Welcome to 2012! As we await our Mayan apocalypse let’s enjoy what time we have by enjoying some holiday goodies received at the JNC office. Reason #3,811 of why Japan is great is because you can not only buy a model kit of your favorite Japanese car, but your favorite Japanese racing wheel as well.
These Aoshima kits came courtesy of our friend Satoshi at Kousoku Yuen, and they aren’t simply the 1/24 scale wheels used to customize your plastic model build. They’re mega-sized 1/6 models of the wheel itself in a series called “The Wheel,” part of the Fashionable Collection Series.
Each kit comes with only one yo-yo-sized wheel. That’s one face, one barrel, one center cap and four lugs. It’s not the most challenging kit to build, but it comes with actual tiny bolts to attach the face to the barrel.
In addition to the Equip Excel 5 and Advan A3A we got, there are plenty of others like the Riverside R104, Hayashi Bomber, SSR Formula Mesh, and more. By the looks of the packaging and the “Made in Japan” label these probably date from the late 1980s, but they still show up on YJA for reasonable coin.
ohh no, not more models i need to collect!
But you can’t get any cars in this scale !
(I have seen these built up, they are very cool).
They look great on a desk.
Hey there. I am a member of spc model forum and im glad to see these wheels are back. i have about 5 sets of these and theyt are great for collecting and displaying. here are some of my pictures of it.
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[img]http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u318/dadaman_photos/IMG_7800.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u318/dadaman_photos/IMG_8178.jpg[/img]
Raees the pics did not work.
Just gotta copy/paste the URLs into a new tab!
Too bad they don’t make 1/6 scale car models.
You could always drop these on a 1/8 scale kit and make them look “big”? 🙂
A set of these would be cool on a 1/8 Ford Model T hot rod…
I would like to learn more about those models.
Do they actually still exist in the market and since how long did you have these?
Awesome! I want the 3-spoke Advan, one of my absolute most favorite wheels
sorry guys
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u318/dadaman_photos/IMG_7793.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u318/dadaman_photos/IMG_7796.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u318/dadaman_photos/IMG_77971.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u318/dadaman_photos/IMG_7800.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u318/dadaman_photos/IMG_8178.jpg
i can buy these for you here in japan if anyone is really interested, just PM me
wookieballa
how much the wheel cost?and can sent to my country brunei?
where can i buy this wheel?
hi all rather late response
Im down in New Zealand. but have a brand new The Wheel, No 5 1/6th scale
any interest??
email me. , cheers