Minichamps and Spark 1:43 2011 McLaren MP4-26 China GP Lewis Hamilton
2011 Chinese Grand Prix was 1 of only 3 races won by Lewis Hamilton last season. By both McLaren's and Hamilton's standard, last year's performance was below average. This year, Lewis is in his "old" driving form and was able to produce valuable points in every race. Although in my opinion, his current standing should be higher than what it is right now (currently 4th). If only McLaren crew can get it all together and stop making blunders that makes the whole team look stupid compared to other big teams such as Ferrari, Red Bull Racing and Mercedes. Hamilton should be leading the championship.
Nonetheless, 2011 Chinese GP is one of the highlights from last year for Lewis. To commemorate his victory, both Minichamps and Spark created a 1:43 scale of the MP4-26 race version.
Minichamps version:
Spark version:
I did not initially intended to buy 2 versions of the same car let alone for the same race. But for this case, I bought the two. Probably because I wanted to compare for myself the Spark and Minichamps version of this model. Here are a couple of pictures showing the details of both versions.
In my opinion, Minichamps edges Spark for this specific model. But both models has its own share of good and bad points. With that said however, this entry is not to do a review of the 2 models. I just wanted to share the pictures I took from my collection. It is up to you to decide which one you think is better based on the pictures.
It is also worth mentioning that Spark recently released a model for MP4-26 German GP which was also won by Lewis. Minichamps is also planning to release the same race version model. So before I get my hands on those two, i'm better off creating this entry to lessen my backlog. :)
Here is the last set of pictures for these models.
Any collector will tell you to buy both. At the end of the day, whatever you choose should be something that pleases you and your opinion is all that matters. :)
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