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1 // JANIS JOPLIN PORSCHE 356C BY TRUESCALE MINIATURES PRICE £66.95 MATERIAL Resincast QUALITY  VALUE 

You read the feature in last month’s

Octane, now buy the model… Truescale has done a fine job of replicating the original’s psychedelic paintwork.

2 // BENTLEY VAL D’ISERE BY GLM PRICE £100.95 MATERIAL Resincast QUALITY  VALUE 

Even by the standards of rich Eurotrash, yellow paint and a burgundy/yellow interior shows a shocking lack of taste – but this is a quality model of the Robert Jankel Design 4WD Bentley estate.

3 // FERRARI 250 GTO BY

MG MODEL PRICE £131.30 (kit £55.45) MATERIAL Resin handbuilt QUALITY  VALUE 

A Ferrari that isn’t red is always intriguing, and this Italian handbuilt (one of just 25) depicts Peter Sutcliffe’s entry in the 1965 Spa 500km. The casting is a little heavy but it’s not bad value.

4 BY // SPARK MERCEDES PRICE F1 £50.95 W06 MATERIAL Resincast QUALITY  VALUE 

Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes one-two victory in the 2015 Australian Grand Prix, and Spark’s model of his winning car has all the finesse we’ve come to expect.

5 // ASTON MARTIN V12 ZAGATO

BY EIDOLON PRICE £219.95

MATERIAL Resin handbuilt QUALITY  VALUE 

It’s undeniably expensive, but this Japanese handbuilt has extremely fine detail and is almost impossible to fault.

6 // SQUIRE 1.5 DHC BY MATRIX

PRICE £77.95 MATERIAL Resincast QUALITY  VALUE 

Coinciding with the history of Squire that was our ‘Book of the Month’ last issue comes this gorgeous model of a 1937 Squire bodied by Corsica. The real car sold for almost a million dollars in 2012.

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7 // MICKEY THOMPSON CHALLENGER 1

BY REPLICARZ PRICE £242.95

MATERIAL Resincast handbuilt QUALITY  VALUE 

Measuring 13 inches long, this is a substantial and beautiful model of the LSR car, which achieved 406.60mph at Bonneville in 1960. There’s even full cockpit detail – not that you can see it!