Newsletter 528: On fire!!!

Set of hood latches with pin for 1/12 scale models. Includes a total of 12 closures made of resin by 3D printing. It includes 4 different positions of the closure lock so that you can give more realism to your models, by not repeating the same configuration in all the closures.

Decals for the decoration of the Porsche 934 RSR used in the last championship race of the SCCA Trans-American Championship held in 1976 at the Canadian circuit of Trois-Rivieres, where George Follmer with the number #16 not only won the race, but also was crowned the winner of the championship. We especially love the work and definition of the decoration travellers cheques. Great job! This reference can be used with Tamiya and Revell models.

Set of 500 button head hex socket screws with diameters of 1.0mm, 1.1mm, 1.2mm, 1.3mm and 1.4mm (100 units of each of the different sizes), with which to detail any part or piece of your models where these types of screws are found.

Decal to use on the Kyosho mini-Z Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 white body (MZN148). This set of decals allows you to reproduce the #54 car of the AF Corse team that participated in the 2013 edition of the 24 hours of Le Mans in the LMGTE Am category.

Decal to use on the Kyosho mini-Z Porsche 962-LH white body (MZN301). This set of decals allows you to reproduce the Porsche 956 #16 "Skoal Bandit" that participated in the 1983 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, achieving the fifth final position.

Decal to use on the Kyosho mini-Z Mercedes AMG GT3 white body (MZN198). This set of decals allows you to reproduce the decoration used by the #33 car of the Riley Motorsports team that ran the 2018 season in the IMSA WeatherTech Championship.

Hypercars are in fashion, and their arrival is relaunching the prototype category, with more and more brands involved. But one draws powerful attention, especially for its performance, the Glickenhaus. Profil24 has decided to reproduce its most recent model, the SC G007, in resin, starting with the version that participated in the 24 hours of Le Mans in 2022. And from what we see in the images, it is very advanced. All a success for lovers of prototypes!

Modern Formula 1 cars have carbon fiber as a fundamental component. And what happens to your Fujimi kit of the McLaren MP4/6? Are you going to paint it black and now? Are you going to be able to not use these beautiful carbon weaves from Studio27, with all the patterns for the different pieces and with different wefts and fiber types? Spectacular work by Studio27.

Just what your Tamiya McLaren MP4/13 kit was missing, a decal sheet with all the carbon fiber patterns and weaves to make it look just like it did on the racetracks in the 1998 season. Are you going to be able to miss this new opportunity to get hold of these beautiful carbon wefts from Studio27?

Two complete decals sheets with carbon fiber patterns for the cockpit, engine areas, monocoque, spoilers, and many many more. Stop trimming carbon fiber decals by hand and indulge yourself using these perfectly fitting ones from Studio27.

Set of OZ flat type rims suitable for your Toyota Celica ST185 tarmac builds, taking as a base the 1/24 Tamiya kit. This rims were mainly used in the 1992 session, when Carloz Sainz becomes world champion for second time. The set comes with five units, so spare wheel for the car's interior is included.

Set of OZ flat rims suitable for your assemblies of asphalt versions of your Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V, based on the Hasegawa 1/24 scale kit. This set reproduces the 16-inch wheels with slick tires, and includes a pair of ventolins for the front wheels. This set is suitable for decorations sponsored by Fina and other Lancia Deltas of the same year.

Set of OZ flat rims suitable for your assemblies of the asphalt versions of your model of the Deltona, using the Hasegawa 1/24 scale model as a base. This set reproduces the 17-inch wheels with slick tires used from the 1993 season onwards. Does not include ventolins as they were banned in that 1993 season. This set of rims is perfect for Esso Grifone, Marlboro and many other team liveries from the 1993 season and later.

Set of 8-arm Speedline rims with gravel tires for your Nunu model of the Peugeot 306 Maxi. Although its greatest successes were always on asphalt, different examples of this car can be found competing in gravel rallies, such as that of the Portuguese driver Adruzilo Lopes in the Rally de Portugal from the 1996 to 1999 season. For those versions, KMP has created this set with the correct hubs for a perfect coupling to your model, including five complete wheels. Each rim measures 26.5mm in total diameter and 8.5mm in tire width.

Set of five OZ rims with gravel tires designed for your assemblies of the gravel rally versions of the 1/24 scale kit of Hasegawa's Lancia Delta Gr.A.

Set of OZ flat rims designed for your builds of many of the tarmac versions of your Hasegawa 1/24 scale kit of the Mitsubishi Galant VR4 Gr.A. This set reproduces the 17-inch rims with slick tires, and includes ventolins for the front wheels, with small neodymium magnets that allow, if desired, to remove them or put them on the rims.

Set of button head hex socket screws of the following diameters (and quantities): 1.5mm (x80ud), 1.7mm (x80ud), 1.9mm (x76ud), 2.1mm (x68ud), 2.3mm (x68ud) and 2.5mm (x68ud). ), with which to detail any part or piece of your models where these types of screws are found.

Set of 600 button head hex socket screws with diameters of 0.4mm, 0.5mm, 0.6mm, 0.7mm, 0.8mm and 0.9mm (100 units of each of the different sizes), with which to detail any part or piece of your models where these types of screws are found.

A single single-seater lined up the Honda team for 9 of the 11 rounds of the Formula 1 World Championship in 1967, starting the season with the RA273, which was replaced from august by the RA300, with which it achieved the best result of the season in the Italian GP, where John Surtees took victory, in what was Honda's second victory in F1.

Model Factory Hiro delights us with the 1/12 scale reproduction of the car with which Rosemeyer was proclaimed champion of Europe in 1936. A season of four races, where he got the victories in the grand prix of Germany, Switzerland and Italy, having to leave in Monaco. Its impressive 16-cylinder V-engine had increased its displacement to 6 liters, delivering 520 hp. A model in which various materials are used, such as white metal, resin, photo-etched parts, turned metal parts, rubber tires, decals and various cables. The rims, the dashboard clocks, the fuel cap and the end of the silencer are made of turned aluminium. The front and rear top covers can be removed, allowing a full view of the finished interior detailing. The kit is based on the version used at the 1936 German GP.

Cream yellow color tone used in the vehicles sponsored by the Q8 oil company, such as the works Ford Sierra Cosworth gr.A of the 91 season. It is the perfect tone to decorate the D.Modelkits kit.

Model Factory Hiro re-edited for a limited time this wonderful 1/12 scale model: rims come fully broken up, with each part individually chromed; the engine, cast in white metal, includes even fully operable pistons and connecting rods; tyres are rubber made, and the body is molded in perfectly injected white resin. Despite failing to win the Le Mans 24 Hours, which went to the #6 Ferrari 330, the result for the 250 GTOs was certainly impressive, taking the other two podium positions with the cars #19 and #22.

Model Factory Hiro has re-edited this wonderful 1/12 scale model kit for a limited time. The rims are completely exploded, with each part separately chromed; the engine, made of white metal, includes even fully operable pistons and connecting rods; the tires are made of rubber, and the body is molded in perfectly injected white resin. An incredible scale kit that will undoubtedly make history, just like this version that won the 1964 Tour de France Automobile ahead of another 250 GTO. Total dominance!

Model Factory Hiro re-edited for a limited time this wonderful 1/12 scale model: rims come fully broken up, with each part individually chromed; the engine, cast in white metal, includes even fully operable pistons and connecting rods; tyres are rubber made, and the body is molded in perfectly injected white resin. An incredible scale kit that will certainly make history, just like this version did by winning the 3 hours of Daytona in 1963.

Impressive 1/12 scale kit full of details in different materials, such as resin, white metal or turned metal, of the Ferrari 312B3 with which Niki Lauda won his first Grand Prix at the Spanish Jarama circuit in 1974. A piece of history, with which to enjoy modeling.

Now that almost all of us fans know that Carroll Shelby won the 24 Hours of Le Mans before having to put aside his racing career and go on to manage teams full time, what better than being able to build the car at 1/12 scale with which he achieved such a feat, and with all the details and quality that MFH is capable of printing on its models? A marvelous model, made up of white metal parts, resin, photo-etched parts, turned metal, rubber tires, decals, and of course a wide variety of cables that allow the maximum representation of the original vehicle. Spectacular!

With such a detailed model, it will be necessary to remember how to adjust the valve tappets, how to measure the piston rings or how to set the timing. Impressive exploded view of the Cosworth DFV engine, as well as the rest of the model, with rarely seen details such as the movable side skirts used in the real model to increase and maintain ground effect. The tires not only come pre-painted with the manufacturer's logos, but also have the rest of the tire information in relief. Simply amazing!

More than 80 years have passed, but it is still a beautiful car, and it showed that beauty is not given up by competitiveness, with many victories in speed races, such as the Mille Miglia between 1936 and 1938, to which we must add the one from the year 1940... and with doublets and triplets! MFH brings us this marvel of the technology of its time in a model with great detail, some as striking as the multi-spoke wheels. A perfect combination of high quality resin parts for the bodywork and interior and white metal for the mechanical parts and chassis that will make you enjoy every last piece.

There are movies that mark times, like Top Gun, and if not, tell the Moto GP rider Maverick Viñales. Its name comes precisely from this film, and in it its protagonist, played by Tom Cruise, rides a beautiful Kawasaki GPZ900 with some stickers that make it unique. For motorcycle and movie lovers, Blue-Stuff has recreated this decoration for the 1/12 scale model of Aoshima. And as a detail, in this set the decals for the license plate of the Kawasaki H2 used in the second part are included as an extra. Sparkly!

Decal sheet with the decorations used on the Honda RC213V during the Moto GP pre-season tests of the 2015 season, with Nicky Hayden as main rider. Different logo options for days one and two of the Qatar tests, or those held in Malaysia. A small resin piece is included for communications that is located on the rear tail.

Decal sheet with the complete decorations for the three official riders of the Suzuki Moto GP team during the 2019 and 2020 seasons.

Decal sheet with the complete decorations for the two official riders of the Suzuki Moto GP team during what will be, for the moment, the last season of Suzuki in Moto GP, that of 2022. It includes some useful guides to manufacture and place the masks necessary for painting the fairing before applying the decals.

Gauloises logos to decorate the model of the Yamaha YZR-M1 as it ran in various races in the 2004 season. The numbers that appear next to each of the decals correspond to those that they replace in the Tamiya kit instructions.

Here are the logos of the sponsors not included in the re-editions of the Tamiya kit. You no longer have an excuse to leave your model without them!

Metallic Gray tone from the Tamiya Color Lacquer Paint range, consisting of a fine lacquer as used in the sprays of the brand. They have the main advantage of drying in a short time and offer a high strength finish. The bottle includes 10 ml of paint.

A new issue of Komakai Fast Guides series, covering with a wealth of exquisite photographs every detail of the McLaren F1 GTR Long Tail sponsored by Fina that raced at the Le Mans 24 Hours. Featuring 32 full colour A5 size pages with images of the interior, bodywork, mechanical parts, lights and aesthetic details.