Aoshma (BEEMAX) Nissan 240RS Rally

[Gregg]

Another new one in the Aoshima/Beemax line of '80s Rally Cars is the Nissan 240RS from the 1983 New Zealand Rally.

Nice body, very nice rims, good details, but, it's curbside.

 

[Gt fan]

A hard kit to find in stock. I've been looking to build this one but can't find it. 

[Grid_88]

Any pictures of the tire treads I am hoping for dirt tires but I suspect they are the ever common road/asphalt tires.

[Gregg]

Tires:

 

 

Edited October 3, 2016 by Gregg

[keyser]

That looks nice! Way overdue car. Sweet. Mahalo.

[horsepower]

Tires:

 

 

Looks like the gravel tires to me.

[afx]

Nice looking kit.

[W-409]

These old Group B Rally Cars are pretty cool, even though I'm usually not that much into building European or Japanese cars. I started to get excited about this one already, but Why oh why it is a Curbside?! I think I have to leave it to the hobby shops then...

[935k3]

I gotta get one of those. I do not mind if it's curbside. I am happy they make such a car at all and what's there is nicely molded..

[64Comet404]

A really purposeful looking rally car. A 240RS was running at Goodwood this year, so there are probably some really good videos and pics on-line by now.

[fumi]

If one is inclined to put an engine in it, the FJ20 from various Aoshima R30 Skyline and S12 Silvia kits would be a good starting point.

Beemax is a small company.  Their resources are stretched pretty tight for tooling up the different kits so they are leaving the engine parts to the aftermarket.

[W-409]

If one is inclined to put an engine in it, the FJ20 from various Aoshima R30 Skyline and S12 Silvia kits would be a good starting point.

Beemax is a small company.  Their resources are stretched pretty tight for tooling up the different kits so they are leaving the engine parts to the aftermarket.

Yes, I understand that, but I'd guess it would sell better with engine tooled up as well. Though I have no idea how much it would cost to tool it so maybe it would bump the kit price too far. And it seems to be popular with these European/Japanese car model kits that they have no engines.

It's good that there is a starting point for the engine. It's highly possible though that I'll skip this one anyway. It's not that interesting subject that I'd start the modifications to fit an engine in there.