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Licensing issues |
F1 news |
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have touched on the high royalty demands of some motor manufacturers
before and this is the reason that models are often not made. One
model manufacturer has asked us to tell you of the terms of a contract
they recently refused to enter into with a major motor company. Unfortunately
after one year of discussion, by letter, with the legal department
of X, I received a contract which insists on the following:4,000 Euro per year as fixed royalties + 6% royalties on every model sold + A special liability insurance covering all risks for 2 million US Dollars in favour of the car manufacturer, at my expense, but this contract ensures nothing for me. + All the models they like for a trade price less 15% + 1-5 pieces, free of charge, of any new model of their brand produced. As you can understand there is no sense to pursue this contact as it will leave nothing for me! They have not seen, or asked to see, my models. They are interested only in the money and if you produce good or bad models it is not important. Most of the individual
points seem quite reasonable (we’ve heard of much larger sums),
but taken as a whole it would be impossible for a small manufacturer
to make a living. The irony is that the cost to the motor companies
of drawing up these contracts, probably exceeds the income they would
receive from them. |
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model in question is the gorgeous Ferrari 312PB shown here, which
was built using the recently released Piranha kit (RUP009) as a base.
We were very pleased to meet and (carefully) shake the hand of the
Japanese master model maker, Akihiro Kamimura who’s work this
amazing piece is. The level of realism in the fine details has to be seen to be believed and the lengths Mr Kamimura goes to ensure this can be quite extreme. If you want to see more and read how this and many other pieces were created logon to www.linkclub.or.jp/~ak-model/ |
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| K&R
Replicas tell us that they are busy working on various race versions
of the Jaguar Mk2 in 1:24th scale as well as the Rover P6 and Caterham
7 in 1:43rd scale. The latter will actually include a number of photoetched
parts..... MR Collection have significantly expanded their Look Smart
range of high quality low price hand builts..... great news for collectors
of larger scale single seaters, CG Models are adding the Cooper T51,
Auto Union A type and Ferrari 156 ‘Sharknose’ to their range
of high detail 1:24th kits and hand builts.... and if you prefer a
simpler build, Modelisme Leonardo have also produced the Ferrari as
a kerbside kit..... SMTS are shortly to release a 1:12th scale hand
built Bentley 4.5 litre..... Arena have deleted all the Audi Quattros
from their range..... Le Mans Miniatures and Profil 24 are both releasing
the Matra MS630 in 1:24th scale..... following the success of the
Spark range of bargain resin builts, we welcome another similar new
range, Bizarre..... at least one manufacturer has expressed an interest
in modelling some of the new Daytona prototypes, here’s hoping it happens......
Ron Peggs will shortly be changing his display at GPM. The ‘Brits
at Le Mans’ will be leaving to be replaced by every car to have
raced from 1990 to date. This should be in place by April 5th, our
next open Saturday...... |