The Definitive McLaren F1 Scale Model List.

[cabrio92]

what is the best place to buy Minichamps and TSM ?

And from your opinion, if you have to buy one Minichamps except #01R, which one do you want to buy ?

Phil

[rusty_99]

Without seeing at least some pictures of the Harrods, Gulf and Fina liveries that Minichamps announced it's hard to compare the accuracy against one another. I was lucky that TSM at least had photos up on their website during the preorder phase. Personally I went with the Harrods livery because it's a simpler and less busy color scheme that highlights the shape of the car. The Gulf was a close second because it's an iconic motorsport sponsor (GT40, 917 etc.) but the aero details get lost in all the colors. Also, the silver rims with red/blue wheel nuts look great on the Harrods, in my opinion better than the matte orange on the Gulf. Some people say the red/magenta color on the Lark looks stunning in real life but I'm not sure the impact is the same at a smaller scale. FWIW, I got my model through tomotorsports.com. It's located in Toronto and ships throughout Canada/US. They have both the TSM and the Minichamps, in stock and for preorder. If you're on the other side of the pond maybe someone else would know some retailers.

[lilcraigford]

Originally Posted by cabrio92

what is the best place to buy Minichamps and TSM ?

And from your opinion, if you have to buy one Minichamps except #01R, which one do you want to buy ?

Phil

I don't own any of the larger scale (1/18+) Mclarens. Going off of pictures, the Minichamps F1 GTR looks like an all around good model however, I think the TSM is the better looking of the two. TSM captured the overall shape better than the other companies (UT, Minichamps, AutoArt, etc) that have produced 1/18 Mclaren F1s. I see this most noticeably in the contours of the nose, an area that seems to be hit or miss across all scales and brands. For a little more on the TSM models, I got a little carried away commenting on their offerings in another thread here. Again, all speculation and opinion.

Minichamps


Image sourced from Le Mans 88 Motorsport Merchandise

TSM


Image sourced from Secret Compass


For more insight on the Minichamps version, someone did a nice review of it on the Diecastxchange forums: Minichamps Mclaren F1 Ueno Clinic

[PatrickT82]

TSM will also make 05R

[lilcraigford]

Originally Posted by PatrickT82

TSM will also make 05R

In 1/18 scale I take it? I know TSM (and Minichamps) have made 05R in 1/43. I'm not aware of any existing 1/18 but the "art" livery would be really cool in a larger scale! While searching for scale-Mclaren-related news I found two things. First up are some pictures of TSM's 1/43 Mclaren F1 LM, found on Diecast Society. I'm not sure if its the images, but the shape looks er, wonky. Plus they neglected to omit the small duct in front of the rear wheel, as with their larger version. At least they are consistent.





Compare that to HPI's version (which I do own). Not an LM, but a '96 GTR in disguise.




Images sourced from Carmodus.

Second is this really cool 1/5 scale model of 05R. If I'm understanding the description correctly, this was used by the artist commissioned to create 05R's livery. There doesn't seem to be much more information outside of the listing on Classic Driver (english translation can be found at the bottom).



There are a handful of other images linked to a French auction site, but (aside from one) they are only thumbnail size. I have linked my Google image search for anyone who wants to see them. Link: Google Image Search

[PatrickT82]

Yes TSM will do 05R in 1/18

Saw it in pics of the Nürnberg toyfair which is held now until sunday.

[Chris_Coco]

Here are some shots from the toyfair like PatrickT82 mentioned

[Chris_Coco]

If your are looking for a cheap 1:18 McLaren made by Minichamps.
Check out this store https://ck-modelcars.de/de/eur/
They offer some for a very good price and the will ship worldwide!

[hurstg01]

If I still had my models, I'd easily add this to the collection

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LDJ-1-43-S...wAAOSwp5JWVXpi

[BMW.WilliamsF1Team]

Here are my 1/18 HPI McLaren resin models. They are by far the most accurate of any 1/18 McLaren F1 I've seen in person. They make my UT 1/18s look like junk. Heck, even my AutoArt F1 LM doesn't look good next to these.

1997 McLaren F1 GTR Longtail Fina #42 HPI 8863. This car DNF'd at the 24 Hours. I will the convert one with the missing antenna to the #43 (3rd at the 24 Hours)


1995 McLaren F1 #59 (24 Hours of Lemans) - HPI 8894


1997 McLaren F1 Longtail GTR Loctite #41 (chassis 22R) as it ran at the 1998 24 Hours of LeMans - HPI 8864.


1996 McLaren F1 GTR #60 (13R) HPI 8898 - two models of these. One will get LARK decals.



1996 McLaren F1 GTR #61 (14R) HPI 8897 - will convert to LARK livery when acquire a second copy of this.


1997 Mclaren F1 GTR longtail #44 (LeMans 24 Hours) HPI 8862


1997 McLaren F1 Longtail GTR #44 (Suzuka) HPI 8911


If anyone knows of an HPI #61 Lark let me know!

[f1esp]

One-off sculpture made by Dave Clark (http://www.daveclarkdesigns.com) of a client's F1 GTR Longtail.
1/8th Scale on carbon.

[nicklm79]

Wow!!!

[freetos]

Originally Posted by BMW.WilliamsF1Team

Here are my 1/18 HPI McLaren resin models.

Hey, they look amazing!
Have you had the chance of looking at their Diecast models?

Thx

[Peloton25]

Originally Posted by f1esp

One-off sculpture made by Dave Clark (http://www.daveclarkdesigns.com) of a client's F1 GTR Longtail.
1/8th Scale on carbon.

That's an incredible looking piece of art - I really like that!

>8^)
ER

[Sami Aaltonen]

Okey, it has been a while since writing there. Mostly because I love GTR's, and I got those which I prefer in my collection. BUT..... there was always this one...one thing which I was missing. The Engine.
All has been started long time ago, but at Spring this year - things went forward. One of my friends bought Aoshima Longtail GTR scale model and it came clear that the engine was possible to build from it. So what to do next - Find a builder in to it. Here is the end result.
What can I say. It has 1000 times better than I ever hoped. All details and colors, all matches. It wasn't really cheap thing, but it is unique. Together with my fathers painting of S70-2 V12 and....onboard F1 experience at the Tour I hardly can ask anything more. Huge super thanks for Markus Salminen who kindly took the challenge and built this to me. Also Ari who gaved the punch to go and start this project!
I hope you like these images.












More images will be found here with short story.
https://samiaal.kuvat.fi/kuvat/1995-...ort+S70_2+V12/