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Corgi Release Updates

10/01/2023
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New to pre-order Corgi Aviation AA29201 Supermarine Spitfire T.9 TE308 ‘Grey Nurse’, Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar

New to pre-order from Corgi Aviation AA29201 Supermarine Spitfire T.9 TE308 ‘Grey Nurse’, Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar, pre-orders for this 1:72 scale model are being taken at £54.95. Supermarine Spitfire T.9 TE308 (G-AWGB) Finished as A58-606 ‘Grey Nurse’ Sharkmouth, operated by Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar. As one of the most successful fighter aircraft of the Second World War and one which was produced in huge numbers, it can be a little surprising to learn that the Supermarine Spitfire was not produced in a two seat training variant during the war,... Read More

10/01/2023
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New to pre-order Corgi Aviation AA28902 Bristol Beaufort Mk.1, 217 Sqn RAF, ‘Admiral Hipper’ Attack

New to pre-order from Corgi AA28902 Bristol Beaufort Mk.1, 217 Sqn RAF, ‘Admiral Hipper’ Attack, pre-orders for this 1:72 scale model are being taken at £76.95. Bristol Beaufort Mk.I L9866, RAF No.217 Squadron, St Eval, Cornwall, Attack against German Cruiser Admiral Hipper, 1st February 1941. As arguably Britain’s most capable maritime strike aircraft, the Bristol Beaufort was charged with carrying a heavy burden during the early years of the war, particularly when the RAF were engaged in targeting German surface raiders putting into port at Brest for repair and replenishment.... Read More

10/01/2023
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New to pre-order Corgi Aviation AA36911 Junkers Ju-52/3m g6e BJ+YD, Medical Evacuation Aircraft, Stalingrad, Air Bridge Operations, November 1942

New to pre-order from Corgi Aviation AA36911 Junkers Ju-52/3m g6e BJ+YD, Medical Evacuation Aircraft, Stalingrad, Air Bridge Operations, November 1942, pre-orders for this 1:72 scale model are being taken at £144.95. Junkers Ju-52/3m g6e BJ+YD, Medical Evacuation Aircraft, Stalingrad, Air Bridge Operations, November 1942. Ordered to stay and hold their positions by Hitler, the encircled German 6th Army at Stalingrad were informed that the Luftwaffe were about to establish an Air Bridge to keep them supplied with the food, ammunition and general supplies needed to allow around 300,000 German troops... Read More

10/01/2023
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New to pre-order Corgi Aviation AA32628 Avro Lancaster BIII Special ED825, AJ-T, ‘T-Tommy’, Flt. Lt Joe McCarthy, 617 Sqn RAF, Operation Chastise, May 1943

New to pre-order from Corgi Aviation AA32628 Avro Lancaster BIII Special ED825, AJ-T, ‘T-Tommy’, Flt. Lt Joe McCarthy, 617 Sqn RAF, Operation Chastise, May 1943, pre-orders for this 1:72 scale model are being taken at £166.95. Avro Lancaster BIII Special ED825, AJ-T, ‘T-Tommy’, Flt. Lt Joe McCarthy, 617 Sqn RAF, Operation Chastise, May 1943. With the crews of the newly formed RAF No.617 Squadron now briefed on the targets they were being sent to attack, raid preparations for American pilot Flt Lt Joe McCarthy and his crew could hardly have... Read More

10/01/2023
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New to pre-order Corgi Vanguard VC01301 Ford XR Collection Model Car Set

New to pre-order from Corgi Vanguard VC01301 Ford XR Collection Model Car 1:43 scale set, pre-orders being taken at £99.95. The eighties was the age of the hot hatch, and Ford of Europe entered this new market with typical panache creating a new aspirational sub-brand, XR, which was ushered in with great fanfare on the 1980 Escort XR3. The XR badge didn’t mean anything particularly but it caught the zeitgeist perfectly and sounded cool. The XR cars all looked fabulous, offered great performance and a cool up to the minute... Read More

10/01/2023
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New to pre-order Corgi Vanguard VA15101 Ford Transit Custom Sport – Orange Glow Model Car

New to pre-order from Corgi Vanguard VA15101 Ford Transit Custom Sport – Orange Glow Model 1:43 scale car, pre-orders being taken at £34.95. The Transit Custom modelled was used by Ford’s UK Press Office for the van’s launch in April 2018 and was specified to make a visual impact, with bumper skirts, flared wheelarches, 17-inch alloy wheels and a bright colour. It was then loaned to newspapers, magazines, TV shows and websites to conduct their own road tests and appeared in The Sun, Auto Express, Van Fleet World and many... Read More

10/01/2023
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New to pre-order Corgi Vanguard VA15302 Ford Focus Mk3 ST – Tangerine Scream Model Car

New to pre-order from Corgi Vanguard VA15302 Ford Focus Mk3 ST – Tangerine Scream Model Car, pre-orders for this 1:43 scale model are being taken at £32.95. The Ford Focus has been a sales success since it was launched in 1998 as a sensational looking replacement for the long-running Escort range. The third generation Focus, codenamed C346 while being developed, was announced in December 2010, and remained in production in Europe until 2018. It differed from previous models in not being offered as a 3-door hatchback but that didn’t stop... Read More

21/12/2022
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Due in stock soon Corgi AA38908 Fokker D VII (OAW) Ltn. Kurt Monnington, Jasta 18, Montingen (Montoy), Near Metz, August 1918

Due in stock soon from Corgi AA38908 Fokker D VII (OAW) Ltn. Kurt Monnington, Jasta 18, Montingen (Montoy), Near Metz, August 1918. This 1:48 scale model is priced at £54.95. Undoubtedly one of the finest fighting aeroplanes of the Great War and definitely the most capable fighter to ever see Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte service, the Fokker D.VII was developed in response to the introduction of several new Allied fighter types, aircraft which gained a hard fought superiority of the skies over the Germans. Aircraft such as the Sopwith Camel and Royal... Read More

02/12/2022
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Due in stock in December Corgi AA29001 Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4, ZK349 GN-A, Flt. Lt. Ben Westoby-Brooks, RAF No.29(R) Squadron, Battle of Britain 75th Anniversary commemorative scheme

Due in stock in December from Corgi AA29001 Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4, ZK349 GN-A, Flt. Lt. Ben Westoby-Brooks, RAF No.29(R) Squadron, Battle of Britain 75th Anniversary commemorative scheme, this 1:48 scale model is priced at £161.95. ZK349 GN-A, Flt. Lt. Ben Westoby-Brooks, RAF No.29(R) Squadron, Battle of Britain 75th Anniversary commemorative scheme, Typhoon Display Team, RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, Summer 2015 As Britain prepared to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain in the early summer of 2015, the RAF were determined that their tribute would be a particularly impressive... Read More

02/12/2022
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Due in stock in December Corgi AA34114 Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S2B XT279 RAF No16 Squadron

Due in stock in December from Corgi AA34114 Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S2B XT279 RAF No16 Squadron, this 1:72 scale model is priced at £72.95. During the impressive 32 year service history of Britain’s Blackburn Buccaneer force, surely there can have been no finer looking aircraft than S.2B XT279 in her stunning black livery, even though the decision to present her in this manner was not without some controversy. The story behind this stunning scheme is that during the early 1980s, one of RAF No.16 Squadron’s Buccaneers was finished in a... Read More