Idea 3
Brand
1/43 cars made in Italy. Founded by Marco Bossi in 1973 with two others (a friend and his wife, perhaps) M. Batazzi, and D. Teobaldi in Turin, Italy. They made some of the first white metal models of Ferraris made in the 1970s.
Their first model was in resin, A red Lancia Aurelia; then they switched to white metal, as kits or factory built, cast by John Day (their second to sixth models). Then in 1976, they switched and the models were designed and cast by Carlo Brianza. In 1983, they introduced a 1/43 diecast series of Ferraris and the company stopped production sometime after that. Old Cars took over some or all of their molds. (https://modelcars.mbeck.ch and http://www.minirenault.com/modellini/idea3/storia-idea3.htm)
Subject ID: 93139
More1/43 cars made in Italy. Founded by Marco Bossi in 1973 with two others (a friend and his wife, perhaps) M. Batazzi, and D. Teobaldi in Turin, Italy. They made some of the first white metal models of Ferraris made in the 1970s.
Their first model was in resin, A red Lancia Aurelia; then they switched to white metal, as kits or factory built, cast by John Day (their second to sixth models). Then in 1976, they switched and the models were designed and cast by Carlo Brianza. In 1983, they introduced a 1/43 diecast series of Ferraris and the company stopped production sometime after that. Old Cars took over some or all of their molds. (https://modelcars.mbeck.ch and http://www.minirenault.com/modellini/idea3/storia-idea3.htm)
Marco Bossi was also a toy car historian and one publication was a book on Mercury, the toy car company, entitled: Storia della Mercury, 1945-1962 IDEA3 released in 1974. This was written with M. Batazzi and D.Teobaldi. (C Sweetman, 2020)
Marco was also a contributor to a high quality glossy magazine: ‘Miniauto and Collectors’. This ran from 2001 to 2008 and 18 editions were published. One of the best magazines this hobby ever had.
Subject ID: 93139
Subject ID: 93139
