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There is still all the classic touring car, classic GT and sportscars and one rally-cross / rally car to cover. And there is still some new tooling to look at. I'll start with what I'll loosely term Classic GT and Sports Cars...

   

The Camaro IROC Z is the car that featured in last year's BBC documentary 'Big Trouble in Model Britain'. Unfortunately, this is the only decent photo I got of the new cars - I was obviously so excited by them, I couldn't hold the camera still. They do look fab and are great, high-detail reproductions of the IROC Camaros. Dave Kennedy - who was the man behind the project - has loads of great pics on facebook, if you have a look. I'm certainly hoping for a full ARC Pro grid of colours (that's red, green, blue, yellow, orange and white) over the next couple of years.

       

Next are a trio of superb reliveries - the Ford MkIV driven by Denny Hulme and Lloyd Ruby at the 1967 Le Mans 24 hours, plus the Scuderia Fillipinetti 412P that raced the 1967 Targa Florio. The third car is a model of the final GT40 to be built - GT40 P/1083. It was sold to the Colegio Arte e Instrucao team in Rio de Janeiro and was raced by them between 1969 to 1971, before being sold to Wilson Fittipaldi - Emerson's brother. The car now takes part in international historic racing events, driven by owner Archie Urciuoli.

         

The new Corvette L88 livery is a genuine racing livery, as well as being a pretty eye-catching addition to the range. The Murray Racing Team #66 car raced in the 1973 Mid Ohio 6 hour IMSA race, finishing second. The VW panel van is certainly not a GT or sports car - however, it does pay homage to the highly successful Brumos IMSA team and looks sensational.

   

The final car in this category is a McLaren F1 GTR in a very fetching plain orange. Next to it is another Dodge Charger hotrod, which would be better placed in the next category...