New Releases From Top Gear & Apex

Trax 1950 Ford V8 Custom 'Single Spinner'

Top Gear and Apex both announced new releases today; from Top Gear, a 1950 Ford V8 Custom ‘Single Spinner’ as the next Trax Select Series model, and from Apex Replicas, a huuuge number of models (108!!) that have come in to stock from various suppliers.

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New Models Coming From Apex & Biante

Biante's VL SS Group A Commodore "Bob Jane T-Marts" Grice/Percy, Bathurst 1987

Latest Aussie model news and releases

Apex

Sample of the 1:43 scale Efijy showing the car in production colour and special premium display box. The box will change for the final production (the carbon fibre panel will be replaced with something much lighter to make the car stand out more) and each model will have a metal plaque showing the model description and serial number.

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Biante’s June Newsletter

A number of interesting race cars are in the latest Biante Newsletter, #54 (June 2014) – however, they are all 1:18 scale models.

  • Download the 12-page newsletter HERE (PDF format)

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Model kit construction gallery

A 'dry run' fit. Once this is glued, it's just tyres, rear wing, body cowling (almost done) and decals to go!

Some model kits at various stages of construction:

  • 1976 Copersucar FD04 (Emerson Fittipaldi – FDS 1:43)
  • 1977 Copersucar FD04 (Ringo Hoffman – FDS 1:43)
  • 1977 Wolf WR1 (Jody Scheckter – Tamiya 1:20)

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