white metal

Love a Parade: Legendary Motors’ 1956 Chrysler Parade Phaetons are here

Love a Parade: Legendary Motors’ 1956 Chrysler Parade Phaetons are here

Back before a certain November morning in Dallas, the idea of a presidential parade usually included a glimpse of the Commander in Chief, either seated in, or standing and waving from, a special parade car. If not the leader of the free world, then beauty pageant winners, television personalities, or foreign heads of state got […]
Tin Wizard Announces 1:43 Duesenberg SJ “Mormon Meteor” for Holiday 2011

Tin Wizard Announces 1:43 Duesenberg SJ “Mormon Meteor” for Holiday 2011

White metal has long been a material of choice for crafting 1:43 models, and though the aptly-named German model company Tin Wizard has also used resin in the past, we’re betting that they’ll be potting a batch or two of alloy for an upcoming holiday-time release – the 1935 Duesenberg SJ “Mormon Meteor”. The Meteor […]

Brooklin 1:43 1937 Lincoln Le Baron Convertible: White Metal Wonder

Brooklin 1:43 1937 Lincoln Le Baron Convertible: White Metal Wonder

Trying to define what makes Brooklin collectors so fanatical about the models they love isn’t hard – especially once you start grouping more than a couple of the models together. That’s not to say that any one of these British-born creations aren’t entertaining as solo pieces. They’re wonderfully well built, beautifully finished off, and hefty […]
MiniMarque 1:43 Packards: Sweet and Elite

MiniMarque 1:43 Packards: Sweet and Elite

MiniMarque (a/k/a MiniMarque 43) has been around for a long time, providing 1:43 collectors with a series of delightful, hand built white-metal bodied cars. These fetch a premium, but they’re bedecked with some very slick detailing, done, more often than not, with painstakingly rendered photo etched metal and sweet lensing. These three Packards – a […]
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