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The Rouse Sierra is the first release from Biantes own mold. There also doing the Brabham/Moss Torana from Bathurst in 1976. Apparently they are very very good. The Johnson/Bowe car that visited the UK & stirred things up is next.
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I think the newish CEO of Biante, Chris Roche, is looking to expand his market share to a wider market & not be dependent on other makers for non Australian cars. The recent signing of Jack Brabham & Stirling Moss to Biante & the choice of a Sierra as the first mold seem to indicate that.
They are releasing Peter Brock Mobil M3s later in the year as well as the JPS Frank Gardner team version, but I don't know if it's their own mold or not. |
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The '88 Silverstone TT version? Excellent!
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If Biante are going to go it alone using their own tooling and moulds then they're exactly the right firm to get a Rover out there surely? There must be a reason why Minchamps and AutoArt haven't done one, and I can only presume that it was something to do with licensing issues when a certain Mr Walkinshaw was alive or maybe the model makers don't actually know who would grant them permission. It can't be a case of zero interest can it? |
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http://www.biante.com.au/product_24359.htm And the #3 Championship winning JPS sponsored car from 87 driven by Richards.. http://www.biante.com.au/product_24598.htm |
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Ask regular contributor to the Aus forum nivola.
He has Biante sources. |
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Yeah I plumped for the Tom/Win car too....
There's also an ETC Spa version imminent as well, some store in the US is taking pre-orders? |
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Yes I've seen preproduction photo of the Spa car & it has the correct satin finish on the speedline ? wheels, however at Spa they used a BBS type mesh pattern wheel IIRC. The Spa chassis is also the Bathurst winner, bloke in Melbourne owns it now.
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Now you mention it, you're right, the Spa cars did have those wheels, but may not have had them all race. IIRC TWR ran both types at some events, like the TT when Tom had the BBS's on late in the race having started on the 'usual' ones. I presume they kep the BBS's on from 1983 as spares?
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the Speedlines(?). Were these designed specifically for the TWR Jags? I don't remember other teams using anything similar, and IIRC they're not dissimilar in styling to one of the designs of alloys used on the production cars at one point http://www.flickr.com/photos/mendama...57625798580441 and these-http://www.flickr.com/photos/mendama...57625798580441 (they're not unlike these used on the Rovers...) http://www.flickr.com/photos/mendama...57625798580441 (and sometimes a mix of the two...!) http://www.flickr.com/photos/mendama...57625798580441 as well as the BBS http://www.flickr.com/photos/mendama...57623605216598 and I'm sure I've seen a pic recently somewhere showing a 1984 XJS on a mixture of Speedlines and BBS.... |
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The Speedline/BBS mixture might be a figment of my imagination (I've looked at quite a few XJS pics recently!), but, just to thicken the plot even further, take a look at Rich Harman's 1984 TT grid pics here (towards the bottom of the page) Note the different wheels on the #1 & #3 cars.... Another variation!?
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Is the third variation possibly a plate that bolts on over the Speedline wheel for brake temp ? & your not seeing things mate, a Speedline /BBS combo on the very first picture on your last link.
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Thanks for those pics David, got mine middle of last week as well. Very pleased with it although I got hammered with a 32 quid import duty!!!
Worth it as a one-off purchase though! |
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I don't know if the actual 'supplier' in the article was AutoArt? I knew Biante had a licensing agreement or similar with them but wasn't sure if this actually involved the production or casting of the models as well or wether that was a separate entity in China that did that under contract for AutoArt or both? |
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I know very little about AutoArt or Biante, but did AutoArt do their manufacturing in-house, or was it contracted out to a third party in China?
For example, in the model train business, Hornby's manufacturing since the late 90's was actually done under contract by a company called Sanda Kan in China- Sanda Kan got into financial trouble a while back (and ended up being taken over by Kader, the parent company ironically of Hornby's major UK competitor, Bachmann...) and IIRC quite a lot of new Hornby product ended up being delayed by the upheaval. Last edited by KA; 3 Nov 2011 at 18:26. |
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The factory was not Autoart, however it was the factory that also manufactured for TSM. TSM moved to recover their molds, however Biante did not. Biante lost the molds for the Brabham cars, the Moss cars & the Sierras. Perhaps they will be able to purchase from the receivers some of the molds as their V8SC molds will be of little use to anyone else.
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