{"id":16769,"date":"2024-01-02T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?p=16769"},"modified":"2024-01-02T10:00:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T13:00:05","slug":"top-5-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/02\/top-5-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 – 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Another year gone, my hair is whiter, my back complains more and it’s time for the Top 5 models of the year. The 2023 collecting year was pretty good, and I got some VERY nice models. And at the time of this writing, the W-143 Garage now consists of 531<\/mark> models \ud83d\ude2f. I guess that the biggest news is that I officially added a Rally Wing to the W-143 Garage. I can’t say that now I’m a “rally collector”, because I won’t buy a lot of stuff. However I will try to get some specific models that speak to my heart. So, to list them in chronological<\/em> order, here are my Top 5 Models of 2023<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n

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1992 905 Evo 1 Bis #1<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

1\ufe0f\u20e3 The 1992 905 is a Le Mans winner (= must buy) that eluded me for a few years. One of those models that are hard to find for no obvious reasons – it looks the same as the 1993 winner \ud83e\udd14. Nonetheless, I finally got one!<\/p>\n\n\n

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2021 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo #83<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

2\ufe0f\u20e3 Ooooh, a Looksmart. Considered to be one of the top premium brands in 1:43, I was dying to see what it offered. A beautiful model of a class-winning car, however just Spark-good at 150% Spark’s price. Very nice, but too expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n

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1934 Auto Union Typ A Rennlimousine (\u201cTyp Lucca\u201d) #4<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

3\ufe0f\u20e3 When Minichamps wants to, they make a killer<\/strong> Silberpfeil. In this case, Bernd Rosemeyer’s Typ Lucca. Just when I thought I wouldn’t get any more Silberpfeile, Minichamps comes out with this gem.<\/p>\n\n\n

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1961 Ferrari 250 GT<\/a> SWB Drogo \u201cBreadvan\u201d #16<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

4\ufe0f\u20e3 The Breadvan. Didn’t even finish one Le Mans race, yet it represents a few guys that got fed up with Old Man Enzo’s wife<\/em> \ud83e\udd23. Only in Italy… Comedy aside, the model is g-o-r-g-e-o-u-s, possibly THE<\/strong> nicest I have.<\/p>\n\n\n

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1990 Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v #5<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

5\ufe0f\u20e3 Of course I had to put a rally car in this list. I got some nicer models this year, no doubt (Mini, Quattro, etc). However, the “Safari Delta” made the list because it was the first Ixo rally car I bought. And I was thoroughly <\/strong>impressed by what they can offer at a very low price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another year gone, my hair is whiter, my back complains more and it’s time for the Top 5 models of the year. The 2023 collecting year was pretty good, and I got some VERY nice models. And at the time of this writing, the W-143 Garage now consists of 531 models \ud83d\ude2f. I guess that … Continue reading “Top 5 – 2023”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,21,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collectors-corner","category-miscellaneous","category-model-review"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16769"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16924,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16769\/revisions\/16924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}