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Old 01-24-2009, 12:30 AM
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I noticed that several brands start making finished 1/43 resin models with very high quality of details (wipers, mirrors, antennas, grills), hence the price!
Here are a few:
Bizarre some nice historic pan cars/Le Mans here.
Look Smart
Neo
Spark
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Now at that price better check carefully the dimensions before buying.
I guess only large size cars would fit (forget the compacts).
Also not your everyday Dnano body

EDIT: I just bought a Neo static model in 1/43 (Porsche 930 Turbo). Althrough it looks fantastic and to scale, it won't work, don't buy them for adaptation to a Dnano chassis! I thought the body would be made in some kind of light plastic like plastic kit cars. In fact the resin is very very thick and heavy, the body is even heavier than some die cast models. I am a little disapointed... well, you don't try you don't know Last solution would be taking a cast from that body and make a lighter version.

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