AUTOart officially gave us a glimpse at the upcoming 1:18 Lamborghini Aventador LP750-4 SV in Matt White (Bianco Canopus) back in July 2015. Over a year later new images of the Lambo project have surfaced. The LP750-4 SV is shown in hand-sample form, though we suspect the production version won’t be far off from this. Critics are already up in arms with AUTOart’s decision to move the Lambo platform from diecast to composite. Let’s hope the opening price point moves south too! We’ve included the complete of assortment of future pending colours and decal combination below.
74554 LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR LP750-4 SV (GRIGIO TITANS/MATT GREY) with small SV logo
74555 LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR LP750-4 SV (BIANCO CANOPUS/MATT WHITE) 2015 with big SV-logo
74556 LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR LP750-4 SV (NERO ALDEBARAN/GLOSS BLACK) 2015 with big SV logo
74557 LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR LP750-4 SV (ARANCIO ATLAS/METALLIC ORANGE) 2015 with big SV-logo
74558 LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR LP750-4 SV (NEW GIALLO ORION/METALLIC YELLOW) 2015 without SV logo
74559 LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR LP750-4 SV (BLU LEMANS/BLUE) 2015 with small SV logo
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i know not many will agree with me , but as a collectors for almost 15 years , i happy that there is a solution to enjoy open/close models , without been afraid from Zinc past or any ugly bubble paint over the years.
You will of course realise that it is possible to have a perfect paint finish without having to resort to plastic?
Some just don’t bother, others do, but at no point is it out of the realms of possibility.
This ´plastic´ matter shoudlnt be much issue on such cars, or racing prototypes, as carbon fiber and similar materials, is closer to plastic in point of modeling reality, than steel or die-cast. Just my thought.
You do have to question how reasonable it is to expect a metal diecast body on cars that don’t have that in the first place. I’m by no means a resin or composite fan, but to expect a diecast body on something like a modern Formula 1 model is really substituting something else for realism.
I have no problem with the plastic material (although I prefer metal). What I do have problems with is that their new ABS models are not sufficiently detailed. Look at the Alfa 4C and the Corvette C7, the Huracan, to name a few. The Lotus 99T is an ABS model and is crazy detailed, so it can be done. Why they don’t detail them sufficiently – who knows. Cost saving probably, which is what the plastic route was supposed to address. But now we have plastic models with less detail that don’t cost less. That’s why we’re mad.
this is 100% sure with this less detail that dont cost less…and, as far as I realized from various photos, except discussed color issues, the panel gaps are also quite questionable, either too wide, or when not opening, lines are too shallow, looks very toyish. Well, we will see, what future bring, as it will for sure be not lowering of the prices…
I have yet to own an Autoart model that uses composite materials so I will reserve judgement until I’ve bought one. At this point my only concern is that the prices being asked for these models are still considered fairly astronomical inspite of Autoart using “price” as one of the reasons for moving to this medium. So where did the savings go? ;o) Regardless, I do appreciate the fact that there’s still an open/close alternative to resin models which seem to have become the “establishment” in this hobby.
For the person above/below who’s concerned with paint rash, they can be fixed:
http://www.diecastxchange.com/forum1/topic/165969-removing-paint-rash-from-diecast-models/
It’s actually quite easy to do this as I’ve done it on a few 1/43 models.
Did the AA photographer really lean the model on the side mirror? :-O Was the camera welded to the tripod?
I like my resin models (8-10 out of 166 1/18 Ferraris), I just can’t imagine why they are much more expensive than their diecast counterparts. They have far less detail (usually there is no egine at all, no trunk neither underbody parts) and the manufacturing process is far simpler (eg. no forge needed.
Then what makes the huge price difference? Maybe the number of copies?
maybe the neverending rise of greed of corporate manufacturers ? ;-))
…BUT, this has two sides…You can bet everything you have, that if there is not somebody on the other side ( we, customers ), who is still, continously purchasing products resulted from this BS policy ( closed resin much easier to produce for ridiculous prices), they will reconsider their attitude really FAST. So…
At least there are some honest companies, like for example Otto models, Norev, Welly, which are showing us, what could be done. But than, even the TSM had their resins more expensive than recently issued full opening die-casts, so I dont get it…
I’m assuming you are referring to the 300-400 euro priced models from companies like BBR. Maybe this is something that completely eludes you but these are hand built models. Do not expect them to sell cheap: they would go out of business very quickly. Unless these models are built in low labor cost countries like China (but that is rapidly changing also) you’re going to have to pay for it. They don’t do the work for free. Although you can accuse the Chinese of trying to make an easy extra buck, it doesn’t take anything away from the quality they deliver. And by quality, I do not mean “opening parts”. If opening parts (or building materials for that matter) would increase cost extensively, why does Burago manages to do it for budget prices? There is no correlation between quality and opening parts or building materials. It’s the work you put into it that makes it expensive and stand out from the crowd. The majority of people on this forum seem to think that Autoart is (or was) the benchmark for 1/18 modelcars. I think that their latest efforts like the Mercedes Maybach proves what a joke that is. And I do NOT the plastic. It’s about effort. There is none. I can imagine a lot of people having trouble paying 400 euro for a model, but please do not dismiss it greed, BS, crap or whatever negative emotions you can come up with. It’s not.
Come on, from your perspetive, all resins are hand made. Maybe something is really eluding me, but what is the difference between BBR, Frontiart, Spark, Otto-Models, TSM, GT-Spirit etc., in terms of creating/building process of these models ? Ok, I can relate to Made in Italy vs Made in China, but otherwise…yes, there is also the difference in quality, but soon will be released the 2015 C7R Le mans Corvette from Spark, do you think the BBR is worth double the price ? Or that 150 Euro resin is worth compare to very high quality full opening diecast Porsche 935 from TSM ? Or that the CMCs GTO which is extraordinary die cast for 450-500 Eur, comparing to 400,- Eur BBR closed resin ? Believe what you want, but I can only repeat, Come on…