Funny how these things go. The first-generation Subaru Impreza WRX, the rally-homologation sensation that we suspect will be a shoo-in collector favorite in a couple of decades’ time, was barely modeled in small-scale in its own lifetime; only an obscure Hungarian outfit, Metchy, deigned to commit it to tooling. (All of the CM’s rally variants […]
Hobbies are big business. We on the buying end see collecting, building, etc., as hobbies – but for the companies that make what we collect, our acceptance of their wares is usually the difference between red ink and black. So imagine our surprise to be introduced to Inver Models of Scotland, whose owner, Peter Naulls, […]
If you’re a fan of our Saturday Four-Links posts, then you’ve often seen us link to Samuel Addison’s The New Cafe Racer Society/Ride The Machine, a blog focused on “the motorcycle, scooter, bicycle and monowheel in modern culture, art, style and design.” As it turns out, Samuel has another major interest: building realistic scale-model trucks […]