Is the Testors Ferrari F40 kit the same as the Italieri ?

[Jeff Johnston]

On the Testors Boxart it looks like it sits nose high. Has anyone ever built this kit and if do how does it build up? Does the kit build up like that or was it possibly just the boxart.

Interested in any info on this one. I am completely on an exotic car kick right now. Its all I used to build in my 20s. Maybe this is my modeling mid life crisis haha

JJ

[niteowl7710]

If you want an F40 buy a Tamiya one, the Testors kit is just a reboxed Fujimi kit. I dunno what the Testor rebox is running these days, but the Fujimi F40 has a 7 piece engine, FIVE of which are exhaust parts...so it's just two large slabs of molded "details".

The Tamiya kit is full detail, and available factory fresh from HLJ & 1999 for the $20-22 range as it's still active in the Tamiya catalog.

[sjordan2]

Both the plastic and metal kits are co-branded as Testors/Italeri. Easy enough to see on Google.

[Jaguar man 21]

The enigne in the testors kit Is good it has all of the correct detail but the interior and body are very inacurate the tamiya and fujimmi are are much better

[keyser]

The Italeri/Testors is wrong. There are 5 vents on tail on side, no embossed F40 on one side of spoiler, and wheels/tires very wrong. Fujimi not great either, but their F40LM rocks. Regular F40 by Tam is awesome. Just need to drill tow hook hole in valence and you're done.

[Jeff Johnston]

Thanks Guys I'll get the Tamiya. Appreciate the responses.

[ZTony8]

The Testor / Italeri F-40 isn't wrong.There were different combinations of the number of window and 1/4 panel vents on the real prototypes, examples of which can be seen in period pictures of the real cars.

Edited September 2, 2014 by ZTony8

[fumi]

Comparison of the F-40 kits:

http://modelcarshirobom.syanari.com/040-f40/f40-comparison.html

It is all in Japanese so it might be difficult to navigate if you can't read it, but there are plenty of pictures as well.

From the third picture with the overhead view, the order is Tamiya, Fujimi, Italeri, Protar, Fujimi LM.

[keyser]

The Testor / Italeri F-40 isn't wrong.There were different combinations of the number of window and 1/4 panel vents on the real prototypes, examples of which can be seen in period pictures of the real cars.

The 5 vent car exists. Chassis #74045. NOT production. Been around 1:1's more than a bit, and Italeri not close for production. Nobody did reasonable slider wiindows, most too big. Not a lot of cars delivered with sliders. No good replica of the lift suspension either. And details of the 5 vent car are not consistent with rest of kit.

Nice comparo link, Google translate helps some, pics say a lot. Tam street/comp light, and Fuj LM look great with minimal fiddling.