Fujimi Mazda RX-8

Factory aero kit isn't all that bad, and the Type-S aero kit is supposed to be coming soon.
I'll wait for Tamiya's Sep. 12th announcement. (Although I'm sure I'll be buying Fujimi's Type-S aero kit anyway.)

Thanks for the info on the pics!

Good luck with the model itself!

Olivier

Looks great!

Looking faward to seeing some progress! :smile:

thnx for the pic's!

- i like the chrome plated headlight.
- i don't like the muffler setup molded in the underbody.

Factory aero kit isn't all that bad, and the Type-S aero kit is supposed to be coming soon.
I'll wait for Tamiya's Sep. 12th announcement. (Although I'm sure I'll be buying Fujimi's Type-S aero kit anyway.)

Is Tamiya releasing an RX-8??????

Looks like its pretty good. Keep us posted.

Factory aero kit isn't all that bad, and the Type-S aero kit is supposed to be coming soon.
I'll wait for Tamiya's Sep. 12th announcement. (Although I'm sure I'll be buying Fujimi's Type-S aero kit anyway.)


means tamiya will (maybe) announce new models then?

nice.....does, i wish mazda will make a turbo version :smokin:

Good luck in the Kit..
Be sure to post a work in progress or a completed for all us guys who are still waiting for ours to arrive...

Cheers
M.

I just got my RX-8. What a steaming pile of crap. :mad:

Good points first. The body proportions look good. Sit the nicely done, big diameter wheels under it, squint, and it has a very neat appearance. It's larger than an RX7, is that correct?

Okay, now the ugly. The interior is AWFUL. :mad: :disappoin
The front seats are WAY too short, the lower cushion is about 1/3 chopped off. The side panel detail is weak. The dashboard is about a 40% correct depiction of the real car...very weak, many details simply not in the right place, engraving is '70's tech. The outboard vents are tragically misrepresented.

The chassis is very simple. The front bumper is molded in two pieces...part attached to the body, part is separate...requiring filling. Why the hell didn't they break the bumper where the bumper parting line to the body is?? :screwy: :disappoin :mad:

The rear bumper sprue attachments are to the upper/visible portion of the bumper.

The taillight bucket isn't too bad, closer than I thought...detail paint will help. Headlight buckets are pretty weak. Front bumper inlets are a bit square. How the hell you get the mesh grille in after you glue the bumper together to fill it is beyond me. :screwy: :disappoin :mad:

I certainly hope Tamiya is doing an RX8. I won't be buying any more Fujimi versions, no matter how tempting their Aero Package may be.

cant wait to see this one built dude, sorry to seem a bit pedantic but as far as my maths seems to go that measurement seems to end up as a scale 19.84" dia. 21 x 24 (1/24 scale) / 25.4 = 19.84" those are some big ass 18"s. lol

are you gonna be keeping the standard rims? i somehow doubt it, lol. what have you got planned for it? i think something like the amistad v?
cant wait :smokin:

cant wait to see this one built dude, sorry to seem a bit pedantic but as far as my maths seems to go that measurement seems to end up as a scale 19.84" dia. 21 x 24 (1/24 scale) / 25.4 = 19.84" those are some big ass 18"s. lol

are you gonna be keeping the standard rims? i somehow doubt it, lol. what have you got planned for it? i think something like the amistad v?
cant wait :smokin:

Chris
I've posted this before but maybe you missed it,
http://www.spc.org.uk/misc/scale-rim-check.jpg
and Yes Amistad V's are fitted

It's larger than an RX7, is that correct?


Dimensions RX8(RX7): 4435 (4280) / 1770 (1750) / 1340 (1230).
Thanks for the reviews and pics, guys. My mind is now well made up :disappoin

Doesn't look half bad. Will definately be watching for the progress.

Why is 20.5" a 19" wheel ?

Why is 20.5" a 19" wheel ?
Because 19 inch is where the bead of the rubber tyre sits which is inside of the rim. Got measure your own rims what ever size and you will see. what I mean.
On the diagram below a 19 inch rims is measured to the Inboard/Outboard bead seat. Hope that makes sense.
http://www.rsracing.com/images/tech-wheelterms.gif

Why is 20.5" a 19" wheel ?
Because the wheel diameter is defined by the size of the rim without the flange, the very outer edge of a wheel. Flange has it's own shape and definition, like J, JJ, B etc. In other words, real wheel size is not the diameter of the visible circumference. Usually, we can only measure the dia. of the very outer circumference of a model wheel, that's why the correction is necessary.

I have just made window masks for the RX-8 which can be downloaded here http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=1119916

Chris
I've posted this before but maybe you missed it,
http://www.spc.org.uk/misc/scale-rim-check.jpg
and Yes Amistad V's are fitted

well i never knew that, cheers dude, good choice on the amistads, i just seen the progress thread and they look so good tucked up in there.

Hiroboy,

Very nice tutorial on measuring the rim sizes. Much appreciated.

Murray

blah, this kit is typical fujimi quality :\

I dislike how the front vents are not cut out on the bumper, instead they need to be painted on. This is fine because I'm making a Mazdaspeed front bar, but it still makes things more difficult. The side vent isn't cut out either. On the rear, the back bumper doesn't fit 100% and the exhaust tips stick onto the back bumper there's no real "exhaust". That's ok because I'm making an R-Magic rear diffuser but still makes my job more difficult. Overall, the kit is very dissapointing especially if you plan on leaving it straight out of the box. It requires alot of work to get it looking decent. I'm also dissapointed it didn't come with any optional extra parts such as a rear wing. Nevermind, luckily i bought a bunch of supplies to turn mine into something special.

Rather than start a progress thread ( don't have a camera at the moment anyway ) I'll add a few comments about progress on mine..

The Mazdaspeed front bumper I am making is coming along, and instead of buying aftermarket rims I've put a 2-stage dish rim on the stock rims. I'm considering painting the center a dark gunmetal colour with the chrome dish. The body colour will be metallic silver with clearcoat. I'm also putting R-magic sideskirts and R-Magic rear diffusers. I'm also putting R-magic front eyelids, and MAYBE aero-mirrors though they'll be very difficult to build.. Tail-lights will be Re-Amemiya style with a black chrome type finish rather than plain chrome. Brakes will be drilled slotted Brembo's.

Will post pictures once it's complete however I'm doing more than 1 project at the moment so it may take some time.

Just completed the Fujimi RX-8, very disappointing kit, i would say.

first, all the parts are molded in red, yes, even the chassis is red too.

second, the parts are not fitting at all, lots of gaps here & there. especially the front & rear bumber.

third, there are so little parts, no photo-etched, & the Mazda logo are all on decals. it's not even embossed onto the car body itself.

All these for a 2500yen kit, i would say it's not worth the money & time. I eventually was so fed up with it that I never really make a good car out of it, cos the rear bumber cracked again upon final assembly, thanx to the 2mm spacious gap between the rear bumber & car body.

the fitting of the body onto the chassis is not good also, too tight to fit in, & lots of test fit during assembly is required, not to mention lots of sawing off & re-puttying.

Yea Fujimi slacks off a little after getting popular. :shakehead

halo,

I think if you see Hiroboy's work on the RX-8, you will see how he makes the FUjimi RX8 so good.

I cannot locate his thread. But you can do some searching.

Regards,
Joe

Here is Hiroboy's RX8~

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=133773&page=2&pp=15

Here is Hiroboy's RX8~

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=133773&page=2&pp=15


guess i must be lacking off in my modelling skills or too impatient with this darn kit. started off very enthusiastic, but when realises all the flaws of the mould, i was quite pissed off. i was also working on my Tamiya RX-7 efini, which i think is much better molding, as compared to Fujimi.

Alas, would re-do another RX-8, if Tamiya releases them.

The proportions on the fujimi kit are totally off, I know, I drive RX-8's everyday at the dealership. The front bumper is way to massive and the healights are too small. It's unfortunate, I was looking forward to building one until I saw how crappy the kit was. Oh well, have to wait for tamiya to make one.

The proportions on the fujimi kit are totally off, I know, I drive RX-8's everyday at the dealership.
:worshippy:worshippy:worshippy

I was so looking forward to this kit as I'm currently playing around with the idea of pre-ordering an RX8 for real (its not out here in the UK until Jan/Feb next year and I hate spending money without a test drive).
Because of this I had all the info and pictures ready to use as a reference. What a waste of time!
The interior is beyond poor!! No detail at all on the door side panels. The seats are way, way, way off and very poorly finished (even if you've never seen the real car it still looks wrong)!
Don't get me started on the front and rear bumpers and lights :banghead:

I still give it a go and after only 2 days (about 4 total hours) of work its finished. Not the best bit of plastic I've spent money on by far!
Luckily I did an OK job and it looks alright, but its put me off buying Fujumi kits for a while..

Come on Tamiya show Fujumi how its done!!!

Hi,

I'm new but I've read through this entire thread. Now I really want to build an RX8 model. I'm really interested in the Mazdaspeed version, which brings me to why I'm here.

Has anyone seen this??
http://www.wildhobbies.com/news/default.asp?cmd=view&articleid=1141

And if so, do you know where you can buy it and if it is a complete set or just the body?

I also found two kits:
http://www.best1hobby.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=168&Product_Code=FU03552

and

http://www.best1hobby.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=168&Product_Code=FU03574

Does anyone know what the difference between the two is?

Thanks

Hi,

I'm new but I've read through this entire thread. Now I really want to build an RX8 model. I'm really interested in the Mazdaspeed version, which brings me to why I'm here.

Has anyone seen this??
http://www.wildhobbies.com/news/default.asp?cmd=view&articleid=1141

And if so, do you know where you can buy it and if it is a complete set or just the body?

I also found two kits:
http://www.best1hobby.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=168&Product_Code=FU03552

and

http://www.best1hobby.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=168&Product_Code=FU03574

Does anyone know what the difference between the two is?

Thanks


first like is a rc car (radio controled) so sadly, forget it

as for the difference between both model, the first one is the one you can see picture here, and the second one have a different front and rear bumber (I have the Type E)

if you want good price, www.modelexpress.net have the Type E in stock

Just ordered my RX8 Aero. Should have it sometime next week, then I'm off to get paint and supplies. I think I'm going to paint it a really dark blue....almost black.

This is my first model, wish me luck!