Shite in Miniature II

[quicksilver]

What about Bob the Renault 6? As the subject of the most liked post ever surely he deserves a place? If we're allowed to go beyond cars then Six-cylinder's JCB and the Fowlerbus both need to feature. Customers who subscribe to the entire series get a special bonus model of a Land Rover (D701SWL).

[Felly Magic]

Huggy Bear, the Granada coopay, Dan's Capri mk2, HVJM's Renner 16, Austin Maxi diesel, Horsey Horseless, Renner 20 ISIS edition....

[eddyramrod]

Dan's entire fleet, I think!  Special edition box-set of Capri, Volvo, Mercury and Transit.

Junkman's Renault, LTD and 405.

Huggy and Scarlet Skateboard, and maybe my white Mercury that went to BTB.

KruJoe's Pussy Wagon!

Bike 220, and one of the bike BX estates that seem to circle the forum on a regular basis.

Council Estate obviously, which gives a casting that can be offered in different colours to make Ghosty's, Dan's, my old pale blue 740.... hell, most of us have had at least one I think!

The red Colt auto that both Junkman and DW had at various times.

The green ZT I had, that also went through Panhard65, Chompy-snake and Bobthebeard.

 

Just a few thoughts...

[cms206]

Ian's 2CV is another obvious one I missed, along with Angyl's Princess, Will's old 205DGTi, Edd's Alpine, Wuvvum's Rover of Doom, chaseracer's Dyane...

 

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[Pillock]

The floppytop Saab 9-3 did a few members too, that would be a nice addition.

 

Oh, and we need a 1:24 Barbra Lee Cartdog.

[Felly Magic]

And a 1/24 scale talking Woollard action figure that says things like 'double overhead camshaft' and is in the foot on bumper pose. Lobster has said Mr Oxford Diecast has taken the helm of Hornby, hmmmm

[mercrocker]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perhaps the Corgi Graham Hill figure could be suitably modified.....

 

 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Has anyone bought models to represent every single car they've ever owned? I'm tempted to start - I'm going to need to search for 55 of the buggers...

[Six-cylinder]

Yes, over 200 so far and I am very pleased I started my collection

 

My thoughts

 

I enjoy the thrill of hunting down usual models

 

Choose a scale and only buy that scale.

 

Start now because the cost of collecting just seems to keep rising.

Once you are up to date the odd new one won’t hurt too much

 

The plan is not about money, so when I have nothing else to do I customize each one to make it look like the real car it represents.

[Six-cylinder]

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[Heidel_Kakao]

Has anyone bought models to represent every single car they've ever owned? I'm tempted to start - I'm going to need to search for 55 of the buggers...

 

I thought about doing this, I only have about 20 cars to find and I have a couple already. I have hit a hurdle though when searching eBay for a Citroen XM estate model Plenty of saloons but no bloody estates. Oh and a Suzuki SC100 looks tricky as well.

[Six-cylinder]

I thought about doing this, I only have about 20 cars to find and I have a couple already. I have hit a hurdle though when searching eBay for a Citroen XM estate model Plenty of saloons but no bloody estates. Oh and a Suzuki SC100 looks tricky as well.

I do buy other body shapes and my ZX estate is represented by a 5dr hatch and Rover 75 estate by a saloon.

 

I work on the basis something is better than nothing.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Yes, over 200 so far and I am very pleased I started my collection

 

My thoughts

 

I enjoy the thrill of hunting down usual models

 

Choose a scale and only buy that scale.

 

Start now because the cost of collecting just seems to keep rising.

Once you are up to date the odd new one won’t hurt too much

 

The plan is not about money, so when I have nothing else to do I customize each one to make it look like the real car it represents.

I must have missed the Alfa P33 Pininfarina Roadster collection thread !

[mercrocker]

I don't consciously collect things I have owned in 1:1 scale but if I see something I will likely buy it.....

 

Some are still projects, just like the real cars...

 

 

 

 

Others are mint, unlike the real car....

 

 

 

 

 

Still others are just odd-balls that don't go with other models so are banished to a corner of the downstairs bog...

 

 

 

 

Trouble with pursuing this theme is that you end up paying eleventy hundred pounds for a white metal 1/28.5 Chevette or something.....

 

 

[Six-cylinder]

I must have missed the Alfa P33 Pininfarina Roadster collection thread !

 

This was given to Mrs6C by Capsuleboy as a present when we bought the Lancia Gamma, he has not delivered the real Alfa yet!

[eddyramrod]

Has anyone bought models to represent every single car they've ever owned? I'm tempted to start - I'm going to need to search for 55 of the buggers...

I've been doing this for decades.  Just as well, because if I ever do manage to catch up with everything I'm going to have over 100 just on that shelf!  I've got no chance of finding some of them.  For example, all the Austin A40 models seem to be mk1, with the recessed grille, whereas one of mine was the mk2 with the full-width grille.  I don't mind painting a model to represent the real car, or even modifying it as necessary.  Which is how come a 1966 Ford Galaxie by Matchbox has turned into a 1966 Plymouth!  Not terribly accurate maybe, but at that scale, close enough.  You want to see my pending-projects box...

[quicksilver]

I've been doing this for decades.  Just as well, because if I ever do manage to catch up with everything I'm going to have over 100 just on that shelf!  I've got no chance of finding some of them.  For example, all the Austin A40 models seem to be mk1, with the recessed grille, whereas one of mine was the mk2 with the full-width grille.  I don't mind painting a model to represent the real car, or even modifying it as necessary.  Which is how come a 1966 Ford Galaxie by Matchbox has turned into a 1966 Plymouth!  Not terribly accurate maybe, but at that scale, close enough.  You want to see my pending-projects box...

If you don't mind tiny 1/76 scale, I'm pretty sure the Oxford Diecast A40 is a mark 2. Trying to collect even the few cars we've owned as a family in that scale is tricky but I've done what I can:

Austin Metro: no. There is a clear resin kit by Beacon Models but it's fragile, rare and not very good.

Vauxhall Nova, Mitsubishi Space Wagon, Vauxhall Zafira, Hyundai Getz, Peugeot 305 estate: no chance

Triumph Vitesse convertible: yes, done by EFE

Triumph Dolomite: converted from a Minix Triumph 2000

Ford Fiesta Mk1: very much yes thanks to Oxford Diecast making my actual car!

Austin Maxi: going to try making one from a Minix Landcrab

Renault 6: no way. Maybe a conversion from a 1/87 R16?

[59Impala]

Has anyone bought models to represent every single car they've ever owned? I'm tempted to start - I'm going to need to search for 55 of the buggers...

Indeed I have and I also have some that my father owned such as his yellow Anglia 100E, maroon Mk1 Cortina and the circa 1937 Morris 10 that used to break down quite regularly. The 100E replaced it and that was his first modern car back in 1961. I have managed to get a fair number of those I have owned, might be the wrong colour but I don't mind that. Even managed to get an FSO125P saloon recently although it doesn't have the authentic rust. I worked part time in a friend's model shop for about three years and I think that buying models of cars that you owned was about the most popular theme although some didn't understand that getting an exact replica could be nigh on impossible.

[59Impala]

I have been a bit busy sorting out my model display room and today decided to randomly line up some of my American models before putting them into the display cabinets. Not great photos but hopefully some of you might like them. I'm guessing that Eddie will!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Six-cylinder]

 Oh and a Suzuki SC100 looks tricky as well.

 

Norev 1/43 Suzuki Cervo, I think you might have to buy it from Japan!

[Junkman]

Sadly models of most of the real cars I've owned weren't made until very recently, which causes exactly what was mentioned - unaffordability.

So I opt for collecting other models I can't afford.

[Six-cylinder]

Sadly models of most of the real cars I've owned weren't made until very recently, which causes exactly what was mentioned - unaffordability.

So I opt for collecting other models I can't afford.

 

I agree models have become more and more expensive, but am pleased I started 20 years ago on the "what I own collection". At least some of the pain is lost in the mists of time.

 

I have found that leaving a model for a later date when I have more money is not good because often they are no longer available and looking for more than one model at a time is just two expensive.

 

My guess, 55 models will cost £1500 - £2000!

 

Unless they are all like the one that got away fro me, I found a 1/43 white metal kit of a Bond Equipe Convertible which I used to own. I gave up at £120 and have never seen another.

[Junkman]

Many of the cars I owned became available in 1/18 lately. Of course none of them in the correct colours and in case of septic, not in the correcty body style, let alone trim level. A lot of them are in the 100 quid region and with 1/18 comes the added issue of real estate.

1/43 is too small for my liking, so I concentrated on 1/24-5 scale early on, which was further fuelled by the availability* of US plastic kits.

 

People into 1/25 septic styrene will know that for the past 40 years it has been an endless reissuing carousel, with actually very little newly tooled stuff, a fact that's often bemoaned on related forii. I thus made some "fake box art" for kits we'd love to see, but the likelihood for them to ever becoming available is an unlikely one.

 

If anyone is interested, I'd post a few examples here, but must stress that parential guidance might be advised for those who actually are into that kind of rot.

[Split_Pin]

If you don't mind tiny 1/76 scale, I'm pretty sure the Oxford Diecast A40 is a mark 2. Trying to collect even the few cars we've owned as a family in that scale is tricky but I've done what I can:

Austin Metro: no. There is a clear resin kit by Beacon Models but it's fragile, rare and not very good.

Vauxhall Nova, Mitsubishi Space Wagon, Vauxhall Zafira, Hyundai Getz, Peugeot 305 estate: no chance

Triumph Vitesse convertible: yes, done by EFE

Triumph Dolomite: converted from a Minix Triumph 2000

Ford Fiesta Mk1: very much yes thanks to Oxford Diecast making my actual car!

Austin Maxi: going to try making one from a Minix Landcrab

Renault 6: no way. Maybe a conversion from a 1/87 R16?

Herpa did a Nova in a slightly smaller 1/87 scale

 

Speaking of small scale, have you seen the Motormax Fresh Cherries models of Domestic US chod? I have a Ford Tempo MK1 and US Spec Ford Escort. Die cast too and nicely detailed with seoarate light lenses.

[Felly Magic]

I have some to represent what I've owned, blue Skoda Felicia, Felicia cube van, mk2 Fiesta, my mums old mk5 Fiesta, FiL's mk1 Mondeo, mum's Riva.....

[Junkman]

Well, most importantly I have this in 24th scale

 

 

which is dangeroulsy close to what I might have in real life soon.

 

As for "fake box art", it's stuff like this:

 

 

[Felly Magic]

I still keep looking for that Datsun 100A in 1/43 scale, can find the 120A coupe no problem, but meh, want one to respray royal blue

[Junkman]

Like so?

 

[cms206]

Corgi Juniors did a Mk1 Nova and there's been a Vanguards Nova too IIRC.

 

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[Mr Lobster]

I thought about doing this, I only have about 20 cars to find and I have a couple already. I have hit a hurdle though when searching eBay for a Citroen XM estate model Plenty of saloons but no bloody estates. Oh and a Suzuki SC100 looks tricky as well.

Neo did 1:43 XM estates a couple of years back. Available in two or three different colours too.