Four Small Wheels 05/2002 - models of the month

models of the month

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Formula Models hand-built FOR010M CART Reynard 981 - review page 3 Alex Zanardi’s 1998 CART championship winning machine has been superbly realised and brilliantly finished by Formula Models. The paint finish is excellent, decals carefully applied and the fine detailing some of the best you’ll see. The Vasser car is equally well finished but we only have room for one here! With most current single seater releases limited to the red cars based in Italy, this is a welcome and refreshing subject.

BBR kit BBP194 Ferrari 250GT ‘Breadvan’ 1962 - review page 4 BBR kit making at its very best and a spectacular subject to boot. Crisply cast resin body and interior, clearly printed decals and super-fine photo-etched details. Some of the parts are shown above to give some idea of what you can expect to find when you open the box. We have seen this model built by BBR in the past and know that the finished article looks superb.


Le Mans Miniatures 1:24th kit LMM4054 Ford Mk4 1967 - review page 3 With so many beautifully finished, pristine models being released it makes a refreshing change to have a subject modelled as it looked at the end of the event. The 4th placed Ford of Andretti and McLaren had an eventful race at Le Mans in 1967 and LMM have shown great attention to detail to capture both the damage and the improvised repairs that enabled the car to finish at all. We have chosen the un-painted kit as the painted version had a slightly heavy finish but in the end, with care, either will make an interesting variation to a large scale Le Mans collection.

Romu kit ROM038 Datsun Skyline RS Turbo Silhouette - review page 6 One we know very little about except we like it! Made for Romu by Provence Moulage, this kit features many of PM’s latest improvements in detailing including a ‘proper’ resin roll cage, it even has photo-etched interior door panels. This will make an enoyable build project and shows us what saloon racing cars should look like. We think it dates from the early to mid eighties, can anyone shed any light?

Mulsanne Miniatures MUL003 Bentley EXP8 LM 2001 - review page 9 Andy Wallace, Butch Leitzinger and Eric van de Poele brought the Bentley home in an excellent 3rd place in last year’s 24 hour classic and each of these 24 individually numbered pieces bears their signatures. This superbly finished and stylishly presented miniature is only available from Grand Prix Models and we only have a very small number remaining.