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Bigfoot body parts, Scorcher parts, new wheels and tires for the Hornet

Nice stuffs buddy.

Some weeks ago, I got an 58145 Mercedes ProMarkt kit from Austria. Chassis built, but body unpainted, stickers unused. The seller saight he had bought it in 1995, but soon lost interest after he had built the chassis. The package also contained color sprays, Revell contacta glue, NiCd power pack - everything from 1995.

And it containted 4 RC guide books in german language. I put them away, but today I found time to have a closer look. I also did some research at eBay, Amazon Marketplace, etc., but these items seem to be really rare and hard to find, regardless of the language.

After checking the guide book database, I suspect that some of the database entries have wrong years. My german version of this guide:
tamiyabase.com/...Itemid=774
has a "1991" copyright in it.

And the german version of these ones:
tamiyabase.com/...Itemid=774
tamiyabase.com/...Itemid=774
have a "1992" copyright.

Hi,
Mine has similar dating as yours, but the dating is when they were printed, and the main year given in the database is the year the Guide Book was available (or valid for if you like). So printed in 91, showing models available in 92, is the thought.

But, different distributors made their own versions of the manuals, so there may be variations.

-Lars

Carrera124 wrote:

Some weeks ago, I got an 58145 Mercedes ProMarkt kit from Austria. Chassis built, but body unpainted, stickers unused. The seller saight he had bought it in 1995, but soon lost interest after he had built the chassis. The package also contained color sprays, Revell contacta glue, NiCd power pack - everything from 1995.

And it containted 4 RC guide books in german language. I put them away, but today I found time to have a closer look. I also did some research at eBay, Amazon Marketplace, etc., but these items seem to be really rare and hard to find, regardless of the language.

After checking the guide book database, I suspect that some of the database entries have wrong years. My german version of this guide:
tamiyabase.com/...Itemid=774
has a "1991" copyright in it.

And the german version of these ones:
tamiyabase.com/...Itemid=774
tamiyabase.com/...Itemid=774
have a "1992" copyright.

larbut wrote:

Hi,
Mine has similar dating as yours, but the dating is when they were printed, and the main year given in the database is the year the Guide Book was available (or valid for if you like). So printed in 91, showing models available in 92, is the thought.

I see. But I also have guide books were the copyright year is the same as the year in the database (e.g. 1989 and 1995). It's hard to beliebe that they changed the logic after 1989 and then again towards 1995.

I agree that dating is difficult. I've also seen different sistributors re-use front pages from last year, so they are a challenge to date...
What i did to get it as best as I could was to also look at what models were in the books, and which were not.
Again, I don't think I have German books, and they seem to be different from the ones I have.

Carrera124 wrote:

larbut wrote:

Hi,
Mine has similar dating as yours, but the dating is when they were printed, and the main year given in the database is the year the Guide Book was available (or valid for if you like). So printed in 91, showing models available in 92, is the thought.

I see. But I also have guide books were the copyright year is the same as the year in the database (e.g. 1989 and 1995). It's hard to beliebe that they changed the logic after 1989 and then again towards 1995.

One of my new trucks arrived today It came with the decal sheet & the other accessories

WWWOOOOOHHHHAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH beautyfull Andy. I love it.

stingray-63 wrote:

WWWOOOOOHHHHAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH beautyfull Andy. I love it.

Thanks buddy, It will become more beautiful with a new paint job