Hey Kev!
Actually, I was teasing a bit.
All the unusual ones are either Protar metal, or MG Model Plus multimedia kits.
Th first one is a 1/12th Ferrari 156/85 by MG Model Plus. This was released as a limited run of 156 in 2008. Construction is resin for chassis etc, white metal for suspension, engine, brass and steel etch for detailis and wing end plates. A bit like Model Factory Hiro stuff, but you do have to do a lot more work to make a showable model. I was doing a blog on this on the MG Model Plus website, but the company has stopped doing these now due to the recession, so it never reachd the end - but the model did!
The Sharknose is the MG kit, and was in issue 139 (May 2007) of Tamiya Magazine. Again a bit of a challenge!
The Ferrari is actually not the F2002, but the F1-2000. This was my first 12th scale resin/white metal, and the whole saga of the build is still available on
www.modelersite.com. I agree BTW that the Revell F2002 is rubbish - although if you strip the tatty paint with brake fluid, and start again, there's a half decent kit in there.
Lurking somewhere are also the Protar Fiat Mefistofeles and the 806/406 racer - both late 70's metal bodies kits which were a real joy to build.
like you I did all the Tamiya ones as a kid - although I bought mine from Heywoods in Halifax - but Beatties, I have very fond memories of Beatties Southampton (I moved there in 84). You're right, it was on East St. until they went to the wall and Toymaster took over. It's now a Spar
I remember taking my lovely wifey in there, she was bored, and decided to leave the shop. On the way she completely knocked over a huge pile of 12th scale Wolf kits, must have been about 20 of them - she still gets teased whenever there's an advert that mentions "knock-down prices"!
Maybe I'll dig out some more of my pics then...
DBP
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