1982 Lola T610 Pilots: B. Redman, J. Adams, R. Kent-Cooke Team: Cooke Racing Race: DNF (C) at Le Mans in 1982 Bizarre - BZ 357 (resin)
Review HERE
REVIEW – 1982 Lola T610 #17
Author: LUWerner
Le Mans, 1972
Found this vintage film (20 minute long) from the 1972 Le Mans race. Image quality is not very good, but the 70s psychedelic rock sound track makes up for that 🎸. But above all, it was nice to see all those cars in race.
REVIEW – 1981 Porsche 924 Carrera GT #1
1981 Porsche 924 Carrera GT Pilots: J. Barth, W. Röhrl Team: Porsche System Engineering Race: 7th overall (1st in GTP) at Le Mans in 1981 Spark - S0984 (resin)
Review HERE
360º pit stop footage
Found out this short video by accident this morning. You can see a pit stop from the 24 Hours of Spa in 2016, when GT-R NISMO GT3 #22 comes in for fresh tires. With the camera suspended above the pit area, you can control its point of view.
First time I ever saw a pit stop from these angles. Neat 😎.
REVIEW – 2011 Pagani Huayra
New camera!!!
Last month I wrote about my new dioramas, since I thought that my old track diorama was not good anymore. I even mused that the next upgrade would have to be a new camera, since my old Nikon D90 is by now totally dated. A great camera, but released in 2008, so it just can’t stand up to current hardware. AND, it’s a cropped-sensor camera, so the resolution isn’t the best. But since good cameras are far from cheap, specially a full-frame one, I thought it would take a while.
However, my adorable wife and my dad (!) teamed up and got me a new one for my birthday 🥰. And not just any new camera, but possibly one of the best ones available right now, the Sony A7III!!! The A7III is one of Sony’s professional mirrorless full-frame models, with features that I never dreamt of. With a Zeiss 24-70mm lens it’s a true powerhouse.
Boy oh boy 😊!!! Now I need to learn how to use all those features.
1934 Tripoli Grand Prix
I talked a little about the Tripoli Grand Prix and the Italian lottery when I reviewed the W165. In fact, I even mentioned that there was a story about how the lottery was rigged. Well, Aidan Millward released a very nice video about that infamous episode in 1934.
REVIEW – 1986 Porsche 962C #1
1986 Porsche 962C Pilots: D. Bell, J. Stuck, A.Holbert Team: Porsche AG / Rothmans Race: 1st overall (C1) at Le Mans in 1986 Spark - MAP02028613 (resin)
Review HERE
PW from Spark. Wait, what?
In 2019 Hachette released a pw series with Le Mans cars. No big deal there, since a lot of the pw editors release regularly a Le Mans series. However, this series was different. Why? Because Spark was making the models!
So that meant we would get Spark-good models at pw prices? Really?!? Well, not exactly. You can read more here.
REVIEW – 1998 Nissan R390 GT1 #32
1998 Nissan R390 GT1 Pilots: A. Suzuki, K. Hoshino, M. Kageyama Team: NISMO Nissan Motorsport / TWR Race: 3rd overall (GT1) at Le Mans in 1998 Spark (pw) - ? (diecast)
Review HERE