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03/01/2026 12:52 pm
03/01/2026 1:30 pm
I also have this one: HO-scale Big Blow
03/01/2026 2:28 pm
I love that Chrysler Turbine Car. I followed one back in the day on the Garden State Parkway for 3 extra exits just so I could circle it. I saw that YM model and the Turbine Bronze color is off and It was just too crude. Best out there is the Jo Hann model kit, which I have but I'll never finish it. I saw what one modeler did with the kit at an NNL event and I was impressed. I wished I could have gotten closer to the model and the lighting wasn't so harsh.
03/01/2026 2:40 pm
All are sensational (and rather fast) turbine-powered automobiles. I have a Yat Ming 1/18 diecast like Marty's and it displays great ! Once, many years ago I saw one of the real Chrysler ones "out in the wild" driving down the street. It sure must have attracted attention with it's looks and sound.
03/01/2026 2:46 pm
Very impressive Marty. They all look great, especially the detailing on the Indy car #40 in pic 1.
03/01/2026 3:44 pm
"Best out there is the Jo Hann model kit."
100% true Rich! I had that kit years ago and was BLOWN AWAY!
Everything opened and was replicated perfectly with Exoto-like precision. I still remember piecing together the front wheel assembly - complete with tie-rod ends, knuckle joints, kin pins & rotating drums! I thought, "no one will even see all this stuff!"
It's fair to say, that Jo Hann kit was the best detailed and most accurate 1/25 model ever offered. It was (is ) amazing! 😎 😎 😎
- So cool to see one at a show with EVEN MORE detail - that engine linkage is fantastic!
03/01/2026 4:05 pm
All I have are my Yat-mingers - one I mildly enhanced many years ago. I fixed the tires, added an antenna, etc... ...and the other's a junker. 🙄 😯
03/01/2026 4:14 pm
That Jo-Han kit was my favorite too.
Steve
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03/01/2026 5:41 pm
I think most of the Chrysler Turbine cars were given to people in Detroit. We used to routinely see them on the streets.
03/01/2026 6:10 pm
@marty-johnson .... Oh, I'm sure a few folks in Michigan were "gifted" some here & there. 😉 😏 But I know your neighbor in CA, Jay Leno, has one. BTW: I love your recent Handicrafts post!
😀 😆 😎 😀 😆 😎 😀 😆 😎
03/01/2026 7:22 pm
And one more...
13- or 14-year-old Paul once built an MPC '69 Camaro. I put a turbine in it, painted it red, and the only badging on it was a small STP sticker.
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