Sunday, June 26, 2016

Tomica Limited Vintage NEO LV-N124b Honda Ballade Sports CR-X 1.5i Special Edition 1984

Tomica Limited Vintage NEO Honda Ballade Sports CR-X 1.5i Special Edition 1984

One thing I don't like about this CR-X:  Rear spoiler.

What a pain in the @$$.  Earlier production CR-X from TLV came with these things installed(LV-N22b pictured), but I guess this is our job now.  
  
tlv honda crx cr-x

Problem I have with Tomytec on this is not so much that they tasks us to install the spoiler, but how little help they offer.  Here's your instruction.  On the side of a box.  No locator pin(s), use a glue, use your judgement, good luck.


First challenge was actually cutting the spoiler off the plastic runners.  I don't have those precision nippers plastic modelers use, so I had to make do with sharp box knife.

Tomica Limited Vintage Honda Ballade Sports CR-X   spoiler

After cutting one side that had the single runner attached, I cut the frame in half to create some room.  I just wiggled the other side free after that.  

Tomica Limited Vintage Honda Ballade Sports CR-X   wing

Couple of nubs left from the runners, I shaved them off with the box knife(pic is "before").  

tlv crx spoiler wing

After shaving it off, I attached the spoiler using only kind of glue I generally have on-hand:  Super Glue.

When installing, I went by the diagram on the box.  Flat surface of the spoiler at the top.  Positioning & centering the spoiler was a bit of challenge.  It took me three tries to center it, as first couple of tries, it looked the spoiler was off-center by a millimeter or less.  :(

Tomica Limited Vintage Honda Ballade Sports CR-X   spoiler crx

Tomica Limited Vintage Honda Ballade Sports CR-X  wing

Tomica Limited Vintage Honda Ballade Sports CR-X

Tomica Limited Vintage Honda Ballade Sports CR-X

tlv cr-x lv-n124b

Tomica Limited Vintage Honda Ballade Sports CR-X   lv-n124b

Tomica Limited Vintage Honda Ballade Sports CR-X   rear spoiler

Tomica Limited Vintage Honda Ballade Sports CR-X   rear

It is nice to see these old CR-Xs again.  80's goodness.

tlv crx white

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