Tamiya 1/24 Aston Martin DBS

[slant6]

I saw on Tamiya's website that they will be releasing a Aston Martin DBS kit, but it just says coming soon. Do any of you know when this is being released?

[Zoom Zoom]

Japanese websites show April 29th for both the DBS and the Mercedes McLaren SLR 722.

Edited April 21, 2010 by Zoom Zoom

[MrObsessive]

Hobby Link Japan has it listed as an April release. I usually add a month to that since release dates are never all that reliable.

[crispy]

Unless you are Bob and have one already!

Looking forward to it immensely. Certain my current build will suffer loneliness when this hits the step.

Chris

[Zoom Zoom]

Unless you are Bob and have one already!

Chris

It's wearing a final coat of Tamiya primer as we speak

[Jon Cole]

It's wearing a final coat of Tamiya primer as we speak

Maybe you are planning on doing a review for one of the magazines?

[crispy]

Maybe you are planning on doing a review for one of the magazines?

Right you are Jon. I think we'll see it in an upcoming issue of SA.

Chris

[slant6]

Thanks! I think Ill be pre-ordering this real soon. Ive been waiting for an Aston Martin kit for years. I think Ill get it form Hobby Link, since the Tamiya website says $71 and they have it for around $40.

[Gregg]

Well, this got me off my okole

I am going to start, or try to start, new online photo reviews of the new kits.

The format will probably change, but for now, this is a start:

MCM Reviews

[gbdolfans]

Well, this got me off my okole

I am going to start, or try to start, new online photo reviews of the new kits.

The format will probably change, but for now, this is a start:

MCM Reviews

Hey Gregg,this is a great start to a much needed segment of our forum.Whenever a new or reissue is out,I know a lot of modelers would love to see this type of review.

[Gray Smith]

I've already been to the DBS configuration site and have my color scheme inside and out planned...can't wait for the kit

[Zoom Zoom]

Word got around yesterday that somewhere on the Tamiya website (in Japanese) that the release date was pushed to May 22; probably right after the Shizouka show.

I hate it for y'all.

My DBS looks pretty sharp in Tamiya TS-85 Bright Mica Red (Ferrari F60 F1 colour)

Sacrilege, perhaps...but it sure looks right

[tim boyd]

Bob...so does the kit have a stand-alone engine?

Thanks in advance...TIM

[Zoom Zoom]

Bob...so does the kit have a stand-alone engine?

Thanks in advance...TIM

Sorry to say it does not.

What is visible under the hood is done quite well, but they have not tooled up parts that would be invisible when the model is built.

[Gray Smith]

Word got around yesterday that somewhere on the Tamiya website (in Japanese) that the release date was pushed to May 22; probably right after the Shizouka show.

I hate it for y'all.

My DBS looks pretty sharp in Tamiya TS-85 Bright Mica Red (Ferrari F60 F1 colour)

Sacrilege, perhaps...but it sure looks right

well that gives me another month to save more funds to buy it, plus maybe my wheels will be in as well(aoshima bbs's)

guess i need to visit my local hobby shop and find some of that paint..i've got a use for it.

[crispy]

I have to wonder why it got pushed. Especially if Bob is already building one for review. Hmmmm..........

Chris

[tim boyd]

Sorry to say it does not.

What is visible under the hood is done quite well, but they have not tooled up parts that would be invisible when the model is built.

Bob. thanks for the quick response.

I find the omission of a complete engine by Tamiay to be inexcusable.

Sorry to be old school on this, but the engine is a huge part of the Aston Martin brand and experience. A case of a model car company truly misunderstanding the core brand DNA of the subject they are reproducing.

That's my view and I'm not changing it.

TIM

[Zoom Zoom]

does the kit have solid metal axles too?

Dave

No wire axles.

A lot of supercars/exotics have been kitted by the Japanese as curbsides. This one, when built, will look full-detail, even with the hood open. Works for me; won't work for anyone who wants an engine-on-a-stand for a diorama or to put the engine in a hot rod. Fujimi has had no problem selling Ferrari and Lamborghini models with either zero engine detail or "just what is visible" like this Aston Martin. Aoshima's SL63 AMG has a crazy looking engine "block" that looks comically inaccurate outside the model. Assembled and installed and paint-detailed, it looks amazing (remembering that modern cars like these have very tightly packaged powerplants and many aesthetic covers; not nearly as much open space underhood as a vintage car, and a lot less chaotic looking). Again, works for me, but perhaps not for others. I can't think of many people buying expensive Japanese kits for engine swaps. While I understand and respect how some people will be put off by not having a prototypical engine, the fact that they do make what is visible look like it's complete is what matters to me and lets me build a detailed model without quite as much effort. I don't think it's a fatal flaw for Tamiya to not include an engine, but others may come to a different conclusion and I can certainly respect that.

[Zoom Zoom]

In some respects Tamiya is listening to critics; they went from wire axles and a very simple chassis on the 350Z to a much more detailed (with steering) setup on the 370Z. Though it does have a wire axle in back...but that doesn't really bother me since I'm not a U-joint or CV-joint snob

The GTR has steerable wheels and a wire axle in back.

They also have quit the "metal chassis" nonsense on newly-tooled kits. The newly-revised SLR 722 still has the metal chassis, but the chassis design on the 1:1 makes it easy to substitute on the model w/o much visual compromise, aside from the separate panels that install over the screws to hide them.

Maybe they'll go back to full engines, if they get enough flack about the simplified setups they've put in the GTR and the DBS. Or if perhaps their competition forces them to.

[elan]

I guess the people who want to drop the DBS engine in a '32 Ford are going to be disappointed. Like Bob stated, there isn't much visible in the engine bay of new cars.

[modelman71]

must be a bob thing ih have picked up both of these kits last week maybe ill build one

[RodneyBad]

A LHS in my neighborhood has one for $69.

I passed.

In fact alot of the import kits have gone up to the $50-60 and up mark.

Guess they just don't want to part with them..

[Chuck Kourouklis]

I'm really diggin' mine, all told, but my biggest issue ultimately doesn't concern axles or complete engines so much.

It has to do with the lack of any radiator/core support detail.

How this pans out from the engine bay, I won't be able to determine till I've built mine or until Bob comments on that specifically. But have a look at the photo model on the instruction sheet, and you'll see for sure what you begin to suspect in your initial mock-up: that nice little little photoetched lower grille screen gives you a straight-on view of the boss you glue in to screw the front of the chassis down.

After dealing with several recent Fujimi and Aoshima kits which are sure to back their see-thru screens with some kind of detail, that's the most serious letdown in this kit for me.

[koksik750]

Im just going to pick up my dbs, so I can make some pics if You want guys

[koksik750]

:D