GTPlanet Scale model thread
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Millennium Edition is a slightly higher detail level of AUTOart models, above their Performance line. I don't believe they use such branding anymore though.
Anyway a bunch of quick pics of the RX-7:
Anyway a bunch of quick pics of the RX-7:
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Don't think I posted my 991's before, if so I'm sorry. The GT2RS is new 
I'll make some better photos soon, have a lot more new stuff to show. Got another Martini 935 from Exoto so I have all three now
(nr 1, 3 and 40). Few more 1/18s and two gorgeous 1/43s from this years Le Mans, which are easy to guess
GF: Why don't you have plants?
Me: I got model cars
I'll make some better photos soon, have a lot more new stuff to show. Got another Martini 935 from Exoto so I have all three now
(nr 1, 3 and 40). Few more 1/18s and two gorgeous 1/43s from this years Le Mans, which are easy to guess GF: Why don't you have plants?
Me: I got model cars
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Yes you better be
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Road Signature '63 Corvette Grand Sport Stingray Roadster (mouthful), with some decals I applied since it was missing plentiful.
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Spark 1:43 Audi Q7 dealer model:
I don't know... this car gives me an impression that it's a jacked up estate car rather than an SUV. I've seen numerous of them on the road too.
I don't know... this car gives me an impression that it's a jacked up estate car rather than an SUV. I've seen numerous of them on the road too.
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Spark 1:43 Audi Q7 dealer model:
I don't know... this car gives me an impression that it's a jacked up estate car rather than an SUV. I've seen numerous of them on the road too.
These Q7s are almost as common as Corollas here, and I hate the proportion of these. The previous generation Q7 looked a lot better IMO.
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The Carrera GT is Millennium series.
Don't think I posted my 991's before, if so I'm sorry. The GT2RS is new
How often do you use the lights for that display case? Because I love the idea, but I'm not really sure if it's worth it.
GF: Why don't you have plants?
Me: I got model cars
Plants die, models don't. Simple.
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How often do you use the lights for that display case? Because I love the idea, but I'm not really sure if it's worth it.
Plants die, models don't. Simple.
Well said!
Not much to be honest, usually when I have visitors. Can't leave them on too long, the box said a max of 8 hours straight is best to not brake the LED's. The case isn't expensive, only 20 Euros here. The maker is Triple 9, they have more cool display cases. Bought more from them as a present for my dad. One with a finish line, one with curb stones (12 Euros each!) and a lighted cabinet.
I thought 50 Euros for the cabinet was a pretty good deal
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Well said!
Not much to be honest, usually when I have visitors. Can't leave them on too long, the box said a max of 8 hours straight is best to not brake the LED's. The case isn't expensive, only 20 Euros here. The maker is Triple 9, they have more cool display cases. Bought more from them as a present for my dad. One with a finish line, one with curb stones (12 Euros each!) and a lighted cabinet.
I thought 50 Euros for the cabinet was a pretty good deal
I guess for me the price is more in shipping because NZ is so far out of the way. Annoyingly I bought two Autoart cases the other day, and just this morning two Triple 9 cases came up for auction which look nicer for the same price, guess I have an excuse to buy more.
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Well said!
Not much to be honest, usually when I have visitors. Can't leave them on too long, the box said a max of 8 hours straight is best to not brake the LED's. The case isn't expensive, only 20 Euros here. The maker is Triple 9, they have more cool display cases. Bought more from them as a present for my dad. One with a finish line, one with curb stones (12 Euros each!) and a lighted cabinet.
I thought 50 Euros for the cabinet was a pretty good deal
It looks small enough to be comfortable on a large desk.
IKEA DETOLFs. Still best bang for your buck. But also too mainstream.
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These Autoart cases were totally worth it.
Though I don't know why the picture makes one headlight look a different colour to the other, must just be the angle, because even in other images it's fine.
I can finally display the Viper GTS-R properly, because the original Autoart box was very restricting. I drilled a hole in this base so I can secure the car down incase some kind of MAD MAN decides to pick it up (as unknowing peasants tend to).
Annoyingly there's no way to screw the Carrera GT down, which leaves it vulnerable.
I decided to just leave the roof on the Carrera GT after spending a long time trying to correctly place the roof pieces in the frunk. I never got them in properly.
It's ridiculously hard to place them so that the lid can close properly, there's now a lot of finger marks from me trying to make them fit. The instructions make it look so easy.
Though I don't know why the picture makes one headlight look a different colour to the other, must just be the angle, because even in other images it's fine.
I can finally display the Viper GTS-R properly, because the original Autoart box was very restricting. I drilled a hole in this base so I can secure the car down incase some kind of MAD MAN decides to pick it up (as unknowing peasants tend to).
Annoyingly there's no way to screw the Carrera GT down, which leaves it vulnerable.
I decided to just leave the roof on the Carrera GT after spending a long time trying to correctly place the roof pieces in the frunk. I never got them in properly.It's ridiculously hard to place them so that the lid can close properly, there's now a lot of finger marks from me trying to make them fit. The instructions make it look so easy.
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I just got one of those cases myself, pretty decent for the price.These Autoart cases were totally worth it.
Though I don't know why the picture makes one headlight look a different colour to the other, must just be the angle, because even in other images it's fine.
I can finally display the Viper GTS-R properly, because the original Autoart box was very restricting. I drilled a hole in this base so I can secure the car down incase some kind of MAD MAN decides to pick it up (as unknowing peasants tend to).
Annoyingly there's no way to screw the Carrera GT down, which leaves it vulnerable.
It's ridiculously hard to place them so that the lid can close properly, there's now a lot of finger marks from me trying to make them fit. The instructions make it look so easy.
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This won’t take long to assemble:
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It's gonna happen. Target completion date: End of August 2018. Doing a red/white theme, roof rack + stuff, red interior). Saw a dude who bought a custom Beetle in Ontario somewhere. Thing was straight out of a magazine. I'll be trying to create something similar, but I'm ditching the license plate and Canadian flags.
Using #squashedbug to tag these posts.
Also, This Bburago was so much easier to disassemble than the Maisto Diablo.
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That Top Secret Skyline doesn't look as cool as I once thought. So far all 1/43 IG's I've preordered have been bad calls!
But on a brighter note, there are more Porsches.
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And to think I was piling up a shopping cart to avoid 2 or 3 future shipping charges. If they're going to ding every single imported item, it might be worth doing this anyway, as that $39.59 is exact the 13% tax we pay on everything.
Multiple shipments (big or small amounts) would then be charged for each 9.95 "handling fee", which would then result in you losing more in multiple fees. But again that is assuming they ding packages worth under $100.
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So I saw Jason Richards' Commodore from the 2005 V8 Supercars season on Trademe (NZ's version of Ebay), one of my favourite drivers' car from my most memorable year of the series, I had to insta-buy it. And I might have gotten more than I'd expected.
At first I thought the signature was just how the certificates came, just the makers trying to make the product feel more special. Due to me having no experience I tried the light trick, and I did notice that it shone slightly differently than everything else. But after that not giving me any conclusive evidence, I decided to ask the seller. He reckoned the guy he bought it from used to get his certificates signed, so it could very well be real. Normally I don't care for signatures, it's like meeting someone you respect, and then pretending to be the postman infront of them. But it's a bit different when it's that of someone I could never possibly meet.
But as I go out of my way to point out (to the detriment of only myself), I'm not exactly smart. Maybe someone just sneezed oil on it in a remarkable pattern.
At first I thought the signature was just how the certificates came, just the makers trying to make the product feel more special. Due to me having no experience I tried the light trick, and I did notice that it shone slightly differently than everything else. But after that not giving me any conclusive evidence, I decided to ask the seller. He reckoned the guy he bought it from used to get his certificates signed, so it could very well be real. Normally I don't care for signatures, it's like meeting someone you respect, and then pretending to be the postman infront of them.
But it's a bit different when it's that of someone I could never possibly meet.But as I go out of my way to point out (to the detriment of only myself), I'm not exactly smart. Maybe someone just sneezed oil on it in a remarkable pattern.
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Won this on eBay:
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Love the F50. Car looks best in yellow, I say. Nice find!
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