There's been a flow of 1/43 scale models of old american cars in the past few years, from the 1940s to the 1990s, but they're molded in resin instead of metal, and the prices are unreal. From 60 euro to more than 150 euro, sometimes. The manufacturers are Neo and its offshoot American Excellence, TSM, Spark, Matrix, GLM, and a few more.

But most of the time, they leave me cold. The way they're designed, with resin bodies, windows made from thin plastic foil, and many photoetched parts, I wonder how they'll fare as years go by. I've already heard horror stories about photo-etched parts gone missing after a simple dust cleaning.

I do like Spark's racing cars, though.