Ferrari 500 F2 by Hiro - more to come??

[marci-blitz]

Hi Folks!

Did you notice that Hiro brought out the Ferrari 500 F2?
To me, the scale is a big surprise! It's in 1/24 although it's a Formula 1 car. Usually, all Formula 1 cars are in 1/20 scale.

This gives me the hope that there is more to come! We have here the very rare highly detailed Lampredi 4-cylinder engine which has never existed before in a model. So, maybe we soon see some more 4-cylinder Ferraris: 500 Mondial, the 625 series, 750S or even the 860 Monza!

That would be the best!

Hiro, please do it!!!

But then, with the 250 series, they didn't go very far... No really new model like maybe a 250 GTE.

Let's hope for it!
Marc

[cyclone1410]

Originally Posted by marci-blitz

Hi Folks!

Did you notice that Hiro brought out the Ferrari 500 F2?
To me, the scale is a big surprise! It's in 1/24 although it's a Formula 1 car. Usually, all Formula 1 cars are in 1/20 scale.

Marc

Actually Hasegawa produced a series of Formula 1 cars in 1/24 scale a few years ago and I believe there may have been others but you are correct in saying that these days F1 kits tend to be 1/20 scale.

[lumpulus]

They tend to be that way because when Tamiya first started releasing them, they decided that 1/24 suspension arms would be too brittle, and to make them strong enough would not be scaled correctly with the rest of the model.

[RallyRaider]

1/20th has always been an odd scale, I welcome more 1/24th scale F1 kits. Not that I'm likely to be shelling out the kind of money MFH asks for their old Ferraris, whatever the scale.

[willimo]

Originally Posted by lumpulus

They tend to be that way because when Tamiya first started releasing them, they decided that 1/24 suspension arms would be too brittle, and to make them strong enough would not be scaled correctly with the rest of the model.

Interesting. And here I thought it was because 1:24 Formula cars would be so tiny, modelers would feel cheated. Learns something every day.