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mt1963

Taiwan
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Posted - 10/22/2010 :  19:52:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
























ioannis

Greece
494 Posts
Posted - 10/23/2010 :  05:12:16  Show Profile  Visit ioannis's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hi Max, Laurent is unbeatable in any scale!!
BTW, is this Hiro 1/18 or 1/24 ?
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mt1963

Taiwan
493 Posts
Posted - 10/23/2010 :  07:09:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I think this one is 1/18
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F1tommy

USA
218 Posts
Posted - 10/23/2010 :  07:48:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It's 1/24th. Hiro does not do 1/18th scale kits. 1/18th scale kits are very rare, and mainly come from Europe.

The Tamiya kit is better, and much less expensive. This resin kit came out just before Tamiya announced their plastic kit. Bad luck for Hiro I guess. You can also get trankits for the Tamiya kit, so that you can do several cars and superdetail them if you wish.

Since it never won Lemans and it's a Toyota I passed on both kits.

Toyota has never won Lemans or an F1 race. Considering how much they spent on both that is an amazing accomplishment.

Tom Tanner/Scale Designs/Ferrari Expo 2011-Chicago April 2011
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Mack

USA
20 Posts
Posted - 12/21/2010 :  17:27:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This model was done for me a few months ago; Laurent had told me Max had photographed it before. Laurent did his usual superb job with this build, with added extra details from the transkit he picke up.

It is true this car never won Lemans, but it is a beautiful sleek design that influenced Audi and Bentley.

The finish is this model is typical Laurent; flawless paint and decal application with a carbon fiber display base.
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F1tommy

USA
218 Posts
Posted - 12/23/2010 :  08:34:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It is a very nice build done almost to perfection. The Toyota was made in Germany, but as far as influence Audi did build a coupe around the same time in 1998. Not sure who came up with the idea first but Audi's coupe was slow so the dropped it in favor of the open version.


Tom Tanner/Scale Designs/Ferrari Expo 2011-Chicago March 19th 2011
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