Leigh’s Diecast Diary

Unsurprisingly, we had a flood of requests today for Valentino Rossi ‘100th Grand Prix win’ subjects from Minichamps!

I think a figure with ‘100’ flag has to be a given but, considering that Minichamps haven’t even confirmed any ‘standard’ 2009 Moto GP replicas yet, an announcement on this could be some way away yet. It would also be great to see that huge banner replicated which had photos of all of Rossi’s career wins on it, but I’m not sure how practical that would be, because even at 1:12 scale it would probably be over a metre in length!

The best news would be if Rossi was to run a special colour scheme in Laguna Seca this weekend to commemorate his fantastic achievement. He’s due one, as his last special was over a year ago now!

Anyway, in terms of present diecast news, CMC today sent us a pre-production sample of their next 1:18 subject, the Audi 225 Roadster in red/white (CMC075C). In truth, it’s not the most popular CMC replica we have ever marketed, but Audi have commissioned it to celebrate their centenary, so I’m sure they’ll have made it worth CMC’s while! As you would expect, the extremely high levels of detail more than match up to CMC’s previous releases.

Welcome to the eighty first Leigh’s Diary Vidcast, the first episode filmed in a brand new studio located in a multi-million-dollar complex in Los Angeles. As much as the webcasts have grown in recent months, Leigh is still all about the diecast…and maybe some Red Bull gear on the side. In the brand-new studio this week, we are brought new releases from AUTOart, Minichamps, Spark and Shelby Collectibles. There’s also an exclusive look at CMC’s Audi 225 Roadster, built to commemorate Audi’s 100th anniversary.

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The replicas featured on this weeks podcast are;

1/18 Mercedes C Class DTM 2007 #1 B. Schneider - AUTOart
1/18 Mercedes C Class DTM 2008 #3 B. Spengler - AUTOart
1/18 Mercedes C Class DTM 2007 #6 M. Hakkinen - AUTOart
1/18 BMW Z4 Coupe ADAC Cup 2006 #676 - AUTOart
1/18 Lamborghini Espada Gold - AUTOart
1/12 Suzuki Katana - AUTOart
1/43 McLaren MP4/4 1988 #12 A. Senna - Minichamps
1/43 BMW M3 GTS Nurburgring 24hr 2008 #10 - Minichamps
1/18 McLaren MP4/5 1989 #1 A. Senna - Minichamps
1/43 Ford GT 2006 Orange/Blue - Minichamps
1/43 Mercedes 220S 1956 White/Grey - Minichamps
1/43 Smart Fortwo Cabriolet 2007 Black - Minichamps
1/43 Ford Mondeo 2007 Dark Blue - Minichamps
1/18 Audi R10 1st Le Mans 2008 #2 - Spark
1/43 Sunbeam Speed Record Car 1927 - Bizarre
1/18 Porsche 935 K3 Le Mans 1980 #42 - Truescale Miniatures
1/18 Aston Martin DBR1 1st Le Mans 1959 #5 - Shelby Collectibles
1/18 Audi 225 Roadster 1935 Red/White - CMC

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