Pics of your models, please!
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dr_gn said:
It took a while to figure that out - it looked from the first picture like you'd started with a badly damaged model (pictured on a kitchen worktop) and then repaired it. Then I realised the first picture was the complete model, just surrounded by foam packing.
Yeah definitely a whole model, it was hard enough fixing the real thing!!
civicduty said:
I have a couple of pictures of my latest model (hope planes are aloud?), and sorry for the messy backgrounds can take better photos if anyone wants them.
I like the Tristar where's it from?Wife's cousin has just got back from Cyprus after repairing a broken undercarriage on one ;-)
mrloudly said:
I like the Tristar where's it from?
Wife's cousin has just got back from Cyprus after repairing a broken undercarriage on one ;-)
It was made by Gemini (I think that is how you spell it) from there 1/200 scale range. The white one as in my post is now discontinued so I had to hunt this one down on e-bay. It came all the way from the good old US of A, Kansas infact. I think Gemini are still doing one in the modern grey colour scheme but to me the TriStar will always be the 'Big White Party Bus'. Wife's cousin has just got back from Cyprus after repairing a broken undercarriage on one ;-)
Its christmas, so I treated myself...
Le mans is turning out to be a bit of a theme, all 1/18, varying quality, but am ok with that for the money.
a Shelby Collectible Aston Martin
Norev Porsche 917
a Shelby gt40
Now just have to wait for them to turn up (and ensure the better half doesn't see them all at once)....
Le mans is turning out to be a bit of a theme, all 1/18, varying quality, but am ok with that for the money.
a Shelby Collectible Aston Martin
Norev Porsche 917
a Shelby gt40
Now just have to wait for them to turn up (and ensure the better half doesn't see them all at once)....
Al Murphy said:
I dont think we have had any construction vehicles on this thread yet. I have a slight obsession with them, most of which are Norscot models and I do like Caterpillar yellow! Here is my collection so far;
First up, a few Lego models
Then a few small scale CATs
There is the occasional interloper from another brand;
Then I discovered the 1:50 scale Norscot models and started collecting them;
Logger
Underground mining digger and tipper
A Soil Compactor
Excavator
Materials Handler
A low load trailer and tractor unit
The latest addition isn't a Caterpillar but is a rare Norscot model as far as I can tell
Piling Rig
I keep an eye out and have picked all these up as bargains, I just need to sort somewhere now to display them as they are currently stored in cardboard from before I moved house.
Al
I work for JCB and we have a load of the older models going cheap buddy. First up, a few Lego models
Then a few small scale CATs
There is the occasional interloper from another brand;
Then I discovered the 1:50 scale Norscot models and started collecting them;
Logger
Underground mining digger and tipper
A Soil Compactor
Excavator
Materials Handler
A low load trailer and tractor unit
The latest addition isn't a Caterpillar but is a rare Norscot model as far as I can tell
Piling Rig
I keep an eye out and have picked all these up as bargains, I just need to sort somewhere now to display them as they are currently stored in cardboard from before I moved house.
Al
If your interested fire me a PM and I will send you pics ect.
wibble cb said:
Le mans is turning out to be a bit of a theme, all 1/18, varying quality, but am ok with that for the money.
a Shelby Collectible Aston Martin
Do you know what guise that DBR1 is meant to portray? It's certainly not as it raced at Le Mans. I expect it's copied from its current restored state. It also appears to have a AMOC badge on the grill.a Shelby Collectible Aston Martin
It would seem not...although I didn't realize this, I still like it.
http://forums.autosport.com/topic/186914-shelby-un...
http://forums.autosport.com/topic/186914-shelby-un...
To my eyes the top of the rear wheelarch is way too thick. I wouldn't have noticed the inaccurate wheel fairing issue unless RichB had pointed it out, but what stood out to me were the wire wheels which are pretty crude, especially for 1:18.
Still a good looking model though - no models are perfect.
Still a good looking model though - no models are perfect.
dr_gn said:
... I wouldn't have noticed the inaccurate wheel fairing issue unless RichB had pointed it out...
Thing is and it's something you often talk about in your threads about building WWII fighters, you have to chose to represent a model in a particular moment in time. These cars were changed and rebodied by the factory as part of a continual process of improvement. So these days the Salvadori/Shelby DBR1 looks nothing like it did in 1959. There is another thread elsewhere about a representation of it with a yellow noseband, something Aston did to distinguish its various cars on track but as can be seen it didn't have a noseband in 59. Still as has been said, stunningly good looking cars.
RichB said:
dr_gn said:
... I wouldn't have noticed the inaccurate wheel fairing issue unless RichB had pointed it out...
Thing is and it's something you often talk about in your threads about building WWII fighters, you have to chose to represent a model in a particular moment in time. These cars were changed and rebodied by the factory as part of a continual process of improvement. So these days the Salvadori/Shelby DBR1 looks nothing like it did in 1959. There is another thread elsewhere about a representation of it with a yellow noseband, something Aston did to distinguish its various cars on track but as can be seen it didn't have a noseband in 59. Still as has been said, stunningly good looking cars.
Conversely if I saw I really nice aircraft model that looked 'not quite right' in shape, unless it was grossly wrong I'd probably assume I'd mis-remembered the original.
To my untrained DBR-1 eyes, the only real issue would have been the wheels, which could be a bit better no matter what car model they were on.
Working on a late republic/early empire Roman Quinquereme right now. It was initially going to be 32nd scale, but that would have been too big at 1.6 metres long, so I scaled it to 1:48, giving a length of just over a metre.
So far, it's been very enjoyable but more challenging than the stuff I normally do, as there are no existing line drawings, so much research was/is required to draw a completely new set of line drawings for this model using as much written and pictorial evidence as possible. I think designing a way to accurately simulate the oarsmen benches was the biggest headache...
Roma Victor!
So far, it's been very enjoyable but more challenging than the stuff I normally do, as there are no existing line drawings, so much research was/is required to draw a completely new set of line drawings for this model using as much written and pictorial evidence as possible. I think designing a way to accurately simulate the oarsmen benches was the biggest headache...
Roma Victor!
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