James Bond Car Collection - Questions and praise

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  • Tony EricssonTony Ericsson EnglandPosts: 181MI6 Agent
    Diecast007 wrote:
    Diecast007 wrote:
    Diecast007 wrote:
    Introducing my Audi A5 SKYFALL
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    Thanks Tony for another great background


    Ok have posted the photos again as I think Rainer requested more info.The car is a dealer model by Norev. I sourced through AUDI UK then had to wait three weeks for delivery. The cool thing is it came with an AUDI UK invoice.

    The base not ideal is from the little blue car in Goldeneye, apologies Dal can't remember what it's called . The figures are from Peugeot 504 and Toyota crown

    Looking at the photos again , I am going to revisit this as it just doesn't look right. What do you think Tony ? Of course I am not criticising the background. Do you think this may look better in the longer box?

    Honestly it looks fantastic to me. But you see the real thing and we see the photos and pictures cant always show the proper scale as that third dimention of depth is missing. I`ll extend the standard size background to fit the long box for you and you can compare them for yourself. But as i say, to my eye, looking at those pictures, all i see is the perfect addition to a collection that i and many will never feel was fully completed. Praise to you, shame on Eaglemoss.
  • SWJSWJ Posts: 100MI6 Agent
    A couple of updated vehicles with Tony's superb backgrounds. Thanks again Tony!


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    The DBS from DAF. Work in Progress

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    From the literary collection:

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  • mazmaz Posts: 227MI6 Agent
    Excellent as ever SWJ.

    Noticed yesterday that Batman stuff is doing really badly on EBay even the classic film cars are making only about what they cost and the comic based ones seemed to be running out of steam much cheaper than they were bought for. I think that they will drop a packet on that part work be surprised if it runs to much more than 50....

    DeAgostini seem to be test marketing selling russian part works from their web site and have about 12 listed. Dalko can you have a look at http://www.model-space.com/gb/motors/classic-soviet-cars/ and see if any of the cars on offer appeared in a Bond film? If they did at £9.99 each incl P&P they may be of interest to Code 3.
  • Tony EricssonTony Ericsson EnglandPosts: 181MI6 Agent
    Diecast007 wrote:
    Diecast007 wrote:
    Diecast007 wrote:
    Introducing my Audi A5 SKYFALL
    image.jpg

    image.jpg



    image.jpg





    Thanks Tony for another great background


    Ok have posted the photos again as I think Rainer requested more info.The car is a dealer model by Norev. I sourced through AUDI UK then had to wait three weeks for delivery. The cool thing is it came with an AUDI UK invoice.

    The base not ideal is from the little blue car in Goldeneye, apologies Dal can't remember what it's called . The figures are from Peugeot 504 and Toyota crown

    Looking at the photos again , I am going to revisit this as it just doesn't look right. What do you think Tony ? Of course I am not criticising the background. Do you think this may look better in the longer box?

    Long box, as requested. I`ve increased the size of the Defender. Hopefully it will feel more a part of the action now. Let me know if this helps, or of any other requests you have. Cheers.
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  • Dalkowski110Dalkowski110 Posts: 1,314MI6 Agent
    maz wrote:
    Dalko can you have a look at [the site] and see if any of the cars on offer appeared in a Bond film?

    Sure!

    1. Moskvitch 407. No.
    2. GAZ-M20V Pobeda. No, although it's possible this car inspired Ian Fleming's "ZIK Saloon" from the literary FRWL.
    3. GAZ-12 ZIM Limousine. Although a limousine in the USSR and the rest of the East Bloc, the ZIM was seen as a large sedan everywhere else and the articles of the time reflect this. Probably inspired Ian Fleming's "ZIK Saloon" from the literary FRWL and is even the same color. Fleming wrote FRWL in the months following the failed coup d'etat by Vyacheslav Molotov ("ZIM"="Zavod Imeni Molotova", or "Factory Named for Molotov") and probably assumed like many western automotive authorities that the factory's formal name would be changed to Zavod Imeni Khrushcheva or possibly even Zavod Imeni Kirova (after Sergei Kirov, who Khrushchev strongly believed was a victim of Stalinism). Instead, GAZ simply did not have a formal name anymore.
    4. ZAZ-968A Zaporozhets. Surprisingly, we don't see this car.
    5. GAZ-13 Chayka. Reportedly, this car came close to appearing in GE since working examples were known, but was not used.
    6. VAZ-2108 Lada Sputnik Three-Door Hatchback. Yes, you can see this in GE.
    9. GAZ-24 Volga. Not in white, but you do see it in GE during the tank chase.
    10. VAZ-2121 Niva. You actually see three of these in the exact same yellow color driving around the traffic circle in GE.
    12. Moskvitch 408. Surprisingly not seen in any Bond film.
    14. VAZ-2102 Zhiguli Station Wagon. Sort of. If you have the ability and decals to make this into a Verejna Bezpecnost patrol car, it appeared on the streets of Bratislava in TLD.
    19. GAZ-11-73 Sedan. Nope, doesn't appear.
    20. Moskvitch 423N Station Wagon. Also doesn't appear.
    Diecast007 wrote:
    The base not ideal is from the little blue car in Goldeneye, apologies Dal can't remember what it's called.

    ZAZ-965A Zaporozhets. :s ;)
    By the way, are you gonna eat that?
  • mazmaz Posts: 227MI6 Agent
    Thanks dalko so a little scope there
  • Diecast007Diecast007 Posts: 576MI6 Agent
    edited March 2013
    Diecast007 wrote:
    Diecast007 wrote:


    Ok have posted the photos again as I think Rainer requested more info.The car is a dealer model by Norev. I sourced through AUDI UK then had to wait three weeks for delivery. The cool thing is it came with an AUDI UK invoice.

    The base not ideal is from the little blue car in Goldeneye, apologies Dal can't remember what it's called . The figures are from Peugeot 504 and Toyota crown

    Looking at the photos again , I am going to revisit this as it just doesn't look right. What do you think Tony ? Of course I am not criticising the background. Do you think this may look better in the longer box?

    Long box, as requested. I`ve increased the size of the Defender. Hopefully it will feel more a part of the action now. Let me know if this helps, or of any other requests you have. Cheers.
    Code_3_Audi_SKYFALL_LONGBOX.jpg

    Thanks Tony. Printed off the enlarged background but it looks out of scale as you will see in the 1st photo.
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    However the original back drop looks much better with the Audi in the longer box.

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    Are you able to fill the white areas with detail to make the original back drop fit within the longer box shape.

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    The longer box now gives the audi a sense of movement against the blurred background which you could not see in the smaller box. Its a big ask , sorry to be a pain, but i think the end result should be pretty cool! :)

    Thanks again for your continued support in helping us all produce code 3's

    I have a number of projects that you have kindly made backgrounds for but waiting for key components such as figures, props or even cars. The Eurocopter is waiting for a box suitable in size.

    Cheers
  • Dalkowski110Dalkowski110 Posts: 1,314MI6 Agent
    maz wrote:
    Thanks dalko so a little scope there

    Pretty much. There ARE more in the series that you do see literally in the same color and all. For example, you do see a white VAZ-2101 Zhiguli cruising down the street in TLD. Leonid Pushkin's car in that same film is a black GAZ-3102 Volga, which also appears in the series. You can see a dark-colored GAZ-22P Volga Station Wagon in TB, but it's the RHD version and requires conversion of the interior. A better candidate for conversion would be the Romanian-issue version of the car. It basically nails the color and improves on the poorly-done antenna. Speaking of Romanian cars, you can also see a few Dacia 1300's and Dacia 1310's in TLD (as well as two Trabant P601's made in East Germany that were almost certainly purchased from Romania) and both have been done in the Polish series, with the Dacia 1300 thus far existing in the Romanian partwork, which is called Masini de Legenda (I have an, umm...very strong suspicion that after the ARO 244D is released, we're going to see the Dacia 1310 sedan in the Romanian partwork unless a Wartburg 353 Tourist appears instead).
    By the way, are you gonna eat that?
  • myhandlemyhandle Posts: 124MI6 Agent
    Diecast007 wrote:
    Diecast007 wrote:

    Looking at the photos again , I am going to revisit this as it just doesn't look right. What do you think Tony ? Of course I am not criticising the background. Do you think this may look better in the longer box?

    Long box, as requested. I`ve increased the size of the Defender. Hopefully it will feel more a part of the action now. Let me know if this helps, or of any other requests you have. Cheers.
    Code_3_Audi_SKYFALL_LONGBOX.jpg

    Thanks Tony. Printed off the enlarged background but it looks out of scale as you will see in the 1st photo.
    image.jpg

    However the original back drop looks much better with the Audi in the longer box.

    image.jpg

    Are you able to fill the white areas with detail to make the original back drop fit within the longer box shape.

    image.jpg

    The longer box now gives the audi a sense of movement against the blurred background which you could not see in the smaller box. Its a big ask , sorry to be a pain, but i think the end result should be pretty cool! :)

    Thanks again for your continued support in helping us all produce code 3's

    I have a number of projects that you have kindly made backgrounds for but waiting for key components such as figures, props or even cars. The Eurocopter is waiting for a box suitable in size.

    Cheers

    I am very impressed by your Code 3s ... but at risk of pedantry, you have the wrong year of A5 - the model shown is the facelifted one and the one in the film is pre-facelift - here is a pre-facelift one on ebay : http://www.ebay.de/itm/Audi-A5-Coupe-3-2-quattro-B8-meteorgrau-Schuco-1-43-NEU-in-Originalverpackung-/121078685577?pt=Spielzeugautos&hash=item1c30da1f89#ht_3380wt_1139
  • mazmaz Posts: 227MI6 Agent
    Finally got 132/133. Lincoln could have been so much better. DB5 is not bad but then it is not exactly new and is not as good as norev. So just a replacement ford ranch wagon to go.
  • Diecast007Diecast007 Posts: 576MI6 Agent
    myhandle wrote:
    Diecast007 wrote:

    Long box, as requested. I`ve increased the size of the Defender. Hopefully it will feel more a part of the action now. Let me know if this helps, or of any other requests you have. Cheers.
    Code_3_Audi_SKYFALL_LONGBOX.jpg

    Thanks Tony. Printed off the enlarged background but it looks out of scale as you will see in the 1st photo.
    image.jpg

    However the original back drop looks much better with the Audi in the longer box.

    image.jpg

    Are you able to fill the white areas with detail to make the original back drop fit within the longer box shape.

    image.jpg

    The longer box now gives the audi a sense of movement against the blurred background which you could not see in the smaller box. Its a big ask , sorry to be a pain, but i think the end result should be pretty cool! :)

    Thanks again for your continued support in helping us all produce code 3's

    I have a number of projects that you have kindly made backgrounds for but waiting for key components such as figures, props or even cars. The Eurocopter is waiting for a box suitable in size.

    Cheers

    I am very impressed by your Code 3s ... but at risk of pedantry, you have the wrong year of A5 - the model shown is the facelifted one and the one in the film is pre-facelift - here is a pre-facelift one on ebay : http://www.ebay.de/itm/Audi-A5-Coupe-3-2-quattro-B8-meteorgrau-Schuco-1-43-NEU-in-Originalverpackung-/121078685577?pt=Spielzeugautos&hash=item1c30da1f89#ht_3380wt_1139

    Thanks , well spotted! I guess a bit of artistic license then is required a bit like the Audi 200 earlier in the real collection. I replaced that one with a neo Audi 200 , far superior.
  • MovieCarFanMovieCarFan Posts: 973MI6 Agent
    Here's something of interest on eBay - a model DB5 'barn find':

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321085820007?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

    Scroll down the listing for lots of photos. It's very nicely done, I particularly like the state of the engine and the leaves inside. Not so sure about the rusting bodywork though, I guess AM must have run out of aluminium when they made this one!

    If you enter 'barn find model' in eBay's search box, there's quite a few other similarly distressed models of different makes.

    Here's another DB5, in 1.43 this time, using one of our own JBCC models from the look of it:

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ASTON-MARTIN-DB5-007-BARN-FIND-DIORAMA-MODEL-CLASSIC-CAR-JAMES-BOND-GIFT-1-43-/281074773201?pt=UK_ToysGames_DiecastVehicles_DiecastVehicles_JN&hash=item41715cacd1

    This could have created a very different scene in Skyfall if the DB5 looked like that when Bond and M entered the lock-up garage...........
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    edited March 2013
    Wonder, if they would be able to recreate the OHMSS barn scene with the Cougar and some blankets. That would be nice!
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • MovieCarFanMovieCarFan Posts: 973MI6 Agent
    Bondtoys wrote:
    Wonder, if they would ne able to recreate the OHMSS barn scene with the Cougars and some blankets. That would be nice!

    A great idea for a Code3! :)
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Forgive my ignorance, what is code 3?
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • MovieCarFanMovieCarFan Posts: 973MI6 Agent
    Bondtoys wrote:
    Forgive my ignorance, what is code 3?

    Here are some definitions I found online:

    CODE 1: Models produced totally by the manufacturer.

    CODE 2: Models that have had logos and/or extra detail applied by a secondary company under licence, usually for re-selling or gifting as small promotional runs.

    CODE 3: This is the refinishing or alteration of a model by adding new logos, repainting, adding more detailed finish usually by model enthusiasts for their own use.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Thanks,

    does the making of a totally new diorama also fall under that category?
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • MovieCarFanMovieCarFan Posts: 973MI6 Agent
    Bondtoys wrote:
    Thanks,

    does the making of a totally new diorama also fall under that category?

    Possibly, if the model diorama created is made to look like it's 'in keeping' with the JBCC series or uses easily recognisable parts of a JBCC issue like the case, base, background or the car. For instance, D007's 'Vanish' has no car at all, so it's the JBCC case and base that have been made into a Code3 or have been 'Code3-ed'.
    As far as I'm aware, if the diorama is much larger than anything we've seen produced as part of the JBCC and less recognisable, perhaps using several cars, it's not really a Code3 any more but something else.
  • Tony EricssonTony Ericsson EnglandPosts: 181MI6 Agent
    OK D007. I did the whole thing again from scratch after i found pictures of the building in the background of the long section ( a bank ). I have saved the project and all its layers so i can easily fine tune it should you think it needs it. Please let me now how it looks after a print out. Thanks.
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  • Rainier WolfcastleRainier Wolfcastle Posts: 484MI6 Agent
    I have talked to British Heritage Models who commissioned the GF DB5 and the OHMSS DBS from SMTS, to look into the possibility that SMTS could also make a factory-built TLD convertible from their Vantage Volante PoW kit. I hope that this will be realized next year.
    The TLD Volante and Vantage coupe, made by SMTS, are now available from British Heritage Models (and also a Skyfall DB5 which seems to be the same as the GF version minus roof opening).
    I guess this will be the only chance to get a Volante with correct boot area, unless Minichamps produces Bond cars again in the future.
    I have to say that I am very pleased to see that SMTS has not just repainted their existing models, but also changed the wheels from the Ronal to BBS style, and also moved the side repeater from behind the front wheel on the Prince of Wales convertible forward, as on the movie car.
    I don't know how many have been produced, my guess is only five to ten pieces each.

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=321087740410
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221199863424
  • Dalkowski110Dalkowski110 Posts: 1,314MI6 Agent
    RW...thanks for the link! If anyone plans on getting a V8 Volante, that's your best bet to get something close to the real deal. With some effort, you can make a gadgetless Vantage, but I doubt you could get a V8 Volante.
    Bondtoys wrote:
    does the making of a totally new diorama also fall under that category?

    It depends. If you're planning to keep the car on the diorama, then yes. If you're altering the diorama (say, adding figures and extra scenery) but keeping the car the same albeit still attached to the diorama, then yes. If you're taking the car off the diorama, putting the diorama into storage, and altering the car, I can't see how the diorama would factor into it. Deicast007's "Vanish" does indeed count as a Code 3. If the new diorama deviates significantly in size and shape (a 2 square foot diorama with no cover or label, for example), I also imagine it has trouble staying in the JBCC category.
    By the way, are you gonna eat that?
  • Diecast007Diecast007 Posts: 576MI6 Agent
    OK D007. I did the whole thing again from scratch after i found pictures of the building in the background of the long section ( a bank ). I have saved the project and all its layers so i can easily fine tune it should you think it needs it. Please let me now how it looks after a print out. Thanks.
    skyfall_audi_Long_Box_2.jpg

    Thanks Tony. This looks brilliant. I used some paper for the base which I dry brushed to tint slightly. I did the same with the back ground. Together your revised background and the larger box sets off the Audi perfectly. It also allows the landrover to be seen more clearly.

    Thanks for doing that I appreciate it

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    Ps original code 3 and new one for comparison

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  • MovieCarFanMovieCarFan Posts: 973MI6 Agent
    I have talked to British Heritage Models who commissioned the GF DB5 and the OHMSS DBS from SMTS, to look into the possibility that SMTS could also make a factory-built TLD convertible from their Vantage Volante PoW kit. I hope that this will be realized next year.
    The TLD Volante and Vantage coupe, made by SMTS, are now available from British Heritage Models (and also a Skyfall DB5 which seems to be the same as the GF version minus roof opening).
    I guess this will be the only chance to get a Volante with correct boot area, unless Minichamps produces Bond cars again in the future.
    I have to say that I am very pleased to see that SMTS has not just repainted their existing models, but also changed the wheels from the Ronal to BBS style, and also moved the side repeater from behind the front wheel on the Prince of Wales convertible forward, as on the movie car.
    I don't know how many have been produced, my guess is only five to ten pieces each.

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=321087740410
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221199863424

    Thanks for posting those RW. I'd buy them both if I had the money but alas....

    There's something quite unique about the Vantage/Volante V8, whereas the previous Aston Martins and those made subsequently are like works of art in their design, the Vantage was different. It had typical AM beauty in its design but looked kind of dangerous IMHO, sort of shark-like. If you saw it in your rear view mirror, you'd probably let it go past, no matter what speed you were doing!
  • MovieCarFanMovieCarFan Posts: 973MI6 Agent
    Diecast007 wrote:
    OK D007. I did the whole thing again from scratch after i found pictures of the building in the background of the long section ( a bank ). I have saved the project and all its layers so i can easily fine tune it should you think it needs it. Please let me now how it looks after a print out. Thanks.
    skyfall_audi_Long_Box_2.jpg

    Thanks Tony. This looks brilliant. I used some paper for the base which I dry brushed to tint slightly. I did the same with the back ground. Together your revised background and the larger box sets off the Audi perfectly. It also allows the landrover to be seen more clearly.

    Thanks for doing that I appreciate it

    -{

    Ps original code 3 and new one for comparison

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    That does look a lot better, the open road gives it far more impression of speed along with the Land Rover chasing it, much more like the scene. I can see why you put it on the Zaz base, but I think the bits on the base made it look slower. Brilliant, well done to you and Tony! {[]
  • Tony EricssonTony Ericsson EnglandPosts: 181MI6 Agent
    Diecast007 wrote:
    OK D007. I did the whole thing again from scratch after i found pictures of the building in the background of the long section ( a bank ). I have saved the project and all its layers so i can easily fine tune it should you think it needs it. Please let me now how it looks after a print out. Thanks.
    skyfall_audi_Long_Box_2.jpg

    Thanks Tony. This looks brilliant. I used some paper for the base which I dry brushed to tint slightly. I did the same with the back ground. Together your revised background and the larger box sets off the Audi perfectly. It also allows the landrover to be seen more clearly.

    Thanks for doing that I appreciate it

    -{

    Ps original code 3 and new one for comparison

    image.jpg

    image.jpg

    WOW!! yeah, i see your point now, D007. I made the people deliberately smaller in the background. They can always look further away, better than too big when all that does is downscale the car and looks totally wrong, ( again, the downside of not having a printer, myself). You have managed to match the base to the background very closely and the bigger box does open up the action much more yet still makes the Audi the outstanding feature. I kinda wish now that all the JBCC`s had been presented this way. But imagine the shelf space needed!!! When i do get a printer, you might not hear from me for about six months while i play catch-up !! Great work. D. Keep `em coming {[]
  • Diecast007Diecast007 Posts: 576MI6 Agent
    Now here is strange one it was brouyght to my attention today that there
    Is a TV advert running advertising the new James bond car collection ???
    Anybody else see it ???

    Ps thanks tony and MCF on the Audi code take 2
  • lj1989lj1989 Posts: 23MI6 Agent
    Whoooa... I do live outside the UK, so I do not have any idea about this advertisment, but could you describe it? I mean - this is new adv. of a completly new collection, or some repacks? (just tell couple of details, becouse I won't go to sleep :)) )
  • MovieCarFanMovieCarFan Posts: 973MI6 Agent
    I haven't seen any TV adverts in the south for a new JBCC or a re-launch, and there's nothing on YouTube or Google about one. Could it be another regional 'tester' of some sort, confined to a small area of the UK? We've all seen the revised packaging with the card sleeve, so presumably the JBCC will appear in another form at some point soon.
  • Diecast007Diecast007 Posts: 576MI6 Agent
    I haven't seen any TV adverts in the south for a new JBCC or a re-launch, and there's nothing on YouTube or Google about one. Could it be another regional 'tester' of some sort, confined to a small area of the UK? We've all seen the revised packaging with the card sleeve, so presumably the JBCC will appear in another form at some point soon.

    Yep I did a similar search and nothing. I was told yesterday at a family gathering by two relatives both of which said they had seen the advert on TV on seperate occasions . They are both from north east Scotland . I guess this could be a regional tester for the rumoured jbcc2 that was hinted earlier this year. I think this has been brought forward as the batman collection is not as we all predicted got the legs of the Jbcc . The subject matter is not diverse enough to capture the imagination beyond liking batman .
  • MovieCarFanMovieCarFan Posts: 973MI6 Agent
    Diecast007 wrote:
    I haven't seen any TV adverts in the south for a new JBCC or a re-launch, and there's nothing on YouTube or Google about one. Could it be another regional 'tester' of some sort, confined to a small area of the UK? We've all seen the revised packaging with the card sleeve, so presumably the JBCC will appear in another form at some point soon.

    Yep I did a similar search and nothing. I was told yesterday at a family gathering by two relatives both of which said they had seen the advert on TV on seperate occasions . They are both from north east Scotland . I guess this could be a regional tester for the rumoured jbcc2 that was hinted earlier this year. I think this has been brought forward as the batman collection is not as we all predicted got the legs of the Jbcc . The subject matter is not diverse enough to capture the imagination beyond liking batman .

    There would certainly be no loss in dignity for Emoss if they were to simply continue the JBCC 'by special demand' so to speak. It's not too late to announce 135 -150 if they felt like doing it. And our Code3s have proven just how easy it could be. The QOS Alfa 156 already exists, as does the Mini Moke as a basis for a yellow version, the gadget-less Vantage could be created by popping plastic inserts into the sills, the TB E-Type shouldn't be a problem or the police LD Lada before it's cut, or a burned out/ shot-up DB5 - and that's just for starters.
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