mold really does look close to the autoart one

 

Interested in this.

 

Maybe I'll add this when it comes out. A truly legendary car.

 

No break for you then?

 

Yeah the purple is a ... questionable choice

 

Yeah... Gotta be honest, it really doesn't fit with the car's identity.

Magnesium Silver, British Racing Green and Papaya Orange are still the top colours for me. Already have the AA's Magnesium Silver. If this model comes out to be as good as it, I'll buy the British Racing Green version (color of the car that was used to break the top speed record back in the day), and I know it will be available because I've seen a sample of it already circling around.
Not sure if they will release any Papaya Orange, but they should.

 

Looks like I will have to break the piggy bank for this before it recovers from the Supra purchase. I am really hoping they make a yellow one.

 

Seeing the autoart selling for astronomical amounts on the second hand market, wounder what the asking price will be, $400-500?

 

I wonder if LCD's intent is to match or surpass the Aa, which is the benchmark, or provide a cheaper but still good alternative and capture that second-hand demand in the market.

 

probably the latter although your guess is as good as mine. I'm an AA fanboy and the LCD Century blows the AA one out of the water.

 

Seems like this will be available for pre-order... "soon". No prices yet announced, but from these samples, it's not looking bad.

Also... Purple??? I assume these are colours from current McLaren F1 customer cars.

Yeah the purple is a ... questionable choice

The blue is the colour of an actual F1 according to Exclusive Car Registry.

I was looking for a purple F1, and the only one there is the one formerly owned by George Harrison. That purple is not as vivid as what is shown here. There's also this one, but it, too, is too dark.

mold really does look close to the autoart one

Interestingly, the panels for the side storage compartments have magnet placements that are almost identical to those on the AUTOart.

 

Interestingly, the panels for the side storage compartments have magnet placements that are almost identical to those on the AUTOart.

So a Chinese company is ripping off another Chinese company. Now that's irony.

 

George Harrison's one seems to be quite a bright shade of Purple under bright lights. Otherwise it's a Dark Purple colour, the model isn't a replica of that car though as it has a lot of one off touches.

An actual Bright Purple one doesn't seem to exist. I may be wrong though, but I only found it on Forza.

 

George Harrison's one seems to be quite a bright shade of Purple under bright lights. Otherwise it's a Dark Purple colour, the model isn't a replica of that car though as it has a lot of one off touches.

An actual Bright Purple one doesn't seem to exist. I may be wrong though, but I only found it on Forza.

"I've got my mind set on you. I've got my mind, set on you...."

 

AND obviously the LCD doesn't have the black wheels. So seems a complete fantasy paint.

 

Those wheels don’t look great. Hopefully the production model has the correct paint color.

I was actually fortunate enough to see a McLaren F1 at my local McDonalds of all places.

 

Yeah the wheels are too bright, almost like they're chromed.

 

They did the same thing with the Supra.

 

Still can't believe AA has sat on their hands with this one hitting $1000 regularly. Meanwhile they're working on the 453rd version of the R34, they should cover every single one made at some point. An army of Challengers too. If I were at AA the F1, 930's, Countachs, and 635's would be in perpetual production. Heck would of done the Grand Wagoneer over, but we needed Jukes I guess.

I think I got my white F1 back in the day for $180ish... I wonder if you can see through the dash speaker grilles on this new one. I'd go for a volcano orange one. Curious if better pictures would show if they fixed up the headlights.

The bling wheels, if you spray them with lacquer clear matte, they would tone down to the proper color.

 

Still can't believe AA has sat on their hands with this one hitting $1000 regularly. Meanwhile they're working on the 453rd version of the R34, they should cover every single one made at some point. An army of Challengers too. If I were at AA the F1, 930's, Countachs, and 635's would be in perpetual production. Heck would of done the Grand Wagoneer over, but we needed Jukes I guess.

I think I got my white F1 back in the day for $180ish... I wonder if you can see through the dash speaker grilles on this new one. I'd go for a volcano orange one. Curious if better pictures would show if they fixed up the headlights.

The bling wheels, if you spray them with lacquer clear matte, they would tone down to the proper color.

Glad someone had the stones to say this.

 

I would like one of these. I’m off to a good start with LCD with the Supra. Hope this is as good

 

Ummmm the raisin says the grapevine is sorta sexy in purple. I would just give it a tan interior. I approve this message. My wallet will need convincing but I think I can convince it.

 

i have one Autoart F1 in silver. wouldnt mind one from LCD in another color if it nice enough. i remember seeing a UT Models F1 here on DX forums repainted to atomic orange. it was such a cool color for the F1.
the purple F1 looks strange and good at the same time.

 

I'm holding out judgment until I see better pictures, but from these I'm seeing the same problems as when they showed it last year, the overly chromed rims. And on the silver and blue ones, the suspension looks collapsed, and the front wheel wells look weird.

I like the frozen blue color more than any of the colors Autoart made it in. But unless they improve the finished product, I'll still want the Autoart more, even pay extra for it if I have to. Autoart has definitely been focusing on the markets in China and Japan the past few years, that explains all of the Skylines and etc. But a rerelease of the F1 would sell out everywhere, it seems like a no brainer.

 

More pics

 

From those closer pics, the car overall is pretty fine, but the shut-lines are quite open.

It's still a prototype, but the AA still does look like the grail of road car Mclaren F1s. Although if they do sell this car for anywhere between 200-300 like their usual products are, it's a pretty nice price.

Also wanted to post here that MakeUp is going to also release a McLaren F1, but it's a resin, and... for the usual over the top prices for these resin cars, over 450€ I hear. However, it does look insanely good:

 

One thing I don't like about the LCD McLaren is the size of the flake. Compare it to the scale correct flake on the Make Up. But then again they only have to get one thing right which is the exterior

 

SUV tires on that Make Up, however.

 

Wasn't there a green one?

Those wheels and front fascia/bumper haven't aged well.
Surprised they didn't do a Papaya/Mclaren Orange.

The F1 LM will always be the grail F1 imo.

 

The Autoart one?

 

I rather like the purple. Granted, it’s not a signature colour, but I think it works ok

 

saw it in dark green in the Toy fair 2024 thread. could be the color for me if im going for one.

 

Yeah... Gotta be honest, it really doesn't fit with the car's identity.

Magnesium Silver, British Racing Green and Papaya Orange are still the top colours for me. Already have the AA's Magnesium Silver. If this model comes out to be as good as it, I'll buy the British Racing Green version (color of the car that was used to break the top speed record back in the day), and I know it will be available because I've seen a sample of it already circling around.
Not sure if they will release any Papaya Orange, but they should.

XP5 was a 'real' BRG, meaning reeeally dark, flat green with little to no metallic flake that looks pretty dull in most lighting conditions:

I checked F1registry to see if there were any interesting colors produced and F1 has to be the single most boring car of all time in this regard. Dealer stock car lot variety I like the purple, might not be best for this particular body shape but at least it makes this legendary supercar look the part. I'm rooting for macca orange.

Still can't believe AA has sat on their hands with this one hitting $1000 regularly. Meanwhile they're working on the 453rd version of the R34, they should cover every single one made at some point. An army of Challengers too. If I were at AA the F1, 930's, Countachs, and 635's would be in perpetual production. Heck would of done the Grand Wagoneer over, but we needed Jukes I guess.

I can't believe anyone still cares at this point. If Aa won't release something I'm interested in then I'm happy to hand my money to LCD, Almost Real, Motorhelix or whoever else will. If they're willing to make them out of metal, even better. And bear in mind we may not need an army of Challengers but they do need a steady revenue stream from OEMs. Sure it would be nice to see their greatest hits on the shelves again, but judging from their release schedule and subject matter, they might not have enough money for development and they've locked themselves out of updates and re-releases by going plastic :/

 

I think they produced it in quite a lot of nice colours Sure, some are boring, but some aren't.

 

See for yourself. One red, two candy oranges, one yellow, one McLaren Orange (YAS!), one Yquem (YASx2), few blue ones (interesting, but IMO don't suit the car). That's not a lot for 75 cars (74 if you discount the crash test mule). The remaining ones are an ocean of car lot silvers & blacks and ambiguous shades of a rainy November morning in London