Visiting Model Factory Hiro

crusherjoey

10-10-2006, 11:47 AM

willimo

10-10-2006, 12:10 PM

Very intersting! It's really neat to see where our stuff comes from. Their in-house models are excellent. Thanks so much for sharing!

disomma

10-10-2006, 12:19 PM

pretty incredible stuff. not as glamorous as one might think, but definitely cool. i just wish i could afford their stuff.

gionc

10-10-2006, 12:36 PM

I'm wondering something like what disomma said, pretty folklorisic place, but very very cool, big mess around, like in most of our caves :D but at least 10/10 of passion and technology: thanks a lot for share and him to let you go: fantastic.

rx7king

10-10-2006, 12:55 PM

very cool thread! i wish we could have more threads like this. very insightfull* that F40LM looks awesome by the way

tonioseven

10-10-2006, 01:01 PM

Now how cool was that?!:sunglasse

bhop73

10-10-2006, 01:16 PM

crusherjoey

10-10-2006, 01:22 PM

Very awesome photos. Thanks for sharing.

I hope you don't mind me adding to this, but someone in one of the other forums I frequent also visited Hiro Factory on his Japan trip recently and posted a bunch of pics:

http://www.hobbyfanatics.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=9191&view=findpost&p=118167

YES, I do mind if you are not sharing. Please share this info to other modelers or any other forum. By the way, thanks for info too. The molding pic is great. I did not get closer since I did not want to border their work :)

kingkai

10-10-2006, 01:32 PM

Thanks for sharing, very cool to get some background information. Very cosy company. I'm getting a DBR-9 from them at the moment, and what I have seen on the net, they sure do there best. Well 100 out of 10, if I compare the kit I got from rennaisance (srry but the body is not worth it rennaisance)

gasman03

10-10-2006, 03:28 PM

cool place, The MC12 looks awsome, gotta get me one of those, but one stupid thing pops out in my mind, The Chevrolet Avalanche sitting outside the shop in the first picture, did'nt think those where sold in Japan, was it imported to Japan from a different country?

Ferrari TR

10-10-2006, 04:34 PM

Very cool!
One day they will build a kit that I must have, that day may be soon!

flyonthewall

10-10-2006, 04:51 PM

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing.

D_LaMz

10-10-2006, 06:14 PM

great pics but was this taken from f1m.com?

Bone Thug

10-10-2006, 07:18 PM

just wondering...how much does one of those kits cost, approx.

crusherjoey

10-10-2006, 09:11 PM

great pics but was this taken from f1m.com?

Yeah. I am the same guy from there. Just wanna share it with more friends. If you know any good place to share it, please do it too. No problem at all. :)

Lownslow

10-10-2006, 09:27 PM

thats freaking sweet you get any gifts

D_LaMz

10-10-2006, 11:07 PM

Yeah. I am the same guy from there. Just wanna share it with more friends. If you know any good place to share it, please do it too. No problem at all. :)

:bigthumb: and Welcome!

sjelic

10-11-2006, 03:06 AM

fantastic, I love MFH :D, now even more.

auw12

10-11-2006, 06:32 AM

OH MY GOD!!!!i'm speechless...just....thank you man!thank you very much for sharing these impressive pics!i'm very exciting!!!!!

brady_381need72c10

10-11-2006, 09:31 AM

what does there average kit cost!

bhop73

10-11-2006, 11:01 AM

what does there average kit cost!

They average in the mid $200 range.

ScaleCentral

10-11-2006, 03:32 PM

They average in the mid $200 range.

I would actually say they average around $200 not the mids. Some of the curbsides are around $150 to $170 while the high end kits are usually no more than $275 like the 512BB. Most I have bought are around $210 if not less. It does pay to shop around and make friends.
Nic

bhop73

10-11-2006, 04:25 PM

I would actually say they average around $200 not the mids. Some of the curbsides are around $150 to $170 while the high end kits are usually no more than $275 like the 512BB. Most I have bought are around $210 if not less. It does pay to shop around and make friends.
Nic

I see.. I was just going on some websites I checked out.. they must be marked up. Still, for me, low 200's is still alot of money for a 1/24 scale model.. heh

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