Detroit owns the day. GLM and Stamp Models opened a joint pre-sale this morning covering nine references, and not one of them is European: GLM’s 1989 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series in 1:18 in three colours, a 1:43 1956 Chrysler New Yorker Convertible in three variants, and Stamp’s 1:43 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado in three finishes, every one quoted to reach the market on 10 November. KK-Scale announced a second Lincoln inside the same 24 hours — the 1963 Continental Sedan, in liveries lifted from two films, with a matching figure. Around that: AUTOart added the Aston Martin Vantage in two colours, Minichamps moved its Verstappen RB22 hand sample up to 1:18 and published its week 35 releases, WERK83 dated five new references for 11 September, and ACME published an actual price. Reference numbers, colours and delivery windows are given where the manufacturers stated them, and flagged where they did not.
GLM and Stamp open a nine-reference pre-sale, all of it American
The announcement went out on 1 September and covers both marques as a single programme, which is itself worth noting — GLM and Stamp Models are being announced together rather than separately. Every reference carries the same estimated on-market date, 10 November 2026. No prices, edition sizes or materials were published with the sheet.
GLM: 1989 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series, 1:18
- GLM181001 — Arctic White
- GLM181002 — Sandstone Clearcoat Metallic
- GLM181003 — Black
This is the outlier in GLM’s own catalogue. The company still describes itself as a professional 1:43 resin manufacturer, and a 1:18 American full-size sedan is a long way from that brief. The three finishes are period-correct Lincoln choices rather than invented colours, which suggests the tooling is aimed at collectors who know the car rather than at a general audience. GLM had already teased the model on its own Facebook page on 31 August without references or colours; this morning’s sheet supplies both.
GLM: 1956 Chrysler New Yorker Convertible, 1:43
- GLM129901 — Rosewood Tan, top down
- GLM129902 — Rosewood Tan, closed roof
- GLM129903 — Crown Maroon Poly, top down
Two of the three are the same colour in two different body states, so the tooling carries both a raised and a stowed top — an unusual amount of investment for a 1:43 subject, and a decision that tends to signal confidence in the licence. The 1956 New Yorker convertible is a car almost nobody has tooled at this scale, which is the point: this is the sort of gap GLM has built its catalogue on.
Stamp Models: 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado, 1:43
- STM67001 — Atlantis Firemist
- STM67003 — Sherwood Green Metallic
- STM67004 — Summit Gray Metallic with black roof
Note the gap in the sequence: STM67002 is not in the announcement. Either a fourth colour is being held back or the number has been retired — Stamp did not say. The 1967 Fleetwood Eldorado is the first front-wheel-drive Cadillac and a landmark car, so it is a defensible choice for a maker that has been working its way through the marque.
One caution: the material was not stated. Stamp’s catalogue to date is handmade resin, and the die-cast 1959 Eldorado Biarritz the company announced last week is still without published specifications. Do not assume the Fleetwood is die-cast just because the Biarritz will be.
KK-Scale puts the 1963 Lincoln Continental into film liveries
Announced this morning on KK-Scale’s own page and picked up by DiecastSociety the same day: the 1963 Lincoln Continental Sedan in 1:18, in three finishes, two of which are named after films rather than after paint charts.
- KKDC181481 — Dark Green Metallic, “Matrix Reloaded”
- KKDC181482 — Grey Metallic, “Marnie”
- KKDC181483 — Black
- KKFIG056 — a separate 1:18 standing figure, “Neo”, made to accompany the Continental
Selling the figure as its own reference rather than boxing it with the car is the interesting commercial decision here, and it is a pattern worth watching — a film-specific accessory that only makes sense alongside one particular model.
Two cautions. On timing, three sources give three answers: KK-Scale’s own post says available at the end of September, the distribution listings say within the third quarter of 2026, and DiecastSociety’s write-up says October. Treat the date as unsettled. On references, KK-Scale’s August delivery batch also contained a Lincoln Continental on a different number range entirely, so check the reference on the box before ordering — these are not the same release.
1:18 and larger
AUTOart: Aston Martin Vantage 2019 in two colours
Announced this morning: 70277 in Hyper Red and 70279 in Lime Essence, the 2019 Aston Martin Vantage in 1:18. No price, material or delivery month was stated. AUTOart did not say what 70278 is — the gap between the two published references is conspicuous, and a third colour would be the obvious explanation, but the company has not confirmed one.
Minichamps: the RB22 hand sample moves up to 1:18
117260103, the Red Bull RB22 as run by Max Verstappen at the 2026 Australian Grand Prix, now in 1:18 — a follow-up to the 1:43 hand sample (417260103) we covered yesterday. Minichamps says pre-orders are open. As with the smaller car, a hand sample is pre-production, so decoration and finish can still change before delivery.
Minichamps: the week 35 releases
Minichamps’ calendar week 35 list went out on 31 August. The headline piece is a 24 Hours winner in die-cast, which is increasingly rare in a segment that has drifted almost entirely to sealed resin.
- 110252098 — 1:18 die-cast BMW M4 GT3 EVO, ROWE Racing, Farfus / Krohn / Marciello / van der Linde, winner of the Nürburgring 24 Hours 2025
- 537252904 — 1:18 resin McLaren MCL39, Lando Norris, winner of the 2025 British Grand Prix — already sold out at the manufacturer
- 537252981 — 1:18 resin McLaren MCL39, Oscar Piastri, second at the 2025 British Grand Prix
- 155061100 — 1:18 die-cast Porsche 911 (993) 1993, Blue Metallic
- 155061130 — 1:18 die-cast Porsche 911 (993) Cabriolet 1994, Blue Metallic
- 100066020 — 1:18 die-cast Porsche 911 Carrera RS 1972, white with green decor
- 940055180 and 940055181 — Maxichamps 1:43 die-cast Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet 1979, light blue and red
- 315100096 and 315090076 — 1:10 Valentino Rossi helmets, Laguna Seca 2010 and Mugello 2009
The Norris car selling out at the factory before it reaches shops is the practical detail in that list. If you want the winning MCL39, the secondary market is now the route.
WERK83: five new references dated 11 September
- W18033008-CB — 1:18 Ferrari F300 #3, “dirty version”, pole position and winner, Monza and Canada 1998, Michael Schumacher
- W18063002 — 1:18 Porsche 908/2 3.0 #29, Team Solar Production, Le Mans 1970, Herbert Linge and Jonathan Williams
- W18065001 — 1:18 Williams FW14B Renault #5, 1992 World Champion, Nigel Mansell
- W1807902 — 1:18 Ferrari 156 Sharknose #4, winner of the 1961 British Grand Prix, Wolfgang von Trips
- W4302801CB — 1:43 Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2 #1, winner of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb 1987, Walter Röhrl, in a presentation box
The “dirty version” F300 is the one to note — a race-worn finish rather than a showroom one, which WERK83 has been doing more of. A companion reference for the same car depicting the 1998 Spa collision with David Coulthard is in the same batch as a re-stock rather than a new item. Alongside the five new references, WERK83 has a substantial re-stock wave dated for the same day, mostly 1:18 Porsche, including two 1:12 956Bs.
ACME: 1967 Ford GT40 Mk IV, chassis J-9
1:18, car #9, with a stated MSRP of $79.95 and an ETA of the fourth quarter of 2026. That makes it the only item covered today with a published price. The car itself is the J-9 chassis, built with a view to running the 1968 Le Mans race and then made redundant when the organisers capped engines at five litres for 1968 — which pushed Ford onto the 4.9-litre Windsor and, as it turned out, to wins in 1968 and 1969.
MR Collection: Ferrari 849 Testarossa in Bianco Italia
FE047B, 1:18, listed as available now rather than as a pre-order — the freshest item on the board today. MR Collection’s line is hand-made resin as a house standard. No price or edition size was published.
1:43 and smaller
IXO: Neuville’s Rally Sweden Hyundai
A 1:43 Hyundai i20 N Rally1 in the hands of Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe at Rally Sweden — seventh overall, rescued by a Power Stage win and five bonus points. IXO published no reference number, price or delivery window with the announcement.
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Quick hits
- Two makers announced Lincolns within a day of each other, at the same scale, from opposite ends of the model’s life — GLM’s 1989 Town Car and KK-Scale’s 1963 Continental. Nobody tooled a 1:18 Lincoln for years; now there are two in the diary for the same autumn.
- Stamp’s 1967 Fleetwood Eldorado joins the 1959 Eldorado Biarritz the same company announced last week. That is two Eldorados from one maker inside seven days.
- Of everything covered here, published prices will be on the car list — the ACME GT40 is $79.95.
- Two entries are pre-production rather than finished product: the Minichamps RB22 hand sample and, from last week, the GP Replicas Ferrari F1-87/88C greywear sample, which has had no follow-up since.
- The GLM and Stamp sheet is the only one today that gives a firm calendar date — 10 November — rather than a quarter or a month.
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