Newsletters 2018

All items are 1/43rd scale unless otherwise stated. All prices are subject to change due to exchange rate

Automodelli Studio will be closed for business from Friday 21 st Dec until Monday 7 th Jan 2019

As this is the last news letter for 2018, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and New Year and for those of you that don’t know, 2019 will be my last year as proprietor of Automodelli Studio.

After being based in Vic for the last 15 years, from September the business will transfer to Paul D’Orival in NSW. Paul will still be assisted by David Whitehead who will
continue to be the main supplier of resin castings and he will be taking over the supply readymade models, how much involvement I have will depend on how much Paul/David need me.

The latest release in our Premier Range

Le Mans 1963 AC/Shelby Cobra’s AMM002 car #3 (7 th overall 1 st in GT) or AMM003 car #4 (DNF) either kit $100

New from Sprint43 – 72 spoke Borrani wire wheels

Suitable for just about everything that had Borrani wheels $30

All items are 1/43rd scale unless otherwise stated. All prices are subject to change due to exchange rate

Automodelli Studio will be closed from the 26th Oct to 7th Nov whilst we take a trip over to Tassie

New master for the Shelby Cobra Frank Gardner raced in the Bahamas 1963, Shelby had six Le Mans Cobras built for the ’63 event, only two raced and this is one that didn’t go to the 24hr.

This car was first used by Dave McDonald/Bob Bondurant (painted black) at Road America where it finished 4th Then it was driven by Lew Spencer (painted Viking Blue) at Riverside were it finished 3rd, and in Hawaii McDonald drove it. Frank raced at the Nassau speed week finishing 12th, 8th and 7th in the various races. In 1964 it was raced by Ed Leslie in SCCA events winning many of them. The kit will include decals to build either version.

As we have many decals left, we have decided to re-issue some older kits that were made for us by Jemmpy like the BMW635CSi JPS and T Marts versions and BMW M3s JPS and Mobil cars. Maybe the Volvo and Rover at a later date. Thesewill be the same castings as the Jemmpy kits but with ancillary parts such as wheels, roll cages, photo etching, lights etc by us

The next release using a SMTS base will be the Frank Gardner/ David Finch Jaguar D type.

Decals are at the printer for the 1984 GTP Mustang. With this kit it will be possible to make all versions that ran during the 1984 season Ludwig, Wollek, Rahal, Glory, Brabham.

Very Special offer to Newsletter subscribers only, due to a licensing issue the Brabham BT8s can not be sold retail in the EU, so these kits will be available directly from us only. Kit price $75 and built to order $195 plus postage. We are looking to make three version and pre ordering is essential, we hope to have 041A ready before Christmas

• AUT041A chassis SC-6-64 Team Elite Sid Taylor, Denny Hulme, Frank Gardner various options 64/65
• AUT041B chassis SC-5-64 Team Rosebud J Brabham test car 3 rd Goodwood Lavant Cup 1964
• AUT041C chassis SC-7-64 Brabham Racing Organisation J Brabham Monterey 1964

All items are 1/43rd scale unless otherwise stated. All prices are subject to change due to exchange rate

Our latest release Lola T70Mk3 GT chassis SL73/134 Hulme, Gardner, Taylor just about the most successfully T70 as it won every race it started. Kit $100 built to order $295

Looksmart Ferrari 488 GT3 Bathurst 2017 winner

Re stock of Lotus 23 kits arrived this week. This kit will build the Ian Walker Racing Graham Hill/Paul Hawkins car and three other Aussie version and due to a better exchange rate price now $75

Coming Soon

Race Collection by Matrix

A new range from Matrix the first releases are of three Aston Martin DBR1 and three Maserati 250F as raced by Stirling Moss price around $130 each

All items are 1/43rd scale unless otherwise stated. All prices are subject to change due to exchange rate

If you have been putting of buying one of the 1985/86 Dick Johnson GrA Mustangs GTs ,it has sold very well and we only have 20 decal sets left so don’t put it off too much longer. The 1986 Wellington 500 version will be next, and I’m working on the master for the 1984 car.

Latest from Marsh Models, the Ford open sports tested at Goodwood by Frank Gardner and Denny Hulme it raced at Riverside by Frank Gardner (DNF) and in Texas by Jack Brabham finished 3rd

There are more Cobras ready. AMM009 the Shelby High Speed Driving school car used at Riverside raceway.

And the Daytona Super Coupe designed by Kiwi Peter Brock to replace the 289 Coupe that raced in 1964/65 the project was abandoned when Ford went with the GT40. The prototype was sold off in 1980 and first ran at Riverside Historic meeting 1981. That and the current version can be built from kit AMM100SC

All items are 1/43rd scale unless otherwise stated. All prices are subject to change due to exchange rate

Good news for our customers in Australia. Buying direct for us you will not be paying GST on imported models whereas if you buy on eBay, Amazon or similar EDP you will pay 10% GST from 1st July 2018.

Coming soon

Marsh Model Ford Open Sports this is what happened to the Ford 3L P69 Alan Mann took the P69 which was a bigger disaster than the P68 and redeveloped it with a Monocoque chassis for Can Am. The car was tested at Goodwood by Frank Gardner and Denny Hulme and raced at Riverside by Frank Gardner (DNF) and in Texas by Jack Brabham who finished 3rd.

We are currently working on all three versions of the Ford 3L P68 and will make the P69 in the not too distant future. These were all driven by Frank Gardner. Jack Brabham tested the P69 and Denny Hulme raced the P68 on a couple of occasions as well as testing the Open Sports.

Replicarz Indy Car Range

Automodelli Studio import this range. Lots of new Eagles coming as well as a few Duesenbergs and the A J Foyt winner from 1977. These are excellent high quality models made in China for Replicarz in USA. Price $135.00

All items are 1/43rd scale unless otherwise stated. All prices are subject to change due to exchange rate

From the start of the new financial year (July) and as part of my hand over, Paul D’Orival will be taking on all product building work while I get test builds of the new kits ready for release. Due to some unforeseen circumstances we are 12 months behind with some of our releases and I need to get up to date before I can finally pass it all on to Paul. Please bear with him until he gets into some sort of routine as he is only a part time builder and still has a proper day job.

I am slowly updating the Automodelli Studio website and putting our kits and the major suppliers in a more prominent position. These pages will cover all our kit stock. Also we have updated our privacy policy in line with current regulation

We have lots of Cobras coming over the next few months, all of the following are being worked on and are in various stages of readiness. The ones in green are available now kit price $100 or built to order at $295

• AMM100 Daytona Super Coupe
• AMM001 AC/Shelby 260/289 road car. Just waiting on the chrome bumpers/nudge bars
• AMM002 AC Cobra #3 LM 1963 3 rd GT Class
• AMM003 Shelby Cobra #4 LM 1963
• AMM003A Willment Cobra CSX2142 (UK/S Africa) this is the above car after it ran a LM
• AMM004 FIA Targa cars 1964
• AMM005 Shelby Cobra #98/198 Miles-McDonald Riverside 1963
• AMM006 Shelby Cobra Canadian GP K Miles 1963
• AMM007 Shelby Cobra #98 ‘Executor’ Alan Grant
• AMM008 Shelby Cobra #15 Sebring Gurney/Hill 1963
• AMM009 Shelby Cobra High-speed Driving School carAMM013 Willment Cobra CS2131 (Europe/S Africa) this is the other ex LM car

Now available from Silverline Ferrari 312 1968 Amon/Ickx kit price around $150

Now in Stock