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| Kenna
Models |
| Kenna Models
- new 1:43rd white metal hand built models |
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KEN006A
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Allard K1 Roadster 1946 - Red
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£66.95
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KEN006B
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Allard K1 Roadster 1946 - White
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£66.95
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KEN006C
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Allard K1 Roadster 1946 - Yellow
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£66.95
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KEN006D
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Allard K1 Roadster 1946 - Black
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£66.95
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Much
more famous for the outrageous Cadillac engined J2 road racers, Allard
also produced a number of luxury road car models.
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elegant 2 seat roadster - with a large 'waterfall' grille and swooping
lines - was a fairly big seller for the small family firm, over 150
examples finding discerning owners. The mechanical components were
sourced from various Ford models and included V8 engines, while the
bodies were formed in aluminium, due to a shortage of steel! Kenna
have captured the lines of this machine superbly and the overall standard
of finish is excellent. A brave and imaginative choice of subject
and one of our Models of the Month. |
| Gamma
Models |
| Gamma -
New 1:43rd resin and metal kits |
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GMK089
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Fiat 124 saloon street 1968
kit
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£24.35
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GMK090
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Fiat 124 estate street 1969
kit
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£24.35
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GMK095
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Fiat 1300 saloon street 1962
kit
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£24.35
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| All three of these kits look accurate
and are superbly cast in crisp resin with a wealth of p/e details
for grilles, window frames etc. The subjects may appear rather dull
but they could add a touch of realism to any Monza paddock diorama
of the 1960's or 70's! |
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| Scale
Designs |
| New 1:24th scale transkit for
Tamiya Porsche 911 GT2 |
| SCDTK007 |
Porsche 935 square tail Hawaiian
Tropic #70/72 LM '79 |
£66.00
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| To accomplish the task of creating
either the blue or red Hawaiian Tropic cars from Le Mans in 1979 SD
supply you with a fine new resin bodyshell and various other parts
including excellent low-profile tyres, nice wheels and some first
class photo-etching - plus decals and instructions of course. |
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| You need some parts of
course from the donor Tamiya 911 GT2 kit - the floorpan - foot pedals
- door panels etc and the whole thing looks like a very worthwhile
project which will produce one of the most colourful Porsches ever
to run at La Sarthe. Oh - forgot to say - the SD bodyshell appears
to capture the line, shape and proportions of the 935 really well.
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| Stephen
Barnett |
| New 1:43rd
scale hand-built limited edition 'supermodel' |
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SBT001
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Maserati
450S fully detailed - #2 Le Mans 1957
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£1,630.00
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Driven by Behra and Simon this beautiful car only lasted three hours.
That was sufficient time however to allow sufficient high detail photographs
to be taken for Stephen Barnett to undertake one of his most complex
tasks - to model the car complete with engine and trunk (boot!) detail
and with close-fitting lift-off panels.
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| The
result is totally stunning. This is indeed a modelling masterpiece.
But let's apply the usual criteria - first requirement of course is
that checked against race photos it looks like the car - every detail
is exact. Stephen has created a superb engine bay with an exactly
scaled engine to which he has attached complete ignition wiring, cooling
pipework, the battery and all the other ancillaries. And then there's
the boot in which Stephen has fitted the fuel and oil tanks together
with their piping - with opening filler caps - and a spare wheel which
is leather strapped down as it should be. The cockpit too is exactly
correct and even has a miniature of Jean Behra's chequer-banded helmet
on the seat. Wherever you look in this masterpiece you just wonder
at the beauty and the exquisite craftsmanship. As we said - this is
a work of automotive modelling art - just beautiful. |
| Tameo
Kits |
| New 1:43rd scale metal kit |
| TMK295
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Ferrari
F2001-Winner Malaysian GP 2001-Schumacher |
£29.80
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| Sadly - for contractual and other
reasons - the Ferrari may be the only model of a current F1 car we
have the pleasure of building this year. As it looks right now however
this car is more than likely to win the World Championship so at least
that theme may remain intact! |
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| The model is of course
brilliantly engineered and made and will build to look exactly like
Schumacher or Barrichello's car - decals for both are included as
are all the other decals you need. An interesting feature of this
particular car is that in their quest for more speed Ferrari have
included more and more very small aerodynamic aids on the surfaces
of the body. There are little body top winglets, many humps, bumps
and little curved panels all of which we presume help glue the machine
to the road. Either side of the airbox for example there are vertical
fins like the dorsal fin of a shark - these like all the others we
can see on the full-size car are included within this brilliant set
of parts. Those aerodynamic tweaks may make this a slightly more complex
build than older F1 models and close attention to the fine detail
of actual race shots will we think be essential although a good many
are included within the copious full colour instructions. Verdict
- looks like another masterpiece. |
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