MENG 1/12 GT40 Mark II ??

[randyc]

My dealer is going to be less than $350 on these when they come in. Can we post links to dealers?

He's mail order so you'd have shipping too.  I'm out at that price, but look forward to seeing what you guys build.  

Edit: there is a link to another seller, so my guy is Wes's Model Car Corner on Facebook.  $339 plus shipping, limited quantities.   Wes had a brick & mortar many years ago.  Stand up guy.

Edited October 23, 2020 by randyc

[vamach1]

Starting to look much nicer than the Trumpeter kit but it would end up being twice what I have ever paid for one kit or diecast for that matter.

[Jordan White]

Some pics of the assembled and painted chassis from the Meng Facebook page:

[vamach1]

????  I see some great potential here after the mold lines are sanded off.

Edited November 6, 2020 by vamach1

[cobraman]

Looks pretty good.  I would still like to read some reviews before deciding to buy or not.

[Mr mopar]

I'm thinking it looks to toyish like ,I'll stick with my Trumpeter kit thank you .

[dbostream]

Maybe it is necessary I don't know but I am not a fan of screws/bolts in model kits. Other than that I think it looks good.

[peteski]

14 hours ago, Mr mopar said:

I'm thinking it looks to toyish like ,I'll stick with my Trumpeter kit thank you .

That is exactly what I tough too.  Even ignoring the mold-separation lines, those are clunky, toyish, and thick looking parts.  For example the gear-shift gate too thick. And parts which to me should be rounded, have squared off edges. And those grooved brake disks?  If that was a real car, those would have been replaced!  It sort of has that die-cast-with plastic parts quality. Meng makes excellent armor models, what happened here?

[himynameisgreg1]

Looks pretty similar to the Magnifier (Trumpeter) kit I'm in the middle of building right now. A few things I've noticed, my kit is missing the larger gurney flap and the strakes on the front hood. There's a small up turn, but nothing like the real car or the photos of the meng kit. Magnifier doesn't have the spare tire. The Meng seat texture looks much better with the leather ripples and criss-cross and depressed aluminum ducts. Dash looks very slightly more detailed with the swtches. The pedals and shifter also look different but I couldn't tell you if one is more accurate that the other.

The Meng front fenders look a bit larger/taller/fuller. Almost too big compared to the original:

And the rear looks a little flat, but this is a slightly different angle:

Looks like all the hoses are black tube or plastic in the Meng kit. Mine came with AN fitting parts and "woven thread" that you're supposed to paint silver to look like braided line. I went with aftermarket braided line from detail master instead which you could easily substitute on the Meng kit too. I only see two of the gold reservoirs behind the firewall above, Magnifier has 5. Also, Meng looks like a lot of screws in the suspension which I don't think I like. The only screws in the Magnifier suspension are hidden behind the center caps and hold rear wheels to the hub.

I'd post a few pics, but I don't want to thread-jack. Perhaps I'll post a WIP thread and link it here.

*edit, here is the link:

 

Edited November 11, 2020 by himynameisgreg1
add link

[cobraman]

I think you are right about those front fenders.

[GirchyGirchy]

More pics here:

https://www.themodellingnews.com/2020/10/preview-details-of-mengs-12th-scale.html

Unfortunately none from a low angle to show if they fixed the front end.  The fenders on the rendering look like they took them from a 330 P3/4.

 

Edited November 14, 2020 by GirchyGirchy

[Mark IV]

On 11/10/2020 at 8:11 PM, himynameisgreg1 said:

Looks pretty similar to the Magnifier (Trumpeter) kit I'm in the middle of building right now. A few things I've noticed, my kit is missing the larger gurney flap and the strakes on the front hood. There's a small up turn, but nothing like the real car or the photos of the meng kit. Magnifier doesn't have the spare tire. The Meng seat texture looks much better with the leather ripples and criss-cross and depressed aluminum ducts. Dash looks very slightly more detailed with the swtches. The pedals and shifter also look different but I couldn't tell you if one is more accurate that the other.

The Meng front fenders look a bit larger/taller/fuller. Almost too big compared to the original:

And the rear looks a little flat, but this is a slightly different angle:

Looks like all the hoses are black tube or plastic in the Meng kit. Mine came with AN fitting parts and "woven thread" that you're supposed to paint silver to look like braided line. I went with aftermarket braided line from detail master instead which you could easily substitute on the Meng kit too. I only see two of the gold reservoirs behind the firewall above, Magnifier has 5. Also, Meng looks like a lot of screws in the suspension which I don't think I like. The only screws in the Magnifier suspension are hidden behind the center caps and hold rear wheels to the hub.

I'd post a few pics, but I don't want to thread-jack. Perhaps I'll post a WIP thread and link it here.

*edit, here is the link:

 

 

On 11/10/2020 at 8:11 PM, himynameisgreg1 said:

Looks pretty similar to the Magnifier (Trumpeter) kit I'm in the middle of building right now. A few things I've noticed, my kit is missing the larger gurney flap and the strakes on the front hood. There's a small up turn, but nothing like the real car or the photos of the meng kit. Magnifier doesn't have the spare tire. The Meng seat texture looks much better with the leather ripples and criss-cross and depressed aluminum ducts. Dash looks very slightly more detailed with the swtches. The pedals and shifter also look different but I couldn't tell you if one is more accurate that the other.

The Meng front fenders look a bit larger/taller/fuller. Almost too big compared to the original:

And the rear looks a little flat, but this is a slightly different angle:

Looks like all the hoses are black tube or plastic in the Meng kit. Mine came with AN fitting parts and "woven thread" that you're supposed to paint silver to look like braided line. I went with aftermarket braided line from detail master instead which you could easily substitute on the Meng kit too. I only see two of the gold reservoirs behind the firewall above, Magnifier has 5. Also, Meng looks like a lot of screws in the suspension which I don't think I like. The only screws in the Magnifier suspension are hidden behind the center caps and hold rear wheels to the hub.

I'd post a few pics, but I don't want to thread-jack. Perhaps I'll post a WIP thread and link it here.

*edit, here is the link:

The black car is not an actual MK II but has a MK I nose. The tall front fenders are correct for a MK II in 1966.

 

[Roncla]

The taller fenders of the MK11  #1 car can be seen here in comparison to the MK1 #6

 

Edited November 16, 2020 by Roncla

[himynameisgreg1]

13 hours ago, Mark IV said:

The black car is not an actual MK II but has a MK I nose. The tall front fenders are correct for a MK II in 1966.

Thanks for the correction.

[Bill Eh?]

Just saw this. Hope it isn't a duplicate posting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3wdeKJsoWs

[niteowl7710]

So back when this kit was announced it was supposed to be Pre-Colored.  They then released a molded in white (RS-002) version first.  This morning Meng showed the box art for the Pre-Colored (RS-001) version.  Unlikely to move anyone around here, but news none the less.

[vamach1]

The real one is at the Shelby Collection in Boulder.  Any others are not the real 1966 Lemans 2nd place MKII.

[cobraman]

Looks like the pre colored one will retail in the mid 400. Saw a pre order for 469.00.

[GirchyGirchy]

Eh, fenders still look too tall.  Here's Meng, Trumpeter/Magnifier, real.

 

 

Edited January 15, 2021 by GirchyGirchy

[Len Woodruff]

Roof is way off too.

[GirchyGirchy]

Trumpeter front headlights look better, too...Meng's are very flat.

They each have tradeoffs, fit and finish appears better on Meng, rear hatch openings better on Meng, but Trump/Mag has better wheels, headlights, ride height, overall shape.  Initial much higher price for Meng's a big turnoff.  I have everything on order for a Trump/Mag, for whenever I have time to build it.

[Matt Bacon]

Well, I imagine part of the reason the Meng kit is more expensive is that they paid Ford the license fee they are owed, and “Magnifier” didn’t...

best,

M.

[niteowl7710]

2 hours ago, Matt Bacon said:

Well, I imagine part of the reason the Meng kit is more expensive is that they paid Ford the license fee they are owed, and “Magnifier” didn’t...

best,

M.

The Magnifier kit was also not really supposed to be distributed outside of the Chinese market either, but nothing is local in the era of instant global commerce.

[Matt Bacon]

Agreed, but it doesn't exactly encourage Meng (a Chinese manufacturer themselves) to behave in the "right"way in global commerce, does it? As long as Meng has been around (and they started in armour, but have also made some fantastic airplanes and their own "Toon" series of armour and ships), they've played by the same rules as Tamiya or Hasegawa, and all credit to them for that...

best,

M.

[dbostream]

But the Trumpeter kit was never this expensive was it? So it can't be just licenses. Of course license costs could have changed since the Trumpeter kit was for sale.