Worth a crack?

[SSpongey]

Hi there,

Just found this for sale - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-18-Ferrari-Koenig-Testaros...

Never seen one before, it looks like a fairly in-depth kit. But is it worth £130? plus about £50 for import and p+p?

[dr_gn]

SSpongey said:

Hi there,

Just found this for sale - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-18-Ferrari-Koenig-Testaros...

Never seen one before, it looks like a fairly in-depth kit. But is it worth £130? plus about £50 for import and p+p?

Looks very average to me, not much better than Bburago standard in terms of surface detail. No manufacturers name either? And why say that the photos are of the real thing when they are clearly of a model?

Personally I'd save my hard earned cash.

[Meoricin]

dr_gn said:

SSpongey said:

Hi there,

Just found this for sale - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-18-Ferrari-Koenig-Testaros...

Never seen one before, it looks like a fairly in-depth kit. But is it worth £130? plus about £50 for import and p+p?

Looks very average to me, not much better than Bburago standard in terms of surface detail. No manufacturers name either? And why say that the photos are of the real thing when they are clearly of a model?

Personally I'd save my hard earned cash.

I'd read that as a mistranslation - they're saying photos are of a completed model, as opposed to what comes in the box.

[dr_gn]

Meoricin said:

dr_gn said:

SSpongey said:

Hi there,

Just found this for sale - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-18-Ferrari-Koenig-Testaros...

Never seen one before, it looks like a fairly in-depth kit. But is it worth £130? plus about £50 for import and p+p?

Looks very average to me, not much better than Bburago standard in terms of surface detail. No manufacturers name either? And why say that the photos are of the real thing when they are clearly of a model?

Personally I'd save my hard earned cash.

I'd read that as a mistranslation - they're saying photos are of a completed model, as opposed to what comes in the box.

Probably, but to write this:

"The photos below are the real car for your reference (but not included in this auction, you are getting the full kit only)"

...is ambiguous at best. Whay not simply say

"...photos are of the assembled model" ?

[Ollyc]

Thats a lot of money for not a lot of kit. IMHO.

[Meoricin]

dr_gn said:

Meoricin said:

dr_gn said:

SSpongey said:

Hi there,

Just found this for sale - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-18-Ferrari-Koenig-Testaros...

Never seen one before, it looks like a fairly in-depth kit. But is it worth £130? plus about £50 for import and p+p?

Looks very average to me, not much better than Bburago standard in terms of surface detail. No manufacturers name either? And why say that the photos are of the real thing when they are clearly of a model?

Personally I'd save my hard earned cash.

I'd read that as a mistranslation - they're saying photos are of a completed model, as opposed to what comes in the box.

Probably, but to write this:

"The photos below are the real car for your reference (but not included in this auction, you are getting the full kit only)"

...is ambiguous at best. Whay not simply say

"...photos are of the assembled model" ?

Not every foreign company has an English person to do their ads for them - they probably wanted to include the word real in order to emphasise that it's a photo of that actual model, fully completed, rather than a prototype or something. Thus, 'real car' as opposed to 'real model'.