This has got to be one of the weirdest, most unpredictable F1 season’s ever! I counted the other day that there are twelve race winners on the grid (Hamilton, Raikkonen, Massa, Kovalainen, Alonso, Kubica, Button, Barrichello Trulli, Fisichella, Webber and Vettel) which is incredible!, more than any other season, in fact it’s more than half the grid! And if you are an F1 diecast collector you’l be pleased to know Modelzone will have them all.
Things have been so up and down this season that just when you think you have a handle on things in F1 in 2009 its all change again. This is the season that slick tyres have returned, the cars look like something you would find at a fair ground go-kart track and the drivers were given Scalextric style overtaking buttons.
Ok the go-kart thing is kinda harsh, I’m sure we are all used to the cars now and there not all that bad, although I’m sure we were all thinking it at the start of the season. I have to say though of all the cars-and I’m not kicking a team when they’re down but damn that BMW is ugly, it just goes to prove the old rule an ugly car is a slow car! And if you don’t believe me –look at the top team-the Brawn : sleek low nose a clean smooth looking racing car & the Red Bull isn’t bad either: a striking, very angular monocoque with loads of detail, I mean these cars look fast standing still!
But the BMW?
Urgh-It’s the nose, I mean I’m sorry but if Donald Duck was an F1 car…………….well you know what I’m saying- the bill on that thing!
Which is Which ???
Anyway I know if your anything like me you cannot wait for the latest range of F1 car’s from Minichamps and Hot Wheels to be released. There are still some 2009 Showcars to be released with the 2009 race cars due to be out around November /December time for the 1/43rd scale with the 1/18th scale cars following the first quarter of 2010 (most of them anyway). All the grid will be produced in 1/43rd by Minichamps with all of the Ferrari’s being made by Hot Wheels (as the U.S company holds international rights to make all Ferrari models).
The range of 1/18 scale cars will be larger than the last few years with the Brawn, Mclaren, Red Bull, Renault, Torro Rosso and Donald D… er I mean Bmw being released. There will also be a few Limited editions and retrospective items coming our way including new champions edition cars (Prost, Hill, Villeneuve & Hakkinen to name a few) and the Ayrton Senna 15th anniversary range of 1/18 & 1/43rd.
We try to get as many items on to our site as possible, but I hope you can appreciate that by the time some of these items come in and we can properly photograph and upload them that the majority of stock may already have gone. There may however still be stock located in our stores so
IF THERE IS ANYTHING, ANYTHING AT ALL YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
just drop any one of our stores a line (Milton keynes number is 01908 605692) and we can either arrange a mail order (there is a postage charge for this service direct from MZ stores), or put you in contact will a store that is showing stock. If the item is new and not out yet we can place an order for you and contact you when the item is in. we always advise you do this to avoid any disappointment if you are seeking a particular model.
