Re: Honda Gallery updated! Now includes RA301.

I don't believe that they are still in production, however I have seen quite a few of the Tamiya 1:12 scale F1 model kits on Ebay. -- don "Getting hit by a meteorite is an accident... everything else is driver-error." "Ace" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8cas8p$1l6$[email hidden]... > I can't find any of these kits! Does anyone know if Tamiya (or anyone)still > does kits of the '60s GP Cars? > > Bruce Kennewell wrote in message <[email hidden]>... > >http://big.business.8m.com/index.htm > <snip> > >I have model kits (Tamiya) of both the RA272 (1965) and the RA273 (1966) > and > >these pix will be invaluable for detailing. They would also be eminently > >suitable as reference for anyone contemplating new Honda shapes for GPL. > > > >Enjoy! > >-- > >Regards, > >Bruce Kennewell, > >Canberra, Australia. > >---------------------------

http://big.business.8m.com/index.htm PLEASE NOTE! The URL has changed: I've moved them across to a larger-capacity site. My sincere thanks to Jaques Faure for supplying these wonderful shots of the RA272 and RA301 whilst they were on display in Geneva, which has enabled this update to what I popped onto the web yesterday. I have model kits (Tamiya) of both the RA272 (1965) and the RA273 (1966) and these pix will be invaluable for detailing. They would also be eminently suitable as reference for anyone contemplating new Honda shapes for GPL. Enjoy! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. ---------------------------

I can't find any of these kits! Does anyone know if Tamiya (or anyone)still does kits of the '60s GP Cars? Bruce Kennewell wrote in message <[email hidden]>... >http://big.business.8m.com/index.htm<snip> >I have model kits (Tamiya) of both the RA272 (1965) and the RA273 (1966)and

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>these pix will be invaluable for detailing. They would also be eminently >suitable as reference for anyone contemplating new Honda shapes for GPL. > >Enjoy! >-- >Regards, >Bruce Kennewell, >Canberra, Australia. >--------------------------- > > > >

Hi, because of GPL i bought that Matra, Honda, Ferrari 312B and that the Tyrell from 71 ( In Hobby Shops here in Germany ). Due to lack of time I only build the Matra till now... Great kit, still hope to find that Lotus 49 somewhere... :-) Greetings -- Michael Staab -- Meine Grand Prix Legends Homepage: http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~mstab/ Mitglied in der CAR, Verein f�r PC-Rennsimulationen http://www.car-ev.de/ Staabi's Mountain Bike Classics http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~mstab/mtb/ " To race is to live, everything else is just waiting"

Didn't build the Lotus, got one from Exoto (www.exoto.com) and it looks beautiful. They do a couple of Lotus 49s, Hill and Clark from '67 and 68, and Siffert's from '68 but my plea for them to build an Eagle T1G has so far met with no success Michael Staab wrote in message <8ccdlq$g98$[email hidden]>... >Hi, > >because of GPL i bought that Matra, Honda, Ferrari 312B and that the Tyrell >from 71 ( In Hobby Shops here in Germany ). Due to lack of time I onlybuild

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>the Matra till now... Great kit, still hope to find that Lotus 49 >somewhere... :-) > >Greetings >-- >Michael Staab >-- >Meine Grand Prix Legends Homepage: http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~mstab/ >Mitglied in der CAR, Verein f�r PC-Rennsimulationen http://www.car-ev.de/ >Staabi's Mountain Bike Classics http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~mstab/mtb/ >" To race is to live, everything else is just waiting" > > >

Thanks Bruce! Bruce Kennewell wrote in message <[email hidden]>... >As an example...this page has 1/12 kits. You'll see the RA273 is listed >(Yen 4000) and is still available. (Note also the Tyrrell 6-wheeler!) >Have a browse around the other scales...there's bound to be somethingthere.

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>http://www.hlj.com/cgi-local/hljlist.cgi?Category=AutRac&Scale=12&Dis=2 > >-- >Regards, >Bruce Kennewell, >Canberra, Australia. >---------------------------

Wonderfull Lotus 49 isn't it. I have one too. (a bit expensive but I couldn't resist) I also have that 1/12 Tyrrell 6 wheeler, a 1/12 Renault Turbo and a 1/12 '79(?) Ferrari. Small pieces of art... Ace <[email hidden]> schreef in berichtnieuws 8cchk5$472$[email hidden]... > Didn't build the Lotus, got one from Exoto (www.exoto.com) and it looks > beautiful. They do a couple of Lotus 49s, Hill and Clark from '67 and 68, > and Siffert's from '68 but my plea for them to build an Eagle T1G has sofar > met with no success > > Michael Staab wrote in message <8ccdlq$g98$[email hidden]>... > >Hi, > > > >because of GPL i bought that Matra, Honda, Ferrari 312B and that theTyrell

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> >from 71 ( In Hobby Shops here in Germany ). Due to lack of time I only > build > >the Matra till now... Great kit, still hope to find that Lotus 49 > >somewhere... :-) > > > >Greetings > >-- > >Michael Staab > >-- > >Meine Grand Prix Legends Homepage: http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~mstab/ > >Mitglied in der CAR, Verein f�r PC-Rennsimulationen http://www.car-ev.de/ > >Staabi's Mountain Bike Classics http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~mstab/mtb/ > >" To race is to live, everything else is just waiting" > > > > > > > >

Ace...try this website. Although located in Japan it is in English, is run by an American and lists EVERY plastic (and other!) kit made in Japan! http://www.hlj.com/ -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Ace <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8cas8p$1l6$[email hidden]... > I can't find any of these kits! Does anyone know if Tamiya (or anyone)still > does kits of the '60s GP Cars? > > Bruce Kennewell wrote in message <[email hidden]>... > >http://big.business.8m.com/index.htm > <snip> > >I have model kits (Tamiya) of both the RA272 (1965) and the RA273 (1966) > and > >these pix will be invaluable for detailing. They would also be eminently > >suitable as reference for anyone contemplating new Honda shapes for GPL. > > > >Enjoy! > >-- > >Regards, > >Bruce Kennewell, > >Canberra, Australia. > >--------------------------- > > > > > > > > > >

As an example...this page has 1/12 kits. You'll see the RA273 is listed (Yen 4000) and is still available. (Note also the Tyrrell 6-wheeler!) Have a browse around the other scales...there's bound to be something there. http://www.hlj.com/cgi-local/hljlist.cgi?Category=AutRac&Scale=12&Dis=2 -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Bruce Kennewell <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Ace...try this website. Although located in Japan it is in English, is run > by an American and lists EVERY plastic (and other!) kit made in Japan! > http://www.hlj.com/ > > -- > Regards, > Bruce Kennewell, > Canberra, Australia. > --------------------------- > > Ace <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:8cas8p$1l6$[email hidden]... > > I can't find any of these kits! Does anyone know if Tamiya (or > anyone)still > > does kits of the '60s GP Cars? > > > > Bruce Kennewell wrote in message <[email hidden]>... > > >http://big.business.8m.com/index.htm > > <snip> > > >I have model kits (Tamiya) of both the RA272 (1965) and the RA273 (1966) > > and > > >these pix will be invaluable for detailing. They would also be eminently > > >suitable as reference for anyone contemplating new Honda shapes for GPL. > > > > > >Enjoy! > > >-- > > >Regards, > > >Bruce Kennewell, > > >Canberra, Australia. > > >--------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

You're welcome, Ace. I might just add that I have bought many kits (including the 1/12 RA273) from this company. Service has been excellent, response to questions the same. They had a "kit" (for want of a better term....a collection of plastic and metal bits and a hand-drawn instruction "map"!) of the Lotus 49 as it first appeared at Zandvoort. It took me a long, long time to carely complete that kit....never again. It was just too arduous a task and what started as a labour of love turned into a chore by the end of it. But it was a beautiful result......the only kit of the Lotus 49 as she was first raced. I've got some pix here somewhere...I'll scan them and pop them onto the site. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Ace <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8cchks$476$[email hidden]... > Thanks Bruce! > > Bruce Kennewell wrote in message <[email hidden]>... > >As an example...this page has 1/12 kits. You'll see the RA273 is listed > >(Yen 4000) and is still available. (Note also the Tyrrell 6-wheeler!) > >Have a browse around the other scales...there's bound to be something > there. > >http://www.hlj.com/cgi-local/hljlist.cgi?Category=AutRac&Scale=12&Dis=2 > > > >-- > >Regards, > >Bruce Kennewell, > >Canberra, Australia. > >--------------------------- > > >