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Issue 3
SIX NEW DIECAST REVIEWS
October/November
2015
1959 Dodge Custom
Royal Lancer
By NEO
p.3
1959/1960-62 CHALLENGER I
By Replicarz
p.6
1930 Alfa-Romeo 6C 1750 GS
By CMC
p.10
SAVAGE’S GARAGE
BY MARK SAVAGE
Issue No. 3 arrives at Land Speed Record
As if most race cars aren’t fast
enough, Mickey Thompson, a hot
rod and drag racing luminary in the
1950s wanted to break the Land
Speed Record. This was before jet
engines strapped to rocket-shaped
cars.
THIS WAS BACK IN THE DAY
when backyard mechanics, or racers,
would experiment with standard car
engines, build their own chassis and
tack on performance parts.
Mickey was a dreamer and a
creative thinker, so he gathered a core
of mechanics and fabricators to help
him build what would be called
Challenger I and in 1959 had a go at
the Land Speed Record on the
Bonneville Salt Flats.
But Mickey knew he needed cash
to fund such an effort, so he lined up
Pontiac, Goodyear, Mobil Oil and
Champion Spark Plugs as sponsors.
Again, this was long before ALL
racers had major sponsorships to pay
the bills.
Well, the rest, as they say, is history,
and that’s what Replicarz is showing
us now with its two Challenger I
models in 1:18 scale.
See more about Mickey’s speed run
and these beautiful models in my
review on p. 6.
detail is exquisite.
Then there’s Automodello’s
beautiful Duesenberg with its chrome
convertible top cover. Style was king
in the 1930s. Yet for us Boomers
there’s nothing like a car with fins,
and American-Excellence presents a
NEO 1959 Dodge convertible with
mighty fins and a concept Corvette
Corvair with rocket-like styling, both
in affordable 1:43 scale. Younger
Boomers will recall Auto World’s
Chevy Monte Carlo too, and this one
is real die-cast metal that feels almost
as heavy as the real thing.
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THIS ISSUE’S OTHER REVIEW
models are pretty awesome too,
starting with the museum-quality
Alfa Romeo 6C from CMC. The
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1959 Dodge Custom Royal
Lancer
Mfg: NEO
Scale: 1/43
Stock No: 176619
MSRP: $74.95
Link: American-Excellence.com
NEO’s 1959 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer Convertible
I admit to having a soft spot in my
car styling heart for the “Forward
Look” Chrysler and Dodge models
created by Virgil Exner in the late 1950s
and early ‘60s.
These big-finned beauties featured
dramatic taillights and oodles of chrome
trim on their fronts, sides and backs. My
Uncle Paul had a white 1959 Chrysler
300 that barely fit in his garage.
So I’m a big fan of NEO’s 1/43
Dodge Custom Royal Lancer Convertible and its beautiful red and white
paint scheme.
The History
Dodge offered the Royal and Custom
Royal from 1955-’59 and NEO’s model
depicts the top-level Custom Royal in its
heyday and final year, featuring dual jet
exhaust taillights under each chromeladen fin. The convertible featured a
“Wedge” big-block V8 that used a
wedge-shaped combustion chamber
along with 383 cubic inches of
displacement. Serious performance
buyers snagged Dodge’s Super D-500
V8 overhead valve engine, a $415
option, with a massive 345 horsepower.
Royals and Custom Royals were
available in hardtop, sedan, convertible
and station wagon body styles and a
base four-door listed at $2,934 in 1959.
The premium Custom Royal convertible
sold for $3,422 and 984 were sold that
model year. Chrysler touted the use of
front torsion bars and its mighty
engines, plus push-button automatic
transmissions.
The Model
NEO delivers a stellar resin version of
the Custom Royal convertible with gray
and red bench seats and white accent
trim on the car’s exterior lower body
panels and top half of its pronounced
fins.
Like the real deal, this NEO model is
loaded with chrome from its finely
detailed grille to trim over the headlight
hoods that sweep down along the
convertible’s sides and over the wheel
wells into the accent strip that ultimately
blends into the big rear bumper, also
chrome, and including rocket-like bulges
under the taillights. Dodges had two jet
exhaust taillights on each side and
chrome fin inserts above the lights.
There’s even chrome along the white tail
fin separating it from the red side panel.
Here, as on the real convertible,
“Custom Royal” appears in script on the
chrome panel just behind the doors, and
there’s a Lancer crest on the fuel door
and on each front fender.
Dodge is on the black nose nameplate
with the Lancer’s knight logo
incorporated in it, plus there are realistic
looking dual headlight lenses under
each fender’s light hood that swoops
down to that nameplate.
In back are thin twin antenna atop
the trunk, just beyond the lowered matte
red convertible top. There are red and
white Ohio license plates, plus twin
exhaust pipes along with fine Dodge
badging on the trunk face.
I like this car’s wrap-around
windshield, which includes a black
border that sets off the chrome
surround, and there are finely detailed
chrome wipers.
Inside, the doors are well sculpted to
reflect the styling of the day with gray
inserts above the door’s armrests. Two
sunvisors project from the windshield
frame and that elliptical steering wheel
is white with black sides and a chrome
horn ring. Dash detailing is modest, but
includes chrome accents.
Like NEO’s finer 1:43 models, the
Custom Royal Lancer goes for $74.95
and comes in a handsome acrylic display
case with gray base.
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Automodello’s 1930 Duesenberg J Torpedo
Growing up in Indiana I learned that
Duesenbergs were fast and beautiful,
and there wasn’t much more to learn.
That was, until I found out there were
many varieties due to various coachbuilders creating the bodywork on the
1920s and ‘30s models.
Now Automodello goes and creates
one of the all-time most beautiful
Duesys ever, the J with Murphy-bodied
Torpedo styling. This is in 1/43 scale,
which makes it all that more remarkable
for its exterior detail.
The History
The first Model J was unveiled at the
1928 New York Auto Show, just a year
before the Great Depression. That alone
tells you what the likelihood of success
was for the model.
Duesenberg, run by two brothers in
Indianapolis, had gained worldwide
acclaim for mechanical excellence by
winning the Indianapolis 500 several
times and the 1921 French Grand Prix. .
But E.L. Cord bought Duesenberg in
1926 and demanded large luxury cars
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that he could sell to the nation’s elite,
folks like Clark Gable, Greta Garbo and
James Cagney. Fred Duesenberg
responded with exquisite cars with
ladder frames and six cross members to
restrict vibration, plus an automatically
lubricating chassis. Its heart was a
32-valve, double overhead cam, 6.9-liter
straight-eight engine creating 265
horsepower and a world-beating 120
mph top speed.
Only 481 Model Js were made and
just six of this short-wheelbase Walter
M. Murphy-bodied convertible coupe,
known for its boat-tail shape and
polished aluminum rear deck. The last
Duesy was made in 1937.
The Model
Automodello has created another
small gem in resin with a beautifully
executed body with fine seams and
detailing from its tiny chrome door
handles and key holes in both doors to
the photo-etched side hood grilles and
four ribbed exhaust pipes that curl
between the hood and right front fender.
1930 Duesenberg J Torpedo
Mfg: Automodello
Scale: 1/43
Stock No:
AM43-DUE-JMT-TE-RD (red),
AM43-DUE-JMT–ME-AC (green)
MSRP:
$149.95 (Tribute)
$119.95 (Museum)
Link: Diecasm.com
The gorgeous wire wheels, including
two spares strapped in the front fenders,
scream high-end luxury of the day. All
tires are treaded and feature broad white
sidewalls and each spare tire has a
chrome mirror strapped atop it. Front
and rear bumpers are chrome and the
well-shaped grille up front features a
crisp arrow-like Duesenberg hood
ornament atop it. Lights front and rear
are realistically executed and there are
step rings by each door above the
chrome ribbed running boards.
I like the chrome bodywork too,
which spreads from the car’s nose to
surround the two-seat cockpit and
extend to the boat-tail rear-end. The
black convertible top comes on the car,
but is easily removed to make the model
appear sleeker and show off that
aluminum rear deck that swallowed the
convertible top.
The car was about $15,000 at the time
and it looks pricey even in this scale.
With the roof off it’s also easy to see the
white with red trim seats, black threespoke steering wheel and a nicely
detailed dash.
Mine was the Tribute Edition in
bright red and matching the car on
display at the Martin Museum in
Arizona. Just 85 Tribute models are
being made ($149.95 each), while 999 of
the Museum Edition Duesy’s will be
made and are green with silver upper
body. This car matches one at the
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile
Museum in Auburn, Ind.
Two other rare editions are planned, a
violet Tribute edition at $149.95 and a
black Homage Edition at $199.95.
Replicarz’s 1959/1960-62 Challenger I
In today’s world where the speed of
sound bites being delivered via every
digital medium is of utmost importance,
it’s difficult to imagine the days when
men driving cars at record speeds would
grab newspaper headlines. Nowadays
even newspapers are passe!
But Mickey Thompson was a headline
grabber from his days as a drag racer to
setting land speed records on the
Bonneville Salt Flats to designing race
cars for the Indianapolis 500 to his
murder in 1978.
It was his land speed record attempts
that put him in the nation’s eye as he
created streamlined four-wheeled beasts
to challenge the existing speed record of
394 mph set after World War II by
Britain’s John Cobb. Replicarz delivers
two beautiful sealed body, cast resin
renditions of Thompson’s Challenger 1
racers in 1/18 scale.
Why two models? Here’s the scoop.
The History
Thompson began his rapid record
runs in 1959 with a slick powder blue
Challenger I, earning Thompson the
1959 Hot Rod Champion of the Year as
he eclipsed 360 mph. The car featured
four Pontiac engines and four
synchronized 1937 Cadillac
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transmissions. Horsepower was
estimated at 2040.
In 1959 Thompson set a top mark of
362.120 mph in a one-way run and
330.5125 mph average for a two-way
run, the fastest times ever at the
Bonneville National Speed Trials. But
Thompson hadn’t reached his goal and
came back in 1960 with a redesigned
dark metallic blue Challenger I with
superchargers to increase the four
engines’ power and enclosed front
wheels to cut drag.
Before beginning his speed runs,
Thompson, an astute fund-raiser, had
signed Goodyear as a tire sponsor. Not
only did they provide funding, but
developed the tires expected to give a
400+ mph car traction and not burst.
They worked! He also had Mobil and
Champion sparkplugs as sponsors
initially and later Grant piston rings and
Iskenderian racing cams.
The 1960-62 Challenger’s redesigned
body featured large hood scoops to
provide the superchargers with the air
they needed to create maximum power.
The tradeoff was the scoops created
more wind resistance.
Yet Thompson set a one-way record
Sept. 9, 1960 when he ran 406.6 mph.
However, Thompson had mechanical
1959/’60-62 Mickey Thompson
Challenger I, Land Speed Record
Mfg: Replicarz
Scale: 1/18
Stock No: R18500/R18501
MSRP: $249.95/each
Link: replicarz.com
difficulties, reportedly one blown engine,
and his return run was slower. So he
couldn’t beat Cobb’s average speed.
The Model
Replicarz, which has honed its skills
on its fabulous Indy Cars, delivers stellar
paint jobs on the beautifully shaped
resin racers. Paint work on the preproduction models was flawless.
Graphics work is crisp and well
executed too. With Mickey Thompson’s
name, Challenger I and the Goodyear,
Mobil and Champion logos gracing the
sides and nose. Overall the models are
each 13 inches long, so make a stunning
display.
There are variations between the two,
including what appear to be bolted on
front wheel covers on the dark blue
model, different nose and tail venting
and scoops, plus the giant tube-like air
scoops on the later version.
I like the original light blue model’s
lines best, and its silver disc wheel covers
enhancing this lean machine’s futuristic
looks.
Both are beautifully executed and
stunning visually. Also, both are limited
runs, like the original. No total
production numbers have been
announced.
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1954 Corvette-Corvair Concept
Mfg: BoS-Models
Scale: 1/43
Stock No: 198265
MSRP: $38.95
Link: American-Excellence.com
BoS-Models’ 1954 Chevrolet Corvette-Corvair Concept
Early Corvettes were stylish sports
cars, not the big fire-breathing muscle
rods they became by the 1970s and that
they continue as today.
So a fastback model in 1954 would
have been cooler than even Ford’s
Thunderbird and shows General
Motors had the right idea, if only in
concept form. Funny too, they named it
the Corvette Corvair, joining two names
that Chevrolet would ultimately use.
Now BoS-Models has created a highvalue 1:43 of this unusual concept as it
first appeared in a bright Ruby Red
paint scheme. And while I don’t usually
dwell on price here, I’ve got to mention
it’s just $38.95 and looks fabulous in its
acrylic case.
The History
First, an explanation of the concept
car that made its debut at the 1954 GM
Motorama, a show in New York City.
Chevrolet used the front-end of its new
Corvette, but made it into a fastback
coupe by grafting a sloping roof onto
the sporty Vette. The tail here reflects
the popular aircraft styling of the midto late-1950s.
The Corvair’s roof, rear window and
trunk slope into a tail that looks a lot
like a fighter jet’s exhaust port and the
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pointy taillights and chrome bumpers
look like they came from NASA’s
experimental rocket program.
GM didn’t move the Corvair Concept
along as a fastback Corvette until a
major styling change in 1963. The
Corvair name though went on to live as
the model designation for Chevy’s shortlived compact rear-engine car in the
early ‘60s. Best evidence is there was
only one of these concept cars and it
was repainted light sea foam green for
the L.A. auto show, also in 1954.
The Model
Kudos go to BoS-Models for creating
this rare concept in resin. Our model,
provided by American-Excellence who
markets it, featured a stellar metallic
dark red paint job with no mars or
imperfections. That’s not always the case
at this price point.
In addition to a well-shaped body
reflecting the original car’s styling, the
review model features mesh chrome
headlight covers and a toothy chrome
Corvette grille and half bumpers and
grille protectors. Tail-end trim is equally
sharp in detail, including dual tailpipes.
All window trim is chrome, as are the
wipers and the license plate surround
looks like a metal mesh. There are
Corvair and Chevrolet script
nameplates on the car, a chrome trim
strip along the car body’s side, aligning
perfectly with the front and rear
bumpers, plus painted on silver hood air
intakes and outlets on the front fenders.
There’s a painted keyhole on each door
and below the rear bumper for a trunk
release.
The interior is white with well-shaped
seats and the dual cowl dash that
Corvette featured at the time. Dash
detailing is good for the price with all
the gauges and dials represented with
stickers on the dash. There’s a chrome
mirror on the dash, which was standard
placement at the time, and a white
steering wheel with silver horn ring and
Corvette’s crossed-flag logo on the hub.
Wheels are broad white sidewalls with
some tread while hubcaps are big
chrome numbers, again featuring the
Corvette logo at their center.
The BoS-Models are marketed in blue
sleeves with Best of Show on the front
of the sleeve and a BoS logo inside a
half wreath. The model’s name is
printed on the black plastic stand with a
handsome acrylic cover.
The Corvette Corvair is a rare model
attractively crafted at an equally
attractive price.
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1930 Alfa-Romeo 6C 1750 GS
Mfg: CMC
Scale: 1/18
Stock No: M-138
MSRP: $419.95
Link: cmcmodelcarsusa.com
CMC’s 1930 Alfa-Romeo 6C 1750 GS
Alfa Romeo only recently returned to
the U.S. market, but it has been wowing
Italians, and other European drivers
with its sports cars for 105 years. Enzo
Ferrari worked for Alfa and raced them.
In fact, early Ferrari teams drove Alfas
as part of Scuderia Ferrari.
In the 1930s its racing cars were
among the best in the world known for
their engine technology and handsome
styling as evidenced by CMC’s beautiful
6C 1750 GS here in 1/18 scale.
engines and continued the company’s
racing success, some generating as much
as 102 hp. In 1930 Alfa’s 6C won the
Mille Miglia for the second time and
then the Spa 24-Hour endurance race.
Ultimately 2,635 of the 6C were made,
but just 257 of the sportier GS models
from 1930 to 1933.
For the record, the GS was powered
by a 1.7-liter 1,752cc I6 with a 4-speed
manual tranny. It was long, featuring a
124.4-inch wheelbase. Zagato designed
and built the body.
The History
Alfa’s naming convention was easy to
understand, the 6C designation meaning
the car had six cylinders, and Alfa’s was
a straight 6, not a V. The first 6C was
made in 1927. Vittorio Jano designed
the new model, basing it on Alfa’s P2
race car with a single overhead cam
1,487cc inline six creating 44
horsepower. In 1928 a double overhead
cam version was launched and Alfa
won the 1928 Mille Miglia, Italy’s
legendary race over public roads.
The 1750 model that CMC produces
followed in 1929 and was made until
1933 and featured a top speed of 95
mph along with a flexing chassis. The
GS, or Gran Sport, and Super Sport
models used Alfa’s double overhead cam
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The Model
Some seeing the 6C for the first time
may see similarities to the 1950s’ MG.
That shows the staying power of
Zagato’s styling with its lean fenders
over the wheels and long nose with
distinctive grille. Others may just notice
its sensational dark red, some might say
blood red, paint scheme.
CMC again delivers a beautiful paint
job on a museum-quality handmade
model. Outside of appearance, here are
the cool things I really liked.
There’s a black cloth roof that folds
down and is held in place by two leather
straps with clasps. Inside is a brown
leather interior with stitched seats, not
some molded plastic, but real leather.
There’s a big black four-spoke steering
wheel, metallic shifter and brake lever,
plus realistic looking gauges and knobs.
The split windshield features winged
fasteners that can be loosened to lower
the top half while a pair of windshield
wipers are joined by a bar to keep them
in synch.
CMC creates fine chrome hinges to
allow the scalloped doors to open, and
the doors latch too. While on the latch
topic, there are three chrome hood
latches on each side of the split hood.
Other exterior details include three
big headlights with red bulbous plastic
covers, which Alfa originally placed on
the car to improve aerodynamics. The
effect is a unique, exciting nose,
complete with detailed grille with Alfa
in script on it. The center light also is
connected by a rod to the radiator cap.
No detail is too small for CMC.
There also is an opening gas cap, two
spare tires with black wire wheels and a
rod you can turn to remove the tires. All
tires include finely strung wire wheels.
An oil cap opens on the car’s left side
and there’s a Museo Storico plate in
back, the current home for the car this
was modeled after.
There’s no equal to CMC in attention
to detail. This Alfa is another winner.
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1971 Chevy Monte Carlo SS 454
Mfg: Auto World
Scale: 1/18
Stock No: AMM 1055/06
MSRP: $89.99
Link: autoworldstore.com
Auto World’s 1971 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS 454
I lived through the 1970s, in fact my
first car was an early ‘70s Plymouth, but
I can tell you that good-looking and
quality cars of that era were few and far
between.
But for Chevy, the 1971 Monte Carlo
was a big seller, a full-size luxury coupe
that was introduced a year earlier. This
was before the oil crisis and all the
downsizing of models that followed a
couple years later.
Auto World now fills the Monte Carlo
void for 1/18 scale model lovers and
does it with a fine looking SS model in
Rosewood Metallic, a dark, nearly
maroon, red.
The History
The Monte Carlo SS454 is a shortlived muscle car as Chevy decided its
powerful engine and the sporty SS
designation was sending mixed signals
to the masses. And make no mistake,
Chevy intended this to sell in quantity,
even as a luxury model.
Chevy was successful too, moving
128,600 Monte Carlos in 1971 despite a
factory strike, but the SS was not such a
hit, with just 1,919 being ordered. While
the car’s new styling with single
headlight and square surround and long
chiseled profile made it popular, the SS
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package didn’t fit the larger public’s
vision of what the car was.
The giant LS5 V8 with its 4-barrel
carbs didn’t say luxury, it screamed
Speed! In fact, this model would do a
quarter mile in 15.05 seconds with a top
speed of 91.5 mph, not shabby in 1971.
That said, the engine, but not the SS
badging, was offered for 1972, as an
option.
The Model
Auto World continues to create highquality 1/18 scale cars for its American
Muscle lineup and going for unique
versions like this SS keeps these
offerings interesting. The SS is a rare
model that had a heavy-duty suspension
and wider tires, plus that 365-horse V8.
Detailing and value are good and as
with other cars in the series, the hood,
doors and trunk open, and the wheels
are steerable.
This being the SS, the V8 is of special
interest and Auto World continues to
provide a sharp engine bay with 454
emblazoned on the air filter cover,
accurate wiring and hosing, plus the
power steering unit are visible. Hood
hinges also are strong.
Body trim is plentiful too with a
chrome accent piece that runs from
front to rear bumpers up and over the
wheel wells. Windows have a chromelook border and the black flat black
roof that simulates the vinyl of the day
is trimmed in flat silver paint.
The 1971 car also featured a stand-up
hood ornament, which is included here,
along with chrome mirrors and door
handles.
Auto World also nicely details the
car’s undercarriage and places treated
Goodyear labeled tires on shiny chrome
GM Rallye wheels.
Inside is a two-spoke, black steering
wheel and cream-colored seats and dash.
The front bucket seat backs fold forward
and carpet is flocked too. The highlight
is an accurate fake wood dash pod that
surrounds the main gauges and similar
finish by the big handle grip shifter on
the console. This trim was fake elm in
the full-size car and it adds some color
and distinction to this interior.
In 1971 a Monte Carlo started at
$3,123, about $215 more than a Chevelle
Malibu. With options and the SS
package the car could easily hit $5,000
and now these are going for more than
$30 grand at car auctions.
This rare model is an attractive
addition to Auto World’s muscle car
lineup and being metal, feels muscular.
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