Gakken De Dion Bouton

[cherry268]

Whilst doing my Road Roller, I filled in spare time with this Riko De Dion Bouton. It is a very basic kit with very few parts.

Done OOB it was a nice easy distraction to the roller. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Pig of the Week]

Nice motor... Riko, there's a name from the past ! 

Were they the importers of Tamiya originally or something ? 

[Pete in Lincs]

Nice little thing. sixties? 

Yes, RIKO were, I think, UK distribution agents for some Japanese kit manufacturers .

It's been a while since I saw one of Thier stickers on a kit box

[Sabrejet]

Blast from the past! Gakken was the manufacturer of this kit: RiKo (Richard Kohnstamm) was the importer, in the same way that Hales used to deal with Hasegawa etc.

[cherry268]

Thanks for the comments

 

I've changed the title 

I remember Riko doing slot car stuff

I used to do it and remember having a Rikoflash motor

[Vesa Jussila]

Nice to see something not so typical built. I didn't know this kit.  You have done nice work.

[Noel Smith]

A very nice model from a largely neglected era by model firms.

The only thing I would have done differently on this would have been to paint over the chrome plated wheels.