Month: September 2019

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1/18 Daytona 24 Winner from TopSpeed!

TopSpeed has announced a 1/18 scale Limited Edition resin model of the 2019 Rolex 24 at Daytona winning #10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R of Wayne Taylor Racing.

Only 500 will be produced.

Drivers Renger van der Zande, Jordan Taylor, Fernando Alonso & Kamui Kobayashi started 6th in the strong 12 car DPi field and were at the head of the pack when the race was red flagged after 593 laps due to extreme weather conditions, scoring the second victory in three years for the Wayne Taylor Racing Team.

The model is projected to arrive in the US in early December. Reserve HERE!

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1/43 Parnelli VPJ4 Grand Prix cars from Spark Model?

It looks like Spark Model is about to announce production of three 1/43 versions of the short lived Vel’s Parnelli Jones VPJ4 Formula One car as driven by Mario Andretti from late 1974 until early 1976.

Several versions of the Parnelli VPJ4 appeared in the 2014 Spark Catalog but were never released:

The #55 Viceroy liveried car (seen above) marked the VPJ4’s F1 debut at the 1974 Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport.

Andretti’s highest finish with the VPJ4 was a 4th in the 1975 Swedish Grand Prix at the wheel of the non-Viceroy liveried #27 seen below.

The #27 VPJ4 sported a blue and white American Racing Wheels livery for its  final GP appearance at Long Beach in 1976.

Release dates unavailable at this time. We are accepting advance orders on all three models HERE.

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IN STOCK: Lotus 72 by Pete Lyons

Lotus 72

1970 – 75 Formula One Greats

by Pete Lyons

$79.95 – Order HERE

This book, the first in Evro’s new Formula 1 Greats series, covers one of the most revered Formula 1 cars ever made. Introduced in 1970, the wedge-shaped Lotus 72 competed for six seasons, winning 20 World
Championship Grands Prix, two Drivers’ titles (for Jochen Rindt in 1970 and Emerson Fittipaldi in 1972) and three Constructors’ titles (in 1970, 1972 and 1973), racing first in Lotus’s evocative red, white and gold livery, then the equally eye-catching black and gold of the John Player Special period. Pete Lyons, Autosport’s renowned Formula 1 reporter for part of the Lotus 72 era, explores the car’s entire race-by-race career in his insightful commentary accompanying a magnificent array of more than 300 photos.

  • The 1970 season: after troubled early development, the 72 finally took over from the long-serving 49, its four consecutive race wins enough to secure the World Championship for Jochen Rindt, posthumously after his death during practice for the Italian Grand Prix.
  • The 1971 season: with promising youngster Emerson Fittipaldi elevated to team leader after Rindt’s death, great things were expected of the 72’s second season but it proved to be winless.
  • The 1972 season: now in black and gold John Player livery, the 72 became far more competitive and Fittipaldi’s four Grand Prix victories made him World Champion.
  • The 1973 season: Ronnie ‘SuperSwede’ Peterson joined Fittipaldi to form a dream team and together they won seven races, but because Lotus’s spoils were divided between the two drivers Jackie Stewart was able to come through to become World Champion.
  • The 1974 season: still the 72 soldiered on, now as the fall-back car after its successor, the 76, failed to deliver; partnered by Jacky Ickx, Peterson won three Grands Prix.
  • The 1975 season: well beyond its sell-by date, the 72 did a final season but by now it was far from effective, with Ickx’s second place in the tragic Spanish Grand Prix its best result.

Hardback | 304 pages

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TSM Model and TopSpeed Announcements

Along with the special liveried Ford GT’s that ran in the 2019 Rolex 24 at Daytona, TopSpeed announced 6 forthcoming 1/18 scale resin models, including the Aston Martin DBS Supperleggera in ‘Stratus White’ seen above. You can check out the list HERE.

The company’s TSM Model brand will produce a selection of race and sports cars in 1/43 scale, including the #69 Acura NSX GT3 in 2018 Watkins Glen livery and the McLaren Senna in ‘Volcano Yellow’ seen below. The complete list can be found on MotorsportCollector.com HERE.

TSM Model will also produce the 1985 Ducati 750F1 in 1/12 scale.