24 Hours of LeMans build: Mazda 767B "Finish Line"

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Here is what I built during our annual "LeMans Palooza" that a group of ACME members participate in every year. Basically we build a LeMans racer during the race. We're pretty liberal with rules; the main objective is to have fun and finish the model by the end of the race. This year 5 of us were building together (there were others in attendance but didn't participate for the entire race). We have a blast doing this, it's great fun.

I chose the Hasegawa Mazda 767B "Finish Line" racer. It placed 7th in 1990, and I like the livery better than the 1991 787B that won (the orange/green "Renown" version). This is a really simple curbside kit. Before the race I prepped the body and painted it Tamiya Pure white, and the night before the race I masked/painted the blue canopy area w/Tamiya TS44 Brilliant Blue. This area is a decal in the kit, but I didn't trust the decals, so I scanned them just in case. I trimmed the canopy decals down to just the white/blue pinstripe that borders the white and blue, and it worked pretty well. I used Microscale decal film over all the other decals "just in case", therefore I spent about 6-8 hours just doing the decals slowly/carefully. It was fun doing the model "backwards"...I did the body final assembly and decals first, once they were done I did the interior, chassis, and rear wing. It also made the harder part (decals/final details) happen early in the day vs. in the middle of the night. I was done around midnight, with about an hour of work Sun. AM before the race ended to put decals on the rear wing and dry transfers on the tires. Next year I'm planning on building Revell's upcoming Compuware C5R (dark blue car from '03).

[rgriffs]

stunning model, agree with your comments about this colour scheme.

[Ferrari TR]

Looks great! I forget about the race until i saw it on Speed, I've got an '89 Toyota that i need to prep for next year. By then i'll have figured out how to mask the red in the Denso scheme.

[935k3]

Great job Bob. I built that kit years ago. The blue paint looks great but those decals fit amazingly well on that kit.

[360spider]

Bob, looks excellent. Next year, I want to do the same - build a LM model during the race.

[willimo]

I really like it! Very cool color scheme. I think all the 787s had cool liveries. Next year I might have to participate from afar but for now I am just jealous of your cool crowd, and the fact that you can build a model that nicely in just a day! Great work!

[CADguy]

That turned out great! That's a very cool livery for that car. Nice pics too.

I can't hardly wait for next years build. It's time to start shopping for a car that can be built in the 24 hours. All of the kits I have in stock would be too demanding.

[DasWiesel]

Beautiful! Still don´t know how you guys finish your models that good in such a short time. I could´t even finish painting within the Le Mans race...

[da_ashman]

Great build in 24hrs!!!

[DerXL]

Great looking model you made.
I've never seen this livery before.

Great job. I almost can't believe you build this in about 24 hrs...

[Mech@niC]

Nice, very nice.
And you did al this in 24 hours?

Congrats

[MidMazar]

Can't believe how you guys manage to build such beautiful models all in a day or so. Inspirational.

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Thanks for the replies.

I reiterate...I finished this up in about 15 hours during the race...after about 6-8 hours of prep work (to get body & other parts in paint) done on the days leading up to the race. That doesn't include drying time. No way I could have done the bodywork, prime, paint, two tone, during the race.

[123yokomo]

Originally Posted by rgriffs

stunning model, agree with your comments about this colour scheme.

i agree

[mike@af]

Eh, its okay. Looks like it was rushed. How long did this build take?