In November, the North American Brooklin Collector's Club met at the NB Center for American Automotive Heritage. This event allowed the visitors to see the NB Center and all the beautiful cars housed there. The weekend also showcased the introduction of Brooklin Models new line of premium white metal models, The NB Center Collection.
The new line began with the introduction of six highly detailed models. Each of the models were previously issued by Brooklin but the new issues brought them to a whole new level of detail.
Being an avid Brooklin fan, five of the original six models were already in my collection. So, I went to this event not expecting to add more than one or two of these new models to my collection-I really try not to buy duplicate models. LOL! The excitement of the models' introduction and the whole weekend's events had me fascinated with the models and their amazing detail. During the Saturday unveiling I found myself purchasing a complete set of the new models. Umm, now what....
The 1st of the new models I featured in these photos is the 1940 Lincoln-Zephyr V-12 Coupe. Originally issued in 2016, the model joined my collection upon its initial release. The model has always been a beauty and one I've was very pleased to own. The new one takes the model to a whole new level. The purchase made me look at the older version and make a decision as to what to do with it. Do I sell it? Or make it stand-out a bit from the new one? Well since I rarely sell any of my models, a slight modification was in order. Here's what I came up with. A minor change, but it creates a whole different attitude for the model. My opinion anyway...
1940 Lincoln-Zephyr V-12 CoupeÂ
The 1:1 as seen in the NB Center...
The new NB Center Collection model...
The original - slightly modified...
The pair...
The new photo tent usage still needs a little bit of work on my part. The photos washed the model out some, it is really just about as a vibrant as the 1:1.
Many thanks for your good post and views of that great BRL Lincoln.  Just for the fun of it, here is how Hubley (marked U.S.A. 2232 6) interpreted the sedan for kids in the dime stores of America.
In November, the North American Brooklin Collector's Club met at the NB Center for American Automotive Heritage. This event allowed the visitors to see the NB Center and all the beautiful cars housed there. The weekend also showcased the introduction of Brooklin Models new line of premium white metal models, The NB Center Collection.
The new line began with the introduction of six highly detailed models. Each of the models were previously issued by Brooklin but the new issues brought them to a whole new level of detail.
Being an avid Brooklin fan, five of the original six models were already in my collection. So, I went to this event not expecting to add more than one or two of these new models to my collection-I really try not to buy duplicate models. LOL! The excitement of the models' introduction and the whole weekend's events had me fascinated with the models and their amazing detail. During the Saturday unveiling I found myself purchasing a complete set of the new models. Umm, now what....
The 1st of the new models I featured in these photos is the 1940 Lincoln-Zephyr V-12 Coupe. Originally issued in 2016, the model joined my collection upon its initial release. The model has always been a beauty and one I've was very pleased to own. The new one takes the model to a whole new level. The purchase made me look at the older version and make a decision as to what to do with it. Do I sell it? Or make it stand-out a bit from the new one? Well since I rarely sell any of my models, a slight modification was in order. Here's what I came up with. A minor change, but it creates a whole different attitude for the model. My opinion anyway...
1940 Lincoln-Zephyr V-12 CoupeÂ
The 1:1 as seen in the NB Center...
The new NB Center Collection model...
The original - slightly modified...
The pair...
The new photo tent usage still needs a little bit of work on my part. The photos washed the model out some, it is really just about as a vibrant as the 1:1.
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Beautiful car and beautiful models to go with. Good idea for the blackwalls on the first version. All the pics are awesome like always John. I really like my NBC 11 1940 Lincoln Zephyr coupe as well. I also wondered since you seem to be one of the member of the NABCC and you was at the museum, If you have voted at the museum for the next 6 models that will go out the next time? How that work? Is it just the members of the NABCC who are allowed to vote? I saw a few photos of cars at the museum here and there on the forum and also on Facebook. There are three cars that i would like to see amongs the next 6 models but i think that one car has been not done yet by Brooklin. It seem to be the 1946 Pontiac that i saw in the museum on a photo taken by Harvey if i remember well but i am not sure? The others two that i'd like to see it is the 1942 Olds b44 on the picture and also the 1934 La Salle 350 coupe totaly at the right the first one on the photo. Did you see these three cars at the museum also?
There were six cars shown in the event building that were for the event attendees to vote on as the next NB Center Collection model to be produced. A '63 Riviera was included but is already planned as the next release. That left five to be voted on. Two of those five have already been done as a BRK or BML release.Â
The cars to be considered: 1930 GMC Taxi Can (done already), 1932 Cadillac V-12 Sedan, 1937 Studebaker Coupe (done already), 1946 Pontiac Coupe, 1947 Nash Ambassador Suburban & the 1963 Buick Riviera.Â
I was one of the volunteers at the sales table (where the ballots were collected) and we took an occasional tally of the votes-at one point the '32 Cadillac & '46 Pontiac were tied, but I do not know where the final votes came out. Maybe John K. does.
Here's a couple shots of the six cars (sorry these are not the greatest photos)
@jkuvakas So that mean that the 1946 Pontiac will be made only in 50 exemples and not made in a standard line like BML? What will be the approximative delay between each group of six cars?
@michel-lemieux, releasing six models at the same time will most likely not happen again. Each new model will be released as it is produced. I don't think there's a date for the Torpedo yet.Â
 
