FSW Weekly Edition #18/2024

This week there has been plenty of action for 1:43 kit builders. We are very luck to have been offered a cracking collection of rare out of production resin/metal kits, many of which had never (until now to check for quality) been opened. The first listing was exclusively Marsh Models, the second a mix of other brands famous in the day for quality products. Not quite so famous for quality, GCAM has released more historic Le Mans 1:43 kit & hand built subjects available with the 1923 Berliet #12/13, 1923 Georges Irat #21/22, 1929 SARA #19, 1933 Alfa Romeo #21, 1935 Talbot #8, 1953 Talbot #7/9 & 1954 Frazer Nash #37. Our new brand FC Models has two more 1:43 kits charting the career of Gilles Villeneuve offers his 1974 Trois Rivieres Formula Atlantic March 74B & 1976 Chevrolet Chevelle 2nd place Sanair.

Chevrolet Chevelle 2nd Sanair 1976 #69 Villeneuve - Reference FCM43021

Alfa Romeo 33.2 Coupe Speciale Pininfarina 1969 Yellow - Reference MTX50102-151

For collectors of 1:43 road cars, just today Avenue 43 delivered two new concept cars, both 1950s Americana in shapes of the 1955 Mercury D-528 & 1958 Plymouth Cabana. Esval's latest road car collection is quite a mix of tastes with the 1930s Mercedes 290 (W18) Cabriolet LWB joined by 1959 DeSoto Fireflite 4-Door Hardtop, 1974 Cadillac Eldorado 2 Door Station Wagon & 1979 Chevrolet Corvette America while Matrix has a super looking group of 43rd scale classics with 1931 Bugatti T51 Dubos road & race, 1948 Packard Eight Station Sedan, 1960 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Pininfarina Cabriolet open & closed and 1969 Alfa Romeo 33.2 Coupe Speciale Pininfarina yellow & red.

With it being a new month, our stock selection for adding to the Sale Dept. has ben updated by listing both newly added and further reduced books, accessories, kits, resin/diecast and hand built models. Last model news for the week is a reissue. With Ferrari organising a 40th anniversary celebration of what it describes as its "first ever supercar", the cult classic Ferrari 288 GTO has been reissued by KK Scale (in red only so far, the only Ferrari factory colour for the 272 cars built) as a nicely detailed low-cost 1:18 diecast model.

Ferrari 288 GTO 1984 Red 1:18 - Reference KKSDC180414