Yesterday I received my final Arii model (for now, lol) the 1984 Daihatsu Mira Walk Through Van, and is it a disappointment.
Like some of the older kits this was originally designed for a pull-back motor, and is also a snap-together model, so parts are overscale and toylike... examples are the mirrors and the gear stick.
However the model is reasonably accurate in shape and proportion but will need a lot of work to bring it up to the standard of the older kits, which is ironic.
So at the moment it stays in the box until I get the energy to build the thing.
These photos of a Mira Van are from Koyapop's site and are copyright 2006-2011 Koyapop
I love the look of this mad little van... it looks like all Daihatsu did was take their Mira car, lop the back off and plonk a square body onto the chassis. I can really imagine these tooling around the narrow streets of Japanese cities, delivering goodies.
For those interested in buying the Arii kits, beyond eBay you can try Hobby Search http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/list/331/0/1 or Hobby Link Japan http://www.hlj.com/top/Aut
My next update should have more progress on the Mazda R360 which was partially restarted... mata atode ^.^
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