Leigh’s Diecast Diary

No, Minichamps haven’t announced a Kubica ‘First Win’ special yet! Can you guess what the theme was of all the questions we got asked today?! As ever, as soon as anything is confirmed, it will be featured in the diary straight away!

We received the new Minichamps delivery today, which had a couple of new 1:18 releases on it, Fernando Alonso’s 2007 McLaren MP4/22 (DC2701), and Gardner’s 1992 Jagermeister liveried DTM BMW M3 (PG922020).

In 1:43 scale the headliner was Kubica’s 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix BMW F1.06 with ‘Thanks Michael’ on the back of the rear wing (DC26417B). I’ll be surprised if we have any of those left by the end of the week! There was also Christian Klien’s 2006 Honda RA106 testcar (DC26411TK), and Peter Muecke’s 2005 Zolder Ford Capri 3100 RS (P058000).

We also received a couple of 1:18 Kyosho samples, so hopefully that means that the models themselves are not too far away. These were the red Audi R8 (KY9213R), and the 2004 Spa Ferrari 575 GTC (KY8393A).

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

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

 

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

1/12 Aprilia 125 CCM 1996 #46 V. Rossi - Minichamps
1/12 Rossi Riding Figure - Sachsenring 2006 - Minichamps
1/43 Honda RA106 Test Car 2006 R. Barrichello - Minichamps
1/43 BMW F1.06 Brazilian Grand Prix 2006 #16 N. Heidfeld - Minichamps
1/43 Super Aguri SA06 2006 #22 T. Sato - Minichamps
1/43 Toro Rosso STR2 2007 #19 S. Speed - Minichamps
1/43 Renault Showcar 2008 Car #6 - Minichamps
1/18 Audi TT Cabriolet 2006 Black - Minichamps
1/43 Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage 1961 #6 R. Penske
1/18 Mercedes CLK DTM Cabriolet 2005 Silver - Kyosho
1/18 Mercedes CLK DTM Cabriolet 2005 Red - Kyosho
1/18 Aston Martin DB Mark 3 Cabriolet 1958 Grey - Yat Ming
1/18 Aston Martin DB Mark 3 Cabriolet 1958 Red - Yat Ming
1/43 Vauxhall Vectra VXR BTCC 2007 #5 F. Giovanardi - Oxford Diecast

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