1/24 Maisto Nissan GT-R R35 Custom

Sorry for the lack of updates, been very busy lately. Here's a custom job

This is how it looks like, before customization

And this is after.

Now even the boot opens

Overall, I feel this makes the car look much better. Click on the pic to view in a higher resolution ;)

1/18 Autoart Honda S2000

Here's an Autoart Honda S2000. Scale is 1:18

Nice front.

Honda logo is a photoetched part.
Nice side profile. The S2000 wording beside the indicator is also a PE part.
3rd quarter rear end. The exhaust are separate metal parts. And so is the Honda logo, again PE parts.
Rear lights have excellent detailing.
Cool red interior.
Boot opens.
Well replicated F20C I4 engine.
Damn its smiling at me!
Decent underbody details.

1/24 Motor Max Aston Martin DB9

Been hunting for this for a while also. Got it for Rm50, which was Maisto's old price. Not too bad, I suppose, for that level of pricing.
Side view. Looks menacing~
Front view. Love the grille and headlights combo.
Rear shot. The lights still looks good.
Front and rear wheel shots. Wheels are well detailed, but no disc brake detailing. :/
Engine detailing is better than what Maisto offers. Love that V12~
Interior has some woodgrain-like finishing, not bad at all.
My favorite angle.

Overall, I'd give this car a 8/10. Niggles like ride height (a lil too high), no disc brakes are forgiven. AFAIK, no other makers does a 1/24 Aston Martin..

1/24 Maisto Ford Mustang GT 2006

I've been hunting for this model for quite a while already, and when my friend found it for me, I was really ecstatic.
Here's the front view. Looks quite good with the lowered body..
Also looks good from here. Studs/stems are not too obvious.

Rear view. Exhaust unpainted, but the rest looks fine.
Side view. Door gaps are a wee bit too large, but then it's no big deal.
Wheels are pretty well done, but pity there are no brake details. Even the Ford logo can be seen clearly.
Interior detailing is so-so. Nothing to shout about. Love the silver accents.
Here's the Mustang's V8. I respect Maisto for the smallest decal in the engine bay, Well done.

Overall, I'd give the Mustang a 7/10 rating. I do suspect that the Revell (plastic) have better details.

1/24 Welly BMW 330i E90

Here is another lovely BMW that I got recently in unexpected and miraculous way. Well, it's a long story that I cannot tell everything here right now. Frankly, I'm almost getting crazy with my uni assignment at the moment. So I kinda steal a 'piece' of my 'pizza' time tonight to write a review here in order to loosen up my stress and tense from the assignment thing. For short, I got it so gratefully cheap from one of 2 dollar shop selling China made stuffs and thanks to my dad who found this one of my most wanted cars. Yeah.. BMW car diecast, particularly in 1:24 scale, will always be on my most wanted cars list.

So here is the 1:24 replica of luxury saloon BMW 3 series, 330i, in E90 form which made by Welly.

Silver painted body with gray interior shows matching color combination.


Look at those headlamps. They are so well made replicating HID projector look.

Only front doors are 'openable'. No disc brake hiding behind the wheels.


The tail looks simple and clean. Nice exhaust tips too.

I like this engine room, it looks so much better than any of Jada with chrome spotted all over the place.

the interior is poorly represented here. Lack of detail.

Love to see both together.

If I could choose, I would have this car in black anytime. Unfortunately, this car had been left alone abondoned on the shelf when I met it. But still, I love the silver too.

Hence, I cannot objectively rate this car as I have already fell in love with it.
It's just almost perfect for 1:24!

So I leave it for you to leave the rating.

Thanks for looking.

Christopher

1/24 Jada Veilside 350Z

Jada's Veilside 350Z

And now is the time for me to give my first review on Jada's product, the 350Z Veilside. Oh.. Come on, I belive it's not only me getting crazy over Z33 after watching Tokyo Drift, right?! LOL. It certainly becomes one of my favourite car back then when Tokyo Drift fever struck me. It's been years for me forgeting my day dreaming addiction toward this car. But recently, this unique 'virus' hit me back, even more. After sitting in front of my computer for hours browsing on ebay to look for this car, I rather got nothing as the price just ridiculously unjustifiable. Funnily, until like 2 days ago, when I went to BigW Department Stores accompanying my mom shopping some household stuffs, my instinct brought my attention to the toy section, and there I eventually found a black car figure wrapped inside Jada packaging box staring at me. And there was the Fairlady dressed in Veilside 'gown' caught my attention. I took this thing off from the shelf quickly after I noticed the attractive price tag on the box and quickly run to the cashier to sedate my breathtaking joy. The feelling just indescribeable. The car is still untouched from any modification at the time I took the photo shot of it. I got a bunch of plans to improve the details and customise it in the future. So here are the pictures at the moment..

A bit dissapointed with Jada's choice of wheel, the one im after is the veilside Andrew Evolution

The front bumper is a bit too high.. hm.. would be nice if carbon lips are added.

Like a gundam face?

Huge wing. The best part of the body kit.

Interior is a bit stuffed up I think.

The paint quality is top notch!

Engine bay. I hate the chromes =(

The ICE is not my taste.



Not bad for my first Jada brand car. Rate?? 8.5/10

Christopher

1/24 Cararama VW Golf GTI MK V

Wild looking 'Red Devil' Golf GTI

In contrast to my poor 328i convertible, this Golf GTI from Cararama is just too good to be true in term of its price & quality. This one costs me less than the 328ci yet featuring decent detail & quality. The glossy paint is so smooth without showing off observable orange peel. The wheels you'll see in the pictures below are not the ones came from the box. The original wheel is just fine, but the car's stance is too high I suppose. As it's quite troublesome to reduce the height of the car without damaging the original chasis, I decide to replace them with Fujimi's BBS 17 inch two tone color version (some say 'time attack' version). The car turns out hotter, doesnt it? At least it does before my eyes. Here some pics for you to enjoy..

The height is just perfect now.

The widebody is so natural. Perfect emblem. Nice exhaust tips too.

Panel line is added.

Beautiful 'eyes' & 'mustache' - if you know what I mean ^^

The best engine room Ive ever seen in 1/24 car so far.

And just for fun!

Thus,I give 9.5/10.. what you think? Anyone like to second it?


Christopher.