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In article <1992Nov18.215544.10923@hubcap.clemson.edu>, csroach@eng.clemson.edu (Shane Roach) writes:

>I tried posting this a couple of days ago, but apparently the system blinked
>and didn't send it out.  Oh well, take two.
>
>Does anyone know if there are any kits of current F3000 cars available out
>there?  I'm especially interested in Christian Fittipaldi's championship-
>winning Pacific Racing Reynard 91D.  I saw a die-cast model of this car,
>I think in 1/20 scale made by Burago, in a vendor's tent at the Indianapolis
>500 this past May.  I thought about buying it, but the quality of the decals
>left quite a bit to be desired, so I got a couple of t-shirts and a Ferrari
>pin instead.  Does anyone(Tamiya, Hasagawa, Modeler's, whoever) make a kit
>of this car, preferably in 1/20 or 1/24 scale, and where can I get it?
>Thanks,
>Shane Roach 
>csroach@eng.clemson.edu
>
Yes, there are a couple of F3000 kits out there.  I believe that they are
made by Hasegawa, but they are not this season's (but wait they may release
the 1992 cars for the 1993 hobby season).  I believe that the kits are for
the 1991 or even the 1990 season, being a Lola and a Reynard, and I think I
recalaa that they were for both the European F3000 series and the Japanese
F3000 season.  But as to what stores carry them, I would suggest contacting
someone like Discount Hobbies or Accu-Scale (I saw the kits at San Antonio
Hobbies in Mt. View).  By the way, because the manufacturers don't make kits
of the race cars that I am interested in, I have bailed out of building
the plastic kits and gone almost exclusively to 1/43rd scale white metal
and resin kits.  They are definitely more expensive, but it does beat trying
to scratch build them.
PS.  The kits available may actually be for the 1989 season.
Kent M. McClure
Auto racing afficionado and member of San
Jose IPMS chapter.
My views are what they are, like them or not.