Oh! The Humanity!

[Straightliner59]

I stumbled across this on Ebay. Such a terrible thing to do to a Racing Scenes Vega! It's ruined!

[berr13]

I hope it was "free to a good home".

[vintagercr]

It's restorable. 

[disabled modeler]

I could restore her....I have some that are damaged worse waiting for parts to be found for them.   Try repairing tornado damage.

[Deuces]

If it we're motorized, it be doing wheelies in the sand.....

[Snake45]

It's a disastrophe! 

[Straightliner59]

20 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

It's a disastrophe! 

While there's no doubt it could be fixed, it's just such a waste! The point is that no one will buy it and fix it, therefore it's pretty much ruined. :-)

[Scott Colmer]

I saw that one too. That may not be an Aroura Vega. The latham blower peeking through the hood hole lead me to think this a is 1/25 scale vega.

[Straightliner59]

11 minutes ago, Scott Colmer said:

I saw that one too. That may not be an Aroura Vega. The latham blower peeking through the hood hole lead me to think this a is 1/25 scale vega.

If you compare it to photos of the Racing Scenes Vega, it becomes apparent that it is, unfortunately, an Aurora body. Oh, well!

[El Caballo]

Kind of hard to figure out the original builder's purpose.

[Scott Colmer]

On 9/23/2018 at 10:19 PM, Straightliner59 said:

If you compare it to photos of the Racing Scenes Vega, it becomes apparent that it is, unfortunately, an Aurora body. Oh, well!

I stand corrected. I did some research. The notches on the window frames are one clue. I'm sad.

I am pretty sure the rear tires came from the spin welder kits.

 

[disabled modeler]

I hate to see any of them cut up like that but I cant just let them die I have to try to fix them...LOL..

[Straightliner59]

9 hours ago, Scott Colmer said:

I stand corrected. I did some research. The notches on the window frames are one clue. I'm sad.

I am pretty sure the rear tires came from the spin welder kits.

 

Scott, I have a bunch of pics I gathered from the interwebs, for an article that used to be on the old SLM website. Tom West, who worked with Jim Keeler to bring that line to be, told his side of the story, regarding the development of Aurora Racing Scenes. I also have a bunch of files of Tom's design drawings from the project. It's one of my favorite series, even though I've never seen more than the two engines and a mechanic and tool box kit. I still have one of each of the engines. I'm rambling! I recognized it, based on the cutouts in the rear window. You may be correct about the rear tires; I am unfamiliar with those kits. I agree...it's pretty saddening. Here are a few of the pics I found, and a couple of Tom's drawings. He gave me permission to publish them, so, I am pretty sure he'd be fine with me sharing them, here. He was a great guy! I hung out with him a couple of different times--one of them was at GSL, in '97. Was a lot of fun!

[Straightliner59]

I should add: the "Hank's Speed Shop" name was a tip of the hat to Hank Borger, who was one of my earliest inspirers.

[Rider]

Have ya noticed how much he's asking for it? $90 

[Straightliner59]

In the box, in decent shape, that wouldn't be unreasonable, at all. In this condition? Hahaha!

[Ben]

And now it’s the Doo Doo Vega!

[Straightliner59]

46 minutes ago, Ben said:

And now it’s the Doo Doo Vega!

Hahaha! Nice!