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Is there any info on that? Are we sure that CMC is taking back its old mold?
CMC did a video presentation today. Little information was shared about the 250 GTO but they shown a diecast body where we can see additional vents in the front. Problem is that vents dimension & location can vary quite a lot from S/N to S/N. No mention if they would correct the nose shape. But knowing CMC probabilities are high they won't update it.
We're on the same page here, Red.
The Kyosho is really good. Not as detailed, but accurate and very nice looking. I picked it over the CMC as I couldn't get over the CMC's shape.
I agree - I have four of them. And from the photos I've seen, the re-releases will be modeled after Kyosho's "high-end" versions, not the ones with the plastic hood straps, which I'm pleased about...
I've had the same assumption, but it turns out the've reengineered a lot of things in 300 SLR and listed them all with extensive explanations. Definitely not an easy and lazy job.
What do you mean by the same correction? I know they've had a problem with inserting the seal and smearing black outline over the paint and worked their way around it since, but at least the red one I've seen doesn't look 'ugly' like the preproduction samples. + I've seen a non-restored 275 in Louwman and this car really has the most protruding seal of all 😁 So I'm wondering how much of the criticism stems from our assumption of what it should look like and how much from the reality?
No, they have never been uniform, and even among collectors of the real 36 cars, there isn't a definitive one GTO out there.
I agree, the trim is very pronounced on the real car and even CMC's early production models are closer to the real thing that what any other model maker has produced.
Indeed, the correction on the Le Mans car is perhaps "too perfect" compared to the real car, but it's less shocking in 1/18 scale, I think. That being said, I may have come across one of the very first models produced, as the one I had was also like the prototype, i.e. particularly ungainly, on this point. I'll soon know, as I've ordered another one and am waiting for it to be delivered. We'll see how it turns out.
This is the difficulty, if we want to be relatively realistic. It is, if not impossible, unlikely that CMC would adapt the muzzle of their mould to match the chassis number presented. That's why, for my part, I think I'll avoid the race livery and prefer the plain red M-256. It's more likely to match one of the chassis whatever it is.
