anyone fancy doing this with their 1/12's?...

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/9767/116078998acoxwlphip4.th.jpg (http://img524.imageshack.us/my.php?image=116078998acoxwlphip4.jpg)
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/1588/116078985bjzrutphcq0.th.jpg (http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=116078985bjzrutphcq0.jpg)
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4354/116078973hypqjlphbr2.th.jpg (http://img528.imageshack.us/my.php?image=116078973hypqjlphbr2.jpg)
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/5013/116078957ubxenlphfc4.th.jpg (http://img528.imageshack.us/my.php?image=116078957ubxenlphfc4.jpg)
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5369/116078945xuwekuphwh1.th.jpg (http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=116078945xuwekuphwh1.jpg)
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8163/116078924omfyohphps7.th.jpg (http://img528.imageshack.us/my.php?image=116078924omfyohphps7.jpg)
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/360/116078916khcmnzphku9.th.jpg (http://img55.imageshack.us/my.php?image=116078916khcmnzphku9.jpg)
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/125/116078901sutkxophau0.th.jpg (http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=116078901sutkxophau0.jpg)
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/7021/116078932lyltipphdu2.th.jpg (http://img518.imageshack.us/my.php?image=116078932lyltipphdu2.jpg)

they could have used better models though - they look like Maisto / Guiloy ones......:disappoin

they could have used better models though - they look like Maisto / Guiloy ones......:disappoin

Those are both UT 1/18th's. The LM is the early style with the double-planed wing and those goofy surrounds on the exhaust pipes that the early GTRs wore.

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ER

I believe those belong to Eric from diecastxchange.com. I definitely would not mind having either of them. I've never even seen a 1:18 UT F1 in person.

Odd.
My Papaya UT doesn't have the two exhaust tip rings.

Then again, it's packed away and I haven't clapped eyes on it for over a year!

My 1/8 UT 1995 Gulf has the 2 gold oval exhaust shrouds on it. Anyone know what purpose these serve?

I believe they represent a heat shield around the exhaust found on the early GTRs. At some point late in the 1995 season they were removed from the real cars - possibly due to weight concerns.

There were two versions of the UT GTRs and LM - one of the changes was that section around the exhaust, another was the vents in the nose and finally a change was made to a single-plane wing in the rear.

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ER

Can always rely on you for an explanation, thanks.

Thanks! :)

I'm usually pretty good with providing visual examples too, so why not here as well. Here's some very early images of GTRs #01R, #02R & #03R all sporting the surround as I described.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/th_f10500233e.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/f10500233e.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/th_p62001148e.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/p62001148e.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/th_mc183ste.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/mc183ste.jpg)

Here's a couple of recent shots of GTR #05R which still wears them - in fact it may be the last GTR that's like this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/th_dsc013894e.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/dsc013894e.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/th_DSC01412e.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/DSC01412e.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/th_dsc014108e.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20C/dsc014108e.jpg)

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ER

05R looks very brutal in that dark metallic grey/silver & black