Spark has opened thirteen Le Mans cars in 1:18, from the Porsche 956s of 1983 and 1984 to the Jaguar XJR-12 that won in 1990 and the Audi R8 that won in 2004. Also: GT Spirit announces twenty in three scales including four at 1:8, IXO opens four of its own at 1:8 led by the Martini Lancia 037, WERK83 does Jo Siffert’s Zeltweg-winning 917K in 1:12, BBR brings the Ferrari 296 Speciale and the 849 Testarossa Assetto Fiorano down to 1:43, and Mini GT has the new Corvette ZR1 and Honda Prelude.
Tecnomodel is doing the March 707 Can-Am in 1:18, five versions of a car that has almost never been modelled, including Kelleners’ Nürburgring winner and Amon’s Laguna Seca car. Also: Maxima opens seven 1:18 resins led by a shark-nose Ferrari 330 GT 2+2, Sun Star adds two more 1960 Plymouth Furys, TSM and Top Speed put the Daytona-winning Porsche 963 into 1:12 and 1:18, and Esval builds a 1956 Chevrolet emergency fleet in 1:43.
Amalgam has launched the Ferrari Amalfi Spider at 1:8 — 199 pieces in Rosso Tramonto, with a Giallo Montecarlo version of just nine to follow. Also: AUTOart’s Diablo SE30 in five colours, Minichamps’ 1:18 of Norris’s Hungarian GP winner, first photos of ACME’s King Kong GTX, Mini GT’s Goldfinger Mustang, and twenty-five new Spark references.
Kyosho has cut new tooling for four Initial D cars in 1:64 with working LEDs. Also: ACME’s Hemi Under Glass Cuda at 240 pieces, AUTOart’s Toyota 2000GT in four colours, and Spark takes on the Dakar Raptors.