In theory, as long as you have available space (and money!), you don’t need anything else to collect 1:43 cars. However, after you get serious about the hobby, maybe you should put together a toolbox. There are a few items that definitively will make your life easier. Not many, and everything cheap and easy to find.
To find out what you need, clickety-click HERE.
According to Jalopnik, Lamborghini will have a car in LMDh. Therefore, there finally may be a Raging Bull racing as a factory effort at Le Mans! Looks like it will use the same chassis and engine as Porsche and Audi (built by Multimac), however with different bodies, of course.
In June I was bemoaning about Lamborghini NOT having a race heritage. So, will the cars from Sant’Agata Bolognese finally become born-and-bread racers?
Hope so.
1966 Porsche 910 #39 Pilots: C. Poirot, P. Maublanc Team: Christian Poirot Race: 9th overall (1st in S 2.0) at Le Mans in 1969 Spark - S3468 (resin)
Review HERE
2004 Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello #66 Pilots: A. Menu, P. Kox, T. Enge Team: Prodrive Racing Race: 11th overall (GTS class) at Le Mans in 2004 BBR - BG271 #12/50 (resin)
Review HERE
I’m a HUGE fan of Christian von Koenigsegg’s masterpieces. The Jesko is the latest. Unveiled in the 2019 Geneva Auto Show, according to him it’s almost ready for production. On the video above he shows a little bit more of the beast, and it’s just flabbergasting. Honestly, I don’t think you can go more bonkers than this.
Until very recently, I had four models of Hachette’s “24 Hours of Le Mans Cars Collection”. These models are diecast and all partworks (pw), however they’re made by Spark. When I got these four, despite being pw models, I was quite happy with the series. I felt that for the price they had a superior value for the money. However, I recently got two more. And now, I have to say I’m not as favorable to the series as I initially was 🤨. If you head to the original page I added an update explaining why.
2013 Aston Martin Vantage GTE #97 Pilots: D. Turner, J. Adam, D. Serra Team: Aston Martin Racing Race: 17th overall (1st in LMGTE-Pro) at Le Mans in 2017 Spark (pw) - HACHLM10 (diecast)
Review HERE
1976 BMW 3.5 CSL #43 Pilots: D. Quester, A. Krebs, A. Peltier Team: BMW Motorsport GmbH Race: DNF (Group 5 class) at Le Mans in 1976 Ixo - LMC150 (diecast)
Review HERE.
What makes a model “good”? And conversely, what characteristic (or lack of) makes a model “bad”? Being overly simplistic, the answer would be accuracy. If the model accurately represents the real car in scale, it is a good model. In other words, in 1:43, if you recreate the real car 43× smaller you have an accurate model. However, model manufacturers not always can shrink every detail of the real car. Furthermore, some details have more significance in the collector’s eye.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche once said “the devil is in the details”. Even though shape and proportions are paramount, some details are more important then others. With that, the presence or absence of a specific detail makes or breaks a model. If you want to understand what I’m talking about, click HERE.
It started! One of the best car events of the year is live! Until Sunday (07/11) you can watch it live from the link above. And best of all, free! 🏁🏁🏁
