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Le Mans Miniatures Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa - 24 Heures du Mans 1960 - woodcote - 10th-Dec-21

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As I rapidly became obsessed with Le Mans during my teenage years, I devoured history books and fell in love with the Ferraris that dominated the race between '58 and '65 - achieving seven victories in eight years. The Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa won three - in '58, '60 and '61 - and Le Mans Miniatures' latest adventure in 1:32 slot car modelling is to recreate those fabulous red cars from the 1960 Le Mans 24 hours.

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That's no mean feat - the five Testa Rossas from 1960 (pictured above) are all slightly different and Le Mans Miniatures have produced five different models, of course...
Only two of the Testa Rossas made it to the end - in first and second place - with Clark and Salvadori's Aston third and then five Ferrari GTs...



Two cars due to arrive very soon are the #12 and #17 cars, showing Scarfotti and Rodríguez driving...

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There's a new-style box, similar to that used for the recent Peugeot J7 Team Matra Sport van. The detail - as always - is simply breathtaking...

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These are ready-to-run 1:32 scale slot cars...

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The bodies are made of polyurethane resin, the chassis is injected ABS plastic, there are aluminium rear wheels, a front inline motor and a Slot.it offset crown gear...

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Also coming soon is a re-working of the  132067/10M Ferrari 250 TR61 that won the 1961 race, driven by Olivier Gendebien and Phil Hill. This is a completely different mould...

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All five of the 1960s cars and the TR61 are available for pre-order from Pendle Slot Racing and other Le Mans Miniatures stockists. The #12 and #17 cars - plus the #10 TR61 - are expected this month. The RRP in the UK is £115 - Pendles standard price is £99.95.

RE: Le Mans Miniatures Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa - 24 Heures du Mans 1960 - Anthony B - 10th-Dec-21

I just LOVE LMM. I know there is resistance to price but when one sees the attantion detail, and then see the price of cars with far less detail, I kinda dont mind the price so much. They are wonderful cars.

I have the first edition of the TR61 so will be keen to see changes/improvements.

I will look at the 58 version as well as I have both the Slot Classic and the later re-pops. Yes I am a vintage Ferrari nut and this was truly their hey-day.

I did one of the re-pops as the NART entry in 62

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I sadly missed the Proto slot version, and hope LMM do one in these colours

RE: Le Mans Miniatures Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa - 24 Heures du Mans 1960 - rallyhub - 10th-Dec-21

This is art for the slot track from Benoît Moro.