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a model or the logo to see the complete range from that manufacturer |
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| RGRK339 |
Subaru Impreza WRC01 Sanremo 2002
Works |
£31.80
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| RGRK340 |
Peugeot 206 WRC Ev3 Sanremo 2002
Works |
£31.80
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| RGRK341 |
Ford Focus WRC02 Sanremo 02 Martini
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£31.80
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RGRK342 |
Peugeot 206 WRC Madeira 2002 Zucchetti
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£31.80
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| RGRK343 |
Subaru Impreza WRC01 1st Adriatic
02 Navara |
£31.80
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| RGRK344 |
Citroen Xsara WRC 1st Monte Carlo
2003 |
£31.80
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| RGRK345 |
Peugeot 206 WRC Monte Carlo 03
Marlboro |
£31.80
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| RGRR006 |
Citroen Saxo Kit Sanremo 2002
Multirama |
£27.80
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| RGRR007 |
Citroen Saxo Kit Spain 2001 Champeau
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£27.80
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| RGRR008 |
Citroen Saxo Kit Spain 2002 RACC
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£27.80
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| RGS192 |
Peugeot 206 WRC Ev3 1st Spain
2002 |
£35.90
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| RGS202 |
Peugeot 206 Kit Germany 2002
Robert |
£35.90
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| RGS205 |
Fiat Punto Kit Sanremo 2002 Segis
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£35.90
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| RGS207 |
Subaru Impreza WRC01 1st RAC
2002 |
£35.90
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| RGRA132 |
Alfa Romeo GTV Wheels |
£3.60
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| BIGAC084 |
Tool Box 1:24 |
£2.45
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After a break of a couple of
months Racing 43 are back with a bang and with plenty to keep rally
fans occupied. The basic parts of these kits will be familiar to many
and the overall shapes and body details are generally very good.
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A little more preparation
work than usual will be needed on the Sanremo Subaru as there are
mounting holes in the roof for the cockpit air scoop not used on this
event and quite a lot of porosity in the surface, both of which will
need filling and sanding. Otherwise the kit looks very good though
curiously decals are only included for Petter Solberg and not Tommi
Makinen. With the number of Finnish collectors out there this is rather
short-sighted. We also aren’t completely convinced by the suggested
Fiat Midnight blue colour, try Tamiya TS50 instead.
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There are no obvious problems
on the Peugeot from the same event with the castings up to R43’s
usual high standards and decals included for all three works cars,
not just Panizzi’s winner.
Both Sainz and McRae are included on the decal sheet for the Focus,
but whichever version you go for the body will need two-tone paint
and the blue sections must be matched to the decal sheet. All of the
photos we’ve found of this car (Rallycourse, Pirelli World Rallying,
Rally yearbook, Autosport & Auto Hebdo!)
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show the car with
a multi-spoke wheel design rather than the older 5-spoke items in
the kit. As we’ve said before with rally kits, wheels get changed
so often during events so they might be different stage by stage.
Italian ace Andrea Aghini drove the very pretty Zuchetti backed Peugeot
to victory in Madeira and we can see no obvious problems with this
particular kit, with the decoration and body details checking out
well with photos.
The Subaru Italia Impreza of Navara which won on the Adriatic rally
is also very attractive with its orange and blue colour scheme but
the question of wheel size which has been a problem in the past pops
up again. The pattern of the wheel is for a gravel event but the rim
diameter works out closer to an 18” tarmac item than 15”
or 16” as used on the rough stuff. A nice kit otherwise. |
We then return to works machinery
with this year’s Citroen. The decals offer the options for Loeb,
McRae or Sainz but apart from some very fine pinstripes all of the
colours must be masked and sprayed. Not such a problem for the red
and white but the blue, especially around the rear bumper, shows that
somebody at Racing 43 clearly has a sense of humour.
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| Also from the 2003
Monte, the new look Peugeot has all three works drivers on the decal
sheet and the choice of decorating the car as seen in Monaco with
full sponsorship or in censored form as it ran on the French stages.
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very well cast resin bodyshells with similar metal and p/e ancillaries
to the usual R43 kits. All are class winners with Dallavilla driving
in Sanremo, Loeb in Spain 2001 and Sola on the 2002 event. |
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This last version
we have seen before as these same parts were released under the Portal
43 banner.
Back with metal kits, the WRC version of the Peugeot is extremely
similar to the Sanremo kit but with the supplementary decal only offering
Panizzi’s winning car and not the other two works drivers. The
same happens with the Subaru, which celebrates Solberg’s first
WRC win on the RAC but doesn’t give any other driver options.
The two S1600 cars are very attractive with Cedric Robert’s German
class winning Peugeot wearing a similar blue and red livery to the
semi-works WRC entries and the Punto in what we imagine to be a good
looking red and white with silver stripes. We say imagine, because
we don’t have a photo of this particular car and the instructions
are, as usual from Racing 43, entirely in black and white. |
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| ABD8301T |
BMW 635CSI ETC 1983 Eggenberger
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£10.50
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| ABD8305T |
BMW 635CSI ETC 1983 Original Teile
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£10.50
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| ABD8311T |
BMW 635CSI ETC 1983 M-Technic
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£10.50
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| ABD8323T |
BMW 635CSI ETC 1983 Eterna
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£10.50
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| ABD8401T |
BMW 635CSI ETC 1984 Original Teile
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£10.50
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| ABD8407DPM |
BMW 635CSI DPM 1984 Warsteiner
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£10.50
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| ABD8502T |
BMW 635CSI ETC 1985 Wurth
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£10.50
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| ABD8503DPM |
BMW 635CSI DPM Zolder 1985 #3 Grohs
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£10.50
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| ABD8510DPM |
BMW 635CSI DPM Zolder 1985 #10 Ravaglia
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£10.50
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| ABD8521BA |
BMW 635CSI Bathurst 1985 Bob Jane
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£10.50
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| ABD8586J |
BMW635CSI ATCC/Bathurst 1985/1986 JPS
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£10.50
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| ABD8614SPA |
BMW 635CSI Spa 1986 Fasani
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£10.50
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| ABD8718T |
BMW 635CSI Spa 1987 Lease Plan
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£10.50
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| ABD8733D |
BMW 635CSI DTM 1987 Kamei
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£10.50
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This is only a small selection
of the releases from new boys ABD so we have had to split them across
more than one issue. All of the sheets are very clearly printed with
even the smallest flag decals crisp and in register. The subjects
are, generally speaking, very colourful though there are three plain
white 635s.
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car was driven to victory by Rossi and Quester at Monza, while Grohs
and Ravaglia had a 1-2 finish at Zolder. The instructions for all
include 5-view drawings for decal placement and also suggest suitable
wheels from the Scala 43 range (available from GPM of course!). Colour
information is given in German only but the illustrations will help
if you don’t speak the language. For base models on all of the
635s we would use one of Jemmpy’s pre-painted resin kits which
can be found at www.grandprixmodels.com. Most of these are already
finished in white, which is great for most of these but the Bob Jane
car will need painting orange and for the black JPS and Lease Plan
machines, use JEM112. Other choice schemes are the 1983 Eggenberger
car and the classic 1984 Original Teile x-ray livery. |
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| EBB43375 |
Nissan Skyline JGTC
2002 #23 Castrol
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£32.50
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| EBB43372 |
Toyota MR-S JGTC 2002 #17 Kosei
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£32.50
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| EBB43338 |
Toyota Supra JGTC 2002 #6 Esso Ultraflo
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£32.50
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| EBB43332 |
Honda NSX JGTC 2002 #100 Raybrig
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£32.50
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| Now we know that the number
of die-casts creeping into these pages is increasing and that we are
generally fairly sniffy about them, but at the moment these are the
only way that collectors are going to get some great subjects. And
what subjects the Japanese GT Championship throws up! The general
standard of finish is very good with clear liveries and fine paint
finishes, the wheels are not bad at all and the only real problem
is the rather heavy rear wing supports. |
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| For those feeling
so inclined, the wheels can be replaced with one of the aftermarket
sets shown on our website (search ‘wheels’ in category field)
and if you are really determined the rear wings look as if they could
be persuaded to come off and have the supports thinned down a little.
As they stand, once removed from the (not terribly nice) plastic boxes,
they won’t look out of place in most cabinets anyway. |
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