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ACME Finds Some GMP Rarities – and They’re For Sale!

In what we’d consider to be the scale equivalent of a barn find, ACME recently uncovered a stash of built-up and almost forgotten GMP stock at a factory in China. The cars are all new, in box, and represent GMP at the top of their game. Judging by the listed models – available for sale […]

ACME “Tom’s Garage” 1932 Ford: Join the Club

ACME’s “Tom’s Garage” ’32 Ford five window is on deck, and we thought we’d share these photos of the pre-production piece that Mat and the ACME boys sent along. As you can see, the model’s got more of that classic old rod’s DNA, done with a new upper body and a classic scalloped paint job […]

Mo’ Photos! ACME’s 1:8 So-Cal Belly Tanker

We had the chance to have this bad boy in our hands this past week for the debut of Die Cast X TV LIVE (still do… don’t tell anyone), and these factory photos of the ACME/Real Art Replicas Belly Tanker tell the tale of a huge (22″) resin model with an opening rear section, a […]

GMP 1:18 “Satin ’32”: Good Call

A mold set that yields, say, ten models is considered a good call in the diecast industry. But one that yields over 20? That takes the meaning of the phrase “good call” to an almost mythic level. Just such a model is GMP’s 1932 Ford, a bit of tooling that’s delivered a veritable fleet of […]