Heron Alfa Romeo 1st Rand Trophy 1961 #5 Pieterse by Jade Miniatures
Heron Alfa Romeo Kyalami 1961 #5
Alternative version JAD4359MB Goodwood 2005 & JAD4359 kit
The Heron Formula Junior was designed and built as a Formula Junior machine with a Ford engine but the first owner, Tony Maggs, soon added a Climax unit and in 1960 took the car to his native South Africa for the GP. He didn’t start due to mechanical issues and in the end sold the car to local racer Ernest Pieterse who fitted his favoured Alfa Romeo engine. With the car in this form he won the Rand Spring Trophy at Kyalami in the November and a few weeks later also entered the South African GP, finishing sixth overall on the same circuit. It is the former version which is depicted here and Jade has handily included photos of the car in action to compare the model with. Overall it looks pretty good. The gold stripe down the centre of the car has been applied using a foil, which has hair-line creases on some of the more complex curves, but conforms pretty well. The main red paint finish is excellent beneath and overall the assembly is neatly done, including a bit of dirtying of the wheels.
| Description: | Heron Alfa Romeo 1st Rand Trophy 1961 #5 Pieterse |
| Catalogue#: | JAD4359MA |
| Product Type: | Hand Built |
| Scale: | 1:43 |
| Event: | Formula 1 or single seater |
| Colour: | - |
| Drivers: | Pieterse |
| Sponsors: | #5 |
| Dates: | 1961 |
| Race/Position: | Winner |
| Release Date: | December 2020 |
| Weight: | 325 grams |
| Comments: | Rand Spring Trophy |
About Jade Miniatures
A well established range of well thought out kits and hand built models of competition cars, mostly from the golden era of the 1950s and 60s. The kits are generally pretty simple with well cast resin bodies, small numbers of resin and white metal ancillaries and a modest amount of etch. In the case of open wheeled subjects, the etch usually includes most or all of the suspension. Hand builts generally well finished. Made in France.