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Post by afx on Sept 14, 2017 2:10:22 GMT -8
Courtesy of James Duff on another forum. Due Qtr4 2017  |
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Post by robhart on Sept 14, 2017 2:37:43 GMT -8
I'll buy. Talk about three box styling. What series did these race in?
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Post by afx on Sept 14, 2017 3:16:31 GMT -8
DTM.  |
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Post by dustymojave on Sept 14, 2017 22:43:09 GMT -8
My neighbor would appreciate this. He's a Volvo mechanic and has an older 240 that he fixed up and hotrodded a bit for his daily driver. They were also used to good effect in the BTCC and some other touring car championships. It seems someone like Hasegawa or Tamiya did a couple kits of the BTCC cars. They may look boxy and stodgy, but like plenty other boxy cars like BMWs, they performed quite well.
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Post by afx on Sept 15, 2017 2:10:46 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2017 3:03:12 GMT -8
The kit will be packaged as the 1985 Guia Race of Macau (Beemax is based in Macau) Kamachi liveried machines.   Reji Model has already teased they plan to do the ETCC Nordica livery once the kit is released.  With all the "vintage" touring cars being done - between this kit, and the reissue of the Jaguar XJ-S (and all of those liveries), Tamiya should really think about doing another reissue of the 635CSi and the Sierra RS500. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2017 3:07:04 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2017 3:45:40 GMT -8
Some digging around and that bottom livery is the 1985 InterTec Fuji Race Winning Eggenberger Motorsports entry.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2017 12:35:48 GMT -8
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Post by afx on Sept 16, 2017 12:48:07 GMT -8
Not crazy about the liveries but the aftermarket will take care of that.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2017 18:00:51 GMT -8
Not crazy about the liveries but the aftermarket will take care of that. No doubt about that. From a contiguous point of view, with the JPS livery for the XJ-S you can build back to back winning cars for Macau - the Jags won in 1984. I also have a substantial decal hoard from Asia, particularly the Macau race and this is a 3rd different Kamachi car I can build now (the other two being M3s) |
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Post by djflyer on Sept 27, 2017 5:12:19 GMT -8
One of my favorite "most ignored" brands. There are a bunch of Volvo that I would love to have kits of. Any release date on these?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2017 12:55:55 GMT -8
HobbyEasy (based in Hong Kong) is now showing an 11/07 release date for this kit and it's P/E set. If it actually drops on that date (and doesn't slide backwards at random) it would put it in Japanese vendors (via the Aoshima distribution) at the end of December or early January of 2018.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2017 8:57:53 GMT -8
This kit was released right before Christmas along with the next Nissan 240RS Rally kit (1984 Safari Rally). Both kits have their own dedicated Detail Up sets. Next up new kit wise is the Toyota Corona '94 JTTC car, and probably after that (unless the Porsche 935 or Audi/Lancia Rally cars are closer) is a Rally version of the BMW M3.  10504848p by James Duff, on Flickr  10502225p by James Duff, on Flickr |
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Post by robhart on Jan 2, 2018 4:37:39 GMT -8
I saw on another forum that the Volvo kit comes with tires that have the camber already built in giving them a weird cone shape.
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