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New Releases - A 14-page review section, packed with honest, unbiased reviews
WIN one of five UFO Collectors’ Edition box sets - Prepare yourself for an alien invasion!
News - This month's big stories in the small scale world
Corvette C2 curves - Has GT Spirit's new 1:12 scale Stingray just shut down the competition? Stephen Paul Hardy hits play
A tale of two Ducks - Paul Brent Adams examines two Matchbox DUKWs - one military, one civilian, produced almost
New Releases - The hobby's No. 1 guide, with every model reviewed & rated
WIN one of five UFO Collectors’ Edition box sets - Courtesy of ITV Studios
Global Entertainment - six decades apart on different sides of the Pond
Go al fresco! - Harry Bell demonstrates the amazing results that can be achieved by shooting our models in the great outdoors
Desert island diecast - Another volunteer castaway writes his name in the sand
The van with no name - Nigel Robertshaw lines-upthe contemporary toys and models based on Commers' three-quarter and half-ton vans
News - Exciting future model announcements, and more!
Auction news - We report back on the toys and models making money in the salesrooms and on eBay
Your letters - Views aired and fascinating information shared
Corvette C2 curves - Slam on The Beach Boys, as we're looking at the new 1:12 Stingray set to shutdown the competiton!
All change - Part 2 - Brian Owen recounts the thrilling 1961-62 F1 Brits vs Ferraris clashes and shares details of some super 1:43 scale collectables for our display cabinets
Hunter turned modeller - Ben Earl tells the inspiring tale of his first ever gap filling projects and the lessons learned along the way
Swapmeet diary - Find out what's on where, and when
Signing Off - Stephen Paul Hardy reveals why his search fora particular star has proved a deuce difficult
It was great to see the fortunes of the Hornby Group looking up this September, as share prices soared following the announcement that licensing agreements with motion pictures company Warner Bros and publisher DC Comics have been signed. It was also revealed the first officially licensed model railway, Scalextric and Corgi Warner Bros/DC Comics products will be debuted in pre-production form at the London Toyfair in January 2019. What's not known yet is whether the initial wave of releases will include any static diecast models aimed at the adult collector. Because, while, naturally, when it comes to Corgi we automatically tend to think Vanguards, OOC, Aviation Archive, etc, the brand also, of course, incorporates toys. Opportunity knocks, but it also presents the Research & Development teams for the collectable ranges with a serious challenge. Numerous classic and modern film related models have, and continue to be, released into what is, without doubt, an extremely competitive sector of the market. Hornby's CEO, Lyndon Davies, has a well-deserved reputation for cherry picking and nurturing talent, but coming up with bullet proof ways of recouping investment in new tooling or, perhaps more realistically in the short term, exciting new roles for existing castings, is certainly going to test the team's mettle.
I wonder, then, what suggestions MC's very own panel of experts (that includes you, by the way!) would make? Answers on a postcard, please! In the meantime, in this issue we've got some 'star car' content sure to raise smiles on the faces of Beach Boys fans everywhere, and a whole lot more besides.
Enjoy your read!
