1/43 model advice
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srob

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12,365 posts

262 months

Thursday 11th March 2010
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Hi all.

After a bit of help/advice.

A couple of us are trying to find and collect models of cars that we've worked on the development of. Ideally 1/43rd scale and at a decent price!

Could anyone tell us the best place/manufacturer of the following (if they're available!)

Aston Martin V8
Aston Martin Vanquish
Aston Martin DBRS
Lotus Elise S1 111S
Lotus 340R
Lotus Esprit V8
Lotus Esprit Sport 350
Lotus Elise/Exige S2
Lotus Exige S1
Lotus 211
Lotus Europa (new one)
Lotus Evora
Mclaren SLR 722
Vauxhall VX220/Turbo
Tesla Roadster

That's about it for now!

Nicholas Blair

4,111 posts

308 months

Thursday 11th March 2010
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Try Minichamps for the AM's and Spark for the Lotus'

http://www.sparkmodel.com/

Ebbro may have done some Lotus too

Will check for others.

Edited by Nicholas Blair on Thursday 11th March 18:03

DubZeus

1,401 posts

242 months

Thursday 11th March 2010
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Aston Martin V8 - Minichamps(80s) they also make the '00's V8 Vantage
Aston Martin Vanquish - Minichamps
Aston Martin DBRS - Minichamps
Lotus Elise S1 111S - Vitesse
Lotus 340R - Spark
Lotus Esprit V8 - Autoart
Lotus Esprit Sport 350 - Not sure
Lotus Elise/Exige S2 - Autoart both
Lotus Exige S1 - Spark
Lotus 211 - Spark both 2007 & 2009 versions
Lotus Europa (new one) - Autoart
Lotus Evora - Spark(due sometime this year)
Mclaren SLR 722 - Spark
Vauxhall VX220/Turbo - Schuco make Opel Speedster
Tesla Roadster - Not sure

srob

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12,365 posts

262 months

Thursday 11th March 2010
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DubZeus said:
Aston Martin V8 - Minichamps(80s) they also make the '00's V8 Vantage
Aston Martin Vanquish - Minichamps
Aston Martin DBRS - Minichamps
Lotus Elise S1 111S - Vitesse
Lotus 340R - Spark
Lotus Esprit V8 - Autoart
Lotus Esprit Sport 350 - Not sure
Lotus Elise/Exige S2 - Autoart both
Lotus Exige S1 - Spark
Lotus 211 - Spark both 2007 & 2009 versions
Lotus Europa (new one) - Autoart
Lotus Evora - Spark(due sometime this year)
Mclaren SLR 722 - Spark
Vauxhall VX220/Turbo - Schuco make Opel Speedster
Tesla Roadster - Not sure
That's great, thankyou. I must admit that the Sport 350 is a bit of a fave, so I'll have to carry on searching for that one!

I have a little 'Matchboxy' Tesla and an Evora that we were given when they were launched (marked Eagle, dunno if they all are?!). They'll do for now but the earlier ones would be good to collect.

Does anyone have any ideas on the Sport 350, and the best (read cheapest!) place to get any of the above, or are they hard to get?

DubZeus

1,401 posts

242 months

Saturday 13th March 2010
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srob said:
DubZeus said:
Aston Martin V8 - Minichamps(80s) they also make the '00's V8 Vantage
Aston Martin Vanquish - Minichamps
Aston Martin DBRS - Minichamps
Lotus Elise S1 111S - Vitesse
Lotus 340R - Spark
Lotus Esprit V8 - Autoart
Lotus Esprit Sport 350 - Not sure
Lotus Elise/Exige S2 - Autoart both
Lotus Exige S1 - Spark
Lotus 211 - Spark both 2007 & 2009 versions
Lotus Europa (new one) - Autoart
Lotus Evora - Spark(due sometime this year)
Mclaren SLR 722 - Spark
Vauxhall VX220/Turbo - Schuco make Opel Speedster
Tesla Roadster - Not sure
That's great, thankyou. I must admit that the Sport 350 is a bit of a fave, so I'll have to carry on searching for that one!

I have a little 'Matchboxy' Tesla and an Evora that we were given when they were launched (marked Eagle, dunno if they all are?!). They'll do for now but the earlier ones would be good to collect.

Does anyone have any ideas on the Sport 350, and the best (read cheapest!) place to get any of the above, or are they hard to get?
If you find a decent sport 350 let me know aswell. I have a green Autoart Esprit V8 forsale, contact me via my profile if your interested:

JerryF

311 posts

198 months

Wednesday 16th June 2010
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This site www.sparkmodel.co.uk maybe helpful

Eric Mc

124,933 posts

289 months

Thursday 17th June 2010
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Grand Prix Models have a very effective search function on their website

http://www.grandprixmodels.co.uk/

JerryF

311 posts

198 months

Thursday 17th June 2010
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Expensive though. laugh

Bebee

4,723 posts

249 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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Why are there no 1:43 scale Lotus Elise S2 available anywhere?

16VJay

236 posts

243 months

Monday 7th February 2011
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There are! Try looking for AutoArt - they do a modern Europa too.

oldbeanracing

10 posts

158 months

Sunday 15th September 2013
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I have a couple of Spark S1 Exiges available ...Silver and Yellow .
Both immaculate in original packaging...£35 each + post.
LMK if interested.
Cheers. Mr Bean