It seems CMC is hard at work developing a new series of model cars in scale. The first is the BMW 328 developed from 1936-1940. No information is available for the colour assortment or what the list of possible racing cars will be. Also in the works is the Porsche 904. This one is a welcomed addition for sure. Both are slated as “near future” releases, we suspect delivery mid part of 2020 or later.
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The Porsche 904 will be a welcome addition. The BMW 328 was already done by AUTOart in scale and although it is quite rare now it is a competent model. Cute & tiny model actually.
typo correction: “Minichamps 304” should have been “Minichamps 908”.
Love both these cars, and I have the BMW by Autoart and the 908 by Minichamps and that doesn’t stop me being excited about these since the quality of the CMC’s will obviously be many levels above what’s currently available.
Thank you CMC for catering to people who like quality regardless of what’s currently been released and aren’t just interested in collecting models just to check them off a list!
CMC “quality” is not always good or great. – it is sometimes hit or miss. They do attempt to pack in a lot of parts and detail, but very often sacrifice accuracy in doing so. And body shapes of the sports cars & sports racers are all too often another problem area. However… with that said, I hope they don’t screw up the 904. If it’s good I’ll buy one.
The BMW 328 of the late 1930s has been done very well by Autoart; in several colors and variations. Ditto for the Porsche 904, which Minichamps admirably replicated. Why waste CMC’s considerable talents but probably limited resources on these two projects, when there are so many other cars that have been done poorly or not at all?
The Aston Martin DBR1 was arguably one of the most beautiful automobiles ever designed. I have two versions of it; one in metal, the other resin. IMO neither model does justice to that car. It needs a CMC-level replica to be produced.
A car that has never been attempted at all in 1:18 is the Continental Mark I from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. A flathead V-12 with exposed wiring. CMC could produce many variations of that car, in coupe and convertible versions, and many different colors. It could be very profitable for them.
Maybe CMC is good at representing cars with relatively simple shape and exterior decoration. Therefore, probably pre-war German cars are good targets.
When it comes to cars with complicated form and exterior decoration, CMC is not so satisfying. A disappointing example is the Talbot-Lago T150 C-SS. Not to mention the detail related to a specific car, CMC made the shape of front fender wrong, giving a camped front looking. Also, I don’t know why CMC chose to represent the grilles of the recessed headlights in such a strange shape instead of a simple oval shape. Furthermore, it seems CMC set a hurdle too high for their craftmanship of miniaturization. One such example is the metal decorating wire that flows from the back to the front, which should then meet the headlight grilles and continue on underneath of the car. The upper rim of the grill linked to the wire a strange manner, while the bottom rim of the grill doesn’t linked to the wire at all. Again, this wire is not absolutely necessary because it is not seen in photos of different T150 C-SS. Therefore, even in recent years of CMC, “this demanding type of vehicle is still too ambitious to meet the high model challenges of this century classic.”
I should clarify again that I am not picky at accurately representing every detail of a specific car, but I hope CMC could meet the bottom-line of correctly modelling the shape and detail shared by a specific type of car.