Tamiya Porsche 959 1/12

[tuscan_al]

I have one of these from when I was young, its still got the box and manual, all the orginal parts and that, technigold moter etc. the porsche sheel is a bit beat up, and I did a terrible paint job as a kid! But still has the drivers bit inside and lights steering wheel bits etc.

My question is, do you think its workthing cleaning it up and finding a shell,decals and making it back into its former glory?

[L33]

I reacon so.
I had one too - it was the same as the celica but with a different shell.
EBay is your friend for spares - loads of them for the 959 on there.

[The jiffle king]

I have a Celica which I am about to put on e-bay - complete with original box etc. Was going to break it for parts and sell separately, but PM me if you are interested.

Also have a rough rider which is slightly modified and is not working, but got all the parts.

T-J-K

[wildoliver]

How much do you want for the celica?

[The jiffle king]

wildoliver said:

How much do you want for the celica?

YHM

[Gaffer]

Yep. 959's are collectable especially if they still have the driver etc.
Get onto Tamiyaclub and sell it on there.

I paid a small fortune (couple of hundred) for Roops 959 and that was in bad condition. He then spent a long time hunting for a new shell which also wasnt cheap.

email Roop for more info - I still have my Tamiyas but dont collect any more, I know he is still on the scence tho and can tell you more.

HTH
Claire

[wildoliver]

God and I stopped bidding at £75 for a 959 that was rough around the edges on ebay the other day! It went for under £100 by the way!

[Gaffer]

Prices dip and rise for Tamiya depending whats in vogue ie I paid £14 for a NIB supershot body and decals, a month later they were selling for £50+

All depends..

Claire

[wildoliver]

It's funny as a kid I always liked the Tamiya models, but always had Mardaves as they were indestructible (and I really needed that!) Now I'm older and know how to look after things I find myself lusting after the models I loved as a kid, modelsport has loads of new releases of most of the buggies including the frog!

[tuscan_al]

thanks for the advise all, I will take a look at tamyia club

[Gaffer]

Over on TC I was UKClaire and Roop is Wireless.

Cheers
Claire

[tuscan_al]

Gaffer said:

Over on TC I was UKClaire and Roop is Wireless.

Cheers
Claire

cheers, spoke to roops. I should do mine back up really, only needs a clean and shell...

Nice to see you like your tvr's too Love the candy paint, have to have a run out down south if your down this way.

[Neil_H]

You can expect to pay a small fortune for a new body as they are like gold dust. The plastic is very thin and easily damaged, so they were commonly replaced and hence are in short supply and high demand.

I've seen boxed bodies alone go for £200. A set of Rothmans decals will be £20+ (these were pulled due to being tobacco advertising, and replaced with 'Racing' - worth much less with these)

You can get replicas but obviously this will affect the value of the restored car.

Ideally what you want to do is clean up the original body as best you can, the paint can be stripped and repaired using various methods.

Edited by Neil_H on Friday 16th May 11:19

[Roop]

Neil_H said:

I've seen boxed bodies alone go for £200. A set of Rothmans decals will be £20+ (these were pulled due to being tobacco advertising, and replaced with 'Racing' - worth much less with these)

I have turned down offers of £75 for my new-in-pack 'Rothamans' decals. You can get 'Racing' ones for £25 or so.

[Mikey G]

I really wanted a 959 when i was younger, never had enough pocket money for it though

Thinking of getting one if funds allow one day.