[AAR Gurney]

Top Marques webshop has listed a 1:12th scale Ferrari 330P4 coming in August; can't wait to see prototype photos of this beauty!

 

[mcaf123]

Top Marques webshop has listed a 1:12th scale Ferrari 330P4 coming in August; can't wait to see prototype photos of this beauty!

Pictures such as this?

 

[AAR Gurney]

Those might be photos of their 1:18th scale model, I have have seen these images before...........

 

[mcaf123]

Those might be photos of their 1:18th scale model, I have have seen these images before...........

They're from our internal system - the area where I got them from says its 1:12

 

[raceguy1183]

According to Diecastsociety.com, here's the latest GP Replicas news
https://diecastsociety.com/gp-replicas-deco-sample-ferrari-126c3-1983/

 

[Racer2014]

I got the 1982 Ferrari 126 C2 a few months ago, had a lot of defects so the retailer sent another. Crooked decals, crooked front spoiler, twisted bent rear exhaust. I have since bought an 83 and 85 F1 Ferrari. Nice models but something is very peculiar about size, I think they are actually 1/17 scale, total width of car including tires is substantially larger than Exoto, Tecnomodel and all other brands. Oh the 1982 126 DOES NOT have steerable or rotating wheels.

 

[raceguy1183]

I got the 1982 Ferrari 126 C2 a few months ago, had a lot of defects so the retailer sent another. Crooked decals, crooked front spoiler, twisted bent rear exhaust. I have since bought an 83 and 85 F1 Ferrari. Nice models but something is very peculiar about size, I think they are actually 1/17 scale, total width of car including tires is substantially larger than Exoto, Tecnomodel and all other brands. Oh the 1982 126 DOES NOT have steerable or rotating wheels.

Well, GP Replicas has definitely scared me off because of all this

 

[Ztune]

Not much recent news in this thread, but I randomly found out GP Replicas is supposedly releasing four Brabham BMWs in 1/18! Two of which I couldn't believe are finally being made...the BT55.

Brabham BMW BT52 #5 and #6 (GP102A and GP102B)
Brabham BMW BT55 #7 and #8 (GP058A and GP058B)

I contacted the US distributor for GP replicas and they told me they aren't allowed to import them at the moment. Customs blocked their last shipment of GP replicas and everything is on hold. I guess I will have to buy from an overseas shop. Hopefully they don't sell out or break in transit as they are resin.

 

[Ztune]

Oh yeah! Got my two 1/18 BT55s today...so impressed with both the packaging to prevent damage and the cars themselves. I haven't taken them completely out...lot of work to do and no time today, but they look fantastic in their cases. Hoping to get the BT52 cars soon, but right now the sellers I buy from in US don't have them...maybe in a few weeks.

 

[Craig]

Very nice! I have been looking at older F1 car a lot lately, these look class!

 

[Ztune]

Very nice! I have been looking at older F1 car a lot lately, these look class!

Yes, they look great and I will take them out of the case probably next month for better photos. It's a lot of work unboxing and I ordered the two 1/18 GP Replica BT52 Brabham cars yesterday to finish off the set and get pics together. They should be here in 4 weeks or so. I will compare those to my 1/18 Minichamps BT52 cars to see if they are the same exact dimensions or not. These cars are getting insanely expensive, though. Just one of these GP Replicas is like the price I paid for 3 of the 1/18 Minichamps models back in 2015/2016 or so. :/ Kinda hoping they don't release a lot of these vintage cars for the sake of my wallet lol.

 

[Craig]

@Ztune cool, looking forward to seeing pictures of them all The Minichamps ones are getting harder to find now & expensive, which sucks for me!

 

[Ztune]

The two BT52 models arrived today! The paint looks great. I know where 3 of my Minichamps BT52 models are, but not the 4th (all in storage). I'll look for that later this week and hopefully get pics of all 8 Brabhams together this weekend.

 

[Ztune]

Pics!

GP replicas on left, Minichamps on right looking at front view (left when looking at rear). Identical wheelbase and proportions.

All four in their display cases.

Now with the four Brabham Minichamps models. The Minichamps models have really nice detail with bodywork off, but the GP Replicas detail is very nice as no panel gaps of course. The Minichamps have a hard time sitting flush when back on.

Just the GP replicas side by side