Saab scale models
I’m pleased that a guy calling himself “Saab96″ found this site and left a link to his own in comments.
His site is a great photo collection of scale model Saabs. There’s all sorts of models there from a huge variety of model manufacturers - even Kinder Surprise!!
The 9-3 and 9-5 pages seem to be a little rusty, but there’s plenty of Sonett, 92-96, 99, 900 and 9000 models there to check out. You might even see something you’ve owned before, as I do whenever I see a photo of a blue Saab Sonett III model by Matchbox 
This is my favourite picture from the site. Unfortunately there’s minimal information, but I could well see Saab using something like this to demonstrate their color palette way back when.
Saab 96’s comment was left on a post called “Call yourself a collector, part II” and that entry showed off another Saab model site.
One thing I’ve always wondered about Saab scale models - how come there’s so few Saab 900 models, and how come Saab themselves haven’t done a decent 900 yet? The introduction of the Black Turbo might have been the perfect opportunity, wouldn’t you say?
My own collection is restricted to 1:43 scale models acquired over the last few years from Elkparts. They’ve got a huge range there, right down to a red Saab 9-2x!
Click to view the full range of Elkparts Saab scale models.
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Hi Swade,
I am a 1:43 collector myself. At this point however, I am slowing my collection due to the weak USD. The best models and deals still come from Europe, but they are way to expensive at this moment. I also collect Saab books. Currently I am missing 2 or 3, and I haven’t seen them posted. If you check out http://www.ebay.de you can find a new german book, for less than 10 Euro’s all about the Saab 99, 90 & 900 from 1963 -1993.
The other thing that I have noticed during collecting is that it is very easy to get the most common models. But when it comes to Somerville, Tekno, Tinwizzard, Mini Racing, Ministyle, RobEddie it all goes way past $100.00. And in these economic down times, I still have a priority for grown-up car payments to a real Saab 9-5 Wagon (the New England B..twagon, as you so endearingly called it), which actually does get me from A to B and back again. So for now my 100 models don’t get competition.
Soon there will be another promising scale model of SAAB
The Aero-X in 1/6 See on this Estonian Saab forum: http://www.saabnet.ee/foorum/viewthread.php?tid=6735