Leigh’s Diecast Diary

There was certainly an exhilarating atmosphere at Brands Hatch at the weekend, with James Toseland riding out of his skin to take his first ever double victory in World Superbikes.

In Hungary the atmosphere must have been distinctly more controversial, thanks to the Alonso-Hamilton qualifying row. It does look as though a McLaren driver will be taking the title this year though, as 20 points in just six races is surely too much for either Raikkonen or Massa to make up. We’ll see.

Anyway, diecast. Today Exoto announced a 1:18 Alain Prost 1990 Ferrari 641/2 in a carbon fibre finish (Product Code - GP97107). Now that Exoto has discovered this carbon fibre effect they are certainly getting their money’s worth out of it, what with the Mansell FW14B (Product Code - GP97114) and now this Prost Ferrari.

We’re not sure as to whether the Ferrari actually took to the track in anger though, or if this is how it would have looked in the windtunnel or at the factory before it had its livery applied.

By the way, this diary is now slightly more cutting edge in that you can now click on the product codes within the entries to go straight to the items that I am talking about!