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Just got mine yesterday and it looks amazing. I thought my Hot Wheels Elite DB5 from 2018 was good, the 2024 Autoart DB5 simply blows it away!
Only downside is it doesn't actually have a working ejector seat or bullet screen that can retract via spring mechanisms like on the previous model. Ejector seat is magnetically fixed in position while the bullet screen needs to be pushed and pulled up manually by hand. Overall details of the car though is definitely improved over the old one from Autoart. And this is my first time handling an Autoart model that isn't diecast. The composite material they used is solid and very lightweight.
And for the bonus, Autoart didn't have to but they did. The inside of the trunk has all the wiring and canisters to work the gadgets just like how it is on the actual trunk of the filming car!
The Ultimate Luxury Model Kit
24ct Gold-plated DB5
Arguably the world’s most famous car now becomes the ultimate luxury scale model. With just seven models created, the car will come complete with some of Bond's most famous gadgets, including functioning ejector seat, revolving number plate, and bulletproof shield.
Made in collaboration with 007 film makers, Eon Productions, and Aston Martin, the museum quality 1:8 scale model kit has been created to celebrate 60 years of the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger.
It isn't exactly cheap to begin with too :P
Plus I barely have room to display a 1/18, let alone a 1/8 model.
Here they are available in Q1 2025.
It's already available through Autoart distributors here in Singapore. And yes resin, or Autoart calls it composite. Feels really solid as opposed to my other resin models from other manufacturers though. Hope it age well as it's my first time handling Autoart's composite model.
I found one on ebay and it says "composite Diecast" ?
I've got the "old" first 1/18 Autoart DB5.
Isn't that the same number plates from the movie ?
Autoart calls it composite diecast. Yes that's the one. Product ID number is 70296. The old Goldfinger DB5 they did was good but when I compare certain details of the car on the new one, I feel the new one edges out to be better even though it doesn't have the mechanisms for the ejector seat or bullet screen.
Autoart DB5 looks amazing, but I have the gadget-less Sun Star 1:18 and too little shelf space for another of this size.
You're QBranch. You gotta have a 1/18 DB5 with gadgets!
This 60th Anniversary Goldfinger DB5 alone is a masterpiece. I can only dream of them making the NTTD DB5 with the guns hiding behind the headlights that would be able to slide down. If there's a manufacturer that I can imagine pulling that off in 1/18 scale, it's gotta be Autoart.
Here's the Corgi NTTD DB5 for reference. One can always dream...
Now if only Hot Wheels were able to do it....
I like your layout! Is it a specific Hot Wheels one? I'm trying to come up with a nice way to display diecasts.
It's a desktop diorama from Dream Customs made to 1/64 scale. This one here: https://dreamcustoms.co/product/sg-ready-stocks-dream-customs-singapore-carpark-iii-desktop-diorama
Picked up this: Hot Wheels 2024 release of the DAD Vanquish. Looks good. Again, the rims appear to be unpainted. The other 1:64 scale previously available is the Johnny Lightning, and not surprisingly looks a bit off, I think due to the wheels being a tad small.