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| ALE249 |
Maserati Kyalami Street 1978 |
£29.50
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| ALE249M |
Maserati Kyalami Street 1978 |
£73.45
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| ALE250 |
Alfa Romeo 147 5 door Selespeed
2002 |
£28.25
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| ALE250M |
Alfa Romeo 147 5 door Selespeed
2002 |
£69.70
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| ALE251 |
Alpine A610 Turbo Albertville
1992 |
£28.25
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One
of the originators of the resin kit business, Alezan continues to
release accurate, relatively simple kits. The body shapes are, as
usual, very good and there is a fair amount of interior detail. Resin
rear light inserts are included for all three kits and there are also
clear resin headlights in the Alfa kit. On the Maserati it is suggested
that you fill the four round headlight bezels with a little clear
resin to make lenses, but what’s wrong with including some proper
lenses? The instructions feature a simple photocopy of the real car
and are really not acceptable in this day and age, these kits deserve
better attention to the smaller details.
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| The built models are generally well
finished with good (but not perfect) paint finishes and offer great
value. Curiously the resin rear lights haven’t been used on our
Maserati, the lenses being painted instead, but it still looks good.
On all Alezan builts the mirrors are not attached so that they don’t
get damaged in transit, which would be fine if they were attached
to their sprue by the mounting stalks rather than the body of the
mirror, which will require touching in to match the paint. More silly
details, come on Alezan. |
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| TEC018DEF |
Jaguar D Le Mans 1963 Cunningham
- kit |
£40.00
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| TEC022C |
Ferrari 512S Le Mans 1970 #7 -
kit |
£41.95
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| TEC022BD |
Ferrari 512S Le Mans 1970 #6/8
- kit |
£41.95
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| TEC023A |
Alfa Romeo Giulia SS Street 1963-65
- kit |
£41.95
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| TEC018CM0 |
Jaguar E Type Le Mans 1962 #10
- built |
£128.65
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| Once again the kit releases
from Tecnomodel show great accuracy of line and some very fine details.
The Jaguar is cast in slightly waxy yellow resin and has the roof
section cast separately. |
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The windscreen frame
is a free standing p/e part to which clear sheet is attached. With
the extreme curvature at either end of the screen we think this will
be quite fiddly to assemble. If it works it will look stunning, if
not....... The other etched parts are very clearly defined and the
pre-formed inserts for the wheels are particularly impressive. Complete
decal sheets are included for the class winning #15 car as well as
the #14 and 16 sister cars and the comprehensive instructions clearly
show the decoration for all. Providing the screen works, these will
look stunning.
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| The Ferrari and Alfa kits are
cast in a BBR style brittle grey resin and again the kits capture
the shape of their subjects superbly. At first we couldn’t see
why all three options weren’t included in one kit for the Ferrari,
but closer inspection of the body castings and race photos show that
the #7 car had a blister in the roof to accommodate the tall frame
of Ronnie Peterson. This time a vac-form is included for the heavily
curved windscreen, though flat material is used for the side and rear
glass areas. |
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Wheels are resin
castings and there is again a wealth of p/e detailing.
Flat window material is again included for the Alfa and, as with the
side frames on the Ferraris, flanges are cast into the superb bodyshell
for mounting the windows. Wheels are realistically coloured injection
moulded plastic in this model and add to the overall high level of
realism this model provides.
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| The built Jaguar is beautifully
finished and captures its subject very well. Our only gripe is that
the exhaust tail pipes would look a little better if they were hollow.
Something that kit builders will be able to adjust. |
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| TMKTLK004 |
Ferrari F2002 France/Germany 2002
1:24 |
£105.15
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Another very cleverly thought
out kit from Tameo. The design of the body, with multi-piece underside,
is very similar to the 1:43rd version, just that much bigger! The
metal castings are generally very good and many of the parts that
you would find as p/e in the smaller kits are now finely cast white
metal.
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| The main body in
our kit had quite a lot of porosity, especially on top of the nose,
and rather a lot of excess material, all of which will need attention
during clean up. None of this is a huge problem, just unusual for
Tameo. Decals are included for the non-smoking French GP or the fully
liveried German version and comprehensive instructions will allow
either to be built with relative ease.. |
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| POR008 |
Subaru Impreza WRC Sanremo 2000
Havoline |
£36.50
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| POR030 |
Toyota Corolla Spa 2001 #1 Vergokan |
£36.50
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| POR031 |
Peugeot 206 WRC Mediteraneo 01
#3 Fortuna |
£36.50
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| POR062 |
Toyota Corolla Deutschland 2001
#3 OMV |
£36.50
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| POR065 |
Citroen Saxo Super M.Carlo 02
#65 RACC |
£40.10
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| POR066 |
Peugeot 206 WRC TDC 2002 #27 Power
Horse |
£36.50
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| POR067 |
Ford Focus WRC Monte Carlo 02
#35 Datti |
£36.50
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| POR073 |
Citroen Saxo Super Spain 02 #14
Winston |
£40.10
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| POR074 |
Peugeot 206 WRC Finland 2002 Salonen |
£40.10
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| All previous Portal releases
have been based on Racing 43 kits and the majority of these are also.
That means that we get well made metal parts with plenty of ancillaries
for cockpit detail and well defined wheels. The exceptions are the
Citroen Saxo’s which are based on Provence Moulage’s excellent
resin kit that was first seen about a year ago. All of the kits include
well drawn and printed decals and the liveries chosen are all very
colourful. Instructions in all feature simple but clear assembly drawings,
colour suggestions (though these can be a little vague) and multi
view photographs for decal placement. |
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| We don’t know
how the black Subaru finished in Sanremo but the Greek crew finished
10th on their home event and with a little spares box raiding it might
be possible to make that version. Tsjeon finished 3rd on the Boucles
de Spa round of the ERC but we don’t know about the pretty Fortuna
Peugeot on the Mediteraneo, except that it didn’t win. Looks
great anyway! The same goes for Manfred Stohl’s Toyota, no result
but attractive car. Daniel Sola had an early lead in the JWRC category
in his Saxo before retiring in Monaco, but he did go on to win the
championship! Achim Mortl retired his Peugeot in Sanremo and while
Datti’s Focus is one of the most colourful subjects here we have
no result info. No info either on the final Saxo but we can tell you
that the 1985 World Champion Timo Salonen finished a creditable 14th
on his return to the WRC in Finland. |
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| VHCK022M |
Elva-BMW Mk8s TT 1965 Amon |
£117.05
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Made in conjunction with the
Elva owners club, this is a very limited production model of the McLaren
entered machine driven by Chris Amon at Oulton Park in 1965.
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| Just 40 examples
of this well finished miniature are being made, 20 for Elva and the
other 20 to you. The model is in Axel’R’s typical, fairly
simple style and features a good paint finish with carefully applied
decals and details. The vac-formed headlight covers on our sample
were particularly neatly applied. |
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