Originally Posted by MikeWRC
This is possibly verging a little bit OT but this seems as good of forum/thread as any to ask this.
I've received £300 (about $580/€450) as an award/prize with which I would like to buy myself a keepsake. As a motorsport fan, I thought a decent diecast model would be a good thing to buy. I'm currently thinking about a Ferrari F1 model as I think that might be a bit more timeless than a WRC model (my other motorsport love.)
As much as collecting models is great, it's not really what I'm looking to do at the moment. What I want is a reasonably large scale model (something like 1:12 or even bigger) that would make a great display piece on its own. I'm not worried about limited editions or the model being signed, I just want something that looks good.
So far, I'm stuggling to find anything around about £300 that is bigger than 1:18. It seems standard 1:18 are less than £100 with there being more expensive ones that are limited editions and/or signed. Anything above 1:18 scale seems to jump in price into the £1000s. I've seen some nice larger scale road cars for the sort of money but no F1 cars.
So my question is, are there decent larger scale F1 models out there that are around about £300? I'll happily add some of my own money to the £300 (say, to a total of around about £500) but I don't want to add too much as the whole point of the model is that it's a keepsake for the award I won.
If there is anything, any pointers on where to look would be much appreciated.