Plastic model kits????

ahhh cheers mate ive been looking for a forum about it yeah amt was the one i forgot...

Not realy sure what i want to build yet? possibly a Model t rod, or the blue model A that revell did, it had 5 spoke american racing rims and a surfboard iirc? i built it when i was younger but not very well so would like to do that again.... or possibly rebuild the one i did...


Or somthing wierd... like rommels rod or a bit of a retro twist using somthing like the sunbeam alpine and some cragers or somthing? haha

haha no don't worry dude would like to see that built anyway... looks cool...

anyway heres some pics of the ones that have been kicking around for ages... remember i was about 12 the last time i touched one... and the otaki corolla (the one I'm gonna rebuild first) was an attempt to keep my busy when i had a broken arm and leg after gettin hit buy a car... ....(thanks dad )

these have been in various places.. including the garage and loft (belive me, ive just been there )

Rommel's Rod has been re-released recently, so shouldn't be too difficult to get one. Probably need to be ordered from the states though. A 1:24 / 1:25 Alpine isn't cheap. However if you like Brit sports cars, then there's Gunze Sangyo's Triumph TR2 / 3 / 3A (avoid the Academy TR3 though....) and AH Sprite, and the Aoshima / Revell / Airfix* MGB roadster, all in 1:24. No engines, but otherwise nice kits & should be available for sensible money. The MG is especially detailed underneath, and is ripe for an engine transplant! Tamiya have done some VERY nice '60s cars too, and all are full detail - Mini Cooper, Fiat 500, 2CV, Jag Mk2, Honda S800, VW Beetle (late sloping headlight) and Karmann Ghia. Revell have also just released very detailed VW Samba & Trabant kits, but don't confuse them with earlier releases, which were much cruder. The new ones are completely new tooling.

*same kit in different boxes. Aoshima ones might have some extra goodies but not sure. I have the Airfix boxed version. Not to be confused with the 1:32 Airfix MGB though!

Here's the AMT, Revell & Monogram car kits that are on ebay at the moment clicky

And another forum for you:

forum.spc.org.uk/phpBB3/

Incidentally, I'm about to have a clear out of some of my kits (just moved house & have less storage) so if you're interested, I can send you the excel file with all the info on them.



Sounds very interesting! Drop me a pm to discuss

I had similar thoughts a couple of months ago, and was shocked when I went to try and buy some kits. The last time that I built a plastic model kit they were about $20 each, and you used to be able to get them cheap at Big W. Now they're only in hobby shops, and the hobby shop prices have doubled! I nearly got scared away from kits entirely because it's now cheaper to buy a very nice fully finished 1/18 die-cast model than it is to buy a 1/24 kit. even before you include the paint! I bought myself a "Nostalgic Heroes" 1/24 1969 Subaru R-2 Deluxe kit, which doesn't have engine detail but it's unique and was cheap.

If you're looking for old and unique J-tin kits in 1/24, then the Doyusha Nostalgic Heroes series is pretty good. The shells look good and are nicely detailed, but there's no engine or underbody details. In fact they have a clockwork motor!

If you are into rc boats and plastic models, you can get some great revell plastic boat kits that are perfect for rc coversions.

I made a Schellboat (sp?!) german fast torpedo boat and used servo motors and boards for power and the props that came with the kit were perfect.

I will see if I can find some pics of it.

Lewis

i have dozens of car kits , wheels, (1/24th)paints and glues available get in touch.

we have an aerokits sea tender... its a 50's wooden kit and atm has a twin screw set up with esc and watercooling... my dad fully restored the superstructure of it