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32767 view(s)  Mazda's 787B was the first and until now last car that won LeMans that was powered by a rotary engine. Moreover it was also the first Japanese victory at LeMans. The unique 4 rotor engine produced 700 bhp and it outran its competitors; the Porsches, Peugeots and Jaguars.
With this victory Mazda capped 18 years of effort at LeMans and added a new page to the Japanese automotive history books.
The drivers Bertrand Gachot, Johnny Herbert and Volker Weidler completed 4923.200 km (3,059.79 miles) at an average speed of 205.133 km/h (127.49 mph)
The Mazda 787/787B were prototype Group C racing cars built for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and World Sportscar Championship, replacing the 767B. It used a 4-rotor R26B Wankel engine which produced over 700 hp (522 kW).
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Models for Mazda 787B
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| Manufacturer |
Model |
Scale |
Dimensions (LxWxH) |
Wheelbase |
Front spur |
Rear spur |
| Kyosho Mini Z |
787B LM 91 Renown |
1/25 |
0.0x78.0x0.0 |
99.9 |
78.0 |
78.0 |
| Tamiya |
787B LM91 Renown |
1/24 |
99.9x83.0x40.0 |
99.9 |
78.2 |
80.0 |
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 This kit depicts the famous 787B nr.55 that was driven to overall victory in the 1991 Le Mans 24hrs race by Johnny Herbert, Bertrand Gachot and Volker Weidler.
A fully detailed kit, this must be the nicest kit Tamiya made sofar of any Mazda. Although the doors are molded shut with the front body, the interior and monocoque details are so good that you'd be very tempted to cut open at least one door.
Fortunately, the engine cover does come separate so the well detailed engine and rear suspension can be displayed.
The body has very fine raised lines on the borders of the orange/green patches, this is really neat since on the real car the green patches are applied with thin adhesive foil, so you actually see a fine line shining through the white stripes.
The box art is a true piece of art, showing details that aren't even included in the kit. Best of all, it is accurate enough to use as a guide for further detailling and can also be used to determine what parts are reinforced with carbon/Kevlar fibre material and what parts are reinforced with full carbon fibres.
The kit comes with two sheets of decals, one containing all white and green parts of the color scheme and a smaller sheet containing all smaller details.
For touching up any green parts of the scheme, Tamiya X-28 Park Green is a close match.
This model was rereleased in 1999 by Tamiya's factory in the Philippines.
One nice touch with the rereleased version is that sheets of protective paper are carefully stapled to both decal sheets, so the decals won't stick to instruction sheet, box or parts bags (Tamiya subsequently started putting the decal sheets in protective bags in all their kits).
Both Modeler and Studio 27 jumped the bandwagon by releasing etched stainless steel detail/upgrade sets and Studio 27 also released no less than 4 different sets of decals allowing serious modelers to recreate any 787 or 787B livery ever driven.
source:erix7 modelpage |
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