A New Chapter in the McLaren '1' Legacy

A New Chapter in the McLaren '1' Legacy

Amalgam Collection has unveiled its 1:8 scale McLaren W1, a handcrafted replica developed in direct collaboration with McLaren Automotive and faithfully recreating the latest chapter in the marque's celebrated '1' lineage.

  • Amalgam Collection has unveiled a 1:8 scale McLaren W1 model, developed over 3,000 hours in collaboration with McLaren using official CAD, paint codes, and materials.
  • Each 57 cm model features working scissor doors, a remote‑control rear wing, and fully detailed interior and aero surfaces, assembled by hand over 300+ hours.
  • Available in a 199‑piece launch edition (£15,995) or bespoke owner‑matched specification (£22,395), with models increasingly recognised as part of a car’s provenance and long‑term value.
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Bristol, England: A new chapter in McLaren’s ‘1’ car bloodline is not only being written on the road, but in miniature. Today, Amalgam Collection has unveiled its 1:8 scale model of the new McLaren W1, a definitive handcrafted replica developed over 3,000 hours in direct collaboration with McLaren Automotive in Woking, England.

Measuring over 57cm (22 inches) in length, each model requires more than 300 hours of meticulous hand assembly and finishing by Amalgam’s artisans in Bristol, and is created using the original CAD designs, paint codes and material specifications supplied by McLaren. Complete with working scissor doors, an operational remote-control rear wing, and fully detailed interior and aerodynamic surfaces, the 1:8 scale W1 captures not only the car’s form, but the engineering intent and theatre that define McLaren’s next-generation hypercar.

With production of the full-scale W1 limited to 399 examples worldwide, each priced from approximately £2 million, the 1:8 scale model offers owners a singular opportunity to preserve their precise build specification in permanent, perfectly executed form. Increasingly regarded as part of a vehicle’s documented provenance, these exact replicas become woven into the car’s ownership story - tangible artefacts that can enhance narrative, authenticity and ultimately, the long-term value of the overall investment.

A defining moment for the ‘1’ cars

The W1 joins the iconic McLaren F1 and the hybrid-era McLaren P1 in McLaren’s most exclusive lineage -cars that have come to represent not only technological milestones, but significant long-term investments.

As values of the F1 and P1 have strengthened over time, the importance of provenance and originality has grown in equal measure. Increasingly, collectors are viewing exact 1:8 scale replicas as part of a vehicle’s documented history, physical records of its original specification at the point of delivery.

Sandy Copeman, Founder of Amalgam Collection, comments: “Both the P1 and F1 have become great investments for collectors, and what we are finding is that having an exact 1:8 scale model which replicates the car becomes part of that car's history and is now just as important as having the service history, original build specification documentation or even the luggage set, in terms of maximising the value of the car and investment for the owner. In recent times, Amalgam models are becoming alternative investments for collectors of cars and artwork due to them holding their value.”

Each 1:8 scale W1 is engineered directly from McLaren’s digital design data to ensure absolute dimensional accuracy. Paint finishes are matched precisely to factory standards, while interior materials and exposed carbon fibre textures are reproduced with exceptional fidelity.

Two commissioning options are available:

  • Launch specification
    Finished in the colour (Papaya Spark) in which the W1 was unveiled on 6 October 2024, this edition is limited to 199 pieces and priced from £15,995.
  • Bespoke, ‘Tailor Made’ owner commission
    Built to replicate an individual owner’s exact vehicle configuration using factory build sheets supplied directly from McLaren to Amalgam. Pricing from £22,395.

Availability & pricing

Both the launch specification and Tailor Made commissions can be ordered directly from Amalgam Collection through their global sales team, or through the McLaren dealer network.

Pricing:

Launch specification: £15,995 GBP/$21,495 USD/€19,495 EUR

Tailor Made: £22,395 GBP/ $30,095 USD/€27,295 EUR

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About Amalgam Collection

Amalgam’s team of craftspeople are recognised worldwide as makers of the finest hand-made large-scale models. Their work is unique in its attention to detail, with a focus on creating models that truly capture the style and spirit of each car. They have dedicated all their skill and passion to achieving a level of excellence that raises the impact and value of each finished piece far above anything previously created.

For cars they have already modelled at 1:8 in a limited edition, the team at Amalgam offers a Tailor Made Service, customising a model to perfectly match the specification of an owner’s real car. For owners of unique very high value cars, Amalgam Collection offers even bigger 1:5 or 1:4 ‘one-off’ model builds from their UK workshops in Bristol, England. The team will digitally scan the car wherever it is in the world and take up to a thousand pictures to capture every detail, allowing them to perfectly and accurately replicate everything at scale. Given the significant number of hours required to develop a unique model, the costs are high, so the model is built at a very large scale to maximise the impact and detail, and to deliver the ultimate finished piece.

Amalgam Collection’s design, management and development heart is in England, with extraordinarily skilled and dedicated teams producing the bigger editions in Hungary and China. They are a multinational, multicultural team of craftsmen and women, dedicated to creating the world’s most precise, beautiful and exclusive models. Inspired by the F1 teams and iconic luxury car marques of England and Italy that they serve and partner with, they take huge pride in their mission to perfectly capture the designs, and honour the designers, drivers and creators of the automotive art they love.

  • The patterns are created using original CAD from the manufacturer, or extraordinarily accurate digital scans and hundreds of photographs of an original classic car.
  • The patterns are used to create silicon rubber moulds that capture every detail.
  • Prototyping resin is used to cast the parts from the silicon moulds. Around 20 to 30 parts can be cast from each mould and then a new one must be made.
  • Each model is built from thousands of parts: castings, photo-etchings and CNC machined metal components.
  • Genuine car paints and manufacturer or archive colour references are used to spray the bodywork.
  • It takes between 2,500 and 4,500 hours to develop the tooling for each model.
  • It takes between 250 and 450 hours to cast, fit, fettle, paint and build each model.

How the models are created

Every Amalgam model is made entirely by hand from thousands of parts. Detailed original CAD data is supplied by the car's manufacturer or the race team of the car to be modelled. The process of developing each model and creating the master patterns takes between 2,500 and 4,500 hours of skilled work depending on the complexity of the car, with classic cars taking the longest.

In the case of the classic cars an extremely accurate digital scan is made of the car, and hundreds of photographs of all the details of a carefully selected original car are taken, to ensure complete accuracy and adherence to the authentic finishes and materials. Many parts of the model are machined from metal with the major components hand cast from prototyping resin. Each model is individually assembled by a small team of highly skilled model-makers. In total the time taken to machine, cast, hand fettle, paint, polish and assemble each model is between 250 and 450 hours of highly skilled work depending on the complexity of the car.

The finished model is a very precise scale replica of the original car with every detail perfectly and authentically represented at an 8th of the original size. This is modelling elevated to such a high level that it becomes an art form.

Since 1995 Amalgam have been admired and hugely respected by leading designers and engineers in the European automotive industry, as well as F1 designers, drivers and team principals. Amalgam's models appear on the desks of CEOs and presidents of the world's most important car companies. Due to the extreme accuracy and authenticity of Amalgam's creations, made in small limited editions, they are also much sought after by devoted collectors of fine handmade objects across Europe and in the USA.

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