James Bond Car Collection - Questions and praise

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  • MovieCarFanMovieCarFan Posts: 973MI6 Agent
    Tony - I have a request as well - I know the old Italian street scene you did for Quantum was found on photobucket, but it's a bit too small a file to print out very well (I've tried using 3 different printers) Is there any chance of you re-doing it and posting a better file if it's not too much trouble?

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    No probs, that should fit OK now.

    Fantastic! - Thanks very much Tony! {[] Earlier today I received the same Carabinieri Alfa 156 model that Diecast007 posted a few days ago, so all I need now is a spare box (which should be on the way to me now care of Royal Mail) to have what DEFINITELY should have been in the JBCC. Finding some figures to go in it might take a bit longer though.
  • MovieCarFanMovieCarFan Posts: 973MI6 Agent
    edited January 2013
    Did it have whitewalls?

    I know where you're coming from, but I can tell you this: it did not have whitewalls. Take a look and you can very briefly see the front tire down to the top of the hubcap as it pulls in. It's truly a shame they didn't zoom out even one more time or alternately show the car pulling away better. I bet it was one nice hotrod, especially considering the alterations to the interior and the professional omission of the door handles.

    You can see the conundrum with this one. It's very tricky to understand the car fully when it was a 'custom' job that wasn't seen that clearly - and it's also not known whether the movie makers intended it to be seen as a stock '59 convertible or as a hot rod. It makes you wonder if they imported the car specially for the shoot or sourced it locally in Tangier.
    As far as the model is concerned, if I manage to get hold of one of the better Vitesse models to replace it with, I might be tempted to detail in the roof edge and rear parcel shelf. It sounds like the whitewalls need binning too!
  • lj1989lj1989 Posts: 23MI6 Agent
    edited January 2013
    Tony - once again - great job! I am still waiting for my package with minichamps DB5, and after it's arrival I will post some photos of diorama.
    I think, that I discovered the best font for base descriptions. It is bolded Arial 10:

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    I do not have enough experience to create all-new dioramas, but except swaping the figures for Craig's era cars, I've created something like this so far:


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    I could not stand how inaccurate the scratches were :-)


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    Tony - I hope you are not gonna have anything aganist ;-)
    If you have just a little more spare time I would love to see a picture of Hotel Splendide entrance. Something very similar to Daimler's insert, but for a long case. I think, that Daimler requires "special treatment".
    http://www.imcdb.org/i091817.jpg
  • MovieCarFanMovieCarFan Posts: 973MI6 Agent
    lj1989 wrote:
    I think, that I discovered the best font for base descriptions. It is bolded Arial 10:

    Very nice models lj1989 - the tank looks great!

    If you're interested, the correct typeface for the base captions is Eurostile Black, which can be downloaded here:

    http://fontzone.net/font-details/Eurostile-Black/?preview=ASTON+MARTIN+DB5
  • Diecast007Diecast007 Posts: 576MI6 Agent
    Diecast007 wrote:
    Your welcome,

    A couple more for you if you can spare the time

    Ford mondeo , casino royale

    Aston Martin , SKYFALL house SKYFALL

    Cheers

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    With compliments

    Brilliant , thanks
  • Diecast007Diecast007 Posts: 576MI6 Agent
    lj1989 wrote:
    Tony - once again - great job! I am still waiting for my package with minichamps DB5, and after it's arrival I will post some photos of diorama.
    I think, that I discovered the best font for base descriptions. It is bolded Arial 10:

    aaa.jpg



    I do not have enough experience to create all-new dioramas, but except swaping the figures for Craig's era cars, I've created something like this so far:


    image.jpg


    image.jpg
    I could not stand how inaccurate the scratches were :-)


    image.jpg

    Tony - I hope you are not gonna have anything aganist ;-)
    If you have just a little more spare time I would love to see a picture of Hotel Splendide entrance. Something very similar to Daimler's insert, but for a long case. I think, that Daimler requires "special treatment".
    http://www.imcdb.org/i091817.jpg

    These are great code 3's . Wow this collection has suddenly got a new lease of life. Who needs Eaglemoss ? All of the code 3's are better than some of the actual real releases . Now I need to list them all and post a full list
  • Diecast007Diecast007 Posts: 576MI6 Agent
    Just received my bank statement. I have been charged £23.97 from Eaglemoss on 22 Jan 2013. Now I have ordered two lots of back orders which i can see also on my statement too but for much greater amounts. This was the date I would normally have £15.98 leave my account. i wonder what this is for and should i be excited at the prospect of some surprise special or specials. Or is this an error. Will phone on Monday.
  • Tony EricssonTony Ericsson EnglandPosts: 181MI6 Agent
    has everyone got the last issue yet? I`m still waiting.
  • Diecast007Diecast007 Posts: 576MI6 Agent
    has everyone got the last issue yet? I`m still waiting.

    Yep I got mine about two weeks ago.

    Just an idea to compliment your fantastic inserts . I tried to make a generic James Bond outer card so rather than film specific just one we could print a generic one that would fit all three box sizes but in line with the Jbcc ??? What do you think?
  • Tony EricssonTony Ericsson EnglandPosts: 181MI6 Agent
    Diecast007 wrote:
    has everyone got the last issue yet? I`m still waiting.

    Yep I got mine about two weeks ago.

    Just an idea to compliment your fantastic inserts . I tried to make a generic James Bond outer card so rather than film specific just one we could print a generic one that would fit all three box sizes but in line with the Jbcc ??? What do you think?
    I have thought about that too. I`ll get on it. Should it have JBCC written on it anywhere or perhaps our own Code 3 logo alongside the 007 one?
  • Diecast007Diecast007 Posts: 576MI6 Agent
    Diecast007 wrote:
    has everyone got the last issue yet? I`m still waiting.

    Yep I got mine about two weeks ago.

    Just an idea to compliment your fantastic inserts . I tried to make a generic James Bond outer card so rather than film specific just one we could print a generic one that would fit all three box sizes but in line with the Jbcc ??? What do you think?
    I have thought about that too. I`ll get on it. Should it have JBCC written on it anywhere or perhaps our own Code 3 logo alongside the 007 one?

    I like our own code 3 logo idea ... I look forward to what you come up with
  • Rainier WolfcastleRainier Wolfcastle Posts: 484MI6 Agent
    A special thanks to Tony Ericsson for providing the great backgrounds! -{

    Great work, everyone - even a bit intimidating :# as I will not dare to show a half-hearted attempt now that I've seen all these outstanding dioramas with customized figures ...
    The model itself is by Road Champs and was the nearest to the movie’s red ‘59 Impala I could find at the time. Vitesse have issued a better example in red with a white interior but I’ve not been able to get hold of one, unfortunately.
    The new Vitesse Impala convertibles (both red and white) are only available with a red interior. A white interior was fitted to the old red convertible (about 20, 25 years ago) but that red had an orange tint (more like 1957 Corvette Venetian Red). The details of the new ones are far better, with a coloured Chevrolet logo and added tampos on the side spears and better wheels, so I would avoid buying the older version just for the white interior.
    As has already been figured out, the real car appears to have been a hardtop coupe with the roof cut off, leaving the leading edge visible over the windscreen, and it also appears not to have a folded hood cover as per the stock convertible. Interestingly the black dashboard on the real car means the original interior was probably black too. What colour bodywork came with a black interior I don’t know, but I suspect it wasn’t red! So the screen car wasn’t a genuine convertible but to my mind it was probably meant to be portrayed as being something like one, so this particular model (or the Vitesse offering) is close enough for me.
    There were no black (or white) interiors on 1959 Impalas.

    [know-it-all mode]TRIM codes 800 through 811 indicate a gray cloth and vinyl interior. Codes 817 through 819 indicate a yellow and green cloth and vinyl interior. An interior trim of green cloth and vinyl is denoted by codes 822 through 827. Codes 833 though 838, 841 and 843 indicate a blue cloth and vinyl interior. Code 839 indicates gray and blue cloth and vinyl trim, while 842 indicates silver and blue cloth and vinyl. Codes 849 through 854 indicate a turquoise cloth and vinyl interior. Codes 862 through 867 indicate a copper and brown cloth and vinyl interior. Code 873 indicates a red cloth and vinyl interior, while 874 is red vinyl trim.[/know-it-all mode] ;)
    (from: http://www.ehow.com/how_7867162_do-color-1959-chevrolet-impala.html)
    The most accurate way of doing this car would probably be to take a 1.43 Impala coupe and cut away the roof in exactly the same way as the real car was cut. Because the issue isn't just the roof metal remaining on the leading edge, it's the area behind the rear seats too. On the stock convertible there is a space for the folding hood and a fairly big vinyl hood cover to go over it when it's down whereas on the screen car there is some sort of padded rear parcel shelf up against the trunk/boot, so the arrangement is different.
    The Vitesse Impala coupe is just the convertible with a plastic top, so you end up with the same windscreen frame as on the convertible, and the coupe's parcel shelf is probably just beneath the convertible hood.

    MCF, I really like what you did to the figures and the base! It's a pity that the figures aren't available separately, not even from the factory-backdoor-outlet dealers.



    As the Louisiana Bel Air is the next release here I have taken a closer look at Sheriff Pepper's car in the last days. This is one I feel is really missing from the collection. The speedboat crashing into the car is such an iconic image from LALD, too bad IMCDB gave it just two stars and the Custom Coupé three. But how many remembered the Custom Coupé more than Pepper's car?

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    Can anyone with a Blu-Ray read the text within the star? I've tried with the DVD but it's too blurred. SHERIFF is clear, and the smaller text above is probably J W PEPPER.
    Below that to the right is PARISH but I can't read the left side. I think it starts with F or P (and maybe ends with TOWN). The list of Louisiana parishes doesn't have a matching one (FRANKLIN?) but the name could be made up for the film.
  • FACTFACT Station ZPosts: 320MI6 Agent
    Diecast007 wrote:
    Just received my bank statement. I have been charged £23.97 from Eaglemoss on 22 Jan 2013. Now I have ordered two lots of back orders which i can see also on my statement too but for much greater amounts. This was the date I would normally have £15.98 leave my account. i wonder what this is for and should i be excited at the prospect of some surprise special or specials. Or is this an error. Will phone on Monday.
    3 x £7.99 ... won't be back orders as those have postage added on, so it must be the charge for Issues 135, 136 and 137 :s :))
  • Tony EricssonTony Ericsson EnglandPosts: 181MI6 Agent
    Diecast007 wrote:
    Diecast007 wrote:

    Yep I got mine about two weeks ago.

    Just an idea to compliment your fantastic inserts . I tried to make a generic James Bond outer card so rather than film specific just one we could print a generic one that would fit all three box sizes but in line with the Jbcc ??? What do you think?
    I have thought about that too. I`ll get on it. Should it have JBCC written on it anywhere or perhaps our own Code 3 logo alongside the 007 one?

    I like our own code 3 logo idea ... I look forward to what you come up with

    CODE_3_TYPE_1.jpg

    Ok well i had a little play on Photoshop and came up with this. I replicated the general look of the official boxes but added a code 3 logo of sorts and a nod to all you fans who cant see a good thing die. If it gets a vote, i`ll make up all three sizes with the left and the right sided style.
  • Diecast007Diecast007 Posts: 576MI6 Agent
    Gets my vote, thanks Tony ! Well done ! {[]
  • Diecast007Diecast007 Posts: 576MI6 Agent
    edited January 2013
    Vauxhall Astra Metropolitan Police - SKYFALL

    This is a great model from Corgi Vanguard range circa 2006. I have mounted on the base for the Citroen Traction Avant 'From Russia with Love coupled with another great background from Tony, thanks.

    I agree not a big player in the movie but a nice police vehicle to compliment the Italian QOS Code 3 156 and the many other police vehicles in the JBCC collection. This is the first british police car to feature. For those not in the UK the Astra is a very popular car and used by many police forces throughout the UK. :)

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    The actual car as seen in the movie :)
  • pjfthompsonpjfthompson Posts: 61MI6 Agent
    Does someone have a printable copy of the OP bus sign see photo for the model I am doing I cannot find the right OP logo
    Cheers Paul



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  • StufileyStufiley Posts: 4MI6 Agent
    Hi Tony,
    Thank you for all your effort with the backgrounds. I will have to start some code3s myself now.
    Could you do a background for the E type like from Thunderball as show pages ago. I think this would be a great one for me to start with.
    Cheers
    Stu
  • MovieCarFanMovieCarFan Posts: 973MI6 Agent
    Stufiley wrote:
    Hi Tony,
    Thank you for all your effort with the backgrounds. I will have to start some code3s myself now.
    Could you do a background for the E type like from Thunderball as show pages ago. I think this would be a great one for me to start with.
    Cheers
    Stu

    Here's the background I used for the Thunderball E-Type - it isn't 'shaped to fit' like Tony's remarkable work, but was easy to work with. I printed it out to a suitable size, laid a JBCC card background over it, marked around it with a pencil and cut it out. You're more than welcome to use it if you wish. (But I won't be offended if you want Tony to do his own version, in fact I'd probably use it too!!)
    You'll need to click on the photo then click on it a second time before saving it, that will bring it up to its proper working size and format:

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  • MovieCarFanMovieCarFan Posts: 973MI6 Agent
    Diecast007 wrote:
    I have thought about that too. I`ll get on it. Should it have JBCC written on it anywhere or perhaps our own Code 3 logo alongside the 007 one?

    I like our own code 3 logo idea ... I look forward to what you come up with

    CODE_3_TYPE_1.jpg

    Ok well i had a little play on Photoshop and came up with this. I replicated the general look of the official boxes but added a code 3 logo of sorts and a nod to all you fans who cant see a good thing die. If it gets a vote, i`ll make up all three sizes with the left and the right sided style.

    That is an excellent graphic, and I really like the idea of a generic exterior backing card like that. Well done Tony, and D007 for the idea. If I might make one suggestion, it would be to keep the logo elements the same mm size on all the different box size formats - just increase the background areas, that way they would look more in keeping with each other in spite of the different box dimensions.
  • MovieCarFanMovieCarFan Posts: 973MI6 Agent
    Diecast007 wrote:
    Vauxhall Astra Metropolitan Police - SKYFALL

    This is a great model from Corgi Vanguard range circa 2006. I have mounted on the base for the Citroen Traction Avant 'From Russia with Love coupled with another great background from Tony, thanks.

    I agree not a big player in the movie but a nice police vehicle to compliment the Italian QOS Code 3 156 and the many other police vehicles in the JBCC collection. This is the first british police car to feature. For those not in the UK the Astra is a very popular car and used by many police forces throughout the UK. :)

    image.jpg

    image.jpg

    image.jpg


    i551327.jpg

    The actual car as seen in the movie :)

    Another very nice model :) I think as long as it can be proved that a certain vehicle appeared in a Bond movie, even fleetingly, then there is no reason why it shouldn't be put forward as a code3 model. We're in a very different realm now the JBCC has finished, the gloves are off so to speak. In fact I'd like to see some more 'off the wall' ideas from people such as aircraft, bikes, boats, jetskis etc. If the JBCC could include things like the Bondola and Parahawk, why not?
  • MovieCarFanMovieCarFan Posts: 973MI6 Agent
    A special thanks to Tony Ericsson for providing the great backgrounds! -{

    Great work, everyone - even a bit intimidating :# as I will not dare to show a half-hearted attempt now that I've seen all these outstanding dioramas with customized figures ...
    The model itself is by Road Champs and was the nearest to the movie’s red ‘59 Impala I could find at the time. Vitesse have issued a better example in red with a white interior but I’ve not been able to get hold of one, unfortunately.
    The new Vitesse Impala convertibles (both red and white) are only available with a red interior. A white interior was fitted to the old red convertible (about 20, 25 years ago) but that red had an orange tint (more like 1957 Corvette Venetian Red). The details of the new ones are far better, with a coloured Chevrolet logo and added tampos on the side spears and better wheels, so I would avoid buying the older version just for the white interior.
    As has already been figured out, the real car appears to have been a hardtop coupe with the roof cut off, leaving the leading edge visible over the windscreen, and it also appears not to have a folded hood cover as per the stock convertible. Interestingly the black dashboard on the real car means the original interior was probably black too. What colour bodywork came with a black interior I don’t know, but I suspect it wasn’t red! So the screen car wasn’t a genuine convertible but to my mind it was probably meant to be portrayed as being something like one, so this particular model (or the Vitesse offering) is close enough for me.
    There were no black (or white) interiors on 1959 Impalas.

    [know-it-all mode]TRIM codes 800 through 811 indicate a gray cloth and vinyl interior. Codes 817 through 819 indicate a yellow and green cloth and vinyl interior. An interior trim of green cloth and vinyl is denoted by codes 822 through 827. Codes 833 though 838, 841 and 843 indicate a blue cloth and vinyl interior. Code 839 indicates gray and blue cloth and vinyl trim, while 842 indicates silver and blue cloth and vinyl. Codes 849 through 854 indicate a turquoise cloth and vinyl interior. Codes 862 through 867 indicate a copper and brown cloth and vinyl interior. Code 873 indicates a red cloth and vinyl interior, while 874 is red vinyl trim.[/know-it-all mode] ;)
    (from: http://www.ehow.com/how_7867162_do-color-1959-chevrolet-impala.html)
    The most accurate way of doing this car would probably be to take a 1.43 Impala coupe and cut away the roof in exactly the same way as the real car was cut. Because the issue isn't just the roof metal remaining on the leading edge, it's the area behind the rear seats too. On the stock convertible there is a space for the folding hood and a fairly big vinyl hood cover to go over it when it's down whereas on the screen car there is some sort of padded rear parcel shelf up against the trunk/boot, so the arrangement is different.
    The Vitesse Impala coupe is just the convertible with a plastic top, so you end up with the same windscreen frame as on the convertible, and the coupe's parcel shelf is probably just beneath the convertible hood.

    MCF, I really like what you did to the figures and the base! It's a pity that the figures aren't available separately, not even from the factory-backdoor-outlet dealers.


    Thank you very much for the kind compliments on the Impala - much appreciated. The more this Impala is discussed, the more of an enigma it seems to be. If the info you have passed on is correct in that '59s weren't produced with white or black interiors, I can only assume that the Living Daylights Impala's dashboard was either re-trimmed or re-painted in black. I guess white would have caused too much glare off the sun.

    You've made my mind up on the Vitesse Impala. I'll be buying the new red version with red interior to keep 'as is' and I'll look out for another version with white interior to re-spray red and replace the Road Champs model.
  • Tony EricssonTony Ericsson EnglandPosts: 181MI6 Agent
    Diecast007 wrote:

    I like our own code 3 logo idea ... I look forward to what you come up with

    CODE_3_TYPE_1.jpg

    Ok well i had a little play on Photoshop and came up with this. I replicated the general look of the official boxes but added a code 3 logo of sorts and a nod to all you fans who cant see a good thing die. If it gets a vote, i`ll make up all three sizes with the left and the right sided style.

    That is an excellent graphic, and I really like the idea of a generic exterior backing card like that. Well done Tony, and D007 for the idea. If I might make one suggestion, it would be to keep the logo elements the same mm size on all the different box size formats - just increase the background areas, that way they would look more in keeping with each other in spite of the different box dimensions.
    Oh i like the idea of keeping the logo size the same for each size box. I did stretch them to fit and they looked just that, stretched. I would have had to creat them over for each size, but now i dont need to. Which gives me more time to spend on the E-Type from Thunderball. I have found a nice picture of Cubby`s Rolls Royce, CUB 1, to sit beside it and will use photos of Chalfont Park House, ( the location used as Shrublands ) to fill it out. How about a few ideas for cars from the books too? That way no one will know if i`ve screwed it up! I`ll do a final version of the logo later. Thinking of adding a few bullet holes across the lettering. Oh, by the way, i am loving the pictures coming in of the Code 3 displays.Brilliant work from all involved. Well done -{
  • StufileyStufiley Posts: 4MI6 Agent
    Thank you MovieCarFan,

    That will look great, Just waiting for the cars to arrive now.

    I do like the fact that real fans of this collection are showing that Eaglemoss could have made a mistake with ending this collection, and making their own. I am not too sure this would happen with the Batman Collection?

    Cheers Stu
  • mazmaz Posts: 227MI6 Agent
    Great art work Tony. Is there any way you can create a library of the art work once tested and approved by the code-3ers so we can make sure we download the finished product? Some of this is much better than Fabbri/Eaglemoss ever managed 10/10!

    Great work on the "missing" cars diecast007 and others.

    Stu you are spot on. Eaglemoss will struggle to sell anything once the classic film and TV batman models are done let alone find a code 3 community growing around the series.

    I once wrote a series of mag articles on Cars etc. in James Bond Books I will try to create a listing at some point..

    Dalko why don't you do a definitive list of the Eastern Bloc vehicles in Bond - what series a base model can be found in and what mods would be needed to make them right for the film - and what type of base and backing would be best.... They would form a healthy Code 3 Challenge....

    Now all we need is a bulk source of cheap suitable boxes someone in Hong Kong/China is missing a tidy profit there bet they could get them for pence a time....
  • 123James123James Posts: 26MI6 Agent
    Hello All

    Here some more cars (code3) for James Bond collection - I fully agree your corrections DAK


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  • Tony EricssonTony Ericsson EnglandPosts: 181MI6 Agent
    Code_3_REG_SIZE.jpg

    Code_3_LONG_BOX.jpg

    Code_3_TALL_LEFT_FLAP.jpg

    Code_3_TALL_RIGHT_FLAP.jpg

    there you are, Code 3 is now a brand...........Hang on a minute....where are you all suddenly finding room for all these? I`m guessing that every Big Yellow Storage depot in Britain are now bulging with Bond car displays. :p And thats a good thing. Keep `em coming.
  • Tony EricssonTony Ericsson EnglandPosts: 181MI6 Agent
    Code_3_REG_SIZE.jpg

    Code_3_LONG_BOX.jpg

    Code_3_TALL_LEFT_FLAP.jpg

    Code_3_TALL_RIGHT_FLAP.jpg

    there you are, Code 3 is now a brand...........Hang on a minute....where are you all suddenly finding room for all these? I`m guessing that every Big Yellow Storage depot in Britain are now bulging with Bond car displays. :p And thats a good thing. Keep `em coming.

    Code_3_Standard_size.jpg
    Oop! posted the wrong "standard size" without the wording on the bottom
  • Tony EricssonTony Ericsson EnglandPosts: 181MI6 Agent
    E_TYPE_THUNDERBALL.jpg

    One background for the E-type as ordered. I had the Rolls driving away. Did`nt want the Jag to be `over shadowed`. Sorry! I`ll save the really bad puns for the Roger Moore era requests :#
  • StufileyStufiley Posts: 4MI6 Agent
    Thank you very much Tony,
    Those files look great.
    Its just good to see this collection carrying on.
    Cheers
    Stu
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