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Date:         Sun, 2 Feb 1997 10:55:32 -0500 (EST)
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From:         Michael Pelikan <pelikan@sover.net>
Subject:      1/87 Scale vanagons

Ken wrote:

>For anyone interested my local hobbyshop, D+J in Campbell CA has all of >there ROCO Minitanks stuff at 50% off. In addition to armor they have a >couple of Vanagon models too. I got an od green single cab with US Army on >the doors and an ambulance for $11. There also was a "Follow Me" airport >van with a checkerboard roof that I passed on. $6 is still pretty steep but >sometimes you just gotta get it.

For the uninitiated, 1/87 scale is good ol' HO in model railroading. HO stands for Half O, meaning half the size of O gauge (like old Lionels).

Me, I'm an N gauge model railroader. That's 1/160 scale. Right now I've got a 1/160 scale VW Beetle and a 1/160 scale Microbus sitting on my computer desk. The Beetle is a little bigger than a kidney bean, and beautifully detailed. It's from Germany (no surprise there!) and cost 3 or 4 dollars (bought it back in about 89 or so).

If anyone wants to enter the special world of HO & N scale model railroad accessories, the place to look is in the Walther's catalog at your local hobby shop. By hobby shop I mean a *real* hobby shop, one with trains and model airplanes and R/C stuff. There's a Walther's for HO, and a different Walther's for N and Z (Z: even smaller than N).

Look in the vehicles section to find the VWs. 8^)

Michael Pelikan '74 Super Sun Bug '93 EuroVan MV 5 speed


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