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Classics’ Newsletter #68

Latest news and information from Classic Carlectables in Newsletter #68 (April-June 2017). The only 1:43 scale items are the 2017 Supercars from Triple Eight Engineering – …

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Race-To-Race Changes

The latest Raceland newsletter (Jan 27) points out the detail differences between race-to-race versions of various F1 cars manufactured by Spark. The changes made are …

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Then & Now: F1 Models 35 Years Apart

New technology, manufacturing methods and materials sees the model cars of today a superior product compared to those of the past. Case in point are …

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(More) V8s Galore!

Betty's Mercs! Range of Erebus AMGs. Some of the liveries look great; some not so much...

Biante has been busy punching out more 1:43 scale V8 Supercars over the past 6 months or so. This has been a combination of catching …

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Historic NASCAR Daytona 500 Winners

1970 Daytona 500 winner - Pete Hamilton's Plymouth Superbird

Spark has been churning out the occasional old-school NASCAR stock car racer over the years and have done several Daytona 500 winners. I acquired the …

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Review: Panini F1 Model Car Collection & Issue 1

Panini F1 Car Collection - issue 1, Ayrton Senna McLaren MP4/4 1988

The Panini F1 model car collection is now available in Australia, issue 1 hitting the newsagents recently with the 1988 McLaren MP4/4 of Ayrton Senna …

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V8s Galore!

FG-X Falcon V8 Supercars from Apex, plus the Nissans and a Volvo, released at the end of last year.

With factories going bust in China (or whatever the reason was), there has not been much in the way of 1:43 V8 Supercar models for …

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Review: 2014 Pepsi MAX Falcons

2014 Pepsi MAX Ford Falcon Bathurst winner - Chaz Mostert & Paul Morris

Note: seems I forgot to publish this review when I wrote it about 6+ months ago…   Classics Carlectables FG Falcons from 2014 These are …

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Jim Richards’ 1985 ATCC Winning BMW

Spark recently did a run of 500 pieces of Jim Richards’ Group A 1985 Australian Touring Car Championship winning BMW 635CSi (Spark item # AS017). …

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New Stuff From Top Gear (Trax) & Biante

Top Gear’s July product brochure There are some decent models in here I’d like to buy, but Top Gear have priced themselves out of my …

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Fixing Buzz’s Suspension (and other things)

This is what's inside a 1:43 scale Minichamps Reyanrd.

Having looked at the misaligned push-rods on the Buzz Calkins Indycar (see Quick Review article HERE), I decided I’d have a crack at fixing them. …

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HRT Gems from Biante

Two versions of HRT’s 2015 VF Commodore V8 Supercars have hit the market – the pre-season test car in matte black, and the Clipsal 500 …

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Minichamps to model 80% of the 2016 F1 Grid

Minichamps will model 9 of the 11 Formula 1 teams contesting the 2016 World Championship. Only Ferrari and Manor will not be produced by Minichamps. …

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Review: Ertl G-Force IRL Indycar

Ertl’s 1998 G-Force IRL Indycar of Robbie Buhl isn’t a great collectable. But it is cheap and colourful! Read the Quick Review.

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Review: Trax LE Coupe

A quick review of the LE Holden Coupe by Trax, an excellent 1:43 scale model that has now sold out.

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Review: Copersucar FD01 ‘Press’ 1975 (Spark)

Spark S3933 - Copersucar FD01 Ford, 1975

The Brazilian Copersucar team presented this wild looking creation as their first ever F1 racer, to compete in the 1975 Grand Prix season. This is a review of Spark’s 1:43 scale version.

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Review: Russell Ingall’s 2014 VF Commodore by Apex

Apex AR40705 – 2014 Holden VF Commodore Russell Ingall THE CAR: This is Russell Ingall’s last full-time V8 Supercar ride, the Repair Management Australia backed …

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New Release: Chrysler Vans From Models56

Models56/ARMCO have now released two more Chrysler Panel Vans – the Denim Machine and Sports Van. Both are 1:43 scale offerings in resin and are …

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Classic Carlectables Jan-Mar Newsletter

Classic Carlectables’ January-March 2016 newsletter, #63, is now online. Download the full PDF version from the CC website HERE (or click the pics below for …

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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 …

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Triple Eight ran a VF Commodore wildcard entry at Bathurst in 2013. I don't believe any of the commercial manufacturers produced a model of this car - so I made my own. I finished this on the same day a dear friend lost her dad. It's not a sprint car AF, but it did have a sweet V8. RIP big fella.More photos and a full build diary on the blog: www.wixy500.com/the-xbox-bathurst-wildcard-a-code-3-conversion/ ... See MoreSee Less

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Getting impatient with the current Code-3 build! Test fitting the body on the chassis to see how it'll look before all the other bits are attached. It's going to be the Priaulx-Ekstrom VF Commodore that Triple-Eight ran at Bathurst in 2013. ... See MoreSee Less

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And now... a McLaren, the M29 from 1980. This is John Watson's Brazil GP version, before and after the Marlboro & chevron decals (Spark model, 1:43 scale resin). ... See MoreSee Less

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The French Ligier team, with French engine (Matra), French sponsors (Gitanes cigarettes, Norev model cars) and French driver ('Jolly' Jacques Laffite) scored its first ever F1 win at the 1977 Swedish Grand Prix. This is Spark's 1:43 scale version of that car, now with the tobacco markings in place. They even included really tiny 🧐 decals for the Gypsy Woman logos on the driver overalls. ... See MoreSee Less

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