Are the Tamiya McLaren MP4/4 and MP4/8 kits rare?

[Porscher]

Hey I am new here, I will post some pics of my current builds (Revell Corvette C6, and Tamiya Porsche 911 Turbo 88) and of some of my previous builds.

Anyway, I have looked everywhere for one of these early 90's McLaren MP4 kits so I can make a Senna tribute. But everywhere I look they never have one :-(

I hear they are good kits too. I want it to be my next big project. No online sites ever seem to carry it. I know it is out of production. Any help? Maybe one day I'll get lucky.

[91p10nizmo]

Hi
Are any of these what you are after?
http://search.ebay.com/tamiya-mclare...fkrZ1QQfromZR8

[RallyRaider]

All the Tamiya Senna McLarens were reissued about five years ago. I guess they are starting to get rareish again at the moment. However there are still a few around, so eBay or ringing up different stores is fairly likely to turn something up.

Since Tamiya seem to operate on a once-in-a-blue-moon licensing deal with McLaren I wouldn't expect to see them reissued any time soon. A shame Tamiya hasn’t reissued their other McLarens lately.

And welcome to AF

[SeaBee]

Available at F1 Specialties...

http://www.f1specialties.com/main/tamiya/20039.php
http://www.f1specialties.com/main/tamiya/20022.php

Happy shopping...

[Porscher]

Ahh SeaBee you are awesome, just went over to F1 Specialties and ordered me a MP4/4 via phone with the tobacco conversion decals. Hope to get it next week.

I am excited now, thanks for the help. Big project comming up!

BTW, what flourecent red should I use for the stripes? Is there one paint manufacturer that makes an accurate flourecent red? Or should I use the decals provided?

[proosen]

I think you will get pretty close with Tamiya's own flourescent red, TS-36.
Haven't tried it myself yet so I might be wrong.
I'm supposed to use it on a MP4/8 but hasn't got around finishing it yet.
Maybe someone else can tell both of us if this is a proper colour to use?

Niclas

[RallyRaider]

We had a discussion about Marlboro McLaren flourescent red just recently. I've heard it said a few times that TS-36 is a good match for the kit decals. So probably the best way to go if you are going to use the red numbers and such.

[SeaBee]

TS 36, as stated above! There have been some talk of spraying x layers of TS 49, then Y layers of TS36, esp on the 1:12 scale kit, but for 1:20 TS36 seems pretty darn spot on.
On the MP4/5B they supplied optional decals for the red bits, which I used and it went on just great.

Glad to have helped, enjoy the build!