Thursday, March 15, 2007
Collectibles: Franklin's 1:24 models have meticulous detail
Thursday, March 15, 2007By Don Hammonds, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
When it comes to models, tried and true just might be best.
Franklin Mint's been at the top of its game for years when it comes to 1:24 collectible model cars, giving detail after detail long before some of the newer companies were even on collectors' radar screens.
And what's even better, much of its collection consists of cars available almost nowhere else in the 1:24 scale and in some cases, not available anywhere else in any scale.
One of the two I had a chance to review was a 1970 plum-colored 'Cuda hardtop, priced at $105. This car replicates an option rarely seen on the real one -- a silver finished "shaker" air cleaner protruding through the hood.
The other was a 1971 Plymouth Road Runner Coupe equipped with a 440-cubic-inch "Six Pack" V-8. I'm unaware of any other company with a die-cast version in 1:24 scale. Franklin also has a yellow '71 Road Runner model equipped with a 426-cubic-inch Hemi engine. Both are limited editions, but the 440 version is rarer, with only 5,000 replicas available. They are priced at $120. Full story
Franklin Mint cars available at Movie Car Mania
When it comes to models, tried and true just might be best.
Franklin Mint's been at the top of its game for years when it comes to 1:24 collectible model cars, giving detail after detail long before some of the newer companies were even on collectors' radar screens.
And what's even better, much of its collection consists of cars available almost nowhere else in the 1:24 scale and in some cases, not available anywhere else in any scale.
One of the two I had a chance to review was a 1970 plum-colored 'Cuda hardtop, priced at $105. This car replicates an option rarely seen on the real one -- a silver finished "shaker" air cleaner protruding through the hood.
The other was a 1971 Plymouth Road Runner Coupe equipped with a 440-cubic-inch "Six Pack" V-8. I'm unaware of any other company with a die-cast version in 1:24 scale. Franklin also has a yellow '71 Road Runner model equipped with a 426-cubic-inch Hemi engine. Both are limited editions, but the 440 version is rarer, with only 5,000 replicas available. They are priced at $120. Full story
Franklin Mint cars available at Movie Car Mania
# posted by RW : 9:36 PM
