Metal Model Kars?

[RedBullRacing]

Hi everyone!

I come from the faraway land of the Diecast Community. I have recently begun to build plastic model cars, and have, I'd say, mild experience with them. However, coming from the faraway land of Diecast, I LOVE and prefer Metal model cars, and Metal model car kits. Are there any good ones, or am I just being annoying?

[Dirty Dave]

Being that "good" is subjective, and you have indicated a neither a scale nor a subject/genre preference, I wouldn't expect too many useful answers. You'd probably be better off perusing the specific sub-board for all things diecast and resin: DieCast and Resin Kits

[Little Timmy]

I'm thinking a company called Entex made some "Wonderful" metal kit's . 1/20 scale I believe.

There hard to find now, so .... be prepaired. $$$ !!!

[henry57]

What scale do you build and what type of cars?

[Oldcarfan27]

Testors issued a few 1/24 diecast kits in their Lincoln Mint series. They look good on the box, but I can't comment on how good they are. Look on Google images.

[Oldcarfan27]

A lot of diecast kits basically look like kits of regular diecast collectibles,  just unassembled. So I was never sure who they were marketed for. Collectors don't build and Builders usually want finer details. Franklin Mints were probably the best at raising interest from both groups. They had diecast collectibles with finer details and unusual subject matter. 

Hubley's and Gabriel's were 1/20 scale Ford Model As and Duesenbergs (which were HUGE!) but light on the detail. They were reissued back in the 80s as a subsidiary of Ertl, so they should be easier to find.

Speaking of Ertl, they had some 1/25 diecast kits back in the 70s and early 80s. Box art looked promising, but the kits were basically unassembled toys. Shame too, because I remember them having a late 70s Caprice, a Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am and a Jeep Renegade CJ7. They sounded better than they looked.

If you're into BIG scale and BIG money, I recall Pocher had some Ferraris and some other kits (trucks?) With diecast bodies. I've never seen any built, so I don't know how good they are or how easy they are to build.

Hope this helps.

[Greg Myers]

Try some of these older Hubbley kits somewhere around 1/20th scale and readily available on line

[Greg Myers]

These Hot Rod kits are great, fun to build and look every bit as good as a plastic version Try some of these older Hubbley kits somewhere around 1/20th scale and readily available on line

[Greg Myers]

They also have some nice 1/32nd scale kits, They go together rather well.

[Jon Haigwood]

1 hour ago, Greg Myers said:

These Hot Rod kits are great, fun to build and look every bit as good as a plastic version Try some of these older Hubbley kits somewhere around 1/20th scale and readily available on line

 

I have the pre-painted T kit and it is a very basic screw together kit. Picked it for my Grandson