AUTOart 78026 Circuit Wolf Porsche review: identify the small markings
Identify the Circuit Wolf RS through its hood stars and plates, with qualifications about omitted markings and conflicting accent-color descriptions.
At a Glance
Model essentials
- Comic-edition hood stars
- Opening front and rear compartments
- Composite body
Collection highlights
- Specific edition identifiers
- Layered front-compartment detail
Before you choose
- Not every comic marking reproduced
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Count the edition cues, not the opening panels
The hood’s 39 small stars and the Japanese plates separate this Circuit Wolf issue from a plain white Carrera RS. They matter more to this purchase than a generic promise of opening doors.
The comic-edition account specifically defers its wider road-model assessment. Its supported observations include the front compartment’s felt cover and spare wheel. That is useful detail, but it is not a complete handling review of every mechanism.
- The merchant confirms opening frunk, doors and engine compartment.
- The inspected felt covering can reveal a spare wheel underneath.
- The merchant calls the stripe and wheel accents red; the inspection calls them orange. Compare exact-offer photos if that distinction determines the purchase.
The model omits a marking present on the comic car. It should therefore be described as the licensed edition with its actual decoration, rather than an assertion that every source-image marking is reproduced.
The comic-car shortlist explains why the Porsche’s markings and the Miura’s restored identity serve different collection needs.
Pros & Cons Analysis
See the source attributions and review limitations below.
Pros
- Hood stars and Japanese plates give a collector concrete cues to distinguish this issue from an ordinary white RS.
- The inspected felt cover and spare create more visual depth than an uncovered empty trunk.
Cons
- A literal source-image collection needs to accept the omitted decoration rather than assuming complete replication.
Buy the actual comic-edition decoration
78026 has recognizable edition cues, but its marking omission and red/orange wording conflict deserve attention. The case for it rests on those specific cues; the available inspection should not be stretched into an exhaustive mechanical endorsement.
Technical Specifications
| Brand | AUTOart |
|---|---|
| Product code | 78026 |
| Subject | Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 RS |
| Edition / version | The Circuit Wolf comic edition |
| Color / livery | White; merchant red / inspection orange accents |
| Scale | 1:18 |
| Model type | Comic car |
| Materials | Composite body; other components vary |
| Length | 9.75 in |
| Width | 4.25 in |
| Height | 2.75 in |
| Measurement basis | Approximate merchant catalog model dimensions; pose unspecified |
| Opening panels | Frunk; doors; rear engine compartment |
| Moving parts | Steerable wheels |
| Lighting | Unknown |
| Power source | Unknown |
| Included figures | Unknown |
| Included equipment | Unknown |
| Display base | Unknown |