HRT Star Wars Racers

Holden Racing Team’s special “Star Wars” Bathurst 2015 liveries have been modeled by Biante.

1:43 scale versions broke cover at Mount Panorama across the weekend of the 1000. In a deal arranged some time prior to the event, the cars featured the liveries created to promote the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie.

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Garth Tander / Warren Luff #2
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James Courtney / Jack Perkins #2

However, with James Courtney’s injury and Russell Ingall climbing aboard for the weekend, the #22 is inaccurate for the race. So, Biante Marketing Department is calling these Bathurst “Launch” versions. Both will be done in 1:18 (with opening parts) and have the correct names and livery from race day. There has been no word about production of a legit Perkins/Ingall version in 1:43.

The tooling is the first COTF V8 Supercar models Biante have released in this scale and are diecast. Going from the photos above, I reckon they don’t look too bad at all. RRP: $79.95

1:18 versions will be coming later this year. RRP is $195
1:18 versions will be coming later this year. RRP is $195

Biante has also created a “Modern Classics” collection. These will be retro race liveries on current spec tooling. Not my cup of tea, but will be interesting if these take off or not.

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First in Biante’s Modern Classics series – Larry and Russell’s 1995 livery on Biante’s current Holden VF Commodore V8 Supercar. Arriving November, it will have a signed certificate of Authenticity by both Larry and Russell. Limited edition of 1002 pieces.

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