martinfan5 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I have one in shipping from HLJ right now...and I can tell you that it has opening and closing doors.....I will hinge them for sure. I will not let the manufacturers short coming stop those doors from working. Did you pre order yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lombardo Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Did you pre order yours? No, after the first post hit the forum, I looked it up on HLJ. It was listed and it stated that it was in short supply. I ordered it on the spot and got a confirmation e mail the next day telling me it was shipped......now it may take a while as shipping from Japan sometimes is reasonable and sometimes goes via that old "slow boat from China" route, but it has "left the building", along with Elvis. The next day, HLJ showed the car as in back order status. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Thats why I was asking, I looked after you posted you got it HLJ, and I was on there the other day and it showed out of stock. And then looked again today and see back ordered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I have one in shipping from HLJ right now...and I can tell you that it has opening and closing doors.....I will hinge them for sure. I will not let the manufacturers short coming stop those doors from working. Of course! If you want to make the doors open and close, you can do it yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 http://www.hiroboy.c...products_id=987 They do not show it in the Lamborghini section yet. But this is where all the Lambo colors are. joe. No, that's true... I should have said that I used the "Paint mixing" service, and got the codes from the Lechler website that Hiroboy gives the access details for on most Zero Paints pages. It's a little bit more expensive, but since mine shipped yesterday, I think he must have had a batch under way already... bestest, M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sickfish Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I have one in shipping from HLJ right now...and I can tell you that it has opening and closing doors.....I will hinge them for sure. I will not let the manufacturers short coming stop those doors from working. That's great to hear Pete! I've yet to open doors, on any of my builds, unless the kit came that way, so I'm very interested to see how you do it? So I hope you post the build in the WIP forum? It's not that I haven't wanted to or lck the skills/materials to do it, just that I haven't bothered before, because it mean's more time on 1 model & less on others ;-) & since I won't be building mine for a while yet I'm really hoping you do? Cheers Cliffo :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sickfish Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 hiroboy will ship paint to the US... the only country that doesn't accept paints or solvents is Brazil. He won't ship rattle cans, but the Zero Paints line comes in glass jars, ready to spray by airbrush. In my experience, they come very well packed, so the chances of shipping damage are very small. bestest, M. Thanks for this info, on Hiroboy, Matt! Wasn't aware paints were allowed to be shipped internationally. Might have to put an order in soon ;-) Cheers Cliffo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lombardo Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 That's great to hear Pete! I've yet to open doors, on any of my builds, unless the kit came that way, so I'm very interested to see how you do it? So I hope you post the build in the WIP forum? It's not that I haven't wanted to or lck the skills/materials to do it, just that I haven't bothered before, because it mean's more time on 1 model & less on others ;-) & since I won't be building mine for a while yet I'm really hoping you do? Cheers Cliffo :-) The doors on this are "open" from the factory, the problem is that they do not have working hinges. You have to set the doors in either open or closed positions. I plan on making working hinges. If you need see how to open the doors, there are plenty of "how too's" on that. My favorite method is the trusty old "back of a #11 blade". I will post how I hinge these, if anyone is unsure how to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sickfish Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) Ok guys I did a bit of a mock-up with the body/panels in place & dug out some tyres from the parts box. I'm pretty sure I'll go with these rather than the kit supplied set. These, if memory serve's me correctly, are off the Tamiya F50. Goodyear Eagle F1 Fiiorano GS's. Here's my dilemma... The rears are quite fat but they fit nice & snug. I have 2 sets of front tyres & I've got them all mocked up. I'm wondering which complete sets to use ( look better ?) Do the front sets look better all round or should I use the fat rears on the rear? Here's some pics... Chrome/matte black with fat rears/normal fronts Front tyres all round.... Here are the tyres looking side on... The middle sets with the rim sticking out is the front tyres on rear rims... Cheers guys, Cliffo :-) Edited January 29, 2012 by Sickfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaydar Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 No, that's true... I should have said that I used the "Paint mixing" service, and got the codes from the Lechler website that Hiroboy gives the access details for on most Zero Paints pages. It's a little bit more expensive, but since mine shipped yesterday, I think he must have had a batch under way already... bestest, M. Matt, It will be in my next order form Hiroboy. thanks so much, joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Thanks, Joe... for anyone else who's interested, the paint arrived today: As you can see, it's a two part mix. The base coat ® is the same dark yellow as Arancio Borealis (the Gallardo Balboni colour) and Arancio Atlas (the lighter orange Aventador colour). The top coat (L) has a slight pearl/mica golden flake in it, which you can't really see in this pic (if you let it settle, you can see it at the bottom of the jar, but there's not a lot in there...) This, incidentally, is the colour of the Aventador that Jeremy drove in the first of the new series of Top Gear last Sunday. He managed to get it to spit blue flames from the exhausts AND heated up the carbon brakes to the point where they were glowing red hot. Now THAT would be a fun way to model it... bestest, M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaydar Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 oh oh, that will be the first two part paint finish i have done. That means the level of orange will depend upon the depth of the orange applied over the yellow right? Too much and its time to start over. And it means each orange coat has to be dead freakin' even. how do i do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roncla Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) Hiroboy now has a list of Aventador colors available http://www.hiroboy.c...a6f8bb64dc17616 Edited February 3, 2012 by Roncla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exotics_Builder Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Hiroboy now has a list of Aventador colors available http://www.hiroboy.c...a6f8bb64dc17616 So does Scale Finishes for US builders (or others). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 http://www.scalefinishes.com/lambo.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sickfish Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Seen the latest colour?? Verde Ithaca green... Cliffo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I'm building mine like the box art. Arancio Atlas from Scalefinishes.com. Using the black wheels. I've already trimmed out the ducts for the kit supplied p.e. As it was suggested already, to help with better realism. I'm happy to have this kit in my collection. I would really like to see the Reventon, but this is oh so close. Now, how about the new or old McLaren! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I placing a order for one tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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