After years of modeling and building scale cars – sometimes even building unique replica cars for other owners, I’m finally taking the chance to do a replica of a car I actually own. It’s not JDM, and the base model isn’t even a traditional plastic model from Tamiya or Aoshima.
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Fujimi Toyota MR2 [SW20] + C1 Models 2000GT Transkit
As an MR2 owner I’ve more or less felt obligated to eventually build the entire lineup (since 1/24 models do exist for all three generations), but I never had any plans in place on which car to start with. We’re only going with the worst gen now (the SW20 is the worst MR2 don’t @ me) because I’ve been in…
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Fujimi Nissan Fairlady 300ZX Z32 (Young Town Series)
I’ve played with the idea of rebuilding a Z32 (again, since I’ve built the Tamiya model twice now), but didn’t expect the opportunity to suddenly come as a customer commission. I wasn’t even aware before this that Fujimi had produced a Z32 model, since I figured the Tamiya kit was the definitive version with a motor and all that.
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Revell Fast and Furious Brian’s Mitsubishi Eclipse [Rebuild]
Not a kit I had originally planned to rebuild, but after surveying my current collection, Brian’s iconic Eclipse stood out as being a little below par with what I’m building today. As a bonus, I had just happened to come across this kit again at my local hobby shop for dirt cheap, so I figured it wouldn’t hurt to have…
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Aoshima Savanna RX-7 FC3S ’89 [LSA Swap]
I never really planned to build an FC RX-7 since I tend to focus most of my builds on ’90’s and up tuner cars, but this Aoshima model just happened to land in my lap unexpectedly as a gift, so I figured it would make a good platform to try some unique things out on…like an LS swap.