Wednesday 25th February 2004

Model Tuscan S

Scale models available from just £20

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Pre-orders are now being taken for a new range of TVR Tuscan models. The Tuscan S will be available in April in black, yellow, blue and silver.

See Car In a Box for details.

[smele]

Ooohhhh 50% deposit, too rich for my blood.

Good range of models, now I can have the cars that I always wanted....

[nsparey]

Well its now may and they still havent turned up!

>> Edited by nsparey on Wednesday 5th May 20:41

[philipleslie67]

Has anyone received theirs yet!!!

[ehasler]

Nope - I'm still waiting.

[tony m]

no,mine hasnt arrived either

[TimW]

con con con..

[jayjay]

They use the cash from the pre-orders to pay for the tooling.

[davidkean2002]

As a collector of model cars, I pre-ordered this model a couple of months ago. They have kept me informed of the delay in the release which is due to the manufacturer and not Carinabox.

I'm not connected with Carinabox in anyway but as a model collector I know from expereince that the model manufacturers always seem to delay releases, but at least this company is selling the model at the retail price of £19.99 where as TVR themselves and Grand Prix Legends are selling the exact same model for £29.99!!!!

If any one is screwing you....!!!

[Graham66]

The TVRPlus web site (the new name for TVR Accessories?) has the model for £19.95 including a Tuscan poster!!!

Nice to see the detail is spot on, including the delays to the launch date

Graham

[R666 TUS]

One of these is a lot more fun
www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=1751&productId=86782&Trail=C$cip=12498>C$cip=12566>C$cip=12573&categoryId=12573

Col.

[blondemoment]

Latest news on the models:

The very latest news is that the models are now in transit from the Far East, coming via ship. The ship is due to dock later this month and we shall then receive our orders in the first or second week of June now.

I am as frustrated as you and many other customers are that the delivery date has slipped, but as we always say, these dates are out of our control. I must also stress that any retailer who is claiming to have these models currently in stock are lying. We are sourcing these models direct from the UK distributor for Jadi models and they have reconfirmed for me this morning that no retailer in the UK has any stock of these models yet.

We thank you for your continued patience and I look forward to sending these models out to you all in due course, I’m sure they will be worth the wait!
Kindest regards

Scott Westbury
Car-in-a-box

[mike s]

soon as i get mine she going for a full respray Rosso Corsa

Alan

[trevorw]

Just had a phone call from Scott Westbury from CarInaBox, the models have now been delivered and will be posted out next week, just thought i would pass on the news for everyone else who has ordered one, all those many months ago.

[judas]

I now have in my grubby paws a 1/18th scale Tuscan Picked it up from The Model Centre in Nottingham for £19.99 and then phoned Diecast Legends (£29.99) to cancel my order only to be told it had already been sent

The model is pretty good quality (though not up to AutoArt standard) but the interior trim is a bit scrappy and could do with tidying up - so nothing unusual there then

I'll be stripping mine down this weekend to re-do the interior to match my own car; the outside is close enough to leave as-is. Oh - and it comes pre-fitted with carbon cars too, which is nice

Edited to add: I find it rather amusing and not a little ironic that there is finally a decent Tuscan model available the week the facelifted version is launched...



>> Edited by judas on Friday 28th May 15:22

[jayjay]

Do they have a Mk.2 yet?!

[pcameron]

judas said:

I'll be stripping mine down this weekend to re-do the interior to match my own car; the outside is close enough to leave as-is. Oh - and it comes pre-fitted with carbon cars too, which is nice

Judas, while you are stripping it down, could you see how hard it would be to remove the front and rear spoilers, for us standard Tuscan owners who want a model.

[TimW]

hmm im gonna get one and do it in a reflex paint


But where from? model paint i saw it before but now i cant fidn it

[anonymous-user]

Mrs U ordered 2, one for the man in her life and one for me. Delivery promised April :yawn:

Deposit cashed decades ago.

Dear Nicky Campbell...............

[judas]

pcameron said:

Judas, while you are stripping it down, could you see how hard it would be to remove the front and rear spoilers, for us standard Tuscan owners who want a model.

The front splitter is moulded into the base, so can't be removed as such. Some judicious work with a craft knife and file should do the job though. The rear spoiler is glued on and should come off easily. However, I'm leaving both in place for the time being. The rear lights on an S are positioned differently to those on a standard Tuscan and making the model authentic to the original would involve quite a lot of work on the metal body - drilling and shaping new holes and filling the old ones. I'm a bit too out of practice at model making to bother with that

Anyhow, mine's been stripped down and all the interior re-painted. Just need to reassamble now. It's quite an easy job as the parts mostly clip or screw together and will come away without any bother provided that you're careful. But some of the smaller parts are glued/heat welded in place and won't come out without breaking them. I've taken some pics of the stripped down model - I'll post them in a bit, along with some of the completed job.

>> Edited by judas on Sunday 30th May 19:15

[TimW]

Sounds cool what color interior? i am currently Re-spraying my Aston martin DB7 from Burgandy to Satin silver its just in the airing cuboard. waiting for 2moz so i can put the laquer on.


Does anyone know where you can buy Reflex paint or Paints by TVR? like redbull blue? and rosso pearl? or stuff?

Timw

Oh yea and is it worth buying the Tuscan S off Dy-cast legands?