Miami Vice Testarossa v. Monogram's version

[fiatboy]

Is there any difference between the Miami Vice Testarossa and the Monogram version?  I am also confused about the real 1:1 Ferraris: there is the Testarossa and the TR512.  Can anyone fill me in on the differences?  Thanks

[matthijsgrit]

This will help in answering the question about the 1:1 cars:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_Testarossa 

 

[Rob Hall]

The Miami Vice kit is the Monogram kit.    The 512TR was a later facelift version of the Testarossa.  Monogram did kits of both. 

[Daddyfink]

Same kit

Updated kit

 

[Don Sikora II]

Same kit

 

The red one is actually the 1/12-scale kit. The Miami Vice kit was also issued in the Exotic Car Series, but the 1/24 kit has a yellow car on the box.

[Daddyfink]

The red one is actually the 1/12-scale kit. The Miami Vice kit was also issued in the Exotic Car Series, but the 1/24 kit has a yellow car on the box.

Whoops! I snagged the wrong pic! Good eye! 

[fiatboy]

Thanks you guys!

[Young iron]

There was also the 440HP 512M, with exposed headlights. The only you love to hate. 

[keyser]

The Miami Vice car was supposed to be an early single high rear view mirror car. The later TR issue had dual mirrors. 

The 512TR all had 2 mirrors. 

You can build a single mirror car out of dual mirror car just mount drivers mirror higher toward drip molding, about 2/3 up windshield. I've not had any of these but I've seen built, and I know TRs pretty well.  I don't think anyone did 512M version of car in plastic