1955 Mercedes Benz 300S by Maisto in 1:18 scale

Maisto tends to get a bad rap among collectors but personally I have a lot of Maistos in my collection and I'm pretty much a happy camper. For what its worth I do have CMCs and Exoto also and they are really on a different level. But my Maistos are happily coexisting with my AUTOarts, Kyoshos, Hot Wheels and others. At the end of the day, collecting is all about what YOU want for yourself and I'm very happy checking them out everyday since a lot of them are in my office ;-)

I understand the criticism leveled against their smaller scales like 1/64s but a lot of their 1:18s are actually decent models.

This Mercedes is no exception. While processing the photos in Lightroom prior to posting here, I found myself marveling at what a nice model it was.

Hopefully you enjoy looking at the model as much as I did.

Some of my old Japan made Tomicas

Just sharing some old Tomicas  from 3 decades ago when all of them were made in Japan.

A TRIO OF SUPERCARS FROM AUTOART

Here are three cars that any car enthusiast would love to have in his garage. For us lesser beings, having them in any scale is good enough :-)

These 3 cars are from AutoArt and are in 1:43 scale. You'll notice also that the stand and the cars are angled to provide a more dynamic display.

PANOZ ESPERANTE GTR-1

LAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO

MERCEDES BENZ SLR MCLAREN