Friction-powered: the big wheels under the wings connect with the prop shaft but the mechanism doesn't work that well.
Someone else can confirm whether the "Zeke" was really ever an air racer.
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Bandai Grasshopper
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Bandai Grasshopper
by Tone » Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:48 pm
This Mitsubishi BC-3 Grasshopper racer is by Bandai in the mid-60s. It has a wonderful lithographed finish and a tin pilot under a plastic canopy.
Friction-powered: the big wheels under the wings connect with the prop shaft but the mechanism doesn't work that well.
Someone else can confirm whether the "Zeke" was really ever an air racer.
Friction-powered: the big wheels under the wings connect with the prop shaft but the mechanism doesn't work that well.
Someone else can confirm whether the "Zeke" was really ever an air racer.
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Re: Bandai Grasshopper
by grwebster » Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:40 pm
Almost looks like a Grumann The F8F Bearcat in that finish
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Re: Bandai Grasshopper
by angelreader » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:46 pm
The Zeke was never used for air racing but even Zylmex did a race version in yellow finish,the manufacturers licence knows no boundaries !
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