1964 CD Panhard LM64 #45 Pilots: J. Allen, J. Canal, W. Stevens Team: S.E.C.A CD Race: DNF (P 3.0 class) at Le Mans in 1964 Spark - S5072 (resin)
Review HERE
1964 CD Panhard LM64 #45 Pilots: J. Allen, J. Canal, W. Stevens Team: S.E.C.A CD Race: DNF (P 3.0 class) at Le Mans in 1964 Spark - S5072 (resin)
Review HERE
2021 ORECA 07 #65 Pilots: J. Allen, J. Canal, W. Stevens Team: Panis Racing Race: 8th overall (third in LMP2 class) at Le Mans in 2021 Spark - S8255 (resin)
Review HERE
2021 ORECA 07 #24 Pilots: G. Aubry, P. Kelly, S. Trummer Team: PR1 Motorsports Mathiasen Race: DNF (LMP2 class) at Le Mans in 2021 Spark - S8240 (resin)
Review HERE
1992 905 Evo 1 Bis #1 Pilots: D. Warwick, Y. Dalmas, M. Blundell Team: Peugeot Talbot Sport Race: 1st overall (C1 class) at Le Mans in 1992 Spark - 43LM92 (resin)
Review HERE
2021 ORECA 07 #21 Pilots: H. Hedman, B. Hanley, J. P. Montoya Team: DragonSpeed Race: 18th overall (first in LMP2 Pro/Am class) at Le Mans in 2021 Spark - S8237 (resin)
Review HERE
Published 01/16/23
No, you are not seeing double. The photo above is also not a half-assed clever trick of photography. I really do have two X84. And why would somebody buy two units of the exact same model? Because that somebody is clumsy and stupid 😣. I bought the first X84 #52 in early November last year, and was very happy with it. As usual, as soon as it arrived, I removed it from the box for inspection and placed it on my display shelves. A few days later I got it out from the display to photograph it. Just like I always do. Just like I have done for years and years.
And that’s when disaster came to town. While setting it up for the first(!) shot, I dropped it 😫. Almost 20 years collecting models and I dropped a model (no, really). I was paying attention to the camera and not the model, and I placed it to close to the edge of the track diorama. Physics being physics, it fell off and crashed to the tiled floor about 100 cm below. Meanwhile, I looked on dumbfounded, torn between smacking myself once or smacking myself twice.
Since it is a resin model, as you can see on the pics above, it cracked in the middle. The seats snapped off, as did the number plate’s lights on the side. The seats I recovered, yet I never found the lights. I thought about fixing it, however that would demand a full repaint. And that, unfortunately, is outside of my (meager) modeling skills. Besides, I would also have to fabricate new lights somehow and buy or fabricate decals. With all that, I decided against it.
So I had two options: bin it and forget about the X84 #52 or get a new one. I really liked the model, and I already had done all the research and written the review. So I went back to eBay and fortunately found a second one, also brand new. And as painfully expected, more expensive than what I payed on the first one 😤. As always, stupidity doesn’t come for free, it always has a price.
So there you have it, kids. Pay attention (don’t be stupid) or pay the price 😣.
1950 Monopole Tank X84 Panhard #52 Pilots: J. de Montrémy. J. Hémard Team: Ets. Monopole Race: 22nd overall (second in S750 class) at Le Mans in 1950 Bizarre - BZ045 (resin)
Review HERE
Oh boy… Things are looking EXCITING for 2023! 🤩🤩🤩
Though I only watched yesterday (🙄), WEC posted this some two weeks ago. Almost an hour long, it shows the highlights of the 2022 season. With that, each race receives a little bit of coverage, so all in all it gives a good idea of how was 2022. However, they don’t focus much on the smaller teams. Basically, they talk about Porsche, Toyota (duh!), Corvette and Ferrari, and just a little on LMP2 (mainly WRT and Jota). I definitively would like to see more on the small teams, specially Glickenhause.
I think that concurrently they also released a “behind the scenes” video called Unmasked. This one is 41 minutes-long, and again, almost nothing on the small teams. Even so, still nice to see some of what happened at the garages and paddocks.
Do I have all the Gulf 917? Not even close. Missing from that shot is one of the Gulf 917LH from 1971. It could be either the#17 or #18, I would be happy with either one – I’m not picky. And of course, the 1971 Daytona winner… The problem is that all three are hellishly rare to find, specially the Daytona car 😣. I’m aware that there are quite a few other 917s in Gulf colors, however the Le Mans cars and the Daytona one (because of the story of that race) are the ones I really covet. Lets hope that Spark reissue those, like they did with the 917K #20 and very recently with the winning 1933 Alfa. If Spark did, a LOT of collectors would go ballistic with joy (like yours truly). Besides, I’m certain they would sell like hot cakes.
Come on Spark! Pretty please? 🍀