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[chevyfever2009]

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where did you get that i could use one for a project

[martinfan5]

where did you get that i could use one for a project

http://www.scenesunltd.com/

[Johnny]

Nothing at all! Still waiting!

[LacrosseBoss]

My first Tamiya kit - Morris Mini Cooper.

My dad had a Mini back a looooooong time ago. He used to work for a garage and this was a car with no engine that was there the entire time he worked there. He says he asked his boss who it belonged to and apparently it was just towed and left there one night. So my dad bought it for $50. He researched and found an Austin Atlantic engine for it, JAMMED it in the engine bay, and screamed around town. Everyone who knew him some 35/40 years ago still mention (first) the car.

 

 

This is a 1/24 scale kit and looking at it with the cover up, I can't wait to get into it. I knew 1/24 was smaller than I normally build (1/25) but I didn't think by that much. I also knew the Mini was a tiny car, but I didn't think it would be this small. Here, by comparison, is a picture of the body for the Mini side-by-side with a 1/25 59 Chevy I built this summer.

 

 

 

The door panels are lined up with each other in this shot. I can't wait to start this one, but I have WAY too many un-started kits before I get here. When it's finished however, rest assured these two will sit next to each other in the display case.

[GeeBee]

Nice Mini kit, you'll enjoy putting that one together, just a few mold lines on the body to remove, but the rest of the kit just falls together

[tubbs]

went to my club meeting and was given about 500 magazines, mostly car craft and hot rod from the late 80's and 90's. this just might put me over the 9,000 mark in mags. have to sort out the duplicates though. my goal is to get to 10,000 by the years end, my wifes goal is to have a HUGE bonfire !!!

[Johnny]

A rebuildable 55 Chevy convertible!

[martinfan5]

I wasted money on stuff for this hobby, I should of lit it on fire instead

Edited by martinfan5, 08 March 2013 - 12:47 PM.

[Scott Colmer]

 I hardly ever buy stuff anymore. But....

 

I have been carrying around the left over parts from the Young American dragster I built as a kid. Figure close to 40 years ago. I probably had enough to recreate it. I lost out on a lot of E-bay bids on a boxed original. When the reissue came out I told my wife I was planning to finally get one. This is what was on the table when I came home from work. That there is a good woman.

 

Hosted on Fotki

 

The reissue and my collection of parts.

 

Scott

Edited by Scott Colmer, 09 March 2013 - 07:27 AM.

[MachinistMark]

Maybe, just maybe, a 1:1 81 camaro z/28

[Casey]

Maybe, just maybe, a 1:1 81 camaro z/28

 

Better be a Canadian only 4-speed...or did that end in '80?

[lordairgtar]

1/24th is actually larger than 1/25th.

 

 

This is a 1/24 scale kit and looking at it with the cover up, I can't wait to get into it. I knew 1/24 was smaller than I normally build (1/25) but I didn't think by that much. I also knew the Mini was a tiny car, but I didn't think it would be this small. Here, by comparison, is a picture of the body for the Mini side-by-side with a 1/25 59 Chevy I built this summer.

 

[LacrosseBoss]

1/24th is actually larger than 1/25th.

 

 

D'oh. This is why I shouldn't post past 1am.

Well, there you go. Even more astonishing how tiny this car was in real life and how small the model will be (or how large the 59 Chevy was, take your pick).

[GeeBee]

Bought this today, should have it next week, it's the Fujimi enthusiast kit in a different box, but cheaper ...

 

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[MachinistMark]

Can't trans brake a 4 speed Casey... besides with 4:10 or 4:88 gears gonna need overdrive...

[lanesteele240]

Im making good on my promise to buy a bunch of 1:12 models. This is my second, got it off ebay and it comes with two large sheets of p/e parts. next up is that datsun 240

[jrherald420]

I want to see that engine when its done!!! 

[MachinistMark]

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Got this running, finally.

[Tom Geiger]

 

D'oh. This is why I shouldn't post past 1am.

Well, there you go. Even more astonishing how tiny this car was in real life and how small the model will be (or how large the 59 Chevy was, take your pick).

 

Here's two of my models, both 1/24 scale. At first I thought one of them must be out of scale. Then I found this photo...

 

 

Truth is stranger than fiction.   Both the current Mini and current Fiat 500 are larger than the originals.  

Edited by Tom Geiger, 09 March 2013 - 05:05 PM.

[JamesW]

 

There is NO WAY that's a real car. LOL Power Wheels maybe.