Japanese Nostalgic Car Plastic Model Kits

Oleskewl · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:57 pm

Trail run in progress as we speak

OkieRA29 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:52 am

Hey, took me a while to write this cause every other response sounded like I was beating you down and that is not the case. I am happy to see you doing this. If your prices are competetive with the cost of getting the Aoshima ones then I can see these selling well. Do you know which wheels you will be producing yet. Also, will the tires be in flexible or hard resin? I like to use the tires on other rims in the stash. Knowing how Aoshima does limited runs of their wheel and tire sets, I tend to buy 4 or 5 of each when I can. I make deeper offsets of some of their 15 inch rims(TE37v anyone?) and I use the stretched tires on these. So I do have a need for the stretched tires. The start looks good. Will the spokes be open or closed?

Oleskewl · **Posted:** Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:44 am

OkieRA29 wrote:

Hey, took me a while to write this cause every other response sounded like I was beating you down and that is not the case. I am happy to see you doing this. If your prices are competetive with the cost of getting the Aoshima ones then I can see these selling well. Do you know which wheels you will be producing yet. Also, will the tires be in flexible or hard resin? I like to use the tires on other rims in the stash. Knowing how Aoshima does limited runs of their wheel and tire sets, I tend to buy 4 or 5 of each when I can. I make deeper offsets of some of their 15 inch rims(TE37v anyone?) and I use the stretched tires on these. So I do have a need for the stretched tires. The start looks good. Will the spokes be open or closed?

Our target price at the moment is between $15-20 bucks but it depends on how hard it is to recast the tire in actual rubber and not resin. I will say if the quality of the rubber is not up to a standard we feel is something we would buy then the tire will also be resin but we are going to do the best we can to get the tires made of rubber. We are not recomending the tires be used on any scale sized wheel bigger than the 14'' size these wheels come in untill we get some different wheels of definate scale size accuracy and test how big of a scale wheel these can go on without causing damage to the tire. I would hate to see a person stretch the tire to far and ruin it putting it on a larger diameter wheel. Right now we are currently not selling the tires seperate to keep material cost down and because we dont get alot of request for just tires. But we are making plans to have the tire be available seperate on there own because we do realize some builders make there own wheel and need this cut of tire. The wheel casting will be open face and replicate the wheel exactly. So far we have four styles ready to be casted, but i am hunting online for the last available sets of the ones we dont have to have the ready also. I even bought to grand champs kits this week just to have the wheels that come with them. And im going to see if we can replicate these kits also since there pretty rare and wont be available again after there limited re-realaese coming in december. But im making no promises on actual kits, because buying them and having them shipped is costing me alot of money and i doubt if i even break even on them, and im not going to lose money to supply everyone else. but for a hand full of builders that i know personally this will be my pleasure. This is the link to where im keeping track of all the request and orders please click it and put your request up by the number under the wheel style. If you not a member of this fan page already join and you request will be answered shortly after first. Thanks for your interest and support

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =1&theater

Oleskewl · **Posted:** Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:28 pm

Attension fellow builders we have a scammer in our midst and he has sold people poor quality parts, made no effort to replace them, issued no refunds or replacement parts and has ripped of every person i know who has bought from him. His name is "Mario Gonzalez" and also goes by the name of "ENDLESS PROJEKS" he is president here on this forum http://www.modelscientists.com/ Do not buy from him do not support his forum and tell you other Fellow modeler the same. If you have bought from him and have recieved poor quality product from him or model scientist. Message me personally your info with pics if you have them and your purchase number or related info please this kind of people need to be stopped and held accountable for there actions.

As a example... I offerered to buy a $30 dollar kit with another at best or $50 of his product on it which i could of cared less about. and can be seen here http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =1&theater ... and this was the response i got ..... Mario Gonzalez

Hi. Thanks for the interest. The ek is about 90percent done at this point. The only reason i said i could not finish it is because its missing an exhaust system. But its fully built with a k20 and custom paint job. To be honest, i dont want to let it go. But for the right price i would consider it. Asking price would be at least 300$. If you cant understand why im asking so much. Then my time and money invested isint worth selling yet. Thanks again though for your consideration.

There is quit a few other builders who have been sold poor quaility parts i have the pics to prove it and will be posting them shortly thanks for your support

john · **Posted:** Fri Nov 02, 2012 3:51 pm

Oleskewl wrote:

i have the pics to prove it and will be posting them shortly thanks for your support

I don't think this is the place to post them.

crown wagon · **Joined:** Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:09 pm **Posts:** 64

WOW

some REALLY nice builds in here for sure...

i haven't built a model in a LOOOONNNNGGGG time -though use to LOVE doing it...
use to cut and chop different ones together -and make all sorts ov weird creations -and loved it...

one model i built the most ov was the Toyota New Soarer 3000GT Limited
http://modelcarsandmore.net/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/018.191151448_std.JPG

did this car in this form ever exist in real life??? never have i see one anywhere other than model kit form...

wish i had foto's ov my old kits -they are all stored DEEP in a two car garage FILLED to the top -with stuff...
i hope one day to have a place big enough to display them for my child -yet for the past 5years -NOTHING from within there has been removed

steveracer · **Posted:** Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:32 pm

Wow, just came across this thread - and am impressed with the work and experience you guys have here! I thought everyone would be too busy working on their 1 to 1 scale projects, and am excited to see the varied flavor of models.

I have been building for many many years, mostly during the winter months....here is one of my latest that I finished.

john · **Posted:** Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:40 pm

Very nice work. :tu:

kingtoy · **Posted:** Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:53 pm

Well I am also on the Model Scientists forum and have found it to be a great place to network with other modelers that build similar to myself.

As for doing business with the company Model Scientists. I have found there products to be not too bad. I have used better, but then I have also used worse too. I did have a problem with one of my orders but after a few emails it was resolved. They have some interesting products and would order from them again.

camel608 · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2012 5:44 pm **Posts:** 4

CrewDawg15 wrote:

Derek, I do it the old skool way...From scratch!

I start off every one of my engines from plans, pictures, and the real thing. I take measurements, and scale them down to the size I need. Then I get sheet, rod and bar stock styrene, and fabricate the parts...starting off with the block, moving on to the head, and then you get the rest. I do not use existing kit engines for my builds. I can find fault with almost every one that I see (not that mine are any better) but after I spend the time correcting them, I could have built my own from scratch to begin with.

I do cast copies of my engines and sell them, but right now my molds are all worn out. For this series, I'll be re-using my block master...that's why it has a yellow sheen on it due to the mold rubber staining it. The timing cover is a cast copy that I was using to get my head proportions/alignment correct. I'll be making a new one soon.

Jimmy

I'm interested on the toyota engines that you have. Are they available for sale? I live in DeLand, FL please contact me at ca-mello-28@hotmail.com. I like and follow Toyota and had never seen engines like those.

camel608 · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2012 5:44 pm **Posts:** 4

goofesgts wrote:

heres more

Hi .i saw youre pictures they are awesome,i was wondering how to get some of those toyota,datsun and mazda kits especially the toyota starlet and the supra wheels,please contact me if yoy can help me,ca-mello-28@hotmail.com

84s1200sx · **Posted:** Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:35 am

man watching these builds makes me wanna into this hobby.

Scale-Master · **Joined:** Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:30 am **Posts:** 15

Here is a vintage little gem of a race car I just finished. The 1967 BRE Hino Samurai.
Built from a somewhat obscure 1/24th scale kit (of a relatively obscure car) “out of the box” except for the replacement tires since the original ones melted into goop, and I made new rear view mirror faces. Paint is Testors enamel mixed to match the kit provided red-orange color chip. Even though it is an unusual little car, I think it is a cool looking one too. You can certainly see some similarity in it and the Shelby Daytona Coupe.

OkieRA29 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 28, 2012 4:35 pm

Did all that come with the kit, or is there a lot of scratch building?

kingtoy · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:42 am

Scale-Master wrote:

Here is a vintage little gem of a race car I just finished. The 1967 BRE Hino Samurai.
Built from a somewhat obscure 1/24th scale kit (of a relatively obscure car) “out of the box” except for the replacement tires since the original ones melted into goop, and I made new rear view mirror faces. Paint is Testors enamel mixed to match the kit provided red-orange color chip. Even though it is an unusual little car, I think it is a cool looking one too. You can certainly see some similarity in it and the Shelby Daytona Coupe.

DAMN! I am going to have to find me one of those.

Scale-Master · **Joined:** Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:30 am **Posts:** 15

As stated, except for the tires, it is out-of-the-box, so no scratch building on this one.

Good luck finding one. If I had realized how rare this kit was I would have made a mold off of it. It wasn’t until it was almost finished that I tried to find another kit, and could not find a one at any price.
Expect to pay a couple to a few hundred bucks, if you do succeed in finding one.

toyotageek · **Posted:** Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:55 am

Scale-Master wrote:

As stated, except for the tires, it is out-of-the-box, so no scratch building on this one.

Good luck finding one. If I had realized how rare this kit was I would have made a mold off of it. It wasn’t until it was almost finished that I tried to find another kit, and could not find a one at any price.
Expect to pay a couple to a few hundred bucks, if you do succeed in finding one.

Nice model. Was it this one?

Scale-Master · **Joined:** Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:30 am **Posts:** 15

Which one?

nwclassichonda · **Posted:** Tue Dec 25, 2012 3:16 pm

Impressive guys!

opelboy76 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 25, 2012 5:10 pm

camel608 wrote:

goofesgts wrote:

heres more

Hi .i saw youre pictures they are awesome,i was wondering how to get some of those toyota,datsun and mazda kits especially the toyota starlet and the supra wheels,please contact me if yoy can help me,ca-mello-28@hotmail.com

I saw at least 2 pro street bugs in the background, too.

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