The small partner

I built another small car as the subaru's partner.i built another small car as the subaru's partner.

I finished the cliff-cut mazda carol with the images of a broad speed ford anglia.

Its rear-fender looked much wider than its cabin width did,

but it's totally the same chassis as subaru does and the 

body width is also the same size as subaru does. 

Subaru is finished.

To imagine and make fantasy liveries for this Subaru, it was not only the hardest

and most difficult works in this project but also the most enjoyable part.

It was a fictitious set-up that is one of PR activities of Robin, general purpose

engine which comes from Fuji Heavy Industries as mother company of Subaru.

I made a cockpit and  twin-turbo exhaust in parallel.

The Subaru is completed by assembled all parts into one.

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To use a "slot-it" motor pod from a junk yard, I designed a sub-chassis

shown as a picture below by cutting an ABS cardboard t=2.5mm .

I designed and made a minimal chassis by using the sub-chassis and the

motor pod.

The steel pressed wheels in the plastic model kit are nice looking as it looks

like a real light vehicle with 360cc, I use wheels and tires from the kit for front.

For rear wheels, I made insertions scraping pressed wheels from the kit and

make them together with "slot-it" 312PB insertions which are scraped the

center area and become like doughnuts.

Subaru updated

After I am satisfied with the car way it’s looked, spray primer-surfacer

to the body for getting ready to paint job.

I pick up an image of a “Japanese Crane” which is a symbolic of “Japanese

traditional married couple”.

Japanese Nation Bird is Pheasant not Japanese Crane, but Japanese Cranes

mostly take action in a pair and it seems so strikingly, it is the symbol of

married couple in a very good relationship in Japan and we have a history

that it often becomes a motif of Japanese traditional art crafts and arts.

So, I made this tiny Subaru for my wife and wish it that we keep enjoying slot car 

together for a long time. 

And I’m still thinking of a good looking livery which goes with an old Subaru.

While I am thinking of it, I design a chassis.

The cheap and ugly

Subaru has only recently become famous in the WRC as Subaru WRX .

But the first Subaru was exported “360 minicar” to US in 1969.

I started a small project to convert an ARII kit into a slot car.

In the first place, I would build it straight without hesitating. Even I attached

wide fenders from the kit, I wondered something missing.

It seemed to be not enough volume under the waistline, I fixed side

sills and front lower balance.

There were some finishing images, so I didn’t make rear lower balance

at this point.

Fling a pair of dice

In my childhood, every boy was large-influenced by TAMIYA’s fine model kits.

I certainly was the one of them.

Those days, if you said “Porsche 934 “, it was no doubt that it meant “orange
Jagermeister car” and “green Vaillant car” for most of all Japanese boys.

Since then, they still have been my favorite pairs of porsche racing liveries.

Time flies・・・・・


As I am grown up a middle aged man, I’ve met a wonderland of slot car racing,
and sometimes want to re-paint my “Porsche 356s” which it of course comes
to my mind the orange and green cars even though the liveries don’t match the
time for 934 and 356.

Here is an original ninco porsche 356 in my stock.

Orange one is mine, 

and green one is my wife's car.

They look happy together.

Not just any treasure

When I was a newbie to slot car, I used to watch foreign websites one after another every night.
One day I hit the Mark Gussin’s page, I fell in love with his collections, especially this racing transporter.

I was searching for it for 4 years or so, finally I got this in March 2009.

I've been so lucky to have it since then and still feel happy.