All of this week's news of arrivals,
re-stocks & sale items are detailed in the FSW Weekly #21/2023 PDF available
here!
Last weekend's sport was all about two 24 hour races. In the more famous one, GPM customer David Pittard was on the driving strength of the Frikadelli Racing Team Ferrari 296GT3, the team bringing the car home a splendid winner of the Nurburgring 24hrs, the first Ferrari triumph in the event and first international win for the new 296. Congratulations! In the slightly less famous C1 Silverstone 24hrs, the Emax Motorsport/Grand Prix Models #355 came home in 9th, stealing the pace with 20 minutes to go before running out of fuel on the last lap and crossing the line in the pitlane with Andre at the wheel. What drama!
26 May
Looksmart: celebrating the first Ferrari win in the Nurburgring 24hrs & the first international win for the Ferrari 296GT3, you can pre-order the Frikadelli Racing Team model in 1:43 & 1:18 for suggested release at the end of the year...
DSN 43: has issued a couple of sports racing and rally 3D printed resin models with the road registered (really?) Le Mans 1974 De Cadenet #10, Red Rose Racing Chevron B23 Vila Real 1973, Opel Ascona Portugal 16973 #25 & Saab 99 Turbo Ireland 1979 #4...
Trofeu: four newly released diecast rally models are BMW 2002Ti Monte Carlo 1973 #76, Alpine A110 Reunion 1977 #1, Ford Escort RS2000 Monte Carlo 1979 #23 & Toyota Corolla Levin Baltic 1977 #5...
Ixo: new model releases bring 1:43 1977 Renault F1 transporter, street & 2022 Monte Carlo winning Fords, 2022 Tanak/Neuville Croatia Hyundai and 1:18 classic rally Escorts & Snijers Lancia 037...
Oxford: has popped up with the release of its 1:43 diecast Land Rover Discovery Series 1 in metallic red...
25 May
Ixo: news of 1:43 diecast rally cars to come at some point during 2023 -Citroen, Ford & Hyundai WRC2 Monte Carlo/Sweden 2023, Loeb & Loubet (dirty version) 2022 Acropolis Fords and 1:18 Sweden 2023 Tanak/Loubet Fords & 1995 Tour de Corse Skoda Felicia...
Model Car Group: three wicked looking Group 5 DRM 1978/1979 BMW 320s dressed in Sachs & Rodenstock liveries are set for issue during June...
Spark: a new list of 43rd scale models due September/October dominated by classic Formula 1 - Arrows, ATS, BMS Lola, Brabham, BRM, Fittipaldi, Hesketh & March plus Sigala Alpine V6, Corvette DP 1st Sebring, Honda Civic Type R TCR, Kling Mercedes 300SLR Mille Miglia, Nissan R390 GT1 street, RD Limited DXX & Subaru RX Turbo Safari...
24 May
Schuco: new 1:43 diecast release is the very odd Mercedes 170V with wood burner power...
Spark: this week's delivery brings the first group of 1:43 reissue Le Mans winners, 2022 LMP2 & classic Porsche 962 & Spice, Porsche 908/02 Targa Florio, Nurburgring, & Sebring, Brambilla March 951 & 2022 Russell/Hamilton crash helmets...
Looksmart: three more of the 1:43 model 2022 Le Mans Ferrari 488GTE field are ready for shipping from the factory - #75 & 80 Iron Lynx plus #66 JMW Motorsport...
Spark: we are expecting to see this small but lovely group of 1:43 models around week 23 - 2021 Kyalami 9hrs Audi R8, 2020 Daytona Lexus RCF, Brack BRM P138, Scheckter/Rosberg Wolf WR1, Verstappen Ligier JS41 & Jaguar XJR9 Le Mans 1988 winner reissue too...
18 May
FSW Weekly: #20/2023 is a slim week for number of new model deliveries but still quality non the less. Spark produced another fabulous mixed crop of 43rd scale resincast models, joined later in the week by Autocult with three slightly more mainstream subjects (apart form the BMW). Automodelli haven't hit the headlines for a while, but a new resin/metal Porsche kit this week made amends. Lastly we have a couple of great book titles. Ferrari we all know a lot about but the inside story of the Hesketh racing team will be enlightening...
Automodelli: cannot remember the last time we had something new from this Australian brand so very happy to report on the arrival of the Porsche 910 3rd BOAC 500 1967 #11 McLaren/Siffert 1:43 resin/metal kit...
New Books: two significant new titles arrived are "Superbears: The Story Of Hesketh Racing" and "Ferrari: From Inside And Outside" both big books weighing in at 2.8 and 3.2kgs respectively to give you some idea of the size and depth...
17 May
GP Replicas: 1:18 Formula 1 fans can get excited over the future production news of 1951 Ferrari 375, 1957 Ferrari 801, 1980 Lotus 80, 1986 Ferrari F1-86, 1999 Ferrari F399, 2000 Ferrari F1-2000 & 2001 Ferrari F2001 resincast models...
Matrix: a really nice mix of interesting road & concept machines to come during July/August. Models of Alfa Romeo, Chevrolet, Ford, Jaguar, Pontiac & Triumph...
Mini Mania: who we haven't heard from since the excellent Paul McCartney Mini, announces two 1:43 model colour options for the 1963/1967 Mini Riley Elf Mk2...
BBR: with the news of additional colours for the 1:64 diecast models of the Maserati MC20 & Alfa Romeo GTA/GTAm, here's a reminder of all versions that will be available...
Autocult: in todays box of goodies are the 1930 Minerva AL Three-Position Cabriolet Van Den Plas, 1949 BMW S1 concept & 1955 Kohlruss T1 Samba 1:43 resincast models...
TrueScale: news coming through of a 1:12 resincast 1977 Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell P34 in First National colours plus Rossi test BMW M4 GT3, 2nd Sebring 12hrs BMW M Hybrid, 2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse, Lamborghini Countach 5000S & 2023 Range Rover, these last two as diecast models...