A first for Amalgam in 1:18 scale is a race weathered example. The car, the Porsche 917K as it raced in the 24 Hours of Daytona 1970. This limited edition piece of only 100 is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Porsche’s victory of the same race. A meticulously detailed exterior yes, however, it does fall short, crafted in resin with sealed-body design this example’s price tag heads north of $1100 US.
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I can understand the price. It’s a very decent looking model, but I do wish it was openable
Never seen a car finish Le Mans with such crisp wheels and tires. Nice that they cleaned up the rear bare chassis before ending the race. $1100?? What would they charge for an actually good model??
Nice, but I prefer my Autoart with 360 full access. Sorry it’s not available nowadays
Shame that such iconic car was missed by Exoto or CMC.
Autoart’s execution on that one is quite basic, i have to say.
Exoto would have done this right. They would have charged a little less and have all kinds of opening parts, rotating and posable front wheels.
Yeah, if Exoto had made this, we would have seen full opening body, great engine detail and removable wheels. Knowing Exoto, they’d put in a ton of chassis detail and offer to sell you one model alongside a rolling chassis.
I wish a new brand would attempt to fill in the gap left by Exoto. Of course there’s still CMC, but this only gives us so many premium cars.
As far as Amalgam, they’re good for a laugh every now and then.
Ridiculous. And as Dave G. mentioned about the wheels, tires, & rear chassis….I’ll also add that the windshield is showroom new spotless as are the door windows, which of course they never were after a race! Once again, another half baked and over priced model.
1100$ for a sealed brick is a bargon!