No better day to showcase this TLV Datsun 510 from Mr. K’s selection.

From the 1:43 stables of HPI Racing is this Nismo 400R in QM1 White, complete with all the scoops and vents to keep the beast within cool and under control. Release from the Mirage line, this tuned up R33 is made in resin.

Dear Datsun fans, here is an auction for a Datsun 510 membership car that closes in 2 days. Happy bidding!

Hello dear LaLDers, old and new, I’m Xin from Singapore and have been contributing to this wonderful community on and off for almost four years. Today is Singapore’s inaugural Diecast Expo, a key event I dare not miss. Through my lens, I hope to bring you with me on this visit.

In this forced induction segment of Engine Week, I decided to dig up this Kyosho 1:43 Ferrari F40 from the archive. Almost four years ago, I wrote my first Concours d’Modella and was navigating in this new world of diecast photography.

Where’re the gleaming cam covers? What about the polished intake manifolds? Nope. None of that in this 1:18 Jaguar XJ-S from AUTOart. Isn’t that a terrifying sight? A myriad of vacuum lines and wiring with a V12 somewhere underneath all that. A mechanic’s nightmare had it been a real 1:1 – thank goodness I don’t have…

Forgive the joke headline, I couldn’t resist it. Peeking out of this engine bay is a V10 from a 1:18 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 by AUTOart. I was not actively looking for a Gallardo of this scale, or I thought I was, until chancing upon an eBay listing of this exact model with a starting bid of $0.01 with free…

Proudly displaying its 1.5 liter 4-banger is this 1:18 Honda Ballade Sports CR-X Si from AUTOart. It is hard to think about modern 4 pot engines without Honda in the picture and this CR-X is here to remind us and Honda of the fantastic pocket rockets that cemented the marque’s reputation in the late 1980s and early…

My love of HPI Racing scale models continues in the form of this blue 1:43 Lancia Delta HF Integrale Hi.Fi. This model replicates the extremely exclusive ‘HF Integrale Hi Fi’ version, of which only 20 examples were made for members of Lancia car clubs.

This lime green butaketsu is my first taste of the immaculate selects from Ignition Model, it’s probably a natural segway from HPI scale models. HPI is still around, but it let go of its scale model wing to focus on their R/C business. Majority of these models now live on in Ignition Model, and I’d say these people…

For my silver choice for LaLD Car Week, I have this silver 1:43 Nissan R34 GT-R V-Spec from one my favourite scale model brands - HPI. Hailing from the MIRAGE line, this scaled-down Godzilla is a sealed resin model.

This blue Ford RS200 comes in 1:43 scale from the now-defunct HPI. While built in homologation to race this car in Group B rally, this example is stanced to win the hard parking championship. There is hardly any room between the fender lip and wheel, and I don’t hate HPI’s decision to go that route. The fit and finish…

Having fallen in love with the now-defunct HPI diecast brand, I have been slowly acquiring more of their 1:43 models to the fleet. With the more desirable castings being scarce and steep in prices, especially with the resin ones, the uptake has been gradual. After that long of a dry spell, I thought an R33 Skyline GTR…

Been looking to expand my fleet of Hot Wheels 100% casting, this Eldorado Biarritz convertible is one on my top list to acquire. Even in 1:64 scale, it retains its land yacht characteristics, oozing with class and luxury. Couldn’t be more fitting to appear on ‘Murica Monday.

It was today I received news that Hot Wheels designer and graphics guru, Wayne Scott, has passed away recently. I first heard about it from an IG post from Doomus_RLC, and then confirmed it with his obituary from The Herald Sun.

From Maisto’s Muscle Machines, we have this tooned 1968 Dodge Dart with the moniker ‘MOTHER’S WORRY’ on each door. While not being familiar with the Maisto brand this series of diecast cars, I really dig the treatment this Dart received. With oversized tires, and engine with velocity stacks reaching out the skies all…