C4 WRC - 1:24 Heller

[Luis Pacheco]

http://www.ouest-france.fr/region/no...38038_actu.Htm

The DS3 will be next.

[MidMazar]

Hopefully its not smaller than 1/24.

[rallymaster]

Good news !!

Something I can report from the french text:

- The C4 WRC will be released in two different scale (probably 1/24 and 1/43)
- they are working on the DS3 WRC and expect to release it in early 2012.
- a new range of kits including PE and resin parts will come soon (tanks or cars or both ??)
- they will re-release paints and brushes
- ten most "wanted models" from heller history will be reissued.

another noticable point to me, 40% of Heller sales are in foreign countries (out of France so) !!

[stevenpae]

Next week i'm going to Nurnberg toy fair
i will look for the heller booth, i hope to see a prototype of the C4 WRC.
because the price will be higher than older heller kits like xsara i hope the quality will be better too.

will keep updated here.

[jano11]

What exactly is the interest in producing resin parts when the company has 10 injection machines available for producing plastic kits?!
Maybe it is just me who doesn't get the point of this and someone can clarify this.

Otherwise I am happy that they are back in business and will be re-editing some older kits of theirs given that they have 1200 molds laying around (according to the article).

[rallymaster]

Originally Posted by jano11

What exactly is the interest in producing resin parts when the company has 10 injection machines available for producing plastic kits?!
Maybe it is just me who doesn't get the point of this and someone can clarify this.

Otherwise I am happy that they are back in business and will be re-editing some older kits of theirs given that they have 1200 molds laying around (according to the article).

Question can be asked, right...
It's clearly written that plastic kits are already 100% made with these plastic injection system, so I guess they want to increase the toys and games part of the production on those system and resin parts would not take availability of the machines or need a new investment in other ones (?? )
Moreover I suppose it's a way to give a higher quality and details standard to the kits, as the market show brands (especially through transkits) often offering PE and resinBut IMO this special point is more for military kits.
I don't see either a real special interest to make some part of a standard car kit in resin when tanks can be highly upgraded with such additional and optional resin parts there aren't inevitably on a racing car (or less often only depending on some different evolutions/versions).
I'm not sure a resin rear wing will bring us more than a plastic one, but some tanks optional parts made in resin will for sure be a valuable addition to the basic kit.
Pe will be great for both themes though.

[PatR]

But I haven't built my Xsaras yet........

[David Napier]

Any news of the Heller Citroens WRCs? I cant find anything new on the net

[racer93]

So, are Heller's kits as bad as I've heard? (Soft detail on bodies, general detail lacking, etc.) I have no experience with them, so I'm curious. I'd love to do some of the Xsaras and a C4...just curious. Anyone?

Daniel

[David Napier]

Originally Posted by racer93

So, are Heller's kits as bad as I've heard? (Soft detail on bodies, general detail lacking, etc.) I have no experience with them, so I'm curious. I'd love to do some of the Xsaras and a C4...just curious. Anyone?

Daniel

Hellers Xsaras arent perfect, they suffer from all that you mention, but there isnt many options other than Heller/Airfix in 1/24 Xsaras, they can still be built into nice models but they are a long way short of Tamiya for example on detail. Still I'd love if they would do the Xsara and DS3

[Il dottore]

Originally Posted by racer93

So, are Heller's kits as bad as I've heard? (Soft detail on bodies, general detail lacking, etc.) I have no experience with them, so I'm curious. I'd love to do some of the Xsaras and a C4...just curious. Anyone?

Daniel

Check out this link. It`s in dutch but you can look at the pics. It`s a heller Xsara that i`m building now. With some effort it can be turned into a nice car.

http://forum.depaddock.net/showthread.php?t=20635

[Luis Pacheco]

[Luis Pacheco]

http://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.p...d=a&start=2835

[David Napier]

thanks Luis, so I guess we can be sure it is happening now, any news of when? It looks to be a set up in quality from the old Heller kits

[rallymaster]

noticeable and appreciable one part wheels !! At last... thanks heller !!