Bruce Arnold Models

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Bruce Arnold Models (BAM) were 1/43 scale "museum-quality, investment-grade" automobile miniatures. Established in 1998, in association with the Cadillac Motor Division of General Motors, they specialized in classic American cars. Not active since the mid 2010s.

BA spoke to me about his models and he was proud of the fact that they were made to his (and Cadillac, he said) standards, and were not copies of anything else out there. --cadillaclloyd

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BA spoke to me about his models and he was proud of the fact that they were made to his (and Cadillac, he said) standards, and were not copies of anything else out there. --cadillaclloyd

Bruce Arnold made his own models but also did repaints of other makers' models. His company was relatively small but prolific and made some now coveted models. He was also the leader of a band named Orpheus that band a few pop hits in the late sixties.

When he sold a repainted Brooklin, it was heavily marketed as a Bruce Arnold Model, mostly on the major 1/43 forums and eBay. He would release a repaint of a Brooklin without any prominent mention of who really made it. They were shipped in boxes similar to Motor City USA models, much larger than the Brooklin boxes of the time and bearing a BAM label that did not mention Brooklin. --John Kuvakas, 2022.

He passed away in Oct 2022. See https://www.marinij.com/2022/10/30/novato-resident-bruce-arnold-orpheus-bandleader-dies-at-76/

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