Nunu BMW M4 GT3

[Ben Brown]

Nunu has announced a 1/24 BMW M4 GT3. Not surprising since they’ve already done the M6 and M8. I’ll be getting at least one, even though it’s got a face that would be improved by a front end collision. Facebook link: Link

Still waiting for them to release the 911s they announced a couple of years ago.

Ben

Edited April 23, 2023 by Ben Brown

[niteowl7710]

[stavanzer]

I love that face! Ugly as Sin, but all business,

[The Junkman]

Where can one consistently find Nunu/Platz kits in the US?  I've seen announcements and buildups but I've never seen a kit for sale.  Granted, I live in a hobby shop desert but where?

[Ben Brown]

25 minutes ago, The Junkman said:

Where can one consistently find Nunu/Platz kits in the US?  I've seen announcements and buildups but I've never seen a kit for sale.  Granted, I live in a hobby shop desert but where?

I haven’t found a decent US-based source for Nunu kits. Burbanks House of Hobbies has a few. I usually get my race car kits from one of several eBay sellers or from SpotModel in Spain.

Ben

[Exotics_Builder]

19 minutes ago, Ben Brown said:

I haven’t found a decent US-based source for Nunu kits. Burbanks House of Hobbies has a few. I usually get my race car kits from one of several eBay sellers or from SpotModel in Spain.

Ben

Spot Model has been my best source of late.  Although Upscale Hobbies carries some as well.

[niteowl7710]

HobbyEasy in Hong Kong is going to be the best price and earliest source as HK/Macau gets the kits a good 2-3 weeks before Platz does in Japan. After H.E. any of the usual suspects in Japan (HobbyLink Japan, Hobby Search, Tokyo Hobby, et al) will have the 2nd best price (usually only a few bucks more) and 2nd quickest stock-in time. 

As others have mentioned SpotModel also carries their line. But the Euro/Dollar conversion and import fees pass-along can add up to $15 to the price and they tend to be 90 days or more behind the actual release times.

[Tyas]

This in Rossi's no. 46 WRT livery for GT World Challenge is an absolute gem.

[Justin Porter]

19 hours ago, The Junkman said:

Where can one consistently find Nunu/Platz kits in the US?  I've seen announcements and buildups but I've never seen a kit for sale.  Granted, I live in a hobby shop desert but where?

I do stock them as often as I can at my shop, enough so that NuNu actually sent me a countertop calendar as a thank you for being a NuNu retailer. In particular their Porsche 935's are a consistent mover for me.

[niteowl7710]

I know this isn't a BMW...but they just dropped this little nugget. Final test shots and approved box art for the long overdue 2018 911 RSR.

[Ben Brown]

Finally!!!

Ben

[stavanzer]

Is that the old "Pink Pig" art on a modern car?

[martinfan5]

1 hour ago, stavanzer said:

Is that the old "Pink Pig" art on a modern car?

Yes.

[stavanzer]

Thanks, Jonathan. Glad to see it again.

[niteowl7710]

10 hours ago, stavanzer said:

Is that the old "Pink Pig" art on a modern car?

The 2018 Season for the Factory Teams that ran the GTE cars in FIA/WEC and IMSA were all throwbacks to earlier paint schemes.  The team car to this was a de-tobacco'd Rothman's livery, the IMSA team ran the 1998 911 GT1 scheme at Petit Lemans (Road Atlanta).

[Tyas]

14 hours ago, stavanzer said:

Is that the old "Pink Pig" art on a modern car?

Yes, and it was the one that won the GTE Pro title on 2018 edition of Le Mans 24. The Rothmans ones was the one who had a 2-laps duel against Chip Ganassi Ford GT with Gianmaria Bruni behind the wheel.