Reynolds501
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Volvos, they're boxy, but good.
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Nov 12, 2006 19:12:04 GMT
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Wow, excellent models so far! I love stuff like this  I have loads of old matchbox and dinky stuff I should get some pics of, but until then, here's my R/C 1/10 scale Calibra:     not really retro, but still, I like it! ;D Basically it's a Tamiya Grasshopper 2 fitted with a Parma DTM Calibra shell with lowered Kyosho RS200 oil filled dampers all round, various chassis mods for bespoke dampers and body shell mounts. It's got home made rear axle control 'poly' bushes (R/C fuel line off cutts!) and also has Kyosho petrol car wheels fitted. Not too exciting I know, but it's got an RS540 motor to replace the woeful 380 that the kit came with. Future plans for it include a more powerful motor (isn't that something we all like to have for our cars?!) and a home-spun LSD! ;D Oh yeah, it needs a fair bit of tidying at the minute aswell, 'crack' said the paint as it flaked off!  |
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Nov 12, 2006 22:33:57 GMT
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esc-cosworth complete with council estate! love it ;D glad you do, just reminded me to get a pic of the ratty 'cuda hemi... i'm building a 8x4 (feet!) diorama and theres council houses and at one resides a US tat collector   oh and whilst i was at it, these got snapped... 131 abarth, sd1 and nova (proper nova)    |
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zeus
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Penguins steal your sanity
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Nov 12, 2006 23:08:14 GMT
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I have loads more, need to take some decent pics. I have loads of individual pics.
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Nov 12, 2006 23:29:29 GMT
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Sad but I don't have any left from when I wore shorts all the time.
I started collecting models of Mercedes back in 1992 and have topped the 300 mark. They range from v. cheap to a few of those £100+ ones from Franklin Mint. I especially like the several Merc. fire engines.
There are also about 40? Ebbro models of Datsuns and Nissans and a whole load of Kyoshos and others thrown in. Countless Tomica 1/64 Datsuns too.
I don't have many photos as most of them are packed away waiting for that 'study' wall cabinet.
Contrary to my own youth, I'm trying to train my 7 year old boy in the way of collecting and preserving. He has loads of cars he can play with but he also has a 'special' shelf and his own packing box of MIBs.
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Jet noise....the sound of freedom
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ive got to get back to my parents to go through the cars I had as a kid that are now in the loft. I had hundreds of them, and they used to take them everywhere to keep me quiet. For some reason I just used to make car parks with them tho ;D I also remember the 'crash ups(?)' hot wheels, where you had the panel that was pristine on one side and dented on the other, and it would flip from one to the other when another car hit it. they were great!! most of my models are still packed since we moved, but ive I few around me in the office my LSR collection  My In Tray ;D  and my filing cabinet  oh, and ive collected and had framed and put up the bluebird picture i got from the guy who took the pics of campbell back in '67!  |
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Last Edit: Nov 13, 2006 9:09:04 GMT by Keefy
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Bioshock
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It aint hip to be square.
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Nov 13, 2006 14:28:52 GMT
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Almera GTI = ugly bird who turns out to be great in the sack = Win
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Nov 13, 2006 15:31:04 GMT
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Wow, Excellent, collecting skills, love the transporter and contents SL. SurprisingSkoda, and other pics of that black ford pick up, looks great, in standard form was also one of my old faves. I was convinced at the time it was teh fall guy truck with that big suspension! |
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts  |
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Nov 13, 2006 15:49:34 GMT
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dazmax, all I'm getting it white box n red cross with yours ...
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Nathan
Club Retro Rides Member
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Model Car CollectionsNathan
@bgtmidget7476
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Nov 13, 2006 16:01:47 GMT
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About 15 years ago Mobil did a offer on model cars with fuel, I have the full set in the loft still in the boxes, can anyone remember them. Also I think shell did a set the same.
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Nov 13, 2006 16:15:16 GMT
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About 15 years ago Mobil did a offer on model cars with fuel, I have the full set in the loft still in the boxes, can anyone remember them. Also I think shell did a set the same. Yea, I remember them. While I was living at my partners mom's house, I was helping her mom move some boxes and she opened one and had the full set in there plus a stack of other models! See compleatly forgot she had them. She hid them there so her kids couldnt play with them. |
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Nov 13, 2006 16:17:03 GMT
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Still looking for the allegro (vanguards) if anyone comes across one............... I was watching one on eGay the other day. The Allegro and a Marina I think sold for about £4. |
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Nathan
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Model Car CollectionsNathan
@bgtmidget7476
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Nov 13, 2006 17:04:09 GMT
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Humm makes you wonder how much they are worth, may as well hold on to the for another 15 years.
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Nov 13, 2006 17:11:18 GMT
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About 15 years ago Mobil did a offer on model cars with fuel, I have the full set in the loft still in the boxes, can anyone remember them. Also I think shell did a set the same. remember them, got them, worth about zero point zero zero two pence each  |
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zeus
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Penguins steal your sanity
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Nov 13, 2006 19:25:26 GMT
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Nov 13, 2006 19:38:09 GMT
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yog spillage!
birthday and christmas coming up!!! ;D
WOOTAGE !
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RetroMat
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Column Shifting!
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Nov 13, 2006 20:11:46 GMT
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i'm slowly putting together a collection of 1/24 scale model kits, mostly American cars, amt kits and a few tamiya ones. These are my most recent: Tamiya Skyline:  AMT Charger:  i've got a small collection of older toy cars like dinky and lesney most are in storage though  :    |
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Snoozin
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Toyophile
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Nov 13, 2006 20:18:00 GMT
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Retro Mat, your C10 Skyline is hot..... great thinking outside the box with the matt bonnet, (raised?) and the black steels with silver rims, looks amazing!
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Nov 13, 2006 20:30:12 GMT
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OMFG!!! Retro Mat, that skyline is amazing!!!
I want!!! ;D
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RetroMat
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Column Shifting!
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Nov 13, 2006 20:32:24 GMT
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cheers! i've currently got a gc110 skyline 4 door on the go, not sure what i'm going to do with it yet.
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Nov 13, 2006 20:54:10 GMT
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Wow, Excellent, collecting skills, love the transporter and contents SL. SurprisingSkoda, and other pics of that black ford pick up, looks great, in standard form was also one of my old faves. I was convinced at the time it was teh fall guy truck with that big suspension! for you my friend, some pickup luvin'     |
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