My black 1:12 LM

Thorst13

11-09-2006, 01:25 PM

hurstg01

11-09-2006, 02:31 PM

looks ok, can you get a shot of it next to your 1/12 LM in Papaya?...

slk99

11-10-2006, 10:29 AM

A special model I have waited for some time. Mine is to my knowledge the only one ever produced with satin black wheels :cheers

McLaren, what a car! :dizzy

Looks really nice!

cabrio92

11-10-2006, 01:52 PM

Awesome Thorst :)

A GTR would be nice too :)

Phil

slk99

11-10-2006, 11:36 PM

Another version:

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8464/img3804yy7.th.jpg (http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img3804yy7.jpg)

ArchangelGTR

11-11-2006, 12:16 AM

Another version:

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8464/img3804yy7.th.jpg (http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img3804yy7.jpg)

The blue centerlock nuts are a nice touch. :bigthumb:

slk99

11-11-2006, 04:34 AM

Awesome Thorst :)

A GTR would be nice too :)

Phil

Hi Phil....

It's coming................

Time to start saving!

Noddy

11-11-2006, 06:53 PM

The blue centerlock nuts are a nice touch. :bigthumb:
Yes but do the retaining clips work? :evillol:

eclipse360

11-12-2006, 02:12 AM

Another version:

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8464/img3804yy7.th.jpg (http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img3804yy7.jpg)

I think that model could be mine, cuz i ordered it with the normal wheels instead of the gold rims.

eclipse360

11-12-2006, 02:14 AM

A special model I have waited for some time. Mine is to my knowledge the only one ever produced with satin black wheels :cheers

McLaren, what a car! :dizzy

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Nice! How many 1/12 LM did you ordered Thorst? Would you mind to share us some pics?? T

slk99

11-12-2006, 03:08 AM

I think that model could be mine, cuz i ordered it with the normal wheels instead of the gold rims.

yup, but I have one in dark silver rims.... and a white one in golden rims...

slk99

11-13-2006, 11:09 AM

yup, but I have one in dark silver rims.... and a white one in golden rims...

See this:

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/3112/img0165sl7.th.jpg (http://img381.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0165sl7.jpg)

cabrio92

11-14-2006, 06:31 AM

Hi Phil....

It's coming................

Time to start saving!

eh eh, very interesting ! #01R ??? :)

Do you have pics of the interior of the LM please ?

Phil

Thorst13

11-14-2006, 07:42 AM

01R is somewhat uninteresting to me, but a GT.......that would actually be a sensation!

ArchangelGTR

11-14-2006, 08:32 AM

01R is somewhat uninteresting to me, but a GT.......that would actually be a sensation!

I agree! :iceslolan

cabrio92

11-14-2006, 10:30 AM

Hello,

I disagree, the GT is an evolution, it is not the first true GTR. GTR95 won LeMans, not GTR97 :(

Phil

payso

11-14-2006, 10:34 AM

The GT would be cool, as would be 01R, i think more people would go for the GT as it is a rarer model (in all scales :wink:) and 01R is readily available in 1:18th and 1:43rd scale :)

Id personally opt for a Black GT :D

cabrio92

11-22-2006, 11:59 AM

Hello,

here is a link to a LM to sell in Asia : http://www.romu-romu.com/honten/hontentop.html

Is it the same ?

Phil

Noddy

11-23-2006, 05:54 PM

Hello,

here is a link to a LM to sell in Asia : http://www.romu-romu.com/honten/hontentop.html

Is it the same ?

Phil
Yes same one - at over US$1600 - and everytime the site is mentioned all of the experts here shout that the model is sold out. :banghead:

Peloton25

11-23-2006, 06:40 PM

"Sold out" from the original distributor is certainly an accurate statement. Some of them went to different shops or diecast distributors and they may still have one or more available, but at that price... :uhoh:

>8^)
ER

carbuilder2002

11-24-2006, 08:45 AM

Sorry but is any model worth that much, it's a good chunk towards something you can drive.

F1 monster

11-24-2006, 09:05 PM

Sorry but is any model worth that much, it's a good chunk towards something you can drive.I was at the bookstore today and decided to leaf through a Robb Report Christmas edition or some such nonsense...full of incredibly expensive, pointless, overpriced baubles. It had a Koenigsegg CCX in it, so it wasn't complete nonsense, though. Anyways, there's some fellow who makes detailed 22-inch replicas of your car out of plated silver, gold, etc. He took 2 1/2 years to finish an Aston Martin Vantage Volante for an owner. It cost over $2 million dollars!!!

The wife had it made as a present, and supposedly the owner, upon receiving it, was restrained but did say that he was impressed. Personally, I feel the owner felt pressured to say something complimentary, poor fellow.

I can't help but wonder at the sheer stupidity of the wife in making such a gesture. It doesn't matter how much money they had...that model was just so incredibly pointless and wasteful. You could buy a real McLaren with it. You could buy a couple of Lambos or any number of gorgeous Ferraris...and still have tons left over.

I am not saying that the money should have been given to charity or something, a view often expressed by those who are not "into" cars...simply that paying this much was really, really poor value, and quite pointless. Even if you don't get a real car (or mansion or racehorse) for that kind of money, you can get rolling, steerable, suspended models, working miniature engines, moving parts, all sorts of cool things--for several orders of magnitude less. This was a just a lump, regardless of how much effort went into shaping it with such exactness.

If it's ever put up for sale, I hope that Prince Jeffri is made aware. Otherwise, the market will be very, very cruel in pricing it.

mini magic

11-24-2006, 09:58 PM

I was at the bookstore today and decided to leaf through a Robb Report...

My favorite magazine :)

carbuilder2002

11-25-2006, 05:12 AM

Ha Ha Ha I knew that comment would stir up some comment.
Have fun, but keep it real.

eclipse360

12-01-2006, 12:15 PM

Finally got mine. Last to be completed and delivered.

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/9449/img4780ayw2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

hurstg01

12-01-2006, 12:45 PM

Finally got mine. Last to be completed and delivered.

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/9449/img4780ayw2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Lucky fella, looks great!!!

Thorst13

12-01-2006, 02:27 PM

Finally got mine. Last to be completed and delivered.

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/9449/img4780ayw2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Congrats mate:p

slk99

12-03-2006, 12:18 PM

Lucky fella, looks great!!!

Looks great.....:rofl:

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/5646/img0561gl7.th.jpg (http://img53.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0561gl7.jpg)

Thorst13

01-04-2007, 01:20 PM

looks ok, can you get a shot of it next to your 1/12 LM in Papaya?...

Ha I just saw you're request my friend. well, of course:)

http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/3226/dsc03911800x600db4.th.jpg (http://img388.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc03911800x600db4.jpg)

With some remote relatives

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/8473/dsc03920800x600hr9.th.jpg (http://img79.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc03920800x600hr9.jpg)

hurstg01

01-04-2007, 01:33 PM

How about one in White? (http://cgi.ebay.com/1-12-Mclaren-LM-F1-White-n-UT-PMA-Paul-Model-Art-OOP_W0QQitemZ120071436833QQihZ002QQcategoryZ223QQr dZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting) Although the feedback is not the best.....cheap (at the mo) though (£99.00 with 4 days 8 hours left)

http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/4724/46801zl7.th.jpg (http://img486.imageshack.us/my.php?image=46801zl7.jpg)

Peloton25

01-04-2007, 01:37 PM

It would be cool to take a white one and put the FINA livery on it. I don't have the skills or patience to attempt such a feat, but there are people out there would could pull it off.

I could probably manage the white Gulf livery if I could find the right sized stickers. :lol:

>8^)
ER

Thorst13

01-04-2007, 01:53 PM

I can get you the white one if you want it guys.
I will pass on the white one as for some reason I'm not particulary fond of it.
Jeez I can't believe I just said that:p

It's still Kim's work so I can guarantee 100% for the quality to be very good for a handbuilt!

eclipse360

01-04-2007, 11:39 PM

hurstg01

01-06-2007, 01:41 PM

As well as the white one (now at £169.69) there is a Papaya 1/12 LM on ebay here (http://cgi.ebay.com/1-12-Mclaren-F1-LM-Orange-n-UT-PMA-Paul-Model-Art-OOP_W0QQitemZ290069211893QQihZ019QQcategoryZ418QQr dZ1QQcmdZViewItem) for $1199.00 !!..

phantomhitman

01-10-2007, 02:44 PM

Mine is to my knowledge the only one ever produced with satin black wheels
you might be wrong ;)

Thorst13

01-12-2007, 07:47 PM

you might be wrong ;)

....Well, maybe, just a little surprised that Kim havent told me about a similar one to mine beeing delivered. Consider yourself lucky then.

slk99

01-13-2007, 05:37 AM

....Well, maybe, just a little surprised that Kim havent told me about a similar one to mine beeing delivered. Consider yourself lucky then.

I have a White LM with gold rims, and a black LM with metallic grey rims...

carbuilder2002

01-13-2007, 10:56 AM

Peloton25,

What is the White Gulf Livery ? Can't say I have ever seen or heard of it.

hurstg01

01-13-2007, 12:41 PM

Peloton25,
What is the White Gulf Livery ? Can't say I have ever seen or heard of it.

He means so it looks like this for the Gulf livery
http://img172.imagevenue.com/loc551/th_10110_gulf96arr26pk_122_551lo.jpg (http://img172.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=10110_gulf96arr26pk_122_551lo.jpg)
or this for the Fina livery
http://img165.imagevenue.com/loc448/th_10152_008R_Fina_2_122_448lo.jpg (http://img165.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=10152_008R_Fina_2_122_448lo.jpg)

Peloton25

01-13-2007, 01:56 PM

Another angle on the White Gulf livery:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20D/th_mc157ta.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20D/mc157ta.jpg)

This livery was only seen at the start of the 1996 BPR season at the Paul Ricard 4-hour race. It was used on GTR #08R - which had been a Gulf GTC team car the through the end of the 1995 BPR season. The car was apparently brought in as a last minute replacement when their new '96-spec GTR #15R was crashed in qualifying. The drivers for this race were Lindsay Owen-Jones and Pierre Henri Raphanel.

By using a replacement car that had not qualified, they were forced to start at the back of the grid, and because they did not have time to properly set up the car for the race that day they remained there. According to the poster included with "Driving Ambition", the car failed to finish the race and I found some info on the web that stated the car only lasted 31 laps before retiring due to suspension failure. It has to be the shortest racing career for any livery used on an F1 GTR, hence the lack of photos.

>8^)
ER

hurstg01

01-13-2007, 02:00 PM

one more
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/4686/008rwhitegulf6jr8.th.jpg (http://img181.imageshack.us/my.php?image=008rwhitegulf6jr8.jpg)

the 3 now posted are all I have on #08R in white gulf livery :frown:

Peloton25

01-13-2007, 02:35 PM

the 3 now posted are all I have on #08R in white gulf livery :frown:

Well that's a shame - let's see if I can do something about that? :grinyes:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20D/mclarengulfblancheface2cc.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20D/g11.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20D/th_gulf963ov.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20D/gulf963ov.jpg) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20D/th_gulf96arr9lc.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20D/gulf96arr9lc.jpg)

>8^)
ER

ArchangelGTR

01-13-2007, 03:04 PM

Excellent pics of the white Gulf! Hadn't seen those. You must have been doing some research since I originally posted the photo from the McLaren GTR book. :wink:

carbuilder2002

01-13-2007, 03:07 PM

Hmm it looks very squat looking, not quite sure if I like it or not?
Anyway I am sure you can get some decals made quite easily, try asking some military modellers as I believe a lot of them make their own.
Thanks anyway most enlightening.

cabrio92

01-16-2007, 09:43 AM

Hello,

Erik, thanks for the history.
Where do you find these shots ? I believe to know someone who was there and took plenty shots.

Phil

Thorst13

01-16-2007, 01:17 PM

If anyone is interested in the F50 GT they are now taking orders on it!
I have gotten a lot of interest around my model pictured here so I wanted to make sure you guys have the possibility even if this is a Mac forum.
The Best looking Ferrari ever!
This supercar was designed by Michelotti to compete in the BPR Global GT Endurance Series. However, the F50 race program was halted and just 3 cars were built, making the F50 GT one of the rarest modern Ferraris.

- 1/12 scale hand made resin built from scratch
- Limited edition 50 pieces
- No opening parts but detailed interior and exterior
- Speedline rims
- awesome finish in bright Scuderia red
-Very well made with drilled rotors and Brembo calipers

Contact me for large image and if interested to be forwarded to seller.

(http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f50gt1024x768uo5.png)

[IMG]http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/7285/f50gtjpgyt8.th.png (http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f50gtjpgyt8.png)

payso

01-16-2007, 03:50 PM

Here is your pic Thorst :)

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/552/f50gt1024x768uo5.png

fantasy27

01-17-2007, 11:30 AM

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8267/f50gtred05gb4.th.jpg (http://img138.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f50gtred05gb4.jpg)

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/912/f50gtred03sr3.th.jpg (http://img402.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f50gtred03sr3.jpg)

I found this in an online model shop...too...

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