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Spark Model has just announced a list of 9 Historic Grand Prix cars from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s that they will produce in 1/18 scale.

The subjects include the debut victories of the Ford Cosworth (Jim Clark and his 1967 Dutch GP winning Lotus 49) and the Renault Turbo (J-P Jabouille’s 1979 French GP winning RS11) along with Jochen Rindt’s 1970 Monaco winning Lotus 49C, Jacques Lafitte’s 1977 Swedish GP winning Ligier and the victorious Wolf W1 of Jody Scheckter from the 1977 Monaco GP.

Dealer Deadline TBA. Check everything out HERE.

Spark Model has announced plans to produce 11 new 1/18 scale models. Included is the usual mix of historic F1 and Rally subjects (including the 1996 Daytona winning Riley & Scott Olds) along with the 2020 Porsche GT Team entries from Le Mans and Esteban Ocon’s 2021 Hungarian GP winning Alpine A521. A victory Pit Board will be included. Click HERE for the entire list.

Shipping new arrivals has kept us pretty busy the past couple of weeks. Lots of new models from Spark, TSM, GT Spirit and more along with ‘Sam’s Scrapbook’. Click HERE to see what’s new!

TSM Model has just announced that they will produce the 1976 Swedish Grand Prix winning Tyrrell P34 Six-Wheeler in 1/12 scale!

Click HERE for additional information.

Also, TSM has added several 1/43 scale models to their IMSA Collection, including the Acura DPi in both WTR and Meyer Shank 2021 liveries, the Corvette Racing C8.Rs in their 2021 12h Sebring 25th Anniversary Mobil 1 livery and the #24 RLL BMW M8 GTE from the 2019 Laguna Seca IMSA race. Advance Order Deadline is August 18. More information HERE.

The 1/43 scale model announcement for the 2021 24h Nurburgring just arrived from Spark Model. Since I’m leaving on vacation in a few hours and the Advance Order Deadline is August 11, I have uploaded a pdf file of the lineup. If you wish to place an order, please send to Paul@MotorsportCollector.com by the deadline. Thanks!

The latest 1/18 scale list from TopSpeed announces the 2021 IMSA Acura ARX-05 DPi in both Wayne Taylor Racing And Meyer Shank liveries from the Rolex 24.

Advance order deadline is Friday, July 30.

Several other road cars are on the TopSpeed list. Check everything out HERE.

Today is the dealer deadline for Spark’s additional production of several Le Mans winners in both 1/18 and 1/43 Scale. Also the Wynns and Mentos Porsche 911 RSR entries from Le Mans 2020 in 1/12 scale and a 1/18 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin to commemorate Seb’s First Podium for Aston in Azerbaijan. 

I am pleased to announce that Sam Posey and his son John, co-authors of ‘Sam’s Scrapbook: My Motorsports Memories’ have signed bookplates for their new book exclusively for The Motorsport Collector.

A signed bookplate will be included with each copy of ‘Sam’s Scrapbook’ ordered thru The Motorsport Collector at no additional charge while supplies last.

‘Sam’s Scrapbook’ will be released in late August. $40.00 – Reserve your copy HERE.

Keep the dust off your McLaren M8F – or other 1/18 Tecnomodel – with our custom made Acrylic Cover.

A fresh supply just arrived this morning.

$29.95. Order HERE

The 1/18 McLaren M8F shipment has arrived. We’ll start shipping advance orders today. It’s not too late to reserve your Hulme or Revson version. Click HERE to order.

Finally. The bulk of our allotment of the #3 Corvette C8.R arrived from GT Spirit yesterday after a head fake back in April. Most remaining advance orders shipped Monday. The balance will go today.

We have just a few pieces remaining of the Yellow #3 (US032 – $149.95 – Order HERE) and the Grey #4 (GT307 – $139.95 – Order HERE).

Also arriving yesterday was GT Spirit’s 2021 Corvette C8 Convertible in beautiful Elkhart Lake Blue.

$149.95 Order HERE.

Dave Friedman’s new book “Ken Miles: The Shelby American Years” ($38.95) arrived this morning. It looks great! We’ll start shipping advance orders today!

Spark Model has announced they will produce a total of 16 early 2021 Formula 1 cars in 1/18 scale.

Teams include Mercedes, Red Bull, McLaren, Aston Martin, AlphaTauri, Alpine and Alfa Romeo. Two separate versions of Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes and Max Verstappen’s Red Bull are offered.

Spark has also announced a 1/43 scale Hamilton Mercedes and Verstappen Red Bull in 2021 Spanish Grand Prix trim.

Dealer Deadline for all of the above is Friday, June 11.

Orders received after that date will be filled subject to availability.