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1/24
Scale Sports Car Series No. 228 Ferrari 360 Modena |
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| Published on: 06/16/01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Injection plastic detailed kit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer: | Tamiya |  |
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| Scale: | 1/24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kit Number: | 24228 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Parts: | 104 Plastic Parts Mesh Sheet Windshield Masking Sheet 4 Rubber Tires (Pirelli P-Zero) Metal Transfer Decal Poly Caps |
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| Date of Purchase: | December 15, 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Paid Price: | 0 (2080 points by Membership Card, 2600 yen retail) |
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| Review | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| At last, it's here. Tamiya's new Ferrari kit, the
360 Modena is available now. The box art is beautiful, and it has
IDA licensing logo and serial number on the box. Mine says
AC8111HE. A brief inspection of the kit shows that the kit is
well engineered as usual, and the proportion of the body seems accurate. The
side sills are separate, as well as the rear hatch, which has a hinge. The rear part of the under tray
is mold clear, and it's a snap-fit piece, so those who want to paint it,
but still want to see the engine details can simply remove the piece.
I rather like to paint the under tray, so I think this is a good
improvement. A complete engine assembly is included, and the diamond
Ferrari plate on the chamber is represented by a satin plated part.
The tires are Pirelli P-Zero Asymmetrico (sp?), and front tires are
posable as usual. The kit features drilled vented disks,
and finely detailed calipers. The instruction calls for black for the
calipers, and I believe the sports package comes with red ones, so it
would be an easy personalization work for your model. The
360 Challenge cars feature gold calipers with red Brembo logos, and that
will have to be taken from other kit or Fujimi's wheel/tire/disk set. The
interior features very good 3 dimensional curves, and the seats are relatively
comfortable standard ones. The bucket seats are available for the
real car as an option, and again, it would be an easy modification to distinguish your
model from others. The kit represents the F1 shift, and Tamiya
didn't include the standard shifter and the gate, which they could have
done. Sakatsu has a very good shifter kit, but the gate needs to be scratchbuild
from a sheet plastic. I'm almost certain that someone will
eventually release a detail kit. The kit contains a mesh sheet for
the opening on the side sill, and metal transfer contains the horse on the
rear, mirror faces, Ferrari logos on the intake chamber and rear hatch,
pininfarina logos and 360 Modena for the dashboard. Masking sheet
for the windshield is included, but honestly, I prefer using one of those
self adhesive foil for masking because it's much thinner.
I've already started the assembly, and I'm hoping to finish it during the holiday week, and upload it for the next update of my web page. |
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| Questions and comments? Send mail to hirofkd@din.or.jp |
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