RE-Amemiya Initial D "Takumi 7" - Part 4

Rough as guts, but tough as nails!! and... it's no where near complete.

I've got a big splitter to go on and I'll be adding these skirts to the side. Sticker courtesy of Dino-chan.

The only thing about this now is, Wheels, basically the white black and silver mean that any wheel looks good. I've tried all my rims and they all look awesome!

Advan RS-D... maybe...

You can see the basic layout for the sleepy eyes, they are just taped in at the moment, I have to paint the light details and set up the LEDs.

Canards I have already and splitter making are next on the agenda.I have a HPI one but I think a custom one is deserved.

Stay tuned.

RE-Amemiya Initial D "Takumi 7" - Part 3

 This is ROUGH! Advan RS-D will be good for this. Mounting is LOW!

Black Decals are ready

Yellow has been an adventure. Right at the end I dropped it on the fresh paint. so it's still very ugly! I gave up a long time ago trying to make this one perfect. It will be a maximum impact body from a distance.

Up close it's not pretty but most details will be covered by stickers or carbon.

Shakotan FD3s Savanna RX-73

Ok, Here is the finished machine.

Yokomo Apexi Vertex D1 FD3s with ABC Hobby Works Over Fender Set + Cut vinyl sticker set & livery design by .RSG. + RE-Amemiya and other stickers.

I've added the carbon splitter and photo-realistic coolers. I thought about an external oil-cooler, but that's a bit ridiculous on an FD. Yokomo light buckets. Wheels are HPI Work Miester S1 +9 Offset with +6 TN Rear Axle Spacers.

Main theme features; RE-Xtreme, FET, TRUST, WORK and ADVAN sponsors.

Originally wanting white, the light grey was a second choice but works quite effectively.

Big distractions from the fenders. Triple 3" exhaust tip.

No shakotan machine would be complete without a train handle. つり革 (tsurikawa)

This is the view REAL people will see. Pretty Awesome.

1/10 scale people might see this view.

I'll raise the ride height about 2-3mm for running.

So there you have it, the Shakotan Boso Drift Time Attack JDM with 40 years of differing influence in an FD3s RX-7.

Cool!

RX-73 Sneak Peek

Sticker Set complete! Finishing touches coming. My shakotan FD3s.

MAD MAD MAD!

LOW LONG AND MAD!

FREAKING AWESOME!

RX37 - Fenders

Well, with a bit of colour, this is turning out to be very very cool.

I've attached the fenders so it should be ready for it's new livery in a couple of days. I cant wait to reveal the full impact

I also fixed the front splitter which was falling off from scraping the ground.

I have created a dilemma though... Which RX7 to run.. They all look great now.

RE-Xtreme RC 210 DLM GT2 FD3s

Drift Le Mans? I Wondered what kind of liveries would appear on Mazda race cars these days.

This RENOWN based color scheme is a mix of the white Efini sponsored cars post 787B LE-Mans win.

The green is simply impact. 19" Rays Volk Racing RE-30 in green should simply be on all race cars.

Up against my own FD, we may see something happen in the future, but I don't forsee it attracting this much attention. But then again it's been done before. A bit of vinyl here and there.

Anyway, this is mounted on a Yokomo Drift Package that usually runs 190mm body.

This is 200mm HPI Mazdaspeed FD3s body

D-Stage RE-Amemiya Facer, Side Skirts and Rear Fenders.

D-Stage Mazdaspeed R-Spec Diffuser,

Yokomo S15 Wing and

Yokomo Craft Square Mirrors.

It's 210mm at the rear and the HPI RE-30 Wheels with T-Drift RE-11 32mm +6mm Offset all round. The rear requires +6mm Rear Axles.

Although it looks like a GT2 car, It will be drifted.

I'll post some Videos on Vimeo when I get around to it. Stance, clearance and some small details need to be addressed.

Russ. 

Scheme colours

A bit of a departure from white, but I feel a silver combo with two shades of gun metal and carbon will allow for a better accent with bright fluro green lines. I'll be painting the wheels also.

Stay tuned.

Paint should flow in the next few days... after the bad weather passes.

Livery revised...

This body may take a while. I have a new 1:1 so the image may change to vaguely replicate what may never happen there.

Renown influence, Efini influence, Street Warrior.

Project 200+ Livery

Project 200+ is the designation for my next RC body.

The livery will be very close to this design based on the Le Mans 787B run at Autopolis in Japan around 1995.

I have previously thought about this for my next real car also.
http://rextremeiii.blogspot.com/2010/05/gulf-of-efini.html
and
http://rextremeiii.blogspot.com/2010/05/change-of-direction.html

I am going to run sleek lights with white cover surrounds and buckets rather than black to give a more integrated effect. I am not running light buckets on this one.

There will also be a small green pinstripe surrounding the green roof and hatch with silver in between.

The Hpi Stage D RE-Amemiya style body kit has soo many parts. It's going to be a pain to assemble but it should look good when complete.

My Hpi 19" RE-30 deep offset rims will probably be gold or bronzed. Le mans car runs Volks with gold centers and chrome dish so I may leave the rim of the RE-30 Chrome first. See what happens.

If I stuff up the paint. I'll just coat in Matt Green on the outside. Rauh Welt Style
http://rextremeiii.blogspot.com/2010/06/bomber-713.html

Russ.