Shite in miniature

[brammy777]

This one:

[Mr Lobster]

This one -

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1975-FORD-ESCORT- ... 0385636709

 

Edit - Beaten to it!!

[MrRegieRitmo]

Building up quite a Ford collection there Brammy!

[brammy777]

Heres a better picture of the Ford shelf:

 

I like Fords, but I have been trying to get other marques as well, but alot of them are quite neglected, like Vauxhall for example.

[VWPowered]

now build a ford garage

see first page here, great post for diorama ideas

[Mr Lobster]

now build a ford garage

see first page here, great post for diorama ideas

Theres some superb stuff on there. Liking this a lot -

 

[VWPowered]

i've been quiet taken by these

 

[MrRegieRitmo]

now build a ford garage

see first page here, great post for diorama ideas

Theres some superb stuff on there. Liking this a lot -

 

Wow I want that C15!!

[Hudsonpie]

That Citroen garage diorama is brilliant....I'm trying to do something similar in 1/24 scale. Trouble is I have to make everything, and anything I cant get in kit form I have to scratchbuild so its taking ages.

[VWPowered]

i want to make something proper but not yet building up to it

 

would like still 1/43 but a barn made with real little stones then pointed!...

 

so a proper job.. like this but better

 

 

[Hudsonpie]

Jammy git...... I tried using corrugated card, but it it slightly underscaled for what I want....the barn looks absolutely brilliant, love it.

[MrRegieRitmo]

Trouble is I have to make everything, and anything I cant get in kit form I have to scratchbuild so its taking ages.

It took me a long time to understand the concept of scratchbuilding, meaning building from scratch, not scratching something to make something

 

But even now I can't really comprehend how you can make a model out of nothing, i.e. not based on a kit or something......I just can't get my head around it, I wouldn't know where to begin! Surely you'd need some sort of moulds or templates or something...just something to work with or from!

[brammy777]

Oh I have toyed with this idea of building a diorama for many months now, and its not like Im short of cardboard, living above a shop and all.I just dont know where to start, plus I need wood as well, as a cardboard piece could look a bit flimsy without a base or 'supporting wall' if you will.I could do it this summer....... possibly.

[VWPowered]

theres a chap on that french forum making all his tiles for his model roof with proper joists and everything...

[VWPowered]

Welly Defender 90.

sounds pervy

[Hudsonpie]

Trouble is I have to make everything, and anything I cant get in kit form I have to scratchbuild so its taking ages.

It took me a long time to understand the concept of scratchbuilding, meaning building from scratch, not scratching something to make something

 

But even now I can't really comprehend how you can make a model out of nothing, i.e. not based on a kit or something......I just can't get my head around it, I wouldn't know where to begin! Surely you'd need some sort of moulds or templates or something...just something to work with or from!

I use plastic card and whatever else I can lay my hands on. Various plastic bits and bobs such as angle profiles are available, but it aint cheap.

Heres a scratchbuilt box trailer before paint

Camper body on a Unimog

[VWPowered]

bloody good those dude, still love ya caravan though

[Guest]

Some shots of my latest mini shite. I really will have to peg the collecting back now, mainly for the sake of my bank balance and space.

 

A pea green Lada Samara is on the way from China.

I ended up going to the Toy Fair at the Reebok Stadium with Fatha_wat. Cheap entry and there was some good stuff on display, although the prices varied massively.

 

 

I don't really collect rally stuff, but this IXO Citroen BX 4TC seemed canonically shite - after all I'm a fan of the underdog. I'll get myself a Simtek S951 if the price is right. This was £9 well spent.

 

 

Next, a lovely blue Minichamps Ford RS 200 caught my eye. These seemed to vary in price according to stall and colour. The blues varied from £15 - 50. One seller had all three colours and was asking for £80 for a white 1:43! Madness. My blue 'un was £15.

 

 

Finally got myself the Minichamps Polis Amazon Kombi I wanted. Only one store had it, and it cost me £22 for the bother. Mind you, it was better than the £30 he wanted to start with.

 

 

Finally, this shop soiled-but-sound Vitesse Mitsubishi Carisma caught my eye. Really crazily detailed for a 1:43 - it has dials in the instrument binnacle, textured trim, and an opening bonnet and doors. Case is a bit knackered but responded to a clean, and the model itself is mint. All for a bargainous £4.

 

Was looking at the Hornby APTs as well. I have one of these, it tilts and everything. Didn't realise they were worth that much.......

[Mr Lobster]

Looks like you did pretty well there Wat! I did think about going but couldn't really be arsed in the end. The price variations are half the problem with fairs like Reebok, you get those people selling stuff at a massively inflated price but also a few that are dumping stock and will sell at essentially cost price - £15 for your RS200 is cheaper than wholesale price on Minichamps.

[VWPowered]

loving that amazon very nice

 

i dont normally do new but this was in portugal dirt cheap and only a couple of euro's postage..

 

[Richard]

 

Nice, a Glasgow police car.

[mattblack]

Trouble is I have to make everything, and anything I cant get in kit form I have to scratchbuild so its taking ages.

It took me a long time to understand the concept of scratchbuilding, meaning building from scratch, not scratching something to make something

 

But even now I can't really comprehend how you can make a model out of nothing, i.e. not based on a kit or something......I just can't get my head around it, I wouldn't know where to begin! Surely you'd need some sort of moulds or templates or something...just something to work with or from!

I've got this book...

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/The-Encyclopedia- ... 3ca7b8f94c

 

Loads of information on scratchbuilding, err... buildings!

[Justin Case]

Isn't 1/43 about the same as the model railway 0 gauge (7mm to the foot), in which case the 'building materials' should be easily available from model railway shops and suppliers. Similarly 00 gauge is 1/76 (near enough 1/72) and there is narrow gauge scale 16mm to the foot, again not too far off 1/18, so there should be some stuff available for other scales.

[VWPowered]

yes same as O Scale (but European, US O Scale is smaller )

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_scale

 

seen some bits i'd like but alot seems to be more 1/24 than 1/43

[whitevanman]

 

Nice, a Glasgow police car.

My thoughts exactly when I saw it.

[Mr Lobster]

Isn't 1/43 about the same as the model railway 0 gauge (7mm to the foot), in which case the 'building materials' should be easily available from model railway shops and suppliers. Similarly 00 gauge is 1/76 (near enough 1/72) and there is narrow gauge scale 16mm to the foot, again not too far off 1/18, so there should be some stuff available for other scales.

As VWP says, UK 'O' gauge is 1/43 but even so very little seems to be available in that scale in the way of buildings. For 1/76 scale models there are absolutely loads of buildings etc available - Hornby do a load of different buildings in the 'Skaledale' series (at least I think thats what its called) which would be of interest to shiters - car sales portacabin, workshops etc.

[VWPowered]

stay rare at that price

[Mr Lobster]

They are made by NEO. They are available here but a combination of price and the fact that the market for models of Monteverdis will be tiny means that it will be fairly hard to find a UK stockist.

[155V6]

VWPowered,I've seen one of these on eBay

I thought it would look at home on your layout.I'm rubbish at doing the link,but the number is 220533759090.

[VWPowered]

awesome ta fer that, waiting to see if he'll post to france