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Diecast Delights: A 1948 Cheverolet Fleetmaster in 1:18 scale
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From last week’s Ferrari Mondial, we’re taking a rather different direction for today’s Diecast Delight. I was going to say something about the irrelevance of money-no-object supercars, but then I found just how much Fleetmaster Woodie station wagons are worth these days. I was intrigued when I found that Maisto had made a 1:18 of…
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Diecast Delights: A Ferrari Mondial 8 in 1:18 scale
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Ah, the Ferrari Mondial. Often vilified and referred to as “Ferrari’s Porsche”, the Mondial is one of the least loved cars to bear the Prancing Horse emblem. Something about it caused it to be regarded as slightly limp-wristed compared to other Modenese products, perhaps its styling, which had neither the delicate curves nor exuberant excess…
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Diecast Delights Special Edition: Scale My Ride (inc Ford Escape)
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In a change from our regular format, today’s exclusive to Hooniverse episode of Diecast Delights is all about you. Nothing delights us more than our own possessions. I can show pretty pictures of diecast models all day long , but if we can’t relate to the subject matter it’s difficult to form any emotional link…
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Diecast Delights: Curio Corner – Peugeot 307 Paperweight by Norev
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My wife is, if not supportive, certainly tolerant of my 1:18 collecting habits. Though no doubt wary of the increasing demands that my 100+ boxed models place on our attic storage resources, she is sensible to the joy and pleasure that I derive from them. Though I usually unbox them in private, (lest she find…
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Diecast Delights: 1938 Auto-Union Type C Record Breaker in 1:18 scale.
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Museums are divisive in their appeal. On the one hand, standing face to face with legendary machines, breathing in the vapours of oil and leather that time erodes from a classic or historic car is a humbling, nourishing experience. On the other hand, unless such machines are kept working, you’re looking at corpses. Now inanimate…
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Diecast Delights: AMG SLS Roadster in 1:18 scale
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Celebrating a memorable event in ones life is pretty well celebrated by getting a tattoo, but there are disadvantages in this. For one thing, tattoos are darned expensive, and the second thing is having to constantly explain the meaning of an inking that means the earth to you, but is completely lost on anybody else.…
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Diecast Delights: Honda City Turbo II in 1:18 Scale
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I’ve been holding off from posting a Diecast Delight until I thought I might have a Diecast that truly is Delightful. Ever since I chanced upon an original brochure for the Honda City in The Carchive, and then tracked one down online for its partnering bootspace occupant, the Honda Motocompo, I’ve wanted to add a…
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Diecast Delights: An Aston Martin DB7 in 1:18 Scale
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Certain blue chip classics have been modelled by countless different marques. The Jaguar E-type, probably most famously cast by Bburago in the ’80s, has also been offered by Polistil, Ertl (Grand Marques), Paragon and AutoArt, with quality and accuracy varying dramatically among the various manufacturers. The E-type, of course, is a car which has achieved…
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Diecast, uh, Delights? A Mercedes-Benz SL500 (R230) in 1:18 Scale
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Imagine a street full of steakhouses. Most of them are advertising a Mixed Grill including a 10oz sirloin, farmhouse sausage, lamb chop, vegetables and fries, for $19.95. One, though; “The Macerated Bullock” proudly offers all the above, plus ham topped with a pineapple slice, three different sausages, two grilled chicken wings and a dessert, all…
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Diecast Delights: A C5 Corvette in 1:18 Scale
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Around the time of the turn of the millennium, a great change was about to take effect which would significantly improve the lives of grown men who really should know better than to still be playing with toy cars despite their advancing years. Sorry, I mean our advancing years. This was the time that manufacturing…
