Diecast Collector - May 2024
Issue Media
Offer Meta Data
- Offer Number:
- 233
- On Sale:
- 02/04/2024
- Digital Edition:
- £6.99
- Print Edition:
- £6.99 (plus postage)
Issue Summary
Pole position! Over 40 of the latest scale models line up on the starting grid, from the likes of Oxford Diecast, Corgi, Bburago and Britains.
On Sale: 02/04/2024
Purchase Options
Digital Edition: £6.99
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What's in this Issue?
What's in this issue?
REGULARS
News and events - What's happening in the world of diecast collecting.
Toy Tales - Ed Karswell ponders the wonderful world of model collecting.
The Corgi Years - Rick Wilson continues his series of year-by-year articles from the beginning of the Corgi brand in 1956.
Top Vintage Model - DTCA Chairman, Michael Driver, picks another vintage favourite from Dinky.
A-Z of Diecast - In which Alwyn Brice continues his series, leafing through the alphabet of diecasts.
Collecting by Numbers - Charting the evolution of the Matchbox Superfast range during the Lesney years, from 1969 to 1982.
Dear Editor - Your diecast-related questions shared.
Toy Fair Times - News of upcoming events that you might want to put in your diary.
NEW MODELS
What's New - Six pages of new model reviews.
FEATURES
Matchbox Trains - Mike Pigott looks back at the railway models from the Matchbox 1-75 series.
Audi Sport Quattro S1 - part 1 - Francisco Mota goes back to the 1980s to find out how the Audi rally team tried to solve the issue of power.
The Darién Gap Range Rovers - Steve Coles recounts the British Trans-Americas Expedition from the 1970s, and miniature replicas now produced.
Feathers in our cap - part 1 - Nigel Robertshaw looks at models of the commercial vehicles and buses produced by Guy Motors of Wolverhampton.
Don't be a dummy - Mike Pigott looks at a novelty range from Matchbox which was based on a television road safety campaign.
Wonder Woman Jet - Paul Brent Adams looks at a replica of a jet seen in the 2020 film Wonder Woman 1984.
The GT from Slough - David Wright explores the background to a rare but curvy British sports car, and the models of it.
Little and Large - In which Steve Coles compares models of the same car... but in differing scales!
Corgi Accessories - Corgi didn’t just make vehicles, as Gijs Noordam reviews the numerous characters
and accessories.
A Female Perspective - Hazel Ralston considers the world of model collecting, through different eyes...
Auction news - Highlights around the auction rooms and online this month.
Online results - We help you to put a value on your collection, with a look at recent online auction results.