New Pocher 1/8 Aventador

[tpliquid]

Ihave that mercedes 540k sitting my my garage. my dad bught it a few years back

[leafs004]

Curious to see the quality of this one, but not planning to buy it. If the quality is solid, I would definately like to see what else they're thinking about future releases.

[Scolopendra]

Originally Posted by leafs004

Curious to see the quality of this one, but not planning to buy it. If the quality is solid, I would definately like to see what else they're thinking about future releases.

I wrote them a mail and they answered that they cannot share their future plans. There are different cars they would like to make next but everything is in secrecy at the moment.

[Q-DawgVFR]

Originally Posted by Scolopendra

I wrote them a mail and they answered that they cannot share their future plans. There are different cars they would like to make next but everything is in secrecy at the moment.

Can't blame them for playing their cards closely.

Future releases probably depend on the success of this one: that's why I plan on snatching one of the Lambo kits right away.

I hope they keep cranking out new releases and re-release some of the old kits.

Time will tell I guess.

[Chuck Kourouklis]

Parts breakdown borrowed from Pocher's Facebook page:



And a few observations about mine:



Ver-ry much a Pocher kit in the spirit of the diecast Ferraris, optimized in a fashion you might have expected if Pocher had continued for a decade, anyway, if not the last 15 years.

If the F40's finish was a step up over the Testarossa's, then the diecast panels present maybe two steps over the F40. Glossy, orange peel relatively minimal. Some wash-away at the seams indicates either a dark primer or even unprimed metal under it, so the broader plastic parts, orange paint on orange plastic, are apt to be a dodgy match with metal bits like the three pieces shot here, the engine cover, doors, and the bonnet - the plastic rocker panel I tried didn't look too bad, but I have to reserve judgment for now. Unfortunately, there are some slight sinks in the metal panels and more texture in the painted plastic, so a serious build will want some refinishing.

Crappy dogleg steering aside, the dirty bits show rather more progress, promising a more rational and sharply-resolved approach than previously seen. The front and rear subframes and running gear are actually metal this time, so no more of this queasy sense of pot metal crunching down on fiber-reinforced nylon - even if the finished Aventador appears to squat down up front just like its Ferrari forebears. The tires are of the exact same iron-durometer vinyl last seen in the Ferraris, with less wave across the tread this time. Parts pouches, numbering system, styrofoam-and-cardboard-box packing are very familiar, even if the box has all the mass of TWO Pocher Classic kits stacked atop one another this time.

Multi-colored taillights are pre-painted; metal suspension arms, uprights, pushrods and bell cranks are vacuum-packed against cardboard as seen before. The plastic parts have about the typical mass and engraving for Pocher kits, perhaps with a bit more refinement this go around; there's heavier use of 3-axis molding on the crank case and cylinder heads. There are also 14 different varieties of fasteners this time, as opposed to the one-screw-fits-all approach of the Ferraris.

That's the thumbnail. More delving later as time allows...

[hd221813]

Door assembly official video:

[sosofast]

The shop by my house just got two of them. They are $799.00 and the glass case for it is $250.00. The box is giant