New high end 1/64 scale models

I agree, Bob. It's a new day for lovers of minute detail and accuracy. Some of these models are amazing!

@jkuvakas Browsing YouTube tonight, 1/64, are you kidding me?

Superb replicas at this, or any scale !

@michaeldetorrice +1

I hope someone brings one, or more, of these high-end 1/64 scale models to Countryside show. I would like to see detail in person.

Last week I received a 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Sedan in 1/64 and the detail is incredible even to the radio antenna and stand up hood ornament.

....not bad at all, I like it!

I have a fair number of 1/64 now and am so impressed with the quality of detail.  My collection includes very many muscle and pony cars, American full size cars (and some pickup trucks) from the 50s and 60s, Japanese cars and some European.  If I had to pick one brand for best quality it would have to be MINI GT, but there are several others that are very close.

Here is a random sampling of some recent additions from various good quality brands:

@jack-dodds 

These look terrific; especially the Corvette C8 and Conny Mk II.

@jack-dodds Nice assortment Jack. These 1/64 scale models have me hooked.

@jack-dodds Nice group of models. The quality of models in this scale is amazing, and the variety keeps increasing. My favorites today are the MiniGT. They might not have the detail as some of the high-end models, but the value is great and you can still handle them without worrying about breaking some very delicate details.

1/64 was what I started with when I got Matchbox cars when they were still made in England by Lesney and the original Hot Wheels redline cars back in I think it was 1968. Fast forward to the 2000's when I started collecting die cast a little more seriously and I again started with 1/64. I was buying Autoworld, Greenlight, M2, and Shelby Collectibles as fast as new models would hit the store shelves or I could find the one I was looking for on Ebay.

I then discovered that the larger scales (1/24 and 1/18) offered much more detail and more opening features so I started selling most of my 1/64 models. I still have a few of my original Hot Wheels which some show there age since as kids we weren't focused on the collectibility of them. I also have some of the M2, Greenlight, Autoworld and Shelby Collectibles but I would say I only have about 50 or 60 of them. When I go to the Walmart nearest me I always stop in the toy section and see what they have, they don't carry much at this particular store and I think employees nab most of them when the shelves are restocked. It's the same thing at my local Target. The local dollar stores are hit or miss and Toys R Us is no longer around which was where I bought a lot of them. So I'd like to know where you guys purchase your models at, online, in brick and mortar shops, or other places. My wife will probably kill me if packages with little cars start arriving at our house, I'm out of room for the bigger scales and quite frankly don't have as much disposable income now that we are retired as when we both were working. Oh well I guess one day I'll walk into one of our local stores and get lucky.

Posted by: @kevins

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@jkuvakas Browsing YouTube tonight, 1/64, are you kidding me?

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@kevins Who makes this model and where can they be found?

@old-caddys These days I buy most of my 1/64 scale models from Diecast Direct or from toycargeek (Dave Gilbert).