Jocache83 Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 1/32 scale. wished they made this in 1/24 or 1/25 scale. this been build is going by fast. hopefully ill be done soon. Joel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 I'd love to see this in 1/25 too. Nice that it has a full engine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Now for something a little different....cool! Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAone Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 thats a pretty cool little kit. im tuned in on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 That looks good. Sometimes you have go with 1/32 for subjects - but it's worth it. 1/32 isn't too small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warra48 Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 (edited) I built this one too about 15 years ago. It's a great little kit, and has nice detail. The fit of some of the engine bits is not too good, but you can work around that. Yeah, I always wished it was available in 1/24. I'd be buy several if it ever happened. Edited May 7, 2011 by warra48 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torinobradley Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 From what I can see, that little 32nd-er has more detail that a lot of the 24th/25th that are out there. Will have to see about picking this one up soon and will definitely be watching along! Looks like this one is on it's way to a thing of beauty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocache83 Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 thanks for your replies guys. the parts are really detailed for it's size. every time i accidentally drop a part it takes me forever to find it on the ground. LoL. i havent had a chance to work on the kit this weekend because i was with family, but hopefully ill have the body done this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Very cool, especially considering the scale! Didn't Heller do one of these in 1:24? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 That looks lovely so far - these vintage Matchboxes are great kits, and pack some lovely detail into a small space. The Aston Martin Ulster is well worth tracking down... One of our Classic British Kits SIG guys built this for our "101 Gems" display last year. You need to keep trialling and test-fitting the cowlings, and ideally find a way to finish the seams and paint the main body AFTER you've trapped the chassis between the upper and lower main body panels... Mark - I suspect Merit didn't do it because their kits were originally slot cars, and although they may look like vintage F1 to us, at the time they were tooled up they were pretty recent or current racers that people could see at a track near them or on the newsreels. The Auto Unions were pre-war and definitely history (they did do a Mercedes W158, so it wasn't anti-German bias...). Unfortunately only the Talbot Lago and Alfa 158 were "superkits" with engine detail - the rest are just upper and lower shells and a few bits in between. I'd still like the Lancia-Ferrari, the Vanwall, and the Aston Martin DB3S, though! Sorry for hijacking the thread! bestest, M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 That looks lovely so far - these vintage Matchboxes are great kits, and pack some lovely detail into a small space. The Aston Martin Ulster is well worth tracking down... One of our Classic British Kits SIG guys built this for our "101 Gems" display last year. You need to keep trialling and test-fitting the cowlings, and ideally find a way to finish the seams and paint the main body AFTER you've trapped the chassis between the upper and lower main body panels... Mark - I suspect Merit didn't do it because their kits were originally slot cars, and although they may look like vintage F1 to us, at the time they were tooled up they were pretty recent or current racers that people could see at a track near them or on the newsreels. The Auto Unions were pre-war and definitely history (they did do a Mercedes W158, so it wasn't anti-German bias...). Unfortunately only the Talbot Lago and Alfa 158 were "superkits" with engine detail - the rest are just upper and lower shells and a few bits in between. I'd still like the Lancia-Ferrari, the Vanwall, and the Aston Martin DB3S, though! Sorry for hijacking the thread! bestest, M. Revell also issued a 1/32 version of this kit, don't know if it's the same tooling. I do know that the Revival kit is an earlier Type C. And you're quite right about the 1/32 Aston Martin Ulster. If these pictures are any indication, it builds into a very nice model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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