New Kits from Ebbro Announced - Tyrrell 005 and Lotus 33

[Justin Porter]

Ebbro looks to be building on their great range of F1 kits. At Shizuoka they've displayed an upcoming all-new 1972 Tyrrell 005 as driven by Jackie Stewart and Francois Cevert AND a 1965 Lotus 33 that's modified from the Tamiya Lotus 25 tooling! 

[TonyK]

They look good. Only built a couple of Ebbro models and they weren't F1 but I was impressed with the quality.

[Rob Hall]

Sweet.  Love the vintage F1 cars. 

[papajohn97]

Any word on if/when Ebbro will ever re-issue the original Lotus 49 kit? They have been going for $200-$300+ USD on eBay for some time now. Wonder what kind of minimum volume and kit cost they would consider worth doing to justify reissue of one of their original 1/20 F1 kits that are OOP? I have built four of their 1/20 F1 kits but have been afraid to start the 49, no chance of a do-over if I screw it up!

[Dave Van]

Gonna need the Tyrrell for sure. Ken and Brabham are my favorites.......thx for posting!!

[1959scudetto]

On 5/27/2021 at 11:43 PM, papajohn97 said:

Any word on if/when Ebbro will ever re-issue the original Lotus 49 kit? They have been going for $200-$300+ USD on eBay for some time now. Wonder what kind of minimum volume and kit cost they would consider worth doing to justify reissue of one of their original 1/20 F1 kits that are OOP? I have built four of their 1/20 F1 kits but have been afraid to start the 49, no chance of a do-over if I screw it up!

I'm with you on a re-issue of the very first Lotus 49 - Bring it Back!!!

As a huge Jim Clark fan, the 33 is a must for me!