Searching for the perfect present can be a tiresome process without the right inspiration. This year, however, the finest model makers in the world are here to assist. To facilitate those looking to spread the cheer with a gift of real value this year, Amalgam Collection have curated this list of potential offerings for various personalities.
Sebastian Vettel will be donning his racing boots and helmet one last time to bid farewell to Formula 1 this weekend at the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi. It brings down the curtain on a 15-year F1 career, in which Seb has won 53 races and established himself as one of the greatest drivers to grace motorsport's top echelon.
Our collection of Formula 1 full-size steering wheel replicas expands significantly this month, as we have finished the development of our current 2022 season projects: the McLaren MCL36 and Ferrari F1-75 steering wheels. Also available are full scale replicas of the F2004, F2007 and F2008, as well as a miniature F1-75 steering wheel at 1:4 scale.
We are thrilled to reveal to you our most recent development at 1:8 scale, the very beautiful Ferrari 296 GTS in Rosso Imola with an Argento Nurburgring livery. Following over 3000 hours of development and an intense dive into every detail by the Ferrari design team, our prototype model for the 296 GTS has been fully approved and is now available to order.
We are delighted to reveal that models of the Red Bull Racing Honda RB16B at 1:18 scale, as raced by Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez at the season-defining 2021 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, are now available to pre-order.
With the holiday season swiftly approaching, we invite our customers to place their orders earlier than usual to avoid the global shipping disruption that has been forecast in December. As an added incentive to do this, we are now offering free shipping on all in stock models available directly on our website, starting today and running through November. Simply enter the code MODELINDULGENCE at the checkout to receive free shipping that will ensure your model will be comfortably delivered in plenty of time to its intended destination.
The 17th running of the Targa Florio occurred in 1926 at the Medio Circuito Madonie in Palermo, Sicily. A considerable grid of 34 cars entered, with two races running simultaneously: the Coppa, only open to factory teams, and the Targa, which was also open to independent drivers.
Two decades ago today, Ferrari unveiled the truly memorable Enzo at the 2002 Paris Motor Show. Named directly after the Italian marque’s legendary founder, the Enzo Ferrari, or to give it its unofficial but more common name – the Ferrari Enzo, joined the very limited ranks of supercars built by Ferrari using the pinnacle of the company’s Formula 1 technological achievements.
On this day in 1979, Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course hosted the XXII Toyota United States Grand Prix, also known as the US Grand Prix East. The fifteenth and final race of the 1979 Formula 1 season, by the time the teams got to Watkins Glen, Jody Scheckter and Scuderia Ferrari had already clinched the Drivers' and Constructors' Championship double. The main event became the duel for the runner-up position between Scheckter’s teammate Gilles Villeneuve or Williams-Ford’s Alan Jones. It was a rain-soaked and incident-filled occasion, with only seven cars from the original twenty-four car grid reaching the chequered flag.
