
Bentley Azure Red Metallic Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Bentley
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 436139560
- Year
- 2007
- Era
- 2000s
- Body Type
- Open-Top
- Vehicle Class
- GT Convertibles
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
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About the Bentley Azure Red Metallic Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 Bentley Azure reproduces Crewe's flagship GT convertible in Red Metallic, a sealed diecast body with the soft top cast closed, tight panel lines, and correct open-top proportions. Aimed at collectors building a luxury convertible shelf alongside sedan-based Bentleys like the Arnage.
The Azure took the Arnage's engineering and stripped the roof away, and Bentley built it the hard way, by hand, at Crewe, rather than adapting a smaller platform. This 2007 example represents the later Azure generation, and Minichamps renders it in a red that suits a convertible far better than it would a boardroom sedan.
Crewe's Hand-Built Open-Top Flagship
From Sedan Platform to Convertible GT
The Azure shared its underpinnings and V8 power with the Arnage-generation Bentleys, engineered as a genuine four-seat open-top grand tourer rather than a cut-down sports car, and hand-assembled in low volumes at Crewe. It represented the opposite instinct to the Arnage sedan: same flagship intent, entirely different silhouette.
A Sealed Body, Roof Closed
Since this model has no opening parts, Minichamps casts the soft top closed into the body as a single fixed shape, so the convertible identity comes through in the roofline profile and rear deck shaping rather than a folding mechanism. That approach keeps the shut lines around the windscreen frame tight and consistent, exactly where a hinged roof would otherwise widen them.
Red Metallic Finish and GT Proportions
Paint Depth on a Convertible Shape
Red metallic flake catches light differently across a convertible's curved rear deck than it would on a flat sedan boot, and the diecast shell holds that gloss evenly across every curve.
Cabin Detail and Correct Stance
Mapped seats and dashboard detail show through the glazing, and the low, long GT stance reads correctly for the scale, wider and lower than the Arnage sedan it shares its underpinnings with.
Displaying an Open-Top Flagship Alongside Sedans
This Azure pairs naturally with Arnage R sedans for a fuller Bentley story, one flagship split across two body styles. At 1:43, an open-top GT this size still sits comfortably on a standard shelf, letting a collector run sedan and convertible together without crowding the display.















