1/24 Evangelion Racing Porsche GT3R 2011 and Mclaren MP4-12C GT3 2013

First post of the year and celebrating the Lunar new year with a pair of red racing models that I actually finished up at the end of 2015.   It's also been sometime since I have posted a racing project, so while at it I will give a little review for both cars.  For this pair, they are GT3 cars racing in the Japanese Super GT series from the GT300 class. 

The sponsor is a very famous and classic Japanese animation the "Evangelion" series and they actually sponsored  their own Evangelion Racing team since 2011.  The livery is my favorite character mech machine - Asuka and the EVA unit 02 in red.  Below is the race queen and the actual GT3R race car:

Official Super GT entry can be found here:
https://supergt.net/tandds/team/2011/138


The kit itself is straight out of the box from Fujimi.  Fujimi's quality have improved over the past years, the basic fitment and finish for this Porsche GT3R is very good.  The chassis underneath and the front vents still lack the details of Tamiya, but the body and exterior quality have increased comparing to the earlier road models from a couple of years ago.  However, the decals are another story..  Although the livery and decals are relatively simple, some of the fitments are off and can take some skills to correct it.  An example is the yellowish orange strip on top of the front splitter.  The curves do not really match with the shape of the bumper and for me it takes a bit of cut and move for it to look like fitting the real car.  Some of the body color decals also have extra films that require adjustments.

The second car of this pair is the MP4-12C GT3.  Unlike the GT3R, this livery actually did not seem to make it to the race series and remained as a show car livery.  For the actual race the team used the purple unit 01 livery.  For this kit, the quality is pretty much the same as the GT3R.  Good fitment on most body parts, some decals position is off and requires adjustments on the side panels and front splitter. 

A pair of Unit 02:

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 Matchless Crowd Racing(MCR) Nissan Skyline GTR R33 & R34

Here comes another pair of famous tuned Skyline GTR show car from Japan, and it's the Mine's arch-nemesis - the Matchless Crowd Racing (MCR) R33 and R34 Skyline GTR.  This pair of track ready GTR hones the circuit of Tsukaba and a lot of others in real life.

Staring off with the R33, the R33 does not get as much media coverage as the R34, however, it is still running around the circuit by MCR during track days.  Back in the late 90's, it was featured in one of the Best Motoring GTR battles, but unfortunately it lost to the Mine's R33.
With one of the more recent post and picture courtesy of SpeedHunters.com, I used the updated MCR R33 to base on the modification for my R33 model since there was not a manufacturer kit for it.

Model specs and modification:

• Fujimi R33 Skyline GTR base kit
• Custom modified Nismo front bumper with Nismo front lip
• Top secret carbon look hood
• GT Wing and carbon trunk clips in the rear
• 18" Enkei NT03 wheels
• MCR decals

Comparing to the R33, the MCR R34 gets a lot more media coverage.  The car itself was featured in various Best Motoring and Hot Version battles that I'm sure many Skyline enthusiasts are familiar with it.  (Photo coutersy also from SpeedHunters.com).

Aoshima has it's own kit for it. so the modification on the one is minimal besides the Enkei GTC01(kit came with NT03 instead).

Together as a dual:

Enjoy!