Diecast/Models Le Mans 1:18 Winners

**Craig** · 5 Mar 2005, 10:51 (Ref:1243172)

Hello
I have picked up the Le Mans winners from 1998 up to 2002 in 1:18 diecast off of eBay when there's been a bargain to be had. Now I'm wanting to bring it up to date by adding the 03 and 04 winners. Can anyone suggest the best place to buy the Bentley as this never seems to come up on eBay? Also is the Audi Team Goh 04 winner available anywhere and if not is it a planned release?

Ta.

luke · 5 Mar 2005, 11:01 (Ref:1243180)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Craig

Hello
I have picked up the Le Mans winners from 1998 up to 2002 in 1:18 diecast off of eBay when there's been a bargain to be had. Now I'm wanting to bring it up to date by adding the 03 and 04 winners. Can anyone suggest the best place to buy the Bentley as this never seems to come up on eBay? Also is the Audi Team Goh 04 winner available anywhere and if not is it a planned release?

Ta.

Craig - link to 1:18 Bentley speed 8

**Craig** · 5 Mar 2005, 11:36 (Ref:1243211)

Thanks Luke but I was hoping someone could suggest somewhere I could get it at a sensible price

Besides I cannot stand GPL.

luke · 5 Mar 2005, 11:50 (Ref:1243225)

Alex Reade

jna · 6 Mar 2005, 12:03 (Ref:1244381)

Only Maisto have released the previous three Audi Le Mans winners in 1/18, and I don't think that the 2004 car has been issued -yet. May be worth asking them if and when?

John

JAG · 6 Mar 2005, 21:49 (Ref:1244997)

I would expect the R8s to be re-issued by someone like AutoArt or Minichamps a few years down the line, when the Maisto license runs out, seeing as the cars are very significant and the likes of the Gulf and Champion cars were never released by Maisto.

BTW all of the Le mans winners from the 80s and early 90s will be released soon from Minichamps, Exoto and Autoart.

Heres the Mazda 787B

http://rotarynews.com/node/view/471

iucrmh · 6 Mar 2005, 22:29 (Ref:1245036)

Quote:

Originally Posted by jna

Only Maisto have released the previous three Audi Le Mans winners in 1/18, and I don't think that the 2004 car has been issued -yet. May be worth asking them if and when?

I'm afraid that someone on another board heard directly from Maisto that the 2004 winner won't be produced. There is however a conversion kit for converting the 2002 winner apparantly but it's more expensive than the model!

C6R Racing Fan · 10 Mar 2005, 13:51 (Ref:1248540)

I'd suggest everyone go to some of the major diecast maker websites and send them email/feedback about making more 1/18 scale ALMS/LMES/LeMans diecast cars. I have. I try to send them an email weekly, and suggest certain cars. 1/43 scale is nice, but I like my cars to have some size and detail to them! Heck, for what you pay for the 1/43s you might as well be getting 1/18 anyway.

There are so many good cars that are unavailable in this scale.

-Ferrari 550s/575s (Labre, Care Racing, Barron Conner, Raf Olive Garden, etc)
-Saleen S7Rs (Konrad, Acemco, Graham-Nash, etc)
-Dyson Lolas
-Panoz LMP open cockpit
-Panoz GT
-Porsche GT3RSR (Alex Job, Racer's Group, etc)
-Audi R8 (Champion Racing, '04 Winner GOH, Velouqx, Gulf, etc)

and on and on and on.......

http://www.maisto.com/contact.asp
http://www.autoartmodels.com/pages/others/indexcon.htm

JAG · 10 Mar 2005, 20:50 (Ref:1248942)

I would suggest e-mailing Spark Models asking them to build the 1/18 models you list.

I've had an e-mail from them suggesting they will enter the 1/18 market at the end of the year.

As you will know Spark have a fantastic range of Le Mans cars in 1/43rd scale.

AutoArt will make the GT3-RSR's, while BBR are rumoured to be making the 575/360 GT cars.

**Craig** · 24 Jun 2006, 16:47 (Ref:1640366)

Time to dredge this one back up from the depths

Spark are definately producing 1:18 models now - I picked up a very nice 1:18 2005 LM winning Champion Audi last weekend. And they are apparently going to finally bring the 2004 winning Goh car to market also.

So I now have the following winners cars:

1966 McLaren/Amon/Grossman/Gurney Ford GT40
1969 Ickx/Oliver Ford GT40
1995 Dalma/Lehto/Sekiya Mclaren F1 GTR
1998 McNish/Ortelli/Aiello Porsche 911 GT1
1999 Dalmas/Winkelhock/Martini BMW V12 LMR
2000 Biela/Kristensen/Pirro Audi R8
2001 Biela/Kristensen/Pirro Audi R8
2002 Biela/Kristensen/Pirro Audi R8
2003 Capello/Kristensen/Smith Bentey EXP Speed 8
2005 Lehto/Kristensen/Werner Audi R8

Now it gets silly - the Sauber/Jaguar/Mazda models are beautiful but horribly expensive

**Craig** · 24 Jun 2006, 17:23 (Ref:1640388)

The following 1:18 LM winners are available if my research is correct:

1953 Rolt/Hamilton - Jaguar D Type - Car no 18 - Autoart 85387
1955 Hawthorn/Bueb - Jaguar D Type - Car no 6 - Autoart 85586 (coming soon)
1966 McLaren/Amon/Grossman/Gurney - Ford GT40 - Car no 2 - Universal Hobbies J3019
1969 Ickx/Oliver - Ford GT40- Car no 6 - Universal Hobbies J3008
1970 Attwood/Hermann - Porsche 917 - Car no 23 - Autoart 80032/Universal Hobbies UH3046
1971 Marko/Van Lennep - Porsche 917 - Car no 22 - Universal Hobbies
1983 Schuppan/Haywood/Holbert - Porsche 956 - Car no 3 - Minichamps PM180-836903
1988 Lammers/Dumfries/Wallace - Jaguar XJR9LM - Car no 2 - Exoto GT0104
1989 Mass/Reuter/Dickens - Sauber C9 - Car no 63 - Exoto RLG18196
1991 Wiedler/Herbert/Gachot - Mazda 787B - Car no 55 - Autoart 89144
1995 Dalmas/Lehto/Sekiya - Car no 59 - Mclaren F1 GTR
1998 McNish/Ortelli/Aiello - Porsche 911 GT1 - Car no 26 - Maisto
1999 Dalmas/Winkelhock/Martini - BMW V12 LMR - Car no 15 - Maisto 38882/Kyosho KY08533A
2000 Biela/Kristensen/Pirro - Audi R8 - Car no 8 - Maisto 3899
2001 Biela/Kristensen/Pirro - Audi R8 - Car no 1 - Maisto 38626
2002 Biela/Kristensen/Pirro - Audi R8 - Car no 1 - Maisto
2003 Capello/Kristensen/Smith - Bentey EXP Speed 8 - Car no 7 - Autoart 80353
2004 Ara/Capello/Kristensen - Team Goh Audi R8 - Car no 5 - Spark S1801 (Coming soon)
2005 Lehto/Kristensen/Werner - Champion Audi R8 - Car no 3 - Spark S1800

Please post any amendments/additions. Thanks!

AllonFS · 26 Jun 2006, 13:05 (Ref:1641611)

1953 Jaguar C Type - Autoart. (You ought to know this Craig, you were standing next to me when I bought it

)

1955 Jaguar D Type - Autoart. Slated for release this year.

1970 Porsche 917k - Autoart (discontinued) Universal Hobbies. Autoart is vastly superior model.

1971 Porsche 917k - Universal Hobbies

I have seen Ferrari 250/275s but not sure if they are specific Le Mans winners. I would also guess there must be some 1/18 1920s Bentleys out there.

If anyone knows if the D Type is available and where I could get one I would really appreciate it. Same goes for the Autoart 1970 Porsche. Needs to be sensible £s though, £40-£50/model is my max.

iucrmh · 26 Jun 2006, 13:25 (Ref:1641625)

1968 Ford by Eagles Race (I think)
1952 Mercedes by CMC.

The 1983 Porsche 956 unfortunately comes with Racing Decals rather than Rottmans, so I'd give that one a miss.

**Craig** · 26 Jun 2006, 15:09 (Ref:1641706)

Ooops, yes, I totally missed that one, Allon!

And thanks for the updates also - I suspect it's gonna get very expensive soon...!

I am kicking myself about now as I managed to miss out on an very well priced eBay auction for the Mazda 787B...

Ref the Rothmans/Racing decals on the 83 Porker, I have seen them available with the Rothmans logo on and I will definately be looking for this - the Racing one is horrific!

**Craig** · 7 Jul 2006, 17:09 (Ref:1650392)

I have been very naughty today. I have just bought both the 1970 and 1988 winning cars to add to my 1:18 collection

Baaaad Craig!

**Craig** · 7 Jul 2006, 17:34 (Ref:1650405)

And here is an update after having chatted to someone over the weekend. There are still a lot of gaps but things are looking better for those of us who would love a complete run!

1952 Lang/Riess - Mercedes SL - Car no - CMC
1953 Rolt/Hamilton - Jaguar D Type - Car no 18 - Autoart 85387
1954 Gonzalez/Trintignant - Ferrari 375 Plus - Car no 4 (announced - release date unknown)
1955 Hawthorn/Bueb - Jaguar D Type - Car no 6 - Autoart 85586 (coming soon)
1959 Shelby/Salvadori - Aston Martin DBR1 - Car no 5 - Exoto (announced - LONG overdue - possibly canned?)
1961 Gendebien/Hill - Ferrari 250TF61 - Car no 10 - Red Line RL005B (announced - release date unknown)
1966 McLaren/Amon/Grossman/Gurney - Ford GT40 - Car no 2 - Universal Hobbies J3019
1969 Ickx/Oliver - Ford GT40- Car no 6 - Universal Hobbies J3008
1970 Attwood/Hermann - Porsche 917 - Car no 23 - Autoart 80032/Universal Hobbies UH3046/Eagles Race
1971 Marko/Van Lennep - Porsche 917 - Car no 22 - Universal Hobbies/Eagles Race
1982 Ickx/Bell - Porsche 956 - Car no 1 - Minichamps PG826901 (announced - release date unknown)
1983 Schuppan/Haywood/Holbert - Porsche 956 - Car no 3 - Minichamps PM180-836903
1988 Lammers/Dumfries/Wallace - Jaguar XJR9LM - Car no 2 - Exoto GT0104
1989 Mass/Reuter/Dickens - Sauber C9 - Car no 63 - Exoto RLG18196
1991 Wiedler/Herbert/Gachot - Mazda 787B - Car no 55 - Autoart 89144
1995 Dalmas/Lehto/Sekiya - Car no 59 - Mclaren F1 GTR
1998 McNish/Ortelli/Aiello - Porsche 911 GT1 - Car no 26 - Maisto
1999 Dalmas/Winkelhock/Martini - BMW V12 LMR - Car no 15 - Maisto 38882/Kyosho KY08533A
2000 Biela/Kristensen/Pirro - Audi R8 - Car no 8 - Maisto 3899
2001 Biela/Kristensen/Pirro - Audi R8 - Car no 1 - Maisto 38626
2002 Biela/Kristensen/Pirro - Audi R8 - Car no 1 - Maisto
2003 Capello/Kristensen/Smith - Bentey EXP Speed 8 - Car no 7 - Autoart 80353
2004 Ara/Capello/Kristensen - Team Goh Audi R8 - Car no 5 - Spark S1801 (Coming soon)
2005 Lehto/Kristensen/Werner - Champion Audi R8 - Car no 3 - Spark S1800

**Craig** · 8 Jul 2006, 14:36 (Ref:1650890)

Oh, hell, now someone has put the 787B on eBay... urgh. This could be an expensive week

**Craig** · 11 Jul 2006, 21:38 (Ref:1653912)

Now I REALLY have to stop. I have just bought the Mazda

So that's three this week... (the Jag is absolutely stunning tho!)

**Craig** · 13 Jul 2006, 16:08 (Ref:1655472)

If the Jag was stunning then the Mazda is simply gorgeous! Very, very impressed.

Knowlesy · 13 Jul 2006, 17:52 (Ref:1655536)

I really want that Mazda......my favourite LM car and a great model.

I just can't part with money just yet!

**Craig** · 13 Jul 2006, 18:06 (Ref:1655553)

Money is such a bummer. Or, more to the point, the lack of money! But it just makes these little purchases all the more rewarding when we finally get our hands on them.

**Craig** · 21 Jul 2006, 18:20 (Ref:1661681)

I see that the 1954 car is now being advertised by GPL. Not that that necessarily means anything... they have a habit of promoting new models waaaay in advance of their relese. The shocking thing is the price. A cool 190 quid!! What an absolute shame as it looks stunning in the photo

**bella** · 22 Jul 2006, 00:38 (Ref:1661864)

as a complete n00b when it comes to models... how do they justify that much money for a model? i mean, the costs to make it - one would assume it's hand painted or something for that much!

JAG · 22 Jul 2006, 04:13 (Ref:1661930)

The Exoto models are expensive, but the likes of the XJR-9LM are worth it.

I also have 3 Exoto Sauber C9's and the AA Mazda.

I'll pass on the Minichamps 956's as Exoto have announced they'll produce them.

JAG · 8 Aug 2006, 19:24 (Ref:1677844)

New Spark Audi R8's:-

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/3290/trioaudivd1.jpg

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