Porsche 911 RSR by Tamiya on Scalemates?

[64Comet404]

Has anyone seen confirmation of this, or is this a prank?

And if real, when are the race versions appearing? I want one in the Pfaff Motorsports 'lumberjack' scheme! ?

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/tamiya-24370-porsche-911-gt3-rs--1573765

[Nacho Z]

I Googled the kit number and it showing up as a pre-order on at least one site.

[dbostream]

I came here to post this too. Cannot find any other source. If true I am very excited about this kit been waiting for someone to make the current gen 911.

[Bennyg]

It’s probably true. Tamiya is due for a modern Porsche and Tamiya still seems to have a Porsche licence. I’ll definitely be getting at least 1. Hopefully it will have full engine detail.

Ben
 

Edited September 3, 2024 by Bennyg
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[Radretireddad]

That will be an amazing kit if Tamiya is really tooling it.

[Jim B]

This would be awesome.

[niteowl7710]

A serious chunk of the upcoming Tamiya R/C stuff is Porsche themed, so it wouldn't be impossible to believe. Plus there is the big fall Hobby Show in Tokyo coming up and pre-orders for that will be announced this week (Hasegawa for example will be tomorrow [Tuesday 9/3] at 11pm Eastern). So it'll be official in short order. 

[Don Sikora II]

Very excited to see this!

[Zoom Zoom]

Told my buddy who has a Stevens account about it, he called his sales rep who confirmed it and they added it to their pre-order list at $47 retail. Looking forward to seeing more from the hobby show and Tamiya's own website. 

Edited September 4, 2024 by Zoom Zoom

[Exotics_Builder]

Not my interest area, but...

[Alegitbot]

greatly look forward to this, the Tamiya performance car kits are always top notch.

[iamsuperdan]

Holy moly. 

Well, I haven't purchased a new model car kit at all this year. Trying to work my way through the stash.

But this one will change that. I see a couple of these getting to my Porsche collection.

[niteowl7710]

TamiyaUSA says late November. MSRP - $47.

[Luc Janssens]

36 minutes ago, niteowl7710 said:TamiyaUSA says late November. MSRP - $47.

 

Yeah just saw the post by Tamiya USA on FB. It can't be long now for pics of the contents....

[dbostream]

Guess there will be no detailed engine in this one. I will get one anyway.

[Bennyg]

Tamiya Japan link with extra pictures. Looks very good to me.

https://www.tamiya.com/japan/products/24370/index.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1aLDXJqa3vv9QnN3sCBPn3jpKDo5M4p6YvNvyFQpVwmPSwQq8P8te84fI_aem_2gc5qu2bU9wvIqr8YNmr6Q
 

Ben

[niteowl7710]

[peter31a]

2 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:

I'm not much of a Porsche guy but that is pretty cool! May be on my to buy list.

[mrm]

I am not a big fan of the pattern of the provided carbon fiber, but that could be easily resolved. I am definitely getting one. 

[Jim B]

Quite nice! Hopefully we'll see a race version eventually. 

[Alegitbot]

I dont know about you guys, but these promo shots make it look much more like a inexpensive toy than usual. the carbon decals are pretty bad but atleast i can use it as a template, prob doesnt help that they painted the aero bits semi gloss black and not more satin 

[dbostream]

On 9/13/2024 at 10:02 PM, Jim B said:

Quite nice! Hopefully we'll see a race version eventually. 

I'd like to see different versions too (Carrera/Turbo). If this was a Hasegawa kit there would likely be 3-4 versions but since it is Tamiya I doubt it. Still hoping they will release a road version of the Ford Mustang but not expecting them to.

[martinfan5]

On display at All Japan Hobby show

[Alegitbot]

Even though the carbon fiber decal is awful, it looks so good.

[iamsuperdan]

So looking forward to picking a couple of these up.