Post by Oldtimer on Jul 25, 2022 15:37:38 GMT -8
Not sure where to start the story, however I determined years ago that I wanted to make a custom model of this car.
Here's a couple of pictures from the Racing Sports Cars website of the car at the 1982 Daytona 24.
Biante produced several versions of this era RX7, including several racing liveries, and a couple of plain non-liveried versions.
As I did my research, I was excited to find that Biante had done half the work for me, and that there was a red plain version!
Alas, however, it was on a right-hand drive chassis, and the Kent Racing version raced in IMSA was left-hand drive.
I had a choice; I could create a properly decaled, but wrong chassis version, or create a hybrid by swapping the red plain body onto a left-hand drive Biante chassis (they made the model in both versions).
So, I acquired another Biante racing Mazda RX7, this one being an Alan Moffat version raced in Australia.
Here's a picture of the converted version (which I ultimately sold on eBay with full disclosure of the chassis swap).
Unfortunately, while I thought I had done it, I could not find any pictures of the swapping process.
The only compromise I had to make is in the windows and outside rear-view mirror.
Here are some pictures of the final (decals are from Patto).
Link to the Flickr album here: flic.kr/s/aHBqjzZks9
Link to the converted Moffat model album here: flic.kr/s/aHBqjzZk6n
Couple of websites with more information on the real racer:
www.racingsportscars.com/chassis/photo/RX7-Bergstrom%23.html
jimchungblog.com/2021/02/03/a-tale-of-a-race-winning-rx7-chassis/
Here's a couple of pictures from the Racing Sports Cars website of the car at the 1982 Daytona 24.
Biante produced several versions of this era RX7, including several racing liveries, and a couple of plain non-liveried versions.
As I did my research, I was excited to find that Biante had done half the work for me, and that there was a red plain version!
Alas, however, it was on a right-hand drive chassis, and the Kent Racing version raced in IMSA was left-hand drive.
I had a choice; I could create a properly decaled, but wrong chassis version, or create a hybrid by swapping the red plain body onto a left-hand drive Biante chassis (they made the model in both versions).
So, I acquired another Biante racing Mazda RX7, this one being an Alan Moffat version raced in Australia.
Here's a picture of the converted version (which I ultimately sold on eBay with full disclosure of the chassis swap).
Unfortunately, while I thought I had done it, I could not find any pictures of the swapping process.
The only compromise I had to make is in the windows and outside rear-view mirror.
Here are some pictures of the final (decals are from Patto).
Link to the Flickr album here: flic.kr/s/aHBqjzZks9
Link to the converted Moffat model album here: flic.kr/s/aHBqjzZk6n
Couple of websites with more information on the real racer:
www.racingsportscars.com/chassis/photo/RX7-Bergstrom%23.html
jimchungblog.com/2021/02/03/a-tale-of-a-race-winning-rx7-chassis/
