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PHOTO GALLERY: Solido Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm

Encouraged by Luk´s review a year ago (thank you!), I have recently obtained this remarkable effort by Solido in red. However, mine had paint issues on the hood and the stitching decals on the interior were misapplied or partially missing (compare for pictures with white indicators). Modelissimo offered me a full refund on me returning the model (as they are Continue Reading...
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REVIEW: Norev OEM Tesla Cybertruck

Tesla´s Cybertruck and its design surely have been controversial from its inception onwards. Elon Musk and Franz von Holzhausen have kept the production model looking much like the prototype. It still looks outlandishly Sci-Fi utilitarian, the commercial looks aptly as if it had been shot on Mars and the box of our model hilariously tells extraterrestrials that this “Cybertruck 1:18 Continue Reading...
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PHOTO GALLERY: BoS Jaguar Mark X / 420 G

For those who have a Jaguar theme in their collection and wish to make their range of Jags more complete: Long after the original release, Best of Show (BoS) has just released a second colour for their Jaguar Mark X aka 420 G in this later version that had been updated from its original 3.8-litre engine shared with the E-Type Continue Reading...
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REVIEW: Almost Real vs Norev Mercedes Maybach S 680

A Mercedes S-Class always was one of the top luxury sedans out there, in fact sometimes better than the more prestigious Rolls Royces and Bentleys. But when rival BMW bought Rolls Royce (and Volkswagen Bentley), Mercedes felt they had to keep up by reviving the Maybach brand – and failed miserably. Not that the Maybach 62 or “smaller” 57 were Continue Reading...
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REVIEW: Almost Real (Jaguar) Daimler XJ40 4.0

Almost Real has a remarkable, unprecedented output this year, some renditions of previous models (like the British Police Classic Range Rover, mimicking a 1:24 Italeri Kit), some long-awaited like the most recently released Pagani Zonda Cinque, but also some without much of a prior announcement. Amongst the latter are the Jaguar XJs, spearheaded by the all-new 1:18 scale X350 generation Continue Reading...
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