Honda Today

kaho

07-25-2010, 05:20 PM

Simas17

07-26-2010, 01:00 AM

Thats a funny car :D

The Modeler

07-27-2010, 04:17 AM

looks good! congratulations!

Wolf95

07-29-2010, 10:12 PM

how did you do those key holes??

luchoteam

07-30-2010, 11:38 AM

Nice....clean and simple! i like it

kaho

07-30-2010, 03:28 PM

Wolf: the keyholes were made rods cut from paper clip ends. I drilled out the original holes on the body for the rods to go in.

Thanks for the comments guys!

nomad_fsoak

08-02-2010, 01:41 PM

Nice... i like kei-cars :) and i didn't knew this kit exists... do you have any photo of box art ?

I already have Suzuki Cappucinno, now about to buy Honda Beat and in future i plan to get Daihatsu Copen (pandora type) and pro'lly Midget or Move + Honda City.

ales

08-02-2010, 02:02 PM

I really like it, it's such a fun little car (and fun little model ;))

rallymaster

08-02-2010, 02:28 PM

Very original and rare model.
This little Honda makes me think to the french Renault Twingo, they seem similar by their shape and size...
Don't know if they really have a common story or not, but such small cars except some japenese ones are completely forgotten by kit brands.
With a lot of work though, this Honda may become a Twingo...

http://www.dinoutoo.com/cache/petites-annonces/28618-RenaultTwingoJadeSE2.jpg

nomad_fsoak

08-03-2010, 07:18 AM

rallymaster, actually Twingo was based on Polish car prototype "Beskid"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSM_Beskid
http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2007/03/21-renault-twingo-i-design-history/

Fabio Quirino

08-03-2010, 07:45 AM

Very original and rare model.
This little Honda makes me think to the french Renault Twingo, they seem similar by their shape and size...
Don't know if they really have a common story or not, but such small cars except some japenese ones are completely forgotten by kit brands.
With a lot of work though, this Honda may become a Twingo...

I agree with you totally. :frown:

kaho

08-07-2010, 04:18 AM

Nice... i like kei-cars :) and i didn't knew this kit exists... do you have any photo of box art ?

I already have Suzuki Cappucinno, now about to buy Honda Beat and in future i plan to get Daihatsu Copen (pandora type) and pro'lly Midget or Move + Honda City.

Here you go:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b168/kaho4g94/Honda%20Today/DSC02792.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b168/kaho4g94/Honda%20Today/DSC02793.jpg
and a shot of the instructions minus one step that involves putting on the complete body onto chassis. It's a really simple kit.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b168/kaho4g94/Honda%20Today/DSC02794.jpg

The process of building the interior pieces were really fun. When I was deciding on the placement of the rear seats I was surprised at how much leg space the rear seats seem to have, I thought it must have felt like a limousine in real life. And then I realized in order to free up that much leg space, they must have shrunk all those seats badly, it probably sits like a foldable stool. And then it still managed to have some trunk space.....

voyageur

08-08-2010, 05:12 AM

I wanted to post something on this model for many days and never got around to.

This is IMO a very nicely built version of an any day car in japan. Nothing special in real life, but a very interesting subject in scale - because nobody ever build these K-cars. They are a rare sight here in AF. Great job, especially because you left it OOB and only added necessary things to it like the rear seats. Flat black bumpers are great, also the standard steel wheels. Wonderfully simple.

Cheers
Sebastian

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