I want a kit of this!

[Darin Bastedo]

I know it's not exactly mainstream but it's cool! Volkswagen Golf GTI W12 650

http://www.eastcoastcarnews.com/leave_conv...ind_and_let.htm

[jbwelda]

i would buy one of those, if made by tamiya or equivalent.

[Daniel Peterson]

Gadzooks! :shock: I like it!

I might not pine for a kit, but I'd sure like to borrow the keys for a day or two... :twisted:

[Zoom Zoom]

I'd rather have the 1:1 than a model. A W12 in a GTI! And it looks like the meanest "bunny" in the world

Seeing that it's a wild custom, I doubt the kit makers will do it unless a more stock variant gets done first. Forget Tamiya, they're mostly out of the car business, either Fujimi or Revell Germany would be the only candidates that would remotely think about doing one of these.

[Darin Bastedo]

I'd rather have the 1:1 than a model. A W12 in a GTI! And it looks like the meanest "bunny" in the world

Seeing that it's a wild custom, I doubt the kit makers will do it unless a more stock variant gets done first. Forget Tamiya, they're mostly out of the car business, either Fujimi or Revell Germany would be the only candidates that would remotely think about doing one of these.

Heck I'd take a stock version of the kit. I'd be willing to do the modifications.

[Harry P.]

Looks sort of like a dustbuster...

[Zoom Zoom]

Heck I'd take a stock version of the kit. I'd be willing to do the modifications.

Welly sells a 5 door 1/24 scale new Golf in Europe, but most good Welly models (aka cool late model Euro cars like the Audi A3, Citroen C2, Volvo V30, Alfa Romeo GT) aren't available in the US. From Feebay Germany:

http://cgi.ebay.de/Modellauto-Welly-1-24-V...1QQcmdZViewItem

[jbwelda]

>Tamiya, they're mostly out of the car business

that is truly sad if true. what makes you say that? they are releasing big buck (relatively) car kits still from what ive seen. have they announced some withdrawal strategy or something?

[Zoom Zoom]

>Tamiya, they're mostly out of the car business

that is truly sad if true. what makes you say that? they are releasing big buck (relatively) car kits still from what ive seen. have they announced some withdrawal strategy or something?

I said "mostly". They're using their resources to make other products these days that sell in higher quantities. They've cut back drastically on car kits, they've practically stopped doing new rally cars, they've quit doing new sports cars or anything new that's curbside, they're focusing mostly on high-end exotics like the Enzo, FXX, SLR, Carrera GT, and cars that race in the Japanese Grand Touring series. Fujimi has taken up a lot of slack w/more Ferraris, both current and vintage, the Cayman S, the new MX5, the new WRX and STI. The way Fujimi kits are getting, many think they've gotten some of Tamiyas kit engineers as the quality is getting better along w/details.

[jbwelda]

that is too bad then...here i was holding my breath for a birdcage.

i hope someone takes up the vintage sports car torch and runs with it because its been awhile (like you imply) since ive seen much of that sort of thing from tamiya. i was wondering if they were just not getting imported or something.

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

The wheels are ridiculous. Can we stop with the 37" monster wheels, please? Pretty soon the entire car is going to be inside the wheels.

~~ Paul

[Darin Bastedo]

The wheels are ridiculous. Can we stop with the 37" monster wheels, please? Pretty soon the entire car is going to be inside the wheels.

~~ Paul

Styling wise i would have to agree with you, but in the case of this car they do serve a function. Being a thinly disguised race car the wheels need to clear and allow cooling of some pretty huge brakes. In a VW Golf that has 650HP and does 0-60 in a little over 3.5 seconds uou want really good brakes.

But I do agree that cars that do not need the huge wheels shouldn't have them.