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Ragazzo
Germany
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 Posted - 01/19/2016 : 12:25:41
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Gt4me
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/20/2016 : 06:17:15
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Ragazzo
Germany
51 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2016 : 07:02:42
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Originally posted by Gt4me
Nice, is this by Make Up?
Hello Gt4me,
yes, the blue one is Make up and the black one is an very old Herpa. I think end of 1980 or beginning 1990. |
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Gt4me
United Kingdom
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the.x.man
New Zealand
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Posted - 01/20/2016 : 15:54:40
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It is generally considered that Make Up Co. was the benchmark for curbside 1/43 F40s. Although there is probably not much difference in terms of actual build quality, Make Up's shape and detail leave the BBR F40 for dead. The only problem to watch for is popped out window glass; a lot of Make Up's early F40's (usually their LookSmart Japan collaborations), had an issue with very slight continued shrinkage of the resin body shells, which causes the front and (more often) rear windows to pop a corner out. Reasonably easy to fix if you know what you are doing and have steady hands, but a nuisance none the less...
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Dave G
Netherlands
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Posted - 01/21/2016 : 08:10:43
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The X.man is right regarding both level of detail and issues regarding the Make Up F40's. Body shape of the Make Ups is far better than the ones by BBR, the same goes for details. Headlights of the BBR look bad, the mesh part between the rear lights is actually mesh on the Make Ups. Make Up simply nails the framing of the windshields perfectly! I have not seen both together, but based on photographs I would almost prefer -dare I say it??- Redline F40's, although these are a bit rough and of course not very "artisan", if you know what I mean.
Make Ups have, like the.X.man mentioned, very often issues with windscreens and the rear mesh coming loose. On the race versions the strip fitted below the spoiler often lifts one end. You can almost consider these a general rule, unfortunately.
Edit: I regard this as build quality which could apparently be better but since I estimate far more parts are used on Make Ups compared to BBR models, I do not think this makes Make Ups worse.
I am slightly biased though, since I collect plain red Make Up F40's, of which I currently have 8 - luckily most without obvious issues. Funny enough I have only one yellow GTE version, "cheapest" one I own, but that one is absolutely perfect :) I am still looking for some versions, but finding them proves very difficult, finding one without issues seems near impossible ;)
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Gt4me
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/21/2016 : 11:02:09
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Thanks for the detailed responses guys, very helpful.
I think I need to add one to my collection. |
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Ferrari F40 LeMans Version and Street
