If you’re a fan of Matrix Scale Models you are in for a treat! There are twenty new models coming soon. From May through September 2016 you will see a number of new releases on shelves at your favorite retailer. A couple we like to mention is the stunning 1934 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Aerodynamica Jankovitz (as featured), the 1930 Cord L-29 Speedster Brook Stevens, and 1935 Delage D8 105S Aerodynamic, just wow! All models highlighted here are 1:43 scale. Please contact Matrix Scale Models for more information.
Alfa Romeo 6C Pininfarina gold metallic 1946 – July
Bentley MkVI Pininfarina Coupe blue / blue 1952 – May
Bugatti Type 57C Cabriolet VanVooren Shah of Iran black 1939- June
Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine red metallic 1970 – July
Chrysler Imperial Custom Five-Passenger Pheaton #7803657 green metallic 1933 – June
Cord L-29 Speedster Brook Stevens black / white 1930 – July
Daimler DB18 Empress Convertible Hooper gren / green 1951 – July
Delahaye 235 Coupe Chapron creme / blue 1953 – June
Maserati 150GT Spider by Fantuzzi white 1957 – July
Maserati A6G 2000 Frua Spider metallic blue 1956 – August
Maserati A6G Grand Sport Spider Frua metallic blue 1957 – September
Maserati V4 Sport Zagato green 1929 – May
Mercedes-Benz 230SLX Frua Combi white 1962 – June
Mercedes-Benz 600 SWB Landau Graf von Berckheim black 1970 – August
Mercedes-Benz G4 Kastenwagen blue 1939 – July
Porsche 356 Zagato Spyder silver 1958 – July
RR Phantom III Sport Torpedo Thrupp & Maberly #3BU86 blue 1938 – June
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Wow indeed. Many a time I’ve heard collectors saying that 1/18 models have more detail. Apart from the pricey handbuilds, this may once have been the case but not anymore. Manufacturers like Matrix put so much detail in their models it just blows you away. Proportion-wise it may not always be a 100% correct but that’s just the way it is in this scale. Matrix claims these are hand build as well but since I bought a whole bunch of them for around 50 euro, you just wonder how they keep their cost so low.
Smaller scale models have more detail than ever before, yes indeed – but bigger does of course offer the greatest detail; engines for example.
That said, the rise of sealed 1/18th at ridiculous prices does make small and good-value ones like these look all the more palatable.
The equation of low prices on these is simple: They crank these out like sausages – mass production, and the hard costs of their Chinese labor is dirt cheap, which all equals very low prices.
On a more positive note; they do offer a very interesting range, and some of their models (but not all) are really very well done.