Looking in my notepad I saw that there were 4 half fished blogs in there and realised that I really should stop procrastinating and get on with it so I set myself a 30 second challenge to go into my room of dusty models and grab a few and show them to you and explain why I have them.
The first one I grabbed was the eye popping yellow Mitsubishi Colt and as it was in 1/25 scale that gave me an idea to pick a couple more in the same size. I bought the Colt a little while ago online just because I had never seen a model of it before and it was also very reasonably priced due the the front bumper being damaged. It is very nicely detailed and surprisingly heavy, how heavy you ask ? well I’ll tell you, the Colt in its current front bumperless state is a mighty 432g vs 171g for the featherweight Polistil Renault Fuego and as just so we don’t leave it out the Citroen Visa comes in at 198g.
The Colt has no makers name as I think they were dealer promotional models, a little internetting suggests they were made by Yonezawa Diapet and that looks right compared to some smaller models I have by them. I added the Visa to this group as the Institution green paint goes well with the Colt’s yellow shade, surprisingly it’s Hot Wheels branded but I think you can find these with Mebetoys on the bottom as well. I bought this one because I’m a child of the 80s and remember them well with their mad sci-fi dashboards with all the switches in a cola can sized pod that stuck out behind the steering wheel.
The Fuego joined the group just because I love the sleek Robert Opron design and also have it in yellow and in white but the blue one looked better in this company.
So there you are a quick peek into my characterful (meaning aged and pre enjoyed) collection, the added bonus to buying ones in this condition rather than mint example is two-fold, you save a lot of money and you feel much less guilty about not dusting them very often !
