Faust
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Post by Faust on Jan 30, 2020 1:46:05 GMT
If you know me, and/or the Sprue Lagoon, you know that I do have a thing for “loser cars”. However, it’s not just econoboxes and soulless “made-to-be-rented” cars that I love! I am also a fan of the mundane. That means cars that aren’t necessarily bad, and might be kind of exciting, but definitely things that you’d see everyday. They are the car equivalents to the “people in your neighbourhood” that Sesame Street sang about. One vehicle that surely fits this description is the Volvo 850 Turbo Estate wagon. I rather like these cars, and they’re decent, competent and even kind of stylish, in their own way. However, at least where I live, they were common. Not Chevy Celebrity common, but much more common than many other kinds of wagons. Since station wagons aren’t something that get kitted enough, in my view, I was very glad to come across this kit at Wings and Wheels in Toronto quite some time ago. I figured that the drab days of winter were a good time to pop it out and see what was up. After all, I remember seeing a lot of these in Beige. Check out Tamiya’s take on this Swedish family mover at the link below! adamrehorn.wordpress.com/tamiya-1-24-volvo-850-turbo-estate-oob/
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Post by lurker on Feb 1, 2020 15:04:23 GMT
good post, good post at the link, too, and i'd never heard of the "today" ("i think i'll drive the today, today.")which distracted me. but i had a (pair of) Geo Metros so i can identify. oh, yeah, nice volvo.
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