Model Collector – August 2019

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16 New Releases

Honest, unbiased reviews,

so that you know the score

30 News

All the latest, hot off the press

31 Oxford Omnibus

Prize Draw

Win three fantastic new

1:76 scale releases

32 Oxford Diecast

announces...

The new tooling, new colour

finishes and new liveries planned

for the months ahead

36 A unique prize

Oxford Diecast 25th Anniversary

Prize Draw winner, John Curry,

talks to us about the model

created exclusively for him

38 The joy is in

the REsearch

Ian McDermott revels in

the fact that there are still

more questions than answers...

44 The class of ‘

Stephen Paul Hardy takes us

back 50 years to Karmann’s most

vibrantly colourful era, as he

considers the models available

and the gaps yet to be filled...

50 Ford Anglia firsts

Adrian Hall shares details of the

fascinating Lledo Vanguards

Ford Anglia prototypes he’s

managed to acquire...

58 Matchbox Scenicruisers

Paul Brent Adams inspects

versions released over

50 years apart...

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62 Stradavarious –

Part 2

Having looked at Fiat Ritmo/

Strada toys in the June issue

of MC, John Harrison now

reviews contemporary toys

of its Spanish cousin,

the SEAT Ritmo...

66 Policing the playroom

• Part 2
  IMichael Driver concludes
  his investigation into the
  police response by
  Dinky Toys

72 Auction news

Check out the models

making money in the

salesrooms and on eBay

74 Your letters

Views aired, information

shared and some superb

projects showcased

79 Swapmeets & events

Find out what’s on where,

and when

81 Signing Off

Stephen Paul Hardy

reflects on the ghosts

of window shopping past...

Contents

august 2019 vol. 34 | no. 8 | whole number 387

16 New Releases

The very latest issues to hit the

shelves, all reviewed and rated

32

Oxford Diecast reveals...

Coming soon

additions to its line-up

36

A unique prize

John Curry shows off the unique model

finished to his own specification

31

Oxford Omnibus Prize Draw

Win three fantastic

new 1:76 scale releases