Leigh’s Diecast Diary

Today Exoto announced an exciting new replica, in the form of the 1:18 #25 Nissan R89C of Geoff Brabham, Chip Robinson and Arie Luyendyk from the 1989 Le Mans 24 Hours (GT88100). This was from a time when manufacturer interest at Le Mans was probably at its height, with Sauber-Mercedes, Porsche and Jaguar also all competing at the same time. As Exoto have only just announced this model, and knowing their average lead time, it will be interesting to see if we see this released before Christmas 2008!

Exoto also suggested that we might (that’s might!) see the 1988 Daytona 24 Hour winning #60 Castrol Jaguar XJR9 of Martin Brundle, Raul Boesel, John Nielsen and Jan Lammers (GT0105) in time for this Christmas.

Welcome to the sixth Leigh’s Diary Vidcast, reviewing all the new diecast replicas that were released last week.

As always, I have listed the products below that have been featured in this week’s vidcast. Keep the comments rolling in. You will need quicktime installed to view the video on this post.

 

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These are the products featured on this week’s podcast:

1/18 Porsche 997 GT3 RS - AUTOart
1/18 Porsche 996 GT3 RSR ‘Pink Pig’ Zolder 2006 - AUTOart
1/18 Porsche 996 GT3 RSR Flying Lizard ALMS 2006 - AUTOart
1/18 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet - Minichamps
1/43 Audi R10 #2 Le Mans 2006 - Minichamps
1/43 Gary Paffett 2007 DTM Mercedes - Minichamps
1/43 McLaren MP4-98T 2-seater - Minichamps
1/35 Centurion Tank - Minichamps
1/18 Ferrari 575 GTC - Kyosho
1/18 Ferrari 308 GTB Paris Launch - Kyosho
1/18 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 #64 Le Mans - Kyosho
1/18 Fiat 131 Bachelli 1977 - Kyosho
1/18 Ferrari 375 Plus Carrera Panamerica 1954 - BBR
1/18 Ferrari F430 Challenge #411 - Mattel
1/18 Jim Clark 1961 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato - Yat Ming
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