Bennyg Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 This kit might even come with photo etch. In the video, the model is on a turntable, and the rear grill looks very accurate, and too thin to be plastic. I’m looking forward to getting one. Another photo. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Yet again supercars don’t need to be behemoths. Put this, F1, or 720 near any other and whatever else looks like a milk truck. Hopefully they’ll grace us with Lauda. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Not that T needs my hype … but i can’t wait … 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Kourouklis Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 mmmmmmmm-MM. Cain't wait... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Count me in... best, M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Link from Tamiya website. https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/124-sports-car-series/gma-t50/none/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Porter Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 1 hour ago, David said: Link from Tamiya website. https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/124-sports-car-series/gma-t50/none/ "Black window frame sections are integrated with a single, upper monocoque part, which eliminates the need for masking and painting of window parts." That's a heck of a nice feature given how complex that shape is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 mission impossible lets figure out how to build one with opening doors !!!! ... .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymcminn Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Looks like the design and parts breakdown will be pretty similar to the Senna. I'm fine without opening doors... even with Tamiya's engineering know-how they're often fiddly and annoying. Including PE grilles is a nice touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 (edited) The doors aren’t the show-off feature anyway… it’s the rear clams that at open to reveal a decent volume of luggage space, which must be a first for a 2020s high end supercar! best, M. Edited February 2, 2023 by Matt Bacon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymcminn Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Looking at the built prototype, I'm thinking how much better this will look with black Sharpie run around the edges of all that glass before installation to hide those edges. Which means I'm already pre-planning my build. Time to start thinking about colors... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 I’m guessing that for the best part of $3m. you can have pretty much any colour you want… though I’d probably start with the F1 palette for old times’ sake. Silver is a bit boring, though, and although the black one looks wicked, I always think it hides the shape and details a bit, especially in scale in a display cabinet… best, M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegitbot Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 here is the unpainted model being shown at tamiyas flagship store, suprised they molded the body in high sheen silver, very good use of photoetch on the rear 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyg Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 17 minutes ago, Alegitbot said: here is the unpainted model being shown at tamiyas flagship store, suprised they molded the body in high sheen silver, very good use of photoetch on the rear That is fantastic! I know it’s receiving mixed reactions due to being an unusual subject (not a porsche, or Ferrari) but I think it’s great. I will be getting one for sure simply because it looks like it will go together well and I generally like cars. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegitbot Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 tamiya cars must sell poorly overall if they are dropping the skill to entry by molding it in silver plastic, these models aint cheap in canada afterall... Dont like how they made the windows the same as the mclaren sennas, wish they just gave us window masks, the end result where the window should be glossy black isnt nice looking or refects the real car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael jones Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Thanks Tamiya, my bank account will have time to recover with this release.... This is helped by the NUNU delays as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, Alegitbot said: tamiya cars must sell poorly overall if they are dropping the skill to entry by molding it in silver plastic Yeah, that full engine detail, opening parts and photo-etch really screams entry level skill rating, doesn’t it…? The most challenging plastic car kit I’ve ever built — the Fujimi Enthusiast Ferrari GTO — had a body moulded in red like the real thing. Go figure… best, M. Edited February 3, 2023 by Matt Bacon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteowl7710 Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 (edited) Almost every single Tamiya Ferrari kit made, including those entry level FXX-Ks and Enzos were all molded in red, unless you got the Banana Yellow Special Edition kits. The DBS is molded in color, and the LFA probably would have been too if the most common color that car came in wasn't white. Edited February 3, 2023 by niteowl7710 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Porter Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 2 hours ago, niteowl7710 said: Almost every single Tamiya Ferrari kit made, including those entry level FXX-Ks and Enzos were all molded in red, unless you got the Banana Yellow Special Edition kits. The DBS is molded in color, and the LFA probably would have been too if the most common color that car came in wasn't white. To say nothing of the confounded metallic blue that they molded the otherwise superb Alpine A110's in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Even with no paint, that looks really good. I'm just glad it wasn't molded in red or yellow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyas Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 I am not a fan of Gordon Murray (more of a Steve Nichols kind of guy) but not gonna lie I want that GMA T.50 kit. Will probably do one in Genesis Blue to replicate the spec on the F1JOY-registered McLaren F1 and P1JOY-registered McLaren P1. Which means dark blue overall interior with red driver seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 2 hours ago, Tyas said: I am not a fan of Gordon Murray (more of a Steve Nichols kind of guy) but not gonna lie I want that GMA T.50 kit. Will probably do one in Genesis Blue to replicate the spec on the F1JOY-registered McLaren F1 and P1JOY-registered McLaren P1. Which means dark blue overall interior with red driver seat. Well, T50JOY is a perfectly legal registration… and it’s currently on a red Ford Focus with a 1 litre ecoboost engine. Best, M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 https://apple.news/ApzK9aumET_WsWkkvmJEGLw note to builders - no two T50s will leave the factory with the same color - thats pretty cool … of course that also means that Tamiya should have produced the kit in gray plastic …. Grrr … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Oh, I don't know... I quite like the idea of 100 new TS colours matching every one. You've got to bet that pretty much every colour that was ever on an F1 will also be on a T.50, and real Murray fanbois might replicate a few Brabham liveries as well... best, M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Hello mr bacon - how about that light blue on the first Brabham Climax … and lets add a gold stripe … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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