RUMCars Forum
General Category => Unusual Microcar Discussion => Topic started by: micro marshall on October 29, 2013, 08:58:49 pm
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dose anyone know where i can buy 1/35 scale micro car models? ???
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There haven't been very many made in this scale - 1/35 is usually reserved for military vehicles! That said, Tamiya do currently make a kit version of a Simca 5 staff car which is widely available and there is also a Fiat Topolino (the box says "Italian light civilian car") kit from a Hong Kong model company called Bronco.
http://www.emodels.co.uk/ (http://www.emodels.co.uk/)
1/32 is the more usual scale for civilian vehicles, but although there have been a few plastic kits in this scale in the past, I don't think there are any currently available. Airfix made the Bond Bug in the 1970's and ARII did a whole series of Japanese microcars http://www.ratdat.com/?p=295 (http://www.ratdat.com/?p=295) but all of these went out of production many years back so you'll have to search Ebay for second hand ones. Mind you, the Bond bug kit sells for £150+ nowadays - someone was making a fairly basic resin slot car version of this a few years back, but it looks like it this now unavailable as well.
There is however this Spanish resin slot racing Isetta.
http://lagartijakit.blogspot.com.es/2013/03/bmw-isetta-250-presentacion-y-despiece.html (http://lagartijakit.blogspot.com.es/2013/03/bmw-isetta-250-presentacion-y-despiece.html)
And even a slot car body for a Messerschmitt TG 500.
http://members.optushome.com.au/pattosplace/sedan.html (http://members.optushome.com.au/pattosplace/sedan.html)
Not brilliant, but better than nothing.
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Thanks that's just what i wanted! ;D