The K-Tunes Racing No. 96 Lexus RC F GT3 is one of the more established privateer entries in the Super GT GT300 class, a category that blends FIA GT3 machinery with Japanese motorsport culture at its most competitive. Shinichi Takagi, a veteran with decades in the series, and co-driver Morio Nitta contested the full 2024 campaign at circuits including Okayama, Fuji, Suzuka, Autopolis, Sugo and Motegi. Spark Model has documented their effort in resin at 1:43.
The RC F GT3 is built on the Z10-generation RC F coupe body and homologated to FIA GT3 regulations, with development handled by TOM'S and GreenBrave. Its engine is the 2UR-GSE 5.0-litre naturally aspirated V8, the same unit found in the road car, tuned and restricted to comply with Super GT GT300 Balance of Performance rules. In a grid increasingly populated by turbocharged machinery, the RC F's V8 character remains a distinctive engineering choice. The road car measures 4,710 mm in length, and GT3 regulations require the racing silhouette to mirror the production bodywork closely.
K-Tunes Racing and the 2024 GT300 season
K-Tunes Racing has run the Lexus RC F GT3 in the GT300 class across multiple Super GT seasons, making them one of the more consistent custodians of the nameplate in Japanese club-level GT racing. Car number 96 is the team's registered entry, and Shinichi Takagi has been a long-standing fixture in the driving seat. The 2024 livery carried the K-Tunes corporate identity colours. The season spanned eight rounds, and the pairing of Takagi's experience with Nitta's pace represented the team's standard two-driver GT300 structure.
The Spark Model 1:43 scale model
This 1:43 scale model is part of Spark Model's ongoing Super GT series, which covers both GT500 and GT300 entries from each season. Spark produces these replicas in resin, a material well suited to capturing the aerodynamic detailing of GT3 bodywork at this scale — splitters, diffusers and livery graphics included. The series is targeted primarily at the Japanese motorsport collector market, and distribution outside Japan is limited, which historically results in constrained long-term availability for the GT300 entries in particular.
In the display cabinet
The No. 96 RC F GT3 fits naturally alongside other Spark Super GT GT300 entries from the 2024 season, as well as K-Tunes Racing liveries from earlier campaigns. A broader Lexus-focused shelf might pair it with the LC500 GT500 entries from the same season, while a grid-level display could include the rival Honda NSX GT3 and Nissan Z GT500 models from Spark's same-year release programme. For collectors with an interest in Japanese privateer GT racing, the consistent K-Tunes identity across seasons makes multi-year groupings a coherent and visually unified option.
