Matthew,
By Chance is this the model you are talking about?
http://www.gti16v.com/images/Fujimi_GTI16V.jpg
The wheels, Headlight & Grill are not accurate. The rest of the model is a
almost an EXACT match to my 1987 GT 16V minus a few small things I added.
http://www.gti16v.com/images/gtiorp01.jpg
Here is one that you could have built like The General Li.
http://www.gti16v.com/images/Revell_Golf.jpg
Here is a Diecast I have. It is a four door model which has a few things
that a stock GTI 16V never came from the factory with.
http://www.gti16v.com/images/Schbak_GTI.jpg
I also have the matchbox version somewhere here in the house.
Speaking of my GTI 16V, earlier this month I took her to the largest Antique
Automobile Show in the United States.
People from around the world come to Hershey, Pennsylvania for this event.
At the car show event, I spoke with several VW techs from back in the day.
They told me some interesting tales about fixing the GTI 16V. Also got to
talk with a gentleman who was an engineer for VWoA back in the day.
He told me he had one of the original 500, GTI 16V "test mules" that VWoA
put together back in 1985/86.
I might be willing to offer my GTI 16V for the stock version of this little
project we are discussing. Doubt there are many left like mine having 100%
of the OEM parts and 99+% of the original parts.
Charlie
-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Yip
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 11:59 AM
To: Volkswagen a2 16v discussion list
Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Need a Smaller GTI 16V?
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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