De Agostini has been doing this for a while working with Kyosho. I had always wanted their Ferrari F2004 and F2007 car. Looks like each iteration gets more and more realistic! The original F2004 shared some parts with the older Kyosho F-Ten chassis.
But the subscription service and getting the parts piece by piece does not make financial sense to me. However, every once in a while, I see a used De Agostini car on eBay selling for $400-500 complete. They had even offered clear lexan and hard plastic (pre-painted) bodies. I wish they would just sell it as a complete all in one kit. I would gladly pay good money (okay, hoping more for $500 range) for a realistic 1/7th RC made by Kyosho!