Scale Car Garage - A Chat With Steve Neill

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Please join me as I have a most wonderful conversation with Steve Neill!

Any and all comments are more than welcomed!

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John

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Good show - nice to look inside other shops and work spaces and see other people’s projects and sometimes even take a peak into the mind of the makers themselves.

I think Neil is right about the 1980s 300ZX. John mentioned the 300ZX 1/32 monogram static kit, but that was the 90s body shell. Neil described the 80s car as a “Z31”, so in Datsun/Nissan speak that would make the 1/32 model kit a “Z32”.

Tamiya did a 1/24 “Z31” which of course is a terrific and wonderful scale.

But these ZX cars were popular, especially in the Japanese market, so I would keep an eye out for another kind of toy of that subject in 1/32 - maybe RC, maybe a push toy, or a die cast?

All that to say Neil may not have to reinvent the wheel if it is already out there - even as a head start for pulling a mold and then using that as a basis to model and refine the body.

Again great fun to see makers and the attention to slot cars and scratch building. I like the small-run high-quality ‘boutique’ slot cars, it adds a lot to the hobby.

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I'm so pleased that you enjoyed this episode!

Thanks so much for watching, posting and subscribing, I really appreciate it!
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John