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New 1:24th resin & metal hand built
CLU066

Ferrari 212 Uovo M.Miglia 52 #617 1:24

£203.45

Mancini drove the unique Marzotto designed coupe on the 1952 Mille Miglia but, like the car's creator the year before, he and the car retired from the gruelling road race. This model, in Tron's built-only Club range, is beautifully finished with excellent paint, fine wire wheels and plenty of subtly applied ancillary parts. The exhausts would have been better with hollow tips but otherwise a very pleasing miniature indeed and a superb centre piece.
New 1:20th & 1:24th detailing sets
ACU2025

McLaren MP4/4 PE Detailing Set 1:20

£18.00

ACU2026

McLaren MP4/7 PE Detailing Set 1:20

£17.25

ACU2028

McLaren MP4/13 PE Detailing Set 1:20

£16.50

ACU2029

Ferrari F310B PE Detailing Set 1:20

£17.25

ACU2030

Ferrari F310B PE Wing Set 1:20

£23.35

ACU2031

Ferrari F310B Fuel Filler Set 1:20

£10.45

ACU2032

Ferrari F189 PE Detailing Set 1:20

£17.25

ACU2033

Ferrari Inlet Trumpets 1:20 (x12)

£15.00

ACU2034

F1 2000/2001 Brake Set 1:20

£23.70

Very finely produced photo-etched detail parts. The majority of these sets include tyre sidewall stencils, grilles, fasteners, barge boards and seat belt furniture. The exceptions are the MP4/13 which is simply seat belts and grilles, the F310B wing set which as the name suggests contains various front and rear wing components, the fuel fillers and trumpets, which are machined parts and the brake set which consists of multi-layered p/e discs.
ACU2443

Ford Focus WRC 02 PE Detailing Set 1:24

£12.70

ACU2459

Peugeot 206 WRC 03 PE Detailing Set 1:24

£15.75

ACU2460

Peugeot 206 WRC 00 PE Detailing Set 1:24

£15.75

ACU2462

Ferrari 360 Challenge Decals 1:24

£15.00

ACU2463

Ferrari 360 Mirrors 1:24

£11.20

ACU2464

Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale PE Set 1:24

£18.80

ACU2465

Ferrari 360 Exhaust Pipe Trims (x4) 1:24

£11.20

ACU2466

Ferrari 360 Challenge Exhaust Pipes 1:24

£6.45

ACU2468

Ferrari 360 PE Parts & Brake Set 1:24

£32.85

ACU2469

Ferrari 360 Chall. Strad PE & Brake Set 1:24

£30.40

The Focus detail set is a simple one, with a few grilles, wipers, seat belt furniture and panel clips.
As far as we can see the only differences between the two Peugeot sets are the rally plates and the inclusion of Michelin tyre stencils in the 2003 set. Otherwise it's very similar grilles, wipers, brake details and fasteners.
The decals for the 360 Challenge are for the press car, as driven by a well known German GP pilot. The Challenge Stradale etched set is grilles, badges, brake facings, wipers and seat belt furniture, while the p/e parts and brake set includes the same fret and a full set of vented brake discs. The Challenge set is very similar but for slightly different grille designs. The exhaust tips are turned metal with 4 in the road car set and 2 for the Challenge car and the mirrors are resin.
FUJ03550

Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2003

£21.00

New 1:24th resin & metal kit
BCA2401

Mercedes SL MKB Tuning

£193.40

This new range is made in Japan and is extremely similar in style to Studio 27, who distribute it and we think may have had a hand in production! The resin castings for the larger parts are superb with very crisp panel engraving and virtually no flash. The white metal components are nearly as clean and the external parts such as wheel inserts and body louvres will probably come up well with a thorough polish using wire wool. There are decent tyres and the decals for badges and instruments are clearly printed. For finishing touches there is a small p/e sheet and the instructions for all are clear and easy to follow. A very good first release.
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New 1:43rd resin kits & accessories
REN4337B

Ferrari 330P2 Daytona 1965 #77
Also available REN4337BM - built

£39.10

John Surtees qualified the NART 330P2 that he was to share with Pedro Rodriguez but a puncture shortly after the first driver change damaged the battery and ended the race for them. Renaissance have captured the car well with a fair level of carefully thought out fine detail. A little experience will be needed for some of the details but the instructions show the more complicated bits. They're not quite so good on the straightforward assembly but a little common sense will see you through and result in an attractive model.
RENI060C

Porsche 935 Le Mans 1979 #71 Hawaiian Tropic

£42.40

The latest instalment in the Renaissance 935 story represents one of the less successful cars very well. The shape and decoration of the Barbour entered machine look good. As usual with Renaissance kits there is a fair amount of flash to remove but unusually there are also a couple of very thin areas inside the rear wheel arches. The car was yellow and the instructions don't suggest a specific shade, looking at race photos we'd say that whatever you use for Ferrari Giallo Fly should be pretty close.
RENA149

Maserati Style Filler Caps

£2.85

RENA150

White Leather 100mm x 150mm

£6.75

RENA151

Black Leather 100mm x 150mm

£6.75

RENA152

Tan Leather 100mm x 150mm

£6.75

RENA153

Red Leather 100mm x 150mm

£6.75

RENA154

Brown Leather 100mm x 150mm

£6.75

The fuel filler set contains two sizes of flip top filler, each made up of a p/e and turned piece. Just the job for adding that little extra to some makers 250Fs or Maserati sports cars, or to replace the ones that have been claimed by the carpet! The leather is of a fairly fine grain and is very thinly cut. Ideal for a number of uses, be it making bonnet straps or tonneau covers in 1:43rd or perhaps covering seats on larger scale models. Very handy for all high-detail modellers especially.
New 1:43rd resin kit & hand built
JAD4312B

Maserati 250F Piccolo New Zealand 1959 - kit

£34.20

JAD4312BM

Maserati 250F Piccolo NZ 1959 - built

£76.00

We've already seen this basic model before from Jade, modelled as the Fantuzzi-nosed 250F first raced in Morocco. The latest version is Harry Schell's car from the non-championship Formula Libre New Zealand Grand Prix at the start of 1959. The built model is well finished in Jade's typical simple style and shows what is possible from the kit parts. A little filling is needed during kit assembly to remove unwanted vents on either side of the cockpit and this is detailed in the instructions.

New 1:43rd resin hand built
VRO085M

Citroen HY Fantomas Diorama

£148.90

For those not well versed in 1960's French Sci-Fi (that'll include me then!) this is apparently a set of machines from the 1964 movie 'Fantomas se déchaine', which according to the dictionary means 'Fantomas breaks out'. Fantomas is the strange looking green gentleman behind the wheel of the Citroen van holding the remote control to the device which apparently knocks a wall down. The model is well finished and checks out well with stills from the film supplied by Vroom. Thank heavens he sent these pictures and a description, otherwise we would have been completely in the dark! Still it makes a change from Ferraris.....

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