Aoshima 1979 Mazda RX-7 GTU-1day project

[kyledehart5]

Built for the 24 hour build challenge. An old and exceedingly simple formerly motorized kit. The kit includes decals to recreate the GTU class winner of the 1979 24 hours of Daytona. My decals were fried so I went for the weekend club racer type of look with decals from the stash. Super fun building this in one day. I finished with 2 minutes to spare. Lol. Lightly weather on the chassis and with some rubber flecks and grime up top. I will likely attempt to do this next year. 

[deafpanzer]

24 hours?!? Impressive! How many hours did you manage to stay awake to build it?

[tcoat]

Looks like half the cars I see parked at Walmart every Sunday around here. Wide body, big tires, loads of speed decals, roll cage and 5 point harness. Never been within 20 miles of a track!

[406 Silverado]

Feb 2, 2024 10:52:59 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

24 hours?!? Impressive! How many hours did you manage to stay awake to build it?

 Now that's a really good question Andy! Just how long DID you spend on this one Kyle?? 23 hours and 59 minutes or what??!! That looks GREAT man. 

[handiabled]

it was great watching this one come together in mere hours. You over came the decal debacle and it turned out terrific!

[stikpusher]

24 hours in six separate 4 hour sessions for results like this, with time off in between for glues and paints to dry, I can see... but 24 hours in one session?! Wow! You really nailed it on this one!

[atomicholiday]

24 hours!!? I can’t decide on a color in less than 48!😂
Looks great Kyle! Nice job.👍

[kyledehart5]

Feb 2, 2024 10:52:59 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

24 hours?!? Impressive! How many hours did you manage to stay awake to build it?

I slept for about 6 hours. And thank you!

Feb 2, 2024 10:58:11 GMT -5 tcoat said:

Looks like half the cars I see parked at Walmart every Sunday around here. Wide body, big tires, loads of speed decals, roll cage and 5 point harness. Never been within 20 miles of a track!

I’ve seen those cars too, however after my decals died a horrific death I decided (in my mind, at least) that it would be a track car. So this car sees only the track and not the street…perhaps a bored dentist or something. lol. But I could also see it parked up at the local walmart as some kids car too. Good point. 

Feb 2, 2024 10:58:32 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

Feb 2, 2024 10:52:59 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

24 hours?!? Impressive! How many hours did you manage to stay awake to build it?

 Now that's a really good question Andy! Just how long DID you spend on this one Kyle?? 23 hours and 59 minutes or what??!! That looks GREAT man. 

I think I probably had 13-14 hours in the build. Thank you! 

Feb 2, 2024 11:31:01 GMT -5 handiabled said:

it was great watching this one come together in mere hours. You over came the decal debacle and it turned out terrific!

Thank you very much! Luckily I had plenty of decals to piece something together. 

Feb 2, 2024 13:59:21 GMT -5 stikpusher said:

24 hours in six separate 4 hour sessions for results like this, with time off in between for glues and paints to dry, I can see... but 24 hours in one session?! Wow! You really nailed it on this one!

So i primed it around 12:55 pm, went back and put color on it about 20 minutes later. Ate lunch and worked on it steadily up until dinner time. Just working on the chassis, then the interior, then wheels. Back and forth while paint was drying. Ate dinner with the wife and did a few things for her and got back to this around 9 pm or so. Got it basically squared away and on wheels and then the decal disaster happened. Went to sleep around 2 am and got up at 8. Ate breakfast and then did some final chassis work and went to decaling my new made up scheme. Finished that and then did some slight grime weathering and rubber flecks and whatnot. Build ended at 12 pm and I glued the tailpipe on the thing at about 11:58. lol. That’s the rundown. 

Feb 2, 2024 15:06:13 GMT -5 atomicholiday said:

24 hours!!? I can’t decide on a color in less than 48!😂
Looks great Kyle! Nice job.👍

Thank you!! Color choice was made easy as I was going to build it as the actual race car until the decals failed. But white looks good with a made up livery too so I was able to stick with it. 

[lyle]

Impressive for such a build challenge.mine would look like Freld Flintstone’s car.

[kyledehart5]

Feb 2, 2024 18:33:53 GMT -5 lyle said:

Impressive for such a build challenge.mine would look like Freld Flintstone’s car.

Thanks very much. It was really fun to try to get it done in the time frame 

[reserve]

Lovely! I'd have no idea how to go about doing one of these

[kyledehart5]

Feb 2, 2024 19:30:14 GMT -5 reserve said:

Lovely! I'd have no idea how to go about doing one of these

Thank you!! This was a very simple kit. You could build it no problem. I’ve seen your work.