I’m looking for a kit of this classic car to build for a friend of mine’s birthday which is coming up. He drives one so would just love a little model of it on his shelf! I found an early tooling of the Airfix one on ebay but would much prefer this:
http://dragonmodelsusa.com/dmlusa/prodd.asp?pid=GNZG187
Does anyone know if this (or anything else similar?) is available in the UK?
Thanks
I think the only way its ebay… Or searching with google, sometime you find online store that carry things so… Also fo in some contest/swap meet… I would looking here, but I’m in USA…
So that’s where Brizioland is. I was going to ask.
I think one would show up on ebay with reasonable frequency, it’s not that rare a kit.
One of the Aussie retailers, Sherriff’s Minicars in Sydney is listing one as in stock, so they seem to be around.
Cheers
Tony
On the Italian ebay I found this one…
Thanks for that. I hadn’t considered buying from abroad. Might bite the bullet and go for it.
you’re Welcome! Try to look also on ebay.fr, de, nl, etc…
I thought I might have one of these in the stash, but no luck. Sorry mate, I thought I could have helped out. Cheers Tony
No worries. Thanks for your help everyone. The kit comes in at about £70 including postage from one of the overseas sellers - I’m not paying that! So it looks like the crummy Airfix kit will have to suffice. Hopefully a nice paint job and a display case will do the job:-)
Hi Davey,
By chance, I saw one in a hobby shop in Melbourne Australia today. I’ve bought it. It cost me $60 Australian.
I am more than happy to keep it myself, but if you really want it, contact me via pm.
I’m not interested it making money on the deal, it would be at the price I paid, plus whatever it costs for postage.
As I said before,I’m more than happy to keep it myself. It’s the’Mr Hobby’ release of the Gunze Sangyo kit, exactly as depicted in your photo.
Cheers
Tony
Hey thanks. However, the guy’s birthday is really soon so I don’t have the time window to wait for it to arrive from the other side of the world. That’s why I was looking for a kit in the UK. My bad for not thinking about it earlier really. Still, the recipient might become a modelling convert so would fancy building the kit himself! Watch this space:-)
So I thought I’d put the “frogeye” in a nice little display case. But as I don’t build cars I have no idea what sort of size I need. If anyone can give me some typical measurements of 1/32 scale cars I’d be extremely grateful (I need to order the case now and the kit hasn’t arrived yet so I can’t measure it myself). It’s a little soft-top sports car so won’t be too big I guess!
Hi Davey,
No probs, I’ll try to keep my filthy paws off it for a week or two. I’ve got to say it is a very appealing model of a very appealing car.
I’ve built a couple of Gunze Triumph TR-3s, with a TR-2 under way at the moment. THis would sit nicely right next to them in the cabinet.
Cheers
Tony
Well in the end there wasn’t time to get the kit I wanted from overseas so I had to plump for the nasty little, old, 1/32 Airfix kit. It arrived yesterday and I had to give it to him today! What you might call a rush job!
The kit was HORRIBLE. Nothing fit. Plastic was full of sink marks and flash and was seriously warped in places. No time to do a proper job on it so I just threw it together it in a day and bought a little die-cast vehicle, chucked it away and kept the case so at least the little Frogeye was presentable!
Luckily, my friend was overjoyed with his gift as he thinks it is exactly like his real car! I must say, I did fall in love with it somewhat, so taxtp, I hope you’ll have a go at your Gunze Sprite and give it the attention I wasn’t able to on my Airfix Sprite.
Vallejo acrylics with an enamel pin wash. The tyres are darker than they appear in the photo. Sorry it’s not up to the amazing standards you guys show here, but I’m new to this and I did just have one day to build it! [:-^]
You did a great job!
And don’t worry nobody make perfect models, the important things it is to have fun building model kit!!!
Hi Davey,
I’m impressed that you even had a crack at getting it done in a day, let alone finished it. Good effort.
I might break into my one now.
Cheers
Tony