Combat Mode

Ultimate battle must be 100% commitment. You may even commit your life.

In the first of these liveries. Code name "FD 7.13" Commitment comes from the F15 with a Samurai edge. Tried to keep this one sharp. I'm loving the shuriken around the arch. Work XC8 doing the sharp effect on the wheel. While I hate C-West bubble lights as much as those other cheap ones you get, when you cover them up they should provide a good image. Some stenciled lettering should also provide the right contrast.

The second ultimate battle FD is a cross between a attack battle tank and a heavy hitting tactical Air Command "TAC" bomber. 80's ground cover olive drab and field green with black white highlights hides the profile while matt black 57G and funtional aero pieces conceal the real weapons.

for others I tried on my roadster see here. Emulating Zero, Mustang and others.

Russ.

Carbon BN

This car features new carbon... and lights on.

Change of Direction

Reality.

1999+ with Efini skin and a light tune.

Really?

Russ.

The Gulf of Efini

Liveries are going strong. Someone suggested this, but it really has no link at all to Mazda. Porsche Ford and Aston Martin... Vents look cool though. Could work well with a V-Mount.

Yesterday I did some work on this. resulting in a more streetable livery. Rock it!

I might be moving towards a white street Efini. I'll see if I can do a similar design on a normal FD body.

Asamoto's M-sports front bar should work? Very Similar design and the smaller size should match the RX3 grille???

Old School

Canards are taking inspiration here fronm the side skirts, sculpting the front bar more aggressivley.

You may notice a little old school RX3 inspiration in the front of this one. I opened up the lower lip of the bumper and lined the air intakes. Of course in reality these would feature an OEM style honeycomb mesh.

This shows where the inspiration comes from. Pure RX3 in every way The bonnet line is changed on this one. Axis rims are cooooool. 

The retro colours from my last post combine very well with these small changes. The Marlboro race livery almost looks like an old school race car. The chrome adding a nice accent. You may also notice the window angle has changed on this one too. I'm an RX3 fan from way back. Maybe no Leaf springs in this one though.

Stick to some custom bilstein coilovers from Nishiki Brocade Suspension tuners.

This Le Mans Efini Version  based on the 787B le mans livery looks great. I didn't like the actual replica I did in white, but these subtle changes look great in military grey with the lights deleted. Pretty special.

BTW the direction has changed. I have basically exhausted the possiblity of building this car in this calendar year. So focus is on something a little less cost demanding. but definately when space, time and cash becomes available, the LE Mans Concept shall return.

Stay tuned.

Russ.