Another treat is access to the apparatus underneath the two small access panels at about centre roof line position. It looks great and provides another level of realism. One neat feature from Almost Real was to cover the back side of the rear and front hatch pieces with carbon fibre weave. The rear hatch is removable, this is a good thing, since the AUTOart replica is sealed. Deep inside you’ll find average detail for transmission hardware – similar to AUTOart’s technique. The lower section is nicely detailed to mirror the original. Two large arms crafted in moulded carbon fibre connect it to the body/chassis of the car.
MCLAREN P1 GTR FULL
Moving to the rear the large upper spoiler takes centre stage along with the James Hunt livery in full affect. We’ll reach out to Almost Real for comment. Question, why would they provide access and not complete the look or not try to render at least a high-level representation of the 1:1 internals. Based on the photos, and there isn’t much reference material out there Almost Real missed a few key components. Dual cooling fans are present but not much else. Moving back to the front internals the exterior housing is executed in moulded carbon fibre. There is none defined zero representation on front and rear. Before we comment on the internal section, we needed to mention the lack of quick-latching apparatus on the hood. Removing and repositioning the hatch are completed with easy. The front hood section is removable – panel gaps and shutlines are excellent on our example. Opening are capped with perforated metal grilles. All three lower opening go deep into the interior and do show some of the inner working of the cooling apparatus.Īnother neat feature of the design is the detailed opening on each side of front facia assembly. This and the side fins are crafted in moulded carbon fibre, similar to our friends at AUTOart. The front of the P1 GTR is met with a very large lower chin spoiler. We have to assume there are slight differences or changes to the exterior since initial release, customer modifcation and so forth. We are no authority of McLaren or the P1 GTR in general, but we did see some difference in the James Hunt livery, some photos did show more or less decal work. Exterior paint is sharp as well as the full-body arsenal of decals.īased on the images we studied of the exterior we give Almost Real high marks for the overall execution in capturing the bodylines, the various styling ques of the design and transitioning them to scale. Read our review HERE.Īs you remove the model from the styrofoam shell you definitely notice the weight of the P1 GTR vs a typical AUTOart composite example – this one is the heavy weight! At first glance the model does look sharp, detailed, fined tuned and ready for business. Note AUTOart hasn’t officially released or announced the same James Hunt car they have released the P1 GTR example in a handful of colour options. Full access to the interior, front and rear make it a very appealing alternative to the AUTOart (sealed front and rear section) option released back in late 2017. The model itself is crafted in diecast metal along with plastic parts. That being said the model under the microscope today is the new, and recently released 1:18 McLaren P1 GTR James Hunt 40th Anniversary Edition. Collecting today is becoming more static, less dimensional and somewhat soulless. The Land Rover was an outstanding piece, it brought us back to the glory days of scale model collecting, something truly missing in the overall hobby today… An era when diecast metal, full 360 access and great details were all strong pillars. We finally made some time to sit down and review the first model from Almost Real since the 2018 review of their fabulous and 2018 Model of the Year award winner, Land Rover Defender 110 “Camel Trophy”.
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