were any classic volvos kitted?

[fredgsanford]

specifically the 1800 s and the 544 series

[george 53]

One of our forum brothers who lives in Finland or somewheres nears there(sweden?)Has a resin casting company that I THINK casts that little blue one,I THINK. I can't remember his name though. Maybe one of the guys will. Guys?

[whale392]

Be ready when you do find a P1800 in resin (and yes it was one of our Finnish/Swede brothers who either cast it or had info on the cast). It goes for above $100 USD and still needs a lot of clean-up and a donor chassis/drivetrain once it gets to you.

[Erik Smith]

Air-Trax resin. Two Finns. Look in the resin section on this site or google it for info and pictures.

[fredgsanford]

thank you !

[Erik Smith]

Here's a link to pic

[Junkman]

One of the Air-Trax guys is Tapani Rauramo. They also make an Amazon:

[W-409]

Juha Airio and Tapani Rauramo cast these, and I've heard, that they are good quality. I have one (damaged body, it was cheap) and that's pretty good too. And these look very good when they are built.

http://public.fotki.com/unturalli/volvo-p-1800/ Here's one...

http://public.fotki.com/antikainen/resin-ford-anglia-1/ Here's another. (And these are not my pictures)

These pictures show, that it's possible to build nice model from AirTrax kits.

[MrObsessive]

I have the Volvo P1800 from Airtrax, and yes they do require cleanup before beginning. They're certainly not for the novice!

Here are a couple shots of the body................

The rest of the kit can be seen here.

I'd like to someday duplicate the 1:1 '65 I had years ago.............that was a FUN car!

HTH!

[fredgsanford]

thank you for the replies but i think resins going to be a bit out of my league

[Junkman]

thank you for the replies but i think resins going to be a bit out of my league

Don't be afraid, it's easier than it looks from the pictures. Start with a really good one, like a Modelhaus, to get a 'feel' for it. The rest will just fall into place. In fact, Resin has quite a few advantages over styrene.

[george 53]

Scott, aside from the cost, resin's no harder to work with than plastic. Just a different media. It ONLY glues with Epoxy or superglue, so you'll need that, but other than that, there's really no difference. AND you'll find ALL kindsa cool off the wall stuff being cast, ALOT of it is of VERY good quality, just stck with the better well known casters. Ask here, the guys can turn you on to ALL kinds of cool stuff and REPUTABLE resin casters. Check it out, you'll be very suprised at what's being offered.

[Eshaver]

Too bad they don't seem to do the renowned P- 1800 sportwagon ............. Ed Shaver

[fredgsanford]

Don't be afraid, it's easier than it looks from the pictures. Start with a really good one, like a Modelhaus, to get a 'feel' for it. The rest will just fall into place. In fact, Resin has quite a few advantages over styrene.

Scott, aside from the cost, resin's no harder to work with than plastic. Just a different media. It ONLY glues with Epoxy or superglue, so you'll need that, but other than that, there's really no difference. AND you'll find ALL kindsa cool off the wall stuff being cast, ALOT of it is of VERY good quality, just stck with the better well known casters. Ask here, the guys can turn you on to ALL kinds of cool stuff and REPUTABLE resin casters. Check it out, you'll be very suprised at what's being offered.

thanks for the encouragement

i havent picked up a kit in around 15 years and was looking to try my hand at it again this winter

between restocking all my bottle paints which im sure have dried out by now and new foils glues and whatnot the price of a resin kit is going to be a concern

not to mention the fact im a little hesitant to jump back in by switching to a medium ive never worked with

perhaps after i get a few new kits built ill take the jump into resin

thanks

scott

[Mr. Moparman]

Not that I know of..

[W-409]

Too bad they don't seem to do the renowned P- 1800 sportwagon ............. Ed Shaver

AirTrax has '73 Volvo P1800ES, here is completed list of their products. Posted in 2009, so there might be some new ones, but anyway here are some of them.

"'62 Ford Anglia, 80Euros, curbside

'65 Ford Cortina, 90 Euros, w. separate hood, conversion parts for Tamiya Lotus7 engine

'61-'64Ford Taunus 17m, 90Euros

'63 Volvo P1800, 90Euros, separate hood, engine castings

'73 Volvo P1800ES, 90Euros (Newest)

'61-'64 Saab 96 Sport

'69 Saab V4 90Euros+complete detailing set in resin50Euros

'79 Saab V4, as above

'59-'66 Triumph Herald, 70Euros, curbside, 2 separate tops (saloon&coupe), and a possibility to build a convertible. This is an early product, so accurate, yes, but expect a bit lower surface and detail quality...

also, still possibly available

'61 VW Typ 3, 40Euros, early(our first) mold, needs a Japanese Beetle kit. You'll get one if you insist!

Ferrari PF Coupe, 105 Euros, with photo etched details

Ferrari PF Convertible, 105 Euros, with photo etched details

Triumph TR4, 75 Euros, with photo etched details, needs a Gunze or possibly Minicraft TR3 kit for donor.

Triumph TRS, 75 Euros same as above TR4, but has a correct wheelbase frame.

Volvo 131 Amazon 100 Euros, separate hood, engine castings, photo etch detail sheet

MG 1100 4-d saloon,80Euros, needs a Tamiya Mini Cooper kit for donor

'56-57 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Berlina,80Euros, use parts from Revel/Italeri/Protar Giulietta Spider kit.

'62-'66 Alfa Romeo 2600Sprint, 65Euros, needs a Tamiya GTA and you lenghten the chassis+add 2 cylinders!

'62 Dodge Lancer SW, 95Euros, with photo etched details, needs some Mopar kit parts.

'79 Talbot-Sunbeam-Lotus Rally car, very complete with over 100 parts or as more simple curbside, 100 Euros curbside,150Euros detailed kit with underhood parts etc.

Unless otherwise stated, our kits need parts from parts box, that preferably has stuff from Tamiya Lotus7, Tamiya Morgan, Aoshima/Airfix MGB, and use of imagination. We do not supply parts plated or windows in the kits."