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Corgi Release Updates

18/07/2025
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New to pre-order Corgi AA29502 B-26C-45-MO Marauder, 42-107752 B/N 88 ‘Miss Arkansas , 444th BS / 320th BG USAAF, Sardinia, August 1944 Model Plane

New to pre-order Corgi AA29502 B-26C-45-MO Marauder, 42-107752 B/N 88 ‘Miss Arkansas , 444th BS / 320th BG USAAF, Sardinia, August 1944 Model Plane. Pre-orders for this 1:72 scale model are being taken at £119.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. For an aircraft which initially attracted such unwanted nicknames as ‘Widow Maker’ and the ‘Flying Coffin’, and had training crews referring to it as, ‘One a day in Tampa Bay’ because of the high number of aircraft lost to crashes, the Martin B-26 Marauder actually posted the lowest... Read More

18/07/2025
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New to pre-order Corgi AA29104 Spitfire Mk.IXc, MH656 WZ-RR ‘Porky II’, Lt. Robert Connor, 309th FS, 31st FG USAAF, Mediterranean Theatre, 1943 Model Plane

New to pre-order Corgi AA29104 Spitfire Mk.IXc, MH656 WZ-RR ‘Porky II’, Lt. Robert Connor, 309th FS, 31st FG USAAF, Mediterranean Theatre, 1943 Model Plane. This 1:72 scale model is priced at £59.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. When the 309th Fighter Squadron of the USAAF 12th Air Force moved to support Allied operations in North Africa, and subsequently on to Sicily and Italy, they took their Spitfire Mk.V fighters with them. However, they received upgraded Mk.IX variants of the Spitfire from April 1943 onwards. These more powerful aircraft... Read More

16/07/2025
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Proposed for release in August Corgi AA28009 Messerschmitt Me109E-4/B Wk-Nr 1106 ‘Yellow 1’, Oberleutnant Walter Rupp, Manston, 17 October 1940 Model Plane

Proposed for release in August Corgi AA28009 Messerschmitt Me109E-4/B Wk-Nr 1106 ‘Yellow 1’, Oberleutnant Walter Rupp, Manston, 17 October 1940 Model Plane. This 1:72 scale model is priced at £59.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. As one of the finest fighting aeroplanes ever, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 became the backbone of Germany’s Air Force throughout the Second World War, and despite its diminutive stature, was also arguably the world’s first operational fighter-bomber, or Jabo. Carrying a single under-fuselage-mounted 250kg bomb, they delivered their weapon using the fighter’s Revi... Read More

16/07/2025
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Proposed for release in August Corgi AA33322 B-17F Flying Fortress, ‘Royal Flush’ 42-6087, LD-Z, 100th BG, Lt Robert “Rosie” Rosenthal, 8th Air Force, October 10 1943 Model Plane

Proposed for release in August Corgi AA33322 B-17F Flying Fortress, ‘Royal Flush’ 42-6087, LD-Z, 100th BG, Lt Robert “Rosie” Rosenthal, 8th Air Force, October 10 1943 Model Plane. This 1:72 scale model is priced at £174.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. Although the men of the 100th Bomb Group had already suffered losses since arriving in England at the end of May 1943, the mission which defined this unit and created the legend of the ‘Bloody Hundredth’ took place on 10th October that same year. Sent to target... Read More

20/05/2025
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New to pre-order Corgi CC08003 James Bond 007 – Aston Martin DB10 ‘Spectre’ Model Car

New to pre-order Corgi CC08003 James Bond 007 – Aston Martin DB10 ‘Spectre’ Model 1:36 scale car priced at £39.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. A bespoke grand tourer designed by Aston Martin and outfitted by Q-branch, the Aston Martin DB10 in ‘Spectre’ was originally planned to be issued to James Bond but was reassigned to Agent 009 following 007’s unsanctioned actions in Mexico City. Bond instead ‘borrowed’ the vehicle from Q-Branch as his transport to Rome to investigate the mysterious SPECTRE, and later put the vehicle through... Read More

19/05/2025
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New to pre-order Corgi Vanguard VC01303 Ford Heritage Capri Collection – Ford Capri MkI Green, Ford Capri Mk2 Olympic Blue, Ford Capri Mk3 Model Car

New to pre-order Corgi VC01303 Ford Heritage Capri Collection – Ford Capri MkI Green, Ford Capri Mk2 Olympic Blue, Ford Capri Mk3 Model Car. Pre-orders for this 1:43 scale set are being taken at £109.95. This collection of three Ford Capri die-cast models celebrates the three incarnations of this iconic vehicle family held by the Ford Heritage Centre in Daventry. The three cars run the breadth of vehicle specification, including a rare 4×4 Capri MkI, a well-loved single-owner Capri Mk2, and the iconic Capri Mk3 280 Brooklands – the last... Read More

19/05/2025
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New to pre-order Corgi Vanguard VA09307 MG ZT+ 135 CDTI Monogram Caledonian Model Car

New to pre-order Corgi VA09307 MG ZT+ 135 CDTI Monogram Caledonian Model Car. Pre-orders for this 1:43 scale model are being taken at £37.95. The manual MG ZT modelled came off the assembly line at Longbridge at 08.13 on January 6th, 2005, only three months before the historic car plant, which was originally the home of Austin, closed when MG Rover collapsed. Monogram was MG Rover’s personalisation programme, so few, if any, of the Monogram cars were identical. They went down a parallel production line and were hand-sprayed in the... Read More

19/05/2025
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New to pre-order Corgi Vanguard VA12623 Ford Escort Mk2 1300 Sport, Jupiter Red Model Car

New to pre-order Corgi Vanguard VA12623 Ford Escort Mk2 1300 Sport, Jupiter Red Model Car. Pre-orders for this 1:43 scale model are being taken at £37.95 including Postage & Packing in the UK. The 1300 Sport modelled here was built at Ford’s plant at Halewood, Merseyside, before being registered on 12th October 1977 by Skelly Ford, Liverpool. They used it as a demonstration car, as it was finished in the attractive but unusual colour combination of Jupiter Red with silver 1300 Sport graphics over black and grey Cadiz fabric interior... Read More