- RC-12 Mini Racer, the very first Yokomo kit -

[Asso_man!]

Though I am not an on-road guy, I have a weak point for vintage and especially for ealry kits. This RC-12 was falling under these two categories and as the price was fare and the seller a member here, I said to myself WHY NOT? Now that I received the package, I'm even more happy of course! The Mini Racer was the very first Yokomo kit available, released in 1977 (almost as old as me, lol). It's always such a pleasure to open a kit that stayed unopened and almost intact for more than 30 years. The kit is more than complete with an extra chassis, tons of spares, OE manual and sticker sheet, uncut Lamborghini lexan body and more. The only sad thing are one front and one rear wheel missing. I was aware that this kit existed not so long ago when I first saw one on eBay. After some research, I found some useful info on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_Racer_RC-12 and learned that it was produced when Yokobori Mokei (=model) changed their name to Yokomo. The only other car I was able to spot was on Tamiyaclub: http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=70706&id=20749

One of these days I plan to build it, but it will have to wait like all my other lagging projects

The OE box:



Inside the box:







The body and decal sheet:





And the manual is really funny with these typical Japanese "Manga" drawings, everything is hand drawed :

[tamiyadan]

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[templeofspeed]

Be sure to slap all the Chevrolet/Ferrari/Porsche decals on the Lamborghini body to keep it period correct...



Nice score, David!

[a01butal]

David, maybe you've seen this, translation is a little goofy maybe it makes more sense in German but I think this is your car. Nice score by the way.
http://www.rc-car-museum.de/1_12_Modelle_aus_aller_Welt/Yokomo_Miniracer_RC_12/yokomo_miniracer_rc_12.html

[treehugger]

nice car
and you get a bonus box for your cat when you take him to the vets

Paul

[Asso_man!]

David, maybe you've seen this, translation is a little goofy maybe it makes more sense in German but I think this is your car. Nice score by the way.
http://www.rc-car-museum.de/1_12_Modelle_aus_aller_Welt/Yokomo_Miniracer_RC_12/yokomo_miniracer_rc_12.html

Yup, saw that one too Al. But that is the "sport" version with the large chassis which I received as a spare (third photo on the left), but my kit is supposed to be the "racer" version with the thin chassis (third photo on the right). The front end looks different as well as the MSC. I also noticed that the front bumper was either black or white... I will try to clarify these details when I'll build it.

[59burst]

who do you think wrote the wikipedia page?