Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Land => Topic started by: Frank3k on January 05, 2026, 07:32:32 AM
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I wanted a quick, simple and enjoyable build to clear my palate after the Gecko build. I picked the Arii 1/32 Owners Club Series '60 Mazda R360 (https://www.scalemates.com/kits/micro-ace-41015-1000-60-mazda-r360--1566701) - a tiny Japanese Kei car. It's simple and I could build it OOB without worrying about accuracy or obsessing over details.
(https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/7/0/1/1566701-27767-51-pristine.jpg)
It went together in minutes and painting was quick. I know there's some orange peel (caused by the Future, surprisingly) but the whole point was having fun:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55024342470_6d42e4fe12_b.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55024204173_f889b7aba0_b.jpg)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55024342475_d87302ce83_b.jpg)
This is such a tiny car! It is accurately scaled to 1/32, but it still looks small next to the 1/35 Steve McQueen:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55024204183_c1532e45bd_b.jpg)
This kit fulfilled my requirements - quick, easy and fun, with an OK result with minimum effort. These Arii kits are just the ticket - cheap, easy to build, are nice OOB or can be used as the basis for a much more detailed build.
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That was a fast build and from what you have described it definitely refreshed the palate.
I always rationalized that the small difference between 1:32 and 1:35 was but perhaps 1.5% which in the greater scheme of things was nothing to really get worried about.
Looks great and that is all that really matters once the paint has dried.
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Good to see you had an easy, fun build for a change (recently), Frank! :smiley:
The difference between 1/32 & 1/35 works out to about 1%(+/-0.1%), which can (sorta) be an issue with ships, vehicles & aircraft, but with figures is nothing compared to the variance in 1/1 scale humans (even those within "normal" parameters) which tend to be roughly around 15%-20% either side of the average/median.
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Cute
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This little build really restored my mojo.
The car is ridiculously tiny - small even by 1960's Japanese standards:
(https://stories.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image-17969.jpg)
Current US owner:
(https://stories.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image-17971.jpg) from https://www.hemmings.com/stories/1964-mazda-r360/ (https://www.hemmings.com/stories/1964-mazda-r360/)
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Wow! That is definitely a tiny vehicle. Perfect for a clown car at the circus. :smiley:
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Transcontinental Road Trip in that !
Quick, slick and neat. Really good build
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What an astonishingly cute little car :-* And it sounds like the kit went together a treat :smiley:
... It went together in minutes and painting was quick. I know there's some orange peel (caused by the Future, surprisingly) but the whole point was having fun...
If in the future, the orange peel began to irk, might a second coat of Future help smooth it out?
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Probably - a few thin coats should even it out.