Mazda Miata D-Type Monoposto

This is one of those ideas that crept up and slapped me upside the head. I had a $5 Lindberg D-Type Jag swap meet find, intended to build it up as a D-Type w/a few additional goodies, somehow it ended up in the vicinity of a Tamiya Miata...and this idea was hatched. I used a Tamiya Eunos Roadster, as it was RHD.

The size/scale/layout of the two bodies were so close I had to do this; Mazda has done a couple Miata Monoposto concepts, so I decided to do one of my own. With a show coming up I wanted something new/crazy from my workbench, something custom and not OOB. Burning the midnight oil, this model took a very short time to go from idea to show table. I would love to own/drive a car just like this...great trackday special. I shamelessly stole the 2011 Mazda Miata 20th anniversary paint scheme from their SEMA showcar. Tamiya light gunmetal and Testors grabber orange are the two main colors.

This was built "just for fun", a lot of that fun was the fact that it wasn't a highly-detailed show-stopper, it's more of a "what if" simple curbside, and it certainly scratched the itch for a nearly instant-gratification custom.

There's a full how-to of the buildup in the June Scale Auto. So I'll combine in-progress photos w/finished here.

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Great work Bob! I loved the SA article, most interesting in a while.
The wheels looks really great & the paint scheme work well, the matte black on the side "slims" the design & appears more aerodynamic!

Great idea!
Love the way it turned out.

Great idea and well executed. Sort of marries up old school cool with modern styling.
Don't think I'm ever going to like black or dark rims but I suppose they are the 'in' thing at the moment, lol.
Nice work.
Steve.

Amazing.
Great idea, the mazda looks good

That looks brilliant, like it was a factory job! I also like the way you made it look so easy :lol:

Awesome build. I saw this in you Fotki album forever ago and wondered why I'd never seen it on the web.

This was a great idea and the SA feature was well done. I want a center steer Bonneville version.

That is so damn cool looking dude. Well done conversion, and I too want a center steer Bonneville racer.

I love the execution! always been a fan of your work,fantastic as per usual!

Very cool concept.