Tecnomodel has announced several 1:43 replicas of the 1958 Ferrari Dino 246 Formula One car. 1958 was a momentous, albeit tragic, season for Ferrari, as Mike Hawthorn won the world championship. He may have ‘only’ taken one victory, in the French Grand Prix at Reims, but five runner up spots allowed him to secure the title from Vanwall’s Stirling Moss by a solitary point. Tecnomodel will be replicating both Hawthorn’s French GP winning machine, and his second placed machine from the season finale at Morocco, when he made history by becoming the first ever British Formula One world champion.

Stirling Moss scored a famous victory in the 1955 Mille Miglia with Denis Jenkinson sat alongside him, ‘Jenks’ having been widely credited with inventing pace notes on this event.

One of Minichamps’ most exciting new releases is bound to appeal to collectors of both Formula One and MotoGP replicas! It is the 1:12 two bike and riding figure set for Valentino Rossi and Lewis Hamilton, from their famous ‘Ride Swap’ at the Valencia circuit in Spain towards the end of 2019.

One of Tecnomodel’s many recent exciting new 1:18 releases is of a pre-war subject. It is the 1932 Alfa Romeo P3 Tipo B, and there have been versions produced for two of the greatest pre-war racing drivers; Rudolf Caracciola and Tazio Nuvolari.

Now in stock are Spark’s 1:18 ‘specials’ commemorating Lewis Hamilton’s victories in last year’s British and Russian Grands Prix. Taking them chronologically, we’ll start with Lewis’s British GP winning Mercedes F1 W12 from Silverstone. The 2021 British Grand Prix was certainly a dramatic affair. Even in the Saturday sprint race there had been a sensational first lap battle between Hamilton and Verstappen, which paled in comparison to the first lap of the grand prix itself.

Minichamps has just released one of its most significant subjects of recent times, in the form of its 1:18 replica of Niki Lauda’s 1984 Formula One world championship winning McLaren MP4/2. For many collectors, this will be their first opportunity to add this model to their 1:18 F1 world champions collection.

One of the most exciting pieces of model car news over the summer was Tecnomodel’s announcement that it will be producing the first ever 1:18 replicas of the infamous BRM V16 Formula One car from the 1950s. Collectors have been clamouring for a 1:18 rendition of this machine for well over a decade. There will be four different versions.

We have just received Tecnomodel’s two new 1:18 replicas of the Lotus 40 that the outstandingly talented Jim Clark raced in 1965. These new offerings come complete with a driver figure sat inside the cockpit.

The McLaren team was already the subject of a lot of hype before the 2021 Monaco meeting had even started, with the late announcement that it would be running a one-off livery in the race. And not just any one-off livery, but one inspired by one of the most iconic motorsport paint schemes of all time; the light blue and orange of Gulf!

Minichamps’ 1:18 replicas of the two different Mercedes AMG GTR Safety Cars from the 2020 Formula One season have just been released. These are the ‘standard’ silver version that was used for the majority of the year, and the example in the celebratory red livery that commemorated Ferrari’s 1,000th world championship start in the Tuscan Grand Prix at Mugello. Of course, both feature the new-for-2020 'WeRaceAsOne' and 'F170' graphics.

In the run up to Christmas, Minichamps provided us with its 1:18 and 1:43 replicas of George Russell’s Mercedes F1 W11 from the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix. They are limited editions of 1,002 and 1,416 pieces respectively.

We recently received AUTOart’s 1:18 replica of the awesome McLaren Senna, in no less than four different colours. Officially these are Trophy Mira Orange, Vision Victory Grey, Stealth Cosmos Black and Vision Pure White.

Now in stock is AUTOart’s 1:18 replica of the Bugatti Chiron Sport, in French Racing Blue, Italian Red and Rafale Grey.

The drivers’ World Rally Championship was held for the first time in 1979, with a manufacturers’ contest having been run since 1973. It would be a closely fought affair, as Bjorn Waldegard defeated Ford team-mate Hannu Mikkola by just a single point. IXO has recently released 1:18 replicas of both drivers’ Ford Escort Mk.II RS 1800s from that season, along with one for their occasional team-mate Roger Clark.

IXO has just released its 1:18 replicas of the 2019 Toyota Yaris WRCs. These are the cars that were driven by that year’s World Rally Champion Ott Tanak and British favourite Kris Meeke.

We’ve always loved Tecnomodel’s commitment to replicating, in 1:18 scale, every racing Ferrari that has ever graced the earth, and we couldn’t be more thrilled that they have extended that dedication to the British Lotus team as well. The Italian’s latest announcement is the Lotus 21, which has never been produced in this scale before.

MCG has just announced that it will be replicating the iconic Ford Escort Mk.II RS 2000 in 1:18 scale.

AUTOart’s latest new 1:18 release is the stunning Lamborghini Aventador SVJ in matt green.

Collectors of Lewis Hamilton replicas were absolutely spoiled for choice as 2021 came to a close, with a whole host of subjects released for the seven-time Formula One world champion. One of these was Bell’s half-scale offering of his 2021 Mercedes helmet, which was an instant sell-out with the model manufacturer. At the time of going to press, we only had a dozen examples left on the shelf.

Now in stock is one of the most hotly anticipated models of the year, which is Minichamps’ 1:18 replica of Lewis Hamilton’s winning Mercedes F1 W11 from last year’s Eifel Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.