1/64 Model Collectors Thread

CodeRedR51 · May 5, 2017

AOS- · May 5, 2017

After seeing that photo, I was interested in checking out these Halo things myself. Found all of them today, and sad to say I'm not too interested in them.

Also found bulk loads of Fast and Furious stuff. Skylines, Imprezas, Escorts and whatever else. Just no S2000. Not a single one. I was fast to be furious.

Whatever. I moved on; in life and to the next aisle. Found the dump bin and saw the 934.5. Seems like they dropped in a few new cases, so I got digging.

I think I went through 8 different NSXs, not being completely satisfied with a single one. Either the face tampos got messed up, or the paint runs a bit thin, or the rear end receives bonus slag.

Did see that HW Pursuit TH as well, but bleh. Lastly, stopped by Toys R Us and found this goodie:

Haven't seen one of these in a while. Looks to be untampered, so whyyyyyy not.

ScottPuss20 · May 6, 2017

Here it is:

Gotbeefboy564 · May 6, 2017

Gonna start hunting for the Matchbox Mercedes 6x6 this weekend. God I want that truck.

a6m5 · May 6, 2017

Their Ford GT's one of my fav's

I finally got the double of this Treasure Hunt:

This time, at Target. Picked these up at Walmart :

Also picked up my amiami order containing the two new Porsches. Should also have Supra pace car and one more car inside(I forget which).

domalorite
Tomica Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu Original Mitsubishi Fuso Areo Star

Highly detailed. Really nice.

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I like this more than the new TLV buses. :crazy:

R1600Turbo
Speaking of tampos, I guess you weren't the only one complaining about the headlights on the Auto World Mustang because they made some changes.

I'm glad. Everything else on that casting is just about A+. 👍

Apok
I am pretty sure it was actually the backdrop that was slanted.
Just pretend that it's a featureless white hill or something.

(I will admit that I was in a bit of a rush to take the pictures though)

Gorgeous photos.

yabiggoose
The headlights aren't great but the tailights are pretty good imo.

Forgot to mention that. Rear looked pretty good.

Spacegoat · May 6, 2017

a6m5
Also picked up my amiami order containing the two new Porsches. Should also have Supra pace car

Everyone is getting their Porsche's. Meanwhile mine's still in the mail, somewhere.

Screw you Australia Post. :grumpy:

yabiggoose · May 6, 2017

Found a decent bit of new Matchbox today.
Got a couple of a particularly sought after new casting that isn't JDM.

Pics to come later.

a6m5 · May 6, 2017

Spacegoat
Everyone is getting their Porsche's. Meanwhile mine's still in the mail, somewhere.

Screw you Australia Post.

Did you order the Prelude(s)? Big surprise, except the wheel colors are :yuck:

yabiggoose
Found a decent bit of new Matchbox today.
Got a couple of a particularly sought after new casting that isn't JDM.

Pics to come later.

Is it Skyline? Jk jk lol lol Is it the VW Transporter pickup thing?

Spacegoat · May 6, 2017

a6m5
Did you order the Prelude(s)? Big surprise, except the wheel colors are

No I didn't. Look pretty nice but just weren't doing it for me.

a6m5
Big surprise, except the wheel colors are

Didn't pay much attention to the colour but looking at the pics, the wheels don't look that great anyway? That's no big surprise coming from TomyTec though. :lol:

a6m5 · May 6, 2017

Spacegoat
No I didn't. Look pretty nice but just weren't doing it for me.

I had to get it. Very popular used cars from when I was a kid.

Spacegoat
Didn't pay much attention to the colour but looking at the pics, the wheels don't look that great anyway? That's no big surprise coming from TomyTec though.

MSRP of this hot wheel car is only $23. Why are you being so demanding!? :dopey:

yabiggoose · May 6, 2017

a6m5
Did you order the Prelude(s)? Big surprise, except the wheel colors are

Is it Skyline? Jk jk lol lol Is it the VW Transporter pickup thing?

Have had the blue one for ages, did find the green one today but no keep guessing

Tyger · May 6, 2017

Hi guys, just picked up an old Matchbox Miura, no. 33, from a charity shop and its condition is "played with" to say the least, so as I would like to restore it (though not to the extent of dismantling) I'm looking for advice on the best paint to use for the body and possibly the chrome rims (is there a chrome-effect paint or coating available?) Also advice on cleaning up the windows, although they aren't too scufffed.

It's similar to this one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-L...009494?hash=item4b167f9e16:g:TJoAAOSw241YXyp4
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-L...009494?hash=item4b167f9e16:g:TJoAAOSw241YXyp4
(whilst that's close to the original colour, I hope to do a better job of painting it than that!)

Thanks in advance!

Gotbeefboy564 · May 6, 2017

Found some J case cars and 3 zamacs.

a6m5 · May 6, 2017

Tyger
Matchbox Miura, no. 33,

@Cano is the man to ask about this. Hopefully he'll come by to assist us with this tag.

Gotbeefboy564
Found some J case cars and 3 zamacs.

Dang. I didn't see any 620. :crazy:

Spacegoat · May 6, 2017

a6m5
MSRP of this hot wheel car is only $23. Why are you being so demanding!?

What can I say, I'm needy.

:lol:

👍

a6m5 · May 6, 2017

Spacegoat
What can I say, I'm needy.

👍

You can has nice wheels when you start paying $80 per car for 1/43 scale minicars. :dopey:

What's sad is manufacturers of minicars costing less than $10 routinely puts more effort into detailing of wheels than on these "plain" wheels by TLV. It's a pretty big disappointment for this fan, especially considering the price point of their cars. :crazy:

Gotbeefboy564 · May 6, 2017

a6m5
@Cano is the man to ask about this. Hopefully he'll come by to assist us with this tag.

Dang. I didn't see any 620.

Didn't see any orange Datsuns and ford gts.

a6m5 · May 6, 2017

Gotbeefboy564
Didn't see any orange Datsuns and ford gts.

I forgot about the Ford GTs. I want that one, too. Which orange Datsuns?

Gotbeefboy564 · May 6, 2017

a6m5
I forgot about the Ford GTs. I want that one, too. Which orange Datsuns?

Wasn't there a orange Datsun 240/280?
This one

AOS- · May 7, 2017

pics of that milano.

pics of that milano.

c'monnnnnn pics of that milano.

Gotbeefboy564 · May 7, 2017

AOS-
pics of that milano.

pics of that milano.

c'monnnnnn pics of that milano.

That was from Lamely. I don't order cases. Didn't see any on the pegs either but I did find this

yabiggoose · May 7, 2017

Two cars I can be bothered posting I got recently. One actually is JDM lol.

Gotbeefboy564 · May 7, 2017

If I can't find that truck in the stores I might consider buying it online.

Spacegoat · May 7, 2017

a6m5
You can has nice wheels when you start paying $80 per car for 1/43 scale minicars.

$80 is pretty cheap compared to some of the other 1/43's out there. :lol:

yabiggoose
Two cars I can be bothered posting I got recently. One actually is JDM lol.

Hadn't actually seen that Subie police car before. That one looks real nice and congrats on finding the AMG. 👍

CodeRedR51 · May 7, 2017

Going to pass on that Subaru. It's pretty horribly done, IMO.

a6m5 · May 7, 2017

yabiggoose
Two cars I can be bothered posting I got recently. One actually is JDM lol.

I didn't even know about the Subie. Mercedes is bad ass. 👍

Spacegoat
$80 is pretty cheap compared to some of the other 1/43's out there.

True.

R1600Turbo
Going to pass on that Subaru. It's pretty horribly done, IMO.

Matchbox made some great cars few years ago. Sorry to say, while today's castings are improvement over couple of years ago, they are still hit & miss at best:

VXR · May 7, 2017

I don't often go in for fantasy castings, but yesterday I grabbed three of them whilst my work has the 3 for £3 dump bin.

Sky Dome interested me for a long time in the red/yellow and Aristo Rat looks plausible so I jumped on them. The final one is one I didn't appreciate until I saw a detailed custom one on Instagram, so I now own Rig Heat and it's safe to say I love it. The next release isn't in as nice a colourway as this blue/lime variant, so I struck now.