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| FAE072 |
Ferrari 121LM Prototype 1955 Parravano |
£106.75
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| FAE073 |
Maserati 350S Mille Miglia 1957
#533 |
£106.75
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| FAE071A |
Ferrari 250 Monza Mille Miglia
56 #559 |
£112.90
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| FAE067 |
Ferrari 225S 1st Santa Barbara
1953 #2 |
£106.75
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| FAE067C |
Ferrari 225S 2nd Reno #2 |
£110.40
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| FAE067B |
Ferrari 225S 1st Pebble Beach
1953 #2D |
£106.75
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We like a little bit of a challenge
and with new releases from Faenza that's usually what we get, as the
subjects selected are normally pretty obscure. This of course means
that photographs of the subjects are very rare.
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| We have a photo
of the Paravano 121LM being built and others of the finished car but
the model falls somewhere in between. The basic shape looks pretty
good and the matt finish does a reasonable job of representing the
hand beaten aluminium bodywork before any of the cut outs had been
made for lights and fuel fillers. Better luck with the Mille Miglia
cars. The overall shapes of both look good and the basic paint finishes
are realistic but some of the detailing is very sloppy. There are
glue marks around the radiator opening on the Maserati where the p/e
trim has been attached. Hans Herrmann drove the experimental V12 car
briefly on the Mille Miglia but was forced to retire. |
| The two tone paint on the Mille
Miglia Ferrari is pretty good but the join of the two colours behind
the doors is at the wrong angle. We can't find any photos of the 225S,
but do know it was driven by Phil Hill. |
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| The Reno car has
the front of the car painted matt white, which we can only assume
was either covering some sort of repair or perhaps offering protection
to the paint from the sands of the Nevada desert? The overall finish
of these cars is generally better than the Mille Miglia cars but there
are still odd bits of careless detail painting and the occasional
glue mark. One thing we have noticed on most of these models are slightly
damaged rims on the bright etched wire wheels. |
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| HIR021 |
Renault RS01 1978 1:20 |
£126.50
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We can't tell you for sure whether
Hiro's latest very high detail kit is totally accurate or not because
the bodywork is in so many pieces and we donØt have any pictures of
the completed model.
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| The larger pieces
of bodywork certainly capture the spirit of the design and it will
be interesting to see how it all turns out. What we can tell you is
that there are a great many very well made parts and this will make
a fantastic project. The chassis tub is milled from aluminium and
machined parts are also included for the wheels, rear brake discs,
damper bodies and exhaust tail pipe. The balance of the parts, except
for the excellent rubber tyres complete with tread depth holes, are
well cast white metal. All of the parts are numbered in the instructions,
though the only parts list is for the non cast parts, so checking
off the kit contents upon receipt should be simple enough. Although
there's a huge amount of detail, the parts for this first turbo-charged
F1 car fit well and it should be well within the capabilities of most
modellers to produce a wonderful model. All you will need are the
usual glues, tools and paints (colours suggested in instructions)
and of course a little time. |
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range of hand built models you may as well take a spectacular subject
as a debut and Ad Hoc Models have done just that! |
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| The F90 was designed
by Enrico Fumia and based on a Ferrari Testarossa. Only six were built,
all for the Sultan of Brunei, and the model looks to be a pretty faithful
representation. This is hardly surprising when the original designer
has endorsed the model and it has been made by ABC. The paint finish
is flawless and the detailing very well applied but the tinted vacformed
canopy isnÃt the clearest we've seen and obscures the view of what
looks like a very well finished interior more than it should. Each
model comes with an authentification certificate explaining the history
of the vehicles and bearing the signatures of Fumia, Andrea Brianza
(ABC) and Stefano Strapparava (Ad Hoc). If it hadnÃt been for the
vacform this would have been one of our models of the month. |
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| STU20118 |
McLaren M29B Argentina 1980 1:20
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£115.20
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| STU20119 |
McLaren M29C Monaco 1980 1:20
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£115.20
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| STUTK1208C |
Yamaha YZR500 FIM 1991 Marlboro
T.kit 1:12 |
£90.90
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| STUFP2460 |
Peugeot 206 WRC 02 PE Detail Set
1:24 |
£8.00
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| STUFP2461 |
BMW 320i PE Detail Set 1:24 |
£8.00
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| STUDC579C |
Williams FW07 Theodore Decals
1:20 |
£9.00
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| STUDC580C |
Williams FW07 1980 Murjani Decals
1:20 |
£8.00
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| STUDC584C |
Lancia Stratos 78-80 Chardonet
Decals 1:24 |
£10.00
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| STUDC583C |
Mitsubishi Lancer Marlboro Decals
1:24 |
£5.00
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| STUDC562C |
Ford Focus WRC M.Carlo 02 Kremer
Dec 1:24 |
£9.00
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| STUDC564C |
Lancia Stratos Sanremo 79 Concess.
Dec 24 |
£10.00
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| STUDC565C |
Lancia Stratos Sanremo 78 Camel
Dec 1:24 |
£6.50
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| STUDC574C |
Lancia Stratos T.Florio Rothmans
Dec 1:24 |
£10.00
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Two very similar sets of parts
allegedly offer the M29's of Prost and Watson from Argentina and Monaco.
The very cleanly cast resin bodies and the decal sheets are shared
by both kits, as are the bulk of the white metal ancillaries and the
p/e sheet.
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| A detailed DFV engine
is visible through the open rear deck on both cars and the basic difference
is the wing set ups. The Argentina car looks OK but the Monaco car
is modelled without a front wing. In every photo we've seen of Prost's
car there is a front wing very much in evidence so we thought this
must be the practice car of Watson, who was experimenting with aerodynamic
setup and failed to qualify with terminal understeer. That would explain
it except that we eventually found a photo and this car has a wing
as well. At Canada a few races later the car was without this wing,
so perhaps this is what they should be calling it? The Yamaha transkit
is virtually a complete kit with only the handle bars, front fork
yoke, wheels and tyres required from a Tamiya kit. Curiously the donor
kit is a Ducatti, as this has the correct style of wheel. Resin parts
are included for the fairings, seat/tank unit and central frame with
cast in crankcase detail. There are white metal parts for the bulk
of the ancillary parts, a good clear vacform, p/e for the very small
details and chain. Finally clearly printed decals offer the options
of 1991 World Champion Wayne Rainey or his team mate, American John
Kocinsky with all sponsorship. The p/e sets are to S27's usual very
high standards. The Peugeot set includes the usual brake details,
grilles, bonnet pins and badges as well as a cell phone and other
dash board details. The BMW fret (for the soon to be re-issued Gp5
car) has grilles, window frames, two styles of window nets, wheels
inserts and various sundry badges and clips. |
| With two exceptions, all of the
decal sets are intended for white cars, so the problem of trying to
work out exactly what shade to use is eased. |
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| The Chardonnet Stratos
is one of the odd ones, being finished in French blue and there are
four decal options offered, Mouton's 'Coupe des Dames' winner from
the 1978 Monte, Darniche's 1979 Monte and Corsica winners and his
2nd placed Monte ride the following year. The Mitsubishi sheet is
for the red works cars this year (and the end of last) but only includes
the cigarette sponsorship, crew names (Delecour, McRae and Makinen)
and the headlight masks. The rest of the decoration will come form
the donor kit. The Theodore Racing / Rainbow Jeans Williams decal
offers either Cogan in Canada or Lees in the USA, while Desire Wilson
drove the Murjani car here in the UK. 'Tony' won in Sanremo with the
'Lancia Concessionari' Stratos and the remaining rally subjects, while
not winners, are very attractive. |
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| PADTK001 |
Jaguar XK120 Le Mans 1950 #15 |
£77.40
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| If this looks expensive for a
transkit, don't panic. The transkit parts are to convert the classic
AMR XK120 road car to the Le Mans entry. 'But where am I going to
get one of those?' we hear you cry. |
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| Paddock have thought
of this and each of the 150 numbered sets of parts will include the
donor kit. In addition to the AMR parts (still in their original tray)
we also get new seats, rear bulkhead, wheel centres, mirror, aeroscreen
and of course decals, to convert the road car to the 12th placed machine
driven by Clark and Haines. The instructions show the minor modifications
required to the bodyshell but aren't very helpful with the smaller
parts. We do get a paint chip for the correct green, however. |
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