Chapparals

I searched here on AF, on ebay and on HlJ and didn't find anything about chapparal kits(except hot wheels and slot cars).I was wondering if anyone had info . After reading a lot about Chapparal cars , i became kind of obsessed with them, mostly with the first generations of the winged cars, since they were the first to ''discover'' downforce(correct me if i'm wrong)

Btw, i think Fujimi already did a Chapparal 2F , but i would looooove to build a 2E or a 2G.
2E
http://img180.exs.cx/img180/2118/chapparal2e7my.th.jpg (http://img180.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img180&image=chapparal2e7my.jpg)
2G
http://img180.exs.cx/img180/7332/chapparal2g20ij.th.jpg (http://img180.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img180&image=chapparal2g20ij.jpg)

Thanks in advance for any info

Frank

You might have more luck if you spell it "Chaparral".
Fisher makes a resin 2E and 2F. Can be bought at places like Strada Sports (http://gallery.bcentral.com/Gallery/ProductListing.aspx?GID=5082428&Dept=363679).

Revelle just released a kit called the Chaparral 2D Coupe and it's a "monogram" kit. Kat has it because we know someone who if friends with Jim Hall so she's going to get the box signed and it will be just a collector piece! We found it at Hobby Lobby end of last year and they have more at our hobby lobby. I can try and get digital pics of the box later and post them up.

oh this is Will69camaro

I've got the R-M kit sitting right here in my workshop. It looks like it will turn out nice, but definitely low on the details: No suspension, no engine, only about a dozen parts. It does have a painted driver figure, but you can see the seam lines, so I might strip it, fill and sand them, and paint it myself.

I'm hoping to go shopping for a digital camera myself this weekend, can get pics if I get one.

Here are two links giving a history of Chaparral models in scale...
http://gpma.org/rmchaparral1.html
http://gpma.org/rmchaparral2.html

The article is a few years old and omits a few things. Two notable omissions are the Mini Exotics 2A in resin and the Revell/Monogram 2D. The 2A is a nice and reasonably priced resin kit but probably not a good beginners resin kit. The 2D is pretty good considering the tooling dates back to the late 60's. It's a curbside with no chassis detail and basic interior. The wheels and tires are passable and it has very nice Cartograf decals. Buy one, you'll like it.

Thanks for the info guys

I believe I read somewhere that the R-M Chapparal 2D was actually a slot-car in the 60's, and was at some point adapted to be a static model.

heres two i found
http://www.modelexpress.net/cgi-bin/modelexpress/shop/ACDY_002.html
http://www.modelexpress.net/cgi-bin/modelexpress/shop/ACDY_001.html