Die cast model's,show us your collection

[gis]

auto art are really good in 1:18,i have quite a few from them,1 from minichamps and 2 from kyosho,the kyosho ones are pretty dam sweet......or maybe thats coz one of them is a black supra :roll: LOL

i have a couple maisto ones,the ones i have are pretty good,the mustang cobra R,2003 cobra,corvette Z06.DB7,mini and audi TT.they are pretty good IMO.but if it came down to it i would buy them in auto art or kyosho

only two here

btw TT how do you make your background? i mean its PURE white i had to use paper cause im cheap like that.

since i have read this topic i am planning on buying more models which size is the best?

[TVR_Fan]

I do not have many at the moment but when I get a Job I will get more, and I will buy TVR's ones made by TVR yum.

Any way these are the best ones I have at the moment-

Service 24h AMG Merc CLK
Limited Edition AMG Merc CLK - DTM

Pictures to come later.

[Evo]

Originally Posted by ViperKiller since i have read this topic i am planning on buying more models which size is the best?

It depends on the space you got..
I personally like the 1:18 scale.. some people would argue and say that 1:48 is better quality and takes up less space.. and some don't mind the extra space so they get the 1:12 scale.. It all depends on you.. but they are all good..

Autoart is my favorite model manufacturer just in case you are wondering.

[stracing]

i'm not worried about space...becuase i will have a cabinet for it. i'm just waiting for a good second hand to pop up because i don' think its worth buying a new one.

if i could afford it, i'd proabaly get 1/8 or 1/4 scale but they run into tens of thousands US money

[TT]

btw TT how do you make your background? i mean its PURE white i had to use paper cause im cheap like that

Well if you mean the pics of the CGT, I just used a big white cardboard

since i have read this topic i am planning on buying more models which size is the best?

If you have have big free volumes in your house and you don't mind spending around 2x for every model, go for 1/18

As for me, I buy also 1/18 models, but I prefer 1/43 because first, they come in very nice plastic boxes while if you want to keep the 1/18 inside their original ones, they are not so nice since they aren't meant to be exposed in them (you can buy 1/18 boxes identical to the 1/43 ones but you have to pay extra.
Second, they are smaller and easier to store
Third, 1/43 are cheaper: I pay around 35-40 USD for every 1/43 and 75-80 for the big ones..

[stradale]

Originally Posted by WhiteP I have a question.. what's the best brand for 1/43 scale models? For Ferrari, I will go for BBR... For Japanese, I will go for Ebbro what about the others? like Porsche or Lambo....??

MR builds quite some Lambos these days. The quality is on a par with BBR.

If you can build 1/43 kits, then AMR, Le Phoenix, Tameo, BBR, MR, Tron, (to a lesser extent) Provence Moulage, Racing 43 etc. have excellent kits.

I'm no expert on Porsche kits. Don't have a clue who's offering decent ones.

[tigerx]

I just bougth 2 models today, 1:18 Gulf Racing Ford GT and 1:18 Black carrera GT, here's some picture ( they're quite big, 1600*1200, so be patient if you have 56k):

[T-Bird]

who makes the cgt?

[TT]

Next time can you please post smaller images for the forum? maybe with urls to high-res if needed

[tigerx]

Next time can you please post smaller images for the forum? maybe with urls to high-res if needed

I'll keep that in mind, and apologize if i create any inconvinience.

who makes the cgt?

I think only MAISTO make the CGT, they also the only one that make the SLR.

[TT]

BTW, by Maisto I also saw a CGT costing between 60 and 70 USD instead of the other one that costs around 30.. since I don't like Maisto that much I didn't checked it, but now I wonder if the quality could be much better than the "cheap" version

[Vansquish]

Hey TT...could you give me a link to the place where you saw the expensive version of the CGT? I'd be very curious to see it, the only versions of which I am aware are the concept CGT in Dark Silver and Black, the production version in Black or Red, and the concept version as an RC car also by Maisto...I think those go for about $17, $20, and $45 usd respectively.

Incidentally, I'd be happy to try and arrange something for those of you overseas to get your hands on some models fairly cheaply. My family is a member of Costco and during the X-mas season they have Maisto 1:18 models for $10 usd apiece. I could probably buy a bunch and then ship them...I'd only charge what the model and the shipping itself cost (i.e. no profit hehe)