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GMP Military Collection’s P-51D Mustang Page 2

Glamorous GlenChuck Yeager’s alter ego Chuck Yeager may be short, but he has cast a long, intimidating shadow from the moment he first strapped on an airplane at Luke AFB in 1943. In fact, you’d have to be a cockroach under a rock in Tasmania not to know who he is and what he’s done. […]

Danbury Mint 1971 Ford Mustang Boss 351 Page 2

The 351 fills the engine bay practically to overflowing with cool details such as foil warning labels, a shock-tower brace and brilliant work on the lines and gaskets for the ram-air system. Left: coiled wire brake lines, a properly painted Ford 9-inch diff in the sprung rear axle and even lines to the fuel tanks […]

Diecast Franklin Mint M4A3 Sherman Page 2

The two-tone desert-camo paint scheme is a real eye-catcher from any angle. It’s more compelling than olive drab, and it gives the surface features much more contrast. It does make certain tooling marks and minor surface blemishes more visible, but in my opinion, the tradeoff is more than worth it. Left: the radio set in […]

Franklin Mint 1970 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Page 2

The upgraded interior package plays well in the Franklin Z28nice detail and good use of color. All Camaros feature a crowded trunk. The F70-15 Goodyear tire takes up much of the space. Great touches are the correct factory stickers on the inner lid. The handsome lines and race-bred stance makes the 1970 Camaro Z28 a […]

Maisto 1948 Chevrolet Fleetmaster Wagon Page 1

Maisto provides a moderately detailed Stovebolt inline-6 engine in Chevy Blue. Check out the oil-bath air cleaner. Polished wheel rings with chrome-plated caps complement midsize whitewall tires. The suspension is active and all four corners work independentlybetter than the real thing. Ford and Chrysler in a new era of styling and innovation, old tooling was […]

Diecast Frankling Mint M4A3 Sherman Page 3

The Sherman M4A3 The Allied Tank of WWII Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest is generally credited with the saying that victory favors those who get there firstest with the mostest. And that pretty well sums up WW II tank warfare and the Allies victory. With the Sherman M4, we may not have had the […]

Frankling Mint 1970 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Page 1

Franklin got the small-block Chevy engine mostly right under the hooda good effort for an understated source of pony-car power. With the hood closed, the rich Hugger Orange paint is split by signature black Chevy stripes. The finish of this diecast Camaro is topnotch. Chevys Z28 wheels are as desirable today as they were in […]

Maisto Pro RODZ 1965 GTO Page 2

INTERIOR.While you can’t really call it subdued, the interior is more restrained than many tuner jobsno colonies of subwoofers or goofy simulated game-console screens. There are plenty of gauges, thoughenough to monitor everything from license-plate temperature to wiper-fluid pressure. Overkill though they may be, their presence is true-to-scale in the pro-touring crowd, so why not? […]

GMP 2002 Team Corvette C5-R Page 1

See the Team Corvette Racing Team click here Above: The LS1 engine is loaded with so many details that you almost expect it to start . For instance, the orange rubber hoses that lead to the air restrictors are made of pliable rubber, and the intake plenums are made of simulated carbon fiber. CLICK IMAGES […]

Danbury Mint 1971 Ford Mustang Boss 351 Page 1

The Hurst shifter and 8-track tape deck are definitely boss. Blame Ford for the cheesy faux woodgrain, because Danbury does itand every facet of this car’s interiorwith outstanding authenticity. Magnum 500 wheels are about the only thing carried over from the 70 Boss, and these look dynamite with their carefully painted flat-black inner sections. The […]