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01-05-2006, 11:02 PM
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Are the Tamiya McLaren MP4/4 and MP4/8 kits rare?
Hey I am new here, I will post some pics of my current builds (Revell Corvette C6, and Tamiya Porsche 911 Turbo 88) and of some of my previous builds.
Anyway, I have looked everywhere for one of these early 90's McLaren MP4 kits so I can make a Senna tribute. But everywhere I look they never have one :-( I hear they are good kits too. I want it to be my next big project. No online sites ever seem to carry it. I know it is out of production. Any help? Maybe one day I'll get lucky. 
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01-06-2006, 01:20 AM
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01-06-2006, 03:25 AM
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Re: Are the Tamiya McLaren MP4/4 and MP4/8 kits rare?
All the Tamiya Senna McLarens were reissued about five years ago. I guess they are starting to get rareish again at the moment. However there are still a few around, so eBay or ringing up different stores is fairly likely to turn something up.
Since Tamiya seem to operate on a once-in-a-blue-moon licensing deal with McLaren I wouldn't expect to see them reissued any time soon. A shame Tamiya hasn’t reissued their other McLarens lately. And welcome to AF 
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01-06-2006, 05:34 AM
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Re: Are the Tamiya McLaren MP4/4 and MP4/8 kits rare?
Available at F1 Specialties...
http://www.f1specialties.com/main/tamiya/20039.php http://www.f1specialties.com/main/tamiya/20022.php Happy shopping...
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01-06-2006, 03:43 PM
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Ahh SeaBee you are awesome, just went over to F1 Specialties and ordered me a MP4/4 via phone with the tobacco conversion decals. Hope to get it next week.
I am excited now, thanks for the help. Big project comming up! BTW, what flourecent red should I use for the stripes? Is there one paint manufacturer that makes an accurate flourecent red? Or should I use the decals provided?
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01-06-2006, 04:54 PM
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Re: Are the Tamiya McLaren MP4/4 and MP4/8 kits rare?
I think you will get pretty close with Tamiya's own flourescent red, TS-36.
Haven't tried it myself yet so I might be wrong. I'm supposed to use it on a MP4/8 but hasn't got around finishing it yet. Maybe someone else can tell both of us if this is a proper colour to use? Niclas
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01-07-2006, 12:42 AM
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Re: Are the Tamiya McLaren MP4/4 and MP4/8 kits rare?
We had a discussion about Marlboro McLaren flourescent red just recently. I've heard it said a few times that TS-36 is a good match for the kit decals. So probably the best way to go if you are going to use the red numbers and such.
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01-09-2006, 03:07 AM
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Re: Are the Tamiya McLaren MP4/4 and MP4/8 kits rare?
TS 36, as stated above! There have been some talk of spraying x layers of TS 49, then Y layers of TS36, esp on the 1:12 scale kit, but for 1:20 TS36 seems pretty darn spot on.
On the MP4/5B they supplied optional decals for the red bits, which I used and it went on just great. Glad to have helped, enjoy the build!
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