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 As
we mentioned when looking at the kit, the panel engraving on this
model is not the sharpest but otherwise it looks pretty good. On
our built example the p/e windscreen frame was sitting a little too
vertically but otherwise all of the parts are neatly fitted and the
paint work is very good. The end result is a very attractive model
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 The general build quality on this model is also pretty good, showing plenty of
careful detailing. The paint has a light orange peal effect but otherwise it
makes for an accurate model of an interesting car. As is often the case with
Zagato styling, it may not be to everyone's taste but we quite like it and it
will make an interesting addition to any Alfa collection. |
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 After
several years of domination from Peugeot and Volvo on the gruelling
Safari rally, Datsun's efforts finally came to fruition in 1970 when
the Kenyan based hotelier, Edgar Herrmann won by a comfortable margin.
The model captures the car pretty well though we notice one or two
small errors on the decals such as the lack of outlines on the Shell
logos on the rear doors. Also the 'bounce handles' on the bootlid
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 During
his 1976 Interserie campaign, Herbert Muller proved the old adage "To
finish first, first you must finish." by taking the title without a single
race win, but a series of third and fourth places. There were quicker cars but
they just weren't consistent. On the kit it will be necessary to carefully paint
the lower sides of the red bodyshell in satin black before applying the decals
and smaller details. On the hand built this has all been neatly done and the
end result is a pretty accurate model of the car as it raced to 3rd overall at
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 As
soon as the Benetton sponsored Lotus Elise GT1 appeared at race circuits
in 1997 we were inundated with requests for kits. Unfortunately
licensing issues got in the way and none materialised but at long
last this fabulous looking car can be added to collections. No race
is specified but looking at the minor sponsors it checks out well
for the Donington race where the car scored its best result of the
season in 12th overall.The Thai car is one that had passed us by at the time, which is odd because it is also very pretty. Digging through the archives we can only find reference to it appearing once, at Spa, though it was on the entry lists for a couple of other races but didn't appear. Looking at Spa photos it looks reasonably accurate though there is one unidentifiable marking on the side that is missing. |
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 Shape-wise
these two capture the Kremer spiders pretty well, but the decoration,
particularly on the STP sponsored car, leaves a little to be desired. Various
decals are misplaced, the drivers names are in the wrong colour on both models
and the FAT car has some small sponsors that are not present in race photos at
all. The biggest error is on the STP car where the rear wing endplates are plain
black, but should be body coloured and with sponsorship. |
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 These
have been a very long time coming. The shapes of both the CLK and
it's successor, the aerobatic CLR, look very good and the livery
on the CLK is neatly
applied. The CLR comes with no decals fitted so will need final finishing, or
you can keep it as a road version, though the rear wing will be wrong for this. |
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