Re: Audi A3 (scale models?)

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

JP <palmerj@earthlink.net> wrote:

>My brother sent me 3 SIKU models (matchbox sized) from Germany.
>A yeller A4, a blue A6 avant (older style) and a red Cabrio.
>I would suspect they make the A3...

Unfortunately, they don't. But Rietze makes a nice 1:87 version in several
colours, and Minichamps has produced a superb 1:43 edition, available in
several authentic Audi colours. If you're after a scale-model A3, this is
the one to get.

>I have one other SIKU model, an 83 5000s turbo-diesel. I found it in a
>KayBee Toys in Tennessee back about 89 or 90.

My collection of Audi models is rapidly approaching 100 items. It's
surprising how many different models there are once you start looking
seriously...

Tom