MFH 1:12 488 GTE - any direct experience?

I've been eyeing the 1:12 scale Model Factory Hiro kit of the Ferrari 488 GTE for so long it's starting to get a bit annoying. Has anyone here had any direct experience with this kit? I've seen several built examples on the web and they are really impressive. Of course one of them was Frederic Suber's build so perhaps impressive isn't strong enough. lol.
Any impressions of the general accuracy? Looks good to me but I'm not well versed in picking up on small errors in shapes. I'm not a rivet counter and I might even miss a difference in the number of vents or louvers.
Basically, does it build well and (fairly) easily? I'm not looking for any frustration, not looking to re-engineer anything major, not looking to add the $500 transkit to it (that you can't even get anymore). I'm a little put off by the lack of full engine detail but that's also a plus in a way - kit cost and time and effort to build it. Definitely don't want to end up with a $500 box of bits that will never end up as a nice looking model in the display case.
Thanks all!
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Thanks Tom. My post was sort of aimed at you and Marshall but the 488 is a bit too recent for his tastes. LOL.

As I said, I'm not a rivet counter and I'm unlikely to get out a caliper and start measuring the wheel base and overhang and whatever else. The body shape looks good to me and I love the look of this car and especially in the AF Corse livery.
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Here is Suber's build.
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That I have no way of knowing. It was displayed at Retromobile as his work.

 

Just to put this thread to bed so to speak - I got as far as finding out from MFH that the kit is available and they are delighted to sell me one - but Japan Post is currently not accepting air mail and so DHL is the only option - at $78 for one kit. I'm going to wait until things return to normal I guess. Whatever "normal" is.

A bit disappointed that the transkit for this came and went so quickly. In a way that's a good thing because the transkit is probably well beyond how much effort I want to put in to a model these days but it would have been nice to be able to add some of the boxes and wiring that's missing from the kit. I wish MWT had at least opted to sell the 3D printed parts separately - and continued to sell them since they use Shapeways and they wouldn't even have to be involved in packing and shipping.

 

Back on track - for the AF Corse cars prior to 2019 when they went to the darker red what is the correct specific red and from which model paint maker? Splash Paints for instance don't list Ferrari race colors at all except for Scuderia Red and Zero Paint's site is cumbersome at best. Is it Rosso Corsa since Rosso Barchetta is the 2019 color or was that actually Rosso Monza despite many sites saying it is Barchetta?

 

Yes, thanks, I'm active on several model forums and I'm well aware of some of the drawbacks including the difficulties, for example, with resin bodies and white metal doors. Not to mention all the bent and twisted white metal parts.
The 488 GTE is a simpler kit, no opening doors, no lift-off body clips, not much engine detail, basically an expensive curbside model.

As for infinite time... honestly the temptation to just buy a 1:18 BBR of last year's AF Corse Le Mans class winner is VERY strong. Open box, insert model in display case, admire daily. Done.
Thing is I'm not looking to spend a year building something so a Hiro with lots of detail or with an MWT transkit is out. Honestly my first preference would be a DeAgostini 1:8 "partswork" model but none of the current subjects really appeal except the MP4/4 and Model Space's customer service doesn't impress. After that a Hiro kit without problems appeals somewhat. I'll skip over 1/24 because that scale is of almost zero interest to me and that leaves 1/43 which does appeal - and I actually used to build those professionally.

PS: I recall reading with interest your accounts of your experiences with your 2 Hiro builds.

 

Can we talk about the 488 GTE now? LOL. This is where a lot of original posters get annoyed and start telling people to start their own thread! I'm not doing that because it's the nature of these things that they wander - but I sure would appreciate more 488 and less bash MFH. I'm not at all a fan, hate the sentiment so often expressed on model forums that we should be grateful to them for what ever they offer us - but I really don't think their usual issues apply to the kit in question here. There's not been one mention of any issue anywhere that I've seen.
Now about that correct shade of Rosso...

 

Thanks for posting - looks like an awesome build! I've been through Mike Chirivi's build - all 240 pictures but unfortunately not much in the way of descriptions or details. He also used the MWT transkit. I was looking at the transkit right from the start but it disappeared before I could build up the nerve to purchase it. Probably just as well - as I said early on in this thread I'm not really looking to spend a year on a model.

 

Thanks - the carbon decals are already in my mental shopping cart but I didn't think of rivets. Do you have a suggestion for a source? What about other things like Dzus fasteners? Hose fittings? Electrical? For the carbon fiber what brand did you use? I know Matt from Scale Motorsports and was going to use his unless you think there is a better choice.
Also are there any other relatively simple ways to add detail to this model? I had contacted MWT about selling just the 3D printed stuff since that is on Shapeways and he doesn't have to actually do anything but he's not interested.

 

Thanks - your link to MFH carbon actually goes to the small version in 1/24 scale and they don't seem to have a medium on Spotmodel. Did you mean small or something else? And 1/24 scale not 1/12?