Model car builders/collectors

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  1. Alex Hodgkinson

    Alex Hodgkinson KW Studios Developer

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    Hi guys.

    I thought I'd start this topic as surely, surely there's a good number of us who are into building and collecting model cars.

    Myself, I'm a huge fan of 1/43 models, especially Provence Moulage & Starter kits. I've got rather a large collection which I've built over the last 15 years.
     
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  2. Stickdeath1980

    Stickdeath1980 Active Member

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    Just bought the Aston Martin couple weeks ago still waiting..But i also do a ton of WW2 battleships and Plane's Moostly Geman :D
     

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  3. FeltHλt

    FeltHλt Moderator Beta tester

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    Thats the only thing i have (pls need gr5 update :p), except dismantled bburago lambo diablo i bought for 0.25$ and never repaired. I always check new greenwoods by hotwheels, but after so many years there were only 2 licensed ones
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  4. ravey1981

    ravey1981 Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    I've got quite a large collection of 1:18 scale cars. Ive got the full Senna collection (first editions) including the 2 really rare ones. Then I started to collect World Champions....still some way to go with those. I have a few rally cars too. Whatever takes my fancy really. They are all in safe storage at the moment until I get around to building a display case for them. Wife keeps suggesting I sell them but thats not happening....I daren't tell her how much theyre all worth!!
     
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  5. Alex Hodgkinson

    Alex Hodgkinson KW Studios Developer

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  6. Peter Koch

    Peter Koch Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    Now I see how you get the tire physic for raceroom
     
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  7. Winzarten

    Winzarten Well-Known Member

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    I'm more focused on airplanes, but I got a few cars build :D Too bad simracing is sucking away most of the free time I got, so not much left for scale modeling. :(
    Renault R5 and Ford Fiesta RS

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  8. ravey1981

    ravey1981 Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    Nice! What do you use for the snow?
     
  9. Beastux

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    I was in Nanterre (near Paris) to see the start of the 1979 Monte-Carlo rally and I saw this Renault 5 driven by Guy Fréquelin...
     
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  10. Olaf Hülse

    Olaf Hülse Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    I've build a 935 Porsche with Vailant Livery (Bob Wolleck), have to see if I can find it...
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  11. Beastux

    Beastux Well-Known Member

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    Such a great driver, using a great car for a great team! I remember seeing him live during the 1983 Le Mans 24 hours; he was giving an interview to the french TV when he saw his Joest Porsche 956, driven by Klaus Ludwig, go into the fences at the Tertre Rouge corner, at the entry of the Mulsanne straight (ligne droite des Hunaudières, in french). He was exhausted by his stint, if I remember well, and I felt as sad as him while Klaus Ludwig was trying to extract the car from the fences (what he finally achieved).
     
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  12. BeefMcQueen

    BeefMcQueen Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    I hope you guys don't mind that I extend the topic a bit by posting pictures of modelcars which might not be considered modelcars by everybody...
    Since I was a kid I'm a huge Lego technic fan. I had lots of sets and learned quite a bit about how things work in real life by building according to building instructions, but especially by creating own builds. I came back to that hobby a few years ago, as my son started being interested in all kinds of cars. So I like to share some of our own creations. Hope you like it.

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  13. Olaf Hülse

    Olaf Hülse Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    I especially like the military Jeep with the flower in the gun :D More techy than my builds;)
    Greetings
     
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    BeefMcQueen Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    But it wasn't your first time messing with cobble stone, was it? That road looks extremely good. I can almost hear that sound of the tires rumbling over it :cool:
     
  16. FeltHλt

    FeltHλt Moderator Beta tester

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    hmm strange, it was there yesterday, fixed in original post
     
  17. FeltHλt

    FeltHλt Moderator Beta tester

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    you guys inspired me with all those custom builds, im on fire
    here's greenwood corvette with diablo engine and rear
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    (i rly gotta fix that poor lambo)
     
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  18. rad

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    My collection is rather small and nothing super fancy there. Most of those I bought on AliExpress, apart from Lego Porsche 911 GT3 RS, Renault R27 and Ferrari 360.
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    Maybe Renault has some cool background - ING was giving away they those to employees when they terminated sponsorship :D


    Only 911 got somewhat proper photoshoot
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    More: https://imgur.com/gallery/QW7aMN2

    It's also modified with LED lights, don't have a photo of it though.
     
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  19. ravey1981

    ravey1981 Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    What is that lmp1? Looks like some kind of knock off Lego?
     
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    Balrog Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, I've found the same (or similar) model on AliExpress, I was on the fence about buying it a few months ago.
    https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000743271496.html
     
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