LH83 SG If you want realistic, then might as well get the Tamiya motors and put it in the model too? Connect the front and rear axles so they can move too lor.. Like those Tamiya racers, just that this is 1/18 scale F1 ones...
Jasonist SG sure... thanks for the suggestion... will take tat in mind... btw do anyone makes diorama for their f1 models? like creating background and race track surface for their models??? should be pretty interesting ya?
gp3 SG ya, it is nice to do diomara, but where to find materials???? BTW, here is a comparision between real MP4 22 and Mattel MP4 22!! The real one is flipped for better comparing, thus the word are abormal..
yeekin SG still prefer the minichamps version. The hotwheels version has a greyish rather than a mirror finish which is not very different from the 1997-2005 mclaren grey at the engine cover area. Missing a few details too like the golden foils at the rear suspension rods which the minichamp version has. JW the most obvious difference missing but then hotwheels want their market to be 14+ but at 20+ prices nowadays. Can't blame them since the price of zinc has doubled over the past year (quote from a leading diecast seller/shop/blog) thus all diecasts are just more expensive.
alleggerita SG I think the Hot Wheels' MP4-22 is only 70% similar to the real one..the MOST OBVIOUS difference is the shape of the side air intakes..And how come the Hot Wheels MP4-22 got a pair of small wings protruding from around the "Aigo Ai4 Guo2 Zhe3" sponsorship area but the real MP4-22 doesn't have.. Even the shape of the nose is slightly different.. I think a Minichamps model will be more accurate..
yeekin SG the aero package differs from race to race so can't fault them for seeming to have the wrong details unless it is for that specific race. For mclaren's case this year, mid season the wings appeared on top of the aigo words just like the sharp edges on the ferraris which also appeared mid season. Notice the "devil's horns" (winglets behind the head of a MP4/2X a classic design from 2005 (that has been copied by BMW) are missing later season. Nose obviously changing from race to race but the general design has been the one with the sub wing going over the nose. So I guess the hot wheel's car is from a mclaren just back from the flyaway races and before the canadian round. I go around looking for the exact race which the model is based on.
yeekin SG are you referring to the extra fins they placed at the side air intakes? The top picture that gp3 posted I think is the launch picture of this year's mclaren (which often resembles the last year's car with chief exception of the sponsors which they want to impress during the launch) note that they do not reveal the exact aerodynamic devices until the actual race itself. If they discover that something is better with the car after actual testing then they would put it on ASAP. The hot wheel's car is the race version (which is quite different from a launch version) which I pin it down to the first 3 races. Malaysian picture Monza Picture.
yeekin SG launch picture. note the aerod devices at the side intakes are missing! nice picture btw by http://www.patrickgosling.com www.grandprix.com/ns/ns17944.html another picture of the launch car
Jasonist SG talk bout diorama, i think for those who are interested in collecting model kits, they sure have the skills in making the dioramas... materials might be plastic? cardboard? painting equipment? its a work of art...! no doubt for the quality for minichamps... as for hotwheels, i wont mind getting one as long as its a lewis mp4-22 model... desperate for one in my collection le... still no news in malaysia here...
gp3 SG How about trying this site : www.grandprixlegends.com visit this: youtube.com/grandprixlegends.com for their video!
yeekin SG Its the weekend or close to that. Time for this week's pictures. The year is 2002. Schumacher makes history by making sure that he was on the podium for the whole season, often on the top 2 step. Ferrari's F2002 is the fastest f1 car in history because it is the last year they had the 1 hour qualifying. (before all the new regs on the one shot qualifying with race fuel occured next season). Williams had the 1-2 in Malaysia. Vodafone joins in as sponsor and removing tictacs from Ferrari's sponsorship. Alain Prost's Prost team goes bankrupt. Arrows goes bankrupt. Kimi at his first year at Mclaren almost won his first race in France but was denied the victory because of some toyota's oil spill. Thus Schumacher won the WDC at the French GP. The car, launch edition F2001 painted in F2002 colours raced at the first GP of the year at Australia. With Schumacher winning in last year's car.
yeekin SG 2002 is also known as the year which hotwheels had terrible box designs which are made of very thin cardboard. My premiere edition above suffered from that. The next car here is the actual F2002. The first "race wear" hot wheels f1 cars with actual tyre wear. Here celebrating Ferrari's 150th Win is a lot similar to the previous years champion edition.
yeekin SG The final limited edition car from 2002 is the champion's car. Celebrating his 5th WDC and equalling the late fangio's record. Next week, the 2003 collection with a lot more cars than this week's and with a special one which would take a few posts.
gp3 SG Wow...S$79.90 for a limited edition Ferrari with figure at years ago. Now, even a simple normal edition costs S$89.90! I can still remember when the 1/18 scale only sells at S$49.90! Then S$59.90, S$69.90 and now WORST!! S$89.90!! Sigh!
yeekin SG the 2000 collection got the limited champion for just 69.90 at TRU and imagine the whole shelf was full of them only! Now...very limited places to buy f1 models. OG and Taka would have the 20% off from time to time so it was a great time to buy stuff at 80% of their full price. Some of my limited editions are actually cheaper than the non limited car.
Jasonist SG you needa have a customized shelf to display all the gorgeous limited editions… should be one of a kind collection… i really never see so many limited edition collection before… haha really nice! btw, does takashimaya sell limited edition as well???
gp3 SG Yes they do sell limited editions, but it is getting lesser and lesser now. The Mattel models are hard to find even in shopping malls nowadays! But no worries!! I am looking foward to next year's SG Grand Prix!!!I wonder they will sell F1 models??!!
yeekin SG no space at the moment...they usually sit in boxes on top of my cupboard but now they have reached the ceiling and no where else to go. I have even sent some of the non ferraris to my working place. And the problem is that there are more models coming in.... taka used to sell and *may* sell from time to time. Used to be a very good place to get limited items but after 2005.... nothing much from there except below: Got 2 interesting stories from there. One is the king of desert from 2004 was selling at a knock off price at 30 bucks when limited editions were going for 110 at one crazy toy fair so good deals happen. And that is my 2nd king of desert. The other story is that I once saw the renault's 100 win stocked in taka itself. Rushed to the counter to pay for it... but it was not for sale..... duh...they stocked it incorrectly. So I wonder where those 2 landed up. One thing for sure is that they never landed up in the shops mentioned in the thread.
