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I have since owned another 4 of these as well as a Mazda 808, RX2, RX7 and various other 1970s Jap pocket cars. I'm trying to model all of them. There is an old kit of the Mazda R100 (rotary coupe version of the 1300) but it costs a mint if you can even find one. I have decided to scratchbuild one in 1/24 using balsa to make a resin casting master mould. As practice, I am scratchbuilding one in matchbox car scale as practice. If all goes well, I plan to attempt a Mazda 1500SS and a KE35 Corolla.
I used plans pinned to a balsa block to get the basic shape:
From there, more carving produced a reasonable approximation:
More shaping, filling and adding stretched sprue to get the lower body line has produced this now:
Still need to refine and smooth the shape and add roof guttering and lights, grille, door handles and other detail.
Balsa carving is a lot more straightforward than I expected
