AUSTRALIA - NOVEDADES DE LA SEMANA EN BIANTE MODEL CARS

New Spark, Minichamps, TopSpeed & Bizarre Announcements   Today we have over two dozen new items to announce from our agency brands. Coming from Spark is the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour-winning Porsche 911 GT3 R in 1:18, the 2019 Monaco GP winner in 1:18 & 1:43, and the 2017 Le Mans-winning Porsche 919 Hybrid in giant 1:12 scale. In 1:43 scale there's some Peugeot TCR & Dakar Rally cars, some classic racing support vehicles plus from their highly-detailed 1:64 range come the two Toyota TS050 Hybrids that placed 1st and 2nd at the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hour race. TopSpeed have announced five new 1:18s: a Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1, two Aston Martin Vantages and a pair of Honda/Acura NSX GT3s. Over at Minichamps there are six 2019 Monaco GP cars in 1:43, including Hamilton (1st), Bottas (3rd), Grosjean, Magnussen, Albon & Kvyat. Finally at Bizarre they have announced an earlier version of the seminal Porsche 64 and another Land Speed Record car, the Thunderbolt of Capt. George Eyston. You can click on any of the below images or the red banner to view or pre-order these items on the Apex Replicas website or just get in touch with your favourite Biante stockist.

Spark 1:18 Porsche 911 GT3R 2019 Bathurst 12 Hr Winner Above: 18AS008 - 1:18 Porsche 911 GT3 R - #912 Campbell  / Olsen / Werner - Winner, 2019 Bathurst 12 Hr

1:12 Porsche 919 Hybrid 2017 Le Mans Winner Above: 12LM17 - 1:12 Porsche 919 Hybrid - #2 Bernhard / Hartley / Bamber  - Winner, 2017 Le Mans 24H

1:18 & 1:43 Mercedes-AMG W10 EQ Power+ #44 Lewis Hamilton 2019 Monaco GP Winner   Above:  Mercedes-AMG W10 EQ Power+ - #44 Lewis Hamilton - Winner, 2019 Monaco GP To be modelled in 1:18 (18S460) and 1:43 (S6087)

1:43 TCR Touring Cars Peugeot 308 TCR     Above:  Peugeot 308 TCR Presentation, Geneva Salon 2018 (to be modelled in 1:43 as S5196) Also coming: S5197 - #4 Julien Briche - 1st, TCR Europe Race 2, Spa-Francorchamps 2018

1:43 Dakar Rally Above: S5626 - 1:43 Peugeot 3008 DKR - #306 Sébastien Loeb / Daniel Elena - 3rd, Dakar Rally 2019 Other Dakar vehicles coming:

1:43 Commercials   Above Left: S6000 - 1:43 Morris Commercial PV Van - Elva Race Support  - 1947 Above Right: S2697 - 1:43 Ford Transit - Team Lotus - 1973

1:64 Toyota TS050 Hybrid 2018 Le Mans Winner & Runner-Up   Above: Y133 - #8 Buemi / Nakajima / Alonso - Winner, LM18 / Y134 - #7 Conway / Kobayashi / Lopez - 2nd, LM18

Minichamps 1:43 2019 Monaco GP F1 Cars   Above: Mercedes-AMG W10 EQ Power+ - #44 Lewis Hamilton - Winner, 2019 Monaco GP (to be modelled in 1:43 as 417190644) Other 2019 Monaco GP cars coming in 1:43 from Minichamps: Bottas (3rd)       Grosjean         Magnussen           Albon                 Kvyat

TopSpeed 1:18   Above: Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 in Shadow Grey Metallic To be modelled in 1:18 (TS0148) Other 1:18 Cars to come from TopSpeed Aston Martin Vantage & Honda / Acura NSX GT3

Bizarre 1:43   From Bizarre come two unusual subjects. The first is the Porsche Type 64, held by many as the seminal car from the fledgling manufacturer. Three cars were made in hand shaped aluminium by the bodywork company Reutter. One was destroyed early in WWII and another, placed in storage by the Porsche family, was discovered by American troops in May 1945 which ultimately led to its scrapping after they seized the engine while joyriding. The last remaining Porsche 64 was owned by Ferry Porsche who had it restored by Battista Farina in 1947. In 1949 it was sold to the Austrian motorcycle racer Otto Mathé and with it he won the Alpine Rally in 1950. Below it has been modelled after an Austrian event in 1949. Above: B1056 - 1:43 Porsche Type 64 - Internalionale Osterreichische Alpenfahrt 1949 - #143 Otto Mathé   Between 1937 and 1939, the competition for the Land Speed Record was between two Englishmen: Captain George Eyston's Thunderbolt and John Cobb's Reid-Railton. Thunderbolt's first record was set at 312.00 mph (502.12 km/h) in November 1937 on the Bonneville Salt Flats, but within a year Thunderbolt returned with improved aerodynamics and raised its record to 345.50 mph (556.03 km/h) in August 1938.  This record only stood for a matter of weeks before Cobb broke the 350 mph (560 km/h) barrier and raised it to 353.30 mph as Eyston watched. This inspired him to take Thunderbolt to a new record of 357.50 mph (575.34 km/h). Cobb had held the record for less than 24 hours. Eyston and Thunderbolt held the record for almost a year, until Cobb took it again at a speed of 369.70 mph (594.97 km/h) on 23 August 1939. This was the last record attempt before the outbreak of WWII. Although Cobb returned after the war and further developed his car to exceed 400 mph (640 km/h), Thunderbolt never attempted the record again. Above: B1064 - 1:43 Thunderbolt Land Speed Record Car - George Eyston - Bonneville, August 1938

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