Dave.
28-11-10, 05:08 PM
Well, kind of lol
My grandad bought me this little thing around 10 years ago in Menorca, spain (i was around 6 years old at the time, and i was allready obsessed with novas lol ) Some of you model nerds out there might know jsut how rare these things are, its a 1:15 scale Opel Corsa A made by a company called "Roman" it originally was battery operated and moved around in circles, however 10 years of playing/dropping/taking apart/loosing bits, all that was left by the end of it was the bare shell and plastic seat bit, no glass, no base, no wheels etc, and a horrible cut out in the seat bits where id tried to fix it previously
I started it a while ago, buying various cars form car boot sales, i managed to rig up a perfectly fitting base, i then found a VW Polo tin model made my the same company, the wheels were donated of that to go on the Nova/Corsa as they were the exact same as the originals, some axles were made and the friction roll system from a jeep was installed (so you push it forward, and it keeps on going across the kitchen floor lol) then many days past, then weeks, then months, then years and i forgot about it
So at 9am today, this is what i started with, a red shell, felt tip pen green interior, a roughly primed front panel, and a hangover lol
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h80/x_novadose_x/DSC03123.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h80/x_novadose_x/DSC03124.jpg
Then repaired what looked like a melted patch on the bonnet, primed that
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h80/x_novadose_x/DSC03125.jpg
My grandad bought me this little thing around 10 years ago in Menorca, spain (i was around 6 years old at the time, and i was allready obsessed with novas lol ) Some of you model nerds out there might know jsut how rare these things are, its a 1:15 scale Opel Corsa A made by a company called "Roman" it originally was battery operated and moved around in circles, however 10 years of playing/dropping/taking apart/loosing bits, all that was left by the end of it was the bare shell and plastic seat bit, no glass, no base, no wheels etc, and a horrible cut out in the seat bits where id tried to fix it previously
I started it a while ago, buying various cars form car boot sales, i managed to rig up a perfectly fitting base, i then found a VW Polo tin model made my the same company, the wheels were donated of that to go on the Nova/Corsa as they were the exact same as the originals, some axles were made and the friction roll system from a jeep was installed (so you push it forward, and it keeps on going across the kitchen floor lol) then many days past, then weeks, then months, then years and i forgot about it
So at 9am today, this is what i started with, a red shell, felt tip pen green interior, a roughly primed front panel, and a hangover lol
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h80/x_novadose_x/DSC03123.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h80/x_novadose_x/DSC03124.jpg
Then repaired what looked like a melted patch on the bonnet, primed that
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h80/x_novadose_x/DSC03125.jpg