Model Factory Hiro..??

[mickbench]

Originally Posted by klutz_100

Congratulations! Great day!

Post some pix of the kit! I'd love to see how it looks "in the raw"

I was doing some searching last night, and I found this website, they have pictures of the kits out of the box. The one I got is pretty much the same. I want to take some nice pictures of the kit, and post them for you all to see. But for now check this site out -

http://www.islandcollectibles.net/prod02101.htm

The kit I got is impressive.. I keep looking in the box today at work, its so tempting.. I want to have a go at building it.. But I'll hold off until I get better..

I'll get some great pictures for you all of all the parts so you can take a look.. This is nothing like a Tamiya kit....

[360spider]

This thread is a proof that I'm wasting my time doing my kit reviews... :-) I have seen (and reviewed http://italianhorses.net/Reviews/main.htm ) many Hiro kits, and having built several of them, all I can say, they have a lot of parts and detail, but they are terribly engineered, poorly designed, and a pain in the tail to build.

Email me if you have any questions about the kit(s).

[mickbench]

Originally Posted by 360spider

This thread is a proof that I'm wasting my time doing my kit reviews... :-) I have seen (and reviewed http://italianhorses.net/Reviews/main.htm ) many Hiro kits, and having built several of them, all I can say, they have a lot of parts and detail, but they are terribly engineered, poorly designed, and a pain in the tail to build.

Email me if you have any questions about the kit(s).

Sorry, I do read your site, and I'm always impressed by your builds. I think I posted this as I was a happy and shocked I got such an expensive kit for free... Sometimes this means "thinking" before "posting" goes out the window when you are happy.

I did realise that once someone pointed out your website, you had in fact built many of them, and i've even been impressed by them. You are not wasting your time, well I don't think you are. It didn't register at first. I have a very bad attention span... Or so it would seem..!!

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by 360spider

This thread is a proof that I'm wasting my time doing my kit reviews... :-)

Absolutely not!!! Alex, don't stop your kit reviews - they're like the 11th commandment
You could you stop making everything look so easy, however. j/k

[360spider]

Well, that was meant as a joke really, I know I'm not wasting my time - I have a page visit counter :-)
I have this 250 SWB kit (only I believe mine is an Early Version), and I actually wanted to post a review of the kit up on the site next week.
Anyway, if you have any questions/ideas, email me.

[Philmodelcar]

I can only agree with Alex... I had to build the 250 GT SWB and I think that this kit is probably the worst made by hiro. I had to change and modify so many pieces that it took me weeks or months to finish it !
I remember that for the engine bay, I even used the plastic parts from an italieri/testor kit otherwise it was impossible to close the front hood !
Other kits from Hiro fits better together, although I continue to believe that for the price these could be really improved.
Philippe