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Hot Wheels Torana !!

Started by _Big T_ , Jul 28 2009 06:46 PM

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#1 _Big T_

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Posted 28 July 2009 - 06:46 PM

Wandering through my favourite aisle at K-mart today I spotted this little beauty. I showed it to Wes and his eyes lit up as he reached out to grab it so I just HAD to buy it for him. How could I refuse his taste in automobiles?

From the side it looks like a Hatch but the front and rear is definitely Chev (front looks like an early 70's Camaro).

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#2 mr5000

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Posted 28 July 2009 - 06:51 PM

looks like a hatch with a 72 camro front

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#3 _WhiteKnight_

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Posted 28 July 2009 - 06:52 PM

T at a quick glance i thought it was a Torana m8

cheers Keith

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#4 _torana_umunga74_

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Posted 28 July 2009 - 07:02 PM

dude sells em on ebay

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#5 _Big T_

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Posted 28 July 2009 - 07:05 PM

This the car the Hot Wheels one is modeled on.

Chevrolet Vega

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#6 _torriechick_

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Posted 28 July 2009 - 07:32 PM

From the title name and a quick look, I also thought it was a Torry LOL

still great though... lemme guess... youll be stealing it off Wes?? LOL

Edited by torriechick, 28 July 2009 - 07:32 PM.

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#7 lcgtr1970

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Posted 29 July 2009 - 03:04 PM

pretty damn similar from side on. reckon you could re-work the front with a small skim of bog and carve a torry front into it???

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#8 _Woodsy_

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Posted 29 July 2009 - 03:27 PM

Possibly... i might give it a go lol

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#9 MRLXSS

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Posted 29 July 2009 - 03:33 PM

Nice spotto!

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#10 orangeLJ

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Posted 29 July 2009 - 03:34 PM

saw one in coles at lunch, they are only about 3 bucks, so you can have a few to play with until you get it right!

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#11 lcgtr1970

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Posted 29 July 2009 - 04:01 PM

im gonna give it a go i reckon. might have to start up a members project thread LOL

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#12 Heath

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Posted 29 July 2009 - 04:16 PM

No Chevy Vega sedans? lol

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#13 _Woodsy_

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Posted 07 August 2009 - 08:58 PM

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My dodgy attempt... I could of made it better if i had more patience...

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#14 rodomo

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Posted 07 August 2009 - 09:01 PM

Is that left over touch up paint from the Commodore? :blink:

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#15 Collo

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Posted 07 August 2009 - 09:12 PM

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My dodgy attempt... I could of made it better if i had more patience...

Josh

That's not bad mate, needs the full bumper though.

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#16 _Rana Girl_

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Posted 07 August 2009 - 10:11 PM

Matchbox modifications :unsure:

I hope my three year old son doesn't catch on to that idea unless of course he can make me some money from it :lol:

I got a red one.....

Just discovered it's dang hard to get a picture through the plastic

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I think the matchbox itself looks closer to correct than the pic on the box. Certainly out of the 150 + (at last count) of them in our house this one is the best and will be living in the display case with the models not in the toy box

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#17 _Woodsy_

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Posted 07 August 2009 - 10:26 PM

Rodomo. Yeah i had it sitting in the garage doing nothing it was that or brown lol...

I'm still trying to figure out how to do the full bumper... i might strip it and start again...

Josh

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#18 _torriechick_

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Posted 08 August 2009 - 08:39 AM

Doesnt look too bad Josh, it looks good

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#19 _doucmyuc_

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Posted 10 August 2009 - 01:01 AM

Look how closely Holdens styling was to GM US back in the 70's - plenty upon plenty of similarities and lines with them!!

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#20 lcgtr1970

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Posted 10 August 2009 - 03:57 PM

thats a good effort mate. im still working on mine.

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#21 _conceptss_

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Posted 13 August 2009 - 09:49 AM

Anyone here have a 1:18 Hatch ,Sedan and even lc lj I could use to make a RC car body mould from. Preferably one that has a bit of damage with missing side mirrors. Will make it easier to make the pattern from.

I'm going to sample test a 1:18 scale electric Belt driven carbon fiber/cnc alloy road racing RC car chassis. See pic. They come ready to run out of the box including brushless motors, adjustable lsd ball diffs. They go about 60kph out of the box. I tested a buggy/truggy shaft drive version with the same speed controller and motor anout a year ago. Upgraded the battery to lipo 7.4v and it went a lot faster. I then tested the electrics limits with a 11.1 v lipo battery and it easily did 80kph, didn't even get to hold full throttle - Had to be very smooth with the acceleration as it would pop wheelies and break traction real easy, even with the 7.4 lipo.
The 11.1 v lipo eventually blew the speed controller after a few runs(it was only 18amp from memory)

Presently there are 350z, wrx , mazda 6 bodies available - and I'll be sourcing them with 2.4ghz LCD and LED pistol grip radios.

So I'm looking for someone In melbourne that doesn't mind there 1:18 shell to used to make a mould from.
They won't be axact replicas as Poly carb bodies can only be made a certain way - Resin/plastic bodies could be easily fitted to one of the chassis for a more scale appearance. Haven't seen any 1:18 plastic kits though.

Could possibly make shells for any 1:18 car, monaro falcon etc..

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Posted 30 May 2023 - 07:53 PM

Ask and you shall receive...

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#23 Uncle Chop Chop

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Posted 30 May 2023 - 10:44 PM

Anyone here have a 1:18 Hatch ,Sedan and even lc lj I could use to make a RC car body mould from. Preferably one that has a bit of damage with missing side mirrors. Will make it easier to make the pattern from.

So I'm looking for someone In melbourne that doesn't mind there 1:18 shell to used to make a mould from.
They won't be axact replicas as Poly carb bodies can only be made a certain way - Resin/plastic bodies could be easily fitted to one of the chassis for a more scale appearance. Haven't seen any 1:18 plastic kits though.

Could possibly make shells for any 1:18 car, monaro falcon etc..

Do you have access to a 3D scanner? I have some 1/18th models here.

Yes, I know it's a 14 year old response time. Similar to ambo response.