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23/05/2020 9:15 am
PICS) Perhaps one more for today..........Tamiya's Honda S800 Sports car
This Tamiya 1965 (introduced at the Tokyo Auto Show in '64) Honda s800 diecast was a well finished and proportioned model, done a few decades ago.
What was odd was that they chose the unusual scale of 1/20, and neither the doors nor the trunklid were openable. It did, however, come with separate rubber (vinyl?) floor-mats. There was poseable steering and the underside was nicely detailed, as was the interior and engine compartment.
This 800cc 2 seater sports car was evidently Honda's first 'mass produced' and exported car. Although in more limited numbers, it had been previously available in Japan in similar form with first a 360 motor and then a 600CC motor
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23/05/2020 12:06 pm
Excellent.as usual, we underestimate the Japanese.
24/05/2020 8:53 am
Geez, I'd swear that is a 1:1 not a model !!!!