Oh yeah baby, my FC3S Savannah RX-7 1/24

Well its on its way here, Its the Initial D car driven by Ryosuke Takahashi.. I can't wait for it to get here, I ordered it from Japan so it's going to take about a week, Surprisingly enough it was cheaper to order rit from Japan than all the local hobby stores around here in GA. I will post pics of it as soon as it gets here.. I attached a pic of the box.

Look forward to you posting some pics and info as you build the kit.

Yay, Jose! :D I've been dying to see how good the anime kits are compared to the regular car kits. I've always assumed that they were just re-issues with figures, but I'd sure like to see it comfirmed. ;) If so, I'll just buy a bunch of those and re-arrange the figures into drivers. :D
Originally posted by jose@di
...Surprisingly enough it was cheaper to order rit from Japan than all the local hobby stores around here in GA.I'm not surprised at all. The local hobby stores that bother to carry japanese models charge $25 or better for them, while you can order the same kits from Japan (or Hong Kong, it seems) for ~$15 and pay shipping. You still come out ahead.

I've heard that the Initial D kits from Fujimi are basically just the regular kit plus some add-ons... so it's not the best quality stuff, that's why there are other modeling companys that make resine conversion parts to make the Fujimi Initial D kits to looking exactally like the once in the Animation.

Yeah they got kits you can add on to your regular one, but these are the INitial D originals, My friend bought one and it is very nice, good detail and easy to put together, I will try to get a pic of it, I am not extremely good at building these and usually get frustrated and destroy them..:mad: , I still have a First Gen RX-7 that i have no finished, It has a really nice paint job on it, I gave it like 4 primer coats and like 17 regular color coats and then 5 clear coats...I hope i do a good job on this one, i will post pics as soon as i get it in..If i do good i plan on ordering the whole Initial D collection..:)

Originally posted by jose@di
If i do good i plan on ordering the whole Initial D collection..:) Jeez... Don't they have like 20 kits!!! :eek:

I'm glad you found your way in here, Jose. :D I've got the Tamiya RX-7 R1 kit (because it has the engine ;) ) and the engine bay is a little sparse. So, when I got to working on it, I was planning on tracking you down to get me pics of engine details. You being all involved with the RX-7s and all. :D

Anytime you need anything RX-7 let me know, I am practically an RX-7 Bible, I have owned 7 real ones, from 83-93 year model and have many videos, pictures and all sorts of goodies...I just hope i can do a good job with the models. I will try to find my 1st generation RX-7 i started to build and try to finish it since i am motivated now with you guys..:frog:

Heres a pic of my Favorite RX-7 built yet.

FD3S Bathrust R Type R
0-60mph 4.6sec
1/4 mile 13.2@108 mph..
280HP Japan Restriction, Actual 349HP
Carbon Fiber hood, Dash panels and Center console.
Only 2,712 Pounds
and the list goes on..I just hope someday it makes it back to our shores so i can buy 2 of them.

ahhh how sweet.:flash:

BTW, you'll be happy to know the R1 will be yellow. ;)
Originally posted by jose@di
I will try to find my 1st generation RX-7 i started to build and try to finish it since i am motivated now with you guys..:frog: We seem to have that effect on people.

oh yeah baby:frog:

Originally posted by Silver S2000
BTW, you'll be happy to know the R1 will be yellow. ;)
We seem to have that effect on people.

Oh man i am jelous, You got have got to post a pic for me man..:D

No sweat. It'll be a while, though... :(

My fingers are itching to get started..dammit they need to hurry up and send it asap...I am going to bed now..gotta be up at 530 am..:mad:

Originally posted by jose@di
My fingers are itching to get started..dammit they need to hurry up and send it asap...I am going to bed now..gotta be up at 530 am..:mad:

At this stage I usually get all my research pics together!:)

Originally posted by Guiddy


At this stage I usually get all my research pics together!:)

Yeah thats good idea, Good thing i have about 450 images of RX-7s both interiors and exterior.. Man they need to hurry up, I Went to the local Hobby Town USA and all they had was the Tamiya RX-7 R1 kit for 33 us dollars, but i dont want an R1 yet.

Originally posted by jose@di
...all they had was the Tamiya RX-7 R1 kit for 33 us dollars...:huh: Damn! That's quite a mark up! :eek: I got mine from HLJ for 1600 yen +s&h. (less than $20) :D

Yeah they are expensive as shit.. But their location is pretty cool, it used to be a movie theatre so they got racing tracks for competitions indoors for R/C cars..And they have a huge track for the electric guided slot cars.. pretty sweet.