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Majorette No 209 Porsche Turbo Mild Resto-Mod

I've always loved the Majorette Porsche 911 casting, the old one. Yes, they've modernized their current Porsche castings to look closer to the actual cars, but I loved the big, goofy looking wheels Majorette used on several of their releases. The Pontiac Firebird and the Chevrolet Corvette come to mind, and I have some of those in my collection as well. I'd never drilled a #209 before so when Hot Wheels released their "No Fuchs Given" wheels (my nickname for them), I bought a bunch of them for my wheel swaps. Turns out they look right at home on this casting and at the same time, makes them look less like a "toy" toy, if you see where I'm drifting...


IMHO, they don't even look like the same cars. I swapped the bases to match body colors. I'm not going to ruin them by trying to detail them too much, as I just can't hold a paintbrush steady anymore. I'll probably do the bare minimum and then screw or glue them together permanently. They do roll nicely, though


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Nice! Those look really sharp. Do you still have Fuchs left to give?

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VW_John
Aug 04
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absolutely! It took two HWs Hot Wagons Nova Wagons to supply their larger rear wheels for one of these, leaving 4 sets of fronts


I've also got the BMW from the Gran Turismo series, with 4 small size ones, lined up for drilling

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