Look at this. If it weren’t for the Indian, the gloved hand holding a dusting brush, you would think this IndyCar is the real deal. Check out the details, Dallara IR-18 aero kit, mold lines on Firestone tires. It’s all there with precision, care. This is Amalgam 1: 8-scale Dallara 2022 IndyCar, a two-foot homage to this year’s open wheel racer. If you want an IndyCar with more details than this, you’ll have to buy one from Penske.
By itself, in the photos, this scale model is almost indistinguishable from an actual car. Go ahead, put your nose right on the screen: You can see the woven carbon fiber on the top of the car’s dashboard, visible through the aero display. Every antenna, every fasten the bodynerf, every button on the steering wheel is right there, down to the millimeter.
Amalgam has been around for a long time specializes in this type of super obsessive large format scale model. Take a look at the English company’s websiteand you’ll find all the legendary competition cars of the past and present, faithfully recreated in 1:18 or 1:8 scale. Each model is built using thousands of figures. Reference photo and 3D scan of the real-life vehicle, hand-assembled with the precision we often associate with high-end watchmaking. Amalgam will even work with you to recreate the legendary track of your choicesometimes included End-of-race weather for that unique look.
Of course, this kind of detail doesn’t come cheap. Hoo boy is it expensive. Model you see here order $10,467 – an amount that, until recentlycan get you a very nice car, not a used car. But to be talk about the 24-inch IndyCar model. This is not something you buy for your kids to smash in a sandbox.
Amalgam’s website boasts that Team Arrow McLaren IndyCar bought some 2022 IndyCar 1:8 scale models for “internal use” – which usually means they’ll be on display at team hotel suites during race weekends or on display at events executive Office.
If you’re the type of person who can drop about $11,000 on a scale model, would you like to adopt some bloggers first? Monday, visit Amalgam’s website to learn about your own IndyCar 2022. We won’t judge you if you push it around your desk causing engine noise.
