Let's talk model cars (1:32 and larger, please)...

[Phlip]

I mentioned this in the RTT thread, then I decided that it might be worthy of a thread of its own.
We're a forum of automotive enthusiasts, many of us on many different levels. Some of us have some die cast automobiles in our stables, so how about we show them off?
It could be ones you bought assembled, scrounged on ebay, bird-dogged in old flea markets/thrift stores (we know the thrill of the hunt is fun), Wal Mart, Toys-R-Us, Crafts Stores (yes, if you have a Michael's locally, check them out!) or whatever mom and pops hobby store you may have around.
Yes, they do make diecast motorcycles, and I am pretty sure I will be grabbing some of those as well coming soon, if you already have them, post them.
If you assembled it, and have details of the assembly, then show that off too. Let's see what you got!



... for the record, if this thread goes over well in Premieville, I may be swayed to copy it out into Gen. Pop. in Off-Topic once we have some contributions.
My only request, really, is that we keep these on a 1:32 and larger scale.

[Phlip]

My first contribution, from the RTT2 thread:

The lady got me a couple of model cars for Valentine's, and I decided that I would set about the task of putting one of them together this morning at work...

Enter, Mercedes Benz CLK-GTR:
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8977/gtr1pf0.jpeg

Step one, open the box and realize just how few pieces the kit consists of:
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7256/gtr2sq1.jpeg

Step two, hang doors, snap in windshield and roof scoop, exterior almost done:
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/6144/gtr3ze5.jpeg

Next, install front grille and head/city lights:
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7933/gtr4fg2.jpeg

Place steering wheel into dash, then dash into interior, then interior onto frame:
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8570/gtr5ry1.jpeg

Body onto frame, twist 3 screws:
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/866/gtr6uz6.jpeg

Choose silver wheels to mount instead of gold because the gold looked silly on the silver car (I MIGHT use them for the Chrysler ME 4-12 she got me though, it's black)
Finito:
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/848/gtr9fo7.jpeg

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2/gtr7gw8.jpeg

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/4714/gtr8vm9.jpeg

Total time - about an hour while working... I probably could have knocked it out in 15-20 minutes uninterrupted.
I like it, and she is already talking about getting me more of these.




I will be adding more of my collection when I arrive home from work.

[enkei2k]

i love that GTR, i had one that was already preassembled that i searched high and low for. ended up paying 30 bucks for it, but it was worth it. In the end, one of my stupid cousins just took it from the top of my shelf and smashed the shit out of it. now it's missing on mirror and a door.

[Phlip]

i love that GTR, i had one that was already preassembled that i searched high and low for. ended up paying 30 bucks for it, but it was worth it. In the end, one of my stupid cousins just took it from the top of my shelf and smashed the shit out of it. now it's missing on mirror and a door.

Check out Maisto's "assembly line" (http://www.maisto.com/product_home_AL.asp) series (yes, that was a link), they have SEVERAL very nice cars and a few bikes, they're inexpensive, very well detailed and simple to assemble, the only thing you will need to do so is the included screwdriver and your hands.
I am gonna put together the Chrysler ME 4-12 this weekend, then I will strike out about my city looking to find more them while I run my errands.

[Pank]

1/32 max? damn, I can't post the "For Sale" FC that chris got me.

[Phlip]

1/32 max? damn, I can't post the "For Sale" FC that chris got me.

1:32 is my REQUESTED minimum (lower that second number, bigger car)...
I am basically trying NOT to have the thread full of fucking matchbox cars.

[Pank]

I know how sizes work you jerk!

I think we have a few A2 VW's in the garage, and chris has a very cool datsun race car that he should post. I would, but i'm at work.

[Brian]

I remember making a thread a while ago about car toys and stuff that you might have on your desk.

It's cool though.

I'm pretty sure I deleted the thread.

[Phlip]

I know how sizes work you jerk!

I think we have a few A2 VW's in the garage, and chris has a very cool datsun race car that he should post. I would, but i'm at work.

Then why bring it up?!
I'm saying 1:32 and bigger, anyone wants to post their 1:12 and they're more than welcome, but we're specifically speaking die casts.

[Flicktitty]

I'm a HUGE 1:64 scale guy.....theres some pretty rad stuff out there in that size these days, but i won't clog this thread with them.

[Phlip]

I'm a HUGE 1:64 scale guy.....theres some pretty rad stuff out there in that size these days, but i won't clog this thread with them.

Trust, I have a mountain of 1:64 that I have had since I was in the single digits, speaking less than 5 months from 30, but I am dedicating this one solely to the bigger ones.

[stiizy]

I know how sizes work you jerk!



ah shit this made me lol hahaha........

[illvialuver]

I need to take pictures of my cars. I swear I am like a crackhead with this. Everytime I go to a toystore or a target I go straight for the hotwheels.

[Ceepo]

HELLS YAY I CAN SHOCASE MY FAST AND FURIOUS COLLECTION LOL!!!! ha ha ha just the small scale cars, well all the important ones from the first movie lol... okay not really a collection more of like 5 cars still in the box but still a collection none the less... i will get some pictures asap...

[Pank]

Then why bring it up?!

because i have a few neat matchbox cars :(

I went to michaels and hobby lobby and all those other places a while back, the model car selection is MISERABLE. I guess these aren't as popular as they were a while back.

[holybushoffire]

Here's my 1:18 scale 1995 Ferrari F50

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/ant1356/photo-1-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/ant1356/photo-2-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/ant1356/photo-3-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/ant1356/photo-4-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/ant1356/photo-4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/ant1356/photo-6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/ant1356/photo-7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/ant1356/photo-5.jpg

[Altered_Image]

that's it, i am gonna have to take a ton of pics and post them. i collect 1:18, 1:24 and 1:64 scales... Thanks for starting such an awesome thread Phlip

[C. Senor]

Here's my 1:18 scale 1995 Ferrari F50


i have that exact car! looks like i'll have to take pics of the few that i have. almost all of which are ferrari's. :fruit:

[karl wasabi]

Wow. When I was little I used to collect a bunch of 1:18 scale die-cast models. I'll have to bust them out of storage and take pictures of them.

It all started with Hot Wheels, then die-cast, and 1:24 models, then R/C Cars, and now real cars. haha.

[hunter8411]

I need to get my box out of the garage. Never unpacked them after moving. My favorite from the lot is a 73 Vega, because I owned a 73 Vega so my friends got it for me for christmas. I also have a Shelby Cobra and Corvette Stingray that I am very fond of.

[Z33dori]

prolly one of the best sites for diecast car models


Diecast car models from AUTOart, Jada Toys, Hot Wheels, Maisto, etc. (http://www.idcow.com/)

[holybushoffire]

prolly one of the best sites for diecast car models


Diecast car models from AUTOart, Jada Toys, Hot Wheels, Maisto, etc. (http://www.idcow.com/)

Thanks, now I'm not going to buy parts for my car!!!! :doh:

[Phlip]

Old School (think Michael Keaton) Batmobile...:
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7725/dsc00538dw5.jpg

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/4489/dsc00539ge6.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6922/dsc00540sv2.jpg
I have 2 of these, one has been opened and one is still in the packaging and in the top of my closet with some other shit... They were goin for 95ish on Amazon back in like October, I paid 25 in Wal Mart.


1954 Mercedes Benz SL:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7272/dsc00544og7.jpg

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9048/dsc00546qz2.jpg

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9805/dsc00545ll7.jpg
(the doors on this thing are too heavy to stay open)


1965 Pontiac GTO Hurst Edition:
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5257/dsc00541nx1.jpg

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5934/dsc00542pc6.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/9129/dsc00543pg7.jpg
When I win the lottery, this will be among the first cars I buy and restore, it was my first favorite car when I started to care about cars.

Yes, I am going into storage this weekend for more and I think I will scour toy stores, thrift shops and ALL of my local Wal Marts, Targets and Michaels for more... My girl wants to get me some more as well.

[illvialuver]

Phlip how come all your cars are black?

Anyway here are my cars, most of them are JDM cars. and Hotwheels.

The Batmobile from the 60's
http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u352/robberytoe/diecast%20cars/diecastcars007.jpg

S15's

http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u352/robberytoe/diecast%20cars/diecastcars001.jpg

this one is one of my favorites.
http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u352/robberytoe/diecast%20cars/diecastcars012.jpg

http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u352/robberytoe/diecast%20cars/diecastcars003.jpg
http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u352/robberytoe/diecast%20cars/diecastcars013.jpg
http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u352/robberytoe/diecast%20cars/diecastcars010.jpg
The Z cars.
http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u352/robberytoe/diecast%20cars/diecastcars005.jpg
The silver one on the bottom in the middle is actually a Matchbox instead of Hotwheels, the quality of these are not as good as Hotwheels, but this z is a Nismo z, with badges and painted hood and all.
http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u352/robberytoe/diecast%20cars/diecastcars006.jpg
This is the TopSecret Z33, I found this at target along with this.
http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u352/robberytoe/diecast%20cars/diecastcars011-1.jpg

Now comes the GTR.
All of them are R32's and Hotwheels, I checked Hotwheels website and they are releasing a R35 GTR soon. But I do not have it yet.
http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u352/robberytoe/diecast%20cars/diecastcars004.jpg
Now the muscle cars.
http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u352/robberytoe/diecast%20cars/diecastcars008.jpg

[Phlip]

Coincidence, I happened to have photographed the black ones first for this thread, I have more in other colors that I was going to pull out to photograph, not to mention that I was GOING to go hunting for more this weekend, but I am giving that money to Barry's family instead.
I DID, however, reach up into the top of the closet and pulled down the Mach 5 and Shooting Star:
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5619/dsc00549tc7.jpg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7676/dsc00550cf8.jpg

[illvialuver]

Yeah, I just felt like a retard as I scrolled down to check the progress of this thread out.
I did not even read the posts about size, I just wanted to post my stuff up.
So I wont post anymore Hotwheels, if I can't help it.
And especially when I noticed Phlip posted the silver CLK GTR.

Anyway cool thread, I remember the thread that you posted too Bryan, but that was vague, cause it could be anything.
This thread is more specific.

[Phlip]

I was up this morning and bored, so I went ahead and assembled the Chrysler ME Four Twelve. Took about no time flat, as there were no extraneous parts (lights, grilles, etc...) that had to be put into the body, just snap some pieces in place, 2 screws and finito.
Start to finish:

Unopened box:
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/515/dsc00526yh4.jpg

Open everything, assess the task and read the instructions before opening anything:
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/4240/dsc00553vy8.jpg

Hang interior door panels on doors, slide dash on under windshield, and place seats/cover on interior:
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/8429/dsc00554db2.jpg

Decision time, chrome or brushed?:
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2135/dsc00555at2.jpg

In the face of my brown-people sensibilities, I selected brushed, unlike with the CLK-GTR, they go on BEFORE the body:
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/3482/dsc00556ci5.jpg

Sit body down on frame and twist 2 screws, car is assembled:
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/558/dsc00557rv4.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8952/dsc00558df4.jpg

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5571/dsc00559ey1.jpg

All opened up:
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/3290/dsc00560il7.jpg

Get back in the damned box, you!!!:
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4311/dsc00561ks8.jpg

Total assembly time, less than 20 minutes.
It took all I have to not take it back apart and paint the interior black instead of that cream that it came in, but I will leave it "stock" as it came, as should be done with models of this nature.
... I think I need another.

I know the steering wheel is upside down in the picture, I fixed that after taking that picture.

[illvialuver]

I think the cream interior looked kinda cool.
For example on the new GTR's my favorite interior color is the black carpet and dash with the white leather seats.
The same interior on the BMW 7 series is super clean.
Car looks cool minus the alteza led tail lights.

[Kougeki]

Got them cheap at Target.
Initial D toys.
HACHI ROKUUUUUUU, R32, EVO, Sileighty, FC, FD
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r149/solidblame1/IMAG0268.jpg

[S14DB]

What's with all the small shit?

I went down to the local hobby store to find that it had closed :(

[Phlip]

"Phillip, I know you're having a bad week, so I got something for you, I don't know if you'll like it or not..." begins the phonecall... I swing by her spot and pick it up.

Maserati Trofeo:
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2732/dsc00564xh1.jpg

Getting started:
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/5553/dsc00565nf8.jpg

Engine panel in and door panels on, back glass in:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9682/dsc00567rp2.jpg

Interior mostly assembled, as this one has a single seat and a cage:
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/8859/dsc00568db3.jpg

Decision time, brushed or chrome:
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/6535/dsc00569mt0.jpg

I'm going for the chrome this time, we're all finished:
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7300/dsc00570wc6.jpg

Opened up:
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5223/dsc00571yt6.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2694/dsc00572lf3.jpg

Now, wipe her down and put it back in the box:
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/7981/dsc00573cm9.jpg

Yeah, I think I like it well enough.

[Phlip]

I think I am in love with Maisto's "Assembly Line" series, too bad the only one on Amazon is one that is 2 or 3 times those in stores, fuckers...

Nissan 350Z.
Katie got it at Michael's on clearance...
Door was off of it, but I'd knocked the door off the Maserati 4 times during assembly, so she went back and got it for me...
Standard order, not bothering with words/order.

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/3959/dsc00574mt9.jpg

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5130/dsc00575bo6.jpg

(door back on without problem)
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3659/dsc00576fy9.jpg

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7236/dsc00577ku0.jpg

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3482/dsc00578tm7.jpg

Interior:
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/5933/dsc00579hr4.jpg

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1228/dsc00580qr0.jpg

(brushed, not polished):
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1676/dsc00581go0.jpg

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3968/dsc00582wd7.jpg

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2421/dsc00584iq0.jpg

(get back in that box!):
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1049/dsc00586bx3.jpg

[Rnz520]

Phlip I like your Die-Casts. The Assembly line series is awesome.
Are you allowed to post pics of plastic model kits here?

[Phlip]

I WAS thinking diecast only, but I just changed my mind, my only request is 1:32 and larger

[Koopa Troopa]

Man, that Chrysler looks like a Ridge Racer car. Pure dope.

[Phlip]

Man, that Chrysler looks like a Ridge Racer car. Pure dope.

Yeah, I still have the Motor Trend where they went over it as a concept.
I mentioned kinda liking it in January and the lady gave it to me on Valentine's...



I am thinking of going for the Lambo Murcielago I saw Saturday.
... just thinking.

[Rnz520]

Ill post pics of my Mclaren MP4-17D and my models later today.

[illvialuver]

I don't know why small shit is a big deal, but I don't buy my shit online, and it's not easy to find some of the smaller cars that I have.
The one I really want cast 170.00 but I can't justify spending that much money on a fake car.
Especially when I need parts for my car.

And now the title of this thread has been changed, so this is why there are small cars early on in the thread.

[Rnz520]

So here are my models, are 1/24 scale plastic kits. My pride and joy Porsche GT1 is not in the picture because my mom destroyed it one time when she thought my room needed cleaning. Also neither is my Bismarck model, but thats not a car.
The Die-Cast is a Mclaren MP4-17D, 1/18 scale, the one Kimi Raikkonen almost won the title with in 2003. The small ones are a Ferrari 156 Sharknose and the Spirit of St Louis.
http://www.postimage.org/aVinlii.jpg (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVinlii)
They are a 355 F1, and Enzo, the die-casts, a C1 Vette, and a 575 Maranello.
http://www.postimage.org/aVio5H0.jpg (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVio5H0)

I am currently working on a SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber, a Boeing B-17 (favorite airplane), and a Mclaren MP4-5. All in due time.

[Phlip]

1965 Shelby Cobra, no assembly necessary, just snap a pic and stick it up in the closet.
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3388/dsc00597j.jpg

[Phlip]

At the direction of S14DB, I swung by Tuesday Morning after breakfast today, and happened upon these:

Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v:
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7643/dsc00605vl7.jpg

1998 London Taxi:
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2933/dsc00606sk6.jpg

The store was kinda crazy, had to search like a madman to find anything, but once I was in I was in.

[Phlip]

Another place, provided by our own ThatGuy, to get good shit at fair prices:
3000toys.com - Collectible Diecast Models and Toys (http://www.3000toys.com/)

[axiomatik]

I'll have to post back when I have them unpacked. I started collecting 1:18 scale cars back in college (few expenses + paid in cash + great toy store nearby = too much stuff). I don't buy too many nowadays, mainly because I have other priorities for my money, but I have well over a hundred of them. Biggest pain in the ass is storing them. They take up a lot of closet space.

Most of my collection is Maisto, then Bburago, then Road Legends. There are a few other manufacturers sprinkled in, but generally I have not been impressed with the quality of the "off-brands". Two of my favorites are AutoArt cars, one of Ivan Stewart's Toyota Trophy Truck and the other is a C5-R in the original yellow/white/black livery from when Corvette re-entered he Le Mans series.

I've always liked the "Assembly Line" series, and would buy them, except for the fact that every time that I've seen them for sale, they invariably cost more than the pre-assembled models do. And me being a cheap-skate, can't justify paying more for a product where they took their own labor out of it.

[Phlip]

Funny you mention that, Nick...
As I look through my collection, I am liking Maisto the best, with bBurago being a close second, and it has been quite the opposite in my neck of the woods, in that the Assembly Line usually cost a few bucks less...
I have also found that Amazon.com and 3000toys.com has a LOT of things I like, and I have a list that I will be filling from with 1:18 and 1:24 cars and 1:12 motorcycles in the coming weeks...
Wait til you guys see my next couple of acquisitions, though.

[axiomatik]

I'll have to check out amazon again. I haven't looked there in years, they never had much of a selection back in the day. One of the cool ones I have I did get from amazon, though, a Smart car I bought back in 1999 or 2000, clearance on amazon. It came with two sets of body panels that you could swap out, making it either yellow/black or red/black.

Another good site to get models from, and where I got my AutoArt C5-R, is exoticar.com. They always have a huge selection.

[240sxnlr]

Dang, you guysare gonna get me into breaking out my old 1:24/1:25 scale cars out and start playing with them again. Nice cars though.

[Phlip]

Dang, you guysare gonna get me into breaking out my old 1:24/1:25 scale cars out and start playing with them again. Nice cars though.

Do eeeeeeet!!!
I swear, this was jumped back into existence when I got the Mach 5 at Toys R Us in the Speed Racer movie blitz. I noticed that NO ONE had the 1:18 Shooting Star, so I jumped on Amazon and saw it, but I was BROKE!!! I half-joked in a blog that I wanted someone to buy it for me. A couple weeks later, I met my (now) girlfriend, who apparently went back through my blogs to seek clues for Christmas gifts.
12/25, bam I got a shooting star.
A couple weeks after that, we went into Michael's, and saw the Maisto Assembly line ones, I expressed interest in several of them, and she happened to pick the 2 I was most interested in from that particular one (the Mercedes and the Chrysler)... She handed them to me when I picked her up on Valentine's day.
I was fully bitten by the bug then, I spend my weekends looking through thrift stores, arts/crafts, I have been to ALL FOUR Michaels stores in my area, I swing by the section in Wal Mart and Target when time allows, and now I have had my coat pulled to the store called Tuesday Morning, which we have 3 of here... I am going to one tomorrow to get my next acquisition, which I will photograph and post tomorrow evening.

This is fucking fun.

[VROOOM]

my mom works for Mattel toys so as a kid i had all kinds of hot wheels. i know this thread isnt about them. but i have a 1969 Hot Wheels still in perfect condition in the package. i believe its a Don "The Snake" Prudhomme or it could be the Mongoose guy.

[Phlip]

my mom works for Mattel toys so as a kid i had all kinds of hot wheels. i know this thread isnt about them. but i have a 1969 Hot Wheels still in perfect condition in the package. i believe its a Don "The Snake" Prudhomme or it could be the Mongoose guy.

They make 1:18 and 1:24 hotwheels too, you should have been racking up... I know I would have.

[VROOOM]

They make 1:18 and 1:24 hotwheels too, you should have been racking up... I know I would have.

I have some but more little cars(1/64) i think. ill take some pictures of all the hot wheels stuff i have. they made hot wheels race car cards and i have 3 uncut sheets of them too. all the little hot wheels "Toy Fair" cars. only available at the Toy Fair in NY every year. bunch of other cool stuff too.


oh yeah i have 2 first edition He-Man action figures from the mid 80's in the package.

[Phlip]

As promised in another thread, I struck out on lunch and got a 1955 Mercedes Benz SLR Mille Miglia, the Stirling Moss one:
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5906/dsc00618.jpg

Taken after:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/65/Mercedes-Benz_300_SLR.jpg/800px-Mercedes-Benz_300_SLR.jpg
SCORE!!!

[Rnz520]

omg sexy car

[GSXRJJordan]

I was expecting another assembly post lol.

It's not exciting if it comes all pretty in the box.

It is exciting that it's a rad car - I don't see myself paying crazy $$$ for one unless I had a real one in the garage and wanted everyone that comes by my desk at work to ask about it, etc.

[Phlip]

I was expecting another assembly post lol.

It's not exciting if it comes all pretty in the box.

It is exciting that it's a rad car - I don't see myself paying crazy $$$ for one unless I had a real one in the garage and wanted everyone that comes by my desk at work to ask about it, etc.
Sorry to disappoint, Jeff...
I may have to go out this weekend and get one to assemble, just for you buddy.
lol

[yota man]

Hmm I have a few some where at the house in Florence. I'll have to get pictures of them this week. Does my rather large Lego Ferrari count?

[ThatGuy]

I've been eyeing up these two, but they're too expensive right now.
http://4imgs.com/423/x/ba3%2Dxd463_BIG.jpghttp://4imgs.com/423/x/ba3%2Dxd464_BIG.jpg
1:18 Replica's of the Team C6.R cars from 2007's Laguna Seca race.
Accurate down to the sponsor decals. :rawk:
(REAL CARS\/)
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5546/bbvlagunawall11280.jpg

[Phlip]

Hmm I have a few some where at the house in Florence. I'll have to get pictures of them this week. Does my rather large Lego Ferrari count?

It's a model larger than 1:32 scale, so yes it does.
My best friend actually has that same kit, got it home back over his birthday last year and spent the whole day locked in his den putting it together.

*edit*

SWEET JESUS Barry, that car is $95 fuckin' bucks!!!

[GSXRJJordan]

Sorry to disappoint, Jeff...
I may have to go out this weekend and get one to assemble, just for you buddy.
lol

:love:

I've been eyeing up these two, but they're too expensive right now.

1:18 Replica's of the Team C6.R cars from 2007's Laguna Seca race.
Accurate down to the sponsor decals. :rawk:
(REAL CARS\/)

That looks killer! I <3 c5 and c6 R's - they made a few white ones available to the public in memory of some super successful GM driver for some totally reasonable price (I remember it being less than $500k) - imagine showing up to a track day in that. :ddog:

Edit, I found a model of it...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3357/3301297193_e4f344e000.jpg

[yota man]

I have the large Enzo one. I got it as a gift a while ago, like when the car had just come out. I looked online one time and realized how expensive they were. But it was still tons of fun to build. I love lego's!

[Phlip]

:love:



That looks killer! I <3 c5 and c6 R's - they made a few white ones available to the public in memory of some super successful GM driver for some totally reasonable price (I remember it being less than $500k) - imagine showing up to a track day in that. :ddog:

Edit, I found a model of it...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3357/3301297193_e4f344e000.jpg
Yeah, but I think he was speaking more of these guys:

http://www.idcow.net/idcow/products/aa2165.jpg
2005 Chevrolet Corvette C6R #4 diecast model car 1:18 scale Laguna SECA Winner by AUTOart - 80550 (http://idcow.com/aa2165.html)

And

http://www.idcow.net/idcow/products/aa2164.jpg
2005 Chevrolet Corvette C6R #64 diecast model car 1:18 scale LeMans Winner by AUTOart - 80504 (http://idcow.com/aa2164.html)

[VROOOM]

here goes most of the big Hot Wheels and matchbox i have. there are a few small ones but they are pretty good ones.

Twin mill


http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/079.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/080.jpg

green
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/076.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/077.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/078.jpg

Honda CRX

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/071.jpg

Cadzilla

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/065.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/066.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/067.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/068.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/069.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/090.jpg

Ferrari

250 Testarossa

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/070.jpg

F430

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/084.jpg

F360

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/091.jpg


1947 Chevrolet Fleetline (my dad owns one)

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/082.jpg

Nascar
not really a fan but all this was free

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/072.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/073.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/074.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/075.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/095.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/096.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/097.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/081.jpg


these are smaller ones

Nomad

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/085.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/086.jpg

1968 Hot Wheels signed by the original owner of Mattel and designer of the car

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/094.jpg

American Graffiti pack signed by Paul Le Mat the actor that played Milner in the movie

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/087.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/089.jpg

2003 Toy Fair car like i talked about in the other post

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/098.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/099.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k79/nismothecat/100.jpg

have alot more small ones. mostly collector ones. i can post them too if you want.

[Phlip]

GAME SWITCH!!!
Went in Wal Mart today and saw some of the Maisto 1:12 motorcycles and decided to get....

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5770/dsc00616s.jpg

BMW R1200 GS:
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4017/dsc00617x.jpg

[low and slow]

GAME SWITCH!!!
Went in Wal Mart today and saw some of the Maisto 1:12 motorcycles and decided to get....

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5770/dsc00616s.jpg

BMW R1200 GS:
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4017/dsc00617x.jpg

Nice!

And thank you for reminding me.

I need to go over there to get some more, too. I recently picked up a white/black CBR1000RR and a Ducati 1098, and for 4 bucks, they are nothing short of awesome.

[Phlip]

The lady got me a couple more this afternoon...

Benelli Tornado Tre 1130:
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/2573/s4022885.jpg


Suzuki GSXR-1000:
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7507/s4022886.jpg


Pay no attention to those 1/64ths in the background, 2 are for me (ESPECIALLY the Datsun 510 Bluebird :rawk:) and 2 are for my nephew in exchange for doing well in school.
At 5, he is easy to buy into doing well.

[firelizard]

[/img]http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9932/img0506atc.jpg
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6393/img0505.jpg

I have others, non-R/C. Gonna take pics tomorrow

[Phlip]

Went out last night for a minute and happened upon these.

Audi R8:
http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/2311/audi.jpg

Aprilia RSV R1000:
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1378/apriliad.jpg

[240sxnlr]

The store around here have nothing really...well nothing worth me buying...will prob have to shop online.

[Z33dori]

i really need to start on these...

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/43/l_72945cbba3424eae8c794b987e19fb0e.jpg

[Phlip]

The store around here have nothing really...well nothing worth me buying...will prob have to shop online.

Tuesday Morning (http://www.tuesdaymorning.com/index.asp)

Be prepared to do some searching and digging.

[axiomatik]

leading up to christmas, Costco always has a pallet of random Maisto cars. $10/ea. I'll try to remember to upload my pics when I get home tonight. Last time I tried photobucket was being retarded.

[Phlip]

leading up to christmas, Costco always has a pallet of random Maisto cars. $10/ea. I'll try to remember to upload my pics when I get home tonight. Last time I tried photobucket was being retarded.

it just dawned on me to try Costco, and it is time to renew anyway...
I may do that when I get paid next week.

[axiomatik]

^^^^ I never see them at Costco except for November / December.

Photobucket was still being retarded, wouldn't let me upload them directly to a folder, found out I had to upload them to my main photobucket directory, then move them to the appropriate folder.

Anyways, here's the pics that I happened to have on my computer. I started to photograph them for Insurance purposes if something ever happens.

This is maybe about 1/4 of my collection, all 1:18 scale.

Here's some classics first:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars029.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars028.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars027.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars026.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars025.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars023.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars021.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars020.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars019.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars016.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars032.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars031.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars015.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars014.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars013.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars012.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars003.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars002.jpg



Now a few exotics:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars030.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars024.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars011.jpg



And now, my favorite category, race cars. This is where I've been focusing my attention most lately, though I haven't bought many in the past few years.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars022.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars017.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars018.jpg

Mercedes CLK DTM:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars007.jpg

And a few Le Mans cars:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars004.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars005.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars009.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars010.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars008.jpg

finally, old Mercedes SLR
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars006.jpg

[Phlip]

Mr. Brindley, if not for being 350 miles from me, we would likely be good friends... I also see that you know (or knew, since Kay Bee is now dead) where to find the good deals, since they had like a PERPETUAL sale on Models.
You're making me go out after a couple of cars I have seen the last few weeks, after I get rear tires on the coupe.
I love your collection, I am getting that top-off 65 GTO and the woody from a booth at the flea market that was closed Sunday, when the state of NC starts sending me my money, I will get after it a bit more fiercely.

[axiomatik]

Indeed, Kay-Bee took more of my money than I'd like to admit. I could usually get them for ~$13 on sale, occasionally ~$10-11, I probably bought 60 or 70 cars there. Almost all of those race cars came from another place called Toy Co. that was in Arizona Mills mall, they were a little pricier, but they had all kinds of cool models that you'd never find at Kay-Bee. Target usually has 4 or 5 in stock, sometimes at pretty good prices. I got that Hot Wheels G-Machines Chevelle and another G-machines (forget which) on clearance there for under $10 each.

[Phlip]

Now that I am not being assraped by the State Dept. of Revenue, I will be able to afford to shop in Hungates and Hobby Lobby for some of the rarer and race cars, this week will be the first, and payroll tells me that they need to manually issue me a check, which will surely go toward tires and model cars, lol.

[Phlip]

Okay, so this morning, I made a decently hearty breakfast, which -- as I customarily do -- carried to work with me to eat at my desk...
I had some shit to do when I got in, so I was not able to eat it until damn near 9:30.
Old annoying-ass is off today, so to make sure the department was not short anyone on lunch, I took mine early and I was FAR from hungry...
"Fuck, I got a couple dollars and have an extra check coming this week, I will hit the spots and see what I can find with this hour of my life."
Yes, I said that out loud, but I was in the car by myself, so no one heard me.
I went by Tuesday Morning, Michaels and Target before heading back to the building...
While in Tuesday Morning, I saw another of those 1955 SLR Mille Miglias, but left it there, instead getting...

1990 BMW 850i:
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/8434/850i.jpg
Yes, I know that it may not fit the designs of what some might think of as a "OMG, BUY THAT ONE!!!" model, but the fact remains that I wanted one when I was a young teenager in the 90's, and the nightmare that they are to maintain is the only thing between adult me and actually LOOKING for one. I own one pain-in-the-ass car already, luckily inexpensive to maintain.

Michaels disappointed me today, I didn't get anything there, but Target was right across the parking lot, where I would acquire...

2009 Nissan GTR:
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/6559/gtr.jpg
... now, I was a LITTLE bit worried about it being from the "Dub City" line, seeing as how much I detest Dub magazine. I swear, I have friends who drive shit like what appears in that magazine and it almost makes me ashamed of my brown skin, lol.
One could imagine how close I came to suicide when I went to Miami on my way to my cruise a while back. Luckily, we're cruising from Canaveral this year.
Anyway, before shitting on the idea of getting it, I had to inspect it and make sure that it had been equipped with wheels/adornments resembling those I saw on the one at the auto show back in February, and the fact that you see the picture above on the front seat of the car shows that it passed the test.


Katie and I will strike out on one of our "adventures" this weekend and I am hoping to be able to cop a few more.

[Phlip]

I was just reminded of a thread Andrew Bohan linked like 4 years ago (http://zilvia.net/f/off-topic-chat/75748-street-racing-huge-accident.html) on Zilvia:
S2000 Forums -> My first street race (S2000/350z/M3) ends with (http://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=258005)
... and decided to go back to it, just because...

Anyway, in that thread, I saw a link to another place to get models from:
Diecastmuscle.com - Since 1997 - diecast collectibles (http://www.diecastmuscle.com/Default.asp)
Looks like some of them are fucking EXPENSIVE though.

Funny how things work out when I am at work and bored.

[240sxnlr]

i really need to start on these...

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/43/l_72945cbba3424eae8c794b987e19fb0e.jpg

The RPS13....ships to the following address......

J/K but I would like to know where I can get one.

[yota man]

If anybody is wanting to go to Hobby Lobby to pick anything up this may help. Found it while trying to find a store near my dorm.

Weekly Specials : Hobby Lobby (http://www.hobbylobby.com/weekly/weekly.cfm?page=2)

[Phlip]

If anybody is wanting to go to Hobby Lobby to pick anything up this may help. Found it while trying to find a store near my dorm.

Weekly Specials : Hobby Lobby (http://www.hobbylobby.com/weekly/weekly.cfm?page=2)

I printed 5 of those on my way out of work, I was coming back into this thread to post that just now...
I am going with my girl on Saturday to hopefully score a couple of those Assembly Lines ones they had and I liked.

[Phlip]

Funny story:
Earlier this evening, I was looking in my closet for something a member had asked someone for in the marketplace earlier today... I had gotten it expecting to need it, then changed my mind, so it was among the items chillin in my closet with the shoes and VHS porn and shit...
Anyway, I had to move a box that I knew contained model cars and such. I opened it, and of course had to ask myself "what in the hell?" then thought back to why I would have the item.
I remembered 2 Christmases ago, my pops was shopping for my niece and nephews for gifts and I (or my sister, I forget which) drove to Wal Mart. I saw a car and it was pretty inexpensive, I had a couple dollars in my pocket and was poised to buy it, I put it in the cart, then bumped into this girl I was trying to put the moves on, so I Regina and pops leave with the cart... At the end of the night, apparently pops had paid for the car and I forgot about it.
... until tonight that is...

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/6865/dsc00698uhz.jpg
Looks like we got ourselves a 1962 Chevy Bel Air, and it needs to be assembled...

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8486/dsc00699hkw.jpg
Okay, let's bust open the packaging and see what we're up against...

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7820/dsc00701x.jpg
Interior includes some speakers on the rear deck and a couple of Nitrous Express bottles where the back seat would have been...

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/3138/dsc00702c.jpg
Front brakes/wheels on, no choices on this one like we'd find on the Assembly Line in years to come...

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8185/dsc00703qan.jpg
Fuel cell and exhaust pipes...

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/9701/dsc00705j.jpg
Sit the body on the frame and turn 5 screws this time...

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1851/dsc00706i.jpg

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/852/dsc00707b.jpg

Now get back in that box:
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2809/dsc00708y.jpg

[Phlip]

Okay, still looking for something in the bottom of that closet, I found another car that needed assembly...

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4944/shootingstar.jpg

I know what you're saying "Phlip, you already HAVE a 1:18 shooting star, don't you?"
Yes, I do.
Fact remains, I actually forgot I'd gotten this one though. See, when I got it, I thought assembly would be a BREEZE and I had disposable enough income to spend $25.97 (according to the Wal Mart tag still on it) on bullshit at the time, I am pretty sure this went down in 2004-2005, early 06 at the latest. I'd gotten a little bit in on it, then abandoned it. It was too difficult and I had other shit in my life...
Well, I am a lot better at these things now, so I sat and started in on it tonight, and it is a lot easier than I recall it being, but is definitely not a 1-sitting assembly as you've seen previously.
Also, the packaging for this one does not allow for it to be securely placed back in, so I will have to spring for a display case for this one.

[Phlip]

Okay, exercising the coupon I scored on the internets, I went to the Hobby Lobby and exchanged 10.80 moneys for a 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle SS396 coupe.
I would ban any of your mothers from the planet for a wagon, but meh...
Very straightforward on the assembly, no surprises or anything of that nature.

Before cracking open the packaging:
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8016/dsc00726t.jpg

Interior panels, front/rear glass, rear view mirror and bumpers installed:
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3055/dsc00727nqg.jpg

Interior consists of putting seat backs on, nothing more:
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/5863/dsc00728k.jpg

Decision time, brushed or chrome?:
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/2388/dsc00729f.jpg

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3425/dsc00730v.jpg
That's right, I defied the brown-people urge to put chrome on it... I mean, if I could have ruined the car by lifting it and putting 30" wheels on it, then I might have gone for the chrome.

Yes, just that simple, I am done with this one now:
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/443/dsc00731b.jpg

http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/8320/dsc00732.jpg

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8464/dsc00733e.jpg

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9330/dsc00734i.jpg
And now I can wipe my fingerprints off of it...

... now GET BACK IN THAT BOX:
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/2967/dsc00735p.jpg

When the state of NC finds it on their hearts to give me the fucking money they have been extorting me as a means to get a no-interest loan paid back as the fuck they feel like it, I will begin putting these in display cases. All to be featured on shelving whenever I can get my credit back together and I can buy a house instead of paying rent.

[Phlip]

Story time with uncle Phlip... Gather round, kiddies.

One Sunday last May, I went to Toys R Us after church and paid $24.97 plus sales tax for this:

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7676/dsc00550cf8.jpg

Disappointment ensued, as they did not have the Shooting Star to match it at the time of purchase. I would come home and the ONLY place that had it for purchase at the time was Amazon, but this was right at the time I went into my situation with the dept of revenue, along with the brakes on my car shitting the bed and a couple other things, all at once, so I forgot about the mission.
Some of you may actually read my MySpace blogs, but I half-jokingly expressed interest in the Ertl shooting star on Amazon in one of my random thoughts blogs back in October, a couple weeks after meeting my now-girlfriend that I wanted it.
Christmas comes and she'd bought it for me, see it here:

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5619/dsc00549tc7.jpg

Fast forward to a point I made last week, where when I was looking for something in my closet, I found...

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4944/shootingstar.jpg
... of the Ertl "American Muscle Body Shop" series (from 2003 I would later find trying to investigate how fucking long I'd HAD the damn thing). Apparently I had bought it in 2004, found it to be more than I was willing to involve myself in at the time and put away. Then we moved at the end of 06, so it was packed away and I fucking forgot about it.

Now, as I am better with these things than I was when I initially bought it, I decided that I would go right ahead with the assembly of it this time around...
After a couple of pieces were placed together, I realized that it is the EXACT FUCKING SAME as the other one. Literally identical, same markings, features and points of articulation. Hell, even the fact that the paint is a little lighter in color than the seats that it is supposed to match is identical...

Yes, ladies and gentlefolk, I am a dipshit sometimes...

Anyway, I completed the assembly of it, so let us discuss that, no?

The instructions start with the assembly of the engine, and all its accessories installed:
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7384/dsc00739.jpg


Interior consisted of not much more than assembling seats, cementing the pedals and shifter where they belong:
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5186/dsc00740b.jpg


Holy shit! This thing even has the "grabber" extension:
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/6710/dsc00741zwa.jpg


Rear subframe was simple as snapping the wheels/tires onto the brake asembly and sliding those into the axle:
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1035/dsc00742e.jpg


Front suspension/brakes/wheel assemblies on...:
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8508/dsc00743e.jpg

... and we have a rolling chassis now:
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/1851/dsc00744j.jpg


Now let's put that engine in it:
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1742/dsc00745i.jpg


Now the interior goes into the frame, as does that periscope just next to the driver's seat and the steering shit:
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/7061/dsc00746j.jpg


Now alls there is to do is to flip it over, stick in 7 screws and we're finito:
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7182/dsc00747u.jpg


On the whole, the assembly of this one was the largest pain in my ass of all of the ones I have assembled to date. I don't know who or how they're assembled in the factories, but I have a real respect for the people who do if it is by human hands...

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/674/dsc00752o.jpg

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7049/dsc00749p.jpg

Similarities?:
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8936/dsc00750l.jpg

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/2390/dsc00751.jpg


And then the twins together to show what a fucking idiot I am:
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/2268/dsc00748n.jpg

I am done beating myself up over having allowed myself the forum to build a model car I already owned, or to have someone purchase one for me that I already had but simply needed assembly. I just thought it was kinda funny, I guess.

[Phlip]

Been a few days since an update from me.
But...

Got some of my tax return, picked up a few things when I got back from my road trip this weekend.

1987 Buick Regal T-Type:
http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/1893/dsc00820.jpg

Mitsubishi Pajero:
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/4556/dsc00823c.jpg
(yeah, I know, but fuck you)


Mini Cooper:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5558/dsc00821nwd.jpg

BMW Z4:
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6135/dsc00822wye.jpg

2008 Opel GT:
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/3541/dsc00819b.jpg

[bloodangels13]

i got this two years ago in thailand still need to put it together.. i wanna get the sileighty first so i can use the aero bumper to make the ps13 look like mine
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i47/vwyand85/s13modelcar.jpg

[Phlip]

Good ol' fashioned 4-fer this time, for the weekend...

BMW M6 Convertible:
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4803/dsc00830iny.jpg

1958 Chevy Impala:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4517/dsc00829far.jpg


And now, I will work with my hands...

1969 Dodge Charger R/T
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/7936/dsc00831y.jpg

Let us see what we're up against:
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/9219/dsc00832udc.jpg

Engine and interior installed:
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/5889/dsc00833m.jpg
Fun fact about that engine, it is not any carbureted V-8 that SHOULD appear in a car like this, rather a Fuel-Injected V-10, like in a VIper. Interesting.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/2276/dsc00834guz.jpg

Cockpit installed:
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/667/dsc00836.jpg

Sit the frame down on it and twist a couple screws:
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6598/dsc00837y.jpg

Chose the brushed wheels instead of the chrome, and we were all done:
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2561/dsc00840d.jpg

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/7798/dsc00841z.jpg

Now get back in that box!!!
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2215/dsc00842tbp.jpg


Lamborghini Murcielago:
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/930/dsc00844f.jpg

What are we up against, here:
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/8994/dsc00845a.jpg

Doors and dash on:
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5204/dsc00846dyr.jpg

Interior together...:
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5099/dsc00847l.jpg

... and installed:
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/3622/dsc00848o.jpg

Decision time:
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/421/dsc00849d.jpg
... I'm gonna go with the chrome.

And like that, we're all done:
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/6898/dsc00852v.jpg

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/3019/dsc00853e.jpg

Get back in that box!!!
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/3306/dsc00854i.jpg

[S14DB]

So, am I a bad person for throwing out the boxes?

[Phlip]

So, am I a bad person for throwing out the boxes?

At the risk of damaging your investments by not having them in display cases, yes...

Back to the task at hand, 1987 Chevy Caprice:
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2220/dsc00855.jpg

Survey the contents of the packaging:
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/5163/dsc00856c.jpg

Engine and door panels installed:
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6766/dsc00857c.jpg

One-piece front seat, nothing more:
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/461/dsc00858e.jpg


Black or chrome, black or chrome?:
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/930/dsc00859vfl.jpg

Let's go with black, mount some tires on them and load them up with brakes:
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9373/dsc00860c.jpg

Put the exhaust on:
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/1241/dsc00861z.jpg

Slide the body on the frame and take pics:
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9586/dsc00862iiy.jpg

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/820/dsc00864pfn.jpg

Now GET BACK IN THAT BOX!!!:
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3383/dsc00865w.jpg

[Phlip]

But wait, I ain't done!

(hey, the Hobby Lobby nearest my job opened last week and has a Grand Opening sale going)

2006 Chevy Corvette Z06:
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8328/dsc00866v.jpg

Assess box contents:
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/1434/dsc00867uho.jpg

Wheels on (yes, I chose black):
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9164/dsc00868.jpg

Really simple, interior sits in body, body on frame and 7 screws, game over:
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/577/dsc00869a.jpg

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/7051/dsc00870inx.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7702/dsc00871.jpg

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/454/dsc00872x.jpg

And back in the box:
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4958/dsc00873q.jpg

I will need to grab a display case for this one soon, as this box does not house it securely, but I like it.

[axiomatik]

Got around to photographing some more of my collection. Found models I didn't even know I had.

First off some oldies:

1931 Mercedes Benz SSKL
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars058.jpg

1931 Alfa Romeo 8C Monza
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars057.jpg

1940 BMW 328
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars054.jpg

Citroen 2CV
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars042.jpg

1956 Chrysler 300B
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars033.jpg

1962 Ferrari 250 GTO
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars034.jpg

1957 Mercedes 300SL Roadster
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars035.jpg

Jag E-Type cabriolet
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars036.jpg

and Hardtop too
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars043.jpg

Porsche 356B Cabriolet (got a hardtop somewhere too)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars039.jpg

A couple more 911 race cars:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars037.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars038.jpg

an awesome Shelby Daytona Coupe. This model is actually branded Shelby (not Maisto, Bburago, etc)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars040.jpg

Foose Mustang. This one's not actually 1:18 scale, it's a little smaller, maybe 1:20/21, but the scale isn't listed on the box. Got it as a gift.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars041.jpg

Soft-top civilian Hummer:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars063.jpg

Wagon too:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars062.jpg

and a military version:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars045.jpg

Viper GTS-R:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars049.jpg

Mercedes SLK 230 (I actually have 2 of these, one red, the other silver, got one as a gift when I already had the other):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars051.jpg

C5 Z06:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars052.jpg

Countach:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars059.jpg

Ferrari F50 Hardtop (think I have the roadster somewhere too)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars060.jpg

Porsche 911:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars061.jpg

CLK-GTR street version:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars064.jpg

New T-bird with removable hardtop:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars044.jpg

Top off:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars047.jpg

Top on:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars048.jpg

and one of my favorites, a BMW 325 convertible with a working cloth top:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars050.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars055.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars056.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars065.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars066.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Model%20Cars/Cars068.jpg

[Phlip]

Names on the boxes speak for themselves, but here goes...

Enzo Ferrari:
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/4182/dsc00874.jpg

Ferrari 250 GT California:
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/176/dsc00875.jpg

Ferrari Mondial 8:
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/6655/dsc00876.jpg

Ferrari F40:
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/1576/f40.jpg

Ferrari 575 GTZ Zagato:
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/695/zagatog.jpg

Ferrari 125 S:
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9010/125o.jpg

Found them in a little piece of shit store for a great price near Northern Tools today... I may go back for the others they had, I will just have to work on my seething hatred for the color red to make myself want them.

[Rnz520]

Phlip your collection is full of win

[Phlip]

Thanks much, Kind sir... I look for new shit like constantly and pounce on great prices.

[Rnz520]

Yea I just finished building a 1/48 Scale model of a B-17 Flying Fortress that took me ages since in my pain to make it realistic I had to do lots of awkward procedures.
Also I am happy to say I finally manned up and bought an airbrush

[Phlip]

THIS shit is bananas:
MODEL CARS>> DIORAMA HEAVEN - Speedhunters (http://speedhunters.com/archive/2009/05/22/collectables-gt-gt-diorama-heaven.aspx)

[Phlip]

Flea market run this afternoon turned up a few goodies for not much money.

Ford Thunderbird:
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/4460/s4023012.jpg

1970 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS454:
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/8458/s4023013.jpg

(yes, another) Shelby Cobra 427 S/C:
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/2594/s4023014.jpg

1972 Datsun 240Z:
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/6836/s4023015.jpg

[VAs13]

http://www.forzacentral.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=1778
http://www.forzacentral.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=1774

my old extra room

[enkei2k]

1/24 Kouki

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/enkei2k/Random%20Stuff/DSC02544-2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/enkei2k/Random%20Stuff/DSC02543-1.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/enkei2k/Random%20Stuff/DSC02546-1.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/enkei2k/Random%20Stuff/DSC02548-1.jpg

i have an 1/32 (i think) s14 zenki in the works at the moment that i actually have to build, so wait for that one heh

[Rnz520]

I like that kouki. I am about to start building a 1/24 mode of Ayrton Sennas Mclaren but my air brush is still in the mail *angry face*.
I am not as fond of die-cast as my brother is, he has some nice ones that I might be able to post this weekend.
I prefer building them myself, the downside is your collection doesnt grow as fast with time

[Phlip]

I like that kouki. I am about to start building a 1/24 mode of Ayrton Sennas Mclaren but my air brush is still in the mail *angry face*.
I am not as fond of die-cast as my brother is, he has some nice ones that I might be able to post this weekend.
I prefer building them myself, the downside is your collection doesnt grow as fast with time

I have several kits that I have never bothered putting together, a couple planes too... I have come to prefer die casts, even the ones that require assembly.
Just me, though

[Rnz520]

we seem to be the only ones cool enough to post in this thread

[Phlip]

3 weeks without an update?
I been busy with the girlfriend's birthday and getting ready for my own.
Went out yesterday and happened upon something in my travels while preparing for the big cookout on the 4th:
Suzuki GSX 1300R Hayabusa:
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/3880/dsc00901a.jpg

[Rnz520]

I like the Busa, finally got my airbrush, which means after I come home for good after this week I can start working on my F1 model

[zenki.life]

well at first i was just going to post something funny(as in interesting) i found with a diecast GTR that i have that i never noticed before. the gtr has motorex plastered across it. kinda sad that they are gone now. lol.

anyway i derided to turn this thread into a model/diecast car thread. anyone have any? any cool ones. i know there are cool ones out there

but heres the pic of the "motorex" gtr

http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr282/sexyzenki/IMAG0060.jpg
http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr282/sexyzenki/IMAG0059.jpg

[adam s]

Aggghh, I used to have tons of these, unfortunately I sold them all at a garage sale for like $20....

Does that GT-R Have double six's as well?

Thats a badass ride haha.

[HyperTek]

Im not a fan of the Jada Toys models, they are too over-exagerated with the bodykits and wheels.

Have had this LS400 for years.. 1/18.. never seen one of these models anywhere
http://i27.tinypic.com/16ger75.jpg
Ive lowered it..

Boxster S and Burgutti EB110 *only model car to survive my childhood lol*
http://i26.tinypic.com/oqlmz7.jpg

i been wanting to get some f1 cars
http://www.diecast1843.com/Auctionslady/Minichamps18/540911801-01.jpg
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/6/7/0/2/4/webimg/287371933_tp.jpg

[Matej]

These are neat.
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1020095/p2.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1020141/p7.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1020183/p8.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/usercar/333515/p1.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1009853/p3.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1009857/p4.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1009853/p5.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1230784/p2.jpg
http://carview-img02.bmcdn.jp/carlife/images/UserCarPhoto/1230784/p6.jpg

[BustedS13]

i've been wanting to build a model car lately. i used to have a bunch but they got thrown away or something.

or fuckin'... pinewood derby. i want to host an adult pinewood derby.

[HyperTek]

i never finished my 180
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/streetphase/100_1462.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/streetphase/100_1463.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/streetphase/100_1465.jpg
i bought a aoshima silvia just to take teh sr20 and put it in that 180 cuz its a fujimi model with the sealed hoods.. i think i lost some pieces =(

silvia hood look cool too
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/streetphase/100_1468.jpg

[BustedS13]

it's not finished? it looks like half the cars on this board >.<

[Z33dori]

i just picked up one of those kouki 180 models... they are pretty difficult to get ahold of it seems..

so i now have a nice lil stack..... Chuki 180, Kouki 180, Silvia 2000cc, S15 Spec-R aero

maybe one day i'll start on them.... thinking of swapping all the cool parts to the kouki kit.... since the rest are pretty easy to find

[zenki.life]

it's not finished? it looks like half the cars on this board >.<

ahahahahaha. so trueeeeeee.

+1 busted!

[Kamburrito]

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w82/k1llaxkam/2009-07-20045255.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w82/k1llaxkam/2009-07-20151025.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w82/k1llaxkam/2009-07-20151043.jpg

not perfect .. havent done any of these for a while.

dont have a pic of the blast pipes that i have on it. hahha

[driven_]

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3840/p1020710.jpg

EDIT: that's only 4 of 20 that i own. Lol. (i collected them since i was 9, my latest one is the 4x4 GT-R.)

[Phlip]

Moving from premium members to off-topic...

Don't fuck me, gen pop.

[HyperTek]

another hackjob of mine unfinished
http://i25.tinypic.com/1607mro.jpg
http://i32.tinypic.com/rkygkz.jpg

[flip3d]

damn. all my cars are at my parents place.

i do have 1:64 hotwheels of a datsun 510 and two R32 GTRs though lol

[s13dan]

its a cheapy my freind got it for me. i tried to make the wheel fit flush.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/S13Dan/PICS018.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/S13Dan/PICS010.jpg
and i was ganna do some painting.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/S13Dan/PICS020.jpg

[Ineedparts]

Atop my fridge:
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll19/AaronD_08/IMG_0264.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll19/AaronD_08/IMG_0263.jpg

[HyperTek]

funny how all the jada toys cars are based off someones real car, usually a socal car.. like the 180sx has 240z fender flares, nismo sideskirts and rear valances and a kouki bumper, that could only be one car, JDM Rice's car back in the day lol
and their 240z model is a copy of SR240z

[driven_]

1:18 NSX and "JGTC Xanavi colored" 350z (yeah i know it has Veilside aero)

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6344/p1020720h.jpg

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4065/p1020718.jpg

and the 1:24 JICmagic 240sx.
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2195/p1020719u.jpg

[HyperTek]

thats why i cant stand some of those models and i dont buy em, they are not accurate, reason u buy a model car is for its accuracy.

[zenki.life]

thats why i cant stand some of those models and i dont buy em, they are not accurate, reason u buy a model car is for its accuracy.

not all the time true. the way i look at it is the "model" cars are for accuracy, and the diecast are just for a cheap presentation.

[Unknown007]

I need to get some of these.I had a Honda Accord but then one day i got mad and BAM destroyed.LOL I regret it so bad and I also had a bike but lost the parts.FML!!!I will get one asap and post it.

[kouki fanatic]

here are pics of mine, all of them are for sale for SUPER cheap, i need to get rid of them. pm me.
skyline
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t66/artho1993/IMG000015.jpg
dub dodge ram http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t66/artho1993/IMG000016.jpg
dub shevy suburbanhttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t66/artho1993/IMG000017.jpg
mini cooper originalhttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t66/artho1993/IMG000017.jpg
not gonna name them all but you can seehttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t66/artho1993/IMG000018.jpghttp://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t66/artho1993/IMG000007.jpg
kouki(i tried to get the least ricer looking one, as all these tuner model car companys are ricer, fast and furious 2 supra, fast and furious 2 evo, skyline,http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t66/artho1993/IMG000008.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t66/artho1993/IMG000010.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t66/artho1993/IMG000011.jpg
kouki http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t66/artho1993/IMG000012.jpg
supra(f&F2)http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t66/artho1993/IMG000013.jpg
evo(f&f2)http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t66/artho1993/IMG000013.jpg
and my car lol, shes not for sale though. http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t66/artho1993/008.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t66/artho1993/014.jpg

[MikeisNissan]

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/S14Kouki240sx/HPIM9724.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/S14Kouki240sx/HPIM9735.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/S14Kouki240sx/HPIM9737.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/S14Kouki240sx/HPIM9738.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/S14Kouki240sx/HPIM9745.jpg
have a few more scattered..

[kyoru]

As promised in another thread, I struck out on lunch and got a 1955 Mercedes Benz SLR Mille Miglia, the Stirling Moss one:
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5906/dsc00618.jpg

Taken after:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/65/Mercedes-Benz_300_SLR.jpg/800px-Mercedes-Benz_300_SLR.jpg
SCORE!!!

damn that is one hot model, the only scale model I have that is complete is one of this jada 240z ones.

[Gnnr]

COLLECTABLES>>JUST A COUPLE OF F1 MODELS.... - Speedhunters (http://speedhunters.com/archive/2011/02/22/collectables-gt-gt-just-a-couple-of-f1-models.aspx)

Pretty sweet :cool:

[Phlip]

COLLECTABLES>>JUST A COUPLE OF F1 MODELS.... - Speedhunters (http://speedhunters.com/archive/2011/02/22/collectables-gt-gt-just-a-couple-of-f1-models.aspx)

Pretty sweet :cool:

Damn, I think you just made me want to go hunting for new models soon.

Bastard

[axiomatik]

Went to costco last night. They had some 1:18 models now. However, they used to carry Maisto, now they have MotorMax. Some of them looked pretty cheap. OG Mini looked good. Also had VW W12 Nardo concept, never seen a model of that before.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/nbrindley/Web/9de87719.jpg

[Wake]

I just applied at D&J hobby down the street from my house.

Its a crazy ass hobby shop that is the same size as the CVS next door.
they dont have so much die cast but have a ton of tamiya shit and all the gundams. Not to mention a R/C track and tables to set up warhammer type shtuff.

Im gonna bug em until they hire me.

Ill post pics of my stuff when I find em

[4DOOR_LIFE]

oh man, this thread just reminded me about all the diecast cars and models i have unfinished or sitting in their boxes. i'll post up some pics asap, i have a HUGE collection of Top Fuel Funny Cars and Dragsters from the early to mid 2000's. back when i was heavily in to NHRA.

I really need to get a couple of those huge glass display cases that you see at those hobby shops. that way i can show off my collection more.

[ZilviaKid]

i keep buying models and never finishing them. i have a few s chassis's and i just got an old 911. too many distractions!

[Wake]

I just remembered that i ordered a 2tone s13 tamiya model off ebay years ago and never got it!

[Phlip]

Went to costco last night. They had some 1:18 models now. However, they used to carry Maisto, now they have MotorMax. Some of them looked pretty cheap. OG Mini looked good. Also had VW W12 Nardo concept, never seen a model of that before.

*image*

Yeah... you twisted my arm with this post, and I scouted my local Costco for that display. At 12.99 each, they weren't bad for nearly ANY 1/18 scale car, so I got that VW you mentioned.
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/6205/imag0491e.jpg

[raz0rbladez909]

http://www.diecastfast.com/images/s2000_aa_s.jpg
Just ordered this one a few days ago off ebay. Couldn't resist since I just picked up the same car for my daily

[axiomatik]

I just realized I've never posted any pics of my nicer models. I've got a few AutoArt models that are very nice. Ivan Stewarts Baja 1000 trophy truck, C5-R (yellow/black), Porsche 917 long-tail, Corvette SS concept. I'll try snagging pictures off the autoart site.

http://www.diecast.org/data/sac_cars/aa80011.jpg
http://www.diecast.org/data/sac_cars/aa80011_1.jpg

This C5-R doesn't have the same paint scheme as mine:
http://www.autoartmodels.com/product.GetProductImage.do?productId=350&alias=A2&securityCode=87bHyx3YEW

Mine is painted like this:
http://www.motorsportcollector.com/51401Images/AACorvette05.jpeg
http://www.motorsportcollector.com/51401Images/AACorvette04.jpeg

http://www.autoartmodels.com/product.GetProductImage.do?productId=1439&alias=A2&securityCode=eVZahFDGVM

http://www.autoartmodels.com/product.GetProductImage.do?productId=1439&alias=E2&securityCode=eVZahFDGVM

http://www.autoartmodels.com/product.GetProductImage.do?productId=35&alias=A2&securityCode=NaArb9XWH7

[axiomatik]

How about a model car that costs 12 times as much as the real car it's based on:

Lamborghini Aventador 1:8 scale model costs 12 times the real thing [w/exclusive photos] (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/17/lamborghini-aventador-1-8-scale-model-costs-12-times-the-real-th/)

almost $5 million for the model...

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/09/aventadorscalemodeliaa05small.jpg

[matchgrade]

My display case for random stuff..I have almost 500 1:18 diecast cars and motorcycles, mostly AUTOart, Kyosho, and Minichamps. Unfortunately even with that case I can only display a fraction at a time.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/matchgrade/Models/display.jpg

[axiomatik]

nice, got anymore pics?

[matchgrade]

nice, got anymore pics?

Thanks... I only got a couple more..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/matchgrade/Models/DSC01776.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/matchgrade/Models/DSC01781.jpg

[LoneStarSilvia]

Wow, the Skyline shelf is a beauty to behold, and I know AUTOart's stuff is top-notch priceyness.

[sw20>>s14]

forgot about this thread, i am beyond impressed with that skyline timeline!

here's a small fraction of my hotworks and autoarts:

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e306/iloves14/DSCN2686.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e306/iloves14/DSCN2693.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e306/iloves14/DSCN2692.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e306/iloves14/DSCN2696.jpg

others are in storage waiting for me to set up my display room =\

[Walperstyle]

I am basically trying NOT to have the thread full of fucking matchbox cars.

Funny you say that as I have a matchbox car that is said to be worth about $1000. Toys are just that, toys. I play with 1:1 scale.

That said: I do have somewhere a CLKGTR, 55 Gullwing, 55 roadster, 55 slr, and 55 sterling moss (not the 722) somewhere in the house.