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Originally Posted by 73superduty
I hope Fujimi plans on issuing their Challenge Stradale wheels as separate items. The pentagram wheels just don't look right to me.
I'm very excited about the 599 and Cayman. I've already got my Cayman colors and wheels picked out.
Chris
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I imagine the 599 will be available in an "optional parts version" after the intial model comes out; the 20" Challenge wheels and the sports seats would be a natural. I also find the pentagram wheels disturbing. Not because of any superstitions, just that they're fugly! Same can be said for the optional rims they foist on 612 buyers, they're hideous. FWD-offset wheels on Ferraris causes problems like this.
I'll have to build at least a couple Caymans. One will have to have a tunneled rear window like the 904. I also hope Fujimi does more wheels, the 15-spoke Carrera 19's look killer on the Cayman. The Lambo Sportec wheels will do in a pinch.
BTW, HLJ has decent pics of the Cayman, 599, and 512BB on their website that are bigger than the ones we've seen here. You get a better feel for the models. The 512 looks like it's simplified like the modern Ferraris/Lambos. I don't believe the 200 parts they claim, and there's a picture of the parts layout of the 365 BB that isn't just a copy of the 1/16 version; no separate doors, and looks more like a 150 part kit. If it's got the level of detail of say the new MX5 kit, they're doing fine.