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| BBD044 |
Marlboro Ferrari F2002 2002 Decals
1:18 |
£4.25
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| BBD043 |
Marlboro Ferrari F2001 2002 Decals
1:43 |
£3.95
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| BBP284 |
Ferrari 550 Millenio Sebring 02
Olive Garden |
£35.40
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| BBP285 |
Ferrari 550 Millenio Brno FIA
2002 Force |
£35.40
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| BBP287 |
Ferrari 550 Le Mans 2002 #58 Prodrive
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£35.40
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| BBT010 |
Ferrari 360 Modena Geneva 1999
1:24 |
£86.40
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We know
many of you have been waiting for the Olive Garden sponsored 550 as
a complement to PM's Sebring Panoz, well here it is. BBR have superbly
captured all of the vent detail unique to this car but the parts are
otherwise similar to their previous 550 kits. The model will look
very handsome straight out of the box with its simple green livery
but some modellers may wish to add windscreen retaining clips and
the aluminium heat shields that were fitted behind the side exit exhausts.
We were surprised to see that there was no Gauloises sponsorship on
the Brno car as we thought this was a 'smoking' race. BBR are right
and we were wrong, a look on Force One racing's web site shows that
the blue and silver livery is absolutely spot on for this race. The
body details are also carefully observed and this will also make a
spectacular model. Curiously in this and the Olive Garden car there
are silver seat belts supplied in the kit.
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We don't have any
interior shots of either but it seems very unusual. One small error
on the instructions to note - the paint code quoted for the Fiat blue
paint should be 484A, the code given is apparently for a yellow! Our
thanks to Mr Zanetti of France for this information. The fluorescent
red Prodrive Le Mans car has far more orthodox red seat belts and
is another cracking kit with excellent details. The wheels in this
kit are cast items, as opposed to p/e inserts in the other two kits,
but the rest of the p/e details remain for window frames, brakes etc.
Please note that in all three kits the instructions show trailing
brake calipers front and rear, they should be on the on the trailing
edge of the disc on the front and leading on the rear. The 1:24th
scale 360 Modena kit is, as you would expect from BBR, very well cast
and accurately captures the lines of FerrariÚs current best
seller. A semi-detailed (top half only) engine is included and there
are fine p/e parts for window frames, brakes, pedals etc. Slightly
disappointing is the inclusion of decals for the dash panel and radio
console, which work fine in 1:43rd but will look a little flat in
this larger scale. The F1 decal sets for die-casts are clearly printed
but don't include any placement instructions. The 1:43rd pack will
do two cars and includes the full livery for the Australian GP. The
1:18th set only has the Marlboro logos. Both sheets include the Marlboro
banners and visor tops for the crash helmets.
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Courage C60 Le Mans 2002 #18 Pescarolo |
£52.85
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Built from the PM kit this is
generally well finished and certainly better than other built Pescarolo
Courages we've seen from Starter recently. The paint and decalling
are very good and nearly all of the details have been applied very
carefully.
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we really have is that the brake calipers are all over the place.
Those on the left of the car donØt look bad so we'd display it that
way round! Also the red i.d band painted around the roll over bar
should match the bright orange stripes on the car but doesnØt. |
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| TTR038 |
Ferrari 612 Can-Am 1970 Jim Adams |
£35.60
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| TTR039 |
Maserati 250F Monza 1957 #24 Bonnier |
£35.60
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| TTR040 |
Ford Capri RS2600 Le Mans 1972
#84 Shark |
£35.60
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After a few releases with very
good paint finishes Trajectoire appear to have taken a slight step
backwards this month. The paint on the Ferrari is best of the bunch
but is still a little heavy. Of more concern is the size of the model,
which comes up very small when compared to the dimensions listed in
period reports. The shape and proportions don't look bad, itÌs just
small. The finish on the painted canard fins and front wing vents
are much better than the wings of other recent kits but the paint
is so heavy on the body that the locating slots for the canard fine
have all but disappeared. If you can get the fins to stay put this
should build Jim Adams 4th placed machine from Donnybrook fairly well,
but we can't help wonder whether Trajectoire should offer the option
of unpainted kits....
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the 250F look to be pretty much spot on but again the paint (silver
this time) is very heavy and floods some of the fine details, including
the mountings for the stone guards. There are some good details such
as finely cast resin brake drums and overall it should build a pretty
accurate model if you can pick out those lost vents etc. We weren't
convinced by the colour at first on the Capri, expecting a deeper
red but when checked against race photos it should certainly be paler
than the red used on the Esso decals etc. The paint is again heavy
and this time features authentic Ford orange peel, all be it in 1:1
scale! One styling feature of the Capri, even more evident in the
wide bodied RS cars is a double moulding ahead of the rear wheel arch.
The kit includes a decal to simulate this instead of having it sculpted
and this just does not work. The decals, as in the other kits, are
superbly printed but were the blue panels on this car really metallic?
The 1974 Team Shark Capri was metallic blue, so itÌs possible, but
photos are inconclusive. If this is correct then it means that Mini
Racing have got theirs wrong, if it's solid then this is wrong. We
canÌt find any conclusive evidence. Can anybody help?. |
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McLaren M6B Can Am 1968 Bonnier |
£90.00
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With Christmas looming ever closer
no doubt many of you will be buying your sons/grandsons a slot car
set (or at least that's who the wife's been told it's for!). Once
junior has been safely dispatched to bed itís time for the serious
machinery to be wheeled out.
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out that, as the manufacturer states, this is not intended to be '..an
out and out track burner.' What you do get is a finely detailed, very
well thought out resin kit, with an excellent paint finish, accurate
looking decals and all of the electrical parts required to make a
fine semi-scale slot car. The electric motor is hidden from above
by a resin and white metal engine top, while the bottom is kept open
for cooling. The wires from the guide shoe run through the cockpit
hidden by detailed p/e lining panels, so unless you pick the model
up you would never know it was a slot car.. Inspiration for the modelling
style could well have come from a Marsh Models kit, itís just all
that bit bigger! The instructions include a clear assembly drawing,
detailed parts list with colour references given for all parts and
a very useful hints and tips section which is both informative and
amusing. One small part which had us confused for a while was a hole
cast in the centre of the base plate which doesnít show on the drawing.
After thoroughly reading the text we realised this was for the small
circular traction magnet, which attaches to a screw fitted from underneath.
The really serious racers among you may choose to leave this off and
ballast with lead, the less serious can run without the magnet or
ballast if you fancy more of a challenge! |
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