I think it’s patent that I’m a HUGE fan of Tecnomodel. Just as good as Looksmart and BBR, but at a much affordable price. In terms of Ferrari models, in my book it’s THE 1:43 brand. However, my faith in the brand got shaken up after I received my F40 GTE. My model came with some (minute) issues with a couple of decals. Nothing big, but something I didn’t expect from Tecnomodel. Well, fast-forward to the 330 LMB. I ordered it as soon as my dealer offered it to me, and was anxiously awaiting it’s arrival. And as always, while I waited I started the research on the real car.
Looking up photos of the real car, I noticed there was a small discrepancy with the model shown at Tecnomodel’s website. On all race pictures that I found, the car had a small bug deflector on the bonnet, while the model on the Tecnomodel website did not 😳. “Oh crap, they screwed up!”, I immediately thought. I then scoured the web to see if it was right or wrong, and found one pic of the car without the bug deflector screen. I think that photo was taken during scrutineering, so perhaps the part wasn’t installed yet. If true, the model wasn’t wrong, yet I would prefer the “race version” 😕…
But to my surprise, when I opened the box, there was the bug deflector on the bonnet, as it should be! Probably the photo on the website was from a pre-production model, and Tecnomodel rectified the missing detail before actual production. And with that, my faith in Tecnomodel was restored… 😁