Mini Drift Matsuri

Andy was out in his FD the other day at Ebisu. Check here for some more pics and credits. Remember if you want to come to Japan and drift. It can be arranged.

Russ.

Sevenstock 12 USA

This is my pick from the US' Sevenstock 12. It's one of the few cars that has good wheel offset fitment.

This FC was my outright fave though.

This FD got it half right. I mostly dislike the wide feed front kit without the rear. Also the parts look like copied rip off shine project shit. Dont support this company!

This FD's wheels are huge! not a fan with the stock body.

I have never been a fan of the Pettit rear fender either. Even if the car has a 20B. Balance people.

This guy went for tiny flares to make his car look home made.

This car is just confused. Ab flug front, KSp Lights, normal bonnet, Feed front fenders, Re-Amemiya sides without the carbon. Feed style rear wide fenders, RE897 rear. The Huge Advans help, but its an aquired taste for sure.

In Black it hides the hideousness a little.

These wheels are too wide at the back, good try though.

While browsing the http://www.speedsyndicate.net/gallery_auto/Sevenstock_12/index.html gallery, I must say overall I was dissapointed with what the US showed. You can decide for yourself here.

A few gems among the crowd though. A recent browse on RX7.net had me expecting more.

This yellow FD has it all right. RP01 are by far, one of the best wheels that suit the FD. Almost an evolution of the stock wheel that are refined in the right ways. Rare in 18". These are almost perfect.

Russ.

1/64 FD Battle - Aushima Vs Hotworks

Hotworks and Aoshima are hunting up a battle in 1/64 scale.

Recently I got hold of an Aoshima 1/64 pink strikers FD3s, The detail is quite good and small features like the lights and front mirrors are good.

However it's no match for the Hotworks FD3s. The bodies are quite similar, but the vented bonnet is great, the cage, seats and wheels are much better also, but what takes the cake is the ability to turn the wheels on the hotworks car.

Russ.

Mini FD3s Rx7 Replicas

Today I was walking around the stores and found this on the sale bench for 100Yenners.
So as much as I hate the pink, It will make a great car to re-paint. They went to the trouble to make clear lights then painted 4 silver spots on the out side... go figure??

So I lined it up with my yellow Initial D FD that I got from atop the japanese coffee cans. It's a little monster. I haven't detailed the windows yet but it will look cool. Has a big diffuser pro out back too.

The next one is the blue D1 RE-Amemiya phone strap FD I got from 2009 Tokyo Auto Salon. I always get some kind of souvenier when I go. It's pretty cool but the wheel detail has nothing on my other one.

The last green one is a modified Initial D FD I've had for years. It used to look exactly like my old RE-Xtreme Ver2 FD but now it looks more like a drift hack. It's on my house key ring.

Russ.