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I wish we could get more 90s to present vehicles....maybe I am not looking in the right places...
RTR. Painting and assembling small N scale vehicles is sort of an exercise in frustration for me. I just looked at your willmodels link...I may have to place an order and see how I do.
Carter,do you know if the 1600s are being imported to the US?
Did you look on http://nscalevehicles.org ?
Not much there as far as the era of vehicles he's looking for, at least not since the last time I checked.
Um, there are several listed in http://nscalevehicles.org/resources/era_1990-1999.php and http://nscalevehicles.org/resources/era_2000-2009.php . Better than none.
Great resource for import models with the exception of the ubiquitous Atlas Fords. I was assuming he was looking for more domestic vehicles. Since they don't really consider my kits valid models, I kind of have to do my own promotion.
My take on the question was that he was looking for vehicles from the 90s to present, which could be found on US roads (and used for detailing roads on a contemporary era layout). If you look around you, I would venture a guess that you will see more foreign makes than American ones.
You can do a heck of a lot with those cheap Chinese models with a #11 surgical blade and a careful steady hand.I have some of the Z scale ones (funny that the Mercedes are just about flawless).Careful cleaning of the excess flash in the window openings makes a huge improvement in the appearance of the vehicles.Just be sure to use a sharp blade and be careful.
That depends on where you're looking. Where I live outside of Los Angles in Ventura County it's a pretty good mix. In areas where the economy has really taken a beating, you see a lot more older cars and trucks, like when my parents lived in Kingman, AZ. Visiting was like going back in time. Can we at least agree that a lot of neighborhoods that are close to the tracks are not the upscale variety--which is what some of us are going to be modeling.These days it's getting harder to tell what's domestic and what isn't as a number of foreign manufacturers have built assembly plants here. Does that make them domestic?The other issue is that most of the Japanese car models are oversized 1/150 scale models. I know there has been a few debates as to wether the late model Kato Toyotas were 1/160 or not. With the exception of the older Crowns, they compare pretty close. I might have to get ahold of a set and check them out myself. I've been meaning to add them to my collection.I wonder if he knows about those economical Chinese-made cars? I actually made a couple of them look somewhat acceptable (as background models).
You should see cars here. The winters are so bad that all cars seem to die after about 6-7 years. There is an odd 90's corolla or civic, but even those are few and far between. Case in point: we can not get more than 100K on a cruiser before it dies. I have seen departments down south who still use the previous generation CV (1992-1997). We may get 2 1/2 years on ours. Transmissions, brakes, alternators and suspensions go on a bi-annual basis. Body damage from fender benders, crashes and the errant plow happen far too common.On my 06 Mustang, I had to replace the rear bumper cover 5 times due to people rear-ending me and an invisible guy wire. That car drove through hail, 5 blizzards, two hurricanes and more nor'easters than I could count. I always seem to be the one called in for storm duty.
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