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    Dive Right Into 1:32 Scale Model Dekotora Hell!

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    04/26/09

    In reply to Dive Right Into 1:32 Scale Model Dekotora Hell!
    This reminds of the models I used to make - once I got bored of building the car according to the instructions, and started adding on bits of planes, ship, and rockets.
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    04/26/09

    In reply to Dive Right Into 1:32 Scale Model Dekotora Hell!
    Awesome!


    In all fairness, these seem like they'd be a giant pain in the ass to actually build, as model vehicles go. They're still brain-meltingly cool, though.

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    Image of LastAndLeast LastAndLeast
    04/25/09

    In reply to Dive Right Into 1:32 Scale Model Dekotora Hell!
    They should base a video game on dekotora.
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/25/09

    @LastAndLeast:



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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    04/26/09

    @LastAndLeast: They have. The name escapes me but there's a Japanese game that is nothing but Dekotora.
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    Image of citroën67 citroën67
    04/25/09

    In reply to Dive Right Into 1:32 Scale Model Dekotora Hell!
    Those things look like rolling goddamn pachinko machines!!!

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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    04/28/09

    @citröen67: OMFG!
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    Image of TurboBrick [LIGIER] TurboBrick [LIGIER]
    04/25/09

    In reply to Dive Right Into 1:32 Scale Model Dekotora Hell!
    Goddammit! You're making me want to go dig up my brushes and paints and dive into this again. Must...resist.. temptation... because modeling really is about the very last thing you want to get to when you have a 2.5 year old running around the house.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    04/25/09

    @TurboBrick: I agree, 2 1/2 is too early to graduate from eating paste to sniffing glue..
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    Image of wrbwrxmax wrbwrxmax
    04/25/09

    In reply to Dive Right Into 1:32 Scale Model Dekotora Hell!
    For knowing the name of an anime character? No.


    For Lucky Star, though? Banishment is order. Fret not, though, you'll find a home among your kind at 4chan.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/25/09

    @wrbwrxmax: I understand they like mudkips there.
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    Image of Thrashy, perpetual Minardi Thrashy, perpetual Minardi
    04/25/09

    In reply to Dive Right Into 1:32 Scale Model Dekotora Hell!
    Oh God, a Lucky Star-themed dekotora with Konata across the side? That's just... wrong.


    Wait, I just admitted to knowing the name of an anime character on a car website. Do I have to turn in my man credentials now?

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/25/09

    @Thrashy is like FTF, but for CRXes: Let's see some ID, buddy.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    04/25/09

    In reply to Dive Right Into 1:32 Scale Model Dekotora Hell!
    No way. No, NO, NO. I'm still gathering the guts to finish the Johan '68 Fury copcar (with chassis & powertrain from a Lindberg "Color Me Gone" '64 Dodge 330) that I plunged into several years ago at this point. Never mind the '38 Ford pickup & trailer/'41 Ford woody, Viper V10-powered '58 Belvedere, and '71 Duster "PCH" models all waiting on the workshop shelves...
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/25/09

    @Ash225/6: MoPar madness! An acquired, but incurable, taste!
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    Image of D-fktv: snarky comments for almost everything. D-fktv: snarky comments for almost everything.
    04/25/09

    In reply to Dive Right Into 1:32 Scale Model Dekotora Hell!
    Sweet jesus riding a tricycle, Murilee you have taken the title "bat-shit insane" to a whole 'nother level. If you finish just one of these, it'll be impressive, but I'm it will leave you huddle in a corner, mumbling about how the "coy fish smokes fine cuban cigars on Wednesdays" or how the "big anime eyes can see into your wretched soul."
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/25/09

    @D-fktv: snarky comments for almost everything.: That's a rather coy koi!
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    04/25/09

    @D-fktv: snarky comments for almost everything.: We are in fact working on a very special model contest, to be announced soon.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    04/25/09

    In reply to Dive Right Into 1:32 Scale Model Dekotora Hell!
    Is that a Terry Gilliam rendition of Kwai Chang Caine on the side of that truck up top?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/25/09

    In reply to Dive Right Into 1:32 Scale Model Dekotora Hell!
    The last model I got was for killing time recuperating from surgery (pre-internet, pretty much). I realized I might as well have been building a real car--here's but one example:


    Gnat-eyelash bits of thread to GLUE on for the spark plug wires? I must have gone through a mile of the stuff because it always stuck to my fingers--if you got enough glue on to make the connections on the tiny engine, it was enough to stick the thread to your fingers. "Wires" too fine for tweezers. Use less glue, place wire in position, breath sigh of relief, watch spider web thin bit of thread flutter up and off into the universe. Take friend's advice--don't cut into little bits first; drop glue on engine in two spots, drape thread; wait, cut. Engine now has two large Elmer's Glue tumors. Whittle down Elmer tumors. Consider shaping them into super chargers or a really, really fascinating surreal supercarb. Whittle too much. Go find SuperGlu. Glue finger to thumb; move model with other hand. Get large white CSI fingerprint on windshield and side of car---just like in that Twilight Zone with the inflatable giant alien that scared that cop and the bitter city lady. Get lighter fluid to remove print from windshield. Windshield goes opaque. Permanently. Take model outside. Douse with remaining lighter fluid. Drop match on it.

    Go back inside, take two large pain pills.

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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    04/25/09

    In reply to Dive Right Into 1:32 Scale Model Dekotora Hell!
    If anyone really want to know, this is a UD Truck under all the decoration.

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    Image of .357 .357
    04/25/09

    @UDMan: I like the wings. They really help the aerodynamics.
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    04/25/09

    @UDMan: Liiks like a Hino, based on my years of collecting Tomicas.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/25/09

    In reply to Dive Right Into 1:32 Scale Model Dekotora Hell!
    The problem here would be leaving 'em stock.


    I just realized something: I have a couple half-models around, plenty of CA, a box-cutter, a Dremel, and half a can of yellow Krylon Fusion. Victory could easily be mine.


    Like I need another project.

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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    04/25/09

    @FuzzyPlushroomanyte:"CA"?


    It would be difficult to mod them, I would think- WTF kind of scale is 1:32? Although that would make that 1:24 440 a real big-block in comparison, I guess.

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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    04/26/09

    @Ash225/6: I'm going out on a limb and guessing "cyanoacrylate" AKA super glue. I would think standard styrene model cement would be more forgiving to work with, though.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/26/09

    @Mike the Dog will work for a Preview Button!: Yeah, well, I'm outta the proper stuff, so superglue it is. You guessed correctly.


    I was, for a while, working on a late-Malaise Dodge-badged Mistersquishy (a Ram 50). Which I'm pretty sure will end up donating its bed to a bastardized Corvepagino.

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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    04/28/09

    @FuzzyPlushroomanyte: Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
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    Image of .357 .357
    04/25/09

    In reply to Dive Right Into 1:32 Scale Model Dekotora Hell!
    That looks exceedingly difficult. Whenever I tried to paint a model car, I always ended up spraying a corner of the garage. (I used real car paint from spray cans.)
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    Image of Turbolence88 Turbolence88
    04/25/09

    In reply to Dive Right Into 1:32 Scale Model Dekotora Hell!
    Those all look like Project Model Car Hell. Though the Lucky Star one might be do-able.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    04/26/09

    @Turbolence88: God, I hate Lucky Star. Never seen the show but the characters (esp. Konata) strike me as being really obnoxious.

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