Hiro Ferrari 1/43 ????

[Preludevenom]

Hello everyone,

Am just asking myself why Hiro take time to issue 1/43 Ferrari and why there is no Ferrari kits for sale on the 1/43 Barchetta website.... Is there problems with licence here too??

If someone knows

BR

MIke

[SeaBee]

Mike, I'm not the ultimate expert there... but AFAIK (checked their website last week) their next batch of kits slated after the current planned release (is it the 98T?) should be the entire 126C4 range (C4, C4M and C4M2). And looking at their announcements, there's a truckload of small red cars coming!

Unless I misunderstood your question - in which case sorry. I will hide behind excuse that it's not my first language!

[jag]

I have the 1967 312 USGP version and it's a gem. Can't wait for the others to be released.

[glr190959]

Hi Jag,
but , in their website, the 1967 Ferrari 312 is "on sale soon".
How do you have it ?
Ciao,
Giovanni

[Preludevenom]

That's exactly what i was thinking.... i see some 1/43 Ferrari's selling on ebay but nothing on the Hiro website or barchetta store.... no sign of any 1/43 Ferrari..... is there any licence problems?

[jag]

Hi Jag,
but , in their website, the 1967 Ferrari 312 is "on sale soon".
How do you have it ?
Ciao,
Giovanni

I pre-ordered mine from GRAND PRIX MODELS 5 months ago.
I wouldn't put much faith in what the HIRO website says......

[F1Xena]

I bought the Ferrari 312F1 from MFH/Barchetta directly on Thursday. I asked about the other Ferraris, and when we would see them (the Chris Amon cars are the ones that interest me) but the answer was vague. Yes, they have a Ferrari Licence, but they also require "approval", and it seems that kits will only be approved if they don't compete with Tameo. In other words, Italian car company protecting Italian model company. For MFH, I would imagine going ahead without "approval" could jeopardise the "Licence" which was very difficult and expensive to obtain.
The Ferrari 67 kit is listed here: http://www.aruyo-club.net/new-mfh43.html, which is some sort of club associated with Barchetta (linked off their site). An email to Kyoko Hiro at cus@modelfactoryhiro.com. will confirm availability, and I think you can buy from them via mail order.
For those unaware, Barchetta is the shop attached to MFH...same building, same family. The shop is run by one Hiro brother and his wife, the "Factory" (MFH) by the other brother and his wife.
Cheers
Tania

[F1tommy]

Well the Japanese do have a real bad habit of copying and doing the same cars. They also like to take all market share and block direct competition from their home market via several methods(just ask the car makers, TV makers, cell phone makers, film makers ect), , so what comes around goes around I guess.

[F1Xena]

A bit harsh perhaps Tom?

Actually, I think MFH are the ones who have been on the wrong side of the "duplication" battle more than a few times....it seemed every kit they made for a while was duplicated by Fujimi in plastic. Thinking FW16, McLaren F1, BT46B and so many others. I think they were first cab off the rank with the Lotus 79 too.

This Way Up are noticing duplication of their kits by die cast makers too...down to identical race versions, and their topics are generally pretty obscure. Think Spark are one of the main culprits.

Yes, still at Air NZ...it's as close as the airline industry comes to a "job for life". Its been my 3rd "start again from the bottom" job so I won't be moving elsewhere now I'm on the escalator! (Still a seniority based promotion system, and a legacy carrier so it doesn't get much better)

Cheers

Tania