What is your latest model purchase

[CK]

First kit this year is a surprised Modeller's 1/24 Tyrrell Ford 019 that I found in our local hobby store.

It is a kit with a full Ford DFR engine.

[glr190959]

Hi Ck,
I saw your new purchase: Modeler's Tyrrell 019, congratulations, excellent kit!
If it may be of interest to you, I have for sale a Transkit from the Japanese Appendix which allows you to transform the Tyrrell 019 you purchased into the Tyrrell 018, from the previous year, driven by Jan Alesi at the Japanese GP (to be clear, the blue one and yellow).
If you are interested, you can contact me: giovanni@fratelli-larosa.com

[CK]

Hi Giovanni,

Thank you for your offer.

I want to build the kit as 019 as it is the first car to have the high nose. The Modeller's kit is very decent. I need to scratch build the rear wing for the Monaco grand prix version as the wing mount is attached to the top wing instead of the bottom wing as in the kit.

[gilles.r]

Hi,

My replies here are very rare , but this time, I am happy to share the items received from Thomas alias steinietrabi
As you can see, there are FW14 wheels and detail parts, '98 GY tyres, Bridg rain tyres, and '92 GY asymetrical rain tyres

Not on the picture, but with the same high quality, P34 seat and Cosworth funnels covers

All these parts are precisely detailed and very thin...when necessary !

Thanks to him for this high level quality

Bye
Gilles

PS : The picture makes oval the wheels and tyres, but , be sure , all are cylindrical !!!!

[BMW]

Looks good, I hope that Thomas also makes the special nose section, airbox and decals for a P34 conversion at some stage

[BMW]

Personally, I got his rare beast, the DTM F1 2023 model of the Singapore GP.
With a bit of patience, I got it from Japan at a "normal" price and not at the inflated eBay prices (thought the customs man did catch my parcel.. auch!)

It looks like a nice kit.
It is clear that it's a model made from a 3D print master and cast in resin and white metal, as is typical these days.
This makes sense as the masters can be printed to the very best quality and do not have to offset against the printing time and material choice of 3D printing.
However this does mean that the moulding has to be done according to what can be cast in either resin or metal, which is sometimes not the best when complicated assemblies are required, such as the modern front/rear wings.
I think that in an ideal scenario, the companies should consider doing a combination of both moulded resin parts for simple items such the body, the wheels etc. but would use 3D prints for the complex parts like wings and the turning vanes etc.

But it looks like a good kit. Full decals and carbon decals are included but seatbelts are not...


Front wings compared...

Disappointing NewScratch wing is not the best example

But the Synapse one is one to follow

Main body is clean and fits the floor well

In total there are about +100 parts, so a good manual is needed.

[indycals]

Not really a purchase, but I'm building a pre-production sample of the Salvino's new Indycar kit. The livery will be a surprise

[waxdart]

Fingers crossed for a few Indy Car Livery surprises!

[Jeff]

Just got the Kawai Williams - I know it's a very bad kit, but for US$23 I'm OK with it