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 Jada Nissan GT-R R35

I recently got myself a replica of Japanese beast of GT-R R35 in red hot color. Unlike Eric's Maisto R35, this car is made by Jada which is slightly bigger than any 1/24 car. I must admit that Jada's one is more superior than Maisto's in both quality and detail. No wonder that Jada's R35 is much more expensive than Maisto's one. Unfortunately, I don't have the Maisto's R35 thus I cannot make head-to-head comparison of both cars. However, you may refer to the earlier post of Eric's R35 to give you a picture of Maisto's R35.

The red body paint is awesome. The picture just somehow doesn't do the car justice.

The emblem is nicely done. A bit of paint chips on the lips but would be easily fixed with airbrush touch up.

Paint chips spotted, again! The trunk is 'openable' by the way.

Thanks God! Rearlight is made by plastic. Better than Maisto's red painted backlight.
Nice exhaust tips as well.

Perfect wheels I supposed. Look at that brake hiding behind the wheels, lovely.
Maisto's R35 doesn't have any brake behind its steerable wheels.
The GT-R emblem really gives more details to its exterior.

Opening engine hood, doors, and trunk.

The engine is nicely detailed. Thanks jada for forgetting the chrome here.

Interior is not bad for 1/24 quality. Again, thanks Jada for not throwing any ridiculous ICE there.

Overall, it is a decent 1/24 diecast you can get from Jada and a must have diecast car for GTR's fans. In my honest opinion, it's one of the best Jada cars.

I love this car so much. My rate is 9/10 for it.

Thanks for looking.

Christopher.

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.

1/24 Sunnyside BMW 328i Convertible

Got this baby from US ebay for about AUD 25 about a month ago and it seems that this replica of the 'topless' 3 series BMW is not a fancy diecast which usually comes with a nice set of wheels and decent details. Soon, I replace the original wheels with Fujimi's 17 " BBS RG346 and lower the suspension. Here come the pictures.

With a model

The grill is so lousy as well as the no plate & headlamp. One word, awful!

Look at the headrest! So ridiculous.

Well, not bad for interior.. The beige color cherishes it up.

The car looks so much better on these wheels.

Wanna jump in?

Well, it's the worst quality diecast I've ever had so far. But I dun really care actually because I'm collecting BMW 3 series. I know there are plenty of rooms that needs improvement & detailing for this car. So if my spare time allows, I'm gonna put more details on this poor bimmer. Rate? 6/10.

Christopher