Newsletter 162: Do you want to avoid it? :)

Driven by the recently deceased swedish rally myth Bjorn Waldegaard, with Hans Thorszelius as co-driver, this Porsche 911 SC group 4 tuned by Almeras brothers raced at the 1982 Montecarlo Rally. The kit includes a detailed engine and tons of resin parts and photoetches.

Here's the famous Porsche Ricard that collected lots of victories in the Italian national rallies championship in the early 80's driven by Nicola Busseni. Tuned by Orlando Redolfi, this Arena kit recreates the winning version of the 1981 Mille Miglia Rally co-driven by Bassi. Inside the box, you'll find a great resin kit with the usual Arena quality.

If you want to properly build the MP4/8 and know how looked its parts, its carbon fibres, its colors, etc... here's the ultimate photographic guidefrom the "Ultra Detail Guides" by Komakai. Nothing less than 92 DIN-A5 size pages with full colour photographs covering every tiny detail of the actual car. You won't find any better documentation for your kit!!

This RB10 kit driven by Vettel in Canada includes white metal pieces, pad printer rubber wheels, photoetches and an endless count of small details and parts. You''ll also find two replicated decals sets inside the box, but don''t feel too overconfident since it's not possible to deliver spare decals for this kit.

You'll find almost six pounds worth of parts inside this wonderful black box from Model Factory Hiro. Bodyworks made of immaculate resin, rims mechanized in turned metal, rubber wheels, an endless list of photoetches and metal parts, several decals sheets… this kit is pure madness!

Inside the box you'll find a good pile of pieces for building one of the most beautiful cars of the last years. Gulf decoration is very nicely developed, with a thorough decals sheet and every detail you could need, and the kit also includes photoetches.

Here's the absolute winner Porsche of 1987 Le Mans 24 hours, recreated in 1/43 scale with great detail. Inside the box you''ll find turned metal parts, white metal pieces, photoetches, and all the magic of the wonderful multimedia kit from this Japanese manufacturer.

Modern Formula 1 have the carbon fiber as a fundamental component. And what happens to your scale model? How could you not use these precious carbon fibre patterns that Studio27 has just reissued for a limited time?

The No. 39 issue of Racing Pictorial Series by HIRO is focused on the Grand Prix 1968 F1 season. From the death of the symbolic driver Jim Clark, the rising of the Ford Cossworth DFV engine, the aerodynamics parts such as the high wings debuts, to the sponsorship from tobacco companies, this year is one of the turning point of the motorsports history.

Alclad chrome is one of the most interesting colours. Why? Because there isn't a single car or bike without a single chromed part, right? The color comes already prepared for airbrush use, and for the best results we recommend its application always over a black paint coat as glossy as possible: the glossier that coat, the better the final results. It is a 30ml bottle.

This product is intented for clearcoating those pieces that require a high gloss with the thinnest possible clearcoat layer. Including two bottles (a 100ml clearcoat bottle, and a 50ml bottle of hardener), mixing glasses and english and spanish instrucctions, allowing you to reach even better results than with the clear coat pack ZP-3006 from Zero Paints.

So... what is the big deal about this kit? Lots of things! One-piece bodywork, fully detailed interiors, rubber printed glasses, awesome fittings, hundreds of parts, ... Haven't you read our "Quickie" about this kit at SpotModel blog yet?

Designed by PitWall in France and printed by Cartograf with silk screen and offset.

Two decoration from two different rallyes, the first one corresponding to the Bohemia rally winner driven by Kopecky, and the other corresponding to the second place at the Barum rally driven by Wiegand. Two very interesting versions in glossy red, a not very usual hue in today WRC races.

This kit includes fully detailed anti-roll bars, interior, chassis and suspension, as well as photoetches for the grid, pedals, air intakes and a few more parts. The decals are printed in Italy by Cartograf, and include Goodyear and Vaillant logos (even the bunny).

Have you ever built a half-painted and half-finished car? That's exactly how this Ferrari looks, half-painted and half-finished, but that's completely ok since it's the test version with unfinished bodyworks and decorations. Besides that, that's an excelent multimaterial kit from Renaissance, featuring a fully detailed engine, Borrani premounted rims, and lots of photoetches, resins and white metal parts.

Fully designed using computer assisted 3D tools, this new white metal kit by This Way Up will totally take you to the races at the 70's. Inside the box, you have everything you need to recreate the green Tom Pryce's version.

The rims used by the Porsche 911SC tunned by Almeras and several other teams that raced mainly in rallies during the 80 years . Rims measure 12,8x19,5mm and 13,3x19,5mm, and tyres measure 12,4x25,8mm and 14,1x27,5mm.

The first appearance of Carlos Sainz with the new Celica bodyworks was at the Montecarlo rally 1992, and you can now recreate such decoration on your Tamiya kit with this Studio27 decals, also featuring number pads for Makku Alen and Armin Schwarz, and tobacco logos in an independent sheet.

One win at the Portugal rally, and a second and third place at the Montecarlo rally, make this decal absolutely essential for your Tamiya kit. It belongs to a limited edition, so don't let it go.

Finally this Revell classic kit gets reedited, now with decals printed in Italy. The kit includes a fully detailed engine, as well as a renewed decals sheet. If you want to go even further in detailing, don't forget to add the Scale Productions transkit to your model and improve the rims, wipers and some other pieces. Bodyworks measure 175mm long by 80mm wide, and a 107mm wheelbase (distance between axles).

By a hair didn't Delecour win the Tour de Corse 1992 with this gorgeous car that you can finally build with this Renaissance kit, made in resin and featuring a good pile of photoetches. The kit also offers you the posibility of using two different numbers, and the interior comes fully detailed, needing just some paint and your expert modeling hands to bring it to life.