Mike Posted January 14, 2016 Share #1 Posted January 14, 2016 I stumbled across this very cool scale model kit of the fairlady Z in 1/8 scale. The website is in Japanese but there should be a way to translate using online tools. The kit looks fairly detailed and from what I can tell, also comes with magazines and a lot of great photographs. I'll do some more digging but feel free to add your findings below. I'd especially like to hear from any of our Japanese reading/speaking friends. Here's a link to the website in case you missed it in the video: http://www.fairladyz-collection.jp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheee! Posted January 14, 2016 Share #2 Posted January 14, 2016 I want one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheee! Posted January 14, 2016 Share #3 Posted January 14, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheee! Posted January 14, 2016 Share #4 Posted January 14, 2016 (edited) Military internet won't allow me to translate or view the videos... I wonder how much it is? Has to be expensive! Edited January 14, 2016 by wheee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVZEE Posted January 14, 2016 Share #5 Posted January 14, 2016 (edited) More details here, Mike. It's such a big project (and expense) that it's a subscription kit: http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/2015/06/18/minicars-a-brief-history-of-subscription-scale-models/ 100 batches of parts at roughly $15 US a pop = $1500 -- plus international postage, of course. Edited January 14, 2016 by NVZEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share #6 Posted January 14, 2016 The video is a link from Youtube, so, I wouldn't expect a military system to block it. But, who knows. As far as translation, it might be more difficult than I thought because the website is compromised mostly of images. I just put it through my translator and it didn't do much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheee! Posted January 14, 2016 Share #7 Posted January 14, 2016 Yotube is definitley blocked! so many sites are, even news channels.... The Cdn Defense Network is very strict... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share #8 Posted January 14, 2016 Ok, I did some translation using my phone and Google Translate. It's a bit of work to translate the whole site, but, I'll see what I can do. I did find an order page. The model looks like a subscription-type program. You will receive a weekly delivery consisting of a magazine and a few parts. Each delivery is 1,790 yen which is about $15.15 USD. From what I can tell so far, they have 100 deliveries. I could be wrong, but, will have to look at this more later on (some issues may be less expensive like it says for issue #1). If there are 100 deliveries, it would put the total cost just over $1,500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheee! Posted January 14, 2016 Share #9 Posted January 14, 2016 tempting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share #10 Posted January 14, 2016 Also keep in mind the exchange rate will fluctuate. The USD is pretty strong right now. @HLS30 have you seen this? I know you may still have some contacts in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share #11 Posted January 14, 2016 4 minutes ago, wheee! said: tempting.... Yea, I would love to do this with my son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdenno Posted January 14, 2016 Share #12 Posted January 14, 2016 What a fantastic model! If only my model building skills hadn't stopped improving when I was nine years old. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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