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Looking in one of my old Tamiya Guide books ( the 1980 Guide Book ), I noticed that the door handle on the 935 is glued on the wrong way around!
Not a big mistake, but one should think Tamiya would have used a flawless model for the promotions.



-Lars

Good eye for detail, Lars!
A bit silly from Tamiya to place this picture though...

But look - I fixed it!

He he, good old Photoshop.

Page 17 of the 1979 RC guide book (Red Countach cover) shows the Ligier JS9 Matra with its MSC at full power & the battery connected ... I guess the fuse has blown

Good one!
The wiring looks very odd as well...

-Lars

larbut wrote:

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The wiring looks very odd as well...

It does ... but I think it's as per the manual

Looks like it'll melt in no time...

Couple more from the 83 Guide book:

Shows the Holiday Buggy with different decals - note especially the extended "bib" on the front stripe, the squarer, fainter "Holiday Buggy" logo, and the "BAJA 500" where "CALIFORNIA" should be:






Also shows the Super Champ in black - with red & blue wheels:

p26 of the '87 Guide Book (Bigpig cover) shows the Toyota Toms in "Wacoal" livery, which is the alternative art shown in the manual, so I suppose it's not that "odd":

Yet more:

1987 catalogue: Bigwig chassis attacked by snakes, or something





1984 catalogue shows the Wild Willy M38 (SWB) in camo paint & the jerrycan at a jaunty angle; 1985, 1986 & 1987 show the same car but on a different surface, with the jerrycan vertical.




1983 catalogue shows a different photo from the Guide Book of the same year - it's still in black, but the headlamps are swapped round front to rear, the "decals" look hand painted, and this one has white wheels.





1979 Catalogue shows mechanics "working" on a Martini Porsche, which kind of makes sense ... and a Cheetah chassis - which really doesn't