


Aoshima MazdaSpeed Rx-7 GT-Concept



Mazda FD3S RX-7
Aoshima MazdaSpeed GT-Concept Kit
Metallic Blue
Tamiya 19" BBS Centre Cap Wheels