Quattroruote 1/24 diecast model collection

Next 1/24th Ferrari F1 from Hachette is the 1980 Ferrari T5 Monaco. A very bad year for Ferrari, this car has never been done in 1/24th scale before, although maybe a resin body was done from Japan.

Also, the C4 preview.


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Marshall, it looks better in person. The rear fender is not perfectly tall enough from the arch to the top of the fender I think, but the main thing that makes the picture look strange is the wheels are set to far out. I really don't expect to ever find a better model of the ISO Grifo, this is that good. But more color options would have been nice. Also do not buy the wire wheel version, the wire wheels are wrong. The ALLOY Campagnolo wheels are very good. Top quality model. He (the factory he uses) does not use the same technique as BBR for the windows, that are super clear but have more curvature, so not flat sheet, but not vacuform either.

 

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Next 2 non Ferrari 1/24th Hachette models. The BT24 looks really nice, much better than the old 1/24th scale white metal Wills Finecast kit from the 1960's.


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Next 2 1/24th Hachette F1 regular series models:

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Here is the ISO Grifo 1/24th model. I did narrow the wheels and remount them. Also repainted them with Alclad and added printed spinners to replace the original spinners which I think were too thick. New base I made and out lined the doors. You are not going to get a better Grifo model.




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Those are your typical Chinese production errors; they always use paint that is to shiny and rarely do door outlines. They also make wheels and tires way to big or small. The spinner issue was not that big, only slightly thick. Since I had several extra sets of the correct spinners I had printed I put them on.

This model was researched by the ISO Grifo club, so it is pretty accurate. I talked to the other Automodello partner, and he sounded like the 1/24th Mangusta is a go for future production

By the way, that is the Top Marques 1/12th 250SWB that I worked over in the case. Made the series 2 Nurburgring SEFAC factory car that ran in 1961. Not many SEFAC 259SWB's in red.

 

They do make errors, that is for sure. The 1/12th scale Eagle is a very good example, to many things wrong to list. But the Hiro Eagle is not perfect.

The SMP24 did a 1/24th Mangusta that is very nice, but hard to get. He just did the real nice Carabo. Hope he keeps making odd show cars.

By the way, I still think the rear fender lip on the Grifo is slightly too high, but not by too much.

 

Hachette 1/24th BT24 photos. The tires do have Blue Streaks painted on.


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Finally have the Hachette 1/24th Ferrari 312 T5 from 1980. I think it is a lot better than the T4 they did. It is a newer release, so that explains it, but it was poor performer. Very nice details on this off-year Ferrari.

 

Hi, yes, they are the same models. I refer to them by the company that releases them most of the time, not by the collection name as we have several collections. IXO is actually the manufacturing company who is under the PCT corporate umbrella to make it more confusing!!



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So now the people at Hachette are spreading rumors the regular 1/24th F1 series will go to 140 cars and the Ferrari series 100 cars, for a total of 240 1/24th F1 cars. I think we will get 1 F1 Ferrari from every year and all the Drivers' Championship cars in 1/24th scale. Add FPPM and Fernando Pinto and we will also get most of the pre war open wheel Driver Championship cars in 1/24th scale along with several Indy cars. Add to that almost everything outside of F1 cars in either 1/43rd, 1/24th or 1/18th you might want to re consider 1/24th scale for everything in the larger scales as they make a lot of model kits in 1/24th scale and almost no 1/18th scale model kits. Even the Renault Espace F1 minivan model kit is 1/24th scale. If you're not a kit builder than you have 3 scale choices now for diecasts.

Mike Quarterman of UMI's dream is finally coming true. I wish he had lived long enough to see it happen. He did get the first few Hachette 1/24th scale F1 models before he passed away.

 

1979 Shadow DN9 Hachette 1/24th scale:


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Hachette 1/24th F10 2010 is out.

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Hachette 1/24th Ferrari B2 coming in a few weeks:


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Next two 1/24th Hachette Ferrari F1 cars:

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