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MarkJ
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 Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 5:21 pm Post subject: Hasegawa got it wrong |
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| Got my latest email from Southern Motorsports Hobbies and The hasegawa model of a 65 Chevy has it on the box as a 1966. They call it an American coupe type 1 instead of a Chevrolet. I guess included in the kit is a blond girl. I thought that was kinda funny. |
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DaveVan
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| Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Those are old kits.....tooled back in the 60's........curbside with a semi generic interior. Wrong year is the least worry!!! |
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MarkJ
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| Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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| DaveVan wrote: | | Those are old kits.....tooled back in the 60's........curbside with a semi generic interior. Wrong year is the least worry!!! |
I also noticed that it is 1/24 scale. That's kinda weird.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| I built a couple of Hasegawa kits several years ago thinking they'd be Tamiya quality. They aren't. |
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martinfan
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| Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| MarkJ wrote: | | DaveVan wrote: | | Those are old kits.....tooled back in the 60's........curbside with a semi generic interior. Wrong year is the least worry!!! |
I also noticed that it is 1/24 scale. That's kinda weird. |
Not for the Japanese and worldwide market outside of the USA, that is perfectly normal, 1/25th is the weird scale. |
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jokar124
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| These Hasegawa models were originally released as slot car bodies back in the sixties. The generic interior provided is a later addition to get more sales from the existing molds as "complete" model kits. They appear to be copies of the contemporary American kits, namely, Jo-Hans' Cadillac, MPC's Pontiac and AMT's Buick, Chevy and Thunderbird, making them actually 1/25 scale. I have compared Hasegawa's 66 Bonneville to MPC's and found them to be virtually identical in size and details. |
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DaveVan
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| Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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Here's the Pontiac......
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MarkJ
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| Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 7:12 am Post subject: |
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| jokar124 wrote: | | These Hasegawa models were originally released as slot car bodies back in the sixties. The generic interior provided is a later addition to get more sales from the existing molds as "complete" model kits. They appear to be copies of the contemporary American kits, namely, Jo-Hans' Cadillac, MPC's Pontiac and AMT's Buick, Chevy and Thunderbird, making them actually 1/25 scale. I have compared Hasegawa's 66 Bonneville to MPC's and found them to be virtually identical in size and details. |
Well they got the year wrong on the box. Makes perfect sense that they would put the wrong scale on the box as well. |
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Steve Salhany
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They do build into good if simplified models. |
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DaveVan
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The Caddy is the best of them.......
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