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15/12/2025 1:08 am
..... We don't vote on any models but let's share what we believe has been our best model addition to our collections.
For 2025, I have one that got over the top for details, accuracy and craftmanship.
- Matrix 1939 Mercedes Benz 770K Cabriolet B.
15/12/2025 8:35 am
The finely crafted scale photo-etched details deem this one a winner for sure - replicas like this foster assumptions that incrementally better & better 1/43 models await. Can you imagine what they'll look like in 5, 10, 15 years? Man-O-man! 😊 😊
This post was modified 10 months ago by Christopher Moroni
15/12/2025 8:37 am
That dashboard is amazing! 👍
15/12/2025 9:47 am
Richard, it's hard to beat your submission.
15/12/2025 10:05 am
That's a great model, Richard. Here's my choice, the EMC Bugatti Type 37B.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
15/12/2025 12:50 pm
@jkuvakas ...yeah, one could make the case for that EMC to receive top honors - the ultra-fine details are spectacular. There's no engine or wire lace, like on this one shown below, but EMC's details are better rendered with greater precision.
15/12/2025 1:35 pm
As you may know not a new model by far, but I am so proud I could finally buy the EMC Horch I could just cry. 
15/12/2025 7:38 pm
Similar to JK's post, I would put this EMC Type 35B driven to 5th place in the 1928 Targa by Elizabeth Junek.
15/12/2025 8:53 pm
My best model addition for 2025 is the Motor City U.S.A. 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special in Seminole Red and Dover White (MC-202). I purchased it from Jeff Lane at the March show in Countryside, Illinois.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
15/12/2025 10:08 pm
@ed-davis It's a gorgeous model Ed - '59 Cadillacs are my favorites (I once owned a CDV ) - but IMO, the models above: That Matrix '39 Mercedes and the EMC Bugattis exhibit greater fidelity. This '59 FW has one small but conspicuous issue: The wheelcovers are just a hair oversized. 😔
Spark, IMO, replicated better wheelcovers, but their whitewalls are too big. 😫 😫
This post was modified 10 months ago by Christopher Moroni
15/12/2025 10:41 pm
My best model addition for 2025 is the Motor City U.S.A. 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special in Seminole Red and Dover White (MC-202). I purchased it from Jeff Lane at the March show in Countryside, Illinois.
Outstanding background for a 1959 Cadillac.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
15/12/2025 10:58 pm
@john-quilter The background is a house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park, Illinois.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
Topic starter
15/12/2025 11:00 pm
@mg-harv As we consider only new models issued in 2025, these Bugattis are also phenomenal. Resin models are clearly the future of excitement.
15/12/2025 11:32 pm
That 770K and those Bugatti's are marvelous! I would nominate this new Kess Alfa Romeo - their 1927 RL Supersport. The mesh guards on the headlights are nice, the windshield wiper motor is a cool detail as well. The hammer finish dash looks better with the naked eye. The only downside is the red body - unpainted resin looks too plasticy in person. But for 'mass produced' resin copy, it' not too shabby.
Topic starter
15/12/2025 11:38 pm
@karl If you look at the Matrix website, I believe the Mercedes has been nominated for some prize in Europe. This is in German language and I can't translate.
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