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CMC 1:18 Maserati 300S Chassis: Naked Ambition

CMC Maserati 300S Rolling Chassis 1:18 | $356.00 CMC has given collectors two amazing versions of the 1955-1958 Maserati 300S draped in beautiful Carozzeria Fantuzzi bodywork, but the most impressive version of the 300S just might be this rolling chassis version, on deck for release sans body. It’s an important car, and this release of […]

ACME Takes On a New Line – “Authentic Models”

ACME Diecast, the spawn of the late, lamented GMP, is a rowdy bunch of go-getters (in the best possible way) who never let a good model go unnoticed – or a great opportunity to break out a new series pass them by. And we love them for that. We’d spoken with Mat Long and papa […]

CMC 1:18 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Engine: “Otto” Power

CMC Mercedes 300SLR Display Engine 1:18 | $147.00 (misquoted in the issue as $135.00) If there’s anything wrong with the models coming from premium maker CMC, it’s that a lot of the coolest details are lost beneath the cars’ skins. The good news is that this maker occasionally releases a stripped chassis (like the Maserati […]

TSM Models 1:18 Tyrrell 006 “Belgium GP”

TSM Models Tyrrell 006 / Belgian GP 1973 1:18 | $140.00 TSM Models’ Tyrrell 006 racer is a tight little replica of Jackie Stewart’s final F1 ride; a sealed-body marvel that pays homage to a great driver – and the sport he walked away from when he parked the car for the last time. The […]

AUTOart 1:18 Red Bull X2010: “X” Marks the Spot

AUTOart Red Bull X2010 1:18 |$189.99 Movie and TV cars in scale are always fun. ‘Sixties kids had James Bond’s DB5, the Barris Batmobile, the Black Beauty, and the Munster Koach; younger fans have K.I.T.T., the General Lee – or, more recently, any of the Dark Knight Batmobiles, Batpods, and Bat… well, everything. That guy […]

Minichamps 1:43 Mullin Museum Voisin C27 Aerosport: Look to the Sky

Minichamps Mullin Museum Voisin C27 “Aerosport” 1:43 | $95.00 Gabriel Voisin was crazy for flight. In the early 1900s, he partnered with some of Europe’s pioneers of heavier-than-air design, and created the first European airplane to take off, circle, and land from whence it had departed – fairly remarkable stuff in 1908. By the time […]

AUTOart 1:18 Toyota 86GT: Scion of the Subaru Deal, in Scale

AUTOart Toyota 86GT Limited 1:18 | $149.99 In its home market, the car we know here as the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ is sold as the Toyota 86 (say “Eight-Six”, or, if you’re a local, “Hachi-Roku“). In its barest Japan-only iteration, the boxer-engined 2+2 rear driver doesn’t even wear hubcaps – just steel wheels […]

BBR’s New 1:18 Resin C7 Corvette Is On The Way

Surprise, surprise. Well, not really. We knew that a high-end resin of the new – and apparently wildly good – 2014 Corvette Stingray was in the making over in BBR’s studios, and these factory photos of a finished piece hold a lot of promise for high-end resin model collectors with pushrod V8 in their blood. […]

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 […]

NEW VIDEO! Minichamps 1:18 Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 – in ABS!

We’ve always appreciated Minichamps’ desire to try new things – and this 1:18 model of the hairy racing Benz, done in ABS plastic, shows that that trend isn’t slowing down any time soon. [kaltura-widget uiconfid=”1727923″ entryid=”0_luzrp1k3″ width=”640″ height=”390″ addpermission=”” editpermission=”” /] carvillemodels.com