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2026 Formula 1 from Spark Model

We’ve received the early season 2026 1/18 scale Formula 1 list from Spark Model. Seven teams are represented: McLaren, Mercedes-AMG, TGR Haas, Racing Bulls, Red Bull, Audi and Cadillac. Highlights include the first race entries for both Cadillac and Audi teams, George Russell‘s Australia GP winner, Oscar Piastri‘s second place finish in Japan and Kimi Antonelli’s first career Grand Prix win in China.

Advance orders close at 10am CDT on Monday, April 27.

We’ll post he 1/43 scale Spark 2026 F1 list as soon as it becomes available to us.

Late Friday, we posted an interesting list of 1/43 scale Spark Historic Formula 2 models from the 1960s and 1970s. Drivers include Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Patrick Depailler, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Rene Arnoux, Emerson Fittipaldi, Carlos Reutemann, Bob Wollek, Riccardo Patrese, Jo Siffert, Gerhard Mitter, Jacques Laffite and Alain Prost. Check everything out HERE.

Spark has also announced additional production of Max Verstappen’s 2025 Japan GP winning Red Bull RB21. Details HERE

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New Product Announcements

Lots of New Model Announcement information uploaded to the website today.

First off from Tecnomodel, a very short deadline (my fault) on a set of four 1/18 Ferrari F92A Grand Prix cars with Driver Figures and 5 different 1/18 Shadow DN8 versions offered with or without Driver Figures, including Alan Jones’s 1977 Austrian GP winner, (above) the first Grand Prix victory of the 1980 World Champion’s career.

Please reserve by Monday, April 13.

Also from Tecnomodel, a set of 4 x 1/18 scale March 881 GP cars from 1988 driven by Ivan Capelli and Mauricio Gugelmin with either rain tires or slicks.

Please reserve by Monday, April 20.

TopSpeed’s April 2026 lineup features two different 1/18 scale BMW M Hybrid V8 replicas from the 2025 season: the #20 WRT entry from Le Mans and the #24 RLL entry from the 12 Hours of Sebring.

Also on the list; a brace of 1/18 Lamborghini, a Mazda RX-7 and a Nissan Skyline.

Please reserve by Tuesday, April 21.

TSM Model announced they wiill produce the 2025 IMSA 24 Hours of Daytona winning #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 in 1/12 scale at a very competitive price.

TSM also announced 7 x 1/43 scale models for future release which included 5 GTP and GT3 race cars. Check out the whole list HERE.

Please reserve your 1/12 and 1/43 TSM Model selections by Tuesday, April 21.

Today’s final list features the 2026 Japan GP Ferrari SF-26 of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton from LookSmart. Leclerc scored his second podium of the year at Suzuka with Lewis finishing 6th. A 1/18 scale Leclerc will be produced along with 1/43 scale versions of both cars. Check them out HERE.

Please reserve by Monday, April 37 by 10am CDT.

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Coming Soon:

Double Champion: Peter Gregg’s 1973 IMSA GT and SCCA Trans-Am Seasons

by Sean Cridland

Foreword by Hurley Haywood | Dedication by Bruce Meyer

At the end of 1972, Peter Gregg was known in the American sports-car racing world as a gentleman, semi-professional driver capable of taking small-bore class wins in the Trans-Am and as a mid-field racer in the Can-Am. But for the small cadre of people working with him at Brumos Racing and the engineers at Porsche, Gregg was a man with the vision, drive, and an ambition to become America’s best.

In that era, Porsche was undergoing significant changes in its racing and road-car programs. After winning Le Mans with the 917K and dominating the Canadian-American Challenge Cup with the all-powerful 917-30, they withdrew from prototype racing to concentrate their competition program on cars representative of their production line. At the same time, the FIA realigned their Championship of Makes to the “silhouette” formula which encouraged manufacturers to base their racing programs on street cars. Porsche was among the first to jump on the bandwagon with their new more powerful and better-handling 911 RS and RSR models. After years of carrying the Porsche torch in the lower classes, Peter Gregg was in position to claim the top step he so coveted in American GT racing.

Starting with back-to-back wins at the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring with protégé Hurley Haywood, Gregg led the 1973 Porsche juggernaut to take the overall championships in both the SCCA Trans-Am and the IMSA Camel GT series. Those accomplishments put Gregg and Porsche at the forefront of the GT-racing world for years to come. This is the story of that year that put Porsche on the path to dominating the GT category for the next ten years.

Hardbound | 195 pages | 255 images

$49.95 – Reserve your copy HERE.

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1/18 Spark Model Announcement

21 Classic Formula 1, Le Mans, Daytona, Sebring, Nurburgring and Rally Cars

The latest announcement from Spark Models contains an excellent selection of 1/18 race and rally cars, including the 1979 Daytona and Sebring winning Porsches, the 1988 Le Mans winning Jaguar XJR-9, Jackie Stewart’s 1969 South African Grand Prix winning high winged Matra MS10, three different winning Lancia rally cars, the winning BMW Alpina 2900CS from the 1972 Nurburgring 24 Hour and much more.

Check out everything HERE.

Must reserve by 10am CDT on Wednesday, April 8.