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Post by robmarsh on Sept 5, 2018 14:50:53 GMT
Model Factory Hiro are releasing a 1/12 scale multi media detail set of the Maserati 250F including the 1957 German Grand Prix version. This kits are really super detailed and very similar to building a real car. This one even has the piston etc which for me will be fun even though you wowon't see them when built.
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Post by René on Sept 5, 2018 18:02:17 GMT
Great Rob, already looking forward to this build!  |
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Post by robmarsh on Sept 7, 2018 13:55:42 GMT
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Post by robmarsh on Sept 7, 2018 13:58:01 GMT
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Post by mikael on Sept 7, 2018 14:26:46 GMT
A stunning level of details. Really interesting! Yes, assembling a model like this would not be that far from building a real car. (It was in the "mechanical age" so even for the real thing there wasn't that much wiring - very unlike today's cars.)
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Post by mikael on Sept 7, 2018 14:41:36 GMT
Came across this, which you may find interesting. (Link to Youtube: )
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Post by mikael on Sept 7, 2018 15:06:04 GMT
Part 2 (it seems that this has not been "subtitled" (yet) - I could only find this version: (Youtube link: )
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Post by René on Sept 7, 2018 15:20:51 GMT
Some pics from the MFH site. Wonderful Rob, I guess that's not a cheep model car! |
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Post by René on Sept 7, 2018 19:14:46 GMT
Mikael, those are fantastic videos on Model Factory Hiro. I love it when the CEO says he only makes kits he likes. No plan, no special requests by customers, only what he likes himself! And what an amazing craftmanship, beautiful. The second video was indeed a bit more difficult to follow  but still interesting! |
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Post by René on Sept 9, 2018 22:48:15 GMT
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Post by Carl on Sept 9, 2018 23:44:02 GMT
Rene,
I'm unfamiliar both with Gilena publishers and the Joe Honda often mentioned on their website, but several of the books are interesting and that sure looks like Pedro Rodriguez... 
Cheers, Carl
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Post by mikael on Sept 10, 2018 5:25:21 GMT
Books with collections of photos taken by "Joe Honda" are not hard to find here in Japan.
Here is a CNN portrait of Joe Honda (whose real name is Nobuyuki Jozuka), written by his daughter:
As to the "Model Factory Hiro" (MFH) collections, I have had a number of Joe Honda photo collections in my Amazon "shopping basket - to buy later" for quite some time now ... it is books I have been thinking about buying, but somehow haven't done yet. Upon checking them again just now it turns out they are all under the MFH label - I haven't paid attention to this until now ...
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Post by robmarsh on Sept 10, 2018 6:15:48 GMT
I have about 20 of them. They are really photo essays and have some excellent photos in them. They are especially helpful for building the MFH models as they have some excellent close ups taken at the time. A lot of detail books on bygone racers feature close ups of restored cars which means you can have fittings on that are not historically correct. Although about 99% of the captions are in Japanese it doesn't detract from the books. They are very reasonably priced.
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Post by René on Sept 10, 2018 9:54:05 GMT
I have about 20 of them. They are really photo essays and have some excellent photos in them. They are especially helpful for building the MFH models as they have some excellent close ups taken at the time. A lot of detail books on bygone racers feature close ups of restored cars which means you can have fittings on that are not historically correct. Although about 99% of the captions are in Japanese it doesn't detract from the books. They are very reasonably priced. That sounds good Rob. I think I will order a couple to see for myself.
If I really need a translation, I will just show it to Mikael! |
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Post by René on Sept 10, 2018 11:54:30 GMT
I found another online store that sells these books for a much sharper price, Hiroboy:
They also have great kits and modelling stuff on offer. |
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but still interesting!
