Hello from London
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 5:01 am
Hello Everyone
I am very happy to have found this forum and look forward to making a contribution to it.
I have been collecting 1/18 scale since the early 1990s, essentially bburago models such the F40, EB110 and Dodge Vipers and my collection remained modest. Since that time however, I have added according to various themes and now have over 200 models with plans to buy more...
My motivations are marque devotion and/or nostalgia. Mostly my models are linked to a favoured manufacturer (Porsche up until the early 1990s) or are linked to a specific memory or time in my life. My collection is quite broad and hopefully soon I will be able to show it to you. I decided 6 months ago to build a display cabinet to house the collection and I am in the final stages of its completion. It is rather large, as I wanted the models to have some space between them and as a result the cabinet is about 7 metres wide, by a 1 metre high with a depth of 60 centimetres. When the project is completed, I will post photographs.
I plan to write some reviews as well, because some of the cars in my collection I have owned in real life and therefore am in a good position to comment. The ownership of the real thing comes from the fact that in my earlier years I restored classic cars as a hobby. My first was a Porsche 356C and then later, an Aston Martin AM V8. I later reached the conclusion that 1/18 models are cheaper and less risky
My all time favourite car is the Porsche 917, examples of which occupy much of my collection along with other Porsches, from the Type 64 VW through to the Porsche 962. I have other favoured marques, such as Bentley, Aston Martin, Ferrari and Alfa Romeo.
I have a question for you. Can anyone help me out with a front screen for a 1/18 Porsche 956? I cannot seem to find one for sale and Minichamps were unresponsive to my enquiry.
Best
Chasmal
I am very happy to have found this forum and look forward to making a contribution to it.
I have been collecting 1/18 scale since the early 1990s, essentially bburago models such the F40, EB110 and Dodge Vipers and my collection remained modest. Since that time however, I have added according to various themes and now have over 200 models with plans to buy more...
My motivations are marque devotion and/or nostalgia. Mostly my models are linked to a favoured manufacturer (Porsche up until the early 1990s) or are linked to a specific memory or time in my life. My collection is quite broad and hopefully soon I will be able to show it to you. I decided 6 months ago to build a display cabinet to house the collection and I am in the final stages of its completion. It is rather large, as I wanted the models to have some space between them and as a result the cabinet is about 7 metres wide, by a 1 metre high with a depth of 60 centimetres. When the project is completed, I will post photographs.
I plan to write some reviews as well, because some of the cars in my collection I have owned in real life and therefore am in a good position to comment. The ownership of the real thing comes from the fact that in my earlier years I restored classic cars as a hobby. My first was a Porsche 356C and then later, an Aston Martin AM V8. I later reached the conclusion that 1/18 models are cheaper and less risky
My all time favourite car is the Porsche 917, examples of which occupy much of my collection along with other Porsches, from the Type 64 VW through to the Porsche 962. I have other favoured marques, such as Bentley, Aston Martin, Ferrari and Alfa Romeo.
I have a question for you. Can anyone help me out with a front screen for a 1/18 Porsche 956? I cannot seem to find one for sale and Minichamps were unresponsive to my enquiry.
Best
Chasmal