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The Danish company Skandinavisk Modeltrafik has returned to work after a break. The latest release in their Nordic Collection is a Volvo PV445 Duett Panel Van decorated as service car of the well known Swedish transport company Bilspedition. This car features a dark green paint scheme together with the logo 'Bilspedition' applied on each side of the panel van. The interior is black. This model has been released earlier this year in February. It is available as a limited edition of 504 units. Each model is individually numbered and comes with a certificate. The 1:43 scale diecast model has been made by Troféu in Portugal. You can buy your copy for 298.00 DKK (40.10 €) under item number SMNC023. Skandinavisk Modeltrafik has recently added a couple more new Saab and VW models to their Nordic Collection.
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The international publishing company DeAgostini has launched in Russia a collection featuring Police cars from around the world. The collection who started back in 2013 consist of 1:43 scale models. These models are made out of diecast by Ixo in China. Each model of this collection comes with a booklet and is packed in a blister on cardboard. A fourth Volvo model has been released back in March. It is a model of a Volvo 164 in the livery of the Swedish Police forces. The base for this model is the Volvo 164 as offered as number 8 (N° 8 506 008) in the the Volvo Collection by Editions Atlas.
This Volvo 164 'Polis' (SE) is officially sold for 419.00 RUB (± 5.70 EUR). The Volvo is number 77 in this collection.
Complete Police Cars in the World collection lineup:
Matchbox has posted yesterday new pics of the upcoming Volvo V60 on their Instagram account. The result of their work is quite promising. Looking forward to this one. Minichamps is the first company who is offering a 1:18 scale model of the famous Volvo 244. The first livery has officially been released this weekend. The first version is painted in an attractive green metallic. The interior is all black and it seems to me that Minichamps tried to reproduce the seats finished in leather. Minichamps has chosen to reproduce the GL version from 1986. This is an obvious choice since they already did the same model in 1:43. Minichamps new 1:18 version has been produced in a limited edition of only 702 units and it is already sold out. But you should be able to find a copy at good model stores or re-sellers in your area. And if not you can wait for the second release which will feature a red paint scheme. You can buy this model for as low as 75-80 €. This is only possible since Minichamps has started to produce several of their models in a more affordable price range. This is largely being made possible since these models do not feature any opening parts. So you won't be able to play with your model and you won't be able to open a hood, trunk or even one of the four doors.
I will try to write a more detailed review as soon as I have been able to inspect one of these models more closely.
The number sixty-two in the Volvo Collection by Editions Atlas is the Volvo 244 GTX. The Volvo 240 GTX was not a normal or even special trim line. GTX was simply the name of a sporty parts package which was offered by Volvo dealers throughout Scandinavia. The various parts of this specific trim kit are best viewed and explained by having a look at the following three links showing scans/photos of some period brochures:
The scale model of this Volvo 244 GTX is based on the previously released Volvo 244 Blue Star model. This means that this new livery has been made by applying new decals as well as some new detail parts. The sunroof is unfortunately not a real reproduced detail but a sticker applied to the roof. A real represented sunroof would have resulted in a making a new mold which the actual situation wouldn't have allowed in terms of costs.
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