Reviews, March 2007
1 LSR Stanley Steamer
£88.15 hand-built
The amazing shape of the Stanley Steamer is well captured in this 1:43-scale resin model. The real thing hit an astonishing 127mph at Daytona in1906.
Visit www.grandprixmodels.com
Tel: 01727 845645.
2 Aston Martin DBR9
£2750 hand-built
Amalgam’s 1:8-scale model of Aston’s 2006 Le Mans entry is pricey but nicely detailed. This is the Enge/Piccini/Turner car; the other DBR9 is also available.
Visit www.amalgamcollection.com
Tel: 01243 842760.
3 Fiat 8V Coupe
£30 die-cast
Highly detailed 1:43 model from Bizarre of the aerodynamic V8 coupé which Lurani and Mahé drove at Le Mans in 1953.
Grand Prix Models, as above.
4 Ferrari 248F1
£2750 hand-built
Another wonderful 1:8 miniature from Amalgam. Schumacher’s mount comes in four variants as raced at different tracks in 2006. Contact details as above.
5 Barnato Bentley
£26.95 die-cast
A nice ready-built in 1:43-scale of Woolf Barnato’s Gurney-Nutting-bodied 6½-litre Bentley – the car once thought to have beaten the Blue Train. Grand Prix Models, as above.
6 Cisitalia 202 Mille Miglia
£60.30 hand-built
The sweeping Coupé Aerodynamica which competed on the 1948 Mille Miglia. Contact Grand Prix Models, as above.