MRM McLaren F1 GTR resin kit

[drunken monkey]

Hey all.

Recently, this has been popping up for sale on Ebay.

(photo from listing)



Has anyone seen or even built one of these before?
If so, what's it like?

[kingkai]

If I'm correct it is a Modeler's kit: A pre Studio 27 version? I know they bought the Dodge Viper GTS-R moulds from them and made their own 2000 Oreca kit, just as the McLaren longtail. So maybe also the McLaren sorttail...
I got both Viper kits and must say the S27 are a little bit better, also the wing supports are moulded into the body with Modeler's kits. In general the Modeler's have a cheaper price making them interesting. I saw it too, but am still not sure if I should buy it...

[MPWR]

That could be it! If a few of us buy that, it could be what it finally takes for Tamiya to finally announce that they're doing an F1 kit.

Incidentally, get back to work! They'll never do an Elise until your resin one is finished.

[drunken monkey]

Elise is being worked on.... sort of.

I've come to realise that I need to compromise between level of accuracy and actual buildability and perhaps more importantly, kit-make-abilty.

Right now, I'm filling in some of the voids that exist between chassis and body (with miliput) and making it more MFH/resin kit style.
I've also realised that if I want to cast the tub chassis, I'll need to do the same and fill in some of the voids (much like the chassis in the photo above).
In any case, I think I will need to make an all in one, less detailed chassis, again in the style of other resin kits for the sake of ease of reproduction.

First re-cast of new body should be done this weekend so maybe some photos then.