[WRCfan]

I purchased this kit a number of years ago and have been sitting on it, finally decided to pull the trigger and build it up.

I was lucky enough to come face to face with the exact #1 machine that Tamiya used to create this particular kitset. It was in Japan for a number of years, before finding its way to New Zealand.

As the kit is super simplistic (and my scratch building isn't very good) I will be just trying to recreate a clean build of this car, with a little bit of this and that thrown in where I can. I purchased Shunko decals for the car although they are rather pink, as opposed to red. Has anyone had any experience with them? The original ones are salvageable if I layer some laquer over them and cut them out. Any info with the markings would be very much appreciated.

Here are a few images of the actual 1:1 machine (totally original), as well as the kit before I attack it this afternoon. If anyone is building this kitset and wants any detailed images just let me know. I have an entire photoshoot.

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