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.