Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Diecast Cars

There's not a whole lot of Buick Grand National & Regal T-type cars available in diecast. A good representable amount were made, but not as many as were made for, say, the Chevy Camaro Z28 or Ford Mustang.

Racing Champions leads the pack in the 1:64 scale, followed by Johnny Lightning / Playing Mantis. Other contenders are Maisto, Jada Toys / Dubs, Tiger Wheels, Ertl & Hot Wheels finally just came out with one.

Monogram, Herpa & Con-cors made some in 1:87 scale, mostly for Train collectors who wanted to add some vehicles to their displays.

By far, the biggest attraction are the 1:18 scale models done by GMP (AKA Peachstate). 23 Buicks and counting! If you've never seen a vehicle made by GMP, you really don't know what you're missing! Their Buick Grand National models as well as the Buick Turbo T, T type, WH1, WE4, and other Buick Regal cars feature some of the finest highlighting details that can be found on a replica this small. And done accurately, too.

GMP, Monogram, Revell, Danbury Mint & Jada also made these Turbo Coupe in 1:24 scale.

Black, obviously, is the most popular color that the Buick Regal Grand National came in (and the only color, although some people have painted theirs a different one), but don't forget to add some of those Regal T-type into your collection for a splash of color in that sea of darkness!

If you'd like to see some of the 1:64 scale models that were made, you can click the below banner to be taken to the diecast page on this website.