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[stevefzr]

OK. I'm not even sure this chassis is a copy. It's just that it looks nickel-plated instead of brass, and has some small detail differences. In particular, the front engine mount, front body mount, and guide shoe hole. The latter is a folded-over unit like some of the Nichimo chassis had. I checked the axles and they're 1/8", but someone could have changed the bearings. Is it a Japanese copy or did Monogram make different versions?

The first pic shows the unidentified chassis next to a real Monogram one. Close, but significantly different. The third pic shows a close-up of the folded guide shoe holder. At first I though it might be a Monogram rear with a front end from something else, but then I noticed the little indents just in front of the rear axle on the Monogram are missing on this one.







Regards,

[John Secchi]

Steve,
Looks very much like the chassis from a Riko kit as sold in the UK.
These came with an Hitachi 16D size motor known as a Richochet and all the hardware came packaged within the clear body shell stapled to a green header card, the bodies I believe were supplied by Taylormade.
Quite a decent kit for the money back then and would have been the starter for many a young slot racer in the late '60s.
[oneofwos]

[TSR]

Yep, RIKO.

[stevefzr]

Thanks, but . . . Doh! Riko is not nearly as interesting as Nichimo.

Regards,

[TSR]

Why not? Riko was just a distributor; all the stuff was made in Japan.

[stevefzr]

Why not? Because as far as I know the Riko never appeared under a hardbody kit or RTR, and that's where my main interest lies. I guess I'll use it under a spare shell to build a race car.

Regards,

[n.elmholt]

Here is the creature as sold:



:mrgreen:

[Electric Dream Team]

I would like to request that the link that was put up with a suggestive URL be removed. It is inappropriate. If you have had a bad experience with a supplier, please give them a chance to rectify the situation; if they choose not to, stick to the facts of the situation on this forum so the supplier can respond if he wishes to do so.
I would appreciate it.

[TSR]

Done. Indeed it was VERY inappropriate.

[Allan Feldman]

Why not? Because as far as I know the Riko never appeared under a hardbody kit or RTR, and that's where my main interest lies. I guess I'll use it under a spare shell to build a race car.

I found out that Riko did provide RTRs but in the form of F1 cars as 1/32 scale.

From 1st January 1968 list as follows:

R622 Ferrari F1 (ball bearings and RikoBomb Super) 35/-
R623 Brabham Rikobomb 29/11
and a 1/24th scale
R624 Cooper F-1 Rikobomb 29/11

Of course, these might be distributed under licence from a Japanese manufacturer?
Because the Riko kits have some Japanse cars (Toyopet, Nissan Cedric, Renault Cavelle) which are obviously Japanese manufactured! But the other makes on the order form that I have are called Riko Tamiya, Riko Faller. So the ready-to-runs might just be distributed and not manufactured by Riko?

Regards,

Allan

[don.siegel]

Right, Allan, those are the same F1 cars as Atlas, which were made in Japan and distributed by a Japanese manufacturer under its own name . . .

Riko mostly did 1/32 kits with their chassis and vac-form bodies, but they might have done a RTR in there - they did a heck of a lot of different cars and parts!

Don

[TSR]

Right, Allan, those are the same F1 cars as Atlas, which were made in Japan and distributed by a Japanese manufacturer under its own name . . .

Marusan to be precise, as well as Marusan's offshoot "HIT".

[don.siegel]

Thanks, Philippe - notice how I carefully worded my sentence so it wasn't that obvious that I had totally forgotten the Marusan name?

Don

[TSR]

I know! :shock: How are you going to review my new book for possible errors if you can't even remember something so important? :mrgreen:

[Cheater]

Don, I'll bet you know that old adage about catching flies with vinegar. It's pretty obvious P doesn't!

Just tell him now that he's lost confidence in your abilities, he really ought to find someone else to fact-check his new book. That'll fix him!!! :mrgreen:

[TSR]

That's because I catch flies with a 16-gauge. 8)

[Cheater]

That doesn't surprise me one bit . . .

[TSR]

Surprises the HELL out of those damned flies! :mrgreen: