GRAN BRETAÑA - NOVEDADES MARZO 2019 DE MRE

MRE Slot News  NEW IN STOCK Nice new arrivals this week from SCALEXTRIC and PRE-WING. SCALEXTRIC sent us some nice Limited Edition cars with a weathered finish. The McLaren F1GT Uneo Clinic is the car that won the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1995. The Ford GT40 Gulf cars are the Le Mans 1968 team cars, and of course the # 9 car won that race as well. Limited availability, so grab one while you can. S-C4103 McLaren F1GT Ueno Clinic Ltd Ed weathered S-C4104 Ford GT40 Gulf # 9 LM68 Ltd Ed weathered S-C4105 Ford GT40 Gulf # 10 LM68 Ltd Ed weathered S-C4106 Ford GT40 Gulf # 11 LM68 Ltd Ed weathered PRE-WING sent us the latest releases in their resin bodyshell kit range. First we have the Ferrari 250 GTO 64 Maranello bodyshell kit, if you are familiar with the real car you will see that this one is on steroids with the extra scoops and vents, not previously modelled as this version it is a nice one for classic sports car racers to build up. PW-CS001 Ferrari 250 GTO 64 Maranello resin bodyshell kit We also had our first delivery of the Rover V8 Vitesse bodyshell kits. The yellow Hepolite car is well known as the BTCC drive of Steve Soper. He also drove the white Mobil car in the Australain Hardie 1000 Bathurst race with Ron Dickson. We have more Rovers on the way soon, PRE-WING are just waiting for a few parts before they can make the next delivery. PW-TT007 Rover V8 Vitesse Hepolite resin bodyshell kit PW-TT008 Ropver V8 Vitesse Mobil resin bodyshell kit DUE TO ARRIVE I hope you are sitting down to read this - the THUNDERSLOT McLaren M6 cars are arriving on Friday ! There are some new SCALEXTRIC cars on the way, the Aston Martin DB5 black, the Team Truck Gulf, and the SR McLaren F1 Alonso. We also have an NSR delivery on the way, should include the Porsche 997 Martini white, thePorsche 997 Martini sil ver, and the Ford MK4 Camel cars - see below for pictures of these. Due to be shipped next week are the SRC McLaren M23 Lucky Strike (see below) and the TEAM SLOT Escort RS2000 MK2 Liverpool Police car. NEW CARS ANNOUNCED SLOTWINGS have announced three new Porsche 911 RSR models. These are cars that were used for the International Race Of Champions series (IROC) and could be the basis for some more later releases if they prove popular. You can see some of the famous names that drove them, in this case Fittipaldi, Donohue, and Hulme. W-036-03 Porsche 911 RSR IROC # 1 Fittipaldi W-036-04 Porsche 911 RSR IROC # 2 Donohue W-036-05 Porsche 911 RSR IROC # 6 Hulme NEWS ROUNDUP MANUFACTURERS PICTURE - SRC. Due for release this months is the next McLaren M23 from SRC. This version in Lucky Strike livery was used in the 1974 South African GP by Dave Charlton. As a Chrono model, it has the performance revisions later given to the McLaren M23 Yardley car released last year which made it such a good performer on the track. SRC-02303 McLaren M23 Lucky Strike MANUFACTURERS PICTURES - NSR. Although these are mythical liveries, whenNSR announced these cars at Nuremberg we thought they looked rather nice. Of course Martini fans will be delighted, and so should race and rally fans because theNSR Porsche 997 is a great performer and competed in races and rallies.  NSR-0088 Porsche 997 Martini white NSR-0089 Porsche 997 Martini silver Also, the definitive version of the Ford MK4 Camel car that will be released has been confirmed. If you read our Nuremberg NSR report you would have seen this car in an alternative design, but we can now show you the one that will definitely be arriving soon. NSR-0090 Ford MK4 Camel THE LAST WORD Last week we had a chat about trackside buildings. It lead to some enquiries and sales because many of you either didn't know what was available, or didn't realise that we stocked them. It would seem that some more realistic tracks and dioramas are now in progress - send us some pictures if one of them is yours. Buildings are one thing, people are another thing, so we thought we would carry on the theme by telling you about some of the huge range of figures that are available. There are pricipally six manufacturers figures ranges that we have in stock at MRE, with more than 100 different figures or packs of figures. So what is available ? CARRERA make spectators, both standing and sitting, but their most popular figures are the pit crews, marshalls, grid girls & pit babes, and a nice rostrum set. Most come in packs of 5 figures, all fully painted. To be honest, they are not the most authentic when seen close up, having a very "plastic" finish not helped by gloss paintwork, and they are also among the higher priced figures. But, there are several different figures that stand out from other ranges, so if you are looking for lots of variety then CARRERA will have something for you. FIGUREN MANUFAKTUR are a relatively new German company with a range of resin figures. Mostly drivers and pit crew members, but there are cameraman, reporter, and spectator figures as well. The drivers are decorated as real personalities although the names and logos are missing, possibly for licencing reasons, but something you can easily add yourself. Most popular is the Steve McQueen figure from the film Le Mans, probably because he is giving the well-known salute to his opponent ! The mechanics and pit crews have a very period feeling about them, so if you are building a classic pit scenario there is plenty of choice with poses and colour options. They are all available separately. There is nothing to really compare to the LE MANS MINIATURES figures - expertly crafted and beautifully hand-painted, these are the Rolls-Royce of trackside figures. Take your pick from pit crews, cameramen, Gendarmes and Firemen, Team Mangers, generic period drivers in different poses, grid girls & sponsorship girls, and then consider the best-selling realistic famous driver figures. All of the LMM figures are posed realistically, making it very easy to make a scene that looks authentic, and with figures you can recognise and identify from real races. All available separately. SRA are a range of white metal figures that are now owned by SLOT TRACK SCENICS but still marketed as a different range. Having started with sets of driver figures, SRA moved quickly towards packs of marshalls and pit crews, including some nice recogniseable team managers of the period. The most notable sets are the Crash Crew set and the TV Reporters set, as both have figures seen at trackside and in the pits that are not modelled by other manufacturers. Pit wall crews and spectators are at the end of the range, adding more options for your layout. All the SRA figures come in packs of 5 or more different figures in as set, supplied in bare white metal that needs priming and painting, but this gives you the choice of making very individual figures. SLOT TRACK SCENICS own range of figures are also bare white metal and need decorating as above. To enhance their range of corporate hospitality items there are figures of guests and also waiters & waitresses, something no other brand has approached. Pit scenes can be decorated with 2 different sets of pit wall characters and 2 different sets of mechanics, plus others in seated poses ready to sit on the STSchairs, just as you see in the pits during quiet periods. The range continues with a couple of sets of marshalls, plus a camera crew and TV presenters. If you don't mind a bit of painting the possibilities are endless for a variety of figures. SIDEWAYS resin figures feature grid girls and sponsorship girls. Fully painted and supplied separately, these would brighten up any pitlane, grid, or promotion area. With several poses available, the sponsorship girls can be used in a variety of ways. Several girls are supplied with colourful sponsorship umbrellas, and they all feature clothing and umbrellas with names you will recognise.  Of course many of you will be familiar with the figures from SCALEXTRIC andAIRFIX/MRRC and SCX and other brands. Some like the SCALEXTRIC ones have been around for 60 years now, the others almost as long. Although out of production for many years they were produced in such huge numbers you can easily find them secondhand at any swapmeet - a few pounds will get you a good handful, and a quick repaint gives you lots of new identities. The potential for having literally hundreds of different figures around your track is limitless. NOTE - other manufacturers figures are also available, we have just mentioned the ones we stock or are out of production.