There was
lots of racing going on last weekend with Colton Herta winning the Indianapolis
Grand Prix in changeable conditions, Juan-Pablo Montoya heading straight from
that race to Mid-Ohio to take a class win in IMSA (the Taylor Team, Acura
taking overall honours) , Enea Bastinini victorious in the Le Mans MotoGP on a
satellite Ducati and the very pretty SunEnergy Mercedes triumphing in the
Bathurst 12 Hours are just a few of the highlights. This weekend there is plenty of
action on the Iberian peninsula with the Spanish Grand Prix seeing several teams
promising upgrades which may or may not change the balance of power seen so far
this year. The WRC is across the border in Portugal and elsewhere there are
DTM, NASCAR and Supercar races for fans of tintops. Slightly (!) slower but no
less frenetic, this weekend also sees the Silverstone 24 Hours with our own
racer Andre out in a Citroen C1 once again, this time with a different team, the #308 machine of Emax Motorsport. You can keep a check how he and his teammates are getting with live timing and an online YouTube stream of the race which starts 17:55 BST on Saturday.
19 May
Model Car Group: sadly no images to tease you with but news of 1:18 Ford Granada Mk1 & Ford Capri Mk2 X-Pack models to come in several colours each at some point in the future...
Ixo: celebrating the 25th anniversary of Colin McRae's 1997 RAC rally win, 1:43 Subaru, Ford & Mitsubishi works cars plus 1:18 Monte Carlo 2022 Loeb/Formeaux Fords, Neuville/Tanak Hyundais & Mikkelsen Skoda for pre-order...
GP Replicas: typically, a delivery followed by these new announcements - test Brabham BT46 surface cooler, Ginther Ferrari Sharknose, Clark/Hill 1967 Lotus 49s, Fittipaldi/Hulme 1974 McLaren M23s, Mansell/Piquet 1987 Williams FW11B winners...
18 May
Top Marques: new 1:43 resincast production brings the iconic Ferrari 288GTO & sports prototype racing revival 333SP in Momo & Olive Garden colours as well as several plain...
GP Replicas: has released a bunch of new classic Formula 1 resincast models in 43rd, 18th & 12th scales with Ferrari 126C4 & 312T2, Lotus 88 & 49C, McLaren MP42B & MP42C and Williams FW15C...
Matrix: hold on to your hats with this new model announcement, two classic colours of the, wait for it, 1970s Austin 1300 Mk3. Now please form an orderly queue...
Touring Modelcars: new range of diecast 1:18 featuring opening doors & bonnets. Each model will be released in a limited edition of a maximum of 850 pieces, the first three - 1966 Alfa Romeo 1600 Duetto Spider, 1975 Ford Granada Coupe Series 2 & Opel Commodore B Coupe - not due until the end of next year...
New Books: have a look at adding 'Grand Prix Winning Colours', 'Lime Rock Park', 'S.F. Edge' & 'The 8C Story Continues' (an addendum to Simon Moore's previous Alfa books) to your knowledge library...
17 May
Ixo: has released several new road & rally car subjects with 1:18 1995 Ypres Duez/Snijers Ford Escort Cosworths, 1:43 Ford Escort Estate & XR3i Mk4, Lancia Fulvia HF, Opel Kadett & 1980 Toyota Celica GT Portugal, Ypres 2021 Hyundai rally cars...
Hasegawa: last quarter line up of 1:24 plastic kits offers 1986 Citibank Bathurst Jaguar XJS, 1992 McRae 1000 Lakes Subaru Legacy, 1989 Toyota 88C WSPC, Qatar 1994 winning Toyota Celica & 1989 JTCC Toyota Corolla Biyo...
Tecnomodel: is looking to issue a series of 1:18 resincast 1974 Formula 1 Brabham BT44s raced by Reutemann, von Opel & Watson plus 2020 McLaren Elva in three colour choices...
Tecnomodel: First delivery of 1:18 Ferrari 246SP & 268SP with Press, Le Mans, Nurburgring & Targa Florio options.
Ixo: 1:43 diecast Saab bonanza! Reissue 1977 Sweden rally winning (& teammate) Saab 99, 1976 1000 Lakes Saab 96 V4, 1977 Saab 99 Turbo road car plus 1988 Ford Sierra Estate Ghia...
Trofeu: plenty for fans of 1:43 rally cars with Elford/Soderstrom Sweden Lotus Cortinas, Mikkola Portugal Toyota Corolla, 1977 New Zealand winning Fiat 131 Abarth (damaged or undamaged versions) plus Mass/Birrell Spa 24hrs Ford Capris RS2600 beast...
DSN 43: 1:43 3D printed resin models of Bob Wollek & Jean-Pierre Jabouille's Canon sponsored Chevron B21 1972 Paris 1000kms & 1979 RAC rally Saab 99 #22 are on the production list for June...
16 May
KK Scale: has added another group of new 1:18 diecast models to its future plans with the 1986 Porsche 924 Turbo (in silver and the unusual two-tone of the day), 1949 Spa & Mille Miglia winning Ferrari 166MMs & Monza & TT winning Ferrari 250SWBs. We are querying the colour of the Moss car and roundels...
Looksmart: the first three Le Mans 2021 1:43 Ferraris are on the way and expected at the beginning of June. Fittingly this includes the #51 Pro & #81 Am AF Corse class winners plus the #47 Cetilar sponsored car...
Spark: expected during week 22 is the 2021 Le Mans winning Toyota and what appears to be the balance of the grid just in time for this year's race. It's not all LM, with Brabham, Lotus, Matra, Porsche & Vanwall single-seaters, DTM BMW & Porsche 917/10s...
13 May
FSW Weekly: It’s time for #19 and this week’s new arrivals are dominated by Spark with a couple of dozen new releases! Most are in 1:43 and cover a broad spectrum of subjects and there’s a new 1:5 crash helmet too. There are new releases in Trofeu’s DSN 43 range of 3D printed resin models and we have resincasts for road and concept car collectors from Matrix, MiniMania and Kess. For kit builders we have new releases and resupplies from JPS of its excellent pre-painted kits and restocks from Virages of handy decal sheets. We’ve some exciting future productions too, so click through now...
JPS: here's another of those great looking Group 6 prototypes that occasionally appear at Le Mans only to disappoint - the 1980 Longines sponsored ACR will be made as a pre-painted 1:43 resin kit in the near future...
Looksmart: announces 1:43 hand built models of the latest Ferrari, the 296GTS which will be available in a choice of nine colours...
Top Speed: 1:18 news is of the 2022 Lamborghini Countach LPI800-4, Daytona 24hrs 2022 winning Acura, JDC Motorsport & Ally Cadillac Racing Cadillac DPI-VRs & Sebring 12hrs class winning #3 Corvette C8.R GTD...
Kess: the Sultan of Brunei's Bentley Dominator 4x4 & 1959 Buick Electra 225 4-Door Hard Top have arrived and are both available in a choice of two colours...
Matrix: just the 1:43 models of the 1976 Alfa Romeo Navajo By Bertone this week with plenty more coming next week...
MiniMania: second release in this 1:43 resincast brand is the intriguing 3-wheeled Mengers Mini 3 WPIII MPI3 from 2015 available in blue & green...
Virages: multi scale high quality decal re-stocks arrived!...