O Scale Motor Vehicle Chronicle Feb 15

Wow.  Desotos are rare enough, a '47 coupe.  Wow.  Vvitesse?  I knew they did some in plastic.  These are nice.

Rich, if you ever see any 1/48-1/50 '40 plymouth 4 dr sedans...yell!

These are four of my favorite models.  Austin Healeys. From left to right, a late (roll up window, 1275 cc) Sprite, a '54 100-4, '56-ish 100-6, and a '66 3000.  I owned at least one of each of these cars back in the 70s - would drag them home from the wrecking yard and rebuild them.  Still love 'em . . . . but surely don't miss the Lucas electrics.

Don't hold your breath waiting because it ain't gonna happen because it doesn't exist.

Bob

Kager models were made in Portugal for a German company. The same people in Portugal made Vitesse. I might have some unfinished resin models left, they need a Vitesse or Solido donor to complete.

Bob

Those look great!

Outstanding picture of cars that are not run of the mill. Anyone have info on where to purchase them?

Thanks.

Jack

Some of the rare ones Richard E has are probably very difficult to find.  As he said he had never seen the ones he showed above.  Niether have I: did not know that Vitesse ev en made plastic models.  I have the most luck finding "rare and different" models at train shows and swap meets.

Did you not read my post? Maybe you didn't understand it?

Bob

I read your post, BK.  Interesting about the background of these models, and thanks for the info.  But I was referring/replying to Jack C. Smith' insquiry about where to buy them.  I know of no place that sells these models new: the Vitesse sellers I checked don't carry the old DeSotos, etc.  So, I'd guess the best place to find them would be e-bay (which I will not recommend to anyone) or train meets, I'd think.  I saw one Kager at the TCA meet here in NC today that looked a lot like Richard E's but it was really beat up and scratched badly and I was after trucks anyway, not cars.

Lee try and understand that the Kager cars aren't made anymore. You don't recommend ebay for some reason and that's where you would have the best chance at finding them. Good luck finding a hobby shop that has them. You say you may have seen one at a show but you were interested in trucks. You're interested in the car but you didn't take the chance to get it. I've been to a lot of shows and never seen one.

Bob 

I undersand they aren't made anymore and I suppose is someone wants them badly enough they can go to ebay.  I don't shop there anymore - too many bad experiences. 

Today, the car looked a bit like the '47 chrysler in Richard E's photo except it was dark blue.  It was not metal, plastic or resin - missing the front wheels, had a cracked windshield, and a deep scratch - at least a mm deep, along one side.  Did not say Kagan or Vitesse on the bottom, but did say "Porto."  Price $25.  Owner professed to know nothing about it, including why a wreck like that was priced so high.   I looked at it and decided that, yes, I could fix it - woluld b e difficult but yes.  Had it been the DeSoto (I have no DeSotos at all) I would have bought it even though I was after trucks.  But a '47 Chrysler?  I have two '48 Chyslers . . . so I passed.