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In the 1980s and 1990s, car and trucks were well proportioned and had interesting features, but models were a bit too heavy on details that could have been rendered more delicately or accurately. Chrome spears along the sides of 1950s cars, for example, were sometimes too thick and unrealistically embedded in grooves in the die-cast body.
The starter kits advertise the ability to change the motor, wheels, tires, trim kit, springs/shocks, and bearings (From nylon bushings to steel bearings), add lighting kits, and, in some generations, swap the crystal to allow the cars to operate on multiple frequencies. Tutorials for modifications are also available on various XMODS forum sites.
Kabushiki-gaisha Rosso was a Japanese scale model manufacturer specializing in plastic scale kits and pre-assembled model cars. Rosso only made models in 1992 – for approximately one year. Les Rouliers – French Matchbox-sized cars in metal. Some plastic cars also [81] RyM – Plastic toys from Argentina [82]
Banham X99. Banham Conversions was a coachbuilder and manufacturer of kit cars from the late 1970s until 2004. The company, based in Rochester, Kent, [1] was founded by Paul Banham and started off as a coachbuilder, converting vehicles into convertibles.
The kitbash in such cases can be as simple as painting or redecaling a model, or as complex as tearing the model down and adding scratch-built components, followed by custom decals. An important aspect of kitbashing in model railroading is the reconfiguration of structure kits, most often to fit the geometry of a specific space.
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AUTOart was established in 1998. [1] Other lines of diecast vehicles formerly associated with AUTOart were Gateway, Gate and UT Models. The latter was originally a German company with diecast cars made in China and associated with Paul's Model Art which produces scale models under the Minichamps brand.
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