Junkman

C does take on a t sound in German, exactly like z, so Citroen is pronounced tseetroenn by most Germans, which is completely wrong. Vitamin C is pronounced wee tah meen tsay. Then there is ch, but I won't go there.

I'd consider this rare no matter how one looks at it. But with the Inc. and the AG reunited, there is hope.

Audi rhymes with howdy. Not aw-dee.

And it's mare-tsay-daz and not mer-say-dees.

I think the LS one is where it all started. A lot of the 'vintage' Aoshima kits are based on ancient LS tooling. Much of the 1/20 scale LS tooling ended with Arii, but not all of it. I also have the impression (and Scott Hards confirmed this) that leasing tooling from one company to another is common practice in Japan. And yes, Chuck, a healthy dose of the Bosuzoku touch will go a long way with this car.

Well then. Where did the tooling go he didn't get? I always hear that he got the shaft end of a deal, but wouldn't anybody with half a brain make an inventory before he purchases anything and then check the delivery against it?

The Jo-Han story changes with each and every source.

There are currently none on Ebay. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Niet. Rien. Nemo. You can use this as an indicator for how rare they are meanwhile. Don't forget, it's only going to be reissued shortly after you managed to obtain an origial.

So there you go. Why build such useless rubbish in the first place?

You are completely right. Back in the day when I built the kit, I used the chassis and side panels from a Toyota Chaser kit, that's still readily available. For what they are, many of these kits are indeed overpriced, but then again, as I said before, what is the alternative? If you are into old Japanese sheetmetal Baroque, this is a toad you must be prepared to swallow. Anyway, I just placed an order with HLJ for that thing. Mine will be canary yellow this time around.

Yeah, until it's luffing on top of the first speed hump. Then it's ridiculous.

That is correct Sir. Like faugh-vay and not veedubblyooh. But how on earth does one pronounce Buick?

Don't we all? And make this a 1977-1990 Caprice. As Darin wrote, your only option is the Modelhaus, which evolved from a heavily modified Ertl diecast stockcar and is an Impala, not a Caprice. I have never seen one built, but after seeing a photo of the kit, I wasn't convinced enough to shell out 62 $ for it. It just doesn't look right to me.

You know... It actually is funny. If you wouldn't need those tyres for a project, you'd find it funny too. Too bad I don't have the kit, otherwise I'd happily help you out.

X2 Traditional hot rodding primarily serves the purpose to improve the performance and/or handling of a car. I don't see this spirit carried into most of the VISA card rat rods I see today. I like hot rods that are unfinished in the paint and appearance departments. But for the life of me, I cannot warm up to this rat rod thing as a fashion gag. To me, most of today's rat rodders are nothing but a bunch of posers who think they are soooo different, but in reality just subscribe to yet another zeitgeisty trend. It's a shame really, because they withdraw material from the real hot rod community. And no, Cole, your's isn't a rat rod in my eye, it's a real hot rod. OK, so much for the real rat rods. Now on to the models, which I find is a totally different story. Building a rat rod model must be a very challenging task involving great skills in the weathering department. It perhaps requires more skills and creativity, than building a model of a shiny hot rod. More $$$ too, considering how many kits have to be bashed to build one.

They came with the Dodge. I have it, too.

OK, how about Daewoo, then? I think it's not day-wooh but day-woh. Kia is key-ah, right? And Hyundai? I think it's yun-die, right? And speaking of Porsche, I noticed that most non-German speakers also pronounce the most prominent maker of the wheels wrong. Fuchs is pronounced foox. Oh, and my first name is not pronounced like the religion. Its kris-tea-un.

There is one on Ebay right now: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Otaki-1-12-Scale-model-Honda-S800-Coupe-Mint-Unopened-Very-Rare-/260955343804?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item3cc2268bbc Thought you might not want to miss it.

I had a previous issue: Like many of the Aoshima 'Vintage Car' kits, the body is moulded from an ancient 'can be motorized' tool with re-tooled chassis and interior added. The kit does not hold up to today's standards, but it can be built into a quite convincing model. Furthermore, which alternative do you see if you want to build a 78-83 Dodge Challenger?

Not really. Demand and what people are willing to pay makes the price. There were only 9 Crown Imperial Limousines built in 1959, yet one was sold recently for less than 35.000$.

Not sure whether people take notice, but those Sno-Cats were Chrysler Hemi powered.

Touch it in with white paint and a 000 brush.

I know what that is like. Don't do a bloody thing about it, it'll only errr... what's the fancy word for it? errr... frustrate you. Let me know which currently available kit you would like to build and if I have it, I send it to you free of charge.

Found this at my local LBS (not LHS):