Honda S800 (1:24 scale) Part 2

This little sports car was equipped with a small, high reeving engine engine with a not commonly found chain transmission for the rear wheels. As this was a “wild racer” I imagined it to have an upgraded engine, with more torque and so, using most of the kit parts, modified the rear transmission and suspensions to accommodate a more conventional rear live axle.

Honda S800 (1:24 scale) Part 1

A great number of years ago (this was back in 2007), the forum Scale Plastic Cars organized a contest with a 60’s era theme. At the time,  Tamiya‘s Honda S800 was the only car model from the 60’s I had at home. I decided to build it and while browsing through some photos of historic racers, a few cars with widened fenders called my attention.

C-West’s Mazda RX-7 FD3S (1:24 scale)

Sport and classic cars are another preferred theme for my modelling projects. It was in places like (the now extinct) BMC (Brian Model Cars) and Italian Horses that I came into contact with several techniques used in scale car modelling and this exposure to different ways of doing things improved my model making skills significantly.