DeAgostini Le Grandi Ferrari diecasts?

[djflyer]

I have been seeing more of these available on places like ebay, but have never seen any pictures out of the box or reviews.  They have several variants that are not available as kits or from other diecast company.  Does anyone have any information about the quality of these and level of detail provided?

[randyc]

Friend of mine bought one of their cars - not sure if it was this one or not.  But it was a Bburago that isn't sold in US.   No improvement in quality or anything.   Just a Bburago in a fancy box. 

[Gramps46]

These are the Ferraris I have that were originally released as the Le Grandi Collection.  None of them have engines.  

Left to right: 166MM, 250 Tour de France, 250 California, 250 Short Well Base, and 246 GT.  Some have been released as BBurago diecasts.

In my opinion todays BBurago are much improved over the older BBurago and these are all to scale.  The only thing I plan to do with these is tone down the wire wheels and remove the headlamp dots.

[djflyer]

On 3/19/2019 at 8:13 AM, randyc said:

Friend of mine bought one of their cars - not sure if it was this one or not.  But it was a Bburago that isn't sold in US.   No improvement in quality or anything.   Just a Bburago in a fancy box. 

 

11 hours ago, Gramps46 said:

These are the Ferraris I have that were originally released as the Le Grandi Collection.  None of them have engines.  

Left to right: 166MM, 250 Tour de France, 250 California, 250 Short Well Base, and 246 GT.  Some have been released as BBurago diecasts.

In my opinion todays BBurago are much improved over the older BBurago and these are all to scale.  The only thing I plan to do with these is tone down the wire wheels and remove the headlamp dots.

Thanks both of you guys. I never realized these were BBurago based - surprising (and somewhat disappointing) that they dont have any engine detail, but they do seem to look good.

That 250 TDF is one of the cars that got my attention.  I might swap out the pe wire wheels from one of my Gunze Ferraris once I get my hands on some of the 3D printed ones I have seen previewed on this forum.

 

[Gramps46]

8 hours ago, djflyer said:

 

Thanks both of you guys. I never realized these were BBurago based - surprising (and somewhat disappointing) that they dont have any engine detail, but they do seem to look good.

That 250 TDF is one of the cars that got my attention.  I might swap out the pe wire wheels from one of my Gunze Ferraris once I get my hands on some of the 3D printed ones I have seen previewed on this forum.

 

In Europe these were sold on news stands or by subscription so the lack of engines kept the price down.  On the early Ferraris the wire wheels were 16 inch so be careful with the ones you swap with.  The wires themselves look good but not in bright chrome, IMO.  I am going to try a couple of experiments of just painting with a matt finish and a dark wash, or painting them with silver, or striping them and then painting them.

 

[djflyer]

11 hours ago, Gramps46 said:

In Europe these were sold on news stands or by subscription so the lack of engines kept the price down.  On the early Ferraris the wire wheels were 16 inch so be careful with the ones you swap with.  The wires themselves look good but not in bright chrome, IMO.  I am going to try a couple of experiments of just painting with a matt finish and a dark wash, or painting them with silver, or striping them and then painting them.

 

The chrome is definitely too much for those wires, especially on that car.  I was thinking of using the pe wires from the 250 SWB but will see when I actually get my hands on the die cast. 

I suppose a driveline could always be added but I'm not sure how much cutting I'll want to do.

[Hoffman]

On 3/20/2019 at 9:15 AM, Gramps46 said:

These are the Ferraris I have that were originally released as the Le Grandi Collection.  None of them have engines.  

Left to right: 166MM, 250 Tour de France, 250 California, 250 Short Well Base, and 246 GT.  Some have been released as BBurago diecasts.

In my opinion todays BBurago are much improved over the older BBurago and these are all to scale.  The only thing I plan to do with these is tone down the wire wheels and remove the headlamp dots.

Gary, unfortunately I'm late to the party for these cool Ferrari's. I bout a California Spyder today, and I've been going crazy trying to find the 250 GT Tour de France. Love that one!! Where did you get yours?

[Gramps46]

12 hours ago, Hoffman said:

Gary, unfortunately I'm late to the party for these cool Ferrari's. I bout a California Spyder today, and I've been going crazy trying to find the 250 GT Tour de France. Love that one!! Where did you get yours?

Tim, it has been a few years since I got the TDF but I am guessing I bought it on eBay from a vender in Italy.  Helmut might have better info from the ebays in Europe.

[Hoffman]

Ok, thanks Gary. I'll hit him up.