Model Cars

[Mspeedster]

It's common among car enthusiasts to collect diecast model cars, I have way too many to mention...
But do any of you enjoy building plastic or resin model kits?

I do. It's a hobby that started when I was a kid, but I continue to enjoy as an adult. This is my latest work, built during the pandemic lockdown. It's the 1/24th scale Mustang GT4 by Tamiya, which I painted to match the livery of my own Shelby GT350.


Another kit from several yeas ago is this 1/24th Porsche GT3R by Fujimi. I was going to paint it metallic black to match my own car, however that seemed a little boring. So I used the Racing Livery that was supplied with the kit. Those decals were a real challenge to work with! But I think it turned out pretty good.


The actual race car.


If there are others who are into this hobby, please post!

 

[Hubert]

I built and painted many models as a kid. My favorite was the Space Shuttle with its rockets.

Now I enjoy 1:18 diecast models from companies such as Autoart.

I'm considering this 25th Anniversary Countach.

 

[imagwai]

I've built a few of the Tamiya RC cars before. This is one I did with my kids during the first UK lockdown.

 

[Albert-AMG]

Nice works on those model kits @Mspeedster ! Specially the decals on the Porsche had to be very difficult to apply!

I like to collect model cars of my actual cars, including racing versions, like the three (1994, 1995, 1996) 1:18 AMG C-Class (W 202) from Bernd Schneider, my DTM favourite driver ever (5 times Champion with Mercedes)


I also made some plastic kits in the past, but my favourite scales are bigger, starting from 1:18, so -like @Hubert - I also tend to collect 1:18 diecast models, from Minichamps, Autoart, and specially loving CMC https://www.cmc-modelcars.de/en

But I want to buy a big metal model kit by LeGrand (probably launched in December 2021) when available: the 1:8 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR “Uhlenhaut Coupé” (1955), my favourite car ever ... so I will have to build a model kit again (more than 700 parts, 8 kgs of weight, 550 mm long... )

There are still only pictures from the prototypes at the moment:


More info about this 1:8 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé model kit:
https://www.lemke-legrand.com/en/LEGRAND Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR -Uhlenhaut Coup- 1-8 kit.htm

Edited: Jan 6, 2021

 

[kappa_md]

WW! Yes sir! Passion for Cars, Watches & to Model Cars particulary 1/18 White Sports Cars

I have a few but mostly I collect 1/18 White Toyotas & Hondas There are a few exceptions, like the AutoArt TS020 GT-One driven to Le Mans by the Drift King himself and Alonso’s #8 TS050, the Three-peat Le Man’s Winner

Here is a sample of my TopMarques 1/18 Celica GT4 ST185 driven by WRC Rally legends, Sainz, Auriol & Kankkunen with my WRC Corollas on the background

 

[kappa_md]

probably the “Sexiest Japanese Car of All Time”
Toyota 2000GT - Japan’s 1st Super Car


***this is a 1:18 model, dropped with wide lip plus size Watanabe (banana) wheels
**** pic not mine

 

[kappa_md]

The 1:8 is a big one sir @Albert-AMG ! I’d love to have one model in that ratio also I’d still probably choose a Toyota 2000GT

 

[WernerBoeinck]

kappa_md

probably the “Sexiest Japanese Car of All Time”
Toyota 2000GT - Japan’s 1st Super Car


***this is a 1:18 model, dropped with wide lip plus size Watanabe (banana) wheels
**** pic not mine

kappa_md

The 1:8 is a big one sir @Albert-AMG ! I’d love to have one model in that ratio also I’d still probably choose a Toyota 2000GT

My favourite Toyota in front a Land Rover, both in 1:43 scale.

Earlier I had collected endurance racing cars of the late sixties. Not so much
detailed dürfte to 1:43. But at that time they were toys instead of collectors items.

 

[Mspeedster]

imagwai

I've built a few of the Tamiya RC cars before. This is one I did with my kids during the first UK lockdown.

RC Cars! That's a whole category in itself, I've built so many over the years. Here's a few...




I even have @Albert-AMG 's favorite!

 

[Albert-AMG]

Mspeedster

I even have @Albert-AMG 's favorite!

More pics, please!
Which scale is it? And which manufacturer?

 

[imagwai]

Mspeedster

RC Cars! That's a whole category in itself, I've built so many over the years. Here's a few...




I even have @Albert-AMG 's favorite!

I nearly bought that silver 911 instead of the Lancia, but I wanted something 4WD and a little more ground clearance. Have built others in the past, notably Subaru Imprezza rally, Calsonic Skyline, and a couple of the buggy style Tamiyas.

To be honest, I find all the fun in the building. Don't enjoy putting on the decals which despite good intentions I always manage to mess up, and then actually racing them, although fun, they tend to sit on a shelf more.

 

[Mspeedster]

Albert-AMG

More pics, please!
Which scale is it? And which manufacturer?

Tamiya 1/10 RC. (All my RC cars are 1/10th scale.)

 

[Mspeedster]

imagwai

I nearly bought that silver 911 instead of the Lancia, but I wanted something 4WD and a little more ground clearance. Have built others in the past, notably Subaru Imprezza rally, Calsonic Skyline, and a couple of the buggy style Tamiyas.

To be honest, I find all the fun in the building. Don't enjoy putting on the decals which despite good intentions I always manage to mess up, and then actually racing them, although fun, they tend to sit on a shelf more.

Same for me. Except I enjoy detailing the bodies more than building the chassis. I have many different bodies which I've bought separately from the kits.

 

[Albert-AMG]

Mspeedster

Tamiya 1/10 RC. (All my RC cars are 1/10th scale.)

Thanks!!

 

[Yago]

Love this thread! You guys have amazing stuff! I'm not a model car builder but I have a small stash of miniature cars.
waiting for the new Minichamps 911 that should have come out in november.

 

[kappa_md]

Displayed are the more famous “Fujiwara’s” AE86s, in 3 stage development Initial D all by AutoArt 1:18


Takumi Fujiwara, a teenage boy who delivered TOFU through the Mt. Akina mountain pass, turned street racer-drifter, using his panda Toyota Corolla AE86 Sprinter Trueno
(Legends, Project D, Final Version)

 

[whitecap]

As Mspeedster I have built so many as a kid, and I have started again, most of them Motorcycles:




My next project is on my desk,
in pale blue with red leather

 

[Pitfitter446]

I have that drift dvd somewhere, need to dig it out again.

 

[Mspeedster]

kappa_md

Displayed are the more famous “Fujiwara’s” AE86s, in 3 stage development Initial D all by AutoArt 1:18


Takumi Fujiwara, a teenage boy who delivered TOFU through the Mt. Akina mountain pass, turned street racer-drifter, using his panda Toyota Corolla AE86 Sprinter Trueno
(Legends, Project D, Final Version)

I'm also a big fan of AutoArt. Have you gotten your Civic Type-R model yet?

 

[kappa_md]

Mspeedster

I'm also a big fan of AutoArt. Have you gotten your Civic Type-R model yet?

Yes sir! Really nice quality and finish

Just on the spot phone pix together with a souped-up version of the 86. The JDM only TRD 14R-60 86