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Ferrari 250 GTO #22 24 Hours of Le Mans 1962 Kyosho 1:18

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Ferrari 250 GTO #22 24 Hours of Le Mans 1962 Kyosho 1:18 08432B Diecast
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Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Ferrari 250 GTO reproduces race number 22 from the same 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans grid as other factory entries, correct period livery and opening doors included. A natural pairing piece for collectors comparing diecast and resin approaches to the same legendary GT racer.
Ferrari 250 GTO #22 24 Hours of Le Mans 1962 Kyosho 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Ferrari
Model Manufacturer
Kyosho
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
08432B
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About the Ferrari 250 GTO #22 24 Hours of Le Mans 1962 Kyosho 1:18

TL;DR: Kyosho's 1:18 diecast reproduces a second Ferrari 250 GTO from the 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans grid, race number 22, in correct period livery alongside the model's usual opening doors and bonnet. Diecast construction offers an accessible way to build a multi-car GTO display without resin-tier pricing.

Ferrari rarely sent a single GTO to Le Mans when several could compete for class honours, and Kyosho's number 22 car represents that depth of factory effort. Set beside another liveried GTO from the same grid, the differences in decal placement and sponsor markings become genuinely interesting to compare.

Kyosho's 1:18 Ferrari 250 GTO, Race Number 22

A Second Le Mans Livery From the Same 1962 Grid

Ferrari and its allied entrants regularly fielded multiple GTOs at the same Le Mans weekend, spreading the risk of mechanical failure across several cars while maximising the chance of a class win. This model wears race number 22, a livery distinct from other 1962 GTO entries in its decal placement and sponsor detailing even though the underlying bodywork is identical. Kyosho tools each livery separately rather than simply reprinting a shared casting, so the number panels, roundels and stripe work sit exactly where period photographs show them rather than approximated for convenience.

Diecast Weight and Panel Fit on This Casting

Lifted from its box, the zinc alloy body has real presence, noticeably heavier than a resin piece of the same size, and that weight comes with opening doors and a bonnet that lifts to reveal a simplified but legible engine bay. Shut lines around the doors sit close and even, and the wire-style wheels fill the arches at a stance consistent with the real car's ride height. It is not the razor-edged panel work a sealed resin body can achieve, but the trade is opening features and a lower price, both worth having on a race car built to be examined from every angle.

Diecast or Resin: Choosing How to Collect the GTO

What Kyosho's Diecast Trades Away, and What It Keeps

Specialist resin producers building GTO tributes typically seal the body entirely, which frees them to chase sharper shut lines and finer paint depth without the tolerances an opening door or bonnet demands. Kyosho's diecast approach accepts slightly wider gaps around the panels in exchange for doors that genuinely open, a bonnet that lifts, and a body that survives handling better thanks to its metal construction. Neither approach is objectively better; they serve different collecting priorities. A collector chasing museum-grade paint accuracy across a handful of hero GTOs will likely prefer resin, while a collector building a broader Le Mans display across several liveries, several years and several marques will find diecast's lower per-model cost lets that collection grow further. This number 22 car sits confidently in the second category: an accurate, handleable GTO built to be one of several rather than the single expensive centrepiece of a shelf. Handling one alongside a sealed resin GTO makes that difference immediately obvious: the diecast feels more substantial in the hand, while the resin body shows a marginally cleaner line where door meets sill.

Building a Multi-Car Le Mans 1962 Display

Pairing Multiple GTOs From the Same Race

At roughly 24 centimetres long, this GTO occupies the same footprint as other 1:18 examples, which makes lining up several liveries from the same Le Mans weekend a genuinely rewarding display exercise rather than a repetitive one. Set beside a differently numbered GTO from the same 1962 entry list, this car highlights how much variation existed within what looks, at a glance, like an identical field of cars. Kyosho's diecast pricing makes that kind of multi-car build realistic in a way that assembling three or four resin GTOs rarely is. For a collector interested in the depth of Ferrari's factory effort at Le Mans rather than just its winning car, this is where the interesting comparisons start. Displayed under even lighting, the subtle livery differences between two GTOs from the same weekend reward the kind of close inspection that a single hero car cannot offer.

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