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I love a good HCR32! Nice colour. Also those Bluebird hubcaps suit that Wagon R down to the ground

Ask and ye shall receive! (eventually... ☺️) https://www.goo-net.com/usedcar_shop/0170208/detail.html

Again these aren't 'on the street' but they were lol. Anyway for the sake of thread continuity.... Not really sure how to feel about the white Lancer Evo III. It's definitely seen better days, but these are so damn rare here now that I reckon they're photo worthy just for the record. The Datsun 1600/510/Bluebird whathaveyou looked like it had been restored at some point a while ago, but rust has since formed under the paint in some areas. Another 'too rare to not get a photo' occasion. At Nishinomiya Gardens shopping mall.

Some nice details on this Nismo GT-R LM by Kyosho https://www.oemsoko.co.jp/products/kyosho-original-1-43-bcnr33-nissan-skyline-gt-r-nismo-lm

Struggled as well. Got a 3:33.250 but couldn't find the half a second to get silver. I always slowed too much at the Esses du Karting section (specifically the last left hander going on to Maison Blanche). There's a good 1 - 1.5 seconds to be picked up there for sure. The other 1.5 seconds needed for gold would be just cleaning up the rest of the slower corners. I did notice though watching the ghost replays of guys getting 3:25's, they used the green painted surfaces to the extreme, with barely the inside tyres on the ripple strips. It looked like they had the car completely on the green paint at times (but obviously still contacting the ripple strips).

I'm a lifelong home drummer, was in a couple of bands as a teenager/early 20's then moved to Japan and didn't play at all until 2019 when my missus and I were invited to check out the band room upstairs at a restaurant cafe here in JP. They had a full acoustic drum kit and they let me have a bash for about 20 mins. I went away from there wondering how I could not play for 19 years.... Missus bought me a e-drum kit a few weeks later (Yamaha DTX402) which is basic but lets me play at home in my tiny Japanese house. Also have an Epiphone Les Paul and little Vox amp and delay pedal I bought for the missus because she wanted to learn to play the guitar, but she never got into it. That was about 8 years ago. I taught myself to play some 80's U2 song riffs like the Fly solo, etc and some other things but being a drummer I don't really have the dexterity in the fingers lol. Ham fisted if you will. So I kind of just mess around with the guitar rather than try to seriously play complete songs. My son on the other hand inherited all my side of the family's musical talent and is a brilliant classical pianist at 16 years old. He'll go on to do something in the music industry here for sure once he finished his schooling. I got him a Yamaha NU1XA hybrid piano earlier this year.

Awesome 👍 Post up more pics when you have time, keen to see more R's

For anyone who might be put off by the slightly wacky wheel offset shown on the box photo above, the production models are not like that. Here's some more pics of the actual product (as well as the interior)

Just got this one in which might be a little more interesting for SAU members: https://www.oemsoko.co.jp/products/1-18-extra-scale-1970-kpgc10-nissan-skyline-2000gt-r

Also about the NSX, the rear window doesn't open and there's no engine detail, however the bonnet does open, and the headlights can be raised. I've read some blog posts that it's a shame that the engine isn't shown but otherwise the model is decent.

I mentioned earlier that the other models in the series would cost more, the Cosmo will be 7500 jpy (AUD 74.44 today's exchange rate) and the NSX will be 9750 jpy (AUD 96.77) assuming they are still available. I assume all other models if/when they are released will sell for 9750 jpy (which is still a good deal I reckon!). For two 1/18 models in one box the weight will be around 4.5kg which will cost 11950 jpy (AUD 118.61) Still interested in those?

#2 in the series is the 1968 Mazda Cosmo. #3 - KGC10 Nissan Skyline GT-R Hakosuka #4 - NA1 Honda NSX Those are all the ones currently available as a "test run" to see how well they sell. If they sell well enough, they will release the next batch: - BNR32 Nissan Skyline GT-R - Isuzu Bellet - AE86 Toyota Sprinter Trueno - SA22 Mazda RX-7 - Toyota 2000GT - S30 Nissan Fairlady Z 'G-nose' - KGC110 Nissan Skyline GT-R Kenmeri For the current batch I'd say they're pretty much sold out, but will check later today. The sales test run is only held in two bookstores in Japan, one in Kansai, one in Kanto. As such there's no official website update (yet).

Had to download this image before I could view it but the 32 looks awesome, congrats! 🙂👍