1972coronet Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Looks like a neat-o replica : http://www.modelroundup.com/product-p/tamiya-24340.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 If my package from HLJ ever gets out of customs, I will do a review of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike 51 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 No review but Hobby Search has pictures of all the parts and the instuctions.(its much cheaper to import it from Japan too) Looks like a very nice full detail model...hard to go wrong with a Tamiya kit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 very similar to their S800, but a little chunkier and squarer around the corners. plus chain drive. jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64Comet404 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 The S600 is a very nice looking kit, and Tamiya has made the appropriate revisions. One nice feature, not mentioned on the instructions, is the inclusion of the raised soft top, in additon to the hardtop and the boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 Thanks , one and all , for your input , critiques , and opinions . There's just some-thing about those nifty little Japanese roadsters from the early-mid 60's that really strikes me . I wanted to build some-thing outside of my normal North American cars / pickups / vans subjects , and this kit looks like it'd fill that 'void' perfectly ! Looking forward to more replies . opinions , buildups , etc. ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) I remember seeing these running around when I was In Okinawa in the Navy circa 1970 I remember the engines weren't much more than a motorcycle motor. With lots of carbs. Edited July 7, 2015 by Greg Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsnapper55 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Jay Leno's Garage did a segment on a hot rod version of this car built by Matt Brown - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsbfzmPCYX4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I should have the kit tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike 51 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I should have the kit tomorrow I got my Toyota today..took longer to leave Japan than usual and longer to get from SFO too. But it's very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsepower Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 If the late forties to mid fifties cars were referred to as "shoebox" cars, would these qualify as "cigarette pack" cars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Here is a look at the kit https://youtu.be/NfiYGijm-1Y Or if you just want to look at photos http://s1105.photobucket.com/user/irvan2836/library/Kit%20reviews/Honda%20S600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 Here is a look at the kit https://youtu.be/NfiYGijm-1Y Or if you just want to look at photos http://s1105.photobucket.com/user/irvan2836/library/Kit%20reviews/Honda%20S600 Thanks much ! That's what I was looking for : photos of its contents . I wonder how well it goes together ? Tamiya kits are great ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin T Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Picked one up the other day and I'm temped to either go bone stock OR make a canyon carving rat like the one Leno featured. Sadly I don't know of a superbike engine in scale but I'm more than positive a rotary would fit in there. Either that or a modern four banger with a small turbo would do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64Comet404 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 If you want to go a bit more old school for superbikes, MPC had a Honda CB750 chopper in their old Monte Carlo kits. Not as exciting as a new suberbike engine, but probably a bit more racy looking than stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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