Memoire of 90's JDM race car part 2 - 1/24 Castrol Mugen Accord JTCC '97 and Castrol Mugen NSX JGTC '98

A second streak of 90's Japanese race car, this time are two legendary touring cars by Honda with the same sponsor/livery.  Any fans of the Gran Turismo 2 installment or Best Motoring should be familiar with any one of these - the Castrol Mugen Accord and NSX.

First up is the Accord.  For those unfamiliar, this is not an ordinary everyday accord with roll cage.  It features a 300hp destroked H22A engine and 6 speed sequential transmission.  Its sheer speed can walk a Skyline GTR N1 racer and eventually bypass the infamous 600hp Mine's Skyline (Source:  Best Motoring video - https://youtu.be/QhmCJOnFKZc?t=456 ) and that is what makes this Accord so special.  Below is a picture of the real car from a screencap on Best Motoring:

For my kit I used straight up stock Tamiya kit and followed the Tamiya's version with the carbon color front lower lip.  The fit and finish is good for this kit, however the red decals around the front and bumper trim is tricky to apply and I had to finish up with some red florescent pain to complete the look.

The Castrol Mugen NSX should need less introduction - a NSX fully factory modified gran touring car bored the engine to 3.5L outputting ~500hp racing in the Japanese championship in the GT500 class.  A picture of the real car:

Being the original Playstation, I first got in touch of this car through Gran Turismo 2:

The model kit is straight up kit Tamiya.  Fitment for parts are good and contains the C35B engine detail.

If they race together it will be pretty epic:

Enjoy!

1/24 Honda "real" NSX-R GT in Monte Carlo blue with engine

Another tribute to the first gen NSX since the second gen is released, I have custom made a NSX-R GT model using the Fujimi NA2 base kit.

 

A little brief history of the car, this NSX variant was produced by Honda in 2005(also marks the 10th anniversary for this car, time flys) for production-based race car homogenization requirements on the Japanese touring car series Super GT.  The original NSX production had already seized in 2003, so only 5 of these unicorns were made in 2005 so the NSX can still compete in the race series.  Later on tuner companies like Route KS and Spoon have replica body kits for the regular NSX's that you can buy and replicate.  Below is a picture of the real car  in Champion White for reference:

The reason I call my creation the "real" R GT is because I have made modification for it be more a homogenize road car of the Super GT car than the R GT car itself in real life.   Specs and modifications of my model:

• 1/24 Fujimi Honda NSX-R NA2 base kit
• 1/24 Tamiya Honda NSX JGTC GT500 3.5L V6 mounted longitudinally with ITB similar to the NSX Super GT race car
• 2005 NA2 NSX Super GT race car headlights (from 1/24 Tamiya Honda Super GT race car)
• 18" Volks Racing TE37, similar to the NSX Super GT race car
• Wider air inlet on side
• Custom NSX-R GT front lip
• NSX Super GT car rear bumper and snorkel(from 1/24 Tamiya Honda Super GT race car) to finish up

The original NSX-R GT was suspected to only have visual add on parts with the same transverse mounted V6 as the road car.   So my model I decided to make it closer to the Super GT car by mounting the engine longitudinal.

Combining the snorkel and the ITB, if the real car have this it will breathe really well.

Pairing with my previously built Midnight Pearl NA2 NSX-R:

Enjoy!

1/24 Honda NSX Type R Berlina Black NA1 & Midnight Pearl NA2

Since the second generation of NSX is coming out soon, it's time to pay a tribute to the first generation of NSX's.

The NA1 NSX was the first model that I made, however the original one is already scrapped for parts.  It was this exact Tamiya model of NA1 NSX.  For the NA1 type R, I chose the berlina black color instead of the traditional champion white.  For the wheels, I felt the stock 15/16" wheels won't cut it.  I have swapped them with a set of Mugen MF10's in bronze.

For the NA2 model, I tried to replicate a color that I really like - the midnight pearl.  I have replaced the stock 17" wheels to Advan AVS 18" in gun metal and retained the original red H logo.

Putting them together as a gen 1 dual:

Enjoy!