1966 Le Mans Podium in 1:12 — Diecast News Roundup, October 9

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Top Marques has opened twelve references in 1:12, among them all three Fords that filled the podium at Le Mans in 1966 — including the Ken Miles car — the Mk IV that won in 1967, and three Sauber-Mercedes C9s from 1989. Also today: Spark puts two Spa 24 Hours winners into 1:8, BBR opens the Ferrari F8 Spider in eleven colours, Solido announces fifteen including a Mustang Boss 429, and ACME’s Dukes-liveried Challengers have landed.

Top Marques: the 1966 Le Mans podium in 1:12

Twelve new 1:12 references, all listed for the fourth quarter of this year. The 1966 group is the whole Ford podium from the race that broke Ferrari’s run at Le Mans, and it includes the number 1 car of Ken Miles and Denny Hulme — classified second after the staged finish, which is still argued about sixty years later.

Ford GT40 Mk II, Le Mans 1966

TMR12-72A — #2 Shelby American, winner, Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon
TMR12-72AD — the same car, dirty version
TMR12-72B — #1 Shelby American, second, Ken Miles and Denny Hulme
TMR12-72C — #5 Holman & Moody, third, Ronnie Bucknum and Dick Hutcherson

Ford GT40 Mk IV

TMR12-73A — #1 Shelby American, Le Mans 1967 winner, A.J. Foyt and Dan Gurney
TMR12-73AD — the same car, dirty version
TMR12-73B — #2 Shelby American, fourth at Le Mans 1967, Bruce McLaren and Mark Donohue
TMR12-73C — #1 Ford Motor Company, Sebring 12 Hours 1967 winner, Mario Andretti and Bruce McLaren

Sauber-Mercedes C9, Le Mans 1989

TMR12-74A — #63 Team Sauber Mercedes, winner, Jochen Mass, Manuel Reuter and Stanley Dickens
TMR12-74AD — the same car, dirty version
TMR12-74B — #61, second, Mauro Baldi, Kenny Acheson and Gianfranco Brancatelli
TMR12-74C — #62, fifth, Jean-Louis Schlesser, Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Alain Cudini

Spark: two Spa 24 Hours winners at 1:8

Spark has run a Spa 24 Hours winners series in 1:43 and 1:18 for years. Two of them are now coming at 1:8, scheduled for the first quarter of 2027.

08SPA2005 — Maserati MC12 GT1 #9, Vitaphone Racing, 2005 winner, Eric van de Poele, Michael Bartels and Timo Scheider
08SPA2023 — BMW M4 GT3 #98, ROWE Racing, 2023 winner, Philipp Eng, Marco Wittmann and Nick Yelloly

BBR: the Ferrari F8 Spider in eleven colours

Pre-orders opened this morning on BBR’s 1:18 F8 Spider, the retractable-hardtop version of the Tributo built between 2019 and 2023. Eleven finishes, including some unusually specific ones — a red car on a red base, another with beige interiors.

P18183A2 — Giallo Modena; P18183A3 — Giallo Modena with black stripes
P18183B2 — Rosso Corsa 322; P18183B3 — Rosso Corsa 322 with gloss carbon wheels; P18183B4 — Rosso Corsa 322 with Italian stripe
P18183R — Nero DS; P18183R1 — Nero DS with Giallo Modena livery
P18183S — Rosso Fuoco; P18183SPRE — Rosso Fuoco on a red base; P18183S1 — Rosso Fuoco with beige interiors
P18183T — Green Jewel

Solido: fifteen new, and a Boss 429

All listed for the first quarter of 2027. Thirteen are 1:18 and two are 1:43, and the pick for American collectors is the 1969 Mustang Boss 429 in two colours at Solido’s price point.

S1817801 and 1817802 — Ford Mustang Boss 429, 1969, two colours
S1813804 — Ford Mustang Shelby Super Snake 2025
S1807410 — Subaru Impreza 22B STi (GC8), 1998
S1813004 — Nissan Skyline KPGC10 Hakosuka Works, 1970
S1804313 — Nissan Skyline GT-R (BNR34), 1999
S1803922 — BMW M3 (E36) Pandem, 1990
S1814503 — BMW M4 (G82) Competition, 2025
S1801206 — Alpine A310 Pack GT, 1983
S1803514 — Volkswagen Caddy Pick-Up Mk1 Oil Service, 1982
S1813404 — Volkswagen T1 Samba Minibus, 1962
S1807515 — Porsche 911 (964) RWB body kit, SEMA Show 2015
S1812105 — Porsche 911 (992) GT3 RS Weissach Package, 2024
S4305504 — Porsche Macan Turbo 2025, 1:43
S4316404 — Volkswagen Golf III VR6 1994, 1:43

IXO: the class-winning Caymans from the Nürburgring

Three 1:43 references due on 14 October, all from W&S Motorsport’s double Cup 3 win at this year’s Nürburgring 24 Hours.

SP26-C003 — Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS #962, Cup 3 Pro class winner
SP26-C004 — Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS #982, Cup 3 Am class winner
SET2SP26-C002-CB — both cars together as a two-model set

Just arrived: ACME

In the warehouse as of this week and shipping shortly.

A1806035 — 2010 Dodge Challenger SRT8, Hazzard County Sheriff, 1:18 — MSRP $144.95
A1806034 — 2010 Dodge Challenger SRT8, The General, 1:18 — MSRP $144.95
A1806412 — 1970 Dodge Dart 440 Street Machine, 1:18 — MSRP $144.95
A1800126 — 1:18 Dr. Olds figure — MSRP $19.95

Quick hits

KK-Scale says its next batch reaches shops tomorrow; the photographs show the 1:18 Ferrari F40 and Lincoln Continental sedans in dark green and black.