Great Race Winners
These two winners of The Great Race could not be more opposing – Ford XL Falcon (Firth/Jane) and Holden ZB Commodore (Lowndes/Richards)
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1993 Lola T93/00 Ford Indycar, Mansell (Tamiya 1:20)
The next kit to build was selected from the stash simply because it was sitting on top of all the others! Tamiya’s 1:20 scale Lola Indycar …
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 – …
New Announcements from Top Gear / Trax
Top Gear has announced a number of new 1:43 scale resin models coming in the early months of 2017. There are some nice Aussie-flavoured subjects …
(More) V8s Galore!
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 …
Historic NASCAR Daytona 500 Winners
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 …
V8s Galore!
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 …
Review: 2014 Pepsi MAX Falcons
Note: seems I forgot to publish this review when I wrote it about 6+ months ago… Classics Carlectables FG Falcons from 2014 These are …
Concept Cars: The Lincoln Futura
I was browsing through the latest Minichamps Newsletter “Announcements for the next six weeks” when this thing took my attention – the Lincoln Futura concept …
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 …
Classics Launch New Diecast ‘RepliCars’ Range
Classic Carlectables have launched a new brand – Diecast RepliCars. The first model in the range is a 1:18 2-door XP Falcon. The company made …
DJR Team Penske Back to Biante
DJR Team Penske will have Biante produce their model cars for the 2016 season. The partnership re-unites Biante with the iconic Ford V8 Supercars team. …
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 …
Apex Falcon & Ferrari Announcements
Late last month, Apex Replicas announced they were ready to produce the 2015 range of Prodrive Racing Australia FG-X Falcon V8 Supercars, plus the 2014 …
Classic Carlectables Oct-Dec Newsletter
Classic Carlectables have released their October-December 2015 Newsletter, issue #62.
Trax / Top Gear Releases For Next 6 Months
Top Gear have published their planned new releases for the next 6 months. To their credit, they’ve got some some desirable models coming up. It’s …
More Special Models for Diecast Expo
Some additional ‘special offer’ models have been announced for the Diecast Expo. Firstly, ACE Models have produced this replica of the Holden Precision Driving Team …
New Announcements / Releases
Some new stuff that’s recently been announced: Top Gear/Trax This 1980 Statesman WB Caprice in Nutmeg Metallic is a desirable model that would appeal to …
Mixed News Briefs
Various modelling updates… Huge 1:12 Scale Bathurst Winner Apex Replicas will have the 2013 Bathurst winner (Mark Winterbottom/Steven Richards Pepsi MAX FG Falcon) produced in …
LookSmart Ferrari’s & New Trax
Italian model maker LookSmart will produce the 2015 Ferrari SF15-T Formula One racers of Sebastian Vettel (Malaysian GP winner) and Kimi Raikkonen (2nd, Bahrain) in …