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Lancia Beta Montecarlo Gr.5 #65 24 Hours of Le Mans 1981 MCG 1:18

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Lancia Beta Montecarlo Gr.5 #65 24 Hours of Le Mans 1981 MCG 1:18 MCG18812R Diecast
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MCG's 1:18 diecast Lancia Beta Montecarlo Gr.5 reproduces car #65 from the 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans. This is a new, boxed example with a sealed one-piece body, so the wide-arched Group 5 silhouette bodywork carries every detail on its exterior. A strong anchor for a Group C and Group 5 endurance racing shelf.
Lancia Beta Montecarlo Gr.5 #65 24 Hours of Le Mans 1981 MCG 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Lancia
Model Manufacturer
MCG
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
MCG18812R
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About the Lancia Beta Montecarlo Gr.5 #65 24 Hours of Le Mans 1981 MCG 1:18

TL;DR: MCG's 1:18 diecast Lancia Beta Montecarlo Gr.5 reproduces the #65 works entry at the 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans. The body is a sealed one-piece casting with no opening panels, and this example arrives new and boxed. Group 5 silhouette bodywork and period Le Mans livery make it a strong shelf anchor.

Group 5 silhouette racing produced some of the most exaggerated bodywork of the era, and the Beta Montecarlo's flared arches and deep front spoiler are exactly the sort of shape that rewards close inspection in 1:18.

MCG's Diecast Approach to the Lancia Beta Montecarlo

The body is zinc alloy diecast, and the weight is immediately obvious once the model clears its tray, a density that grounds the model on a shelf rather than shifting under a light knock. With no opening panels, MCG has built this as a sealed shell, so every line lives on the outside: the flared wheel arches, the deep front air dam and the rivet-line detailing along the sills all sit as crisp cast features rather than assembly joints. That construction choice suits a Group 5 car whose original bodywork was itself a bolted-on aerodynamic kit rather than a conventional pressed shell, and a one-piece casting captures that flared, riveted look with tighter surface consistency than a hinged body could manage. Livery application on a racing subject like this depends on accurate tampo work along the flanks and roofline, and the sponsor decals and numbering are where a diecast at this level either holds registration or does not.

Displaying a Group 5 Le Mans Entry

At roughly 22 to 24cm depending on the exact bodywork, this sits comfortably alongside other 1:18 Group 5 and Group C prototypes without dominating a cabinet row, and the wide arches benefit from a little extra lateral space compared with a standard saloon. Since the piece arrives new with its original packaging, there is nothing to inspect beyond confirming livery placement and panel gaps under a raking light, standard practice for any new diecast before it goes on the shelf. It pairs naturally with sibling liveries from the same 1981 Le Mans grid, letting a collector build a small period field rather than a single isolated entry, and the Lancia's silhouette-era styling gives an endurance racing display a genuinely different visual register from later prototype shapes.

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