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Toyota had been participating on Lemans races and Japanese Sportscar series with variably success starting in 1985. The beautiful Toyota 88C was their first really competivite car, starting point to a very successful line of development which ended in domitation of the IMSA series in 1990.
Models for Toyota 88C
Manufacturer Model Scale Dimensions (LxWxH) Wheelbase Front spur Rear spur
Hasegawa Toyota 88C Denso 1/24 99.9x81.8x41.0 99.9 81.5 81.8
Hasegawa Toyota 88C taka-Q 1/24 99.9x81.8x41.0 99.9 81.5 81.8
Hasegawa Toyota 88C Minolta 1/24 99.9x81.8x41.0 99.9 81.5 81.8
Hasegawa Toyota 88C IMSA GTP 1/24 99.9x81.8x41.0 99.9 81.5 81.8
Tamiya Toyota 88 CV Taka-Q 1/24 99.9x80.8x0.0 99.9 79.5 80.6



Kit contains 84 pieces with some optional parts that are not required.
A rare find. If you can get your hands on one I highly recommend this kit.
Injection molded, very clean with minimal to no flash on the parts. Fit and finish is excellent! The door glass did need a bit of work to clean up the openings.


The body consists of 6 parts. The main body, right and left body intakes (In the door area), rear tail section and exhaust panel area (Exhaust is only out one side but has panels on both sides).
I had a slight fit problem with the rear tail section and had to fill a seam (Which should be visible if done correctly)


The kit has some options to it. The passenger side (This is a RH drive car) has two options, a louvered exhaust panel (Not shown), and the passenger side body intake can be matched to the drivers side or you can use the wide open intake shown here.




This kit is curb side (No engine) but does have a partial trans showing from the rear and full interior detail.
Decal sheet covers all red surfaces but a better result is achieved by painting.Some tricky masking is required to get the red parts around the fornt windshield, but for the rest it is a very simple paint scheme to duplicate.
A white decal is supplied to cover the top of the door glass but this is best painted so everything matches better.




No chrome tree on this kit so the wheels will have to be done with Alclad http://www.alclad2.com/ or your favorite chrome paint.



Text: Brent "highfly" Highfieldwww.briansmodelcars.com





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