Heller announces Peugeot 307

Spitfire7 · #1 01-05-2005, 10:37 AM

This has been posted on a different forum, but some of you guys may not have heard. Heller will be releasing a 1/24 and 1/43 Peugeot 307WRC this year in April.

http://kitbox.free.fr/news/HELLER2005_P/index.html

bigfrit · #2 01-05-2005, 11:23 AM

Thanks for the great info !

Good to see this french manufacturer still holding strong in making fairly detailed, yet well priced cars that can look good with some extra stuff...

Wish it were a bit nicer real car tho...

Olivier

Still it's good news for us WRC builders...

We have now the 04 focus (coming out from hasegawa), the 04 Impri (from tamiya) and the 04 Xsara (O3 version from Heller + decals), and now this one...

And I don't think we need that ugly Mitsi anyway

B-U-R-O-C-K · #3 01-05-2005, 01:39 PM

yes great news for us WRC fans

I should have 1 as soon as released.. I like 307 WRC shape.

labandabonnot · #4 01-05-2005, 01:56 PM

Eh eh! News are travelling fast!

If Tamiya doesn't realease one too, this one promises to sell well!...

Let's wait till April now for the Kit Review...

RallyRaider · #5 01-05-2005, 03:01 PM

I love Heller.

ales · #6 01-05-2005, 03:04 PM

Of course you do! Think of all the 2005 possibilities!

THe 1/43 scale is the one I'll get first and then will wait for some aftermarket decals for the bigger one.

RallyRaider · #7 01-05-2005, 03:10 PM

Yeah so many possibilities Alex.

I wonder if those pics are accurate for the decals. 1/43rd gets the Acropolis whilst 1/24th has to settle for Monaco again, not fair. Doesn't matter, I'd want to convert it to Finland anyway!

The 1/24th scale Mustang would be impressive too.

ales · #8 01-05-2005, 04:42 PM

Time to gather the references then! Got a good source of hi-res pics?

freakray · #9 01-05-2005, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ales

Time to gather the references then! Got a good source of hi-res pics?

Check the motorsport reference material thread

There's a couple of sites in there Phil's posted links to that have great reference material.

ales · #10 01-05-2005, 04:53 PM

I certainly will. I'm currently getting the pictures from autozone.com.

Hey, Phil, I did some spoke counting, and found one picture of the car from Finland where it had old-type gravel wheels. Guess that may save you some headache.

fwdfreak · #11 01-05-2005, 05:04 PM

people people people. It's a damn heller. Wish Tamiya announced it.

RallyRaider · #12 01-05-2005, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ales

Time to gather the references then! Got a good source of hi-res pics?

Peugeot Sport UK and Pirelli Rallyzone, as well as Marcus Gronholm Rallying are some of the best for action shots. World Rally Collection Magazine is the best source for details.

RallyRaider · #13 01-05-2005, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by fwdfreak

people people people. It's a damn heller. Wish Tamiya announced it.

Tamiya aren't going to give us a 307 or an Xsara so who cares about them!

RallyRaider · #14 01-05-2005, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ales

Hey, Phil, I did some spoke counting, and found one picture of the car from Finland where it had old-type gravel wheels. Guess that may save you some headache.

Yeah, Peuget used both types of wheel at Finland '04. Would be cool to get hold of some of those new ten spokers in scale, but the regular gravel type will do just fine.

ales · #15 01-05-2005, 05:21 PM

Oh yes! As well as the 10-spoke tarmac wheels (ones that have the spokes split at the very tips). I think the 10-spokers suit this car best.

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