Anyone Reviewed This Kit ( Honda S600 )

[1972coronet]

Looks like a neat-o replica :

http://www.modelroundup.com/product-p/tamiya-24340.htm

[martinfan5]

If my package from HLJ ever gets out of customs, I will do a review of it

[mike 51]

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...

[jbwelda]

very similar to their S800, but a little chunkier and squarer around the corners.

plus chain drive.

jb

[64Comet404]

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.

[1972coronet]

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. ...

[Greg Myers]

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

[drsnapper55]

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

[martinfan5]

I should have the kit tomorrow

[mike 51]

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!

[horsepower]

If the late forties to mid fifties cars were referred to as "shoebox" cars, would these qualify as "cigarette pack" cars?

[martinfan5]

[martinfan5]

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

[1972coronet]

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 !

[Austin T]

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.

[64Comet404]

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.