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Originally Posted by potsie
Nice looking ND. In my opinion Mazda's color palette for the ND is somewhat drab, so seeing something different like this is nice. What was your experience with the Plamoz transkit?
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Thanks, I totally agree about the drab bunch of colors beyond Soul Red. MX5's weren't meant to be that "Fifty Shades of Gray" were they?
The Plamoz stuff is good. Since you cut the decklid off the donor at the panel lines and replace w/the RF bits, fitting is a little tricky if you want Tamiya-like precision. The piece w/the pillars seems just ever so slightly short from end to end; where it looks natural creates too-large gaps for the removable roof piece. So the pillared piece needs to be pushed as far forward as possible, to the point that the rear edge of the decklid is too far inside the body. This was solved by adding a strip of .020" thick styrene to the outer edge, and carving the corners for the taillights so it would fit flush w/the tips of the fenders and the edge of the rear bumper. The Club spoiler covers any potential visible lines from the extra material. As for the panel lines at the outer edges, I added .010" X .020" strips of styrene about .010" deep to create panel lines, rather than deal with edges that you could see through that wouldn't match the other panel lines on the model.
The wheels and brakes fit perfectly, as did the ground effects. I'm a big fan of Plamoz. They've shared my photos in their Facebook gallery.