Awesomeness: Australian cars are now 1:24 plastic kits

[Sprintey]

Are you handy with an airbrush? Built kits as a kid? Well, what a time to be alive, because someone is now making plastic injection mould kits of classic Australian cars in the popular 1:24 scale.

And: you can mod them!

Here's an XW GTHO:

https://www.ddaus.com.au/product/1_24_Kit_XW_GTHO_Ford

and here's a HQ Holden, much like my first car:

https://www.ddaus.com.au/product/1_2...ngswood_4_Door

Hmmm, I want more power. How about an XU1 motor on the HQ?

https://www.ddaus.com.au/product/1_2..._Cyl_Engin-002

A street machine XY, straight out of the box:

https://www.ddaus.com.au/product/1_2...m_XY_GTHO_Ford

Custom decals:

https://www.ddaus.com.au/product/1_2..._65E_XY_Decals

Custom wheels:

https://www.ddaus.com.au/product/1_2...lot_Chrome_Whe

Pimped Sandman:

https://www.ddaus.com.au/product/1_2...harge_HJ_Panel



You get the picture.

So as a bit of background, Australia has never really had the size to justify it's own plastic model manufacturers, although some have tried in different categories over the years. Other countries' companies occasionally did an Australian subject, for example the CAC Boomerang fighter plane. The US AMT/ERTL 1:24 car kits brought a lot of exotic US muscle to our hobby shops, and the usually excellent Japanese manufacturers brought the skylines and the 2000GTs, etc. As well as a sprinkling of famous cars, like the Range Rover I built with my son when he was little. We also did a remote control GTR, and it was a decent challenge fitting the driveline into that one! But there was a disconnect between what was on our roads, and in our hobby shops...

Until now. I stumbled across the kits during a rare visit into our local hobby shop recently.

So to actually see an Australian company doing Australian subject matter cars within the hobby is just amazing. Well done to this company (I have no association with them). Great stuff, and long may it continue.