RE: Model Cars

[Kinkos Whitehall <kinkos-emain@ee.net>]

Hey there...I have a small Fastback (late model) that I picked up 
from a small hobby shop here in Columbus (oh)...I'll have to go look at
it (it's on the steering column in my Squareback ;) to see who made it
but I *think* it is a Viteese(sp?).  It's about the size of a Matchbox &
it's blue.  I bought it used & the guy working didn't have any knowledge
of it (didn't seem to care, either!  :[]arrrrgh!)

On a similar note...Does anyone out there in type 3 land build plastic
model cars???  There are some great models of the beetle & Karman Ghia,
but so far no one has seen fit to tool up a Type 3.  Figures...huh?  The
only (real) hope on this (having a 1/25th scale type 3) is a man named
Ron Cash, of ...Ron Cash Scale Models.  He's in northern Ohio & makes
replacement bodies in 1/25th out of casting resin.  He already has
several VW bodies available, like a phantom woody & a delivery beetle,
Ghia wagon & some misc. other weird things like that (these were just
the ones that stuck out in my head).  I spoke with Mr. Cash at a show &
asked him if he'd ever been approached about a type 3 body, & he said
that he'd had several inquiries about it, but that "it takes a long time
to build a master (which it does!) and that he would love to do it,
but..." we all know the rest of the story:}

I guess I 'll consider this kind of a survey:
How many people out there would pay $30.00 or so for a simple type 3
model???  By simple I mean a good looking shelf model with a moderate
amount of chassis/engine/suspension detail.  As with any business,
demand says a lot for product availability, so I'm curious as to what
others think of this!

Topher
'70 squareback
about 50 model car projects in my closet;)
kinos-emain@ee.net