Gran Turismo Lamborghini Lambo V12 Vision GT

Made By:

He Kai Model

Scale:

1/24

MSRP:

US$29.99

Overview:
Packaging (Design):	8/10
Packaging (Durability):	8/10
Casting (Body):	8/10
Casting (Interior):	8/10
Casting (Chassis):	8/10
Casting (Engine):	7/10
Paint (Exterior):	8/10
Paint (Interior):	8/10
Paint (Trim/Graphics):	8/10
Overall Panel Fit:	9/10
Total Score:	8.0/10

 

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Background

The Lambo V12 Vision Gran Turismo concept car was unveiled just ahead of the 2019 FIA Certified Gran Turismo Championships World Finals in Monte Carlo, Monaco. It featured a centrally-located single seat reminiscent of F1 cars, a hybrid drivetrain, and an augmented reality "digital cockpit." Originally planned for availability in 2020's Gran Turismo Sport for the PlayStation 4, it did not actually debut until the 2022 release of Gran Turismo 7.

Packaging

The car is packed in a fairly standard window box, though with an offset window and large empty space at one end that suggests this packaging may also be used for RC cars that need to hide the remote in the box as well. "He Kai Model" is written in both English and Chinese under the window, and at the right end of the front panel (wrapping around to the end flap) is a head-on view of the Lambo V12 Vision. The HKM logo, age restriction, and model features are placed around the perimeter of the front panel. "Die-Cast/1:24" is written in red on both end flaps, oriented to miss the window or the image. On the back panel is a large image of the car's cockpit, looking out through the windshield at a track. the HKM logo, text, and Die-Cast/1:24 are all repeated, and the bottom has all the required legal-ese. The top panel and inner folded tray have a printed carbon fiber weave pattern. A small filler loop of cardboard holds the main tray centered in the window. The car itself is held to the base via three screws, and a tiny screwdriver is included in the box to both remove the car and access the battery door.

Casting/Paint

It's a little hard to tell thanks to the frankly absurd number of panels that make up the Lambo V12 Vision GT, but it appears that the outer fenders are the only diecast metal bits on the car. The rest of it is plastic, including clear (light strips, windows), black (lower fuselage, inner fenders, some window panels), and painted (upper clamshells, rear wing). Everything fits together beautifully, with nice tight gaps where the clamshells meet the lower body and only slightly widers gaps up top to accomodate the hinges. The light strips are particularly impressive, set tightly into the fenders. A few concessions had to be made in the name of making this robust enough to manufacture, ship, and sell, but more on that later. Paint is a nice satin green, smooth and cleanly applied. A number of additional paint apps have been added: white pinstriping along the skirt, a stylized "63" on the splitter and flanks, the Lamborghini badge centered on the nose, graphics and pinstriping on the side windows, black bands on the front fenders and rear wing, "Gt" on each wing tip, and the famous "Y" taillight. Application is very good across the board, with everything applied correctly and opaque.

The interior is nicely done with a floating dashboard, separate steering wheel, and detailed seat. A fair bit of this is hidden by the roof hinge, but if you look closely you can still make it out. The engine has been simplified a lot, relying on the print to break up what would otherwise be a featureless hump. The print is decent enough, but there's only so much it can do. The chassis is a single piece but nicely molded, minimizing the power switch and battery cover enough to make them essentially disappear.

Features/Accessories

The front and rear clamshells open and close on nice stiff joints, revealing the cockpit and engine bay, respectively. The rear axle has a pull-back motor, letting you zip it across the floor. The spring isn't particularly powerful off the line, but once it gets rolling it accellerates a decent amount. Centered under the cockpit is a three-way switch: off, lights, and sounds. "Lights" activates the LED strips in the nose and fenders, which glow a bright blue. "Sound" doesn't do anything until you press down on the front axle, which lights up the strips and plays a motor start/engine rev/tire screech/drive away sound clip.

Accuracy

As noted above, several structural concessions had to be made here. There are braces at the rear of the front fenders and behind the rear suspension arms, giving them a little extra support to prevent damage. Similarly, the front suspension arms are solid rather than open, again to give them some extra oomph. The side windows are opaque black plastic to hide the internal hinges for the front and rear clamshells. I don't count any of these against it, since they're just part of the reality of making a mass-market diecast. A few other misses aren't quite as easy to dismiss, like the lack of spats ahead of the front wheels, incorrectly painted taillight (the delta where the lenses meet has also been painted red here, but should be black), and Sian rather than Vision wheels. I can not find any official specs for it, but scaling looks to be pretty close.

Overall

I was hoping to see a 1/24 scale Lambo V12 Vision Gran Turismo, and this does not disappoint. The casting and paint quality are excellent, and the bulk of the inaccuracies are simply a matter of how these are made so they don't bother me all that much. I would have preferred plain black side windows without the extra graphics, and I wish it had the correct wheels, but other than that it's a decent replica of one of Lamborghini's wildest concept vehicles.