Autocult: continues its voyage through the automotive world of weirdness by picking out the
1947 Isotta Fraschini 8C Monterosa Zagato, 1931 Tatra 70 Fire Engine & 1975 Fritz B Busch Dieselstar Mercedes Ehra-Lessien Record as good for modelling in 43rd scale...
Hiro: highly detailed resin/metal
1:43 Porsche 917/30 kits - what's not to like here? Choose between Donohue/Sunoco, Muller/Martini, Elford/Jagermeister & Muller/Vaillant or have all four, why not?...
Cult Scale Models: joining two evocative coloured versions of the
1973 MG BGT V8 is a 1954 Sunbeam Supreme Mk3 in black and two-tone maroon & white available as 1:18 resincast models...
Ebbro: listed as expected in the UK by the end of the year, we now have images of the highly anticipated
1:20 Lotus 33 Jim Clark 1965 Formula 1 world champion plastic kit...
BBR: designed by Massimo Bottura in the
Fuoriserie Edition for Maserati is the Levante Trofeo coming midway through next year as a 1:18 model...
Studio 27: is to reissue its 1:24 conversion sets to make the three
Le Mans 1989 Joest Racing Porsche 962s using
Tamiya donor kits if you have or can find any...
Tecnomodel: 1:18 resincast models of
McLaren/Hulme 1968 Can-Am McLaren M8A & 1967 Ferrari 365P2/3 in various colours are suggested for delivery in January...
Great Iconic Models: adds 1:43 resincast model
Chevrolet Blazer K5 with canvas covered back to become available as a choice of two two-tone colours...
Marsh Models: has started work on the
Jacky Ickx/David Hobbs 1968 Kyalami 9hrs winning JWA Mirage M1 to be available as both 1:43 resin/metal kits & hand built models...
Ixo: for road car collectors -
1963 Skoda Octavia, 1974 Skoda 100L & 1988 Ford Escort Mk4 all listed as forthcoming diecast models...
Almost Real: now here's a nice thing, a two-car diecast model set of the
2015 Land Rover Defender 90 Heritage with a 2020 Defender 90 in Pangea Green. The set should be available by the end of the year...
Tamiya: sure you will be excited to be looking forward to the future release of these two 1:24 plastic kits - the
2021 Toyota GR86 & Subaru BRZ...
Spark: confirms nearly all of the
2021 Le Mans grid to come in 43rd scale. Apart from the Ferraris (see Looksmart) only the works Porsches are missing but we expect that to be rectified at a later time. Pre-order now!...
Microscale: back in stock after long delays are modelling essentials
Micro Kristal Kleer glue, Micro Sol & Micro Set decal softeners...
Modellismo 90: very welcome news of a brand new 1:43 resin/metal formula 1 kit. Continuing its history of Ensign, currently being worked on is
Jeff Lees British Grand Prix 1978 N175 Hi-Line Car Stripes car...
Ixo:
Stefan Bellof's 1983 Nurburgring lap time of 6:11:13 stood as the all time record until Porsche wheeled out its 919 in 2016! Here's a fab reminder of that lost talent and his incomprehensible quali lap for the 1000kms, 5 seconds quicker than P2 Jochen Mass!...
Oxford: in stock reissue of the original 1:43
Jaguar XK150 diecast model in black with red interior...
FSW Weekly: This time around
FSW Weekly begins with road cars of which there are plenty to enjoy. In 1:18 Cult Scale Models has a number of new releases and a re-issue, while in 1:43 there are resincasts from Great Iconic Models and Matrix, the latter with a great selection. Spark bring us no fewer than 23 new releases plus a few restocks, all competition machines of various sorts. There are new GT racers from TrueScale, Trofeu offer classic rally and saloon racers and there are new painted figurines by Le Mans Miniatures. Pre-orders are ever important these days and we have lots of new future production announcements for you too. Click through now...
Cult Scale Models: we look forward to November's launch of
Aston Martin DB4, Austin 1100, Citroen Traction Avant, Rover 3500 Vitesse & P5B 1:18 resincast models...
Matrix: a short delay for the first examples of its
1:18 Alfa Romeo BAT9 & Ferrari 212 Inter Vignale now not due to appear until early November...
ABC Brianza: 1:43
1950 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith Hearse is to come in both kit-form and hand built...
Le Mans Miniatures: a new set of three hand painted 1:43 figures has arrived which includes a
chequered flag man, photographer & pit marker...
Great Iconic Models: should have its
1951 Cadillac Series 61 1:43 model in blue available by early October...
MR Collection: of course Looksmart's parent company is offering hand built models of the new
Lamborghini Countach in 18th scale...
Looksmart: has revealed all the colour options you can order your
2021 Lamborghini Countach LPI800-4 in - as a 43rd scale hand built model of course. Who's up for the Viola Pasifae version?...
Great Iconic Models: release its 1:43 resincast models of the
1955 Ford Fairlane CV in both two-tone blue and red/white...
BBR: offers the 18th scale diecast model choice of
Charles Leclerc's Ferrari SF21 4th Emiglia Romana Grand Prix fitted with either slick or wet tyres and in standard BBR style display or without...
FSW Weekly: Welcome to
FSW Weekly and this week we have plenty for all you kit builders out there. In 1:43 there are rare new metal kit releases from K&R Replicas for builders of older rally, sports racing and F1. There are more classic F1 restocks from SMTS and we have a small selection of pre-owned F1 kits just arrived too. In 1:24 plastic there is a great selection of new kits for sports car and rally fans with seven new releases from Hasegawa and one from NuNu. On to finished items and there are new diecast releases from both Minichamps and Ixo to appeal to F1 collectors, while in hand builts we see classic sports racers and speed record cars from MEA Kit43 and some spectacular modern high performance road/concept machines from Looksmart. If you fancy a break from modelling and would rather watch some racing history, on DVD we have a fascinating looking review of Daytona in the early 80s. Click through now for all of the latest arrivals and a huge number of new announcements for per-order...
New DVD: just appeared is
"Daytona 24hrs 1981-1984" a region zero 166 minute reminder of some great racing history...
Komakai: is offering a new edition in its Fast Details Guides, this one has the
Audi Quattro rally car as the focus...
Ixo: today's 43rd scale diecast offering is a
Lamborghini Countach used as a Monaco Grand Prix safety car back in 1982...
Oxford: latest 1:43 diecast release is a
Land Rover Tickford in khaki green...
Looksmart: has confirmed all thirteen of this year's
Le Mans Ferrari 488GTE grid, both GTE class winners of course, and we especially look forward to the early 2022 delivery time frame...
MEA Kit43: the news gets better with the announcement of 43rs scale resin/metal kits and hand builts of the
1962 Ecurie Ecosse Le Mans Tojeiro EE. Pre-order yours and join the queue for October...
MEA Kit43: returning to one of Bruno's passions (he has raced the Dakar), a model created for a friend and offered for sale to likeminded rally-raid/Land Rover collectors is
Alan Boyse's 1998 French T2 Championship Discovery V8...
TrueScale: its 1:43
2020 Daytona 24hrs BMW M8GTE BMW Teal RLL models are on the way to us...
Spark: is offering 49 of this year's
Audi, Porsche, Aston Martin, McLaren, Lamborghini, Mercedes & BMW Spa 24hrs GT3 runners and riders for your pre-order...
AML Miniatures: following the success of its Victor kit, next up towards the end of this month will be a 1:43 resin/metal kit of the
1997 Aston Martin V8 Volante Long Wheel Base...
Hiro: is keeping busy mastering in 12th scale the
Formula 1 Ferrari 256. Yes, we had to go looking too and turns out to be the 1960 Italian Grand Prix winner (2nd & 3rd places too), the last front engined Grand Prix winner and first disc braked Ferrari too...
NuNu: has delivered the all new 1:24 plastic kit of the class winning
BMW M8GTE 10th Daytona 24hrs 2019 BMW Team RLL and the corresponding detailing set too. Looks like a cracking kit...
Spark: thirty-six new 1:43 subjects selected for
Q1 2022 production. The list is quite Formula 1 heavy with a sprinkling of Le Mans, Daytona, Kyalami 9hrs, rally and road cars too...
FSW Weekly: In this
week's edition we have a fine selection of both model types and subjects for you. We’ll start with 1:18 diecasts and the first releases we’ve seen in the Model Car Group range of excellent value F1 subjects. In kit form there is a new addition to Tameo’s excellent high detail WCT series along with top ups of stock for other World Championship kits and the very useful accessories. From Profil 24 there are three new 1:24 resin kerbside kits for Le Mans fans with subjects covering a 60+ year span. In 1:43 diecast, there is a large selection of new subjects from Ixo, with rally cars featuring heavily but not exclusively. In 1:43 resincast there is also a great selection with race cars from Spark and Looksmart or for those who prefer road and concept vehicles, a great selection from Neo, Autocult and Avenue 43. There are also additions to our sale section, so click through now for all of the latest...
Tamiya: confirmed rumours of
Joan Mir's 2020 MotoGP championship winning Suzuki Ecstar GSX-RR20 will be along as a 1:12 plastic kit, not before time too to have a new racing bike. We've been starving!...
BBR: has added the
Bianchi/Berger Ferrari 250GTO Tour de France 1964 winner to come as a hand built 43rd scale model...
Profil 24: three new 1:24 resin/metal Le Mans kits are here. The
1953 Alfa Romeo 6C 3000, 1999 Mercedes CLR and 2019 Porsche 911 RSR offer interesting hobby build projects...
Looksmart: unveiled to the automotive world just three weeks ago the
2021 Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 is to be modelled as a 1:43 hand built due early 2022...
KK Scale: is making the iconic
Ferrari F40 as a kerbside 18th scale diecast model the choice of red and yellow...
Avenue 43: just the one new miniature this time and it is a 1:43 model of the
1954 Mercedes 190SL Speedster Prototype three-seater...
Autocult: bring you three new models -
1934 2000kms Through Germany Mercedes 500K, 1953 Peugeot 203 Darl'mat DS & 1961 Ford Gyron concept. Did they really imagine that would be a goer?...
Model Car Group: first delivery of its 1:18 diecast series of classic Formula 1 World Championship winning cars brings us
Mario Andretti's 1978 Lotus 79 along with teammate Ronnie Peterson too..
Sale Dept.:
September's additions and price revisions are now ready ready and waiting for your orders...
Top Speed: first to announce models from this year's Le Mans 24hrs with two crowd favourites, the
Corvette C8.Rs that both promised so much, #63 coming home second in GT Pro class...
Tameo: we welcome the brilliant new World Championship high detail 1:43 metal kit of
Jackie Stewart's 1971 Tyrrell 003, winner of the Monaco Grand Prix...
Hiro: is working on 1:43 high detail metal kits of probably the prettiest
Ferrari yet created, the 330P4. Seven versions across the three kits will be Spa & Monza 1000kms, Daytona & Le Mans 24hrs...
Spark: announces 1:5 2021 Formula 1
Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris & Daniel Ricciardo crash helmet special decorations for early next year...
FSW Weekly: After a refreshing week off,
FSW Weekly returns and we’ve a great selection for you, especially if you’re a Le Mans collector. For the kit builders out there we have an excellent new plastic release from Meng in 1:24. In 1:18 we look to Tecnomodel with new resincast releases. There are plenty more resincast releases in 1:43 with both Spark and Looksmart having several new releases, the majority of which are from the 2020 Le Mans grid but we a few other gems in there too. In Looksmart’s hand built range there is a new road car option and we also have a rare new road car release from Esdo. Marsh Models bring Group 44 Jaguars and our final hand builts this week take us back to the 1950s and a great selection of single seaters from both SMTS and Jade Miniatures. We’ve a few restocks and a handful of rarities too, so click through now...
Marsh Models: one of the best collecting themes is Bob Tullius's Group 44 team and here we have the 1:43 hand built models of his
1985 Jaguar XJR5 that finished 1st & 2nd at the Road Atlanta 500kms...
Model Car Group: is adding to its new range of diecast 18th scale racing cars with not just more Formula 1 champions but now classic DRM too -
Hunt/Mass McLaren M23 1976 & Heyer/Ertl/Niedzwiedz Zakspeed Ford Capri Turbo...
GCAM: coming soon are three new Le Mans resin/metal 1:43 kits & hand built models of the
1950 Healey Saloon #23, 1957 VP 166R #47 & 1975 Tecma PHM755 #40. Pre-order book open...
Esdo: newly released 1:43 resin/metal kit and hand built model of the French designed and built
1969 BBM Anaconda road car...
Avenue 43: has two more 1:43 resincast model projects nearing completion for next month delivery -
1961 Dodge Flight Wing concept & 1978 Monteverdi Sierra Cabriolet...
K&R Replicas: cannot remember the last time we had news of new metal kits from this, one of the oldest brands in the hobby. Coming along shortly in 43rd scale are
BRM P25 Holland 1958, Ecurie Ecosse Connaught A-Type UK 1953 & Jaguar C-Type Buenos Aires 1954, Ferrari 166 Swiss 1950, MG J2 Monte Carlo 1936 & a couple reissues too...
SMTS:
Vukovich, Sweikert & Flaherty 1950s Indy 500 Kurtis Kraft & Watson Roadster 1:43 nicely hand built models are now in stock. 1953, '54, '55 & 1956 winners plus two more...
Looksmart: a nice ease back into the news rhythm with hand built
1:43 Ferrari SF90 Spider in metallic blue with white stripes...
Grand Prix Models: checklist - FedEx been, Parcel Force been, Royal Mail been - holiday time then! Back on Monday 23rd at 9am...
Jade Miniatures: nearing the gestation period is this new 1:43 resin/metal kit and hand built of the
Rene Dreyfus driven Delahaye 145 7th Tripoli Grand Prix of 1938...
Automodelisme: a small collection of the out of print rarities from the
Le Mans (1998/1999/2000) and rally (200/2001) special series. Be quick as only one of each...
Meng: what a cracking new 24th scale plastic kit! The first three placed
Ford GT40s from Le Mans 1966 offers detailed interior, engine and suspension and surely it won't be long before the various super-detailer brands produce their magic to add?...
FSW Weekly: Welcome! There won’t be a
newsletter next week as we are taking a short break, but we’ll be back in your inboxes on August 26th. We’ve a fair amount to leave you with though with a resincast-heavy set of deliveries this week. Beginning with the more unusual and there are new releases from Autocult and Avenue 43 offering rare or unique road cars for you to enjoy. Looksmart has several new subjects for Ferrari fans with F1 and 2020 Le Mans subjects. Spark offers a significant number of new releases too, covering a typically eclectic selection of subjects and events. There are some interesting new book releases too and for model builders there are new decals from Studio 27 for recent plastic kit releases and we have restocks of the excellent Virage range of generic decals. See you in a couple of weeks!...
Le Mans 2021: with the test for the big event this weekend and the race taking place next, here's our
traditional place holder order system to allow you to get ahead with your favourites. As always, there are no guarantees of model production but we will manage that aspect for you...
New DVD: it's not often that we get to talk about new DVDs so it is with surprise that we learn of a compilation of the
Daytona 24hrs races from 1981 to 1984, all 166 minutes coming soon...
Avenue 43: now in stock are the
1962 Porsche 356 Ghia & 1964 BMW Hurricane, both very nice 43rd scale resincast models...
Autocult: newest releases are as weird/little known as always with the
1940 Hunt Hollywood House Car & 1956 Soletta 750...
CMR: great choice of subject in the
Walter Rohrl 1987 Pikes Peak winning Audi Quattro coming as a 1:18 diecast model with opening doors...
Virage:
fresh stock has arrived of this range of top quality decals...
Meng: 1:24 detailed plastic kit of the
1966 Le Mans podium lockout works Ford GT40s will be with us very shortly. Have you pre-ordered?...
Looksmart: offers next year all eight of the
2021 Spa 24hrs Ferrari 488GT3s in 1:43, most importantly this includes the race winner which will also be available in 18th scale...
Looksmart: while the first group of Le Mans 2020 Ferraris will be here this week, the balance of the
#51 & 71 AF Corse, #70 MR Racing, #82 Risi Competizione & #83 Ricard Mille teams models are due during week 34...
Grand Prix Models: Holidays! Advanced warning that we are closed for annual leave Monday 16th re-opening on Monday 23rd. All orders placed during this time will be dispatched as fast as possible upon our return and we thank you for your patience...
Trofeu: a substantial list here of newly released 1:43 subjects from the world of rallying and touring car racing. There are
Alpine, Audi, BMW, Fiat, Ford, Saab, Toyota & Vauxhall all represented...
RGM Design: by
BBR has shipped us a pair of
Ferrari 250GT Lusso hand built 1:43 models in dark metallic grey and metallic blue with stripes and race number roundels...
Matrix: has snuck a cheeky little extra 1:43 Ferrari onto its future production list and it's the pretty two-tone black & pink
375MM Coupe by Ghia chassis #0476AM...
Mini Mania: a new 43rd scale resincast model brand describing itself as offer "Crazy versions of all kinds of Minis" is certainly doing just that with two colour versions of the
Mengers Mini 3 WPIII MPI3...
Studio 27: now in stock are the all new
1:24 BMW M8 GTE Templated Carbon Set and reissued 1:12 Martini Brabham BT44B decals made to fit the forthcoming NuNu and reissued Tamiya plastic kits respectively...
Marsh Models: more good news for the devotees of this top quality brand, the
1972 Watkins Glen Can-Am Ferrari 712 of Jean-Pierre Jarier is another 1:43 resin/metal kit and hand built model project underway...
FSW Weekly: We have a
good selection for you this time around. First up for all you bargain hunters, a new month means new additions and further reductions in our sale section. On new arrivals we have an unusually high number of 1:12 releases with 12Art releasing a new resincast Jaguar for road car fans. From Tamiya there is an upgraded reissue Formula 1 Brabham, Model Factory Hiro has a few new subject to enjoy both in the larger scale and in 1:43 and we have new 1:24 plastic kits and upgrade sets from NuNu. In 1:18 there are new resincast Bugattis from Cult and for Ferrari fans, road car diecast release by KK Scale and F1s from GP Replicas. Finally in 1:43 resincast there are a fine selection of new coachbuilt road cars from Kess and Matrix. There are a huge number of future production announcements too, so click through now for all the latest...
Spark: not unsurprisingly we can offer models of the
winning & 4th placed Alpine A521s of Esteban Ocon & Fernando Alonso from last weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, the first win for an all French outfit since 1982...
Marsh Models: super news for kit builders and hand built model collectors, the
1967 Le Mans winning Ford Mk4 1:43 project is underway and has been expanded to include all four of the team cars...
12-Art: a 1:12
1964 Jaguar Mk2 in metallic dark grey will make a lovely centre piece to any Jaguar collection and available now...
Kess: has now added the green coloured version of its
Ferrari 410 Superamerica Coupe Series 3 Pininfarina 1959 to the available to order list...
Bizarre: how does an 18th scale model of
Donald Campbell's Lake Eyre 1964 Bluebird CN7 sound? First delivery is anticipated for the first quarter of 2022...
Model Car Group: about to make an appearance for the first time are the all conquering
1978 Mario Andretti & Ronnie Peterson Lotus 79s modelled in 18th scale diecast...
Hiro: what better way to celebrate the life of Grand Prix star Carlos Reutemann than a super-detailed 1:12 resin/metal kit of his
1978 USA West Grand Prix winning Ferrari 312T3?...
Tamiya: reissue of its classic
1:12 1975 Martini Brabham BT44B plastic kit which includes photo etched detailing parts is now in stock...
Blue Stuff: is offering three 1:12 decal sets for use with
Hasegawa plastic kits of the
Suzuki RG500 & GSX-R750...
Marsh Models: is about six weeks away from being able to send us its new 1:43 resin/metal kit of the
Chevrolet Corvette GTP 1st West Palm Beach 3hrs 1986 #52 Goodwrench. The hand built production will follow on later...
NuNu: first 24th scale plastic kit of the
BMW M8 GTE 10th Daytona 24hrs 2019 #25 BMW Team RLL & detailing set are due to appear mid/end August. Have you pre-ordered yours?...
Sale Department: for August we have added a few more new items to our regular sale and made further downward price adjustments on a several other
hand builts, kits, diecasts, resincasts and decals...