Our friends at Diecast Distributors Australia (DDA) have been kicking many goals of late, first with their plastic kits of the HQ Holdens, then following up with the HJ Panel Vans, the XW/XY Falcons and, recently, the LC/LJ Toranas, so I was very excited to get my hands on their brand new Torana A9X kits. The A9X was a special option available on the LX Torana that was produced in the late 1970’s. It featured different options such as the bonnet scoop, rear spoiler, rear disc brakes and a heavy duty differential amongst others. It was famously raced at Bathurst,...

Over the weekend of May 25 and 26, 2024, the Illawarra Plastic Modellers Association (IPMA) held their annual scale model competition at the Illawarra Sports Centre in Berkely, a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales. 

We have been attending this show for a number of years now, and once again, we made the 10 hour drive to attend the show both as a trader and an entrant into the competition. 

Customising 1:64 scale model cars can be a quick, fun project to do. You can go full on and make modifications like adding 3d printed wheels for example, or you can just go with a simple repaint to give the car a new lease of life.  In this tutorial, I'll show how easy it is to do a quick repaint of a 1:64 car that will only take you an hour to complete at most, this time using a Zuru Metal Machines car that I purchased from our local KMart store for a couple of dollars.  First thing is to...