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In addition to the 50+ models discussed in this morning’s post, Spark Model has announced 1/43 scale models of 26 Classic Formula 1 cars, the most important of which (in our opinion) is the #4 Lotus 49 driven to victory in the 1968 South African Grand Prix by Jim Clark. It was Clark’s 25th Formula One Grand Prix victory, breaking the record of 24 held by 5 time World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio. Sadly it was Clark’s final F1 win, as he was killed a few months later in a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim, Germany.

Check out the complete list HERE. Please reserve by Monday, April 7.

Spark Model will produce the Penske Sunoco Camaros that finished 1-2 their class in the 1968 12 Hours of Sebring in 1/43 scale as part of their US National Series. The #15 driven by Mark Donohue and Craig Fisher (above) finished 3rd overall and first in TA 4 laps ahead of teammates Bob Johnson, Joe Welch and Craig Johnson (who pulled double duty) in the 4th overall #16 (below). Both cars will be modeled in Limited Editions of 300.

You’ll find the list of Daytona and Sebring subjects added to the US National Series HERE..

Spark Model and LookSmart have just announced more than 50 forthcoming 1/18 and 1/43 scale models. Check out everything HERE.

Advance Order Deadline is Thursday, April 3.

LookSmart will produce Lewis Hamilton’s 2025 China Sprint Race winning Ferrari SF-25 in both 1/18 and 1/43 scale.

Details HERE.

BBR has released their 1/43 scale Limited Edition replicas of the 3 Ferrari 499P Hypercars from the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans, including the winning #50 of Fuoco / Nielsen / Molina.

We expect delivery in late March. Limited availability on all 3. Reserve HERE.

Reserve your copy HERE.

The latest 1/18 Indycar releases from Replicarz Exclusives will be here in a few days.

Above: Arie Luyendyk set the all time one (237.498 mph) and four (236.986 mph) lap records at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the #5 Byrd / Treadway Racing Reynard 95I Cosworth XB during qualifying for the 1996 Indianapolis 500. Arie also set the ‘unofficial’ Indy single lap record (239.260 mph) during practice.

These records still stand, nearly 30 years later.

Below: In 1995, Jacques Villeneuve became the first – and only – Canadian driver to win the Indianapolis 500, overcoming a 2 lap penalty in the final 500 before ‘The Split’. Villeneuve drove the #27 Player’s sponsored Team Green Reynard 95I Cosworth XB to victory at Indy, also taking the 1995 CART Champioship before departing to F1 in 1996.

Check our Coming Soon page for additional information on other early March arrivals.

The 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship kicks off in Australia in a couple of weeks. The biggest pre-season story line has been Lewis Hamilton’s departure from Mercedes after 12 seasons to join Scuderia Ferrari.

LookSmart will produce the Ferrari SF-23 as driven by Hamilton in his first pre-season test at Fiorano in both 1/18 and 1/43 scale. Details HERE.

BBR has announced a pair of 1/2 scale helmets to be worn by Lewis and his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc in 2025. Details HERE.

US Release Date: March 26, 2025

It’s not just flashing, snarling Porsche cars that racing photographer Rainier W. Schlegelmilch captures in these shots from 1963 to 1988 – though his zoom effect lifts them dramatically off the page. It’s his story over the years, it’s the reality of the track, drivers’ conversations, mechanics’ dirty hands. Feel the vibrations and smell the oil!
 

Hardcover, 14.2 x 11.9 in., 8.90 lb, 356 pages

$125.00 – Reserve your copy HERE

Our next shipment from TSM Model / TopSpeed contains several 1/18 and 1/43 IMSA race cars from the 2023 and 2024 seasons, including the 1/18 scale #77 ‘Rexy’ Porsche 911 GT3 Pro that finished 2nd in the 2024 24 Hours of Daytona and the #80 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 in ‘Roxy’ livery from VIR in 2023.

Check out all the available cars from that shipment HERE.

Coming March 11!

Can-Am and Formula 1 in their golden age

Forword by Sir Jackie Stewart

Epilogue with Mario Andretti

As Sir Jackie Stewart states in his Foreword, “Pete Lyons was one of the best journalists in Formula 1 at the time I was racing.” Lyons himself writes that when he became obsessed with motor racing, “It felt like my true road.” This memoir retraces his steps along that road, focusing on the days when he wrote about and photographed the Can-Am sportscar series in his native America during its finest period from 1966 to 1972, then switched to Formula 1 for four great seasons from 1973 to 1976. Lyons witnessed Chaparral, Lola, McLaren and Porsche create ever-more-monstrous Can-Am beasts to be tamed by the likes of Jim Hall, John Surtees, Bruce McLaren, Denny Hulme, Mario Andretti and Mark Donohue. His cameras, notebooks and typewriter also were there when Tyrrell, Lotus, McLaren and Ferrari were the dominant forces in Formula 1, with Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi, Niki Lauda and James Hunt the World Champion drivers. Immersed in this golden age of racing, Lyons brought a unique blend of evocative description and fastidious factual detail to his craft, putting his devoted readers at the heart of the action. This captivating memoir will transport you back to those times.

US Release Date: March 11, 2025

Hardbound | 560 pages 

$90.00 – Reserve your copy HERE