[Darth Vadar]

Just curious to know if anyone has built the Hawagawa (sp) plastic model of our 968 Coupe in 1:24 scale?

There is one for sale from Hong Kong, for roughly $101.00 shipped...

I would like a nice personalized model of my car, but don't want to spend big bucks if the kit is junk....



Appreciate any advice on this! Be a fun Xmas present to me!

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[Rap]

Ask Red Baron

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[cosimo]

I built a 1:24 model of the 968. I happen to find it at a hobby shop. Don't remember what the brand was. I painted it as close to my Adventure Green as I could find in model paint. I would like to have another one and do a better job. Don't think I paid more than $35 for it. I also have a 1;43 coupe in Adventura Green. I found it at Hershey one year as well as a Polar Silver cab. Don does have the best collection of 968 models and knows the most about what is where.

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[Darth Vadar]

Thanks folks! I will check with the Baron!

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[Carl968]

Hey guys:



I built the Hasagawa kit. Overall nice kit and relatively easy to assemble. I think the results are really nice but that price is way overboard. I paid something like $20 - $25 on Ebay. They appear regularly there so just wait for the right opportunity.

Carl

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[Darth Vadar]

Great Info! Thanks Carl! I am patient and will wait for a better price! It seemed way high to me, but I thoughtt maybe they were uber rare or something!

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[cosimo]

I think they are rare. I just lucked into the one I found. It seems like it was not a popular model so it appears not many were made. Ergo the price.

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[redbaron]

Darth,



Sorry for the late response. Ebay has both the Hasegawa 968 Coupe and the Hasegawa 968 CS periodically, but they want $85 plus shipping. Suggest you monitor Ebay and hope for a deal.



My 968 Collection consists of Starter, Minichamp and NZG in 1:43 scale and Hasegawa 1:24 scale Coupes. My display has the 1:43 scale 968 Coupe Blue, 968 Turbo RS ADAC Red, 968 Turbo RS LeMans Yellow, 968 Turbo S Yellow and 968 CS White.



I will have them on display at the Hershey Porsche Swap Meet in April.



Redbaron

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[Chris Vais]

The Hasagawa 968 is a very nice model. Easy to construct. Now, if you like building car models, another really nice one that has been re-released is the Tamiya 1/12 Scalre Porsche 910. I still have the same one that I built 40 yers ago and I picked up an unbuilt kit not to long ago. The re-release has some nice photoetched detail parts. There is even a website that you can go to the sells additional detail parts and a detailed set of instructions on how to upgrade the model into a stunning item. I also built Yamiya's 1/12 scale LolaT-70 Chevrolet Coupe which as also been re-released.

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