Bozothenutter Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Fernando Pinto is doing one... https://www.scalemates.com/kits/fpp-modelos-aston-martin-rham-v8-le-mans-1979--1425829 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 What a great car! A quintessentially British Le Mans contender - hopelessly under-financed, hugely powerful but massively heavy, and all born from a road going A-M DBS some five years earlier by Robin Hamilton. Brilliant! Not my scale (I have a 1/43 kit of this car in the stash) but I can think of one or two individuals on this forum who would do this kit justice. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 I want one. Need to contact Pinto to secure one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozothenutter Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 3 hours ago, klubman01 said: What a great car! A quintessentially British Le Mans contender - hopelessly under-financed, hugely powerful but massively heavy, and all born from a road going A-M DBS some five years earlier by Robin Hamilton. Brilliant! Not my scale (I have a 1/43 kit of this car in the stash) but I can think of one or two individuals on this forum who would do this kit justice. Trevor Never ever was a contender, not unless every other team dnf'ed. But who cares! It was a glorious, loud monster! The definition of character! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozothenutter Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 It's arrived... think 1/43 kit scaled up. Inside of roof will need thinning to match the bow of the outside. wheel arches the same to prevent that heavy look 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozothenutter Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 well, that's a bit disappointing. been fondling this all day, and something felt off - windscreen looks too upright - front door seam to much to the rear - 'B' pillar too upright - 'C' Pillar too upright - rear quarter window wrong shape (lower line should go up, upper line down) will still give it a go of course! based off this pic: (was taken with a wide angle lens, so a lot of barrel distortion) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Well, that is disappointing. Looks like you might be carrying out some major surgery. Hope it goes well. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozothenutter Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 Update Fires of an email to Fernando. He agrees with my assessment and apologised profusely Apparently the model was created by somebody else with CAD knowledge (hard to believe, as there is asymmetry as well). He has vowed to never use them again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitkent Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 A shame,I think this is a re release though from a few years ago. Normally very good reviews of his kits. Chris.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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