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Check out this clip and the speed of top-level slot cars as they compete in the final of the European Slot Car Championship in Finland …
Check out this clip and the speed of top-level slot cars as they compete in the final of the European Slot Car Championship in Finland …
Australian distributor for Spark and Minichamps, Apex Replicas, recently advised of new product planned from both manufacturers. Alarmingly, there has been significant prices rises which …
Former Holden designer Leo Pruneau will be attending the 2015 Diecast Model Expo. Pruneau penned the look of a bunch of Holden’s hero cars, having …
A number of 1:18 announcements are contained in the latest Classic Carlectables newsletter, #60 April-June 2015. The company plans a run of 1000 Jamie Whincup …
Operational 5-speed manual gearbox, 3D printed in about 1/4 scale. It’s a replica of the W56 Toyota transmission and is matched to another 3D printed …
A number of new announcements and updates on new product over the past week. Trax Top Gear revealed via social media a “1st colour sample” …
VIDEO: Here’s a great example of modelling, but it’s not a Tamiya kit. Fully handbuilt in 1:12 scale by Henri Baigent, it has working steering …
Top Gear has announced the Trax Club membership format has changed. The NSW-based company has dropped the printed quarterly “Keeping Trax” magazine and will replace …
Organisers of the 2015 Diecast Model Expo have announced the next “exclusive Expo model” will be of Scott McLaughlin’s GRM Volvo S60 from the 2014 …
The Diecast Magazine’s resident expert on all things customized, Rob Smith, will present a number of ‘How To’ workshops at the 2015 Diecast Model Expo. …
I like the shape of the Lotus 107B and the colour scheme of this 1993 version is pretty stunning, if somewhat busy. It just had …
Here’s a link to a great gallery of photos of all the major items and model brands at the recent Nuremberg International Toy Fair
Classic Carlectables will not make the Prodrive Racing Australia (formerly Ford Performance Racing) models of the 2015 factory Fords in the V8 Supercars series. Apex Replicas has signed a multi-year deal with the team to be their exclusive supplier of model cars to produce both Pepsi Max Crew cars (Mark Winterbottom and Chaz Mostert) and The Bottle-O Racing car driven by David Reynolds.
Some clips from the International Toy Fair in Germany, featuring the latest models from various manufacturers: Above: AUTOart Above: Minichamps Above: Corgi (James Bond) Above: …
Organisers have revealed the first limited edition model for the 2015 Diecast Expo will be a 1:18 Ford XY GTHO Superfalcon as run at Calder …
If you’re a collector of Aussies in F1, Warwick Brown’s Williams FW05 should be in your collection. Here’s my review of Spark’s version.
A selection of before and after shots of 1:43 Spark Formula One models and the naughty ciggie decals that come packed underneath the plinth:
This project for a mate was on the back burner for far too long – converting a Dinky Mini Cooper S to resemble the car …
You might already be familiar with Tamiya’s excellent 1:12 scale F1 kits. Well, Carl Greatrix of bricktrix has built his own Ferrari, Brabham and Renault …
Models56 have just released some new 1:43 resin models, all with numbered certificates and in very low productions numbers. View the photos and list of new items