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Re: Marcel's 1/18 scale collection (Alpine A110)
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 7:56 am
by Ram
Awesome Alpine model offered by Otto! Indeed, it looks amazing. Nice add, congrats!
Re: Marcel's 1/18 scale collection (Alpine A110)
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:46 am
by Marcel171281
Atalante wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 2:36 pm
That A110 looks good. I have a couple Alpine from Otto and can confirm they are really good. In my experience their French cars are better made than the rest.
That is most certainly true and very French at the same time!
Re: Marcel's 1/18 scale collection (Alpine A110)
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:51 am
by Marcel171281
Re: Marcel's 1/18 scale collection (Alfa Spider)
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:43 pm
by Gavin
I don't remember this one coming out. A must have for Alfa collectors, I'd guess...I don't remember ever seeing one of these '80s Spiders produced.
Re: Marcel's 1/18 scale collection (Alfa Spider)
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2023 5:08 am
by Marcel171281
Re: Marcel's 1/18 scale collection (Ferrari F50)
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2023 5:46 am
by [KRAFTIG]
That is a lovely addition, I have the same on the water, which is due very soon. I can relate to the $$ as I recently acquired SF90 and now this. BUT I'm tired of the lacking details on Bburago and the lack of assortment. Just ordered the 812
Re: Marcel's 1/18 scale collection (Alfa Spider)
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2023 7:06 pm
by Gavin
Marcel171281 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 5:08 am
My bank account is ruined for the rest of my life.
Excellent looking model, congrats!
Re: Marcel's 1/18 scale collection (Ferrari F50)
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2023 5:32 am
by Marcel171281
Thanks!
[KRAFTIG] wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 5:46 am
That is a lovely addition, I have the same on the water, which is due very soon. I can relate to the $$ as I recently acquired SF90 and now this. BUT I'm tired of the lacking details on Bburago and the lack of assortment. Just ordered the 812
Yes, the Bburago's are wrong in so many ways, lack of models, lack of spec choices and in the end, they are still toys.
You won't be disappointed when your F50 arrives arrives!
I have a SF90 Spider (in a very unique spec) on its way as well, should be arriving at some point later this week. Also have 6 other BBR models on pre-order now and still some others I am considdering
The lack of good Ferrari models in my collection, due to the Bburago situation, is something I am determent to correct.
Re: Marcel's 1/18 scale collection (Ferrari F50)
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2023 10:57 am
by [KRAFTIG]
The lack of good Ferrari models in my collection, due to the Bburago situation, is something I am determent to correct.
LOL, I came to the same conclusion very recently too. And as you, I have many modern Ferraris in Red on pre-order too
Re: Marcel's 1/18 scale collection (Ferrari F50)
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2023 4:50 am
by Marcel171281
Next one is not new, but some modifications. I bought the Alfa 4C at CK for a massvie discount a couple of years ago. Nice model, but missing something. The pearl white is gorgeous, but the rest of the spec was a bit boring and not very 'Alfa'.
Modification I did:
Changed the seats from black to red and added new decals to the headrests
Lowered the front ride height to make it more in line with the real car (it just was too high)
Made the shutlines of the non-opening parts black
Added some 'tricolore' stripes
For how it was:
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=8659&start=270#p77211
This is how it is now:
Re: Marcel's 1/18 scale collection (Alfa 4C modifications)
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2023 9:01 am
by [KRAFTIG]
Looks Ferrari inspired! Nice job.
Re: Marcel's 1/18 scale collection (Alfa 4C modifications)
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2023 12:58 pm
by Atalante
Yes, looks great with the read seats and the Italian stripe. I have this one in metallic red and find that close shut lines are realistic. But probably on the pearl white the black wash was needed.
Re: Marcel's 1/18 scale collection (Alfa 4C modifications)
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:36 am
by Gavin
the stripe add a nice dash of color. Looks great!
Re: Marcel's 1/18 scale collection (Alfa 4C modifications)
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2023 8:49 am
by Marcel171281
After long, long and even longer thinking about it, I finally added a Ferrari SF90. As said when I showed the BBR F50, my bank account is ruined from now on. By starting to add BBR models I opened a can of worms.
So I decided to buy a BBR SF90, but the next question was, which spec? When picking up the F50 I looked at some different SF90's the dealer had in stock. I could have bought it at that moment, but couldn't decide at that time. It had to be a spider, because of the additional look into the interior, but the colour was a different story. It took me another week to make my mind up and went with a very bold and unique specification. As I like different, in the end I went for a 'assetto Fiorano' spec in Verde Zeltweg and goldish/copperish wheels and livery.
It is hard to get correct on photos, but the green is absolutely gorgeous in person. And the combination with the gold/copper colour is perfect imho.
The rest of the model, like the F50, is perfection. Apart from the obvious (being sealed), there is only one thing that could be better, and that is to add some text on the sidewalls of the tyres, like AA does nowadays.
Re: Marcel's 1/18 scale collection (Ferrari SF90 Spider)
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2023 9:37 am
by [KRAFTIG]
Wow, that is different! I feel your pain, took delivery of two BBR models recently too