five new diecast reviews

February/March
2016
1928 Indy 500 winning Miller
By Replicarz
p. 3
Vol. 1
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Issue 5
FIVE NEW DIECAST REVIEWS
BOS-MODELS’
1975 CHRYSLER IMPERIAL
By American-Excellence
p. 4
SAVAGE’S GARAGE
BY MARK SAVAGE
Getting in gear for a new year of collecting
model lineup. And for many
collectors, we’re happy to see
manufacturers branch out into
different car models and concentrate
mainly on exterior detail while
keeping costs down.
We’re back in gear for another
year of diecast collecting and we start
with an exciting collection of finely
detailed offerings across a wide price
range and myriad car categories.
I HAVE TO ADMIT, that I never
thought I’d see a nicely detailed 1/18
version of the 1975 Chrysler
Imperial, but this issue BoS-Models
delivers just that via AmericanExcellence. Let’s be realistic, the
1970s weren’t the best years for U.S.
car design, but this is one handsome
model and certainly will help
collectors round out their 1970s
Then there’s Replicarz expanding
its Indianapolis 500 racer lineup. I
love its 1/43 scale models for both
their detail and lower prices. But no
one is doing 1/18 scale open wheel
cars like Replicarz. And this May
being the 100th running of the Indy
500 just makes its historic car
offerings all that more attractive.
Replicarz also has just begun
importing Top Marques Collectibles,
which are nicely detailed 1/18 scale
models. We review an Audi Quattro
racer here that has a stellar finish.
follows last issue’s 1:24 scale 1969
Camaro SS with a high-value ’69
Charger 500. Autoart also keeps the
icons coming with a detailed and
beautifully finished ’58 Corvette.
There’s more to come too.
Automodello says it will have a 1/24
Kaiser Darrin soon, plus a 1/43 TVR
Tamir in limited quantities. And the
fine resin model car maker jumps
into the current car market with a
Noble supercar soon. Look for CMC
to unveil several new high-end trucks
and cars this year too. We’ll tell you
more as we see the samples!
Got a question or comment? Let us
know what you think at
[email protected].
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1928 Indy 500 Miller. Louis Meyer
Mfg: Replicarz
Scale: 1/18
Stock No: R18011
MSRP: $249.95
Link: Replicarz.com
Replicarz’s 1928 Indy 500 winning Miller
Beyond Ray Harroun’s 1911 Marmon
Wasp that won the first Indianapolis
500, the Miller racers of the 1920s and
1930s may be the most recognizable
early Indy cars.
Most famous, and recognizable, of
those Millers is the gold No. 14 that
Louis Meyer drove to victory in 1928,
his first of three Indy wins.
Lucky for us Replicarz has created a
1/18 scale diecast model that ups the
detail and artistry of the fine 1/43 scale
version of Meyer’s racer that it created
about a year ago. That one was
beautiful, but limited in its detail by its
size. This one rocks, with a full metal
grille and frame!
THE HISTORY
Briefly, because we recounted the
Miller racers’ history is issue No. 4,
Harry Miller designed the simple frontdrive single-seat racer and straight-8
engine that bear his name. Millerdesigned cars won the Indy 500 nine
times and dominated the Indy field for
years in the 1920s and early 1930s.
Millers won 73 of 92 major U.S. races
between 1922 and 1929. Take that
Penske!
While Miller was a success, he
ultimately went bankrupt and Fred
Offenhauser bought his engine design.
Fred’s Offy went on to become the
dominant Indy engine for years.
THE MODEL
Even if you’re not an Indy fan you’ll
love the simple, yet detailed, look of the
1928 Miller for its elegantly streamlined
body and massive straight-8 engine.
Replicarz has meticulously recreated
the body with rivets along the body’s
lower edge and black frame. The gold
paint scheme is flawless and the black
No. 14 on the tail and sides of the nose
perfectly matches the original.
Thankfully the body’s lean lines are not
spoiled by any sponsor logos. Ah, the
good ol’ days of racing!
The model features big black balloon
tires with the white Firestone logo
printed on them and the black wire
wheels with silver winged spinners look
realistic.
In front of that silver etched metal
grille is a hand crank, which is how they
fired these beasts at the time, plus
chrome-plated suspension and steering
arms. Replicarz puts a small photoetched grille just in front of the cockpit
atop the racer’s body. Plus the chromed
windscreen appropriately wraps in front
of the steering wheel and down the car’s
left side to the edge of its matte black
leather-look seat, which itself has silver
button snaps trimming its edge.
Rear suspension pieces are chrome
too as is the gas cap just behind the
driver’s seat, and atop the car’s tail.
Our pre-production model had
printed leather hood straps, but these
will be real leather on the production
model, just as Replicarz has on its Blue
Crown Specials released late last year.
The left side hood panel comes off to
reveal the powerful straight-eight that
Miller designed. There are spark plug
wires and distributor, and a
supercharger to create more torque for
the racer. Exhaust is out the car’s right
side with a chrome pipe that runs from
hood to tail.
The cockpit is realistically sparse in
finish with a metal-look dash face
featuring four gauges and a ¾-steering
wheel that’s white with four red notches
where the wheel’s four spokes attach to
it. The giant gear shift lever and exposed
transmission rests between where the
driver’s feet would sit and you can see
the underside of the steering column
too.
Again, Replicarz creates an Indy gem,
and just in time for the 100th running of
the Indy 500 this May.
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DIECASTREVIEWS
1975 Chrysler Imperial
Mfg: BoS-Models
Scale: 1/18
Stock No: 193761
MSRP: $97.95
Link: American-Excellence.com
BoS-Models’ 1975 Chrysler Imperial
Certainly the domestic automakers
were hurting after the oil crisis of 1973.
Their big barges had lost their styling
edge in addition to being gas hogs.
So it was expected that Chrysler’s
Imperial line would disappear along
with other automotive dinosaurs.
But not so fast!
Chrysler was celebrating its 50th
anniversary in 1974 and its president,
John Riccardo, was convinced to refresh
Imperial’s body style one more time.
The 1974 Imperial boasted a new
waterfall grille and was ladled with
chrome. It’s the final Imperial, the 1975
model, that BoS-Models delivers in 1/18
scale diecast resin and in an eye-catching
light metallic green.
THE HISTORY
After years of being its own high-end
luxury brand, Imperial was back to
being just another Chrysler, albeit the
top-of-the-line, in 1971. So after a
dismal 1973 model year it was expected
the Imperial would be killed off. It was a
surprise when a restyled body based on
the New Yorker was launched for 1974.
Now the Imperial would run on the
same wheelbase as the New Yorker, the
first time Imperial didn’t have a slightly
longer wheelbase, and with tweeks to a
few body panels it was inexpensive to
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produce. A huge waterfall grille of thin
vertical chrome bars with a bodycolored band running down the center
made its nose resemble Lincoln and
Rolls-Royce. That was good for the
luxury market where Imperial was a
weak sister to the big brands, mainly
Cadillac and Lincoln.
For 1974 and 1975 Imperial wrapped
up its run atop Chrysler’s lineup. Sales
were nearly 15,000 the first year of this
body style and dipped below 9,000 for
1975. Then Imperial was gone.
THE MODEL
The BoS model commemorates the
final model year and does it with class in
its beautiful light metallic green, almost
aqua, paint scheme with pea green vinyl
top. Keeping the car’s cost in check
though, BoS has created a sealed model,
meaning the doors, trunk and hood do
not open. In addition, the body’s
underside is not detailed. Not to worry
though, you’ll never notice when
displaying the car in a case.
The exterior is crisply executed with
consistent seam lines and nice chrome
detailing front and rear. The waterfall
grille and massive chrome front and rear
bumpers are well formed with the rear
bumper’s taillights and reflectors
molded into it.
There’s an antenna bud on the
passenger’s side fender, chrome lift door
handles and chrome mirrors. Window
trim is painted to look like chrome.
Hubcaps are large chrome numbers with
a scalloped ring and there are chromelook rocker panels.
BoS includes a photo-etched hood
ornament and trunk emblem, plus script
Imperial on the front quarter panels and
LeBaron script on the roof’s C pillars.
You’ll also see a big red and orange
Imperial crest on each of the car’s rear
flanks. In front the roll-away headlights
are closed, but in back the red taillight
lamp lenses are realistic looking. And
befitting a car of this size, the model’s
license plates are cream-colored 1975
Texas plates front and rear.
The model’s paint job has good depth
and metallic paints are not the easiest to
apply evenly, but this looks sharp on all
the flat surfaces, of which there are
many.
Inside, the green matches the vinyl
roof with a broad dash, visible gauges
and fake wood trim. Air vents are visible
and trimmed in silver and the seats are
deep cushions with buttons to look like
grandpa’s easy chair. The green steering
wheel is a two-spoke with the one broad
hub that divides the wheel in half. A
gearshift lever and turn signal stalk are
on either side of the steering column.
This is one of 2,000 that BoS is
producing and certainly beautifully
recreates the big boxy chrome-laden
look that defines the mid-1970s car
market in the United States. Our review
model was provided by AmericanExcellence.
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1967 Cadillac Eldorado
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1954 Pontiac
Bonneville Special
No. E67-193746
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1957 Buick Roadmaster Hardtop
Coupe
Neo
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$74.95
1965 Buick
Sport Wagon
BoS-Models
No. E67-197846
1933 Cadillac Fleetwood
Allweather Phaeton
Neo
No. E67-205706
$105.95
1980 Cadillac Fleetwood Formal
Limousine
Neo
No. E67-184573
$84.95
1966 Cadillac
Hearse
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No. E67-201259
1965 Chevrolet
Corvair Corsa
BoS-Models
No. E67-193850
$38.95
1963 Chevrolet Corvette C2
Stingray
WhiteBox
No. E67-204724
$24.95
1954 Chevrolet
Corvette Nomad
Neo
No. E67-193457
$95.95
1937 Cord 812
Supercharged Sedan
Neo
No. E67-192614
1959 Dodge D 100 Sweptside
Pick Up
Neo
No. E67-185608
$79.95
1929 Duesenberg Model
J Torpedo Convertible Coupe
Minichamps
No. E67-203990
$87.95
1964 Ford
Falcon Sprint
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No. E67-205705
$74.95
1960 Ford
Ranch Wagon
WhiteBox
No. E67-201262
1959 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight
(98) Hardtop
Neo
No. E67-185937
$79.95
1941 Packard 110
Deluxe Wagon
Neo
No. E67-176707
$84.95
1954 Pontiac
Chieftain
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No. E67-204717
1954 Mercury Monterrey Sun
Valley
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No. E67-186330
$79.95
$38.95
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1961 Chevrolet C30
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WhiteBox
No. E67-201258
$24.95
$79.95
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No. E67-185816
$95.95
1970 Dodge
Challenger T/A
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$38.95
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$24.95
1937 Lincoln
Zephyr Coupe
Neo
No. E67-192618
$79.95
$24.95
1956 Studebaker
President
Neo
No. E67-193523
$79.95
1977 White
Road Boss
Neo
No. E67-185821
$95.95
$24.95
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1986 Audi Quattro Pikes Peak
Winner, Bobby Unser
Mfg: Top Marques Collectibles
Scale: 1/18
Stock No: Top29
MSRP: $209.99
Link: Replicarz.com
Top Marques’ 1986 Audi Quattro: Pikes Peak Winner, Bobby Unser
On a twisting dirt and gravel road 100
years ago intrepid racers staged the first
Race to the Clouds, otherwise known as
the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
It was one of the rare times an Unser
didn’t win.
For many of the past 50 years one of
the racing Unser clan has won the
annual summer race over 156+ turns
and 12.42 miles. For much of that time
the road was still gravel and dirt, now
it’s completely paved.
Open-wheel racers have been
challenging the 4,720-foot climb to the
peak at 14,110 feet on grades averaging
7.2% that entire time, but so have stock
cars and sports cars, sedans and coupes.
In 1986 Audi asked Bobby Unser to
challenge the “hill” again, and now Top
Marques Collectibles, a diecast
manufacturer new to the U.S. market,
has produced Unser’s Audi in 1/18 scale.
THE HISTORY
Unser is a Pikes Peak legend. Before
the three-time Indianapolis 500 winner
had retired from racing, he had won the
Hill Climb 12 times. His 1986 drive in a
white Audi Sport Quattro S1 with red
and blue trim (very patriotic), would be
his 13th, the most of any racer. Unser
set nine track records too.
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Unser had done development work
for Audi after retiring from his
successful Indycar career, at one time
running 206.8 mph in an Audi. So after
12 years away from the hill climb, Audi
asked Unser to give it another go. He
again posted the top speed, giving him
10 overall victories, breaking a tie he
had with his uncle Louis Unser. Both
his uncle and father had won the race
repeatedly before Bobby and his brother
Al took up the challenge.
Generally the hill climb averages 130
competitors driving everything from
cars and trucks to motorcycles, all in a
variety of categories.
THE MODEL
Audi’s Quattro was a popular rally
racer in the 1980s and ’90s, its fourwheel-drive (quattro) system giving it
tremendous grip compared with other
rally cars. The competition version
boasted a 2.1-liter turbocharged engine
making 444 horsepower. The Quattro
was a consistent winner and Audi
wanted to build on its reputation with
Unser’s run at Pikes Peak.
Top Marques does a superb job of
capturing the racer’s stubby shortwheelbase look and clean, sporty lines
augmented by a giant rear wing
mounted just beyond the sloping
hatchback’s rear window.
Comparing the model to photos of
the race car it appears every sponsor
decal is perfectly executed, including an
American flag decal reversed on the
passenger’s side door. Daniels
Communications was a major sponsor
and its logo along with Audi, Mobil 1,
Bosch, Clayton Industries, Michelin and
Boge are all on board.
Black plastic air ducts seal the big air
intakes in the bulging rear fenders. Fine
black mesh covers the rear lights and a
black plastic screen encloses the cooling
units that were placed in the Quattro’s
trunk to chill this wild beast.
Windows are trimmed in black with
exposed hinges for the rear hatch, black
wipers, chrome trimmed headlights, cool
round black mirrors in white casings
mounted at the A-pillars and various
hood and fender air scoops and grilles.
This is a sealed model, so no engine
detail and the doors don’t open, but the
large windows allow easy viewing of the
interior’s roll cage, black Recaro racing
seat, and red seatbelts that tether clear
to where the back seat would be in the
Audi 80 that the Quattro was based on.
There’s some instrumentation on the
black dash, but that’s a bit hard to see.
However, there’s a shifter, hand brake
and fire extinguisher clearly visible.
Rubber tires are lightly treaded and
the five-spoke white racing wheels
display giant disc brakes behind them
while a wide flat twin exhaust protrudes
from beneath the car under the
passenger’s side door. Cool!
Top Marques’ models are new to the
U.S. and are now available through
Replicarz, which provided the review
sample. Currently Top Marques has 13
models available, with many more listed
as future releases.
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Miller, Winner 1928
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1969 Dodge Charger 500
Mfg: Auto World
Scale: 1/24
Stock No: AW24005/6
MSRP: $59.99
Link: Autoworldstore.com
Auto World’s 1969 Dodge Charger 500
Originally I was not a big Dodge
Charger or American Motors Marlin
fan. Both were too radical in their
fastback designs for me. I preferred the
Plymouth Baracuda and Ford’s
Mustang 2+2.
But by 1968 the second generation
Charger looked racier, more muscular,
and in 1969 Dodge launched the
Charger 500 to help it better compete in
NASCAR with the likes of Ford’s
Torino Talladega and Mercury Cyclone
models. The 500 was a limited edition,
of (you guessed it) 500, which allowed it
to meet NASCAR production
standards, back when the cars really
were stock cars.
So Auto World’s new 1/24 scale
version is of the rarest Charger of the
day, but in this scale is value-priced with
just an opening hood to show of its V8.
THE HISTORY
About 89,200 Chargers were made in
1969 and of the 500s, just 67 featured
the powerful 426 HEMI engine. That’s
what this model represents.
To make the cars faster on the track
Dodge cut drag by flush mounting a
Coronet grille and adding exposed
headlights. In addition, its engineers
made the giant rear window flush
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mounted by tilting it more and moving
it to the trailing edge of the C-pillar.
Later these changes became standard in
the Charger Daytona.
This model is painted in the 500
prototype’s scheme of B5 Blue with
white stripes. This adds a flat black roof
to resemble vinyl roofs of the day.
The 500 featured Chrysler’s
Torqueflight 3-speed automatic tranny,
but 27 had a 4-speed and more had a
manual. Being of such limited quantity,
and some being raced and disappearing
into racing’s chop shops, Charger 500
models fetch more on today’s auction
blocks, one selling for $181,500 in 2014.
The most famous 1969 Charger, sadly,
is the orange General Lee from TV’s old
“The Dukes of Hazzard” series that
ended in 1985.
THE MODEL
Auto World’s model nails the Charger
500’s low profile and it reflects a high
quality finish for an entry-level diecast
car in plastic modelers’ favored 1/24
scale. Body shape and fender, door and
hood creases are well executed. This
model oozes Charger power.
Up front are chrome headlights,
remember these didn’t roll away on the
500, plus front and rear bumpers are
nicely chromed. Rear lights are
painted-on red.
“Charger” is printed on the roof’s
C-pillar, while the grille says “Charger
500.” Door handles and key holes are
painted silver as is window trim. HEMI
decals grace each door, as on the
original, and there’s a black tail ring
decal with “500” on the car’s rear flanks.
This one’s hood opens to reveal the
orange HEMI block with black headers
along with fan, radiator and belts. Two
chrome carbs sit atop the engine. Doors
and trunk don’t open, but at this price
that’s not expected.
Inside you’ll see a black interior with
plastic 3-spoke black wheel and mostly
flat uneventful dash. There’s a white cue
ball painted on the floor-mounted shift
lever, giving this an appropriately racy
look.
The car rides on custom chrome
wheels and tires are treaded, but not
branded. Also the car’s underside is
mildly detailed and includes dual
tailpipes. Front and rear includes blue
South Carolina personalized plates with
“HEMI” on them.
Auto World’s 1/18 scale diecast cars
offer more detail, but it’s hard to beat
the price point and sharp outward
appearance of its 1/24 scale offerings.
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1958 Chevrolet Corvette
Mfg.: Autoart
Scale: 1/18
Stock No: 71146
MSRP: $163.95
Link: autoartmodels.com
Autoart’s 1958 Chevrolet Corvette
While the early Corvettes were cute
underpowered sports cars, for my
money they got serious and more
aggressive looking for 1958 when Harley
Earl gave them quad headlights.
To be honest, Corvette got off to a
rather slow sales start but 1958 was its
landmark year when sales hit 9,168 and
it was on its way to industry icon.
Now Autoart delivers a sweet silver
blue 1958 Corvette in 1/18 scale, and
this one comes with a matching silver
blue metal roof that fits on to allow it to
be displayed top up, or down.
THE HISTORY
Outwardly the big change for 1958
was Corvette’s quad headlights along
with a chrome strip the length of the
front fenders. There also were nonfunctional hood louvers and the car
grew by nine inches in length and about
two inches in width.
Radius rods were added to help the
rear suspension and chrome trunk
spears that some called suspenders were
added atop the trunk. The louvers and
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suspenders didn’t make it to 1959.
This listed at $3,591 in ’58, but the
Hagerty insurance folks say an average
’58 Vette sells today for $47,500.
Engines included a 270-horse 4.6-liter
small-block V8 with four-barreled twin
carburetors and a 290-horse version of
that 283 cu.in. V8, but with fuel
injection, a first for Corvette.
Chevy redesigned the interior, creating
a much more attractive and useful gauge
cluster. While on the passenger’s side, a
grab bar that some called a sissy bar,
was added. Seat belts were standard
from the factory too.
THE MODEL
The samples beautiful silver blue
paint job was enhanced by the white
scalloped side trim. Seems fitting this
finish is so nice because on the original
1958s, Chevy went to an acrylic-lacquer
paint and away from the old easilydulled enamel used on earlier models.
The chrome bumpers and 9-vertical
bar grille, down from 13 bars in earlier
Vettes are well executed and the quad
headlights look realistic and include
chrome bezels. There’s also a big
Corvette medallion centered on the car’s
nose.
The wraparound windshield includes
chrome trim that blends into the trim
atop the door and surrounding the two
seats.
The chrome doesn’t stop there. The
Vette has chrome tonneau releases
behind the seats and chrome door
handles and key holes. I love how that
chrome bumper wraps around the car’s
curved rear-end and looks like jet
openings that would help the car blast
off. The 1950s cars were loaded with
rocket/jet styling cues.
Autoart also delivers whitewall tires,
big chrome hubcaps with spinners, plus
the front wheels are poseable.
With the roof off you easily see the
snazzy matte light silver blue interior
with ribbed seats and white cue ball
shifter. There’s a 3-spoke wheel with
chrome sport spokes and chrome trim
on the doors.
This is a beautiful Vette, well priced.
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