I worked on this mainly last year, and it ended up being the only completed product last year.
Kurusu's Mach.
I made Hasegawa's 1/12 Kawasaki Mach III as the beloved car of Kurusu Naomi, who appears in "Bukkomi no Taku" just like the SR.
The main changes from the original kit are
・Chamber/Manufacturer unknown/3D parts
・Seat/No filling/3D parts
・Front fork/3D parts + aluminum pipe
・Funnel/3D parts
・Magura separate handlebars/Top bridge/3D parts
・Back step/3D parts
・Pillion barless/No blinkers/Bented license plate
Parts by Ragu Nyan Sensei
・Spoke wheels
・Chain
・Chamber: There was no mention of this in the manga version, but the novel said something like "the original was an extremely thick American chamber of unknown manufacturer," so I made it with the manga's atmosphere in mind.
The center stand can no longer be attached, so only a side stand is included.
・Seat: There was no specific mention of this in either the manga or novel, but the seat was thin and like it had been hollowed out, so I also made this with the manga's atmosphere in mind.
This time, I decided to make as many parts as possible from data, so even though it would have been easier to process it by hand, I decided to make it from data.
・No pillion bar/no turn signal/bented license plate: After reading the manga and starting to build the kit, I noticed this, but the Kurusu's Mach did not have turn signals. The turn signals were not forgotten, but are simply a specification of the Kurusu's Mach.
I used a license plate that I had made from etching and bent it.
・Front fork: As it is called "super short" in the manga, I think it is one of the key features of Kurusu Mach, so I lowered the front until it had a similar feel, and ended up remaking it about 5mm shorter than the one in the kit.
The headlight stay is also different, and I wanted to separate the parts by color, and use aluminum pipes for the front fork, so I made it so that I could do those things.
・Backset: Although there is only one image in the manga, it seems to be in the position of a pillion step, and the shape looked similar, so I managed to make it look similar.
・Magura separate handlebars/top bridge/meter: In the manga, Taku says "Maybe it's a Tomaselli?", but in the novel it turns out to be a Magura taken from the ZRX1100 that he originally rode. While making the separate handlebars and top bridge, I realized that it only had one meter.
I can't tell which one it is in the manga, but racing cars and the like only have a tachometer, so I followed that and made it a tachometer. Accordingly, the speedometer cable that normally comes out of the front wheel has also been removed.
・Funnels/Accessories: I used the funnels I made at the beginning. The keychain is etching, the piping is basically replaced with Tamiya's 0.5mm, and I partially used MFH's oil tubes.
Above all, the spoke wheels and chain from Ragu Nyan-sensei. These were what made me want to make it and helped me complete it.
Once you start assembling it, you can keep assembling it, and the resolution increases all at once, so it's a really useful part.
That's all for last year's only completed product, Kurusu's Mach.
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