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Whipper Snappa
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Looking for a Ford Falcon AU Series 2/3 XR8 1/18th Model. I've checked most of the bigger sites but can only find BA/BF series models and AU supercars. Would anyone know of one to buy/ have a link?
Cheers.
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Barra Turbo > V8
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You might be lucky to get an AUI XR8 but IIRC they never made AUII/III
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Whipper Snappa
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: SA
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Ah..crap. Only really want the Au series 2/3 front end so I can graft it onto a ute then.
Did the 2002 AU Supercars use the series 2/3 front end or is it the same series 1 front end all the way through?
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Same all the way through mate. You won't have any luck I'm afraid.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Newcastle, NSW
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I do alot of model collecting, and I've never seen a AU road car in 1:18th scale. The only ones I've seen have been in 1:43, and 1:64 scale. Even those are hard to come by.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Newcastle NSW
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871 Productions Filmmaker
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Melbourne
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What everyone has said is true, and IIRC:
In 1:18 scale, Classic Carlectables released 2 moulds of the AU V8 supercar. Biante also made a 1:18 of the AU Supercar (also 1:43) Paradise Garage released a 1:43 version of the T1 TS50 around the same time (maybe a bit before). Later on Biante purchased the moulds and re-released these models. You could also get a 1:43 AU2 XR8 ute in 4 colours made by Classic Carlectables. hope this helps. cheers, Julza
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Whipper Snappa
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: SA
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Ok now seeing buying a AU 2/3 front in 1/18 scale is out of the options, how different are the XR8 front bars between the series 1 to series 2/3? Will the headlights be the same dimensions?
I'm thinking of cutting and shunting a AU1 Xr8 bar onto a BA ute then shaping it into a AU2/3 style bar followed by giving it a lick of paint. After that hopefully it should look like a AU ute seeing as the BA ute's exterior only differs in the front sheetmetal. Why I am asking this is I am trying to build a scale model of my brother's Blue AU2 XR8 ute. Cheers for all the info fellas.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Canberra Region
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Apart from the obvious differences, AUII has eyebrows over both headlights, not just the low beam in AUIs
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