I don’t know about you, but I think that a Tamiya Super Seven would be just about as rewarding to build as a real Super Seven.
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A little Lotus fetish today?
I built that model… and Yes, it is as Fragile as you’d think. -
That kit is Number One!
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When The Real Number_Six says the model kit of the kit Seven is Number One it leaves me at sixes and sevens.
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Keep calm and enjoy some elevenses. http://www.grandprixmodels.co.uk/shop/jpgsrclrg/MEASPL004.jpg
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Tamiya kits are amazing. Fantastic quality. I’ve built a few, like a Porsche 928. After that, I built a Bandai 928, and it was crap.
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In the interest of historical accuracy, this should be assembled entirely without glue. When it falls apart, only apply glue to the pieces that separated.
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Found vintage TG (Botswana trip) video where they’re taking the piss out of TV survivalist Ray Mears.
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The 1:12 Tamiya Lotus Seven seems quite robust and very very detailed. The wheels are held on their tiny studs by tiny nuts tightened with the tiny wheelbrace. The kit is mainly metal.
“Possibly the best ever model kit”
I must get around to finishing mine.
http://colinchapmanmuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Caterham-7-Tamiya.jpg
http://www.shipmodel.com/files/caterham-super-seven-lot-webcaterham-super-7015.jpg
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Oh my. I have a Tamiya Ferrari 312T3 kit I need to build someday. Their 1/12 scale kits are amazing (and their 1/20 stuff is great, too). The only thing better would be one of those Pocher d’Italia kits ($$$$$).
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The 1:12 Tamiya Mini is pretty good too.
http://www.lils-futaba.net/newarrivals/12262014/01.JPG
But I can see the appeal of the pre-assembled 1:12 Kyosho models like the Miura
http://www.diecast.org/data/sac_cars/ky08622y0_5.jpg
http://www.diecast.org/data/sac_cars/ky08622y0_1.jpg
http://www.diecast.org/data/sac_cars/ky08622y0_2.jpg
http://www.diecast.org/data/sac_cars/ky08622y0_4.jpg
http://www.diecast.org/data/sac_cars/ky08622y0_6.jpg
http://www.kyosho.com/blog/diecast_overseas/log/image/img10050011_1.jpg
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Tamiya kits are brilliant. Is it crazy for a 56 year-old to be building these? My mom got me the Stewart Tyrrell 003 for my 12th birthday. Twenty-five years later it rolled of the shelf and was destroyed. So sad, she had recently passed-away and I only then realized what an indulgent birthday present that was at the time.
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Time to buy another one and remember that the fifties are the new thirties. I already thought I was crazy and I continue to make models. But then as an architect I know that they’re often the best way to show a design’s three dimensions and their interactions so I get to combine work and hobby.
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