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Cyber Monday... and 95

One of the most anticipated moments of the e-commerce year has arrived: the CyberMonday. Yaaaayyyyy! And at SpotModel we have decided to celebrate it with you, selling 95 products on our website at a very attractive price (ending in "and 95 cents") for a limited time: just 95 hours.

Outlet by SpotModel

Of the many shelves that we have at SpotModel, today we want to tell you about one in particular that we call Outlet, where we lovingly store all the products that have suffered some type of cosmetic damage before arriving at our facilities. They are usually scale models that have a slightly bruised box (for instance a damaged corner or a broken seal), paint jars that are stained, spray cans that have a broken cap, books that have some damage on the cover... All of them are just external damages, but the important thing is that the product is in perfect conditions of use.

Flying elephants

Have you ever seen an elephant flying? Even more, have you even heard it doing so closely? Those of us who have had the opportunity to see elephants fly and listen to them up close can confirm that they are truly brutal machines.

Dreams Matter

Before reading on, we recommend that you turn up the volume on your speakers and watch this exciting video without a blink :)

Volkswagen T2

It's been a few months since the supply of USCP products stopped due to the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia, but little by little we are finally getting back to normal. With many difficulties, but joining efforts, normal activity is being restored and currently the logistics are beginning to be moderately operational. So we are very happy to say that we have been able to restore USCP supplies to our warehouse. :D

Kreidler

Motor racing has become nowadays way more technical, up to really high levels, and there are only a handful of brands that have enough engineering power and properly sized pockets to be able to continue developing cutting-edge racing machines. But a few years ago things were very different, there were many "garage brands", many small manufacturers and many small engineering teams who were capable of manufacturing really fast and efficient devices. In this big bag of brave brands there is one based in Germany that we especially like: Kreidler.

On the crest of the wave

We have to insist one more week: the very clear market trend towards the production of parts using 3D printers is unstoppable. For some years now, almost all manufacturers have used this technology to produce the "master" of their parts, prominent brands such as Model Factory Hiro have included small parts produced by 3D printing for a long time, or some manufacturers such as Decalcas already make all their products using these modern and sophisticated techniques.

3D printing even for the prizes

We had already commented in a previous newsletter that last weekend the first edition of the Toral de los Vados Scale Modeling Contest was being held. So we grabbed a few SpotModel stickers, the SpotModel sweatshirt, the SpotModel signature book and a SpotModel box with samples of products for sale at our store, and off we went. :)

Like an actual 917

We love cars and that is why we build scale models, just as we love details, and that is why we want our builds to have as much detail as possible, to be as faithful as possible to reality. In plastic injection kits this is a problem due to the technological limitations that greatly condition the manufacture of the parts.

RS3 + RS4

If you read RS3 or RS4, it is normal that your mind quickly thinks about Audi. But, if what you like above everything else is Formula 1, then you will be thinking about the Williams Renault FW14 and the FW14B. And this is because the first of them raced the 1991 season and part of 1992 with the Renault RS3C engine, upgrading later to the RS4 engine, both with 3500cc in V10 configuration.