This one is a lovely add for fans of sport or super cars, LCD Model has confirmed they will produce the 1:18 diecast and opening Honda NSX (MK1) NA1 . Colour options are four, they include: Black, White, and Red and Yellow. The first production sample will starting arriving in Q4 2025. If this model is based after the AUTOart release as some suspected the McLaren F1 was, it should be stellar!
Product# A/LCD1802 – D/LCD1802
I was kind of expecting that either LCD or MotorHelix would consider the iconic Honda NSX in die-cast.
Looking at how good LCD’s Toyota Supra is, we may expect very good details in the upcoming Honda NSX, even if it will be based on AutoArt’s version. Anyway, we can definitely expect a more realistic-looking interior, comparing to the standard grey hard plastic by AutoArt.
Initial thoughts:
– Panel gaps are bad, frunk and front bumper are tragic.I hope the production version fixes that.
– Shiny wheels strike again. LCD is weirdly attached to this chrome-y wheel paint, they need to stop this.
– front blinkers look a tad too short to my eyes and generally weird.I can see mounting pegs. Would be good to rework these.
And the car’s in a desperate need of a set of wheels. It’s amazing how much better NSX looks on a set of proper wheels and a bit lowered compared to a stock one. I wish LCD churned out a tuned version of it but looking at their previous releases there’s a slim chance for this to happen. It would be better off at Motorhelix stable.
Well the AUTOart one is the Type R version, hence the different wheels and maybe the lower stance.
The panel gaps makes this NSX look more like the Kyosho casting than the Autoart, i do hope the actual model will have panel gaps more like the Autoart casting if this is based on the AutoArt mold.
If you need a better option, find an AUTOart. One of the best examples in recent years.
Hm, the more I look at the white color, the more it leans towards championship white vs regular white…
I’ve received my example in white and I like it very much.
I don’t have any AutoArt’s Honda NSX, but I’ve carefully inspected a few videos of the composite version and compared them to the LCD’s version. And I can say these models seem to be quite on a par in terms of details and accurracy.
The door shutlines are so tight that even the opening tool can’t open them. But there is a very small gap between the top part of the side windows and the roof, which is enough for the opening tool to get inside and help to open the door.
The shutlines of the trunk are so tight that the trunk cover can only be opened by pushing the tail wing.
The transparent engine cover, however, does not close completely, leaving noticeable gaps between the bottom and side parts of this cover and the car’s body. This is the main imperfection of this model. In some videos on YouTube, the reviewers have the similar complain about AutoArt’s composite NSX models. But since I haven’t seen one in flesh, I can’t say about AutoArt for sure.
The frunk shutlines are also tight, except for gaps around the openable headlights. Well, I think it is acceptable because it is needed to allow the moving parts to move.
The wheels are not shiny, and look rather like real metal.
The interior has very nice imitation of textures on the seats and door cards. Overall the interior is quite detailed and on a par with AutoArt.
The engine and the underneath provide the same level of details as AutoArt.
Overall it’s a solid model which seems to be very close to AutoArt’s metal die-cast NSX and to LCD’s Toyota Supra A80.
Where AutoArt is definitely stronger is in metal perforated grilles. LCD’s NSX does not have a single metal perforated grille. Except, maybe, the one between the transparent engine cover and the trunk, but I am not sure whether it is metal or not and whether it can be called a grille because its meshes are too big comparing to what we normally call a grille. The side air intakes are plastic imitations, and there are no grilles in the front of the car.
This is a lovely model, and I see no sense to overpay just for AutoArt’s metal perforated grilles and for (probably) better shutlines of the transparent engine cover.
Thank you for your insights, much appreciated. If you can, snap some photos and short synopsis of your thoughts on the model. We’ll love to publish it here.