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As others have I thought I'd start a thread about my collection of 1:43 die-cast models. As a boy I mainly played with Corgi (not Dinky) cars and Lego, my collection of Corgi's ended with what I would think is the golden era of Corgi, Golden Jacks. I only had 1 whizz-wheels which admittedly is one of my favourites, the Graham Hill Cortina MKIII (but that's a separate thread) Anyway back to die-casts, after resurrecting some Corgi cars for display I started to buy a few die-casts about 30 years ago, when they were relatively cheap. I was buying at the budget end, Brumm, Box, Quartzo... but good models. Initially it was a case of buying what I liked but over the years a few themes have emerged; F1 World Champions and Le Mans Winners for the decades of my birth, '59-'09 (got all 12, interesting to see the evolution of designs) F1 World Champions (35/59) Le Mans winners (17/60) Cars that I've owned (or as close a model as I can get) Graham Hill (F1 champions cars, Le Mans winner, Indy 500 winner, some others) Tony Pond (Metro, Sunbeam, TR7) Derek Bell (Le Mans winners 2 out of 5 so far) There are also small sub collections of Aston Martin's, 70s/80s Rally cars, Triumphs... What I want to try and do is showcase some models, or groups of models, with an explanation of why I bought that model. To start with my most recent buy, a Brumm twin set of Graham Hill's 1962 BRM stack-pipe P57 chassis and car (£20 eBay buy). I've already got the separate Brumm models of the P57 but couldn't resist this set with the separate chassis. Graham Hill is a particular 'hero' of mine (along with Tony Pond and Derek Bell) very under rated and under the shadow of Jim Clark and Jackie Stewart but 2 F1 Championships, a Le Mans win and an Indy 500 win can't be too bad not to mention the Monaco wins. Yet it never seems to get mentioned when every body talks about Alonso going for the golden CROWN. They also do a John Surtees Ferrari 158 as a twin set.
This is a phone picture, future images will be taken with a proper camera, I'm going to build some dioramas/backgrounds for the cars. I'm looking for some 1:43 (O gauge) figures as well that are realistic and not too expensive ready painted.
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Last Edit: Apr 19, 2019 14:02:35 GMT by MiataMark
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MiataMark
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Aug 12, 2018 14:38:55 GMT
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To start off, a model I bought quite early on in my collecting. No real reason why except I really like Cobra's (doesn't everybody?). It's a Box model and probably didn't cost that much, I think the detailing is pretty good particularly given how old it is. I particularly like the wheels and the license plate. These days the dash would probably be printed and the chrome is a bit OTT. I have a few Box models in my collection as they were good value, and there wasn't much to choose from back then. Another is the Ferrari 250GTO, a nice counterpoint to the Cobra.
This on is let down by the wheels, which on a more recent model would be much better, and the chrome is a bit too bright. But the overall shape etc is very good, complete with Italian number plate. I suppose I could swap the wheels out for some after-market wire wheels.
Using a DSLR with two flash guns still need to work on placement.
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Aug 20, 2018 21:06:38 GMT
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This is a bit of an experiment in creating a simple diorama, the wall is from Model Railway Scenery and is printed sheet on cardboard, the backdrop is from an old Model Railway magazine, both O gauge and the road is some wet-and-dry. The model is a Corgi Vanguard Minichamps BMW E30 M3 (yes I should have sorted out the number plate and dusted it), Great models for the price, the wheels particularly are a good representation. I think the diorama works well, need to sort out the lighting to reduce glare and make the 'road' more realistic.
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Last Edit: Aug 22, 2018 9:09:13 GMT by MiataMark
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Aug 20, 2018 21:30:59 GMT
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The wet and dry road is inspired! Nice idea for using O gauge stuff, what scale is o gauge? Nice BMW too, the wheels look very good.
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MiataMark
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The wet and dry road is inspired! Nice idea for using O gauge stuff, what scale is o gauge? Nice BMW too, the wheels look very good. 'O' gauge is 1:43.5 close enough for me (OO is 1:76) there are a lot of card kits, buildings etc out there for OO gauge, not as much as for O. The wet and dry was a tip I read many years ago and have always remembered, could do with being lighter and having some weathering. I'm going to try some low relief buildings next.
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Last Edit: Sept 4, 2018 6:37:39 GMT by MiataMark
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Aug 21, 2018 20:03:30 GMT
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Added a Corgi Vanguard, BMW E30 325i Sport as a comparison to the M3. I had one of these spent loads on it, only drove it a few times then lost loads when I sold it! The model is a limited edition, 1 of 2,000 so will be worth a mint (not). Wheels not as good as the M3 but not a bad model for the price. Put a diffuser on the right hand flash which has reduced some of the glare on the background.
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Last Edit: Aug 22, 2018 9:08:15 GMT by MiataMark
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A correction the M3 model is a Minichamps model, no wonder the wheels are better than the Corgi version.
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Aug 24, 2018 17:18:58 GMT
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While browsing an online shop for 1:76 models I noticed they had a Corgi Vanguard 325i in Dolphin Grey which was the same colour as the one I had and it was on special offer... Jim's looking happy having two E30's to choose from... Mine was an E reg (as is the model) but had chrome bumpers. The model has the M-tech 1 body kit. I wonder if I can fit the black interior from the silver car and the wheels from the Minichamps M3.
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Aug 29, 2018 15:19:19 GMT
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So who doesn't like the Ferrari F40! This breaks the rules a bit as although it's 1:43 it isn't die-cast but plastic. The model is by Herpa and is amazingly detailed, I bought it at Frankfurt airport a long time ago for DM53.25 (pre euro). Background is thanks to a pointer by Anglia68 and is from www.modelalice.com/ It was ordered as 1:43 scale but looks a bit big to me (unless the model is under-scale). It's more suited to something French anyway.
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Sept 2, 2018 16:02:20 GMT
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A bit of a change of direction. I'm not a big Porsche fan but there's no denying it that they ruled Le Mans in the 70's and 80's with the 917, 935, 936, 956, 962 etc. I've got a few Porsche Le Mans models, mainly the winners. This one didn't win but with that livery how could you resist... The car is a Porsche Kremer K3 "Gozzi Kremer" which was based on the factory Porsche 935/78, this chassis started out as a 930 chassis. This is actually classed as road based, there's a normal 911 rear screen below the actual rear screen to 'keep to the rules'. Twin turbo 740-800bhp. Raced at Le Mans in 1980, (Tetsu Ikuzawa, Rolf Stommelen, Axel Plankenhorn), DNF. The model is by Quartzo (3002). Similarly Nick Mason ran a 962 in 1990 in similar livery, as featured in his book "Into the Red", I might just have found a model of that on eBay... Background is ModelAlice again, and for an idea of how the background works see below; (I need to get a different model for test shots...)
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Last Edit: Sept 4, 2018 6:39:33 GMT by MiataMark
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Sept 3, 2018 22:08:41 GMT
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Nice backgrounds. Just ordered a couple. Thanks for the tip.
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Nice backgrounds. Just ordered a couple. Thanks for the tip. Don't thank me thank Anglia68 that's where I got the tip. Delivery is a bit long but the quality is good, which one(s) have you ordered? I might go back and order the graffiti one. I have taken high resolution scans of the backgrounds so I could produce them at different scales if I wanted to. More images to come based on french cars this time.
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Sept 4, 2018 19:30:41 GMT
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Nice backgrounds. Just ordered a couple. Thanks for the tip. Don't thank me thank Anglia68 that's where I got the tip. Delivery is a bit long but the quality is good, which one(s) have you ordered? I might go back and order the graffiti one. I have taken high resolution scans of the backgrounds so I could produce them at different scales if I wanted to. More images to come based on french cars this time. Grubby carpark one and warehouse
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Sept 4, 2018 20:43:15 GMT
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Grubby carpark one and warehouse Want to swap scans ;-)
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Sept 4, 2018 21:06:15 GMT
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Here's some more... As the background with the wall and windows looked French to me I thought some French cars would be appropriate and you can't get much more French than pre-war Bugatti's. For me the best Buggati's are the T59 and T57, yes the Royale's are impressive but for sheer class the T57 can't be beaten and as for the T59 it's the archetypal pre-war race car. These are Brumm models so a bit simplistic and the chrome is overdone, I guess I could give the chrome a wash with satin varnish or similar. IMG_6367-1 by Mark Palmer, on Flickr IMG_6369-1 by Mark Palmer, on Flickr IMG_6365-1 by Mark Palmer, on Flickr Now for a WIP experiment. I was looking for images of mews houses as a basis of a potential diorama model when I came across an image of the birth place of Aston Martin that was pretty much a straight on view. Download, scale to 1:43, print and another background. This is printed on plain paper and the transition to the base (from the 'French' background) isn't brilliant. IMG_6372-1 by Mark Palmer, on Flickr I'll try again with a print on photo paper. Oh the model is a western Models Aston Martin DBR1/300 Le Mans winner 1959. The most expensive model I've bought (at the time, £45.50) it's a hand built die-cast and is notably heavier than other models.
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Last Edit: Oct 1, 2018 6:33:40 GMT by MiataMark
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Sept 5, 2018 19:36:47 GMT
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Grubby carpark one and warehouse Want to swap scans ;-) When they turn up yeah that's doable
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Sept 7, 2018 10:40:01 GMT
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More... First that other pink Porsche I mentioned, Porsche 962C from Le Mans 1990. IMG_6374-1 by Mark Palmer, on Flickr It's an old Onyx model bought cheaply on eBay, and below compared to the Kremer K3 IMG_6376-1 by Mark Palmer, on Flickr Anybody got some recommendation on how to reattach decals? some have fallen off the 935. And back to 1:76, this is another 'modelalice' background, a bit small for the 1:43 models. Evolution of the Range Rover (Oxford die-casts again) IMG_6385-1 by Mark Palmer, on Flickr and a late model defender, need a S1 as comparison IMG_6382-1 by Mark Palmer, on Flickr Not sure this is the best background for these models as the images are a bit dark.
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Last Edit: Oct 1, 2018 6:34:57 GMT by MiataMark
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Sept 30, 2018 16:05:59 GMT
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When I saw this Greenlight model pop up as a special offer I had to buy it (£28) as a tribute to pistonpopper IMG_6435-1 by Mark Palmer, on Flickr IMG_6436-1 by Mark Palmer, on Flickr For the money not a bad model, although to be fair it's more a tribute to Burt Reynolds... IMG_6461-1 by Mark Palmer, on Flickr "...Even Burt Reynolds in that black trans-am..." from the lyrics of Cadillac Ranch by Bruce Springsteen. Which got me thinking of mini themes, what about the cars from that song; "...Eldorado fins, whitewalls and skirts Long and dark, shiny and black ..." Finding a model Cadillac Eldorado that isn't pink might be difficult, did find this one. "...James Dean in that Mercury '49..."
You can get a model of this but only from the US so not cheap. "...Junior Johnson runnin' thru the woods of Caroline..." There are some nice Junior Johnson models but mainly Daytona races (which isn't exactly the woods of Carolina) Would make a nice 4 car display though.
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Last Edit: Oct 1, 2018 6:36:15 GMT by MiataMark
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Something I've been meaning to do for a long time, build a diorama to display the models in. This is 'inspired' by 50's/60's Le Mans pits, very simply made from card mount. I need some more figures and other accessories, all the pictures you see of the Le Mans pits show them crowded with people. IMG_6464-1 by Mark Palmer, on Flickr IMG_6465-1 by Mark Palmer, on Flickr This one suffers from too much clutter in the background, should have made it wider (or positioned the car more to the left).
IMG_6466-1 by Mark Palmer, on Flickr The model is a Vitesse limited edition Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagota, 1961 Le Mans (Fairman/Consten). DNF after 3hrs engine failure. Probably one of the most beautiful cars ever built! The sister car 2VEV recently sold for £10M
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This is a lot of fun
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