The Official Diecast Collectors Thread

metallimonster · October 29, 2009, 07:10:51 PM

This thread got me thinking, looked but couldn't find one.

Anyone seen a diecast of the 68' Charger from Blade. That car was what made me fall in love with cars when I was 14.

If you ever come accross one let me know.

Monster Dave · October 29, 2009, 07:42:54 PM

Quote from: metallimonster on October 29, 2009, 07:10:51 PM
This thread got me thinking, looked but couldn't find one.

Anyone seen a diecast of the 68' Charger from Blade. That car was what made me fall in love with cars when I was 14.

If you ever come accross one let me know.

For a cool $375 you can have this one:

http://junkyardjewels.com/1968_dodge_charger_blade_426_hemi.html

In all honesty though, you could easily mod a stock one from Ertl or even the one from Fast and Furious. The latter would be my choice. All you'd need was to find a replacement hood and remove the blower. Piece of cake!

r_ciao · October 29, 2009, 09:41:42 PM

i've got mine in moving boxes, still.
that was 6 years ago

i'm partial to 1:18 scale and have mostly
Ferraris (mostly road models + one F1, Mercedes gullwing/sl amg/slr, porsches, lambos, cobras/vipers, a saleen, speedracer and more?
mostly made by Burago, not like the expensive autoarts, etc

it's been a while and i really need to build a case for them so I can look at them again.
i was a car guy before becoming a Ducatista.

Ciao!

ZLTFUL · October 30, 2009, 06:14:55 AM

I know where a full sized 308GTS resides.

Unfortunately, it has some serious fueling issues and hasn't been on the road in 4 years now...if you think the models are spendy, trying buying PARTS for the full sized ones. Lol.

I have a collection of Italian and German super cars. Some courtesy of my good buddy Joel.

I will work on getting pics up...

Monster Dave · October 30, 2009, 07:20:38 AM

Quote from: r_ciao on October 29, 2009, 09:41:42 PM
i've got mine in moving boxes, still.
that was 6 years ago

i'm partial to 1:18 scale and have mostly
Ferraris (mostly road models + one F1, Mercedes gullwing/sl amg/slr, porsches, lambos, cobras/vipers, a saleen, speedracer and more?
mostly made by Burago, not like the expensive autoarts, etc

it's been a while and i really need to build a case for them so I can look at them again.
i was a car guy before becoming a Ducatista.

Ciao!

I have a collection of "special" cars from the Danburry Mint that my grandfather started collecting for me when I was little. They are 1:24th scale, but absolutely amazing. They are each hand built and are from the 1930-1950s. My favorite being a 1935 Duesenberg SSJ Speedster:

My second favorite from that collection is an amazing 1958 Ferrari 250 Testarossa:

The V-12 under the hood is sheer beauty.

Those cars however live their lives inside of their special protective boxes so that no dust what-so-ever gets on them. I wish I could display them, but since my grandfather has since passed away, I don't want anything to happen to them.

r_ciao · October 30, 2009, 08:23:32 AM

Monster Dave,
Those are nice.

All,
So how do you have your models displayed? In their original boxes? or in cases like Speeddog? Please share pics.
I am contemplating building shelves in my home office (for the cars and signed sports memorbilia), but worry about dusting.

Monster Dave · October 30, 2009, 08:33:01 AM

Quote from: r_ciao on October 30, 2009, 08:23:32 AM
Monster Dave,
Those are nice.

All,
So how do you have your models displayed? In their original boxes? or in cases like Speeddog? Please share pics.
I am contemplating building shelves in my home office (for the cars and signed sports memorbilia), but worry about dusting.

For those that are on display I've always used airtight containers for each one that are stackable. I'll get pics this weekend. It's not an elaborate display, but its clean and keeps them dust free. I've got them displayed nicely on top of a bookcase.

The cases that I have are hard to find anymore (which seems odd to me) but they are like this:

I just came across the most amazing display setup and was about to post it up, so it was perfect that you asked! This is a custom job, but I'd LOVE to have something like this:

Check it out, this guy even did the floors!!!

WOW!

Monster Dave · October 30, 2009, 09:42:06 AM

Quote from: Speedbag on October 29, 2009, 02:43:11 PM
The Fords:

I think that I spy a GT90 concept car to the right - that's an unusual one to have!

Have you ever came across an Indigo concept? Way back in the day I had a Mustang Mach III concept car similar to this one:

Kopfjager · October 30, 2009, 01:45:50 PM

I only have this tubbed out 63.

Speedbag · October 30, 2009, 01:59:53 PM

Quote from: Monster Dave on October 30, 2009, 09:42:06 AM
I think that I spy a GT90 concept car to the right - that's an unusual one to have!

Have you ever came across an Indigo concept? Way back in the day I had a Mustang Mach III concept car similar to this one:

Correct - the white one on the right is indeed a Ford GT90. To its right is a yellow DeTomaso Pantera. To its left past the Viper coupe is an orange Saleen S7. Two more oddities with FoMoCo ties. On top of the case in that same pic, next to the black GT500, is a Ford RS200. Behind those two is a Ford GT concept (late model).

Never seen an Indigo diecast. I have a black Mach III in my Mustang case.

That display above is AWESOME!!!

Monster Dave · October 30, 2009, 02:05:55 PM

Quote from: kopfjÃ¤ger on October 30, 2009, 01:45:50 PM
I only have this tubbed out 63.

THat's cool - i like the "for sale" sign!

Monster Dave · November 02, 2009, 07:35:34 AM

So after only a week, I got a response back from an RC2 rep regarding an inquiry if they had any plans on releasing an A-Team van (RC2 holds the license) and his answer was sadly that there are no plans for any future hollywood cars at this time. $:-\$

Glad I made my own - custom.

I took pics of my collection over the weekend and will post them up soon.

In the mean time, I'll just have to wait for the Elite SEWest and Keaton editions of the Batmobile to be released:

Both come in a special finish and have extra detail.

I've already got both of the regular editions.

Monster Dave · November 03, 2009, 05:52:03 PM

Here's the pic of my collection that I said that I'd post:

Lets see everyone else's collections!!!

r_ciao · November 03, 2009, 07:42:29 PM

looks like someone likes the dukes of hazzard.

i think i have the same speedracer with chim chim.
care to identify some of the other rides?

Monster Dave · November 04, 2009, 05:24:16 AM

Quote from: r_ciao on November 03, 2009, 07:42:29 PM
care to identify some of the other rides?

From the top going across -
Row 1: Black Beauty (Green Hornet), A-Team Van, BTTF Delorean, General Lee
Row 2: Smokey and the Bandit TA, Batmobile (Adam West), Batmobile (Keaton), Tumber (Bale), Starsky and Hutch Torino
Row 3: General Lee, General Lee (Dirt Road Ed), KITT (Chase Ed), KITT, KARR
Row 4: FNF Eclipse, FNF RX-7, FNF Supra, FNF Charger, A-Team Corvette
Row 5: BTTF 1 Delorean, BTTF 2 Delorean (Flying), BTTF 3 Delorean (50's), BTTF 3 Delorean (Rail Road), Speed Racer
Row 6: James Bond Vanquish (Guns and Rockets), James Bond Jaguar (Rear gun, side missiles), Bond Lotus Sub, Ecto-1, and Herbie (Junk Yard Ed).

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