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| SCA013
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VW Golf Gr2 DRM 1977 #1 Kamei - kit
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£42.85
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| SCA022
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VW Golf LS Gr1 Hessen 1975 Kottulinsky - kit.
Also available SCA013M & SCA022M - built
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£43.15
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 These
kits represent two very different competition variants of the same
basic design. The Kamei car will probably be fairly familiar
to anyone who started building plastic kits 20-odd years ago as Tamiya
made it when the car was new. The basic shape is superbly captured
with very well cast parts and the decals match the decoration of
the real car photo included in the instructions. We think this is
a press-launch shot as we can find several race references for Bernd
Renneisen in race results but always with other numbers. |
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other subject is the factory backed machine of Freddy Kottulinsky
from the Hessen round of the German Rally Championship. We're not
sure of the result but the near-standard car is very vividly decorated.
This will certainly make for an interesting decalling job and like
the Kamei car, there is a good level of detail. |
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 As
an ex-204 driver (you see we all have dark secrets, just don't ask
Marot about Morris Marinas!) the thought of a racing version
seems a little odd, but then there are plenty of fairly bland road
cars that have responded well to the tuner's magic wand over the
years. This little car certainly looks the part and presumably the
engine received some fairly serious attention! As usual, Scala include
a photo of the real thing and the model checks out well, which is
what matters. |
| SCA090
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BMW 2002 Gr5 DRM 1977 Rodenstock - kit
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£43.15
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| SCA090MD
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BMW 2002 Gr5 DRM 1977 #7 Hennige - built.
Also available SCA090MA - #6 Krebs, SCA090MB - #6 Rohrl, SCA090MC - #7 Ertl & SCA090ME
- #55 Rohrl
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£130.00
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| SCA115
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BMW 2002 Gr5 DRM 1977 Rodenstock - kit
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£42.85
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| SCA115MA
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BMW 2002 Gr5 DRM 1977 #6 Krebs - built.
Also available SCA115MB - #7 Ertl
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£130.00
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 At
first glance these are all extremely similar, but the shapes of the
two main subjects (SCA090/SCA115) are different in a number of
details. SCA115 represents the Schnitzer prepared machines as they
appeared in the first race of the DRM season at Zolder, where both
Krebs and Ertl retired. Later in the season the cars were significantly
re-worked, with a longer tail, squarer side pods and a more pronounced
front oil cooler. |
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well cast kits capture both early and late cars well and feature
a good level of photo-etched detail. The team used reversed colour
schemes for identification, Krebs and Rohrl's cars were blue on top,
then yellow and red at the bottom, while Hennige and Ertl's rides
were red, over yellow, over blue. Two tone painting of the red and
blue will be necessary for kit builders and the yellow is a decal
to cover the masking line. The decals are very clearly printed but
also quite thin. On one of our builts the masking line is visible
on the door so be careful. Otherwise the builts are excellent. |
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 We
originally had this listed as being from the German Rally Championship.
Our mistake. The three options offered in the kit are the factory
entered machines of Wittman, Kottulinsky & Demuth from Finland.
Again the kit checks out well with the photos in the instructions,
plus a couple we've found in rally reports. The clearly printed decals
include the darker shades of red in the livery but the bright red
rear will need to be painted. A careful build will yield a very pretty
car. |
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| SCA156
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Audi 90 GrA Sweden 1986 Eriksson - kit
Also available SCA156M - built
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£43.15
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 This
one did have four wheel drive and Mikael Ericsson used it to good
effect to win Group A and finish 4th overall in the snows of
Sweden. All of the livery is included on the decals this time, leaving
a simple white paint finish and assembly of the well detailed parts. |
| SCA165
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Audi Quattro Sport 1st Pikes Peak 1985 - kit.
Also available SCA165M - built
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£43.15
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 In
1985, Audi added the spectacular Pikes Peak Hillclimb to their impressive
tally of victories and Michelle Mouton became the first
female driver to win the event in the process. As with the other
kits here, this appears to be accurate and is very well made. If
you have an interest in rally cars and have never attempted a Scala
kit, you're missing out! |
| SCA177
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BMW 2002 1000 Lakes 1974 Warmbold/Todt - kit.
Also available SCA177M - built
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£43.15
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 We've
seen numerous versions of the 2002 from Scala over the years and
this is just as good as all that have gone before. The car itself
was somewhat outclassed in World Rallying by 1974, especially by
the arrival of the Stratos, but BMW went down fighting before abandoning
the stages to concentrate on circuit racing.
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| TRO205P
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Alfa Romeo 1900S Touring MM 1952 - kit
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£34.85
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| TRO205PMA
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Alfa Romeo 1900S Touring MM 1952 #425 - built
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£68.50
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| TRO205PMB
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Alfa Romeo 1900S Touring MM 1952 #449 - built.
Also available TRO205PMC - built street
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£68.50
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basic shape of the Touring-bodied Alfa has been fairly well observed
and both of the built models that we have are nicely finished. There
are some small details that don't quite match, such as oversized
front indicators, undersized front spot lamp and rather thick race
number decals. The first two will be easily fixed with a little spares
box raiding. The two Mille Miglia cars were driven by Sanesi and
Fangio and finished 18th and 22nd respectively. Also our sample kit
only had decals for the Fangio car, though the Sanesi one is shown
on the instructions.
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| TRO203P
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Lancia Flavia Z Coupe 1st Alpes 1965 - kit
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£34.85
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| TRO209P
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Lancia Flavia Z Coupe Targa F. 1965 #178 - kit
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£34.85
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| TRO209PM
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Lancia Flavia Z Coupe Targa F. 1965 #178 - built
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£105.40
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 We've
already seen a few versions of the Flavia Zagato and the well proportioned
parts make a couple more appearances here. Trautmann & Bouchet
won the Coupe des Alpes in theirs while Crosina/Claudio Maglioli
finished a creditable 19th and 4th in class (behind 3 Porsche 904s)
on the very high speed Targa Florio. The built model of this car
is very well finished indeed with flawless paint and very carefully
applied etched detail.
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| EMB010
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Lancia Fulvia 2C Street
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£41.00
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 This
kit is very similar in style to the road cars produced by Gamma.
That means we get a very well proportioned body shell, a good level
of cast detail and a wealth of photo-etch for window frames, grilles,
badges and the very small parts. There are a few small bubbles in
the lower edges in the main body casting and with these dealt with
it will make an attractive model.
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