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austin man - 7/1/11 at 11:34 PM

NTDWM

But if you want to build a replica of your car heres a good start

TAMIYA === Lotus Super 7 Series II - 1:24 Cars 24046 on eBay (end time 27-Jan-11 16:05:41 GMT)

stevebubs - 7/1/11 at 11:48 PM

Or just buy it...

http://www.modelzone.co.uk/tamiya-lotus-super-7-seriesii-kit.html

BenB - 8/1/11 at 12:00 AM

quote:
Originally posted by stevebubs
Or just buy it...

http://www.modelzone.co.uk/tamiya-lotus-super-7-seriesii-kit.html


Except it's cheaper and the postage is cheaper as a BIN via Ebay??!?

ashg - 8/1/11 at 12:20 AM

got one of those for christmas, the kit price is a bit of a con. you pay £10 for the model but once you have been to the model shop and got all the paints on the list plus the glue etc your another £25 down plus its a very small model.

morcus - 8/1/11 at 07:02 AM

I might get me one, I got tons of Glue and Paint.

Danozeman - 8/1/11 at 07:59 AM

1.24 is quite small. Thats nearly matchbox size.

morcus - 8/1/11 at 08:26 AM

I/24 is a decent size for a desk model, I just grabbed a '56 corvette model off my window sill to see what it was and thats 1/24 and it's about 7" by 3".

splitrivet - 8/1/11 at 08:37 AM

The Tamiya 1/8 model is the one to go for but its as rare as chicken lips and mucho dinero.
Cheers,
Bob

loggyboy - 8/1/11 at 10:55 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Danozeman
1.24 is quite small. Thats nearly matchbox size.

Matchbox is about 1:64

Confused but excited. - 8/1/11 at 12:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by splitrivet
The Tamiya 1/8 model is the one to go for but its as rare as chicken lips and mucho dinero.
Cheers,
Bob


That's what I wanted but by the time I had taken the decision to go for it, the price had gone through the roof (£100+ now). So that one was the consolation prize. think I paid £4.70 +p&p for it off the bay last year.

morcus - 9/1/11 at 08:33 AM

Just use the book and make you own. All you need to do is find a suplier for things like the wheels unless you can make them yourself (It's not as difficult as you might think).

snapper - 10/1/11 at 09:45 PM

A few photos of a model of my car made from a Tamyia kit, very heavily modified, model adapted by my cousin who is an exceptional model maker





[Edited on 10/1/11 by snapper]

morcus - 11/1/11 at 12:56 AM

Nice.