Miniatures News, July 1979
We described recently a fine Rolls-Royce model that can be made from a Revell plastic kit. New car models from Revell include a Porsche 928 Rally, a 1979 Ford Turbo Capri and a Ford Mustang with trailer and two “wet” bikes, typifying the latest American craze in watersports. All these kits make up into models of 1 :25 scale, the respective prices are £2.75, each for the first two kits, £3.85 for the Mustang kit. The reference numbers are, respectively, H7205, H7206, and H7401. The makers are Revell (Great Britain) Ltd., Cranbourne Road, Potters Bar, Herts., EN6 3JX.
In this year of the British Bugatti owners’ Club Golden Jubilee GP Models of Radlett have brought out another 1/43 scale metal kit of a Bugatti. This latest kit is of the 1924/26 Boat-bodied type 30 sports tourer. It has the characteristic pear-shaped rad., tall fuel tiller, rear-mounted spare wheel, the tool box on the off-side running board, V windscreen etc. etc.
Other Bugatti miniatures from the same well-known source cover types 35, 55, 57S and the 1913 “Black Bess” – W. B.