28 November 2010
Here are the new releases from Minichamps for week 47/2010: 1/12 Bikes: - HONDA CB1100R – 1982 – BLUE/RED/WHITE 1/18 F1 Cars: - RENAULT F1 TEAM – CAR # 11 – SHOWCAR 2010 L.E. 1002 pcs - RENAULT F1 TEAM – CAR # 12 – SHOWCAR 2010 L.E. 1002 pcs 1/43 Race Cars: - BMW [...]
16 November 2010
Some months ago, Spark announced it would make the 2010 F1 cars of Sauber, Virgin, Lotus and HRT. A few weeks ago, the Virgins of Timo Glock and Lucas di Grassi were released and now the big question is: Are they better than Minichamps? At a first glance I would say: YES! The detail on [...]
21 June 2010
A new announcement was made by Minichamps today. After cancelling the minor teams of 2010, Lotus, Virgin, HRT, Minichamps decided to make the Sauber C29 of both Kobayashi and De la Rosa together with both the Williams FW32 of Barrichello and Hulkenberg. All four models will be made in 1/43 only.
17 June 2010
Dear visitors of Diecastnewsandchat.com, did you know that in our forum we have several reviews on diecast with lots of photos taken of the specific model? This might help you to convince yourself to buy a certain model! For instance, take our latest addition to the review section. Today we added a photo review of [...]
12 June 2010
Spark is known for their excellent quality models. They have been making many classic cars as well as the nowadays DTM and Le Mans cars. But now they announced that they will be making the 2010 Lotus T127 in 1/43 and 1/18 scale! At this moment a release date wasn’t given yet, but this will [...]
10 June 2010
The long awaited Audi R8 LMS models by Spark in 1/18 are finally out! This car is a real racer, great looks, great sound, great performance! Spark has made four different versions so far. These are: - Audi R8 LMS, No.97, 24 ADAC Nurburgring 2009 (black car) Luhr – Abt – Hemroulle – Kaffer - [...]
10 June 2010
Here are this week’s Minichamps releases week 22/2010: 1/6 Road Bike: - KAWASAKI 900 Z1 ´SUPER 4´ – 1973 – GREEN/YELLOW 1/12 Road Bike: - NORTON COMMANDO 750 FASTBACK – 1969 – SILVER 1/18 Road Car: - OPEL REKORD P1 – 1958 – YELLOW/WHITE 1/43 F1 Car: - MERCEDES GP – MICHAEL SCHUMACHER – SHOWCAR [...]
10 June 2010
AUTOart is currently working on a classic Porsche race car, the 1:18 PORSCHE 908/2 GREEN PARK SEBRING 1970 SECOND POSITION #48 S.MCQUEEN / P.REVSON. Scale of the model will be 1/18, and looking at the first photos, it looks stunning! Only questions that many collectors have is why the prices of AUTOart’s models have gone up [...]
10 June 2010
With the return of Michael Schumacher, Minichamps have already made three versions of the 2010 Mercedes GP Showcar 1/43 and two versions of the 1/18 version. It is up to you to decide if this is a bad or a good situation. The good news however is that Minichamps picked it where it left with the [...]
10 June 2010
a new brand in diecast world is True Scale Miniatures. They started with the beautifull replica of the Porsche 935 K3 Le Mans cars from the early 80′s. When they announced they would be making the most ugly beautifull weird F1 car ever, the Tyrrell P34 6-wheeler, in 1/43 and 1/18 everybody knew it would [...]