The Amalgam Collection Pécs Workshop 

Man that is one of my dream cars, and definitely models as well. Would love to own one some day

bella reflexión ......

Whilst we do use a fair amount of technology in our processes, at its core are our artisans. We couldn't do any of this without their expertise, commitment and competence.

I agree

¡Gracias! Esperamos darle la bienvenida a nuestra colección lo suficientemente pronto. 😁

We thank you for your kind words. 🙏 Our artisans do some phenomenal work! We have previously done work with the TV and movie industries but usually as a form of set decoration. Naturally, we'd always interested in a new and exciting opportunity!

🙌

Unfortunately, we don't sell kits at all. We believe our value in is our craftmanship, as well as our close partnerships with the world’s most important designers, engineers, drivers and manufacturer brands.

@@AmalgamCollection I fully understand. Beautiful work

Our UK facility tends to focus on more specialist projects and one-off models of extremely high value. 🙂

Building our models is a costly process; the development of one of our 1:8 scale models can take up to 5000 hours and so, when we set prices for each model, we not only have to cover the costs of that initial development, but the build and much more besides (like acquiring the data, getting the licenses from the relevant manufacturers, building the tooling, etc).

I would say that if the Amalgam company coerced people into work as indentured labourers then you would have a valid point, they have the option to leave and seek opportunities elsewhere surely?

There are many reasons, but summarised: we are completely different businesses. We make the best model we can with no effort or expense spared; the development of one of our 1:8 scale models can take up to 5000 hours and so, when we set prices for each model, we not only have to cover the costs of that initial development, but the build and much more besides (like acquiring the data, getting the licenses from the relevant manufacturers, building the tooling, etc). We are a low-volume business, as every model of ours is handmade, and we do have to recoup the costs of development, which is not an inexpensive process. Dacia, however, have specialised in the mass production of low value (in car terms at least) vehicles, allowing them to recoup their costs through large volume sales of full size cars.

Our models are crafted across all three of our workshops in the Bristol, UK, Pécs, Hungary, and Dongguan, China.

There is a law of diminishing returns when it comes to model-making, so it takes us much more time and investment to make a model each little bit closer to perfection. The development of one of our 1:8 scale models can take up to 5000 hours and so, when we set prices for each model, we not only have to cover the costs of that initial development, but the build and much more besides (like acquiring the data, getting the licenses from the relevant manufacturers, building the tooling, etc). We understand this isn't always achievable for many customers but this is why we have released models at smaller scales and introduce new concepts such as our new miniature sculptures in recent years.

You are most certainly entitled to your opinion, but we do take offense to word junk - we've always felt that resin offers superior finesse and refined detail, and delivering refined detail is absolutely the mission we at Amalgam are on.

Definitely not junk..

@@brettrobinson6056 If I forked over $thousands for a flimsy plastic model that is as light as air, I’d be too too embarrassed to call it junk aswell

I own quite a few scale models from Exoto Tifosi, sadly there is no Amalgam product in my collection. On a personal level I appreciate the efforts made by the craftsmen that have spent hours assembling these fine models, of course ones levels of discernment may deem these models to be inferior, I find them to be above par, testament to the prices that people are prepared to pay for them.

@@graemeneale9311 A fool and his money are soon parted. Junk