"/The General Li probably wouldn't make a good base model - too many
"aero" mods/ <G>"
I think that you've confirmed my thinking: make the base model
stock, but offer parts to represent some body kits, taillights from
different years, also if possible the large & small bumpers, and grills
with US- and Euro-type headlights to make it possible to build a
reasonable facsimile of many variants, both as-built and as-customized
or as-raced. Probably going overboard to suggest that some
representative racing wheels & tires be made, too.
Frankly, I'd be happier with a plastic kit like the old ones, than
with a never-quite-right metal pre-assembled model. Since I built model
airplanes (starting w/ balsa and tissue, then some all-wood, and a few
plastic ones), and switched to plastic car kits when I didn't have space
for airplanes, my preferences are probably wrong for a lot of other
a2-16v listers, though.
On 10/27/2012 8:27 AM, Matthew Yip wrote:
A 4-door Golf model? Don't think I ever saw one of those but then again, toy
model manufacturers never gravitated towards Euro-trash Hot Hatches, preferring
to focus on American muscle cars and the other stuff that gets Middle-America
hot and bothered.
The General Li probably wouldn't make a good base model - too many "aero" mods
<G>
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From: Mike Pelletier <[email protected]>
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Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Need a Smaller GTI 16V?
IMO I think an 89 with single rounds and maroon or green would be cool! I have
model kit with a 4 dr hanging around my garage somewhere lol!
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On Oct 26, 2012, at 11:20 AM, darner <[email protected]> wrote:
Gee, Matthew - are you maybe volunteering the General Li as an archetype for a
model? Wouldn't it make more sense to offer the stock version first, and then be
able to customize to match a specific full-size car? (not that I'd turn down a
Hemi-Orange-with-Stars-&-Bars-on-the-roof one in comparison to this suck-ass
thing! Actually, having one matching my '87, _AND_ a General Li, would be even
better . . . just sayin'!)
Ron
On 10/26/2012 10:59 AM, Matthew Yip wrote:
Someone made a 1/24 scale model many years ago but it was a Euro model with
small bumpers and round headlamps. It's still at my parents' house, unfinished
because I ran out of time/patience about 20 years ago. As I age, hobbies such
as model building suit my sedentary lifestyle BUT the parts are getting so damn
small and fuzzy that I can't see them.
Speaking of 3D printer models, I watched a show on how they work and the concept is
incredibly cool. That'd be awesome to have a GTi 16v model produced in that
manner, especially one in Hemi Orange with the Stars & Bars on the roof but I
digress.
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From: Larry Velez <[email protected]>
To: Volkswagen a2 16v discussion list <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Need a Smaller GTI 16V?
I have never seen an accurate model of a GTI 16V anywhere in any size or
material.
Seems to the companies want to reuse their Golf molds and just tack on the
round lights and call it a day.
I wonder what it would cost to get one made by a 3D printer, maybe we can all
work together to gather the schematics and chip in to hire someone to put them
together to had all the parts be 3D printed.
Larry
91 GTI 16V
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darner
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 12:04 AM
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Subject: [a2-16v-list] Need a Smaller GTI 16V?
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2012/10/19/gti-yi-yi-tomicas-new-limited-vintage-neo-vw-golf-16v-is-a-truly-international-affair/comment-page-1/#comment-5393169
Hemmings says this is an accurate depiction. I don't agree: do you?
Ron
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