Models (cars not girls!) anybody into them?

[Mike B GTE]

just realised how many models we have in our house, scattered upstairs in the office and spare room. took some snaps of them last night. anybody else collect anything?

1/43rd minichamps. mostly fords, some 70s lm stuff, couple of retro bmws etc

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/P1050695.jpg

Trofeu Fords, mostly escorts

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/P1050700.jpg

again, Trofeu Fords

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/P1050698.jpg

HPI (and one Kyosho) lancias

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/P1050702.jpg

retro F1s

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/P1050706.jpg
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/P1050704.jpg

minichamps 18th scale escorts

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/P1050701.jpg
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/P1050707.jpg

minichamps 18th scale Fords

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/P1050711.jpg
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/P1050712.jpg
(Caltex Sierra is actually Biante, but made by Pauls Model Art - minichamps)

Couple of Group 5 bmws

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/P1050709.jpg

Pair of DTM Calibras

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/P1050710.jpg

Mad Max Interceptor

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/P1050713.jpg

18th scale minichamps Senna Shrine, plus 1/8th Senna hemets
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/P1050714.jpg

Bikes

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/P1050716.jpg

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[Mike B GTE]

more..

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/P1050715.jpg

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/P1050717.jpg

[Southie]

What a cracking collection mate :thumb:

That must have taken you a while and some brass too but where are the novas mmm ;)

[AlexW]

Very nice collection there! I have a few vaux's, fords and bikes about, but most of them are boxed up still from when i moved in here a couple of years ago now.

[Southie]

Oh and here are some of mine :)

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p379/SOUTHIE01/IMG_0194.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p379/SOUTHIE01/IMG_0193.jpg

Photobucket has a rotate error mmm!!!

[Pistol Pete]

Thats a very nice collection you have there Mike. A freind has got the title winning bike from each major championship (BSB, WSB, MotoGP) since 2003 when his son was born. The mini champs like you have. They are not cheap, IIRC around £40 each. Good collection though.

I have a number of car models, still in a box in my mums loft. Bought my own place last year, still havent bought a display cabinet, lol

[Jack]

I'm into model kits, preferable metal ones.

I have a (plastic) 1:24 scale road ST205 and 1:43 (metal) rally ST205 on my desk at work. Also a 1:18 metal '69 Dodge Charger Daytona, '71 Challenger 440 R/T, and '68 Mustang GT at home, along with a 1:24 WRC Impreza and Evo (which needs finishing). Also a 1:10 Mosquito, 1:24 F/A18 Hornet, 1:10 Spitfire, and 1:10 Skyraider

Oh, and all the original Lego ships: 6286 Skulls Eye Schooner, 6285 Black Seas Barracuda, 6268 Renegade Runner, 6271 Imperial Flagship, 6274 Caribbean Clipper... all 100% and with boxes :D

[draper]

i wished id saved all my lego stuff, i had loads of it all built up but still had the boxes, i asked my mum about last year and shed gave it all to a charity shop

[kc_08]

i had a few got a bit distructive of them lol, il take some pics later, as dad has a limited edition gold plated db5 james bond, few drag cars from santapod, old rover p5's/p6's some hand made, and old handmade cortina's, ive seen models people have made of novas on here, just woundering how you did it

[craig green]

Sierra Cosworths are nice as is the Integrale (2nd down)

[Pistol Pete]

Still got my Lego models. Ferrari Enzo (the massive technic one lol), Two bikes, and another two plastic boxes in my mums loft. :D

[ade]

I used to have a wad of these and loved making the kits when I was younger but the missus "disposed" of most of them when we bought our house...they seemed to go missing when everything was packed up.

GRRR.

Still have a few 1:24 models (die cast) kicking about - looking for a decent RC base to build a nova on though at the mo...

[Dod]

I have a few of them, something like 30 or so but I never really got into them much. Mu Uncle has a serious amount of them. I'll post pics this wekend. He's got something like 10k's worth.

[Shaun_O'Donnell]

It's mainly lego for me, had loads years ago which got given away, but have been buying all the models I can remember via eBay.

Got the Test Car (x2), Excavator & Off road bike that you can see at the back of the picture:

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i203/Shaun_ODonnell/3606073710a9051295663l.jpg

Will be keeping prying hands clear of these in the near future.....

[Southie]

My god your young Shaun lol

[Shaun_O'Donnell]

My god your young Shaun lol

lol lol

$hit thing is, she has more hair than me and she's only 5 and a half months old :cry: :cry:

[Southie]

lol lollollol

[Jack]

If thats the original test car, complete and with box, it could be worth a fair penny.

No pics of the Renegade Runner but here's the others:


http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/Misc/10102008755.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/Misc/10102008751.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/Misc/10102008752.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/Misc/10102008754.jpg

Few quids worth there :D

[kc_08]

is that a nova i can see on that poster? :P

[Mike]

Ive got thousnads of pounds worth of various 80's/90's car modles in my dads loft!! Somewhere up there ive got a pristine collection of over 500 80's matchbox cars!!

[Jack]

Photos - bottom one yes, top one no

[mowgli]

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/Misc/10102008751.jpg

RJ, you said you are single at the moment........ stop making lego kits & get out there & find a woman!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Southie]

I think he's been on the Vodka aswell :thumb: looking at the dust lol

[adam c]

i used to have quite a few 1/18th scale model cars but ended up giving them all away.i also used to like building the aeroplane kits aswell and had quite a selection of ww2 era planes and hung them all off my roof like they were having a massive dogfight:cool: (i think they are still in the attic!)

[twistysnovagte]

awsome colllection:) ,funny young daves(xxxnovaxxx) not seen this thread yet!

[novacabrio]

If thats the original test car, complete and with box, it could be worth a fair penny.

How much? I have one! Still with box although its been built, still got the perforated packets the bits came in. Also got the Yellow pneumatic JCB, Fork Lift truck, and I think I have a wagon with a crane on the back? Or was that what the car made into aswell? Jcb also did a shuttle if i'm not mistaken?

[Mazz]

Love that Mad Max car, thats from the 2nd iirc...

[Novasport]

How much? I have one! Still with box although its been built, still got the perforated packets the bits came in. Also got the Yellow pneumatic JCB, Fork Lift truck, and I think I have a wagon with a crane on the back? Or was that what the car made into aswell? Jcb also did a shuttle if i'm not mistaken?

I have the test car & the JCB aswell! The car is complete and I most probably have the box. The JCB was complete apart from one of the pneumatic pistons has broke, not sure if I have the box as both models are in the loft at me parents.

Did get this from the parents a few months ago...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/NovaSport/DSCF1369.jpg

Its mint in its box, was going to Ebay it but couldnt part with it.

Also got inferno(Fire engine) and Jazz(Porsche 911) but they aren't boxed.

Prob got loads more stuff up in the parents loft, one thing I regret selling is my Tamiya Michelin Pilot Cosworth will all the Hop-Up options.:(

[Riggy]

lol i had that optimus prime aswell , but it well worn it out lol
got a few models at my mums , couple of cossies , viper , bmw etc

got my nova's and a few other vauxhall at my house lol

[bmw156]

bit of subject but i have over 160 Nintendo 64 games, some moneys in there somewhere, i like collecting motorbike models and have made a few of the decent size kit ones, like the moto gp models. and also bought a magazine a few years back which you got a model of each week, here is the result
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/6369/random004gu6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/random004gu6.jpg/1/w640.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img95/random004gu6.jpg/1/)
these are for sale btw, 50 quid delivered, pm me

i have also built this really old F1 kit, and i think it turned out really well, yes i had to put on everyone of those gold lines!! not good
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/4574/dsc00119mo6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/dsc00119mo6.jpg/1/w726.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img89/dsc00119mo6.jpg/1/)

[Pistol Pete]

JPS colours, love that colour scheme!

[Jack]

How much? I have one! Still with box although its been built, still got the perforated packets the bits came in. Also got the Yellow pneumatic JCB, Fork Lift truck, and I think I have a wagon with a crane on the back? Or was that what the car made into aswell? Jcb also did a shuttle if i'm not mistaken?
8865, the red one from 1988? Hmm, just looked on Bricklink and not as much as I thought it would be worth. The black one, 8880 from 1994 appears to be worth a lot more though.


I think he's been on the Vodka aswell :thumb: looking at the dust lol
I cba to dust stuff lol

I have a big 3 litre bottle of smirnoff 21 (40%, not the 37.5 of the UK stuff) under my desk, which is nearly empty... its so big it comes with its own pump lol

[LEWI007]

I build them

Not gonna take pics of them all so ill just show the Escort im working on

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/LEWI007/IMAGE_479.jpg

Cosworth powered aswell

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/LEWI007/IMAGE_476.jpg

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/LEWI007/IMAGE_477.jpg

Still needs more stuff painting and more work but aint bad.

Couple pics of one of my evos

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/LEWI007/IMAGE_374.jpg

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/LEWI007/evopic.png

Fartcan gives it like....300+ HP

[Pistol Pete]

Looks like a BDA lump in that Escort? Cossies are turbo'd!

Good looking models though. What scale are they?

[LEWI007]

thanks theyre 1/24

the lump is where i had it almost finished on my computer desk then i got a new monitor and it fell ontop of the car crushing those bits of the roof so i spent a while gluing it back in place then painted the car red

its not really a lump its just a smooth part where the glue went in, not to the best of my ability either its just one im working on ill take a pic of my other

[kc_08]

dude how did u make them? is it a kit, or from like scratch?

[LEWI007]

Yes its a kit the kind that comes with all the parts and u paint , glue it together etc.., its the roughest model ive built, but im just showin love for the escorts.

heres another its die cast i just put new wheels on

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/LEWI007/IMAGE_484.jpg

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/LEWI007/IMAGE_483.jpg

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/LEWI007/IMAGE_486.jpg

[Pistol Pete]

Very smart! Where did you get the kit from?

[LEWI007]

Modelzone a tenner :thumb:

The other one was about 25 quid