A 4-door Golf model? Don't think I ever saw one of those but then again, toy model manufacturers never gravitated towards Euro-trash Hot Hatches, preferring to focus on American muscle cars and the other stuff that gets Middle-America hot and bothered.
The General Li probably wouldn't make a good base model - too many "aero" mods <G> >________________________________ > From: Mike Pelletier <[email protected]> >To: Volkswagen a2 16v discussion list <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 2:19 PM >Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Need a Smaller GTI 16V? > >IMO I think an 89 with single rounds and maroon or green would be cool! I have >model kit with a 4 dr hanging around my garage somewhere lol! > >Sent from my iPhone > >On Oct 26, 2012, at 11:20 AM, darner <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Gee, Matthew - are you maybe volunteering the General Li as an archetype for >> a model? Wouldn't it make more sense to offer the stock version first, and >> then be able to customize to match a specific full-size car? (not that I'd >> turn down a Hemi-Orange-with-Stars-&-Bars-on-the-roof one in comparison to >> this suck-ass thing! Actually, having one matching my '87, _AND_ a General >> Li, would be even better . . . just sayin'!) >> >> Ron >> >> On 10/26/2012 10:59 AM, Matthew Yip wrote: >>> Someone made a 1/24 scale model many years ago but it was a Euro model with >>> small bumpers and round headlamps. It's still at my parents' house, >>> unfinished because I ran out of time/patience about 20 years ago. As I >>> age, hobbies such as model building suit my sedentary lifestyle BUT the >>> parts are getting so damn small and fuzzy that I can't see them. >>> >>> Speaking of 3D printer models, I watched a show on how they work and the >>> concept is incredibly cool. That'd be awesome to have a GTi 16v model >>> produced in that manner, especially one in Hemi Orange with the Stars & >>> Bars on the roof but I digress. >>> >>> >>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> From: Larry Velez <[email protected]> >>>> To: Volkswagen a2 16v discussion list <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 9:13 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Need a Smaller GTI 16V? >>>> >>>> I have never seen an accurate model of a GTI 16V anywhere in any size or >>>> material. >>>> >>>> Seems to the companies want to reuse their Golf molds and just tack on the >>>> round lights and call it a day. >>>> >>>> I wonder what it would cost to get one made by a 3D printer, maybe we can >>>> all work together to gather the schematics and chip in to hire someone to >>>> put them together to had all the parts be 3D printed. >>>> >>>> Larry >>>> 91 GTI 16V >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: a2-16v-list [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>>> Of darner >>>> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 12:04 AM >>>> To: a2-16v >>>> Subject: [a2-16v-list] Need a Smaller GTI 16V? >>>> >>>> http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2012/10/19/gti-yi-yi-tomicas-new-limited-vintage-neo-vw-golf-16v-is-a-truly-international-affair/comment-page-1/#comment-5393169 >>>> Hemmings says this is an accurate depiction. I don't agree: do you? >>>> >>>> Ron >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> a2-16v-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> a2-16v-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list >>> _______________________________________________ >>> a2-16v-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list >> >> _______________________________________________ >> a2-16v-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list >_______________________________________________ >a2-16v-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > > _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list
