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  1. dyerhaus

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    #1 dyerhaus, Oct 23, 2022
    I only know of a few manufacturers who make a model of the 308 GT4: Kyosho (1/64 and 1/100), Top Marques (1/43, 1/18, and 1/12), Hot Wheels (1/18), BBR (1/43), Le Phoenix (1/43), and Polistil (1/43). These all offer a very limited selection, but are all decent quality, except for maybe the Polistil which is not the most accurate representation… however, much like the real car, I love it for all its quirkiness.

    When I bought my 308 GT4, the previous owner also provided a Polistil model of the car, however the model was kind of a brown/copper color. But somehow I managed to find the Polistil model of my car in my color. It's hard enough to find a 308 GT4 model, but to find one in the color of my car was just a sheer stroke of luck. Sure, it's not an EXACT match, but it's as close as I'm going to find without repainting the model myself.

    I recently bought an all metal kit of the 308 GT4 (by Enco), looking forward to putting that together soon and making a tiny replica of my own car. Are there any other good models of the 308 GT4 that maybe I haven't mentioned above?

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  2. rei24

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    #2 rei24, Oct 23, 2022
    There was an excellent resine kit by SMP24 at 1/24 scale. Just a couple of years ago
    Bad news: Very limited and almost impossible to get. And you need to build it yourself ;)
    Good news: you could do it at the colour you like ;))
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  3. dyerhaus

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    #3 dyerhaus, Oct 23, 2022
    Don't mind building kits myself, but finding that one is going to be hard! But, if there's one out there, then I'll find it!!
     
  4. Jack-the-lad

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    #4 Jack-the-lad, Oct 24, 2022
    You’d think SMP24 would cast some more if there’s demand. Presumably they still have the molds.
     
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  5. Rosey

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    #5 Rosey, Oct 24, 2022
    I think the key word there is demand.
    The 308 GT4 are just not a very popular model to the general public compared to many of the classic and modern Ferrari's out there.

    Look how popular in real vehicle sales the 308/328 GTB/S series was and even then there are only a handful of quality models made of those cars compared to the many 250 GTO's, LM"s, 288, Testarossa's, F40's, etc. made.
     
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    #6 F1tommy, Oct 24, 2022
    SMP24 does very limited numbers of all their models. He does it as a hobby so demand is always more than supply. That said the SMP24 308 GT4 was not the model he made with the most demand
     
  7. Jack-the-lad

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    #7 Jack-the-lad, Oct 24, 2022
    I wonder if he’d do a short run for direct sales. There are probably half a dozen buyers here.
     
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  8. dyerhaus

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    #8 dyerhaus, Oct 24, 2022
    I'm in if he'll do it. I have no idea how to get in contact with this person though!
     
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    #9 rei24, Oct 25, 2022
  10. Jack-the-lad

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    #10 Jack-the-lad, Oct 25, 2022
    Maybe he’s on FB. I’m not, but I looked and didn’t see it.
     
  11. dyerhaus

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    #11 dyerhaus, Oct 25, 2022
    Yeah, having a real hard time finding this guy. I can't message him on Twitter (his account doesn't accept messages), can't find him on Facebook, I found his website, but everything (including Twitter) is in Japanese, trying to send a private message via the website requires a captcha in Japanese. He's certainly made it very difficult to get in touch with him, at least for a non-Japanese reader/speaker. I was able to send a general message through his website (but no idea if it really worked or not). I won't give up!
     
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  12. hanspeterk.

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    #12 hanspeterk., Oct 27, 2022
    ... www.graphic-mini.com (shop in France) is selling SMP24 kits - look at "Resin" - possible they have an idea ...
     
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