
Ferrari 250 GTO #19 24 Hours of Le Mans 1962 Kyosho 1:18

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About the Ferrari 250 GTO #19 24 Hours of Le Mans 1962 Kyosho 1:18
TL;DR: Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Ferrari 250 GTO #19 reproduces the livery from the car's 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans entry, the GTO's debut competition season. Diecast construction opens the doors and hood on the Bizzarrini-developed body, letting collectors start a Le Mans-themed GTO shelf from the model's earliest racing year.
A GTO collection built around liveries rather than a single car tells a much bigger story, and 1962 is the natural place to start one, since that was the year the GTO first proved itself against the world.
Kyosho's #19 Le Mans Livery for the 1962 250 GTO
Race Number and Panel Livery
The #19 roundel sits on the door in the exact placement period photography shows, painted rather than applied as a raised decal, so the surface stays flat when light rakes across it. The Rosso Corsa body color reads warm rather than cool, matching the shade experienced collectors look for when judging whether a GTO replica used accurate reference material or a generic Ferrari red substitute.
Diecast Construction on the Bizzarrini Body
Doors and hood open on metal hinges, exposing a cockpit trimmed for function rather than comfort and, beneath the hood, the installation of the Colombo-derived V12 that carried the GTO through its entire competition life. The zinc alloy body has real weight in the hand, and the panel gaps around the compound-curve nose stay tight and consistent, a detail that matters enormously on a shape built almost entirely from Scaglietti's hand-formed aluminum.
1962: The GTO's Competition Debut
The 250 GTO arrived at Le Mans in 1962 as an unproven quantity outside Ferrari's own testing program, built by Giotto Bizzarrini around a shortened 250 chassis and clothed by Scaglietti in a body shaped as much by wind tunnel work as by styling instinct. It did not take long to justify the investment. Across that debut season and the two that followed, the GTO swept the FIA International Championship for GT Manufacturers three years running, a run built on exactly the kind of sustained, multi-entry performances that liveries like this #19 represent. Only 36 GTOs left the factory in total, a scarcity that makes an accurate 1:18 replica the only realistic way most collectors will ever study the car's proportions up close.
Building a Le Mans-Themed GTO Display
Scale Presence at 1:18
At roughly 24 centimeters, this GTO holds a footprint consistent with other 1:18 GT racers from the same decade, so multiple liveries display in a straight row without scale mismatches breaking the illusion. Collectors chasing a complete GTO livery run gain the most from starting here, at the debut year, before adding later seasons and different events. The #19 car earns its place as the anchor of that story rather than a footnote to it.














