Zincit Model is new to us here are DS! New is their 1:43 scale Singer DLS. Seems this example is metal and sealed. The team has the lines okay but the ride height is extreme, though to some the aggressive nature will appeal. Colours include: Irish Green, Gloss Black and Gloss White. Delivery is noted as June 2026.
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This is a beautiful model with the level of details and accurracy very close to 1/43 Almost Real.
While its pretty impressive, let me start from what is bad:
– the ride height: the other model by the same Zincit, the 1/43 Singer Coupe, has more correct ride height which would be acceptable for this sporty Singer DLS and which is too low for Singer Coupe.
– the wheel base: this 1/43 Singer DLS has the same wheel base as the modern 1/43 Porsche 911 (from 996 to 992) by Minichamps. Which is not correct since Singer is based on Porsche 964 which has shorter wheel base. Zincit has corrected it in 1/43 Singer Coupe: the wheel base is shorter there, though probably it is still somewhat longer than it should be.
– the headlights, when you look at them from the front, have oval form. This is incorrect and is fixed in 1/43 Singer Coupe where the headlights have round form.
Now, the good and imppressive parts:
– the overall capture of the body and its small details is amazing (I compared to videos on YouTube). For example, the front turnlights have additional small parts that imitate horizontal grilles (probably they are metal photo-etched parts, because the tiny horizontal lines are clearly visible); the tail lights includes all the elements visible on the real car; the windscreen wipers are photo-etched and detailed (similarly to e.g. 1/43 Spark).
– the grilles are separate pieces, they are not perforated but have clear relief and look good (better than 1/43 Minichamps’ ones). Interestingly, I like the 1/43 Singer DLS’s grilles more than the 1/43 Singer Coupe’s ones – to me, they are less accurrate on the 1/43 Coupe. Even the 1/43 DLS’s duck tail has this grille with a word “Singer” right on the grille (this matches the real car).
– on this 1/43 model, you can clearly see the air intakes integrated into the side windows, and the air tube that comes to the engine similarly to the modern Porsche 718 Cayman GT4.
– the X-brace near the removed back seats has “carbon fibre” texture, similarly to the external spoilers.
– the interior is pretty detailed (similarly to 1/43 Almost Real). The only part of the interior that lacks details is the ceiling: there are no sun visors, no lamps, nothing. But the rest: seats, door cards, dashboard, stearing wheel and so on are good.
Thanks for the insights. Offer for feature review still stands :)