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So today my ten year old drags me into Kiddlywinks( A toy store for the progressive mother or whatever) to help me shed excess cash. As she pulled me around I found a display of die casts. Mostly horrible small scale stuff,except for this cool dune buggy. It appeared to be 1/25 scale and it looked good,so I bought it and brought it home. I compared it to my Revell Empi Imp and scalewise it's right on. The chassis and engine are pretty useless but I think with a little kit bashing I'll have a cool dune buggy. So keep your eyes peeled,you might find model material where you least expect it! dunebuggy8.jpg

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now this i can't wait to see lime green for the paint though lol

I was thinking a real heavy metalflake like these things used to have. Like a candy blue with big silver flakes in it.

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Turn that dune buggy over. Is there a brand name on the chassis? Motor Max? Welly? Jada?

BTW, this kit will be on store shelves later this year...

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Turn that dune buggy over. Is there a brand name on the chassis? Motor Max? Welly? Jada?

BTW, this kit will be on store shelves later this year...

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One of the many names on the bottom is schylling.com. It is (of course) made in China,but distributed from Mass. At eight bucks, this was a cool find.The level of detail isn't bad. I'm always on the lookout for oddball 1/24 or 1/24 stuff when I go to Ocean State Job Lot and similar places. The fun is in the hunt!

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I was thinking a real heavy metalflake like these things used to have. Like a candy blue with big silver flakes in it.

I agree - blue flake is a great dune buggy color :) (I might be a little biased, however)

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If you're into a real heavy flake for that buggy, I have a few tips to offer. Feel free to email me.

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Wrong!! If you're doing a dune buggy, it has to be white with some purple pearl in the clear coat. Naturally you'll want a purple stripe with red accent stripe. Hmmm, you could just look at my avatar pic.

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As soon as I snap a few more pics, I'll put together a "buggy flake" paint tutorial to share...and we all know how much a tutorial sucks without pictures, right? :unsure:

Edited by VW Dave

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