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Ever since I saw a glimpse of a Dodge Viper, back in the '90's.......... it happened.
Car Crazy blood began to flow.
I started with buying one scale model in a local store..... just a plain normal scale model.
After the first.... many followed.
The vitrine grew too small...... and boxes started piling up on top of it.
After almost 10 years collecting I bought my own house....... but the collection had to stay at my parent's place. The right vitrine couldn't be found easy.
A long search I found one.
It was a custom made piece in an office... on the second floor (in the US you call this the third I think).
The perfect thing... only 30 cm to tall...
You can see it on this picture... filled with the original owners collection of Ferrari's.
So I had to circlesaw up both ends......... with 15 cm's each.
After sawing... it was time for a new color...... the turkoise was perfect for the 60's diner at the office it came from... but now I had to get something wich fitted in my house.....
I chose for a brushed aluminium duropal finish.
Carfully mill the edges back to the wood......
And put it together again.....
Time to put the cars back on display.....
And a complete picture.....
What's in my collection.
99% of the diecast 1:18 models produced
100% of the 1:43 Le Mans contenders produced
95% of the 1:43 roadcars produced
70% of the 1:18 AutoArt racing collection.
Some custom made models, some airbrushed models.
Sometime soon I'll try some GC Wax on a diecast model and post the story in this topic.
Car Crazy blood began to flow.
I started with buying one scale model in a local store..... just a plain normal scale model.
After the first.... many followed.
The vitrine grew too small...... and boxes started piling up on top of it.
After almost 10 years collecting I bought my own house....... but the collection had to stay at my parent's place. The right vitrine couldn't be found easy.
A long search I found one.
It was a custom made piece in an office... on the second floor (in the US you call this the third I think).
The perfect thing... only 30 cm to tall...
You can see it on this picture... filled with the original owners collection of Ferrari's.
So I had to circlesaw up both ends......... with 15 cm's each.
After sawing... it was time for a new color...... the turkoise was perfect for the 60's diner at the office it came from... but now I had to get something wich fitted in my house.....
I chose for a brushed aluminium duropal finish.
Carfully mill the edges back to the wood......
And put it together again.....
Time to put the cars back on display.....
And a complete picture.....
What's in my collection.
99% of the diecast 1:18 models produced
100% of the 1:43 Le Mans contenders produced
95% of the 1:43 roadcars produced
70% of the 1:18 AutoArt racing collection.
Some custom made models, some airbrushed models.
Sometime soon I'll try some GC Wax on a diecast model and post the story in this topic.
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