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02/07/2010 2:23 pm
I just received a two car Minichamps set done as a tribute to Mark Donohue.
The set includes a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR IROC sports car and a Porsche 917/30 Can Am racer. Both of the cars that Donohue drove to success in 1973. If you are a Mark Donohue or a racing fan, you will want to find this set. It is limited to 1,440 sets.
02/07/2010 2:37 pm
Once again, Minichamps finds a way to reissue stuff - the 917/30 came out in 2001, though the IROC is new.
They just reissued the Kennedy Lincoln Dallas car, after initial issuance in 1999. I guess they FINALLY sold of the initial run of those.
One new item worth mentioning is an Auto Union Type C from 1936 - on my wantlist.
02/07/2010 4:27 pm
Harvey, the Kennedy car was generally expensive.
Along with two limousines in the series, they sold at premium and were usually sought after. Are you sure they re-issured them? The one that Ebay is full of is a partworks car made by Norev.
02/07/2010 5:19 pm
It's Donohue, not Donahue
02/07/2010 11:57 pm
Thanks Phil, mea culpa.
03/07/2010 3:36 am
Albert - This was announced in a Minichamps weekly newsletter
03/07/2010 2:49 pm
That Auto Union is indeed a beauty
In fact it looks so good that members of another forum I am on wondered at the accuracy of the picture/description on the Minichamps site. However a couple of pics on the Modellismo site show that indeed it does look that good. The Wires are the best Minichamps have ever done imo. Certainly one for the want list.
03/07/2010 4:00 pm
The 917/30 is slightly different....
I was in contact with someone at Minichamps a while back, and pointed out to them that no one so far had gotten the covered rear wing supports on the tail. Everybody (including Minichamps' first version) had the exposed rear wing framework under the wing, which I believe was only used at the first race at Mosport. They said they would correct this small item, and sure enough they did. I saw the set for the first time today and was very impressed by it. Both are as they were raced by Mark at Riverside in 1973 (the IROC cars at the finale at Daytona had larger markings to be seen easier from a distance).