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Aston Martins The last year has seen
a huge resurgence in interest in Aston Martin and in the number of
Aston-related models produced. Much of this is no doubt due to the
current high profile of the company both with their exciting current
road cars and the return of the great name to top flight sports car
racing with the absolutely gorgeous DBR9 (below) but the company's
rich history is also being honoured. SLM 43's efforts with the pre-war Le Mans cars have been warmly received and
there are still more to come. ABC Brianza have been covering the special bodied
cars of the 1950s & 60s. Piranha Models have just released kits of the latest
Vanquish in coupe and roadster forms, the latter as both the American NCE conversion
and the stunning Zagato styled factory car.Even better news is that Provence Miniatures are currently negotiating with Aston Martin to produce the DBR9 in both kerbside and high-detail form and these will be following the 2004 Jet 2 concept... Large scale news There are plenty of exciting new subjects due very soon in the larger scales.
On the back cover of this issue you will find photos of two new 1:12th kits due
shortly from Modellismo Leonardo, Fangio's 1957 World Championship-winning Maserati
250F and one of the most famous cars of the 1920s, the boat-tailed Hispano-Suiza
of 1924.From Model Factory Hiro, we have just received a 1:24th high-detail kit of another
World Champion the 1952 Ferrari 500 F2 and this will be followed by the 1968
Ferrari 312 and the ex-Climax model of the Ferrari 275GTB. |
Congratulations! |
| Le Mans Miniatures |
| There are many exciting projects under way at Le Mans Miniatures, not least this fabulous looking 1:24th model of the 1937 Le Mans-winning Bugatti. |
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| The photo
is a work in progress shot and at the time of writing LMM were just waiting for
the decals. The model will include the figure of Jean-Pierre Wimille and be available
as a kit (LMM4078) and painted kit (LMM4078PP). Also under development is a high
detail 1:24th kit of the 2004 Veloqx Audi R8, 1:32nd scale slot cars of the winning
Team Goh car and in the GTS range a hand built of the very unusual Renault-Matra
Zoom concept. More news as we have it. |
...line by line... |
| Tameo Kits are updating their Ferrari 642 and
McLaren MP4/5B to the latest standards (the latter will be in the
Silverline range) and there is much more to come from them too....
a little bird tells us that there is a 1:43rd scale die-cast of Thrust
SSC under development. As soon as we know more we'll let you know......
Spark are working on several models of ETCC cars including Alfa 156s
and BMWs alongside their packed Le Mans program..... as we were closing
for press, Marsh Models' kits and hand builts of the CAM2 Porsche
record car were imminent..... SMTS have completed their move into
new premises and are now fully up and running again and we have received
good stocks of kits. Check our on-line shop at www.grandprixmodels.com
for more details..... Midlantic Models are promising plenty of new
releases this year and projects that they are working on include
the Lotus VIII & Lotus X..... the dotting of the 'i's and crossing
of the 't's has taken a little longer than expected, but Provence
Miniatures Automobiles are now fully up and running...... at Le Mans
in June there will be a special celebration of the 50th Anniversary
of the Lotus marque's debut in the event with a parade of historic
vehicles...... |