Corgi - Bristol Beaufort Mk.1

Welcome to this latest edition of Corgi Diecast Diaries, your regular blog review of all the news, updates and topical stories from the captivating world of Corgi die-cast model collecting.

As we now find ourselves in the festive season, we have decided to do something a little different with our Corgi blogs for December, as we continue to mark the progress of several outstanding models from the current range and prepare for the arrival of a new selection of models at the start of next year. Starting today and for the next two Friday’s to come, our intention is to post weekly, slightly abridged, versions of the Diecast Diaries blog and on Friday 24th, Christmas Eve, we will post our final edition of Corgi Aerodrome for the year, where we will be focusing on a special photography event which was recently hosted by the RAF Museum. As we know the holidays are a time for families and not so much for blog updates, we will not be posting another blog until Friday 14th January, when we will be bringing you details of all our exciting Corgi plans for 2022.

So, what do we have for you in this first of our Corgi Christmas Cracker blogs? It will be Aviation Archive all the way this time, as we bring you the very latest updates from two of the most eagerly anticipated additions to this ever popular model range, showcasing a series of development images which are being published for the very first time. One model is the first release from a brand new tooling addition to the range, with the other being only the second release from a tooling which can now boast being something of a TV star amongst its ever growing list of credentials. The one thing they both have in common is that they are both creations from the same aviation manufacturing company and even though they were only 23 years apart in production, represent completely different eras of aviation. Christmas may well be just around the corner, but that still leaves us plenty of time for a comforting little delve into the wonderful world of Corgi model collecting, before all the madness really starts to kick in.

When we announced our intention to introduce a 1/72nd scale diecast version of the Bristol Beaufort Mk.I into the Aviation Archive range at the beginning of this year, we knew we were providing collectors with an aircraft type they had been requesting for several years and one which has to be regarded as one of the most interesting British aircraft of the entire Second World War. As an appealing added bonus, once the model was released, it would allow collectors to display die-cast versions of the three famous Bristol twin engined aircraft of WWII together for the first time, the Blenheim, the Beaufighter and the Beaufort, a tantalising die-cast prospect indeed.

Scale 1:72