Four Small Wheels 10/2001 - reviews, page 2

reviews, page 2

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Provence Moulage

New 1:43rd resin kits

PM2686	Porsche GT3RS Le Mans 2001 #75 Hermes Kit	£27.50
PM2698	Dome S101 Le Mans 2001 Den Bla Avis Kit	£31.25

This Porsche - the last of PM's GT3 Porsches from the 2001 Le Mans is also one of the most attractive. The dark blue and orange, Hermes watches sponsored machine finished 3rd in class and 9th overall. The orange panels are supplied as decals to be applied over the dark blue paint and you will have to remove some i.d lights from the roof before painting.

While not quite as daunting as the Racing for Holland sister car, the Dome will still be a dream for those who love decaling. The basic kit is very simple and once painted white the red decal panels can then be applied. This - like the Porsche - will look superb when finished.

Provence Moulage - Late arriving New 1:43rd resin kits

PM2699	Jaguar S Type Vallelunga 2001 Martini	£30.95
PM2655	Porsche 917LH LM 1971 #17/18 Gulf with engine	£44.20
PM2684	MG Lola EX257 Le Mans 2001 #33/34	£30.95

We know we say it nearly every month but again we have great and welcome variety from PM. Many of you will remember the rather grainy photograph we published several issues back suggesting that someone make the spectacular looking green Martini sponsored Jaguar S type of Gianni Giudici from the Italian Touring Master Cup. PM - aided by a raft of information provided by GPM - have picked up the gauntlet and superbly modelled the car as raced in the Vallelunga 6 hours. An unusual and colourful subject, that is a must for any Jaguar or Martini themed collection. This will be great fun to build and decorate. For those fancying a bit of a challenge the high detail 917 kit is for you. The doors and rear bodywork are cast separately and full engine detail is included. If you wish to open and close the rear the very thin casting will need some careful adjustment, but posed open this will look fantastic. Decals for either the #17 Siffert, Bell or the #18 Rodriguez, Oliver cars are included. Neither car finished but Oliver did set fastest lap of the race.. Finally we have the long awaited MG-Lola form this year's Le Mans race. The cars not only looked good but also proved to be very fast, if fragile.

The kit captures the line of these cars superbly and should look great when finished. We don't have Ron Peggs' comments on this kit yet but there are a couple of points we are aware of. There is a small p/e flap which fits between the front wing and central bodywork and this looks very fiddly to fit. Also in photographs of the cars the large MG logos on the body sometimes look as if they are the same green as the central stripe and sometimes a pale olive colour. Flash photographs show these logos to be reflective and the colour depends on how the light catches them. PM thoughtfully include two sets, one in each colour so that you can decide which you prefer!

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S.M.H.R.

SHMR - New 1:43rd resin kits and hand built models

SHM042K	Maserati Tipo 151 Le Mans/Sebring 1962 - kit	£31.65
SHM042MA	Maserati Tipo 151 Le Mans 1962 #2 - built	£100.60
SHM042MB	Maserati Tipo 151 Le Mans 1962 #3 - built	£100.60
SHM042MD	Maserati Tipo 151 Sebring 1962 #62 - built	£100.60

The very simple and accurate looking kit offers any of the three built version here as decal options. The resin body is finely cast and the few white metal ancillary parts look superb. The vac-formed windows aren't the clearest we've seen but are acceptable, and with the excellent instructions this should build without any real problems. The built models are very well finished and capture the aggression of these cars superbly. The #2 car at Le Mans was driven by Walt Hansgen and Bruce McLaren whilst the #3 had Bill Kimberley and Richard Thompson sharing the excitement (they crashed after 6 hours!). The 'Sebring' 1962 -as listed by SHMR - we can find no record of at Sebring in 1962 but have found a #62 that ran at Riverside. That was driven by Chuck Daigh. Or is the Sebring book by the amiable Ken Breslauer incorrect?

Mini Racing

Mini Racing - New 1:43rd resin hand built models

MRA424M	Datsun Violet 160J 1st Safari 1980 #1 Mehta	£81.70
MRA445M13	Talbot Sunbeam Lotus RAC 1982 #13 Frequelin	£81.70
MRA445M6	Talbot Sunbeam Lotus RAC 1982 #6 Blomqvist	£81.70
MRA410M	Saab 99 Sweden 1982 #6 Eklund	£74.50
MRA439M	De Cadenet 'Antar' Le Mans 1979 #8	£74.50

The rally cars are all well finished and appear to be pretty accurate. On the side of the Datsun there is a 'Twigai paints/Duco' logo, which is slightly too small but otherwise all appears OK. The colourful Sunbeams finished first and second in class on the RAC rally with Blomqvist finishing 8th overall and Frequelin 11th. The very elegant, privately entered Saab with its blue and yellow stripes on white, finished an amazing 4th overall and Per Eklund won his class by over half an hour! Sadly the de Cadenet (driven by Alain de Cadenet and Fran�ois Migault) is not as well finished as the rally cars. The air intakes either side of the cockpit have not been cleaned up very well before painting and the carrier film on the decals shows up very distinctly against the dark green paint.