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| Car of the Day: July 30, 2015; Johnny Lightning '99 Mazda MX-5 Miata | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 30 2015, 03:28 AM (678 Views) | |
| Dean-o-mite | Jul 30 2015, 03:28 AM Post #1 |
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![]() Today's car of the day is Johnny Lightning's 1999 Mazda MX-5 Miata. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Mazda MX-5 ![]() ![]() The second generation MX-5 didn't get a whole lot of attention from the small scale manufacturers. Besides this Johnny Lightning, in about 1/60 scale, Hongwell also issued the second gen Miata, in 1/72 scale. The car shown today is the White Lightning version of the blue with white stripes Classic Gold release. I like the subtle contrast of the metallic white paint and the white ghost stripes. ![]()
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| toyotageek | Jul 30 2015, 09:28 AM Post #2 |
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Cool. Neat casting that I don't think I have yet... so need to track one down. The white on white actually looks neat on this car. |
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| Hobie-wan | Jul 30 2015, 09:45 AM Post #3 |
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The subtle stripes are nice and good to see some bits to facilitate rearward visibility. |
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| juantoo3 | Jul 30 2015, 11:44 AM Post #4 |
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I don't recall JL making the Miata.... Not bad looking, I presume a White Lightning? |
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| pjedsel | Jul 30 2015, 11:58 AM Post #5 |
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Being a Mazda lover I know I had a bunch of these JL Miata's. I remember when Mazda first brought this nifty sports car out - Velma and I took a test drive in one - zoom, zoom, zoom! It was fun and very tempting but not with two small children in those days - of course that is why Mazda had the MVP. Know I sold most or all of these but I will look through my stuff and if I still have some left I will set one aside for toyotageek.
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| toyotageek | Jul 30 2015, 08:20 PM Post #6 |
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Thank you John, that'd be neat! Also, I'll be sending you a PM about some other news... |
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| Dean-o-mite | Jul 30 2015, 11:21 PM Post #7 |
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That it is! Regular issue was blue with white stripes. CLICK HERE to see the other releases. Yes, both "V.I.P." television series releases were identical... and I am 98% sure that the V.I.P. set came out first, before the Modern Muscle series. I believe the Miata and Jag XK8 were originally cast specifically for the show set. |
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| corvairjim | Jul 31 2015, 07:13 PM Post #8 |
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This is a nice little model, no doubt about it. Funny, I'm home from work sick today, so I spent a good bit of time freeing up some Johnnies I bought from a friend a couple of weeks ago. I need to find either that red one and repaint the interior tan, or the deep red version with the tan gut and respray it bright red. That would be my wife's dream car (or almost so, anyhow) - a red Miata with a tan interior and top. In fact, I built her a 1:25 Monogram model of the 1st-generation Miata (the one she REALLY loves!), probably 25 years ago, before we were even married. Miatas are NOT my dream car, however; At 6'3", I just don't fit! |
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Being a Mazda lover I know I had a bunch of these JL Miata's. I remember when Mazda first brought this nifty sports car out - Velma and I took a test drive in one - zoom, zoom, zoom! It was fun and very tempting but not with two small children in those days - of course that is why Mazda had the MVP.
Know I sold most or all of these but I will look through my stuff and if I still have some left I will set one aside for toyotageek.
2:35 PM Jul 11