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.

Diecast Collector

MINI MANIA FROM MATRIX

SPORTY ALLARD FROM ESVAL

NEW CAPRI IS NEARLY READY FOR ACTION

BROOKLIN RELOCATES AND NEWS OF A NEW LANSDOWNE

IXO LE MANS PARTWORK COLLECTION RELEASED

NEWLY-TOOLED PLAXTON TRIO FROM BUCKIE MODEL CENTRE

Welcome

WHANGANUI TOY FAIR REPORT

NEXT UP FROM THE CORGI MODEL CLUB

NEWS IN BRIEF

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GET READY FOR A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY WITH OXFORD DIECAST'S NEW TOOLING • 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.

IT'S ALL IN THE DETAIL ON TECNOMODEL'S 1958 BRITISH GRAND PRIX-WINNING FERRARI DINO

FINISH OFF YOUR 2022 F1 GRID WITH THE CHAMPION'S CAR

Samba from Salzburg • Stephen Paul Hardy returns to Austria to discover some more lesser-known variations on the theme of Volkswagen.

Muscle flexin' • As part of our American muscle cars theme this month, Stephen Paul Hardy looks at two very charismatic, yet very different, examples.

Raw power • Francisco Mota goes back to the USA in the late sixties and early seventies to find some of the wildest sets of wheels… in 1/43 scale.

One-race wonder • Bugatti’s innovative Type 32 was only entered by the factory for one race. Rick Wilson revisits the fascinating tale behind it.

French National Automobile Museum • Mike Pigott has been on his travels again.

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Porsche 910 by Matchbox • When Matchbox announced its special 70th anniversary range of retrospective recreations a couple of months ago, one model in particular jumped out at Rick Wilson.

Canada Ducks • Lining up the Formula One drivers who have stood on the top step for the first time in Montreal takes some doing, as Douglas R. Kelly discovers.

Lone Star’s Kiwi Connection • James Robertshaw tells the story of Lone Star’s appealing Roadmaster cars and the exciting discovery that they were produced in New Zealand.

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 the second half of 1967.

Denton Sidings • Always on the lookout for alternative ways of using and displaying diecast, Rick Wilson found a fabulous railway layout with 1/43 scale models.

Hallmark Road Rovers • Mike Pigott introduces us to a bizarre range of cartoon vehicles produced several years ago by the greetings-card company, Hallmark.

Matchbox Matchmates • Never lost for things to talk about, Rick Wilson shares another selection from his collection.

Desert Island Diecasts • Imagine you’re stranded on a remote island and had only taken a handful of your collection favourites on that fateful trip, which five would you want it to be? Michael Bond is this month’s castaway hero.

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

Lunar Roving Vehicle • DTCA Chairman, Michael Driver, picks another vintage favourite by Dinky.

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LOTS OF DIECAST DELIGHTS AT WARWICK & WARWICK

PRE-PRODUCTION MATCHBOX MODELS MAKE SOME MAGIC AT VECTIS AUCTIONS

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