Still no 1/24 injection molded Porsche 997 kits?

What gives Revell/Aoshima/Tamiya/Fujimi? Why haven't you guys graced us with a decent, good priced, full kit? I'd settle for even just a good curbside kit. I know there are a few random transkits, most of which are way off by what I've read.

This is bollocks. The car has been in production for over 5 years now, and it's a massive hit. Why has nobody produced it in plastic kit form? Am I just not looking under the correct rocks?

What gives Revell/Aoshima/Tamiya/Fujimi? Why haven't you guys graced us with a decent, good priced, full kit? I'd settle for even just a good curbside kit. I know there are a few random transkits, most of which are way off by what I've read.

This is bollocks. The car has been in production for over 5 years now, and it's a massive hit. Why has nobody produced it in plastic kit form? Am I just not looking under the correct rocks?

Fujimi is supposedly doing this, prototype seen at recent hobby show:
http://www.hobby-show.info/tokyo2010/images/0417.jpg

In case hotlink stops working: http://www.hobby-show.info/tokyo2010/0417.html

I would suspect they may do more...but the 997 is going to be replaced soon.

Welly has a pretty decent GT3 RS...curbside/diecast, but it's really nice. I lowered it after this photo:
http://images9.fotki.com/v449/photos/1/10258/17860/IMG_8720-vi.jpg

That's a very nice looking model. I hope decal manufactures make aftermarket decals for this one or fujimi does it, because they sponsor a GT3 I heard.

Lesley

***yawn***

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=959833
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=888741
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=891624
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=885010
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=515183

Just a selection over the years.
ok so we did get the Aston DBS but don't think for one second it was because they saw people wanted one as I imagine it had more to do with James Bond than anything.

Here's a thought, perhaps Tamiya looked at the sale of their 996 cars and decided that the numbers didn't support the tooling of a 997?
In anycase, posts like this are a waste of time.
It isn't like there is a lacking of other kits you can build, unless of course you are saying that there is no other kit/car you want to build right now.

Here's a thought, perhaps Tamiya looked at the sale of their 996 cars and decided that the numbers didn't support the tooling of a 997?


Right, and they produce a kit of the underwhelming CR-Z within months of the car's public introduction (Though I'm guessing they sell more Honda kits than Porsche) but a car than encouraged Nissan to up the ante on the GTR gets a cold shoulder? It's rubbish.



It isn't like there is a lacking of other kits you can build, unless of course you are saying that there is no other kit/car you want to build right now.

With all due respect; It's a rant post. If this site was booming with posts like it was 'back in the day' and the server was on the brink of freezing I would have reserved the enter button for another day. However, it's not. :icon16:

Anyhow, I was just venting, and this a forum. Think of me as a young Jezza, Bitching and complaining about things that aren't just so. Of course there are plenty of other kits I want to build, stop encouraging me to buy more shit :rofl:
/rant

Nice i would rather buy that 99t than the new lfa.

Fujimi is supposedly doing this, prototype seen at recent hobby show:
http://www.hobby-show.info/tokyo2010/images/0417.jpg

In case hotlink stops working: http://www.hobby-show.info/tokyo2010/0417.html

I would suspect they may do more...but the 997 is going to be replaced soon.

Welly has a pretty decent GT3 RS...curbside/diecast, but it's really nice. I lowered it after this photo:
http://images9.fotki.com/v449/photos/1/10258/17860/IMG_8720-vi.jpg
im still trying to score that welly car:banghead:

im still trying to score that welly car:banghead:

you must not be trying very hard because they're found quite easily on ebay.

Yes, there are cars I really want to build, and I know that not every car I want to build will be produced by kit manufacturers.

I myself want to build a 997 too!


What really pisses me off though is when we don't get these cars, but instead we get masses of different versions of the same car!!


I know it must be popular in Asia, but there are almost 10 variations of the Nissan GT-R kit when you total up Fujimi, Tamiya and Aoshima.


This is what annoys me because they could, if they wanted, produce different kits, but NOOO, lets just keep on kissing Nissan's arse and making loads of different Skylines, Silvias etc etc.


Rant over.

Yes, there are cars I really want to build, and I know that not every car I want to build will be produced by kit manufacturers.

I myself want to build a 997 too!


What really pisses me off though is when we don't get these cars, but instead we get masses of different versions of the same car!!


I know it must be popular in Asia, but there are almost 10 variations of the Nissan GT-R kit when you total up Fujimi, Tamiya and Aoshima.


This is what annoys me because they could, if they wanted, produce different kits, but NOOO, lets just keep on kissing Nissan's arse and making loads of different Skylines, Silvias etc etc.


Rant over.

Great! Pay them the molds and pretend a royalty, I'm sure any of those brands would be happy to produce us a lot of those without tools costs ;)

At least the whole operation wouldn't cost much more than a great real 997 turbo... :D

you must not be trying very hard because they're found quite easily on ebay.

I found a second one (black w/orange stripes) from a vendor at Road Atlanta for a very good price (orange one came from Europe). The Welly Lotus Elise was always hard to find, but a couple vendors at the track had them for $10 apiece.

you must not be trying very hard because they're found quite easily on ebay.
now theyre easy to find that wasnt the case a few months ago

Welly GT3RS meeting

ModelCarShow Frankfurt last weekend :)

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/80/3881980/6364343831643337.jpg

I would buy the diecast 1/24 models of the cars which you cannot buy in kit form, but I always tend to find that they are never the correct scale.

They are always massive compared to plastic kits so don't look quite right being displayed together, then again, the welly porsche does look pretty accurate!

Making scale model kits today it is a bad business,cause u have to fight with chinese die cast manifacturer.
Welly Porsche is really welldone, wellpainted and has tampo decals.All for more or less 15 euros.Readym build and ready also to be destroyed by happy kid.

A tamiya KIT will cost around 50 euros,the moulding is much more expensive, the client target is enthusiast modeller fanatics as we all are, welly target is 24h fuel station store always open and lovely for Kids.
The sales numbers comparison is unfair.Production numbers too. tamiya can make 50.000 boxes of it,and the HOPE they can sell it worldwide.
Welly is a sub-name of a giant chinese company specialized in producing die cast models (think the real name is Whong),selling millions of toys worldwide,with a starting average price that is less than 1 usd.

The battle is clearly unfair today for plastic static model kits.
Tamiya and others wellknow it, so they risk over subjects surely appreciated by THEIR people, as well as Revell germany always makes subjects used (or racing) in germany, as the last DTM wonderful car kits,or luftwaffe planes.

Ps. Mike, there is any website where we can see pictures of that show?

...and because no one else is mentioning it, there is this (http://www.132slotcar.us/store/images/SC-7501-01.jpg) first mentioned here along with the RSR body that you can work with.

It doesn't fit the Tamiya 100% but of course, it isn't that much work to make it fit.

...and because no one else is mentioning it, there is this (http://www.132slotcar.us/store/images/SC-7501-01.jpg) first mentioned here along with the RSR body that you can work with.

It doesn't fit the Tamiya 100% but of course, it isn't that much work to make it fit.


...yes, but the body is totally wrong, looks like a bad toy, my opinion

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=1040855

http://www.wettringer-modellbauforum.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&postID=247808&highlight=monster#post247808





Mike

but what is more worthwhile;
giving it a go to make this look good or complaining that there is no kit of the car?

but what is more worthwhile;
giving it a go to make this look good or complaining that there is no kit of the car?


the Welly diecast is the best model too build a 997 GT3 for ~12-15 € :),
available in black, white, green and orange

I need no kit

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/80/3881980/6364343831643337.jpg

Mike

I never said you did but some people don't like die-cast kits and only seem to want things in a kit.
I understand that not everyone has the time or patience or skill or means (or any variation/combination of those) to modify an existing kit into a car they want on their shelves but then again, complaining about it doesn't make it happen either, right?

If he's got enough money he'll find a resin caster that will happily make a resin copy of the Welly 997 (which is superb, I modified two of those you see in the pic above).

So, buying a ~ € 12,- DieCast is one option. Having one cast in resin will cost anywhere between € 100,- and 400,-

Oh... now that we talk about it. HobbyDesign sells a Resin kit of an Audi TT - a 100% copy of a really nice DieCast. Now... does that make sense?

Buy a DieCast, take it apart and you have a nice kit to start with :lol2:

Oh... now that we talk about it. HobbyDesign sells a Resin kit of an Audi TT - a 100% copy of a really nice DieCast. Now... does that make sense?

I almost forgot about that atrocity...

According to Hobby Search this is the Porsche being kitted:

http://lsb-on-isgt.com/wp-content/gallery/racing-miku-997-gt3-r/easycapture4.jpg

They chose the most ridiculous livery ever and went with that...

You didn't know?! (It's got Fujimi logo on the door.)
I already pre-ordered a few. :)
Mine will be 2009 Nur winner and 2010 Hybrid (I'm sure someone will print decals), as well as Miku (lol).

You didn't know?! (It's got Fujimi logo on the door.)

an example of how the Japanese manufacturers choose their subjects?

You didn't know?! (It's got Fujimi logo on the door.)


Figures...

This looks so retarded I might be tempted to try building one! :screwy:

Surely this will be one of those kits that gets exploited by Fujimi and issued in multiple liveries. If you don't like what they are doing for the first issue, don't buy it! Wait for a better livery. When was the last time they issued a modern race car in only one livery?

Doesn't the hybrid have different rear fenders w/a vertical intake?

an example of how the Japanese manufacturers choose their subjects?
If it helps them to sell kits I'm all for it.

You can bet companies like Studio 27 will have decals for it when the kit comes out, anyway.

I, for one, think it's kinda cool. It's just different from the "norm". I don't particularly like the anime thing (kinda freaky) but hey--who am I to call anyone/thing odd...;)

My RSR body will be done nearly surely with shark mouth livery. saw a picture at the karoussell of her jumping....a fury.
Hope someone will make a decent decal sheet one day...otherwise, I will do it alone, as usual ;)

My RSR body will be done nearly surely with shark mouth livery. saw a picture at the karoussell of her jumping....a fury.
Hope someone will make a decent decal sheet one day...otherwise, I will do it alone, as usual ;)

the world would be a sadder place if people like you stopped doing things your own way and just waited for someone else to do it.

They chose the most ridiculous livery ever and went with that...

The Itasha liveries as still popular in Japan. Look at all the kits being re-released with Itasha decal sets. I've ordered a couple myself. :biggrin:

the world would be a sadder place if people like you stopped doing things your own way and just waited for someone else to do it.


My problem is that I think the quality of the decals I draw myself are not suitable for newbees modellers, and with alps system they can have some problems in applying decals, as we all know.
Dont really feel of the idea to ask cartograf to print 1000 sheets for me now :shakehead

997 GT3 street version from Fujimi ?

~ 2:40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP9KhTKeF5c



Mike

According to Hobby Search this is the Porsche being kitted:

http://lsb-on-isgt.com/wp-content/gallery/racing-miku-997-gt3-r/easycapture4.jpg

So yes, there are a lot of kits lately with weird Anime character decal sets, but since that's a real race car I assume it's sponsored by Hatsune Miku the fictional pop star that plays to live audiences via hologram. Really. Look:

DTXO7KGHtjI

Sort of like when a Batman movie sponsors a NASCAR.

Weird, but not that weird. Also, I only know because she was featured on the Chronicles, the Honda dedicated blog I go to. I'm not that weird, honest.

Wow. That had to be the most bizzare thing I've ever seen.

I really hope those were all teen age boys and no one over 15 or so. If so, I'm hanging up my running shorts and getting out of the human race...

BTW, I like the livery. It'll be VERY challenging to do the decals, but hey--I'm up for the challenge!

Daniel

Really! that's kinda cool. Not too different than Miley/Hanna Montana, just with a cultural shift.

Weird, but not that weird. Also, I only know because she was featured on the Chronicles, the Honda dedicated blog I go to. I'm not that weird, honest.

Weird? No, just different.