Fujimi 250 GTO instructions on Hobby Search Site

[Exotics_Builder]

Heading out the door to a meeting, so if someone has already posted, my apologies. The kit is released. Here's the link to the detail...

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10070252

[Chuck Kourouklis]

189 parts on my first sweep.

Maybe the first truly accurate plastic 250GTO body in history.

Unprecedented engine bay details.

Rotors designed to spin within separate calipers.

Only things separating this from a true EM-series kit are a 50-piece engine and three-piece Daytona-style Borannis; we get one-piece wheels (comparable to Hasegawa 250 TR pieces) and a fairly simplified engine (also like Hasegawa's).

But in this day and age, it's as close to a new Enthusiast kit as we're gonna get. And it looks SWEET.

So THANK YOU, EB, no matter how many times this might be posted elsewhere.

[Eric Cole]

It looks fantastic to me and I can't wait to get my hands on one!!

[wypor]

don't know whether it will get much better result than the old protar/revell kit

[ales]

Originally Posted by wypor

don't know whether it will get much better result than the old protar/revell kit

From what I've seen I'd say there's no comparison.

[nniemi]

This looks almost too good to be true. Kit has so many parts that other kit makers have omitted: Oil tank, complete Watt's linkage, engineroom details, the frame itself looks like it is the best 250 series Ferrari Chassis in 1/24 scale ever...

Only problems that i see are the engine (not bad, but not on the level of other parts) and quite awful front hubs. If the tires are the same as on photos on Fujimi website they have to be replaced with the wheels.

Does anybody want to buy 5 Gunze/Airfix High Tech GTO:s

-Niko

[rockinanko]

Does anybody want to buy 5 Gunze/Airfix High Tech GTO:s

I don't mind buying some old GTOs from you niko...if the kits contain engine parts & the price is right!!

marc
SGP

[Chuck Kourouklis]

Originally Posted by wypor

don't know whether it will get much better result than the old protar/revell kit

It depends on what you mean by "getting results".

If you mean in terms of sales, well yeah, who knows.

If you mean kit quality, forget it. The only 1/24 GTO to withstand comparison comes in resin and metal from MFH. All the other plastic ones are no longer relevant.

[rockinanko]

If you mean kit quality, forget it. The only 1/24 GTO to withstand comparison comes in resin and metal from MFH. All the other plastic ones are no longer relevant.

yeah...at a price!

marc
SGP

[drunken monkey]

Originally Posted by Chuck Kourouklis

If you mean kit quality, forget it. The only 1/24 GTO to withstand comparison comes in resin and metal from MFH. All the other plastic ones are no longer relevant.

I'm assuming you mean kits that are in production because the old italeri and gunze kits aren't exactly shoddy.

That's also not to mention that Fujimi has a way of making parts that little bit too heavy or that little bit too flat, even in their newer kits.
Looking in the back of one of their Ferrari 365/512 kits or even at the brakes from any of their kits and you'll see what I mean.
Parts counts aren't the be all and end all of model kits.
Parts count don't automatically equate to accuracy or quality.

While it's nice that they've gone that extra bit further, I'll do the sensible thing and wait until I have a kit in my hands to make any sort of real judgement.

[Chuck Kourouklis]

I'm very familiar with both the Gunze and Italeri GTO's (and Fujimi's 512BB). And thanks for the lesson on evaluating kits. I took NOTES, bein' so NEW to kit reviews, 'n all.

The BODY alone in this kit blows every other plastic offering clean into the weeds; Italeri's looks good till you start to see its slab sides, and Gunze's mighta been right on the money if it weren't for those funky-ass rear wheel openings (tellya what, if anyone can show me a matching 1:1, I'll re-evaluate my position on that - but it's gonna hafta MATCH, none of this Protar-Violati apologist stuff).

So based on that, and how this kit will be on top even if it only lives up to around 80% of what it promises, I'm doing the UNsensible thing and making the pronouncement right now.

All sensible all the time gets a bit drab, anyway.

[Veyron]

Just received my kit.

Upon first look through the box I'd bet every 250 GTO fan will be happy with the kit.

The body looks great...nothing jumps out at me as looking 'wrong'...definitely the best plastic GTO to date.

I was most skeptical about the wire rims...but I honestly think for those do not opt for P/E ones they could look plenty good if stripped of the factory plating and painted properly. They are narrow width which are mostly seen on the front of GTO's that have wider rears. Some GTO's have same width rims at all four corners and seem to be wider the the kit ones IMO.

Overall if the frame parts aren't warped etc. it should be a joy to build and make a fine example of the real legendary car.

[Chuck Kourouklis]

KILLER! Thanks for the preview (I knew I shoulda taken bets... ).

The bits I'm wondering about the most are the rear axle and the engine parts in general.

I should have mine fairly soon, but since you mentioned it, I'm wondering if you have any observations about those...

[Veyron]

Didn't have much time to give the kit a full anal exam last eve due to working late etc.

Took a couple pics comparing the Fujimi body(far right) with the Italeri, Gunze and Protar. All bodies have the same wheelbase but that's where the similarities end pretty much. The Italeri body is closest to the Fuji in proportion but the Fuji body has the subtle shapes that the Italeri is missing.

The Fuji body is more narrow at the rear wheel opening center line than the rest of the bodies but it's a bit wider at the front than the Italeri. The Gunze body is largest in all it's dimensions.

Not much more I can add about the body...in my view the Fuji is the best one of all. Anyone who likes the Italeri kit will love the Fuji which is better in every way.

Took a couple of tree shots...as you can see the parts are nice and delicate...nothing heavy handed in this kit. I clipped the tube frame from the tree and the interior floor and installed it in the body....it fit perfect, no warp effect.

Pic link:

http://gallery.filefront.com/DinoScuderia/

[360spider]

Looks great. I agree, Fujimi body looks the most accurate of all.