My second Radcast entry today features a car with wood trim - Radwood. Is it rad? You can be the judge. This is Tomica 34-3, the Honda Civic Country. This casting entered the range in February 1981, remaining until August 1984, and is a popular model to this day:
With bright yellow paint and a generous amount of wood trim, this little Civic is hard to miss This second generation Civic wagon is something of a charmer in this paint scheme, and has ample casting detail. Scale is stated as 1:59, likely accurate. As expected, there is snappy door action, crisp glazing, and springy suspension. From all angles, it is a little car that gets noticed:
Doors open to reveal a detailed interior and likely accurate steering wheel:
Front and rear have similar fine detail:
The base is metal, which lends heft and contains technical detail and identifying data:
This example is lucky enough to live in its nice original black box:
This is one I am pleased to have in my collection. It is a fairly desirable casting, and the color scheme makes it an eye opener:
A 1:1 from an original sales brochure from flickr:
