Fujimi Lexus IS350 finished look

Seems very good for an oob Fujimi kit.
http://www.fujimimokei.com/prod_syosai/lexus350.html

everything looks great but the wheels are undersized.

everything looks great but the wheels are undersized.
Just like every Fujimi Kit....

I'm a fan of IS300.. I think I will have to get one of those.. Will wait for other "variant" of this kit..

i need to get this!

+1 on having small-looking wheels. :D

i need it, but i have too many in progress.

Not to be argumentative, but they don't look small to me. I think that us modelers have a warped sense of wheel size, to be honest. I think the car just doesn't come with 20's from the factory is all.

Looks really nice, I need to get one. When is the release date?

Very nice finish ..And personally the wheels are just fine..I think that all too often builds get modified to create some kind of custom "RidE" which suits a certain generation. Theres really nothing wrong with the classic "Normal" look too :P


Just my opinion.

Very nice build.

M1CRO.

Yeah it looks clean stock as a rock
still.... wouln't complain if it was black, dubbed out with 20's...

Not to be argumentative, but they don't look small to me. I think that us modelers have a warped sense of wheel size, to be honest. I think the car just doesn't come with 20's from the factory is all.

I saw one in traffic with wheels that look like those this morning..not sure what size they are in 1:1 (the base wheel is 16 or 17 inch?), but to me they do look underscale in these photos of the model--look smaller than 16--more like 14s, IMHO.

I agree with Willimo, the wheelsize looks perfect IMO. Even if they aren't as big as the stock wheels on the 1:1.

Comparing pics of the 1:1 and the kit, the wheels do look undersized even if it's just an illusion. Somehow I think Fujimi's pulling another fast one, making both kits with 17's and marketing the IS 350 as if it has 18's.

There's only one way to find out, when the kit comes out someone can take calipers to the wheels and tell us what diameter they are. If they are correct in diameter, they'll be about .80' - .82" in diameter, if they're really 17's masquerading as 18's then they'll be about .75" diameter.

Fujimi calls the Lamborghini Gallardo Sportecs 19", but they scale out as 18's :banghead: Glad I didn't buy any. Nothing worse than undersized wheels.

Have to get one of those now.

The real IS350 is equipped with either 17in or 18in, depending on the trim, and the kit represents the 18 inch version. The upcoming IS250 kit is supposed to have 17 inch wheels, and the Optional Parts version will have something else.

Assuming that the wheelbase of the model is accurately scaled down, the kit wheel measures approximately 20.5 mm. Subtracting 1 mm to take the flange into account, it's 19.5 mm, or 18.4 inches. The picture is blurry, and the estimate isn't exactly accurate, but I' d still think it's the accurate 18 inch stock wheel.

The problem is Fujimi originally started the line of products called "Inch-up" to cope with the negative scale effect, and they used to interpret the wheel size bigger by 1 inch, but somehow they forgot the idea.:banghead:

The IS350 kit is scheduled to be shipped on June 1st.