GTPlanet Scale model thread

MSZ · Oct 16, 2017

DesertPenguin09
How did yo make this look so good? And how did you make the scenery?

Oh the diorama? I bought one at a Chinese online retailer. They have different kinds of USB-powered display cases and dioramas available.

CTznOfTime · Oct 17, 2017

.Nothing as fancy as the supercars you guys have around here, i have more pedestrian's dream:

i haven't bought any 1/18 for quite some time, but i couldn't pass on these two:

I have one more on its way...
the car that made me fall in love with BMWs, the E21...

MSZ · Oct 17, 2017

CTznOfTime
.Nothing as fancy as the supercars you guys have around here, i have more pedestrian's dream:

i haven't bought any 1/18 for quite some time, but i couldn't pass on these two:

I have one more on its way...
the car that made me fall in love with BMWs, the E21...

Actually a large part of my collection is everyday cars. The sedans, SUVs, hatchbacks etc. But I never posted them on this thread since the folks here aren't really interested in those models.

I have that Otto E30 Alpina too, the most accurate E30 in the market to date.

SPhilli911 · Oct 17, 2017

MSZ
Actually a large part of my collection is everyday cars. The sedans, SUVs, hatchbacks etc. But I never posted them on this thread since the folks here aren't really interested in those models.

To me, the boring collections are the supercar only ones. I'm not one to talk, my collection is exclusively one make of car, but I like seeing the "boring" stuff.

Venom800tt · Oct 17, 2017

I also have a rather diverse collection, ranging from high end racing machines down to every day trucks and SUV's. I am just missing roughly half my collection due to a recent move, and have yet to move that remainder up here. Once I get around to going to visit my mom soon, I will bring back a good chunk of those models, including a bunch of "normal" vehicles lol

MSZ · Oct 17, 2017

SPhilli911
To me, the boring collections are the supercar only ones. I'm not one to talk, my collection is exclusively one make of car, but I like seeing the "boring" stuff.

Well a supercar theme means you don't spend unnecessary cash on other stuff. To me that's a good thing.

AOS- · Oct 17, 2017

Aside from grabbing cars I simply "like", I go for the colourful stuff. If racing teams make funky cool liveries, I'm on that.

The "supercars for life" thing is something I grew out of some years ago. Still don't have enough of an appreciate for economy cars to want replicas of it; they're the affordable kinds anyway! Why not go for things you can't afford IRL? Seems logical.

Robin · Oct 17, 2017

I wish I had set down a theme and scale for my collecting was I was younger because it ended up being a total mish mash of stuff!

SPhilli911 · Oct 17, 2017

I didn't mean to knock anyone's personal preference for collecting, I suppose all I meant was that the economy cars some might find boring are more exciting to me than a bunch of supercars simply because in real life I think supercars are nothing special either. But I can appreciate a theme in a collection, for sure. I have a theme and it's kept me from spending wildly (no matter how often I feel the urge to break my own theme rules).

MSZ · Oct 17, 2017

AOS-
Aside from grabbing cars I simply "like", I go for the colourful stuff. If racing teams make funky cool liveries, I'm on that.

The "supercars for life" thing is something I grew out of some years ago. Still don't have enough of an appreciate for economy cars to want replicas of it; they're the affordable kinds anyway! Why not go for things you can't afford IRL? Seems logical.

My childhood was a different story. I was instantly hooked when I saw a brand new Honda Integra hatchback near my home back in 1988. Since then I has always been a regular car guy. Of course I do like my exotics too.

AOS- · Oct 18, 2017

Autoart Pagani Zonda Revolucion Carbon blue

Well worth the moolah.

Odnomre · Oct 18, 2017

I recently moved, and my dad had a nice housewarming gift for me! The C2 Corvette he built himself, and both the Viper and tiny Hotwheels are my own. The ZX Dakar is missing it's rear spoiler, sadly, but they're all in mint condition!

Ferraridriver27 · Oct 19, 2017

AOS-
Autoart Pagani Zonda Revolucion Carbon blue

Well worth the moolah.

Great photos AOS!

Owning the same model I saw that you left the rubber latches of the front and rear covers open.
Once angle them down into their position, can you still close the covers correctly? I have some issues with that on mine.

EDIT:
Anybody fancy a 1:18 model of the McLaren VGT?

AOS- · Oct 19, 2017

^ 1:8.

Ferraridriver27
Once angle them down into their position, can you still close the covers correctly? I have some issues with that on mine.

Do you mean I'm supposed to have those tucked underneath the door?

Ferraridriver27 · Oct 19, 2017

AOS-
^ 1:8.

Do you mean I'm supposed to have those tucked underneath the door?

Yeah, it should fit inside the little compartment like this:

(image off the interwebs)

Bit by doing that on mine the doors won't shut anymore.

AOS- · Oct 19, 2017

What's the strap even for then?

Ferraridriver27 · Oct 19, 2017

To mimic the leatherstraps of the real ones.

MSZ · Oct 20, 2017

Supra vs Supra

AOS- · Oct 21, 2017

Who makes that red one? Looks comparatively cheaper.

MSZ · Oct 21, 2017

AOS-
Who makes that red one? Looks comparatively cheaper.

LS Collectibles. Ironically it is way more expensive than the Otto.

AOS- · Oct 21, 2017

MSZ
LS Collectibles. Ironically it is way more expensive than the Otto.

Isn't LS mid-tier quality?

The separation lines are so shallow!

MSZ · Oct 21, 2017

AOS-
Isn't LS mid-tier quality?

The separation lines are so shallow!

No way that they're anywhere near the mid tier. Originally I wanted their Mitsubishi GTO. Not anymore after this one. They ask for Spark money but quality wise it's below Otto(which is already the lowest of the resin food chain)

AOS- · Oct 21, 2017

More RE Amemiya FDs by IG.

MSZ
No way that they're anywhere near the mid tier. Originally I wanted their Mitsubishi GTO. Not anymore after this one. They ask for Spark money but quality wise it's below Otto(which is already the lowest of the resin food chain)

So Top Marques then haha. God.

Venom800tt · Oct 21, 2017

My Top Marques Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT is really good though, on par with any of my fancier 1/18 resins.

DeathSmiles · Oct 24, 2017

I've been gone for quite awhile and after coming back, it feels good to see this thread is still going strong after all this time. I'll post some of the last cars I got, along with a few ones I am currently ordering now. Scale-thread 4ever.

VXR · Oct 25, 2017

I haven't bought anything other than 1:64 for a long time, but £3 for a tidy 1/43 is too good to miss.

AOS- · Oct 26, 2017

Oh your good god, Almost Real Defender is almost here (next month):

Chikane_GTR · Oct 27, 2017

AOS-
They are actually. I posted a pic that just say 1:43 lol

And the AM, and the Porsches...

I was browsing Tomo this afternoon.

Edit:

Almost Real almost here:

Can't wait to see what this is about.

That crooked exhaust pipe.

These are 1/43 models.

edit:

$100 for a 1/18 Continental GT3 Concept:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/182807337320

Those look amazing

As much as i love the P1 is hard to believe i don't yet have a diecast of one

DeathSmiles · Oct 27, 2017

Went searching for the 570GT in 1/43 scale, and found an upcoming one from TSM;

I have never pre-ordered something so fast.

AOS-
Oh your good god, Almost Real Defender is almost here (next month):

Did you order this? This is freaking awesome. What scale is this?

ProjectWHaT · Oct 28, 2017

DeathSmiles

I have a TSM Ford GT and to me, and that McLaren's quality looks a lot worse than my GT.