Junkman

Since I have my Molotov pens, BMF is thankfully history. 30 years of fighting with that stuff is enough.

Looks like the diff just grenaded.

You know what? I'll buy one just for that.

http://startrax.info/_Assets/Documents/Unlimited Bangers.pdf "Chrysler Imperial chassied cars are not permitted for use from 1st March 2015" Besides, those "vintage cars" getting destroyed even today aren't what they seem to be. Have you ever had a closer look at them in the paddocks? Most of them are the leftover rotten shells of parts cars having donated all their useable bits to keep other classics on the road, held together with boiler plate, chicken wire and wob, on delivery van axles and fitted with Ford V6 engines that are transferred from one car to the next. Many of them are also insurance write offs that can't be returned to the road legally. I have found the banger racing community an excellent source of spares with many of them going out of their way to help you find that elusive part. Don't forget that these guys are no lesser car enthusiasts as we are.

Use 1/18 ones, they work just as well.

Got me this today.

Also watch the weather changing radomly from one part of the city to the next.

Loser cars are bloody ace! We need a lot more of them. I'd love to see a K car, or a GM J body. Or how about a Chevy Spectrum?

Here's another good one:

Those are just marvellous, aren't they?

Oooh, Zastavas and 2 door Granada FTW! Where can I get that film?

Ya orl RONG!

Neuhierl (JNF) "Struxy". They were very nice and 1/25 scale, but sadly put the worst promos to shame in the warpage department. Also available was a VW Typ 34 Karmann, a Typ 3 1500 saloon and a Porsche 356. Herr Neuhierl later founded Carrera.

Nope. They are ghost kits.

My 1969 Opel Kapitän. And yes, this is the very car later in its life.

Apart from those terrible soft plastic Quick Fits, Frog made the following proper car kits, all in 1/16 scale: They were multipiece and could be motorised, but with a bit of work could be built into surprisingly nice models. All of them except the ambulance were reissued in the Soviet Union by a company called Novo, but not in all of the Russian issues the chrome parts were plated. They are rare to the extent of bordering obscurity, especially the ambulance.

Exactly.

What about these?

Depending on which era/version of the Ebbro you decide to build, you'lll have a set left over anyway. However, it'll always be plain steel wheels, not the Fergat ones of the TS/Gordini. TBH, I find them more appropriate for a police car. AFAIK only the Gendarmerie used A5s.

Isn't the accuracy and appearance of a model much more important than the method of assembly?

Let me get this straight - those highly professional model kit popes suddenly seek the input of the unwashed plebs?

Potentially suitable to do a Nordstadt Käfer. Autohaus Nordstadt in Hannover put widened 1303 bodies onto Porsche 914 chassis, which they fitted with Carrera engines.