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The latest list of 1/43 scale Classic F1 offerings has just been posted to our New Model Announcements page.. Highlights include Mario Andretti’s Gold Leaf Team Lotus 48B from the 1968 US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen and Richie Ginther’s 1965 Mexican Grand Prix winning Honda RA272.

33 interesting blasts from the past can be reviewed HERE.

Advance Order Deadline is Tuesday, October 21.

Inbound from Italy:

The BBR 1/18 scale #83 Ferrari 499P as raced in the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Limited Edition of 159. With Display Cover .

Click HERE for details.

Right after our October 2 Email Update was sent, we received information that LookSmart would be modeling the 2025 Italian Grand Prix Niki Lauda Tribute Ferrari SF25s of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton in 1/18 and 1/43 scale. Details HERE.

Some of the first 2025 IMSA releases from TopSpeed/TSM Model are expected to arrive in October, including the Pratt Miller Corvette Z06 GT3.R entries from the 24 Hours of Daytona in both 1/18 and 1/43 scale.

These models were announced at the height of the tariff panic this spring and were priced based upon a 145% ‘worse case’ scenario rate for Chinese imports. As a result, advance orders were much lower than usual across the board, which probably resulted in lower production numbers.

Now that we can confirm the tariff rate as 30%, we can reduce pricing back to the current reality ($217.00 for 1/18 and $105.00 for 1/43).

As a result, these could disappear quickly.

Check our Coming Soon section for details.

Class of ’99: Triumph and Tragedy in the 1999 CART Indy Car Series

by John Oreovicz

For a huge number of IndyCar racing fans, October 31, 1999, was the day the music died. On that blackest of Halloweens, the sport lost its brightest young star: Greg Moore. No one person was capable of saving Indy car racing from destroying itself, but if anyone stood a chance, it was Moore. He was just twenty-four years old when he died, and already he had captivated a legion of fans and conquered the world-class drivers he fought against on the track in the CART series.

Moore ultimately didn’t factor in the 1999 CART championship battle that ended in a points tie between Franchitti and brash twenty-three-year-old rookie Juan Pablo Montoya after a modern-era record twenty races. But that remarkable title clash—and its tragic conclusion—was just one of many storylines during what was arguably the most compelling single season of competition in the one-hundred-year history of American open-wheel championship racing.

Class of ’99 recounts the 1999 CART season in detail, combining contemporary reporting and new interviews conducted by author John Oreovicz with many of the key players to bring the year’s personalities and storylines to life with nuance, depth, and reflection.

Hardbound | 368 pages

IN STOCK!

$34.95 – Order your copy HERE

Lots of new 1/18 and 1/43 IMSA arrivals from TopSpeed/TSM Model this week including the #65 Mustang GT3 from their debut at Daytona in 2024. Check everything out HERE.

The September Tecnomodel Announcement contains 7 different sets of forthcoming 1/18 scale models including the Ferrari 330P from 1964/1965. The #4 NART 330P seen above is the 1964 GP Canada at Mosport winning mount of Pedro Rodriguez.

Three sets of 1/43 scale Ferraris are also on the September list from Tecnomodel.

Seen above is the #23 Ferrari 612 Can Am driven by Chris Amon at Las Vegas in 168.

Click HERE to reserve.

September 22 is the advance order deadline.

Our first New Product Announcements of the month contain a nice selection of 2025 IMSA competitors in both 1/18 and 1/43 scale along with a few other gems. The selections include Cadillac and Acura GTP and Ferrari, Porsche and Mercedes-AMG GTD entries from the 2025 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring. Check out the lists below.

1/18 TopSpeed – Due 9/19/25 – HERE

1/43 TSM Model – Due 9/19/25 – HERE

1/18 BBR Competition – Due 9/16/25 – HERE

1/43 BBR Competition – Due 9/16/25 – HERE

And…here’s one of the gems: The #38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota entry from the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1/43 scale by TSM Model. Click HERE to order.

Hope you are enjoying the last major holiday weekend of summer.

We will be open Saturday, August 30 from 10am to 3pm, reopening at 10am Tuesday morning, September 2.

Several new product lists have a September 2 deadline, including the 1/18 and 1/43 2025 WEC Ferrari 499P entries from BBR Competition seen here. This range features the high quality of a BBR Model at a much lower price point and celebrates the 1-2-3 Ferrari finish in the 2025 WEC Qatar 1812km race. Check them out HERE.

Also on a September 2 deadline are the latest 1/18 scale selections from TopSpeed, featuring the Ford Mustang GT3s of Ford Multimatic Motorsports in their 2024 Laguna Seca livery. Check out the full list HERE.

Although they had an ‘official’ deadline of Friday, August 29 we are still accepting advance orders for the latest 1/12 and 1/43 scale lists from TSM Model. thru Tuesday, September 2.

Tecnomodel announced an ambitious selection of 35 individual 1/18 scale models in development for future release featuring Formula 1 cars from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s in various configurations along with a trio of Lola T89 Indy Cars from 1989.

Some of the F1 variations feature Driver Figures or rain tires.

Check everything out HERE.

Link Updated 8/19.

Advance Order Deadline is Friday, August 22.