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Maar Starter zou ook een doorstart gemaakt hebben omdat het een onderdeel van Provence Moulage is
Four Small Wheels schreef:Provence Moulage Latest news
We said in the last issue that things were moving ahead over in France with a number of key ex-Provence Moulage employees and their new company. We are now pleased to welcome to the market Provence Miniatures Automobiles.
The dedicated and talented gang of 5 are lead by Patrick Buvat, ex-technical manager of PM. Patrick will take responsibility for the choice of new subjects and will supervise their creation, from researching the originals, to final quality control of the complete kits and hand finished models.
Patrick?s right-hand man, Michel Croqueferre has a wealth of experience in the 1:43rd field and was one of the key team members at AMR in days gone by (see the AMR Story in the last issue and on page 22).
More observant modellers will have noticed the name of Michel Fraiz on the bottom of many of the more recent PM kits. He is the man responsible for the recent PM GT40 super-kit and he will continue to produce the masters.
Catherine Gobin will continue in her role in charge of administration and liason with dealers (sorry Catherine, that means you have to put up with us again!).
Bernard Orengo will concentrate on creating the artwork for decals, photo-etch and the instructions.
As with all good, close knit teams they will all help each other where necessary.
The majority of production will be the standard PM-style kerbside kits that we all know and love. Some subjects will also be offered with opening panels and the new team also intend to make more regular full superkit releases. The kerbside models will also all be available as hand built models.
The first new releases should arrive within the next month or so and we will hopefully have the first reviews in the next issue of FSW. The first releases will include one of the most important models of the year, the 2004 Le Mans winner! Also due before the end of the year are;
2x DTM Audi A4s (red Bull & Hasselroder),
2x DTM Opel Vectras (OPC & Valvoline),
PGO 180 Cévennes - Paris 2004, Aston Martin Jet 2 Bertone,
Corvette C5R No.63/64 Le Mans 2004 TVR Tuscan 400R No.89/96 LM 04, Porsche 996 GT3RS No.90 1st LMGT Le Mans 2004,
Porsche 996 GT3RS No.81 Racer?s Group Le Mans 2004,
Aston Martin Vanquish Roadster Zagato,
Peugeot 907 salon de Paris 2004, Alfa Roméo 8C Competizione 2004, Maserati MC12 Street 2004.
There will be plenty more Le Mans subjects to follow, though being rather smaller than the old PM company, the new concern aim to typically release around 6 models per month.
Negotiations are also still ongoing with the receivers and it looks like PMA will be obtaining stocks of the more recent PM releases.
Dit is niet te hopen.Schumi28 schreef:En de geluiden beweren dat Provence Miniatures nu failliet is![]()