Author: ChiliBoy

Tecnomodel will produce both 1/18 and 1/43 scale resin models of the Ferrari 246/256 Dino Formula 1 car. Sets of 4 each ( 1/18 will be numbered Limited Editions) featuring races from 1959 and 1960 are planned, including Phil Hill’s 1960 Italian Grand Prix winner, seen above (1/18) and below (1/43).

Tecnomodel will also produce a series of 5 different Lotus 24 Formula 1 cars as raced in 1962, including Jim Clark’s BARC 200 Aintree winning car #5 seen below.

Advance order deadline for all three series is July 17, 2024.

On Friday, BBR announced a series of 1/43 scale Limited Edition resin models of the victorious #50 Ferrari 499P and its two stablemates from last weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.

We have been able to reserve small quantities of each. Details below.

Enjoy this great weekend of racing at Catalunya, Laguna Seca and Watkins Glen! 

Paul

BBR is first out of the box to announce plans to produce 1/18 scale resin models of all three Ferrari 499P HyperCars from the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans, including the winning #50. 

We are now accepting advance orders. No ETA announced but with BBR, expect to wait at least a year for delivery

Reserve your copy HERE.

Arriving next week!!!

Reserve your copy HERE.

LookSmart will produce the Charles Leclerc 2024 Monaco Grand Prix winning Ferrari SF-24 along with the third place finishing Ferrari of Carlos Sainz in both 1/18 and 1/43 scale.

Advance order deadline is Tuesday, June 25. Click HERE to order.

Reserve your copy now for late June delivery:

AUTOMOBILSPORT #40 (02/2024) – English edition

Cover story
BMW at Le Mans 1937–2024

• Starting off with a class win – The first two outings at Le Mans in 1937 and 1939
• Coupés de grâce – BMW touring cars at Le Mans 1972–1977
• Flying colours – BMW’s Art Cars at Le Mans
• Baptism of fire at La Sarthe – The BMW M1 at Le Mans
• Powered by BMW – Customer cars with BMW engines at Le Mans 1965–2016
• Perfect Debut – The McLaren F1 GTR at Le Mans 1995–1998
• Portrait of a Winner – The BMW V12 LM and LMR 1998 to 2000
• Not spoilt with success – M3 GT2 and M8 GTE
• Gearing up for 2024 – BMW M Hybrid and BMW M4 GT3

Also in this issue… 

• René de Boer on the Nationales Automuseum – The Loh Collection
• Eckhard Schimpf about Klaus Ludwig
• John Nikas about The Amelia vs. Moda Miami
• Kerry Morse on the F.A.T. Ice Race in Aspen
• Franz Ponder on the preparations for the Monaco Historic GP
• Jacob Queißner on the Lotus 24 Chassis 947
• and many more!

The magazine contains a large-sized fold out poster of the cover story including illustrations and technical data of the BMW 3.0 CSL 1973 on the back.

Language:	English
Number of pages:	176
Dimensions:	ca. 8.3″ x 11.7″ (210 x 297 mm)

$25.00 – Reserve HERE

Good Morning.

We start out the week with the second set of 1/43 scale resin models in the BBR Competition series. It contains 4 versions of the 2023 Ferrari 296 GT3, three from Daytona and one from the 24 Hours of Spa.

Click HERE for details.

Our Indy ‘unpacking’ is on hold while we work on 3 separate shipments containing Spark, LookSmart, Tecnomodel, TSM and TopSpeed. We’ll be shipping advance orders well into next week.

Small quantites of more than 20 different 1/18 and 1/43 models are still available.

Check Recent Arrivals for a current list.

Back from an eventful long weekend at Indy. Saw a lot of friends at the annual Memorabilia Show and at the Speedway.

Lots of great comments on our display of 1/18 models by Tecnomodel at the Show.

Race day, we waited until 2pm to leave our hotel, drove right in and got to our seats in time for the driver introductions. Newgarden made his last lap pass right in front of us in Turn 3. Felt for Pato. He’ll drink the milk some day. Got back to our car around 9pm. Took about 2 hours to get back to the hotel. The huge crowd and darkness made traffic a bit more difficult than usual. The ‘second front’ arrived around 10:30 with hail, lightning and heavy rain.

Cudos to Doug Boles. The people he consulted nailed the timing of the two storms and saved the day.

Still getting unpacked from the Show. Also dealing with two separate shipments from Spark Model and preparing for a shipment of Tecnomodel, TopSpeed and TSM due to land later this week.

We’ll update you when (if?) things return to normal.