Diecast Collector

Diecast Collector is the most popular UK model collecting magazine, featuring both vintage collectables and the brand-new diecast releases. The monthly magazine is written and edited by collectors with a passion for the subject and includes a wide range of in-depth features and supplements on models old and new.

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Diecast Collector

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NEXT MONTH • AUGUST 2024 Issue 322

What’s new… • Our team of experts take a look at this month’s model releases, including fine handbuilt replicas, scale construction and the latest in farm models.

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Coming soon from Corgi • Corgi has announced its new model releases for the next few months. There’s new tooling, some old favourites, and plenty more. Here we highlight just a small selection of what’s available…

Marking 60 years of Majorette • Alex Winson, collector, blogger and now Diecast Collector, went out to Germany to help celebrate a big birthday…

Majorette Müller Volkswagens • Mike Pigott looks at a pair of promotional Volkswagens produced by Majorette for a German drugstore chain.

Post-war British clockwork cars • For a relatively short period after World War Two, several British toymakers combined diecast construction with clockwork mechanisms. Andrew Ralston finds out more…

Fast Czech • In recent years, Skoda won several national and international rally series around Europe. Francisco Mota looks at the Czech brand’s evolution in the sport, through a collection of diecasts representing rally cars produced by the company.

Feathers in our cap • Now it’s the turn of the heavyweight Guys; the Goliath, the Invincible and the Warrior. Nigel Robertshaw takes a look at the contemporary 1960s and 1970s toys and models inspired by these mighty machines as they roared up and down Britain’s roads.

Stamp cover for Fun-Ho! • Christopher Moor discovers that the reach of Fun-Ho! went further than just diecast toys. Here he looks at postage stamps, and the First Day Covers they appeared on…

Rover P6 3500 • In which Steve Coles compares models of the same car… but in differing scales!

Corgi TV & Film • One of the successes of the Corgi Toys range during the 1960s was the introduction of diecasts modelled after cars appearing in popular TV series and movies. Here Gijs Noordam tells us more.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE… NO COMMITMENT, NO CATCH! • Packed with inspiring, in-depth articles and informative reviews which will keep you entertained month after month!

"Sorry, it wasn't me, honest…" •  Ed Karswell ponders the wonderful world of model collecting.

Corgi through the years • Rick Wilson continues his series of year-by-year articles from the beginning of the brand in 1956. We continue the series with the models released during 1974.

A-Z of diecast • In which Alwyn Brice takes at look what’s available under the letter F.

Superfast 1969-1982 • Charting the evolution of the Matchbox Superfast range during the Lesney years, from 1969 to 1982.

The B.E.V. Electric Truck • DTCA Chairman, Michael Driver, picks another vintage favourite from Dinky…

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