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Hi Don,yes they made several sets,in more than 1 scale. Heres another 1/24th scale set with 2 BRMs (sorry for the box top not being in the best shape). : I included a photo of the Ferrari chassis you asked for(another car not the one from the set,though it is the same).I also included photos of the 2 BRMs from this other set & a photo of its chassis.Thanks,Bernard
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I have a Nichimo F1 set, and the cars are fitted with a fixed chassis, rather than the adjustable one shown here.
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I just bought the Nichimo 1/32 Ford Mustang, which seems to be the very same individual as shown on the French "Folm" slot car forum. You can see the big lead weight in the rear body mount of the chassis, is it a factory setup?
http://img90.xooimage.com/files/6/b/d/nichimo-4-3cd5ec8.jpg
The drop arm is weighted with shaped metal plates, they certainly look like a factory item. Now the car weighs 119 grams, like a brick. I haven\'t tested it yet, but I suspect it won't fly on the track.
http://img90.xooimage.com/files/6/b/d/nichimo-4-3cd5ec8.jpg
The drop arm is weighted with shaped metal plates, they certainly look like a factory item. Now the car weighs 119 grams, like a brick. I haven\'t tested it yet, but I suspect it won't fly on the track.
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OK, thanks! I wonder if some 60s slot car magazine ever did a test drive? I have a faint recollection of seeing one. Got to do some searching.
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yes, extremely rare in the US, making Bernard's acquisitions so exceptional. Only since ebay have I been able to get a couple of used vehicles (Doyusha and Tokyo Plamo), both of which somehow made it to the States. As was typical most of it was clones of American production; the Mustang frame looks like a Hawk, with a Strombecker-like drop arm hung off it. And check out the Revell-like controller plugs. Their box art remains my favorite.
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I seem to remember that Model Roads and Racing did a test of the Nichimo Mustang, would have been Riko in the UK though.
Might be wrong but there's a re-collation of this somewhere in my head, could look through the mags if I weren't feeling bone idle today! (and there wasn't a load of boxes piled up in front of the bookcase!!
Might be wrong but there's a re-collation of this somewhere in my head, could look through the mags if I weren't feeling bone idle today! (and there wasn't a load of boxes piled up in front of the bookcase!!
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You sent me a copy of that several years ago Don, very useful
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Bernard, nice sets! These do not come up too often for air. Thanks for showing them.
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Nichimo is one of the "big" Japanese slot car makers between 1964 and 1967 when just as in the USA, the hobby collapsed and most of the remaining unsold items were destroyed. In Japan this collapse was for vastly different reasons than in the USA, you will soon read what happened.
For some reason, many of the Japanese slot cars had tires made of compounds that did not stand the passage of time too well, and most have either melted in a puddle or have generated major blisters over their surface. For some unknown reason, this particular set at the LASCM has escaped that fate...
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This one was built from the kit that has a different chassis:
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More Nichimo kits can be seen HERE.
Nichimo is one of the "big" Japanese slot car makers between 1964 and 1967 when just as in the USA, the hobby collapsed and most of the remaining unsold items were destroyed. In Japan this collapse was for vastly different reasons than in the USA, you will soon read what happened.
For some reason, many of the Japanese slot cars had tires made of compounds that did not stand the passage of time too well, and most have either melted in a puddle or have generated major blisters over their surface. For some unknown reason, this particular set at the LASCM has escaped that fate...
This one was built from the kit that has a different chassis:
More Nichimo kits can be seen HERE.
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So I remembered correctly! It stuck to my memory because I've seen very few Japanese slot cars reviewed in 60s British and American magazines. I plan to race my Mustang in a proper club track, so a copy would be most useful, yes please! Couldn't find that magazine from my small pile.
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See, I told you my brain was still ok
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Not a very good performance review, mainly because of problems with guide and drop arm - will try to post later this evening, much later...
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Thanks a lot! The guide flag really looks very weird, needs to be changed I think. Rather that than cutting the original.
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