Revell F430..??

[Vric]

Originally Posted by 360spider

Who said I will share it?

I know you will.. you are OUR Ferrari model freak

[blubaja]

Porsches you say? Are you guys in my head or something? I've just been going on a VW/PORSCHE/AUDI planning binge...ahh!!!*looks around*

[mazinkaiser]

Hello everyone. New to this forum but definitely not new to car modelling and always room for improvements.

Anyway, HLJ has already post the finished Revell kit on its website:-
http://www.hlj.com/product/REV07381

[mickbench]

I'm sure Alex will make a decent 430 out of the Revell kit and wow us all when he starts to build one.

TBH, if you want the car or love the car you'd be eager to buy one, regardless of small number of parts and it won't cost £30+ neither.

As always with Revell, not the best but keen prices means most of the time you buy it as it's affordable...

Wait and see I guess, if I can pick one up of ebay for a tenner I'd perhaps buy one to just fatten my ferrari collection out.

[rallymal1221]

Got the Revell F430 last Friday from Antics, Cardiff. Not too impressed. I too am going to get the Fujimi Options version when its released. Body colour is red by the way, same as always.

[ales]

Post pictures, please!

[mickbench]

I picked up the fujimi 550 and 575 as they are ferrari's and I'm collecting them, built or not I do like ferrari models.

Wasn't overly impressed with them either, but I'm saving them till I get "better" at model building, then hopefully I can fix the problems. I'll pick up the Revell and Fujimi versions of the F430, just as I've brought the Revell 2003 GA F1. It's cheap so might as well.. I'll keep my eyes on ebay for some cheaper deals..

I like VRIC's idea of kit bashing a 360 with a 430 body... Thinking like a true model builder.

[drunken monkey]

.....just like the 550/575s are crying out to be mated with a 612 engine.

incidentally, the 612 only had 70-80 parts.
wasn't too bad.

[schumieke]

I already have one

It doesn't look bad, compareble with the 612, altough the body of the F430 has some nasty mold lines. Kit comes with nylon mesh and al vents are molded open. I think its quite a good kit for 18€ and since you have to pay up to 50€ for a fujimi over here(Belgium) its a pretty good deal.

[360spider]

Originally Posted by Vric

I know you will.. you are OUR Ferrari model freak

Well, I got almost every other Ferrari kit, why stop now... There is no cure for this disease...

[mickbench]

Originally Posted by schumieke

I already have one

It doesn't look bad, compareble with the 612, altough the body of the F430 has some nasty mold lines. Kit comes with nylon mesh and al vents are molded open. I think its quite a good kit for 18€ and since you have to pay up to 50€ for a fujimi over here(Belgium) its a pretty good deal.

Your 2003 GA is a fine example of making a cheap revell kit a decent model. It can be done, as I've said Revell kits sort out the men from the boys. Cheap kits that need a litte more TLC to make decent. I've got two 2003 GA with upgraded decals and SMS P/E set so should make a decent model, and it actually cost me around the same for two revell kits, plus upgrades then what a Tamiya FW24 costs..

OK, its not apples for apples when you compare the two, but it'll keep me busy building the 2003 GA, but I digress. The thread is about the F430.

And I've since learnt the kit is released, it was released 18th November, explains why the ebay shops, sellers etc have them.

[raytracer2k2]

Does anybody have a blueprint of this car? Maybe yo can post the four sides. I found a blueprint on the net but it was handdrawn by some one so its not very accurate.