1:12 McLaren F1

[McLaren F1 Guy]

I know theres a 1:12 F1 out there, I've heard its made by Minichamps. I've read that only 2,000 exist, all have been sold, and the price originally was $480. My situation is that a hobby store I know of actually has one !!! It's dark green and is out of box. The price is about $350 and I only have $500! It sounds like a good deal but I'm not willing to drop my wallets weight that much. If your considering buying one, I would check out the review here: http://www.diecast.org/diecast98/htm.../reviewpix.htm

Does anybody have this model? If so, please post more pics! I've only seen that one sideview of it on the internet. Also, is it really worth the money? Should I buy it?!

[mini magic]

peloton has one, every so often one comes on ebay, they go for liek $450 i believe. i wanna get one when i have the money

[_RicH_24]

about a year ago i saw 3 (!) in a model shop, about £150-200 each i think.

month ago i contacted them and they dont have any now

they were 1:12 but im not sure what make.

[maartenvanthek]

it's an "official McLaren Collection" model, so it's approved by mclaren, models with that badge are very good. it's made by minichamps, and they still have it in their latest catalogue, i can order one @ my local model shop, maybe you should ask, i was offered one about half a year ago, for 300 euro's, but i had some debts with my parents, they said maybe later, so i have 2 work for 2 months or something to get, maybe i will one day

[BMW V12]

i think it would be great to spend some money on these 1:12 mclarens.
when i searched them 1 month ago , they cost around 300 - 350 euros , but in a few years...........................

then you'll have to spend much more , i think....


^_^

[jkbon]

Originally Posted by maartenvanthek

it's an "official McLaren Collection" model, so it's approved by mclaren, ...

I don't understand why they approved such "high detailed model" which has the blinker inverted.

I have seen only one F1 (XP4) and one (or two) GTR with this inversion ...

I find this model too expansive, because, for me, Minichamps has made a mistake ...

[Peloton25]

Yes, I have one and think it's an excellent model that every McLaren F1 enthusiast should own even considering the slight error that jkbon points out. The rest of the details are awesome and the quality of the build is superb.

Minichamps actually built this model in 5 colors (silver, red, blue, green, yellow) and they built 1677 of each color for a total of 8385 of them. They were originally $480 and I paid $375 for mine which had seen some display time outside it's box, but is still in excellent condition. I have seen them sell for as much as $750, but that was for a yellow one that was still sealed in the box.

I have some photos of mine that I can share, but they aren't hosted yet so I'll post some pictures I borrowed from an old Ebay auciton.









Pictures don't really do the model justice as it looks much more impressive in person. I'm happy with my blue one, but if given a chance I would also purchase a silver and a green.

>8^)
ER

[farbod]

wow that is amazing
it looks realy good

[McLaren F1 Guy]

ok I'm gonna get it :-) Holy crap that thing looks high quality. I can't believe even the side storage compartments open and everything. From what I've seen, the seatbelts are real fabric!!! This seems like the ultimate model of an F1!

[farbod]

it must have taken you ages to do that

[Peloton25]

farbod - taken ages to do what??

This diecast comes fully assembled. There is no time or effort involved to get it to look that good. No painting gluing or anything like that is required.

McLaren F1 Guy - you won't be disappointed, I promise!

>8^)
ER

[TCC]

FYI -

Recent eBay prices:

Red $392, $499
Yellow $570
Dark Blue $350
Dark Green $520
Silver none recently

I don't have one - yet - but have been watching. They're very nice models. Not the detail of the latest GMP and Exoto 1/10 and 1/12 scale Ford GT40 models, but still very nice.



- Tom

[mini magic]

Originally Posted by Peloton25

farbod - taken ages to do what??

This diecast comes fully assembled. There is no time or effort involved to get it to look that good. No painting gluing or anything like that is required.

McLaren F1 Guy - you won't be disappointed, I promise!

>8^)
ER

since i can't quote only half the post, sorry.

I think farbod thinks you built it yourself

[farbod]

no what i meant was it must have taken you ages to get it because when i order something on the net is takes a long time to get to me

[Peloton25]

Actually, it didn't take long to arrive at all. I got lucky and found mine with a "Buy it now..." price. I exchanged a few quick emails with the seller to verify condition and then made the purchase via PayPal. He was in New York and I'm near Los Angeles and I had the thing in less than a week.

One thing I would caution you on if you plan to buy one of these is to ask the seller to package the car very well. The seller I bought mine from had several of these in his collection and he told me that if you don't fill all the voids in the styrofoam tray which is inside the box, that things can get broken off during shipping. He used some simple napkins folded up and stuffed into the surrounds of the wheels and doors. He also put two rubberbands around the car where the doors and main engine cover are. As an extra measure of safety he added two small pieces of clear tape on the front hood and rear engine cover so they would stay closed during shipping. Then he put the Minichamps box in a much larger box for shipping and suspended it in the middle with lots of newspaper and packing materials. It arrived in perfect condition.

>8^)
ER