Brilliant, plastic kit? Who by ? MFH do it for me , hard work but boy you can get great results.
Where are you planning to invade?I’ve only made 1/35 tanks about 200 so far
Interesting project, never been into models before but this idea may turn my head.I made the geeky decision a few months ago to try and replicate my entire car history in 1/43 die cast models. It has proved, in no particular order, satisfying, frustrating and expensive.
E.g. I have a perfect Granturismo S by Minichamps, even in the correct shade of grey, to represent my last car but nobody makes a 1/43 facelift GT Sports like I have now. You can find plenty of Stradales and Mk 3s though.
Some of the crappy cars I’ve owned, I’ve been able to find - c1970 Simca 1100, believe it or not, but they’ve cost £80 or so - not much less than I paid for the full size version. Some of them exist out there somewhere but aren’t made anymore and are incredibly rare, like my Vauxhall Magnum 1800 - none available on the open market, and some, like my Ford Escort 1100 estate base model (first company car - don’t blame me), unsurprisingly, nobody bothered making in 1/43, nor any other size, most likely.
So far, I’ve purchased just 10 of the 26 in total. Those in bold/italic are those that currently reside on my wIndow ledge and cause ‘dusting’ issues for SWMBO.
Simca 1100 1977
Matra-Simca Bagheera 1978
Vauxhall Magnum 1800 1979
Ford Escort 1100 Estate 1982
Ford Sierra 2.3 Ghia 1984
Audi 80 1.8i (gold) 1985
Audi Quattro
VW Golf 1.6 diesel 1986
VW Golf 1.6 petrol 1987
Audi 80 1.8i (blue)1988
Renault 25 1991
Vauxhall Cavalier 1995
BMW 316 1995
BMW 318 1995
Vauxhall Omega GLS 2.0 1996
Saab 9000 Turbo 1998
Mercedes E420 1998
Jaguar S-Type 3.0 Sept - 2000
Jaguar XKR 4.2 - 2003
Jaguar S-Type R 4.2 - 2005
VE Golf 1.4S 2002
Jaguar XF SV8 4.2 - 2012
Jaguar XFR - 2014
Jaguar XFR - 2016
Maserati Granturismo S - 2018
Maserati Granturismo Sport -2019
Cool idea!I made the geeky decision a few months ago to try and replicate my entire car history in 1/43 die cast models. It has proved, in no particular order, satisfying, frustrating and expensive.
E.g. I have a perfect Granturismo S by Minichamps, even in the correct shade of grey, to represent my last car but nobody makes a 1/43 facelift GT Sports like I have now. You can find plenty of Stradales and Mk 3s though.
Some of the crappy cars I’ve owned, I’ve been able to find - c1970 Simca 1100, believe it or not, but they’ve cost £80 or so - not much less than I paid for the full size version. Some of them exist out there somewhere but aren’t made anymore and are incredibly rare, like my Vauxhall Magnum 1800 - none available on the open market, and some, like my Ford Escort 1100 estate base model (first company car - don’t blame me), unsurprisingly, nobody bothered making in 1/43, nor any other size, most likely.
So far, I’ve purchased just 10 of the 26 in total. Those in bold/italic are those that currently reside on my wIndow ledge and cause ‘dusting’ issues for SWMBO.
Simca 1100 1977
Matra-Simca Bagheera 1978
Vauxhall Magnum 1800 1979
Ford Escort 1100 Estate 1982
Ford Sierra 2.3 Ghia 1984
Audi 80 1.8i (gold) 1985
Audi Quattro
VW Golf 1.6 diesel 1986
VW Golf 1.6 petrol 1987
Audi 80 1.8i (blue)1988
Renault 25 1991
Vauxhall Cavalier 1995
BMW 316 1995
BMW 318 1995
Vauxhall Omega GLS 2.0 1996
Saab 9000 Turbo 1998
Mercedes E420 1998
Jaguar S-Type 3.0 Sept - 2000
Jaguar XKR 4.2 - 2003
Jaguar S-Type R 4.2 - 2005
VE Golf 1.4S 2002
Jaguar XF SV8 4.2 - 2012
Jaguar XFR - 2014
Jaguar XFR - 2016
Maserati Granturismo S - 2018
Maserati Granturismo Sport -2019
Got me wondering what powered these beasties. 690hp Maybach V12 petrol engine apparently. Big numbers all round.Did you see the tanks I bought a few months ago
I dread to think how many hours are in them View attachment 80303View attachment 80304View attachment 80305View attachment 80308View attachment 80309
So these weren’t kits, but preassembled.
Incredible detail.
I made the geeky decision a few months ago to try and replicate my entire car history in 1/43 die cast models. It has proved, in no particular order, satisfying, frustrating and expensive.
E.g. I have a perfect Granturismo S by Minichamps, even in the correct shade of grey, to represent my last car but nobody makes a 1/43 facelift GT Sports like I have now. You can find plenty of Stradales and Mk 3s though.
Some of the crappy cars I’ve owned, I’ve been able to find - c1970 Simca 1100, believe it or not, but they’ve cost £80 or so - not much less than I paid for the full size version. Some of them exist out there somewhere but aren’t made anymore and are incredibly rare, like my Vauxhall Magnum 1800 - none available on the open market, and some, like my Ford Escort 1100 estate base model (first company car - don’t blame me), unsurprisingly, nobody bothered making in 1/43, nor any other size, most likely.
So far, I’ve purchased just 10 of the 26 in total. Those in bold/italic are those that currently reside on my wIndow ledge and cause ‘dusting’ issues for SWMBO.
I have to admit to same geekiness although I have 98 to find :-(. Made a start a couple of years back...
one cabinet full and top two shelves of another so far,,View attachment 80324View attachment 80325
I made the geeky decision a few months ago to try and replicate my entire car history in 1/43 die cast models. It has proved, in no particular order, satisfying, frustrating and expensive.
E.g. I have a perfect Granturismo S by Minichamps, even in the correct shade of grey, to represent my last car but nobody makes a 1/43 facelift GT Sports like I have now. You can find plenty of Stradales and Mk 3s though.
Some of the crappy cars I’ve owned, I’ve been able to find - c1970 Simca 1100, believe it or not, but they’ve cost £80 or so - not much less than I paid for the full size version. Some of them exist out there somewhere but aren’t made anymore and are incredibly rare, like my Vauxhall Magnum 1800 - none available on the open market, and some, like my Ford Escort 1100 estate base model (first company car - don’t blame me), unsurprisingly, nobody bothered making in 1/43, nor any other size, most likely.
So far, I’ve purchased just 10 of the 26 in total. Those in bold/italic are those that currently reside on my wIndow ledge and cause ‘dusting’ issues for SWMBO.
Simca 1100 1977
Matra-Simca Bagheera 1978
Vauxhall Magnum 1800 1979
Ford Escort 1100 Estate 1982
Ford Sierra 2.3 Ghia 1984
Audi 80 1.8i (gold) 1985
Audi Quattro
VW Golf 1.6 diesel 1986
VW Golf 1.6 petrol 1987
Audi 80 1.8i (blue)1988
Renault 25 1991
Vauxhall Cavalier 1995
BMW 316 1995
BMW 318 1995
Vauxhall Omega GLS 2.0 1996
Saab 9000 Turbo 1998
Mercedes E420 1998
Jaguar S-Type 3.0 Sept - 2000
Jaguar XKR 4.2 - 2003
Jaguar S-Type R 4.2 - 2005
VE Golf 1.4S 2002
Jaguar XF SV8 4.2 - 2012
Jaguar XFR - 2014
Jaguar XFR - 2016
Maserati Granturismo S - 2018
Maserati Granturismo Sport -2019