GTPlanet Scale model thread

[Alex.]

i didnt blow £210 on c9's lol and i was compareing the qulity of the models,minichamps would be classed above bburago's and maisto

well someone did

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

well someone did

yeah and they were around £400 new.

 

[Alex.]

well, im saving up for a joystick so i wont be spending on cars for a while

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

just bought these

 

[Alex.]

very nice- imagine a 1:18 version

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

you can get 1/18 racing minis and impreza rally cars

 

[Alex.]

yeah but on those dirt gravel 'scene sets' type things!

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

like these

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

The Ferrari one is pretty cool, only I can't see something like that being that way in real life. The 206 makes me want to cry, its sad seeing your favorite rally car in that kinda shape.

 

[Alex.]

like these

YES!

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

now bought

comes with 2 leather cases and a little road map

 

[Alex.]

what company and how much? i like gallardos

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

autoart and they are around £45........that one i got for £31

 

[Alex.]

i'd pay that for one of those

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

here ccx just for you since we were talking about slr's a few days ago comparing the CMC to Maisto

maisto bonnet


CMC bonnet

as you can see the doors on the maisto are "doglegs" where as on the CMC that uses gas struts.CMC also has full leather interior and carpeting and real alloy wheels and a hell of a lot more detail.

 

[Roo]

Thanks for the comparison. I did wonder about what level of detail you're paying for when buying from top-end companies compared to the cheaper models.

Speaking of cheaper models, I spent £11 on a 1:16, Bburago Fiat 500 L yesterday. Normal sort of detail from Bb, but I don't know of anyone else who makes Fiat 500s, so it'll have to do.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Thanks for the comparison. I did wonder about what level of detail you're paying for compared when buying from top-end companies compared to the cheaper models.

Speaking of cheaper models, I spent £11 on a 1:16, Bburago Fiat 500 L yesterday. Normal sort of detail from Bb, but I don't know of anyone else who makes Fiat 500s, so it'll have to do.

revell make fiat 500's

 

[Alex.]

ok, can someone do a list saying which is the best company

e.g.:1 AUTOart
2 BBR
3 EXOTO

of all major 1:18 companies?

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

for level of detail imo
CMC
CC
exoto
BBR
GMP
autoart
kyosho
biante
minichamps
ut
hotwheels
maisto

 

[Alex.]

wot bout bb?

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

wot bout bb?

they dont exist anymore

 

[F1GTR]

IMO

CMC tied with Exoto
BBR tied with Autoart Signature line and Classic Carlectables
GMP tied with Carousel 1, Highway 61, and some AutoArt Millenium models
Rest of Autoart here and Minichamps

Hot Wheels Elite

Maisto, reg. Hot Wheels

 

[Alex.]

bburago dont exist anymore?

 

[F1GTR]

They went bust. As did UT.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

yea its a shame i LOVED bb kits,thats how i got into models,my first ever model was a black bb contach kit

 

[Alex.]

my first model was a bburago dodge viper GT2-kit and since then, i've had a bburago ferrari f50 kit,eb110 and diablo models-this is a sad day- well whatever they announced bankruptcy

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

they went bankrupt at the end of last year,i remember going into my local model store and asked them why they didnt have new kits and that they were becoming rarer to get,so i bought all the ones the shop had

oh and heres my S55 AMG project

this is how it came,to scale the wheels are 24inchs!!!

wheel choices are ether viper SRT-10 wheels,or EVO 7 wheels which look alot like S65 wheels
took me an hour and a half to get off,by having to force them out by hand but that didnt work,so then took the model apart and cut the wheel off from the inside and then strip the plastic stubs off the axle.

first up are the viper wheels,these fit extremely well and dont look too bad.

next the S65 lookalike wheels,these imo really suit the car but they arent wide enough

need to find glue and try and use some of the plastic stubs to use as spacers,tempted to take the tv's out of the interior and maybe a few other things

 

[Alex.]

it's such a shame-why would they have gone bankrupt? im sure theyw ould have sold their models well

 

[F1GTR]

Well, Maisto has bought Bburago.

 

[daan]

And I'm sure I read somewhere about AutoArt taking over UT.