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Just wondering if you guys have seen this one yet - a new FULL DETAIL 1/12 Ferrari Enzo kit from Tamiya. It look the BEES KNEES! It's NOT the semi-assembled model from a few years back and on Tamiya's website they go to great lengths to say how different and detailed it is. Bit expensive, but I'm VERY tempted. Judging by the way the 1/12 Lotus 7 kits they did some years ago are now fetching mega money, it would almost be worth stashing one of these Enzo's away for a future nest egg. http://www.wonderlandmod...enzo-ferrari-model-kit/
Roy.
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Jeez, £403 for what is a plastic kit  I would sooner have DeAg's 1/10 Enzo which has lighting and sound, it will cost more but its simply stunning http://www.youtube.com/w...NmKQ&feature=related
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Is it available?????????
If so, where, and when?????????
It does look a tad 'basic' in places - poor mould seam lines, panel gaps etc, but it would be an amazing piece to super-detail.
Roy.
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Easy to say without seeing the content of the Tam kit
It was sale in Italy a while ago and may surface here one day, time will only tell
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The Italians have had some wonderful car part works over the years that never reached us - a lovely 1/43 Ferrari collection, an Alfa collection, an F1 collection......
Sadly, the British public don't support such things too well and they often fold after a few issues - the World champion collection a few years ago springs to mind. It reached issue 1! - a brilliant model of the 50's Le Mans Mercedes which I have.
Roy.
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with the global nature of deagostini, it would be great if we had access to all titles in all countries. but i suppose looking at the different prices, especially in japan, people would be buying from the cheapest source, i am sure the japanese would rather pay 7.99 per issue for the mclaren rather than 20.00. i suppose if we were part of the eurozone then we could order from the italian/german etc and pay the same, even if the instructions were in another language i am sure using the pictures (and of course because tomick would be working 24 hours a day to give us official builds of everything), we could build the models. i was also thinking about how many models deagostini make in each run, and are there complete sets of unsold parts somewhere that could be sold off as a complete model in a clearance area. i am rambling here so time for some medication i think Come on you Jimmies
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I agree, Surely the cost of making the moulds to produce these models warrant putting them on sale surely? Personally, I don't and won't own anything Ferrari, but that my personal preference (Brilliant Cars, please don't judge me on that, I'm just a loyal McLaren fan in F1 and Mercedes cars have always been my dream cars). But say for example the McLaren MP4/4 recently surfaced in Japan, I can see that being sold all over the world. Which im just about to post a response on that forum in a mo...... But the underlying point is, after the initial cost of making the moulds, they should be available everywhere, translating a magazine wouldn't take long with the tools available on comps now. Come on DeAgo, show us why your partworks are the best! Building the McLaren MP4-23
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Mr T now your talking!!!!  I would love that Kit Regards Mike MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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DeAg don't make the kits.
The McLaren is made by Kyosho, a major kit maker in the world, so I very much doubt there will be loads of 'unsold kits' after DeAg finish with it.
No doubt there will be a lot of 'odd' issues, but not enough to make a whole car.
It will be interesting though, to see if Kyosho offer the car as a complete kit at some point in the future, and if so, at what price?
As many have already pointed out, Kyosho have spent a fortune developing the kit. I very much doubt they will just bin the whole thing once issue 86 is reached.
Similarly with Senna's car, If the kit is already developed, (it must be or it wouldn't even reach the trial partwork stage, and no kit manufacturer is going to develop a few 1/8 scale components from a kit just to 'test the water' with a partwork) then even if DeAg DON'T go ahead with it, this kit is bound to surface at some point. Again, Kyosho aren't going to just abandon all their development and tooling.
Here's hoping/waiting......
Roy.
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For anyone interested....
I've just ordered mine from HLJ:
Cost? £183!!!
It's flippin' AMAZING!
Over 650 parts, 34 pages of instructions, 92 stages of build.
If you want one, get it NOW!
This kit is going to be HENS TEETH in a year or two, and will fetch MENTAL money on EBay!
For goodness sake, their old 1/12 F1 cars often fetch way over £120-150!!!
Roy.
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roymattblack wrote:For anyone interested....
I've just ordered mine from HLJ:
Cost? £183!!!
It's flippin' AMAZING!
Over 650 parts, 34 pages of instructions, 92 stages of build.
If you want one, get it NOW!
This kit is going to be HENS TEETH in a year or two, and will fetch MENTAL money on EBay!
For goodness sake, their old 1/12 F1 cars often fetch way over £120-150!!!
Roy. Hi Roy, Is there any painting required as i'm no good at the paint job due to lacking a air gun kit. Thanks Ian
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That looks like a superb model Tengel and very detailed by the looks of it?? It will be superb when built!! Thanks for the link, will you be continuing the build on that site?
Kev
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