Models
1:18, Minichamps, £179.99
The long-established German model manufacturer Minichamps has been promising to produce a 1:18 Rover SD1 for a few years, and it has finally arrived in three colours: blue, silver and red. As with so many large-scale releases now, this is a sealed resin body casting without opening features, but this results in more accurately scaled shutlines and the crisp miniature perfectly captures stylist David Bache’s Ferrari Daytona-inspired design.
The standard of detailing is excellent, with plenty of photo-etched parts, in particular the interior. Racing versions are scheduled to follow later, but frustratingly only in German Touring Car liveries. We’d love to see Minichamps release some of the colourful British team versions, such as Andy Rouse’s 1984 BSCC winner, the 1983 ex-soper/metge RAC TT victor, or any of Tom Walkinshaw’s successful FIA team cars. 1:18
1 Matrix’s 1966 Bugatti T101C Ghia Exner roadster, £302.99
2 Minichamps’ 2013 Porsche 918 Spyder, £169.99
3 Minichamps’ ex- Kox/ravaglia/ Helary 1997 Le Mans Mclaren F1 GTR, £169.99
4 Schuco’s Porsche 356A coupé, £144.99
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5 Matrix’s 1954 Rolls-royce Silver Wraith LWB Vignale, £104.99
6 Matrix’s 1929 Rolls-royce Phantom I Barker tourer, £107.99
7 Spark’s 1954 Le Mans Cunningham C4-R, £53.99
8 Spark’s 1985 ex-michèle Mouton Pikes Peak Audi Sport quattro S1, £53.99
9 Spark’s ex-james Hunt 1975 Dutch Gp-winning Hesketh 308B, £53.99
10 Spark’s ex-colgate/hawkins 1961 Le Mans Austin-healey Sprite, £53.99
11 Matrix’s 1952 Porsche 356 America Roadster, £89.99
12 Spark’s ex-collins/macklin 1952 Le Mans Aston Martin DB3, £53.99
13 Matrix’s 1973 Daimler Double-six, £104.99
14 Matrix’s 1931 Cord L-29 Special Lagrande, £95.99
15 Spark’s ex-james Hunt 1973 Monaco Grand Prix March 731, £53.99