We hope that everyone is having a happy beginning to 2008, and that the Christmas and holiday bills have not eaten up all your die cast money.
We'll start our new year with one of the runner-ups for 2007 die cast of the year "awards" posted on a recent thread in this section. One of Corgi's best is the 1:72 scale Catalina, and the best of all the liveries of this bird is the hard to get (especially at a reasonable price) "Black Cat". The best pictures of it are from Tim's Unofficial Corgi site.
See:
http://www.tricatus.co.uk/aa36104.htm
and
http://www.tricatus.co.uk/aa36104a.htm
Motormint has this fantastic bird for $69.98. I advise calling to order one, as Motormint has been known to sit on their internet orders. See it here:
http://www.motormint.com/index.asp?P...OD&ProdID=1485
Our second airplane selection is also a Corgi 1:72 scale plane, but is from the modern era. It is a UK Sepecat Jaguar in Test Pilot School livery. Diecast Direct has three left and the tuition is $19.98. Diecast Direct will not allow me to show their picture, so we'll have to turn again to Tim.
Links to Tim pictures of this plane:
http://www.tricatus.co.uk/aa35409.htm
and
http://www.tricatus.co.uk/aa35409a.htm
To order, hit eject here:
http://www.diecastdirect.com/asp_mod...uctCode=C35409
It's now time to get down and dirty--or maybe play in the snow with our two tank picks. Both are winter livery from World War II.
This first is 1:30 scale New Model Army Linx in white camo.
New Model Army WWII Winter Lynx and Commander
This set from New Model Army is a WWII German version of the Panzer II nicknamed the "Lynx". This version is painted in winter camo scheme and comes with a partial figure commander. Item #NMAWintLynx
Alsand's has one to park in your snow bank, if you have the $40.00. Get to it here:
http://alsandmdseco.com/catalog/i469.html
Our last of our first picks for 2008 can be found at Burbank's House of Hobbies and can start it's winter trek to you for only $21.00. It is:
Get yours and push back the bulge (in your wallet) by linking here:
http://store.houseofhobbies.com/homam4shbofb.html