Little ones of the big ones!

[MantaMike]

I thought I would share an interesting part of my model collection. I have made it my mission to get a 1:43 model of each car that I have owned in real life, ideally as close in spec to the real one as possible.

so far been pretty successful and in some cases I have found an exact match, the only one I haven't found yet is my current BMW E90, but i'm still searching.

In order of ownership




































Does anyone else share this obsession? lets see your pics of little versions of your big ones!

Edited by MantaMike on Wednesday 19th June 21:33

[Eighteeteewhy]

Love it!

I've only got one so far, with the wrong interior

Big


Little

[Fayaz LP640]

ETA: The big ones obviously aren't mine, just thought they'd be good to put in this thread.

Edited by Fayaz LP640 on Thursday 20th June 23:12

[steviegunn]

Yep have 1/43 (1/38 for the Hyundais) of my cars (no pics as they are all in boxes in the loft at the moment):

Vauxhall Chevette
Fiat Uno (correct colour)
Fiat Tempra
Alfa 33 Ti (correct colout)
Peugeot 309 Gti
Celica Supra (correct colour)
Cavalier (correct colour)
XR3i (correct colour)
Ford Capri (correct colour)
VW Scirocco (correct colour)
E30 3 Series (correct colour)
Vauxhall Nova (correct colour)
TR7
Vauxhall Astra
Ford Focus (correct colour)
Toyota Avensis (correct colour)
Fiat Punto
MK1 MX-5 (correct colour)
Range Rover (correct colour)
MK2 MX-5 (correct colour)
Puma (correct colour)
Hyundai Coupe (correct colour)

[M3John]

Junior meets his bigger brother....




I'll try and grab a picture of one of the others over the weekend.

[fatboy69]

M3John said:

Junior meets his bigger brother....




I'll try and grab a picture of one of the others over the weekend.

I hope the door fit on the real one is better than on the model..............

[M3John]

fatboy69 said:

M3John said:

Junior meets his bigger brother....




I'll try and grab a picture of one of the others over the weekend.

I hope the door fit on the real one is better than on the model..............

Nah it's just as bad !

[eggchaser1987]

You have given me an idea to spend some more money!

Start from the first car. Shouldn't be too hard to fine a middle of a blue Renault clio

[Murph7355]

I wanted to do this...but haven't been able to find a couple so binned the idea for fear of OCD flaring up!

[Alex L]

I too have done this but only for my weekend toys rather than daily drivers. Where possible I've tried to buy the models in the same colours. The only model I've not found is the Westfield and I don't believe a C63 estate has ever been made.





















The other half's sister thought she was being funny buying me this one for Christmas...

[T66ORA]

Glad i`m not the only sad one
Yes i have a whole shelf of 1/43s fortunately some are the exact colour,
Sunbeam Stiletto green
Triumph 2500S Inca yellow had to paint the black vinyl roof
Lancia Beta HPE Silver
Escort RS2000 Signal yellow
Escort XR3 Sunburst Red had to fit front spots and fogs
Toyota Supra Silver
Toyota MR2 roadster Blue
Audi TT Misano Red
TVR Tuscan slightly darker blue

And some i have stripped down and resprayed
Sierra XR4i from Red to Nimbus Grey
Fiesta XR2i from red to white
Ford Puma from Silver to Millie Yellow, changed the wheels to similar OZ Racing

Others incorrect colours
TVR Tamora Red should be Grey
TVR Chimaera Black should be Prowler Purple
Ford Fiesta ST Blue Zetec model slightly modded to look more like ST should be white
And finally the Wifes Tigra 1.8 Convertible Red should be Blue similar to Arden.

OP like the number plate touch, how did you get hold of them?

[Evangelion]

I'm sorry to say I share this obsession too - although in many cases I've not been that successful. Some of mine exist only as unfinished projects - one or two have been lying around for 20 years or more!

(I bet I'll never get round to figuring out how to make those black pinstripes for the Capri S.)

[steviegunn]

New purchase, now have a correct colour version of my first car, Vauxhall Chevette L:

Car (apologies for crap photo):



Eagle Moss (Ixo) Opel Collection 1/43 model:

[RDMcG]

Little ones in the front, big ones on the screen

[BaronVonVaderham]

Not my photo but yep had to get the mini-mine! Wrong colour though...

[steviegunn]

New arrival, a 1:38 Welly Hyundai Genesis Coupe, no-one does a Coupe SIII around 1:43 ish so this is as close as I can get:



And the real one:



2 most recent purchases, first car and current car:

[chrisw666]

steviegunn said:

Puma (correct colour)

Who made that one?

[steviegunn]

chrisw666 said:

Who made that one?

Minichamps and Hongwell both made Silver Pumas in 1/43.

Edit:

Minichamps also made them in Red, Black, Blue, Grey, Green, Purple and a Blue & White race livery.

Hongwell also made them in Red & Light Blue.

Edited by steviegunn on Thursday 11th July 18:43

[kenny.R400]

Apologies up front for the modelling skills..........Dr gn and Eric will be horrified

Edited by kenny.R400 on Friday 12th July 09:46

[IroningMan]

The only one I have is an unbuilt Scimitar slotcar: may have to start looking - although some of them won't be easy...

Triumph 2500TC French Blue
Triumph 2500PI Sienna(?) Brown
Triumph 2500 PI Wedgewood Blue
Triumph Vitesse 2 litre Mk 1 Convertible Cherry Red
VW Golf Mk2 GTI 8v Black
Reliant Scimitar SE5a Highland Purple (x2)
Citroen 2CV Red
Unimog U404 Matt Green
Landrover 101 FC Matt Green and Matt Black
SAAB 900s 3dr Oduardo Grey
SAAB 900 T16S Black
VW Passat 1.8 20v Green
Audi S2 Avant Cricket Green
SAAB 9-5 Airflow Wagon Steey Grey
Renault Grand Espace IV Platinum Silver
Land Rover Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Stornoway Grey