Pics of your models, please!

Pics of your models, please!

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AMD87

2,004 posts

208 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2013
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Couple of deliveries today
AutoArt Subaru Impreza Police Car







Solido Team Modena DBR9





getawayturtle

3,560 posts

180 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2013
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dr_gn said:
1984 Joest Porsche 956 - souvenier from the Porsche Museum.

1:43 HPI racing model; it's not bad at all:



I wanted a Minichamps Rothmans 956, but couldn't believe they were £60-odd these days (at least in Stuttgart!).
Nice. I have the Tamiya 1/24 version of that car, yet to be built, naturally..


AMD87, those are superb! Particularly loving that Impreza.

AMD87

2,004 posts

208 months

Friday 5th July 2013
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Thanks smile

Evo VI arrived


Suits the TME

Neonblau

875 posts

139 months

Saturday 6th July 2013
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MonkeySpanker said:
Scammel Pioneer?
It's a Fordson, UK military spec.

Stew2000

2,776 posts

184 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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Neonblau said:
MonkeySpanker said:
Scammel Pioneer?
It's a Fordson, UK military spec.
Thank you very much. Sadly, the only kits are of this one in 1:35..

Neonblau

875 posts

139 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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Stew2000 said:
Thank you very much. Sadly, the only kits are of this one in 1:35..
You may not get it all in one place. You can get the cab and chassis here:

http://matadormodels.co.uk/yairfield3%2076th/lists... Look at AA 76-02 Ambulance.

For a flat bed you can try here,

http://shop.cooper-craft.co.uk/product_info.php?cP...

You might need to kit bash a bit but at least you have the cab which is the most complex part.

Let us know how you get on.

ETA These are 1/76 but I the difference is negligible.


Edited by Neonblau on Sunday 7th July 16:04

Neonblau

875 posts

139 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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I've just had another look - you can buy the chassis cab without the ambulance body here:

http://matadormodels.co.uk/yairfield4%20conversion...

It's number AAC-08 Ford WOT1 Cab and Chassis

Stew2000

2,776 posts

184 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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Neonblau said:
I've just had another look - you can buy the chassis cab without the ambulance body here:

http://matadormodels.co.uk/yairfield4%20conversion...

It's number AAC-08 Ford WOT1 Cab and Chassis
That's very useful. Thank you.

SWH

1,261 posts

208 months

Tuesday 9th July 2013
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Dug this little beasty out of a box over the weekend, been hiding in there for a good 20yrs, about when I started messing about with real cars in fact...

Hotshot II with Boomerang front suspension (and maybe rear too, can't recall):




Found the transmitter and a charger, even found the home made 5min super-cook-the-nicads charger too... alas no actual nicad batteries however, save that for another day.

Found something else a little more unusual too... more to follow smile

SWH

1,261 posts

208 months

Thursday 11th July 2013
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...now for the more unusual one I dug out of the same spare room, still covered in dust:











10th scale Top Fuel lexan body was the starting point, made pretty much from scratch, waaay back in 1993 for my GCSE Design & Tech... I even designed some of it before actually making it, which is pretty good going for me!

Purchased parts were the body/wing, battery cells, servo and radio gear and the mind bogglingly expensive electronic speed control; and of course the mighty motor, from memory, it's a Parma 8 turn, single - took the teeth off most things I tried it in, regardless of what the gears were made from.

Chassis is duralumin plate, held together with brass screws and I think I managed to weld (aluminium wire, MIG welder, argon gas) the forward part to the baseplate. Wheels are nylon and some random heavy prototyping polymer from the old man's work at the time.

Gears are from a car park ticket machine, rear tyres are for a Mardave Marauder I think, very grippy anyway, fronts are O-rings... and the creative looking front beam and steering has the geometry sorted out with reference to the Bosch Blue Book from what I remember - contact point of the tyre hits the ground (or would do if it didn't have wild caster angle) in line with the kingpins - all of which means, above 30mph, the servo won't turn the thing due to it dragging itself straight - and yes, I made sure it went properly straight too.

On the road, well, you need a very long, and very very smooth surface, and a car to chase it in... Marina van (despite an 1.8 conversion) wouldn't keep up, Vauxhall Senator was more than capable however. Piloting it from the passenger seat of a car, on an empty road at 0600 in the summer would have taken some explaining, luckily no incidents smile

Top speed was over 60mph and the batteries lasted for <2min, so enough for a quick run. Acceleration was swift, but no cigar, and that front beam was a bit soft, and really should have been solid rather than brass tube.

I have the radio gear, and a charger which cooks the batteries in about 10min... unfortunately I don't have the time to get it running, just yet(!)

I do recall at full chat it howled like a good supercharger whines... that'll be those straight cut gears, and the other-world sound that motor made, got very very hot too.

Not the fastest by any means I'm sure, but what a load of fun I had building and testing it smile


AMD87

2,004 posts

208 months

Friday 12th July 2013
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Got an Aston Martin Gift pack which included a 1/43 model of the LMP 1 car


Also this AutoArt DBR9 Finish Line Plus 8-)








AMD87

2,004 posts

208 months

Friday 26th July 2013
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Anyone for a 1/18 Harrier?


1/18 F14


RichB

52,671 posts

290 months

Friday 26th July 2013
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Is that some kind of camouflage on the F14? It's reminiscent of the ME109.

4340BB

857 posts

214 months

Sunday 28th July 2013
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That F-14 is cool as f@ck

k22wes

596 posts

183 months

Sunday 28th July 2013
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pics of my otto 205 gti 1/18 that i'm just about to put on ebay. my pug collection is 1/43 so this one doesn't really fit. send me a pm if you're interested in buying it.




fatboy69

9,392 posts

193 months

Sunday 28th July 2013
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AMD87 said:
Anyone for a 1/18 Harrier?


1/18 F14

The Harrier looks awesome even sat in the box. Any photo's of it out of the box?

The F14 is how big & the models in the cabinets - are they all yours? If so any more photos as they look amazing.

ModelY32

19 posts

135 months

Sunday 28th July 2013
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My Son's 1/24th scale Mk1 VW Golf, used for slot drag racing.


AMD87

2,004 posts

208 months

Sunday 28th July 2013
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fatboy69 said:
The Harrier looks awesome even sat in the box. Any photo's of it out of the box?

The F14 is how big & the models in the cabinets - are they all yours? If so any more photos as they look amazing.
not mine! found them online the models are 1/18

Stew2000

2,776 posts

184 months

Sunday 4th August 2013
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I spent most of the day putting the decals on my RAF Hawk biggrin


Chris Jay

244 posts

135 months

Monday 5th August 2013
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A few pics of a small part of my collection!

'American Chopper' 1:10 Black Widow & Comanche bikes;


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Franklin Mint 1:24 Beetle;


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Franklin Mint 1:24 Bigfoot;


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Danbury Mint 1:12 1964 Mustang;


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Edited by Chris Jay on Monday 5th August 15:03


Edited by Chris Jay on Tuesday 6th August 14:48