Who has ordered from www.1999.co.jp ??

Has anyone ordered model car kits from this site. Everyone seems to order their kits from www.hlj.com. This site has a large selection of kits and sometimes cheaper than hlj's ones.

One question off topic: Do Aoshima VIP wheels (or any of their wheels) fit Tamiya cars? Are the wheels a female fit or male fit??

Cheers

hehe i m a newbie

what's a female kit and a male kit?

Aoshima VIP wheels are the same as Fujimi's (female type), you have to modifiy it to fit into tamiya's.

what's a female kit and a male kit?

Female kit arrangement means that where the wheels slot onto the brake disk, there is no pin attached to the wheels. It is a typical design of Fujimi and Aoshima kits as they tend to attach wheels to metal axles. Tamiya kits have the pins moulded onto the wheels and they slot into the brake disks (the only exception that come to mind are the Subaru Impreza road going kit and the Nissan 240Z kits).

I have ordered from them before and would do so again.

The prices are reasonable and the products have always been well packaged and arrived undamaged in a reasonable time.

I would reccomend them

I have brought alot of stuff from them and have found them to be alot quicker at times then HLJ

i like them better then hlj, cheaper, plus they give pts to purchases. say u spend 1000 yen, you get 10 yen for future purchases or something around that rate, not too sure, but i got 1500+ pts saved up

how in the hell do you find anything on that web site? or is there some trick to reading whats written? do you just hunt and guess?. chaz

Originally posted by chzchvll
how in the hell do you find anything on that web site? or is there some trick to reading whats written? do you just hunt and guess?. chaz


What do you mean??:confused:

Originally posted by chzchvll
how in the hell do you find anything on that web site? or is there some trick to reading whats written? do you just hunt and guess?. chaz

I guess you haven't found the english button www.1999.co.jp/eng

would like to order from this site, but not sure of oz exchange rate and shipping costs. Could spend up big, their range is huge

Originally posted by auxr8
would like to order from this site, but not sure of oz exchange rate

http://www.xe.net/ucc/ this help??

Originally posted by exhaust smoke


Female kit arrangement means that where the wheels slot onto the brake disk, there is no pin attached to the wheels. It is a typical design of Fujimi and Aoshima kits as they tend to attach wheels to metal axles. Tamiya kits have the pins moulded onto the wheels and they slot into the brake disks (the only exception that come to mind are the Subaru Impreza road going kit and the Nissan 240Z kits).

Alot of the older Tamiya kits had 'female' wheels. I have an R33 Calsonic GTR, and a Ferrari F40 which both have that set-up. -

So can Aoshima wheels be fitted to fujimi cars well without any modification? Also you can easily convert female wheels to male wheels by fitting some plastic/metal rod into the hole in the wheel to fit into the brake disc on the tamiya cars, right?
Also have you guys found that even the aftermarkt optional wheels sold by fujimi aren't that large and they still have fat tyres?? Aoshima ones are much larger and have lower progile tyres right?

Cheers!

How to change wheels from Female to male (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/t90961.html)

Originally posted by primera man


http://www.xe.net/ucc/ this help??

thanks, works out at about $26.00 au for some models,
might have to work some overtime so i can place an order.

would try ordering from there too!