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Auto Pilen – Spanish manufacturer of die-cast models in 1:43 and 1:64. Made by Pilen S.A. Auto Place Model – Based in Hong Kong. Autosculpt – Auto World – American brand of die-cast models and slot cars in 1:18 and 1:64, which specializes in
Trick My Truck is an American reality television program that premiered on February 3, 2006, on CMT.It is a spinoff of the MTV series Pimp My Ride.Created by Varuna Films, the series features a group of truck mechanics who overhaul trucks of "deserving" owners in response to letters and calls from the owner's relatives and/or friends.
While 70 percent of the products are sold domestically, they are also sold internationally in more than 40 countries through local retailers. Their diecast models are produced in 1:18, 1:24, 1:43 and 1:64 scales, with the 1:64 size being sold the most. [3] [4] A new line of 1:12 scale products was launched during 2020. [5]
In the 1980s and 1990s, car and trucks were well proportioned and had interesting features, but models were a bit too heavy on details that could have been rendered more delicately or accurately. Chrome spears along the sides of 1950s cars, for example, were sometimes too thick and unrealistically embedded in grooves in the die-cast body.
Diecast Collector is a British magazine dedicated to the hobby of collecting diecast metal vehicles. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Published monthly, it is a thick, glossy magazine featuring a variety of articles on toy and model cars , trucks, and buses, and aircraft .
TrueScale Miniatures caters to model car collectors and motor sports fans through various channels, but their main focus is in the model car hobby industry as evidenced in their heavy advertising and product reviews in industry specific magazines such as Car Room magazine, and attendance at select hobby related trade shows such as the Nuremberg International Toy Fair.
The model car "kit" hobby began in the post World War II era with Ace and Berkeley wooden model cars. Revell pioneered the plastic model car in the late 1940s with their Maxwell kit, which was basically an unassembled version of a pull toy. Derek Brand, from England, pioneered the first real plastic kit, a 1932 Ford Roadster for Revell.
A die-cast toy (also spelled diecast, or die cast) is a toy or a collectible model produced by using the die-casting method of putting molten lead, zinc alloy or plastic in a mold to produce a particular shape. Such toys are made of metal, with plastic, rubber, glass, or other machined metal parts.