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A couple of years ago I bought one of these (photo from the Looksmart website) :
They cost way more then I want to spend on a 1/18 model, but I got the opportunity to buy a damaged model.
Mini looks like this (don't mind the total mess on my desk) :
The floorboard is broken into 5 pieces :
The rear wing is broken into 6 pieces and the body is broken in half in front of the windshield :
The damage will be repaired.
But before I start the repair, I want to share my view on this model :
It looks nice, but the way Looksmart made it, is just dumb.
This model costs at least € 260, given the amount of resin that they used to build it, I'm not surprised with it's high price.
The resin is over 5 mm thick in some spots, that makes the model very heavy.
It would have been a lot easier to use a metal plate for the floorboard, covered with a thin layer of resin with all the details for the underside.
It would also make the model a lot cheaper and less fragile.
To sum it up : I'm not impressed.
This is supposed to be a high-end model, but when you take it apart it's just a poor designed and bad assembled lump of resin.
The body does look nice, but small details like the exhausts, should be metal tubes, not plastic ones that don't have enough depth.
It comes with a very nice display case, but that's not enough to justify the price.
So, no Looksmart for me. This model isn't worth it's high price tag.
Enough rambling, next update will show the repair.
It will be interesting to fill and paint the cracks in the body, we'll see if it will be a success or a disaster.
Sincerely
Pascal
The amount of resin is ridiculous.

They cost way more then I want to spend on a 1/18 model, but I got the opportunity to buy a damaged model.
Mini looks like this (don't mind the total mess on my desk) :
The floorboard is broken into 5 pieces :


The rear wing is broken into 6 pieces and the body is broken in half in front of the windshield :


The damage will be repaired.
But before I start the repair, I want to share my view on this model :
It looks nice, but the way Looksmart made it, is just dumb.
This model costs at least € 260, given the amount of resin that they used to build it, I'm not surprised with it's high price.
The resin is over 5 mm thick in some spots, that makes the model very heavy.
It would have been a lot easier to use a metal plate for the floorboard, covered with a thin layer of resin with all the details for the underside.
It would also make the model a lot cheaper and less fragile.
To sum it up : I'm not impressed.
This is supposed to be a high-end model, but when you take it apart it's just a poor designed and bad assembled lump of resin.
The body does look nice, but small details like the exhausts, should be metal tubes, not plastic ones that don't have enough depth.
It comes with a very nice display case, but that's not enough to justify the price.
So, no Looksmart for me. This model isn't worth it's high price tag.
Enough rambling, next update will show the repair.
It will be interesting to fill and paint the cracks in the body, we'll see if it will be a success or a disaster.
Sincerely
Pascal
The amount of resin is ridiculous.