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    1:16 Scale First-Gen Honda Civic Model Kit: Another One Gets Away

    Dive Right Into 1:32 Scale Model Dekotora Hell!

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    Image of Marquis de Saab Marquis de Saab
    05/09/09

    In reply to 1:16 Scale First-Gen Honda Civic Model Kit: Another One Gets Away
    Funny, I was just eyeing this non-model version last night.


    [www.lespac.com]

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/09/09

    @Marquis de Saab: With a Hondamatic? You'd get squished on freeway onramps.


    At least it's liquorice-flavoured!

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/09/09

    In reply to 1:16 Scale First-Gen Honda Civic Model Kit: Another One Gets Away
    The only Volvo models on there are a bit too high-class (read: costly) for me.


    Snif.

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    Image of junkman junkman
    05/09/09

    In reply to 1:16 Scale First-Gen Honda Civic Model Kit: Another One Gets Away
    I'm still trying to finish the Tamiya Honda F1 model I started in 1972. I've dragged my personal model car hell through four states and six houses. Despite no significant progress in a couple decades, I know I'll get it done.
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    05/17/09

    @junkman: I have that same one (1:12 RA273), I have been working on it since 1997. All I have left to do is paint the body, but I have moved fourteen times since I last worked on it and am afraid to open the lid and see what of my previous work may have come undone.


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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    05/09/09

    In reply to 1:16 Scale First-Gen Honda Civic Model Kit: Another One Gets Away
    Do you have to attach all the tiny CVCC hoses yourself? 'Cause I don't think I could handle an aneurysm right now.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    05/09/09

    In reply to 1:16 Scale First-Gen Honda Civic Model Kit: Another One Gets Away
    1:16 scale first-gen Civic means you won't have to use a magnifying glass to assemble it, that's all.


    Being RHD is a big bonus, however.

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    Image of musicalmcs8706 musicalmcs8706
    05/09/09

    @I need 40 acres of algae and a diesel: I was gonna say that 1:16 makes it around the size of a Hot Wheels car.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    05/09/09

    @musicalmcs8706: A typical HW/ Matchbox diecast is approx. 1:64 scale.. Most model kits are 1:24 or 1:25.
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    Image of .357 .357
    05/09/09

    In reply to 1:16 Scale First-Gen Honda Civic Model Kit: Another One Gets Away
    Nice kit. I'd probably try to build the most trashed up Civic I could.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/09/09

    In reply to 1:16 Scale First-Gen Honda Civic Model Kit: Another One Gets Away
    Well, Murilee, you can always just build parts of the cars, if you don't have time for the whole thing:


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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/10/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: Damn, a 1/10 scale model of Don Garlits, complete with grotesquely oversized head. You'd think he'd be governor of Florida by now!
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    05/09/09

    In reply to 1:16 Scale First-Gen Honda Civic Model Kit: Another One Gets Away
    Model Car Hell- For people who want the same pain and agony of a Project car, but live in an apartment.
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    Image of Thrashy, perpetual Minardi Thrashy, perpetual Minardi
    05/09/09

    In reply to 1:16 Scale First-Gen Honda Civic Model Kit: Another One Gets Away
    Aww come on, man, you gotta tell us about these things while we can still grab them for ourselves!
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/09/09

    @Thrashy, rogue piston forger: Yes, and then we can find out how much Murilee really wants them!
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/10/09

    @Thrashy, rogue piston forger: That only works when the auction ends before the weekend. Such is the life of the Weekend Editor.
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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. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    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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