The answer: MODEL!
Edited by harrypri, 18 April 2008 - 04:45 AM.
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Real Or Model #34 FINISHED!
Started by Harry P., Apr 14 2008 04:58 AM
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Posted 14 April 2008 - 04:58 AM
To paraphrase Shakespeare: Is real? Or not to be?
The answer: MODEL!
The answer: MODEL!
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Posted 14 April 2008 - 05:44 AM
I vote for real. Really.
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Posted 14 April 2008 - 06:18 AM
I spent way too long researching this. 
Clues...hmmmm.....aha...finally...nailed it!
Clues...hmmmm.....aha...finally...nailed it!
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Posted 14 April 2008 - 10:36 AM
Wood parquet floor looks real to me,Sooo I vote real.
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Posted 14 April 2008 - 10:40 AM
uummmm real?? 
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Posted 14 April 2008 - 03:45 PM
If you consider a pedal car a model, I say model. check out the size of the steering wheel.
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Posted 15 April 2008 - 06:49 AM
Hey Darin,maybe it's just ol tymeie power streering?
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Posted 15 April 2008 - 02:24 PM
Real!!
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Posted 15 April 2008 - 04:09 PM
I'm undecided on this one, but i will go with 'model'. 
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Posted 16 April 2008 - 03:44 AM
Ya know guys,Darin may have sumpthin there,I went an took a look at it in a larger frame an I dint see any brake lines,So maybe he's got a better eye than me.But it's too late to change my vote. 
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Posted 16 April 2008 - 01:41 PM
Well it's not too late for me.
and Looking at it as closely as I can (150%)
Pedal car..
So that would make it a large Model..
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Posted 16 April 2008 - 02:44 PM
Or a small human powered real car?
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Posted 16 April 2008 - 05:58 PM
I will say Model this time... 
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Posted 17 April 2008 - 06:22 AM
i say its real
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Posted 17 April 2008 - 06:29 PM
Can't say why, but I'm gonna say 'model' this time....it does appear to be pretty big too.
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Posted 18 April 2008 - 04:48 AM
Close vote, but this time I WIN!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!
It's a model! A big one (1/2 scale!!!)
Next ROM coming Monday..
It's a model! A big one (1/2 scale!!!)
Next ROM coming Monday..
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Posted 18 April 2008 - 06:16 AM
It is a 1/2 scale one-off pedal car built by a father and son team. The angle of the photo helps hide the wheels which have solid backs. Clues for me, before finding it: the brake drums didn't look like the real ones, and the big central steering wheel.
Here are more shots:
Here are more shots:
