Egilman Posted June 12 Share #1 Posted June 12 Hello this is my first Kit Review so please bear with me if I don't get it all correct... I recently received in the mail courtesy of my Paypal account and the US Mail one of the brand new Salvino's JR Models 2024 release of Josef Newgarden's 2023 Indianapolis 500 winning car, it is a first edition... I have no connection to JR Salvino except I like the Indy 500 series winners in 1/24th or larger.... And this is an outstanding release... First of all we will cover the subject, The car..... The car is a Dallera DW-12 originally named the IR-12 for Indy Racing 12 (2012 model)... Dan Wheldon was the test driver for the IR-12 and would have been the lead driver for it's introduction to racing for the 2012 season... Except he was killed in the final race of the 2023 season at Las Vegas Speedway in an IR-05 model, the model's last official race... So Dallera decided to honor all of Dan's proving and testing work by naming the chassis after him hence the DW-12 model... Every car raced in Indy has been a DW-12 chassis since 2012 and this will continue through 2026 when it is expected that the new IR-27 chassis will be ready for production... In development the DW-12 was known as the "IndyCar Safety Cell"... It is of Carbon fiber monocoque with honeycomb Kevlar internal structure... Extremely strong and light... The chassis was designed to accept different "Aero Kits" which consist of front and rear wings, sidepods, and engine cowlings.... Development of Aero Kits was open to any manufacturer, with all packages to be made available to all teams... The racing team owners rejected this so for 2012 Dallara was the only producer of the kits.... (the team owners reversed this decision in 2015) with Honda and Chevrolet producing kits as well as Dallera and several teams building their own..... That lasted until 2018 when the league again mandated that Dallera would be the only producer of "Aero Kits" as a result of several flip over crashes in the 2017 season and several serious injuries and one death resulting from body parts separating from the chassis and flying through the air as projectiles... the new rules were that all body kits had to have their parts lanyarded to the chassis so they could not fly around as projectiles and the Aero Screen would be added to the package... (a Formula I improvement for driver safety) So the car we are modeling is a DW-12 UAK18 (UAK for Unified Air Kit of 2018) All Indy cars are required to run this package and only this package from 2018 on... (The Aero Screen was added to the package in 2020) There are two engine suppliers for the 2.2L dual turbocharged package the Ilmor Engineering-Chevrolet Indy V6 (2012-present), Honda HI24TT (2012-present) mated to the same transaxle, the only one allowed, the Xtrac #1011 6-speed AGS (Assisted Gearchange System) sequential semi-automatic paddle-shift + 1 reverse... The idea is to have everyone driving the exact same hardware..... Here is a picture of the car.... In fact change the livery to any indy car raced since 2020 and the kit will still be correct.... Cause they are identical in all respects.... But how can that be? since some of them ran Chevy and others Honda power units? The kit has both engines.... Yes Salvino's thought this one thru thoroughly!!! this kit is COMPLETE!!! It can build any Indy race car from 2020 to the present and on through 2026, just change the livery... Now, on to The Kit... Cover of the box.... Nice very shiny tight top opener in heat sealed shrink wrap.... Upon opening we are presented with 4 sealed bags of sprues in 4 colors Black, Grey, Red & White, one clear sprue and one bag of tires.... 1 assembly/painting Instruction sheet, 1 decal placement instruction sheet and three sheets of Cartograph decals some of the finest decal printing I have ever seen.... Pics below.... Some of the finest injection molding I have ever seen, clean, crisp, sharp details and engraving, rivals anything else out there.... I suspect it will assemble the way it looks... (would be surprised if it didn't) The only thing missing is rain tires, a very nice set of real rubber dry track slicks are provided... Probably very fitting.... I do not know what aftermarket is going to be made available, but this kit shouldn't need it the molding is that good.... The instructions are a five page foldout sheet and are sequential, fold it like an accordian and flip the pages like reading a book... Full color codes for Tamiya paints.... Here are the individual pages.... Very clear on the optional engine, two distinctly different assembly sequences... The instruction seem very clear, concise and complete... On shiny bond grade paper very high quality.... The Decals... First instructions.... Livery Decal sheets.... Carbon Fiber decal sheet... These Cartograph decals seem to be to be a step above what the usual cartograph production quality is, I hope they do this on all their offerings.... Well that's it... All that is in the kit.... My impressions? it should build into a spectacular model, I think the quality is a cut above Tamiya's... Of course this is today production from brand new molds not 20 years ago from half worn molds.... At roughly 80.00 US? worth every penny, this is is much much better than many that sell for 50% or more higher... If you into Indy cars, this Kit will cover all cars for the last four years and two more coming years, I would expect more liveries in the future directed directly at this kit... I bought one simply cause it represented an Indy Winner for my collection I didn't care about the quality, but I'll be buying a few more to cover the Indy winners from 2020 on to 2026... A must buy if your an Indianapolis 500 modeler... EG Rik Thistle, Canute, Ryland Craze and 5 others 7 1 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsdpic Posted June 12 Share #2 Posted June 12 Thanks for the review. Looks like a great kit, though all those decals look a bit scary. Great to see someone creating new kits of new, current race cars. Ryland Craze, GrandpaPhil, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote - Gary Current Build: Artesania Latina Sopwith Camel Completed Builds: Blue Jacket America 1/48th Annapolis Wherry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egilman Posted June 12 Author Share #3 Posted June 12 (edited) Thanks Gary... You know with a of minor color change, (white decals on the nose instead of yellow) and one sponsor swap, (engine cover decal, to Clarience Technologies from Penske Truck Rentals) and you have the 2024 winner livery as well... It's the same car.... Edited June 12 by Egilman Canute, gsdpic, GrandpaPhil and 2 others 5 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted June 19 Share #4 Posted June 19 Excellent review EG. Mine came in the mail last week and another is expected to arrive this week. For a most excellent build review, check out Clay Kemp’s video. What an amazing race car model builder he is. mtaylor, Egilman, Ryland Craze and 1 other 3 1 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egilman Posted June 20 Author Share #5 Posted June 20 Thanks Craig, and yes he is... He very aptly shows what can be done out of the box with this kit... I think it should be held as the best new race car kit of 2024.... An easy builder of a stunning model from a great company.... Why a great company you ask? I received replacement parts in the mail yesterday, Parts 58 & 59 Brake backing plates.... They were completely unannounced to me so I checked the kits parts... Those two parts in the kit were slightly short shotted, so finely that I didn't even notice in my inspection of the parts for the review... (and to be completely honest it would never be seen when the build was finished) It didn't matter, they replaced them on their own dime without even asking.... That's the kind of customer service you want in a model company.... Top Notch.... I wouldn't hesitate to buy from them again... (in fact I plan on doing just that in the future) mtaylor and Canute 1 1 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted June 20 Share #6 Posted June 20 7 hours ago, Egilman said: That's the kind of customer service you want in a model company.... Top Notch.... I wouldn't hesitate to buy from them again... (in fact I plan on doing just that in the future) Something I read about Salvinos really has me on the edge of my seat: NASCAR asked them to manufacture their car models so they could be sold by vendors at live events. Fully endorsed. Same was true of these new Indy cars. Invited to produce the models. Next up is NHRA! We may see a similar request and new kits for modern NHRA cars! I’m keeping my fingers crossed. mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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