NEO Miscues
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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
Remember photos of the equivalent 1/1 are very important to demonstrate the issue with the model.
Constructive critiscm is the aim
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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.
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Dodge Dart Swinger, met.-beige/beige, LE 500 1973
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Quoting DeadCanDanceR
The front end angle is not correct, and neither is that low roof line. It looks chopped!
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Quoting DeadCanDanceR
The front end angle is not correct, and neither is that low roof line. It looks chopped!
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Re: NEO Miscues
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.

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.
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Re: NEO Miscues
Thats done - i've added miscues to the titlesheepCrusher wrote: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.
Remember we need to add equivalent 1/1 pics to illustrate the points made
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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.

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

Nothing better than an original ad to illustrate it:

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

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

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The Neo Camaro looks more like a Firebird. Its a mess.sheepCrusher wrote:The infamous Camaro and its roofline.

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Yes and yes. So close but so far awaysheepCrusher wrote:Dodge Dart Swinger, met.-beige/beige, LE 500 1973
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Quoting DeadCanDanceR
The front end angle is not correct, and neither is that low roof line. It looks chopped!

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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.

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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.
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Re: NEO Miscues
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
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
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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
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Look at the side window opening. It like a chopped top.The CSL wrote: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.
I have a feeling having grown up around this car, it makes it a bit easier to spot an issue right away.
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That would be ideal, Mr SausageUbradewunner wrote: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
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That's what I mean. The side window is lower, making a thicker header rail.JSB33 wrote:Look at the side window opening. It like a chopped top.The CSL wrote: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.
I have a feeling having grown up around this car, it makes it a bit easier to spot an issue right away.
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.


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


...they should probably consider doing a Dart convertible instead...The CSL wrote: ...If I were Neo, I'd rework the whole glass area, as front and side it's way off...

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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. 

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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.The CSL wrote:That's what I mean. The side window is lower, making a thicker header rail.JSB33 wrote:Look at the side window opening. It like a chopped top.The CSL wrote: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.
I have a feeling having grown up around this car, it makes it a bit easier to spot an issue right away.
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.
You will always get crisper lines with Resin than Diecast metal.Ubradewunner wrote: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.
It wasn't the materials fault for what they did.

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