1935 Duesenberg JN 559-2587 Long Wheel Base Berline Rollston/Bohman & Schwartz by Matrix

In February of 1935 this particular Model JN, chassis 2587, would arrive from Rollston in New York with a new Berline body.
On the 9th of July 1935, Duesenberg Sales Corporation would sell this particular chassis to Bill "Bojangles" Robinson for the sum of S 17.500. Just like that, two graceful artists would be united.
By the following year, the JN would be in Pasadena, California at the coach builders of Bohman & Schwartz. It would be there to receive some updates, like the Cadillac bullet headlamps and special parking lights. Other additions would include a reworked windscreen,
 and one-piece bumpers.
Robinson and his Model JN were practically inseparable. Often the two wold be seen together, and, when Robinson returned to New York years later, the model JN was sitting at the famed New York garage Zumbach Motor Repair Company on West 53rd Street. The car would be to undergo service and repairs. As a $900 repair bill was still owed on the Duesenberg, Robinson’s widow sold the aging car to actor, singer, and nightclub entertainer Phil Regan. Regan keep the car until 1951, when it first passed into the hands of collectors and it was first restored between the years of 1966 and 1970. The car has since been carefully preserved and very well cared for.
Fortunately, this Duisenberg Berline still exists and Matrix has released a very accurate and beautifully made resin-cast model of the car in its current form that’s as gorgeous as the original. The brown metallic paint is excellent and in this color is painted also radiator and bullet headlamps and parking lights.Wheels are simply gorgeous, made exclusively for this model, which is uncommon for 1/43.
This is a beautiful model of a gorgeous car. Lovers of the Duesenberg, you must have.

Manufacturer:	Matrix
Scale:	1/43
Year of Production:	2018
Part Number:	MX50406-021
Material:	Resin
Limited No.:	167 of 299
Rating:	10/10

1947 Cadillac Series 62 4-Door Sedan by Brooklin

BRK 184 1947 Cadillac Series 62 4-Door Sedan

Cadillac Series 62 4-Door Sedan 1952 and 1947

After World War II, Cadillac, like most manufacturers, returned to production with a modified version of its 1942 design and engineering. This basic formula would remain in production, with some detail changes, through 1947, and it was incredibly popular with buyers for its combination of power and luxury.

Cadillac in 1947 was poised to become America's luxury leader. Unlike Lincoln and Packard, which persisted with Depression-inspired medium-price cars, Cadillac returned to pure luxury to prosper in booming postwar America. Soon, Cadillac pulled even further ahead of rivals in both sales and prestige.

This is second generation of Cadillac Series 62 - full size luxury sedan with most massive grill ever. The Series 62 used the fat bullet fenders that were just coming into fashion in the early 1940s.  "Pontoon" styling, new for '42, was making its final appearance, and Cadillac's smooth 346-cubic-inch L-head V-8 was in its next-to-last year. 

Brooklin’s hand-built white-metal beauty is this very well-done model of the best-selling ’47 Series 62, the 4-Door Sedan. The Franch Gray paint is smooth and glossy and is set off by lots of separate bright chromed parts. Overall lines are right on the money, as are major dimensions. It’ll be a while before anyone else does one of these – especially this well. 

Manufacturer:	Brooklin Models
Scale:	1/43
Year of Production:	2012-2014
Part Number:	BRK 184
Material:	White Metal
Rating:	8/10

1958 Edsel Bermuda Station Wagon by Minichamps

The vertical grille was the focal point for criticism of the Edsel. 

Nice detail - Ornament "E" 

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Ford had its Country Squire, Mercury had its Colony Park, and when Edsel made its debut for 1958, it would have its own deluxe Bermuda Station Wagon. Like its counterparts from the other Ford Motor Company divisions, the 1958 Edsel 

Launched amid a colossal advertising campaign, Ford’s Edsel brand—named for the late son of company founder Henry Ford—was a short-lived venture intended to fill the price gap between Ford- and Mercury-branded cars. As one sales executive recalls, the Edsel was “the car for the young man on his way up.”

The Bermuda represented the highest trim level available within the Edsel brand for a station wagon,

In addition to deluxe interior appointments, the Bermuda also was outfitted with simulated wood panels and frames, a hallmark of premium station wagon models produced by Ford and Mercury. 

To separate the Bermuda from Ford models, the Bermuda received Edsel's front fascia and vertical grille assembly as well as unique boomerang-shaped taillights. The shape of the taillights posed a problem when used as turn indicators – the left hand taillight appeared as an arrow pointing right and vice versa from a distance.

The model from Minichamps displayed the signature Edsel horse-collar grille, au courant wood-grain side trim, and boomerang-shaped taillights—an ill-conceived design element found on real Edsel wagons.  The spectacular body’s lines are reproduced perfectly. Only 1,008 units produced, but still available on eBay.

Manufacturer:	Minichamps
Scale:	1/43
Year of Production:	2007
Part Number:	400082014
Material:	DieCast
Rating:	8/10