[Closed] What 1:43 has the most working features?

.............. or perhaps Trax’s Opal series recently/currently available.

Will second the Trax Opal Series, particularly...

...the Statesman de Ville series (the HQ, HJ, and HX) and the Ford XA and XB Falcons. All of these have four opening doors (most Trax Opal Series have only the front doors opening) as well as the usual opening hood and trunk. Note that you can open the rear doors without opening the front ones...something you can't do on the Soviet models.

Great minds think alike. 😉

I have one on me and Dad's layout being demonstrated, lol!

Chris, that Corgi came to mind, even though I don't have one. Was it smaller the 1:43?

This was Corgi 262, a Lincoln Continental limo. Interesting!

I am afraid it was David. Around 1:50th scale.

This is an interesting model to get hold of David but .........

make sure it has the battery holder and the slides for the tele. This link has some good images and a fun intro:

http://www.chezbois.com/corgi/1967/Model_262.htm

Chris

Here's mine

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Also came in black over gold. I've heard several reports of chrome flaking off the bumpers, but mine are just fine.

I forgot about that one - and it had rubber-like mudflaps to boot!

Flaky Lincoln

Beautiful Corgi there, Harvey. I have one of the black over gold versions and - yes, I'm afraid - the bumper chrome has just about all flaked off over the years. And my battery case on the bottom is shot, too. Do have a few of those TV screens left, though.
As for models with operating features - let's not forget the Dinky Rolls Royce Silver Shadow (#158): the model had opening bonnet, boot, four opening doors, detailed engine, and my personal favorite -- the opening glove box! Was never crazy about that "candy apple red" color though - on a Rolls Silver Shadow??

Lots of '60's models had opening doors, hood, trunk, engine detail, functional suspension, albeit with coil springs tucked away somewhere they were supposed to be out of sight. Tekno's '64/12 Mustang Coupe even has an interior light that comes on when you open the door-- yes, 1/43 scale. Politoys Alfa was certainly better than most in terms of good fit when panels were closed-- and that used to be a criterion when reviewing models. Lots had opening doors, etc, but not too many fit well when closed. Herpa's 1/43 scale Ferraris probably had the best-fitting opening panels ever but because they were plastic nobody wanted them. And I built a 1/43 scale Porsche 356 that had scale-thickness hinged panels-- made from stamped brass-- wired engine, etc.
In today's models, AUTOart's Lambrghini Aventador is hard to beat with scissors-hinged (and really good fitting) doors, opening hood and deck, and pop-up rear spoiler.

Wayne

With some modern convertibles having hard roofs that go up & down like the old Ford, has there been a 1:43 of one of these new ones with working tops?

Yes David - Minichamps and Norev both have models out with this feature.

And Norev has done both new and old compared to the FM '59 Ford.

I have both their 2004 Cadillac XLR and the 1937 Peugeot 402 Eclipse.

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Looks interesting. Thanks, Harvey.