Tecnomodel is doing the March 707 Can-Am in 1:18, five versions of a car that has almost never been modelled — among them Helmut Kelleners’ Nürburgring winner and Chris Amon’s Laguna Seca car. Also this week: Maxima opens seven 1:18 resins led by a shark-nose Ferrari 330 GT 2+2, Sun Star adds two more 1960 Plymouth Furys, TSM and Top Speed put the Daytona-winning Porsche 963 into 1:12 and 1:18, Esval builds a 1956 Chevrolet emergency fleet in 1:43, and KK-Scale has a 1985 Lincoln Town Car coming in November.
Tecnomodel: the March 707 Can-Am in 1:18
March Engineering’s 707 was the Bicester firm’s one serious run at Can-Am, built for 1970 and raced on both sides of the Atlantic. Tecnomodel has opened five references in 1:18, all listed for the first quarter of 2027.
- TM18-398A — March 707 Can-Am, 1970 press car, plain red
- TM18-398B — #1, Internationales ADAC Nürburgring 1970, winner, Helmut Kelleners
- TM18-398C — #77, Laguna Seca 1970, Chris Amon
- TM18-398D — #47, Road America, Gordon Dewar
- TM18-398E — March 707-717 #22, Interserie Hockenheim 1973, Stefan Sklenar
One thing to watch: the trade sheet dates the Dewar Road America car to 1970, while Tecnomodel’s own product listing gives 1971. We are leaving that one open until the maker settles it rather than pick a year.
Maxima: a shark-nose 330 GT and two Can-Am De Tomasos
Seven new 1:18 resins from Maxima, all scheduled for the first quarter of 2027, and all of them cars that rarely get made.
- MAX002110 and MAX002111 — Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 “Shark Nose”, chassis 6537GT, 1965, two versions
- MAX002120 — Ferrari 250 GT Coupé Speciale Pininfarina, chassis 0751GT, 1957, the car built for Princess Liliane de Réthy of Belgium
- MAX002121 — Ferrari 250 GT Coupé Speciale Pininfarina, 1957
- MAX003020 — De Tomaso Shelby P70 Can-Am, 1964 press car
- MAX003021 — De Tomaso Shelby P70 Can-Am, UK collector version
- MAX003022 — De Tomaso Ghia Sport 5000 #191, 500 km Mugello 1966, Roberto Bussinello
Sun Star: two more 1960 Plymouth Furys in 1:18
Two new colours join Sun Star’s long-running 1:18 Fury, announced through ACME Trading for the first quarter of 2027.
- SS-5425 — 1960 Plymouth Fury Hard Top, Oyster White over Sky Blue, MSRP $149.95
- SS-5405 — 1960 Plymouth Fury Open Convertible, Caramel Metallic, MSRP $149.95
TSM and Top Speed: January 2027
The Porsche 963 that won this year’s Daytona 24 Hours is getting both the 1:12 and the 1:18 treatment, and the 1:43 as well.
TSM, 1:12
- TSM120020 — Porsche 963 #7, Porsche Penske Motorsport, 2026 Daytona 24 Hours winner — $432.50
TSM, 1:43 resin — $101.50 each
- TSM430953 — Ford Mustang GT3 #65, Ford Racing, 2026 Daytona 24 Hours
- TSM430964 — Ford Mustang GT3 #64, Ford Multimatic Motorsports, 2025 IMSA VIR
- TSM430974 — Acura ARX-06 #93, Acura Meyer Shank Racing, 2026 Daytona 24 Hours
- TSM430975 — Porsche 963 #7, Porsche Penske Motorsport, 2026 Daytona 24 Hours winner
- TSM430977 — Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 #45, DEX Wayne Taylor Racing, 2026 IMSA Laguna Seca class winner
Top Speed, 1:18 resin
- TS0693 — Lamborghini Revuelto, Verde Citrea Matt — $210.00
- TS0701 — Lamborghini Temerario, Viola Pasifae — $210.00
- TS0719 — Acura ARX-06 #60, Acura Meyer Shank Racing, 2026 Daytona 24 Hours — $210.00
- TS0722 — Ford Mustang GT3 #65, Ford Racing, 2026 Daytona 24 Hours — $220.00
- TS0755 — Porsche 963 #7, Porsche Penske Motorsport, 2026 Daytona 24 Hours winner — $210.00
Esval: a 1956 Chevrolet emergency fleet in 1:43
Esval has opened nine new 1:43 references, and five of them turn the 1956 Chevrolet Handyman wagon and panel van into working vehicles.
- EMUS43079E — Chevrolet 150 Handyman, police
- EMUS43079F — Chevrolet 150 Handyman, ambulance
- EMUS43079G — Chevrolet 210 Handyman, police
- EMUS43079H — Chevrolet 210 Handyman, fire engine
- EMUS43079J — Chevrolet 150 Van, police
- EMUSPA43001D — Packard 160 Sedan Ambulance by Henney, 1941
- EMUSPA43002C and EMUSPA43002E — Packard 160 Sedan Ambulance by Henney, 1942
- EMUS43074F — Ford Model 18 Roadster, 1933
Matrix: fourteen in 1:43 before the year is out
All fourteen are listed for the fourth quarter of 2026, which makes this one of the few batches announced this week that collectors will actually see in 2026.
- MX20301-401, -402, -403 — Cadillac Seville 1976, three colours
- MX20302-421, -422, -423 — Chevrolet Impala Convertible 1971, three colours, top down
- MX21004-013 — Jeep Cherokee Chief SJ 4×4, 1980
- MX40108-151, -152, -153 — Aston Martin DBS Banham Cabriolet 1973, three colours
- MX41208-041, -042, -043 — Range Rover P38, 1994, three colours
- MX51607-043 — Porsche 356 Zagato Carrera Coupé, 1958
KK-Scale: a 1985 Lincoln Town Car in 1:18
KK-Scale says the 1985 Lincoln Town Car arrives in November, in 1:18. It lands in a year that has been unusually kind to the Town Car: GLM showed a 1989 Town Car Signature in 1:18 last month, so collectors who have waited a long time for a decent one now have a choice of era.
Minichamps: Bearman’s Haas in 1:18
Minichamps has the TGR Haas F1 Team VF-26 of Oliver Bearman from the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, in 1:18, item number 117260387.
Amalgam: the McLaren MCL39 at 1:8
Amalgam is presenting its 1:8 McLaren MCL39 in the chrome livery McLaren ran at the 2025 British Grand Prix, where Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri finished one-two. The model is over 70 cm long, limited to 99 pieces per driver, and built from CAD data and paint codes supplied by McLaren Racing — Amalgam quotes more than 2,500 hours of development and over 250 hours of build time for each car.
IXO: two Rally1 cars in 1:18, and the plain-body Mustang GT3
- 18RMC246.22 — Toyota Yaris GR Rally1 Hybrid #5, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2, Rally Kenya 2025, Sami Pajari / Marko Salminen, 1:18
- 18RMC251B.22 — Hyundai i20 N Rally1 #1, Shell Mobis WRT, 4th at Monte Carlo 2025, Thierry Neuville / Martijn Wydaeghe, 1:18
- RAM968.22 — Ford Puma Rally1 #13, M-Sport WRT, Rally Japan 2024, Grégoire Munster / Louis Louka, 1:43
Due on 9 October: the 1:18 Porsche 963 #38 of Hertz Team JOTA from Le Mans 2024 (LEGT963-LM011), and the Ford Mustang GT3 racing-spec plain body in black (LEGTMUS-LM24BLK) and white (LEGTMUS-LM24WHT) — useful to anyone who builds their own liveries.
Spark: twelve more of the 2026 season in 1:64
Spark’s small-scale Formula One line picks up Zandvoort, Monza and Madrid, all listed for the second quarter of 2027. Four come with a figure, a pit board, or both.
- 64S242 — Yuki Tsunoda, VCARB-03, Dutch GP
- 64S271 — Lando Norris, McLaren MCL40, Dutch GP winner, with figure and pit board
- 64S273 — Liam Lawson, Red Bull RB22, Dutch GP
- 64S274 — Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin AMR26, Dutch GP
- 64S275 — Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes W17E, Monza winner, with figure and pit board
- 64S276 — Pierre Gasly, Alpine A526, Monza pole position, with pit board
- 64S277 — Oscar Piastri, McLaren MCL40, Monza
- 64S278 — Antonelli, Mercedes W17E, Madrid winner
- 64S279 — Max Verstappen, Red Bull RB22, 2nd at Madrid
- 64S280 — Norris, McLaren MCL40, 3rd at Madrid
- 64S281 — Alexander Albon, Williams FW48, Madrid
- 64S282 — Carlos Sainz, Williams FW48, Madrid
Kyosho is at the Tokyo Hobby Show this weekend
Kyosho has its booth up at Tokyo Big Sight for the 2026 Tokyo Hobby Show, showing its original diecast and resin lines. The trade days are on now; the public days are Saturday and Sunday, 3 and 4 October. If you have anyone in Tokyo, this is the weekend to ask them for photographs.
Just arrived: 1:24 and 1:64
Landed in the United States this week.
- Jada 1:24 — 2012 Subaru Impreza WRX STI, blue, JDM Tuners
- Jada 1:24 — 1972 Datsun 240Z, red and white, JDM Tuners
- Kaido House x Mini GT 1:64 — Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno, Kaido Street V2, white
- Mini GT 1:64 — Abarth 595 LB-WORKS TY Edition
- Mini GT 1:64 — Ford Mustang GTD, Race Red
- Mini GT 1:64 — Oracle Red Bull Racing RB19 #1, Max Verstappen, 2023 Bahrain GP winner
- Mini GT 1:64 — Lamborghini Revuelto, Verde Gea matte green
- Mini GT 1:64 — Toyota Alphard 40 KUHL, white, on new tooling
Quick hits
- Tecnomodel says its 1:18 Ferrari 330 P is available now.
- Back in stock at Tecnomodel: the Minardi M191 Ford in 1:18 (Morbidelli at Spa, Martini at Monaco and the United States), the Toleman TG184 Hart Turbo with driver figures including Senna’s third place in Portugal, and three Ferrari 512 BB from Le Mans 1978 in 1:43.
- Prices in this roundup are manufacturer or distributor suggested retail where they have been published. Maxima, Matrix, Esval, IXO and Spark have not published consumer prices for these references yet.
For any questions or comments, please contact the club directly at club@diecast.org.
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