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New releases, manufacturer announcements, and industry news for serious collectors of adult scale model collectibles. Updated regularly by The Diecast Zone.
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Kyosho’s Porsche 911S in 1:18 — Diecast News Roundup, October 28
Kyosho has opened the Porsche 911S in 1:18 — three colours of the car that gave the 911 its first performance variant, with United States pricing and a date worth watching. Also:…
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Two Auctions Close and Great Deals were had! — Diecast News Roundup, October 22
The first two Diecast Zone auctions have closed, and whoever was watching did well — a mint Danbury Mint split-window Corvette at $65 and a Danbury Mint Deuce highboy at $25, with…
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Ferrari 412 T2 & Pagani Utopia — Diecast News Roundup, October 20
BBR has opened the Pagani Utopia in 1:18 — seven finishes of the Zonda and Huayra’s successor, each with a display case. Also: Minichamps puts most of the 2026 Formula One season…
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Spark’s Five Lotus 49B’s in 1:43 — Diecast News Roundup, October 15
Spark has opened five Lotus 49Bs in 1:43, running from Jo Siffert’s win at Brands Hatch in 1968 to Jochen Rindt at Watkins Glen in 1969 — part of an eighteen-reference batch…
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Our Auctions Are Back with a Bang — Diecast News Roundup, October 13
The Diecast Zone auctions are running again — rebuilt software, proxy bidding, and five models the club put up to start things off, from a Danbury Mint split-window Corvette to a Dale…
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1966 Le Mans Podium in 1:12 — Diecast News Roundup, October 9
Top Marques has opened twelve references in 1:12 — all three Fords that filled the podium at Le Mans in 1966, including the Ken Miles car, the Mk IV that won in…
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Ferrari’s Manual V12 in 1:18 — Diecast News Roundup, October 7
MR Collection has opened pre-orders on the Ferrari 12Cilindri Manuale in 1:18 — six colours of the gated-shift V12, two of them limited to twenty-five models each. Also: Kess opens nine in…
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1973 Buick Riviera Boattail in 1:18 — Diecast News Roundup, October 6
KK-Scale is doing the boattail Buick Riviera in 1:18 — the 1973 car, in at least three colours, due in November. Also: MCG opens eighteen references in 1:18 that run from an…
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March 707 Can-Am Models in 1:18 — Diecast News Roundup, October 2
Tecnomodel is doing the March 707 Can-Am in 1:18, five versions of a car that has almost never been modelled, including Kelleners’ Nürburgring winner and Amon’s Laguna Seca car. Also: Maxima opens…
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New Lamborghini’s from AUTOart — Diecast News Roundup, September 29
AUTOart has announced twenty new 1:18 references in a week — fifteen Lamborghinis, including four colours of a car Squadra Corse built exactly once, and five versions of the 911 Carrera 2.7…
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Opel Commodore GS/E & F40 LM’s in 1:12 — Diecast News Roundup, September 25
Tecnomodel is moving into 1:12 for the first time, with six versions of the 1996 Ferrari F40 LM at twenty-seven pieces each. Also: Minichamps has Lando Norris’s championship-clinching Abu Dhabi car with…
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Amalgam’s 1:8 Ferrari Amalfi Spider — Diecast News Roundup, September 22
Amalgam has launched the Ferrari Amalfi Spider at 1:8 — 199 pieces in Rosso Tramonto, with a Giallo Montecarlo version of just nine to follow. Also: AUTOart’s Diablo SE30 in five colours,…
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Ferrari’s UGH-ly Electric Car in 1:18 — Diecast News Roundup, September 18
MR Collection has opened pre-orders on the Ferrari Luce in 1:18 — Maranello’s first electric car, in seven colours with two 49-piece specials. Also: Top Marques lists twenty new 1:18 references including…
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Spark Model’s New “Bushi Rex” winner in Four Scales, Including 1:8 — Diecast News Roundup, September 16
First, an update on the site: more than 1.2 million posts from the original forums are back, the Car List now holds 45,145 models with a plain-English search, and the lost member…
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GP Replicas Brings Back Senna’s McLarens and Schumacher’s F2002 — Diecast News Roundup, September 15
GP Replicas has listed twenty-four historic Formula One references for the first quarter of 2027 — Senna’s 1992 and 1993 McLarens, Schumacher’s F2002 in 1:12, Alboreto’s 156/85 and the Benetton B194. Tecnomodel…