Friday, August 6, 2010

Hot Wheels Saleen S7

The Saleen S7 was a limited-production, hand-built, high-performance automobile developed jointly by Steve Saleen for the initial concept and direction, Hidden Creek Industries for resources and initial funding, Phil Frank Design for the body and interior CAD design and development, and Ray Mallock Ltd. for the chassis engineering.It was the only car produced by Saleen not based on an existing chassis.The S7 debuted on August 19, 2000 at the Monterey Historic Races. From 2000 until 2004, the S7 featured a naturally aspirated V8 engine with 550 horsepower (410 kW). In 2005, the S7 was replaced by the S7 Twin Turbo, which featured a more powerful twin-turbo system that boosted engine power to 750 horsepower (760 PS/559 kW) and the top speed 248 mph (399 km/h).

source: Wikipedia

Here the pictures of the die cast car of Saleen S7 from Hot Wheels






Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Hot Wheels Mazda Furai

The Mazda Furai is a concept car revealed on 27 December, 2007 and manufactured by Mazda.The Furai officially debuts at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

The Furai (風籟, Fūrai), meaning "sound of the wind", is the fifth and last of the Mazda Nagare line of concept cars that have been made by Mazda since 2006. The chassis is based on the Courage Compétition C65 Le Mans Prototype that Mazda last used to compete in the American Le Mans Series, two seasons previously and is designed to use E100 ethanol fuel, it is powered by a new generation 3-rotor wankel engine that puts out 450 brake horsepower (340 kW). The engine is developed and built by renowned rotary tuner, Racing Beat, who also built the car's rotary-shaped muffler canister.

source: wikipedia

Here is the small model from Hot Wheels 2009




Sunday, July 18, 2010

Burago 1/24 1997 Ferrari F310B #5 Michael Schumacher

1997 was second year of Schumacher in Ferrari after moving from Benetton. He performed well with the F310B car and have intense battle with Jacques Villeneuve until the last race in Jerez when he hit Villeneuve and got all points deleted that year.


Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Cararama by Hongwell Toys

Hongwell Toys Limited is a private incorporation registered in Hong Kong specialising in making die cast scale models and toy vehicles. It is one of the most prestigious and well-established manufacturers in die cast field. Hongwell offers the best collection of scales 1:24, 1:43, 1:72 and 1:87 scale models and others in which 1:72 is becoming new worldwide recognised replica scale. Its registered brand “Cararama” is well known worldwide.

If you want to know more about Cararama and Hongwell check this link http://www.hongwell.com

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Welly 1/? Gokart

Well, I don't know about the scale since it doesn't have any technical explanation at the box but at least this go kart has good design.

Maisto 1/18 YZR M1 2007 Valentino Rossi




Good detail by Maisto,see the bulldog sticker behind the seat. The diecast also has reasonable price (only around $8 in Indonesia). Unfortunately Rossi was beaten by Casey Stoner in 2007 when he rode this motorbike.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Kinsmart 1/32 Citroen C3 Pluriel Convertible

This diecast is in good detail despite the cheap price of Kinsmart...:)
It even has the suitcase in the back chair of the car.


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