{"id":407515,"date":"2026-01-14T00:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/407515\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T00:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:38:09","slug":"aston-martin-teams-up-with-meccano-for-18-scale-f1-model-for-the-2026-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/407515\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Martin teams up with Meccano for 1:8-scale F1 model for the 2026 release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Martin has confirmed a new licence agreement with Meccano, which will result in the release of the Meccano Pro x Aston Martin Formula 1 car.<\/p>\n<p>The set will allow fans to construct a highly detailed 1:8-scale model inspired by the Silverstone outfit&#8217;s 2025 car, the AMR25, and will be released in August 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The model, which is part of the Meccano Pro range aimed at experienced, adult builders, will feature: working steering, a fully functioning engine and movable DRS.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Chapman, head of licensing and merchandising at the Aston Martin F1 team, said in a press release: \u201cOur licence agreement with Meccano allows us to translate the complexity of our race car into a tangible experience for fans, celebrating both innovation and craftsmanship in a unique and engaging way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re also proud that we are the first Formula One team to collaborate with Meccano on a licensed product.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Dave Martin and Mary Price, co-founders of Addo Play, added: \u201cIt has been fantastic working with Aston Martin, and the great partnership and strong collaboration behind the Meccano Pro x Aston Martin Aramco Formula 1 Car showcases our commitment to premium engineering builds for fans and marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for licensed products within the Meccano portfolio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lance Stroll, Aston Martin Racing<img alt=\"Lance Stroll, Aston Martin Racing\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"638\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2a1dbd5ba785bbe57043d9ffa9e830b1.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lance Stroll, Aston Martin Racing<\/p>\n<p>This comes ahead of the 2026 F1 season, which will be the first year of Aston Martin&#8217;s power unit partnership with Honda and with Adrian Newey as team principal.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Lawrence Stroll-led team will unveil its 2026 challenger on 9 February, two days before testing. After finishing the 2025 season seventh in the constructors&#8217; standings, Aston Martin and drivers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/lance-stroll\/20950\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lance Stroll;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Lance Stroll<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/fernando-alonso\/489\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fernando Alonso;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Fernando Alonso<\/a> will be hoping to turn things around for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Grand Prix will kick off the season on 6-8 March.<\/p>\n<p>To read more Motorsport.com articles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:visit our website;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">visit our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aston Martin has confirmed a new licence agreement with Meccano, which will result in the release of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[585,49,48,171677,578,576,577,3023,171678,7680,171676,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-407515","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-aston-martin","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-dave-martin","12":"tag-f1","13":"tag-formula-1","14":"tag-formula1","15":"tag-lance-stroll","16":"tag-licence-agreement","17":"tag-matt-chapman","18":"tag-meccano","19":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}