Month: July 2025

Spark Model has released a list of 30 entries from the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans that they intend to produce in 1/18 scale, including the #6 Penske Porsche 963 that finished second overall, seen above. Check out the entire list HERE.

Advance order deadline is Tuesday, August 12.

Please read the pricing information carefully.

SILVERSTONE; The Home of British Motor Racing

Second Edition

by Chas Parker

Foreword by David Coulthard

The former wartime airfield at Silverstone is Britain’s most important motor racing circuit, best known as the home of the British Grand Prix and where the first Formula 1 World Championship race was staged in 1950. This magnificent book, originally published in 2013 and now comprehensively updated in this second edition with 64 extra pages, tells Silverstone’s entire history, covering the great races, influential characters and unforgettable events, as well as the evolution of the circuit itself. The book is profusely illustrated, including plenty of great photographs that have rarely been published. Produced with the full assistance of the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) and Silverstone Circuits Ltd, this is the last word on the history of the much-loved home of British motor racing, from its beginnings in the aftermath of the Second World War to its status now as a world-class motorsport venue.

Hardbound | 352 pages | 402 photos (b&w / color)

$80.00 – Reserve your copy HERE!

Spark Model has uploaded jpegs of most of their 1/43 scale 2025 Le Mans collection, including ‘Spike’, the No. 199 Oreca of AO by TF which finished 3rd overall in LMP2 and claimed the LMP2 PRO/AM victory with drivers PJ Hyett, Louis Delétraz, and Dane Cameron. We will add jpegs of the last 10 entries as soon as they are made available.

BTW – Today is the advance order deadline for the 1/43 2025 Le Mans Ferraris by LookSmart.

Spark Model has released their 1/43 Scale lineup for the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans. Information (minus photos) of all 52 entries has been uploaded to our website HERE.

In the mean time, we’ve linked a copy of Spark’s order sheet with lo-res photos below. We’re told better images will be provided soon. Please reserve by Monday, August 4.

LookSmart has already released their list of 1/43 Ferrari 499P and 296 LMGT3 models HERE.

LookSmart will also produce the winning #83 Ferrari 499P in 1/18 scale.

Deadline for LookSmart is July 22.

You can download the Spark 1/43 list below.

Now IN STOCK!

3 Hardback Volumes in a Slipcase

Pages: 1,960 (individual volumes are 688, 664 and 608 pages)
Illustrations: 3,567 photographs and diagrams, including color

Award-winning author Karl Ludvigsen takes the reader behind the scenes of the roller-coaster ride of supercharging, turbocharging and even more exotic power-boosting inventions throughout automotive and aviation history. Supercharging in all its forms is the most exciting feature ever created to go under the bonnet of a motor car. Blowers were rare yet highly desirable devices in their early heyday of the 1920s and ’30s, an era in which compressors graced supremely glamorous and race-winning cars. They also won respect from aviators eager to exploit high altitudes.

Prolific use of forced induction in the air in World War II brought forth the many engineering geniuses who populate these pages. Having seemed abandoned on land, supercharging found new acolytes who perfected blowers for road and track. They rescued the turbocharger to open new avenues for high-pressure boosting in the 1970s and ’80s. Into the 21st century turbocharging has found its way into more and more cars to enhance both performance and fuel efficiency.

Power Unleashed is a three-volume work of astonishing depth and detail. Greatly respected for his ability to communicate information while telling a compelling story, Karl Ludvigsen explores the global saga of supercharging and turbocharging. Complete with reader-friendly technical descriptions and magnificent illustrations, he introduces the fascinating individuals who bet their businesses on boosting. This is a landmark work in the histories of the automobile and aeroplane.

• Volume 1, “Rushing toward the racing zenith, 1890s to 1950s,” begins by introducing the bold pioneers who first won races with blowers in 1910 and then took to the air to gain altitude with supercharging in the Great War.
• Inventive ideas for piston-type blowers, Roots-type, centrifugal, screw-type, vane-type, exhaust-driven turbos and other new compressor technologies.
• How Fiat, Mercedes and Duesenberg vied to be first in racing with blowers in the early 1920s, sparking a world-wide swathe of interest in exotic supercharged road and track cars that also embraced the likes of Alfa Romeo, Bentley, MG, Miller, Sunbeam and many more.
• As befits its title, “Wartime boost to forced induction, 1930s to 1970s,” Volume 2’s focus is on the huge strides made in supercharging and turbocharging in World War II by Allied and Axis combatants.
• Post-war, America powered ahead with turbocharging’s proliferation in racing at Indianapolis followed by wider use from the 1970s for passenger cars and racers, most notably Formula One’s 1,500-horsepower projectiles.
• Volume 3, “Turbo triumphs on road and track, 1970s to 2020s,” introduces the many and varied applications of boosting for petrol and diesel engines through to the present day.
• Why and how the 21st century sees sweeping conversion of both road and racing cars to forced induction for higher efficiency and the ultimate in road-burning performance.

The Author

Award-winning author Karl Ludvigsen takes the reader behind the scenes of the roller-coaster ride of supercharging, turbocharging and even more exotic power-boosting inventions throughout automotive and aviation history. Supercharging in all its forms is the most exciting feature ever created to go under the bonnet of a motor car. Blowers were rare yet highly desirable devices in their early heyday of the 1920s and ’30s, an era in which compressors graced supremely glamorous and race-winning cars. They also won respect from aviators eager to exploit high altitudes.

Prolific use of forced induction in the air in World War II brought forth the many engineering geniuses who populate these pages. Having seemed abandoned on land, supercharging found new acolytes who perfected blowers for road and track. They rescued the turbocharger to open new avenues for high-pressure boosting in the 1970s and ’80s. Into the 21st century turbocharging has found its way into more and more cars to enhance both performance and fuel efficiency.

Power Unleashed is a three-volume work of astonishing depth and detail. Greatly respected for his ability to communicate information while telling a compelling story, Karl Ludvigsen explores the global saga of supercharging and turbocharging. Complete with reader-friendly technical descriptions and magnificent illustrations, he introduces the fascinating individuals who bet their businesses on boosting. This is a landmark work in the histories of the automobile and aeroplane.

$500.00 – Order HERE