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| JustDavid | Oct 3 2010, 05:33 PM Post #1 |
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Sohbi is a company I've never heard of. I did a quick google search and found out it's Chinese. Anyone have more info? The wheels look Zylemax and that was my first guess. I filled in the headlights, door handles, blacked out the spoiler and added the black stripe along the sides. I really like the orange but it needed to be broken up a bit. Before: ![]() ![]() After: ![]()
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| craftymore | Oct 3 2010, 10:47 PM Post #2 |
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Nice custom touches you added David. The Sohbi company isn't listed in the Small Scale Encyclopedia that Dave and Kimmo wrote . . . . Perhaps Kimmo might know something. |
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| james_autos | Oct 4 2010, 02:49 AM Post #3 |
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I thought Sohbi was Israeli who specialised in 1:43? That model looks identical to a casting released by Maisto. I have one here somewhere. |
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| Sak | Oct 4 2010, 12:33 PM Post #4 |
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First thing I considered- Maisto. |
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| Swifty | Oct 4 2010, 11:52 PM Post #5 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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http://swiftysgarage.net/topic/6701981/1/ I have three, all of which can be seen in this thread.
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| Dragnet_Supporter | Oct 5 2010, 01:21 PM Post #6 |
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Interesting. At first, this reminded me of the police tow truck I found as a brand X car, later pointed out to be an old Maisto casting by Sean. It has to ponder the question though, are the reported "Copied" casting really copies, or do some companies farm out their diecast, or sell the dies outright when a casting is no longer viable, or profitable. On the other hand, if dies are copied, or molded out of an existing diecast, wouldn't that be stealing, and thus, illegal? |
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| James | Oct 5 2010, 01:39 PM Post #7 |
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Would a diecast making company, say ABC of Hong Kong, own their own dies and farm them to who ever want to but ??? Like in the French Fry business, we often have the same fry (same cut, length spec etc) and are packing in several different customers bags.... |
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| Dragnet_Supporter | Oct 5 2010, 03:22 PM Post #8 |
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A visually, and well-put answer, James. Thanks! |
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| JustDavid | Oct 5 2010, 06:46 PM Post #9 |
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@ Swifty - What is the black car? I can't tell. Thanks for the great info... I knew I could it here. Looks like I did good on finding it. |
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| Swifty | Oct 5 2010, 10:12 PM Post #10 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Its a 1989 Opel Calibra. Matchbox did a racing version, and Realtoy copied that one. |
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| KimmoSahakangas | Oct 6 2010, 12:26 AM Post #11 |
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It is indeed listed on page 96. The company was formed in 1984. The listing is accompanied by a picture of the same car but in another color with tampos. I found it years ago packaged under the Imperial Toys name. I've managed to pick up quite a few castings through the years including trucks as well. Many share traits with Zylmex castings although others do not. The last time I found their cars was at a variety store in Taft CA (west of Bakersfield in case you had to know!). Thanks, Kimmo |
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| craftymore | Oct 6 2010, 10:02 AM Post #12 |
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I stand corrected Kimmo. Overlooked that as it was in the upper left hand corner. The version pictured is all white with a green 'rescue' tampo on the door. |
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