Hubley Renault Dauphine

[fordf-100]

Hi all, this is the 1/24 Hubley kit of the Renault Dauphine. Built curbside style with no real modification other than wheels and lowered some and a couple things added in the rather plane interior. This was a lot of fun! Let me know what you guys think, comments always welcome!

[Misha]

What a surprise to see a Dauphine, let alone the great rendition you have constructed Phillip. The deep blue with the white stripes adds a zing to the vehicle. The contemporary wheel choice also works on this early 60s model. I am curious if you added the sun roof? As a kid growing up in the middle of Canada the Renault Dauphine was a fairly common sight back in the day and your work brought back a lot of memories. Thanks for exhibiting your work and congrats on an eye catching build.

Cheers Misha

[peekay]

The Hubley Dauphine is a nice surprise and your treatment works well.

[Dave Van]

Cool spin on that!!!! Wonder if those molds are still around?? I saw a case of them at a flea market about 1979 the guy wanted $10 each but you had to buy the case....24 I think?

[espo]

I have to agree with everything Misha said about your Renault. Besides the wheels the white stripe changes the whole look from a stock Dauphine.  

[fordf-100]

Thanks for the comments guys! Misha the sunroof is stock to the kit. I got this in a trade on the forum here, it was in really good shape! I was curious because this has what I think is acetone glass that has shrunk and yellowed, a few weeks ago I picked up another of these unbuilt in a bag so I assume that’s pretty old! The bag is sealed but there is no glass in it, I guess it didn’t come with it so this build could possibly be a promo?

[fordf-100]

47 minutes ago, Dave Van said:

Cool spin on that!!!! Wonder if those molds are still around?? I saw a case of them at a flea market about 1979 the guy wanted $10 each but you had to buy the case....24 I think?

It would be cool if these molds were around and usable, I have seen a resin one that is “gasser” style that looks cool! Man it would be nice to get a case of these for $10 now!

[Tom Geiger]

Neat build! I love this little bugger, I have found a few of them over the years.

To answer the question... the kit was available two ways. One in a box, that version had the interior and glass. Two was a cheaper version, which came in a bag and didn’t have either interior or glass. 
 

Afterthought- There was also a Pyro kit. It had a multi piece body.

Edited August 29, 2020 by Tom Geiger

[NitroMarty]

I can dig it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sam I Am]

If I had envisioned something like that...I never would have traded it. ?

Great build! 

[cobraman]

Very nice ! I like it a lot. I like both the ones pictured.

[mr moto]

I actually built that kit back in the 60's when it was new. Yours is far, FAR better than mine was. Great job!

[fordf-100]

8 hours ago, NitroMarty said:

I can dig it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is awesome! Now I need another builder! What chassis did you use?

Edited August 30, 2020 by fordf-100
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[fordf-100]

9 hours ago, Tom Geiger said:

Neat build! I love this little bugger, I have found a few of them over the years.

To answer the question... the kit was available two ways. One in a box, that version had the interior and glass. Two was a cheaper version, which came in a bag and didn’t have either interior or glass. 
 

Afterthought- There was also a Pyro kit. It had a multi piece body.

Tom, thanks for the info, this had the interior. Back then I can’t imagine the boxed version was that expensive, I think it’s funny they wanted to do a cheaper kit! I just checked the bag kit does not have an interior!

[ChrisR]

COOL!!

[ewetwo]

Very cool Phillip

[slusher]

Really sharp!

[doorsovdoon]

Nice! My dad worked on these at a Renault dealership in the 70's. The Gordini was a favourite, he said to 'move' around the lot! haha,

[fordf-100]

10 hours ago, doorsovdoon said:

Nice! My dad worked on these at a Renault dealership in the 70's. The Gordini was a favourite, he said to 'move' around the lot! haha,

Thanks for the comments, I had been looking for a Gordini for a couple of years ( a fairly reasonable one) I finally scored it a few weeks ago and am thinking of making it as a companion to this!

[doorsovdoon]

Nice. I don't think I've ever seen a Dauphine, let alone a Gordini!

[stitchdup]

Cool

[Claes Ericsson]

Pretty sure Pyro didn't do a Dauphine but rather  Premier and that was multi-piece. Also French company Record did it and if the companion Floride kit is anything to judge it by, it was also multi-piece.

[NitroMarty]

On 8/30/2020 at 4:11 AM, fordf-100 said:

That is awesome! Now I need another builder! What chassis did you use?

I used the chassis from Round 2's reissue of the old MPC '33 Willys panel truck gasser... worked out really well, since  my build is strictly curbside.

[unclescott58]

Very cool. It's always fun to see this old and odd stuff. 

[Bugatti Fan]

I was totally unaware that there were any Renault Dauphine kits in 1/25th scale. Philip's builds are really cool!  I like the colour scheme, wheels and the extra detailing of the plain interior.

The only Dauphine I knew about up to now was a 1/32 scale kit from way back by Airfix. It was one of their bagged kits from what I can remenber.

Edited September 3, 2020 by Bugatti Fan