NEO Miscues

[JSB33]

Please show any issues you have with quality control or errors with NEO models in this thread.

Remember photos of the equivalent 1/1 are very important to demonstrate the issue with the model.

Constructive critiscm is the aim

[bomber21]

This RS2 should not have passed the Quality Control.

[sheepCrusher]

Maybe this thread should have a different title to distinguish it from a regular NEO thread. Sometimes they do good stuff too. Like "NEO Issues" or something.

[sheepCrusher]

Dodge Dart Swinger, met.-beige/beige, LE 500 1973
Model Car World Exclusive

Quoting DeadCanDanceR
The front end angle is not correct, and neither is that low roof line. It looks chopped!

[sheepCrusher]

1972 Pontiac Grand Prix Hurst SSJ

Quoting 43rdMuscle
The peak seems too flat. The Hood/Bonnet is not correctly proportionate (seems too short).


Seems like they are missing a set of headlights too. Unless I have the wrong picture. Anyone?


Upon further review perhaps this car is falsely judged. Here is the one that looks like they modeled from.


Guess this thread can be NEO's savior as well. If there was a previously thought wrong car and someone can show NEO was correct that would be helpful too.

[scalainj]

Maybe this thread should have a different title to distinguish it from a regular NEO thread. Sometimes they do good stuff too. Like NEO Issues or something.

Thats done - i've added miscues to the title

Remember we need to add equivalent 1/1 pics to illustrate the points made

Cheers

Andy

[sheepCrusher]

LTD

Quoting k1w1taxi
WOW, even this car looks wrong to me!
The front fenders are too high, the back's slant it too severe, maybe tail-lamps too low, what a mess.

[sheepCrusher]

The infamous Camaro and its roofline.

[sheepCrusher]

If anybody knows the correct pictures of that Dart, LTD and Camaro I will stick them in my posts.

[DeadCanDanceR]

Wrong size whitewall for that year!




Nothing better than an original ad to illustrate it:








The day Neo fixes the whitewall size on this model, I'll gladly buy it...

[JSB33]

LTD

Quoting k1w1taxi
WOW, even this car looks wrong to me!
The front fenders are too high, the back's slant it too severe, maybe tail-lamps too low, what a mess.

I agree on the back window being to slanted. The Front fenders look off as well.

[JSB33]

The infamous Camaro and its roofline.

The Neo Camaro looks more like a Firebird. Its a mess.

[JSB33]

Dodge Dart Swinger, met.-beige/beige, LE 500 1973
Model Car World Exclusive

Quoting DeadCanDanceR
The front end angle is not correct, and neither is that low roof line. It looks chopped!

Yes and yes. So close but so far away

[The CSL]

I still reckon the roof height is fine, as the windshield looks to be in proportion, but the header rail above the side windows is too thick.

[Ubradewunner]

I'm observing this Sub-forum route with great intrigue... One thing I've noticed about the comparisons to the 1/1's here, is that due to the photographed angles the compare and contrast pics shown in such cases, opinion can perhaps teeter more unfairly.

[scalainj]

It's exactly why we wanted this to be a discussion with examples.

Sometimes the manufacturers get it wrong, sometimes we do

Here we can discuss this through without rancour and come to a opinion we can base on fact

Andy

[Ubradewunner]

Stating the obvious like the silly sausage I am, it probs will be best if we photograph our models at the same angle etc. as the 1/1 example we're judging, as such real cars aren't erm as obtainable as our 1/43's (told you I was a silly sausage)...

[JSB33]

I still reckon the roof height is fine, as the windshield looks to be in proportion, but the header rail above the side windows is too thick.

Look at the side window opening. It like a chopped top.

I have a feeling having grown up around this car, it makes it a bit easier to spot an issue right away.

[JSB33]

Stating the obvious like the silly sausage I am, it probs will be best if we photograph our models at the same angle etc. as the 1/1 example we're judging, as such real cars aren't erm as obtainable as our 1/43's (told you I was a silly sausage)...

That would be ideal, Mr Sausage

[The CSL]

I still reckon the roof height is fine, as the windshield looks to be in proportion, but the header rail above the side windows is too thick.

Look at the side window opening. It like a chopped top.

I have a feeling having grown up around this car, it makes it a bit easier to spot an issue right away.

That's what I mean. The side window is lower, making a thicker header rail.

Leaving it up to you to see if this is closer to reality, because as you say, you've been exposed to these cars. Just a crude photoshop to bring the top of the window to meet the windshield line, as it does in the 1:1 picture. I won't argue the front being too angled, as it's obvious even to me.

EDIT: This is a second attempt, as looking at the 1:1 on this page, the windscreen wasn't wide enough either, leaving a thick a-pillar. Actually I think that's it. Rather than being too low a roofline, the pillar work is so off that whereas the 1:1 has a narrow A-pillar and the door meets close to the pillar line, this model's window line is further back from the door shutline and then with the thick header rail as well, it throws off the proportions all together. If I were Neo, I'd rework the whole glass area, as front and side it's way off.

[DeadCanDanceR]

Great photoshopping skills!!! It now looks much better than NEO's version!

...If I were Neo, I'd rework the whole glass area, as front and side it's way off...

...they should probably consider doing a Dart convertible instead...

[Ubradewunner]

At the moment, the Neo model 1/43's I've purchased so far, seem bang-on. Being, Porsche 930 Flatnose, and Saab 9000 Turbo. However, (sighs)... I've been planning on buying a black E39 Beemer lately, and like so many other models Neo has made, there seems to be a problem with the crispness of their edge-lines - which seem to either be too soft, thick or bulge. I suppose this is due to resin materials in comparison to metal. The best analogy I can come up with at the moment, is if you've ever got bored at school many moons ago, and made a small scale model car out of "bluetack", then there's a similarity there in their outcomes.

[JSB33]

I still reckon the roof height is fine, as the windshield looks to be in proportion, but the header rail above the side windows is too thick.

Look at the side window opening. It like a chopped top.

I have a feeling having grown up around this car, it makes it a bit easier to spot an issue right away.

That's what I mean. The side window is lower, making a thicker header rail.

Leaving it up to you to see if this is closer to reality, because as you say, you've been exposed to these cars. Just a crude photoshop to bring the top of the window to meet the windshield line, as it does in the 1:1 picture. I won't argue the front being too angled, as it's obvious even to me.

EDIT: This is a second attempt, as looking at the 1:1 on this page, the windscreen wasn't wide enough either, leaving a thick a-pillar. Actually I think that's it. Rather than being too low a roofline, the pillar work is so off that whereas the 1:1 has a narrow A-pillar and the door meets close to the pillar line, this model's window line is further back from the door shutline and then with the thick header rail as well, it throws off the proportions all together. If I were Neo, I'd rework the whole glass area, as front and side it's way off.

Amazing what you can do with a bit of Photoshopping in that you did a better job in an afternoon than NEO did with unlimited time.

At the moment, the Neo model 1/43's I've purchased so far, seem bang-on. Being, Porsche 930 Flatnose, and Saab 9000 Turbo. However, (sighs)... I've been planning on buying a black E39 Beemer lately, and like so many other models Neo has made, there seems to be a problem with the crispness of their edge-lines - which seem to either be too soft, thick or bulge. I suppose this is due to resin materials in comparison to metal. The best analogy I can come up with at the moment, is if you've ever got bored at school many moons ago, and made a small scale model car out of "bluetack", then there's a similarity there in their outcomes.

You will always get crisper lines with Resin than Diecast metal.
It wasn't the materials fault for what they did.

[Ubradewunner]

Deja vu (...told you I was a silly sausage)...