Ferrari 250 GTO 1/24 Diecast Question

[Gramps46]

I have a question for you Ferrari enthusiasts.  As far as diecasts go I am familiar with the old made in Italy BBurago GTO but it is too big to be in scale.  I am also aware of the Le Grandi/BBurago GTO diecast but the windshield surround is terrible in my opinion and would require modifying and repainting.   Certainly there are plenty of plastic kits available, see Alex's Italian Horses database, and even the Western Models white metal body kit.  But I am not finding any decent 1/24 250 GTOs.  What am I missing?

This is my old BBurago with a few mods.

[Matt Bacon]

You might have to go up a scale.... ;-P

CMC 1:18...

best,

M.

[Gramps46]

Matt,

Upscale to 1/18 would certainly provide more options but I am committed to 1/24.

Gary

[randyc]

I'm intereted in this as well.  For a friend.  I don't do much  foreign stuff, but I got a buddy looking for Ferraris constantly.  Especially diecast.  He has most of the Maisto and Bburago Ferraris.  

[Zoom Zoom]

For a 250 GTO in 1/24 I don't find any diecast that satisfies like the more modern Welly diecast. Best 1/24 GTO belongs to the Fujimi plastic kit in the affordable category, and MFH for a high-roller budget. 

[randyc]

On 4/4/2019 at 9:46 AM, Zoom Zoom said:

For a 250 GTO in 1/24 I don't find any diecast that satisfies like the more modern Welly diecast. Best 1/24 GTO belongs to the Fujimi plastic kit in the affordable category, and MFH for a high-roller budget. 

Do you have a link?  I'm not having much luck locating a Welly.

[Zoom Zoom]

19 minutes ago, randyc said:

Do you have a link?  I'm not having much luck locating a Welly.

My sentence is confusing, it was a generalizing of Welly models being better than their competition, they don't do any Ferraris. If they did, they'd be a lot better than Burago for certain.

[Snake45]

4 hours ago, Zoom Zoom said:

My sentence is confusing, it was a generalizing of Welly models being better than their competition, they don't do any Ferraris. If they did, they'd be a lot better than Burago for certain.

It took me a couple readings, but I eventually interpreted what you meant--especially since I've never heard of a Welly Ferrari GTO. 

[Geno]

The only GTO's I'm interested in are of the Pontiac variety. Hey, I gotta mess with you guys a little. Peace and have a great weekend, Geno.

 

Edited April 6, 2019 by Geno

[Gramps46]

Oh Gene, you have reignited the fire from 1964 when Pontiac stole the name from Ferrari.

[Geno]

1 hour ago, Gramps46 said:

Oh Gene, you have reignited the fire from 1964 when Pontiac stole the name from Ferrari.

Yeah Gary I know lol. Just wanted to have some fun with my buds on here.

[MrObsessive]

2 hours ago, Gramps46 said:

Oh Gene, you have reignited the fire from 1964 when Pontiac stole the name from Ferrari.

Years ago I read a retrospective in Car and Driver about that '64 GTO comparison. Apparently the diehard Ferrari fans were so upset by that article, they fired off some quite nasty letters to them. The editors at the time decided they were not going to sit back and take it so they decided to fire back with some rather caustic responses of their own.

This was a hallmark of C&D for many years as they could come up with some very hilarious responses! I think they've toned things down in recent years though.............unfortunately it looks as though PCism has set in and their responses can be rather milktoast at best.

[89AKurt]

14 hours ago, Geno said:

The only GTO's I'm interested in are of the Pontiac variety. Hey, I gotta mess with you guys a little. Peace and have a great weekend, Geno. [...]

Somewhere in this video, Jay Leno has the appropriate comment regarding.... you people.    Sorry, *wrong* GTO presented.

[Snake45]

1 hour ago, MrObsessive said:

Years ago I read a retrospective in Car and Driver about that '64 GTO comparison. Apparently the diehard Ferrari fans were so upset by that article, they fired off some quite nasty letters to them. The editors at the time decided they were not going to sit back and take it so they decided to fire back with some rather caustic responses of their own.

This was a hallmark of C&D for many years as they could come up with some very hilarious responses! I think they've toned things down in recent years though.............unfortunately it looks as though PCism has set in and their responses can be rather milktoast at best.

I believe it was also eventually revealed that C&D was given a ringer to test--with a hot-tuned 421 in it instead of the standard factory-spec 389. 

[Geno]

5 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

Somewhere in this video, Jay Leno has the appropriate comment regarding.... you people.    Sorry, *wrong* GTO presented.

Yeah, we know, it still makes for some good ribbing though.