Sorry for this being a bit off-topic, but I saw on Facebook this evening the list announced by Eaglemoss for the first 43 models in the Batman Automobilia partwork & thought I'd share it:
1 Batman Movie (1989)
2 Batman Classic TV Show (1966)
3 Batman Begins Movie (2005)
4 Batman Forever Movie (1995)
5 Detective Comics #400 (1970)
6 Detective Comics #156 (1950)
7 Batman #575 (2000)
8 Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
9 Batman #5 (1941)
10 Batman #311 (1979)
11 The Dark Knight Movie (Batpod) (2008)
12 Detective Comics #27 (1939)
13 Detective Comics #601 (1989)
14 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Animated Series (2008)
15 Batman& Robin #1 (2009)
16 Batman & Robin Movie (1997)
17 Batman #37 (Jokermobile) (1946)
18 The Batman Animated Series (2004)
19 Detective Comics #371 (1968)
20 Batman #652 (2006)
21 Detective Comics #456 (1976)
22 Batman #164 (1964)
23 Detective Comics #394 (1969)
24 Batman Classic TV Series (Batboat) (1966)
25 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #15 (1991)
26 Detective Comics #219 (1955)
27 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #156 (2002)
28 Detective Comics #122 (Catmobile) (1947)
29 Detective Comics #362 (1967)
30 Batman Classic TV Series (Batcycle) 1966
31 Detective Comics #591 (1988)
32 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #30 (1992)
33 Batman Classic TV Series (Batgirl Bike) (1967)
34 Batman: Arkham Asylum Video Game (2009)
35 Batman & Robin (Vol. 2) #5 (2012)
36 Detective Comics #667 (Subway Rocket) (1993)
37 Batman Beyond Animated Series (1999)
38 Batman: Legends of the Dark (Batbike) (2005)
39 All Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder #1 (2005)
40 The Dark Knight Rises Movie (Bane's Tumbler) (2012)
41 Batman Movie Serials (1945)
42 The New Adventures of Batman Animated Series (1997)
43 Batman Live (2011)
They actually said 45 models in their blurb but there's only 43 in the list supplied. I wonder whether this will be the lot, then :v
The Batman Automobilia Facebook page is still full of complaints of non-delivery and poor service - looks like Eaglemoss are throwing their name away with this one... I even found a page named "Eaglemoss Bring Them Down" set up by an unhappy Batman subscriber!
On a more relevant note, it appears from other complaints on the separate Eaglemoss Collections Facebook page that the JBCC in Brazil has run into non-delivery problems, with one subscriber complaining that they had had no new deliveries for 4 months now and no feedback on what was happening (Google kindly translated this from Portuguese for me!). I wonder what issue they are up to there in Brazil?
Also, I picked up from another subscriber query that the JBCC in the Czech Republic is only planned to go to 60 issues - probably due to a combination of the Ixo problems and the translation required for the magazines.
Thunderbird 2East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,817MI6 Agent
Incidentally its official - I'm now a member of the AJB car club! Just bought the the Z8 BMW (No 4) in addition to the Aston DBS (No 20) on Ebay.
You're on the slippery slope now! They'll be filling your house to the rafters before too long.........
Seriously, it would be interesting to hear what you make of them if you've not seen them 'in the flesh' before.
Happy to oblige MoviecarF! The Z8 and DBS arrived a couple of days ago while I was at work and a neighbour took them in for me.
The cars are great! The DBS's radiator grill could use a slight repaint, but the look and size is great for a collectable set. Little details like the fire extinguisher peeking from the back, and the car park kerb greenery are a lovely touch. Its a shame the Craig era cars lack figures, but I will consider how to fix that later on. I also thought the DBS was slightly underscale at first, till I realised it was the Z8's diorama that threw me, with the raised pontoon effect.
The Z8 really captures the "split second from destruction" moments the Bond films are famous for. I am really pleased I chose this over the Vanish as my Brosnan car. The detailing of the base is nicely done too, and the fact the figure has his arm on the door reminds me of the moment the car putters through the oil well fields earlier in the film. - Also achieved with a miniature of the car.
I am going to be discerning with which cars I am going to collect, but I think I have definitely started with the right cars for the Brosnan and Craig eras.
This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
shran007 love that bed you on roses adaption. I was dissapointed when the original was not full of flowers. Diecast007 that vanish is looking fantastic.
My reason for posting. I need one car to finish my collection. I am looking for issue 129 with magazine (English) and still in the blister pack. Does anyone have one spare or know where I can purchase one?
Sorry to come on the forum and post this but it is the last car to complete my collection of all Sean Connery vehicles so I am getting desperate and it seems to elude me on ebay.
My reason for posting. I need one car to finish my collection. I am looking for issue 129 with magazine (English) and still in the blister pack. Does anyone have one spare or know where I can purchase one?
To spare everyone to look up the correct answer of this week's episode of The Great JBCC issue number quiz: 129 is the Ford Ranch Wagon ...
Are you from the U.S.? If you are from the U.K., isn't this available as a back issue? If not and you don't care that much for the magazine, it is certainly still available from the German edition for a lot less than the ebay prices.
Incidentally its official - I'm now a member of the AJB car club! Just bought the the Z8 BMW (No 4) in addition to the Aston DBS (No 20) on Ebay.
Great start - only 132 more to go! )
I have to agree with MCF: Once you've dipped your toes into the JBCC you won't stop that easily. I am sure you will not stop with one car for each actor and will and up with much more than six.
So how many cars do we all have? Is there anyone out there with the complete 134-car set?
I was a subscriber until issue 97 and then cherry-picked from the rest, so I currently have 114 of the 134 issues, with a few doubles of early issues and a few for planned code-3 conversions. So, all in all I guess I have bought around 130 cars ... and a few of the missing ones will maybe be added in the future. 8-)
I also have to agree with T2 - the code 3's have made this thread even more interesting than before. And looking at the views this thread is getting it can't only be the people who are regularly contributing who are reading here. We just had 1,000,000 hits a few months ago, and now we are at almost 1,250,000, so there must be more readers than ever. And this thread continues to be very busy even after the collection ended.
Speaking of code 3's, today I have made my first step to make Sheriff Pepper's Impala - I have dismantled the Bel Air police car (getting the side windows out was a pain). If I can keep up this momentum I will be ready to display the finished car in about five, six years. )
And yesterday I have received a parcel from Bulgaria which will become my second code 3 ...
If we did "Colonel Sun", does that mean we're going to see a John Gardner novel where the, umm, "Silver Beast" appears? It would make a truly awesome diorama...although I must say that the concept of a mid-80's Saab 900 Turbo with more gadgets than the Aston Martin is probably something that would play better in the books than on the big screen. )
At over £40 a pop for a 1:43 Saab 900 I think that one will have to wait - but I do have a Shelby Mustang in mind from For Special Services.........
I guess you are talking of the black coupé from Norev. I think this would be a very good choice for a repaint. Like all the other Saab models it is LHD though. All pictures are from www.saab-archive.com. [Edit: Since first posted the links have changed from saab-models.com to saab-archive.com.]
UH also makes a "classic 900" (1978-93 generation) but this is a much newer model with the slanted nose. Apart from this the UH Saab is also quite a poor model. (It's also a model where I have to ask: Why show underbody detail which is completely wrong? Why not leave the baseplate without detail instead of showing a driveshaft to the rear wheels and leaf springs on the rear? ?:) Last time I saw my Saab from below - during the annual inspection usually accompanied by "And this is completely rusted through - and that must be replaced soon" - it still had front-wheel drive and coil springs all round.)
As an owner of three Saab 900 turbos, just a few notes to the Silver Beast: Licence Renewed and For Special Services were published in 1981 and '82, so the Norev Saab is not entirely correct if you are fussy. Norev's 900 is a 1985-86 model, as the grille and wheels show. These are not correct for 1980-83 cars.
Neo makes a 1980 900 turbo, unfortunately only the ugly 4-door sedan. The TRX wheels of this model are the same as those currently on the Silver Beast in the Saab museum. However, the original promo photos and folders show the car with regular 15" wheels (UK turbos at the time were not equipped with the strange Michelin TRX tyres which use metric sizes instead of inches, so no other tyres would fit on the wheels). The Neo has the correct grille for the Silver Beast with six vertical slats (instead of two on the later models). Maybe the grille would fit on the Norev but we all know that every manufacturer uses a different 1/43 ...
The correct 15" Inca wheels of the Saab promo car (with John Gardner) can be found on Neo's Saab 99 turbo.
So, basically it's a repaint of the Norev Saab + grille (and maybe also the better lights and interior) from Neo's 900 sedan + wheels from Neo's 99 turbo ... well, that's a bit much even for a Saab fan like me.
As I was looking for 1/43 Saabs I stumbled upon "Griffin Models", a small Bulgarian maker of 1/43 white-metal and resin Saab kits.
Conceived for Saab owners, Griffin Models have created a custom resin kit of the Saab 900 which can be configurated to match their real car - including a righthand-drive interior which raised my interest. http://www.griffinmodels.com/configurator.html
Although I found the price (€101 with shipping) a bit high for an unbuilt resin kit made in Bulgaria, I ordered one after thinking about it for some time. I figured that even if I'd buy the Norev Saab and the two Neos and would try to make a Silver Beast out of these three, I'd still have an LHD interior which would be quite a task to convert. And the three cars would cost even more than €100.
Taking into account the amount of work involved in creating this kit with all its different options and the fairly low number of sales for a Saab 900 kit, I bought one last week.
So, yesterday I received the kit and I am pleased with the quality of the resin material and the shape of the car. Wheels and interior look good too, the only parts I am not so happy with are the front and taillights. These are just made out of dark resin and I am not sure if they can be painted convincingly. There are decals included for the main headlights but I don't know how they will look on the finished car.
We are a bit spoiled now with the current ready-built resin models from Neo or Spark where the lights look very realistic, and I wished that a €100 kit like this would include some transparent parts for front and taillights. Maybe that Neo 900 will still be needed after all ...
Sorry for this being a bit off-topic, but I saw on Facebook this evening the list announced by Eaglemoss for the first 43 models in the Batman Automobilia partwork & thought I'd share it:
1 Batman Movie (1989)
2 Batman Classic TV Show (1966)
3 Batman Begins Movie (2005)
4 Batman Forever Movie (1995)
5 Detective Comics #400 (1970)
6 Detective Comics #156 (1950)
7 Batman #575 (2000)
8 Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
9 Batman #5 (1941)
10 Batman #311 (1979)
11 The Dark Knight Movie (Batpod) (2008)
12 Detective Comics #27 (1939)
13 Detective Comics #601 (1989)
14 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Animated Series (2008)
15 Batman& Robin #1 (2009)
16 Batman & Robin Movie (1997)
17 Batman #37 (Jokermobile) (1946)
18 The Batman Animated Series (2004)
19 Detective Comics #371 (1968)
20 Batman #652 (2006)
21 Detective Comics #456 (1976)
22 Batman #164 (1964)
23 Detective Comics #394 (1969)
24 Batman Classic TV Series (Batboat) (1966)
25 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #15 (1991)
26 Detective Comics #219 (1955)
27 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #156 (2002)
28 Detective Comics #122 (Catmobile) (1947)
29 Detective Comics #362 (1967)
30 Batman Classic TV Series (Batcycle) 1966
31 Detective Comics #591 (1988)
32 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #30 (1992)
33 Batman Classic TV Series (Batgirl Bike) (1967)
34 Batman: Arkham Asylum Video Game (2009)
35 Batman & Robin (Vol. 2) #5 (2012)
36 Detective Comics #667 (Subway Rocket) (1993)
37 Batman Beyond Animated Series (1999)
38 Batman: Legends of the Dark (Batbike) (2005)
39 All Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder #1 (2005)
40 The Dark Knight Rises Movie (Bane's Tumbler) (2012)
41 Batman Movie Serials (1945)
42 The New Adventures of Batman Animated Series (1997)
43 Batman Live (2011)
They actually said 45 models in their blurb but there's only 43 in the list supplied. I wonder whether this will be the lot, then :v
The Batman Automobilia Facebook page is still full of complaints of non-delivery and poor service - looks like Eaglemoss are throwing their name away with this one... I even found a page named "Eaglemoss Bring Them Down" set up by an unhappy Batman subscriber!
On a more relevant note, it appears from other complaints on the separate Eaglemoss Collections Facebook page that the JBCC in Brazil has run into non-delivery problems, with one subscriber complaining that they had had no new deliveries for 4 months now and no feedback on what was happening (Google kindly translated this from Portuguese for me!). I wonder what issue they are up to there in Brazil?
Also, I picked up from another subscriber query that the JBCC in the Czech Republic is only planned to go to 60 issues - probably due to a combination of the Ixo problems and the translation required for the magazines.
Out of interest, I took out all of the comic related vehicles from this list to see what exactly was left:
1 Batman Movie (1989)
2 Batman Classic TV Show (1966)
3 Batman Begins Movie (2005)
4 Batman Forever Movie (1995)
11 The Dark Knight Movie (Batpod) (2008)
16 Batman & Robin Movie (1997)
24 Batman Classic TV Series (Batboat) (1966)
30 Batman Classic TV Series (Batcycle) 1966
33 Batman Classic TV Series (Batgirl Bike) (1967)
40 The Dark Knight Rises Movie (Bane's Tumbler) (2012)
41 Batman Movie Serials (1945)
43 Batman Live (2011)
Not many when you consider it appears to be the 'real' vehicles that have most people's interest (Eaglemoss must be aware that, just look at the first 4 they used as a hook) Still, the Batboat might be worth having and no 41 the Batman Movie Serials could be a hidden gem. If I'm correct, it's this:
A huge '39 Caddy - definitely one for Dalko methinks.
RW - The Saab project looks really interesting and I hope you'll keep us informed on its progress. I've been putting in quite a few hours on the Skyfall Land Rover Double Cab now using the Casino Defender as a basis and have reached a certain point where it's either going to work or (Heaven forbid) go horribly wrong! Watch this space, as they say.
You asked how many JBCC models other have, I have 110 out of the 134 - and that's as a cherry picker! I bought many more copies for Code3s but I don't think they count.
A huge '39 Caddy - definitely one for Dalko methinks.
Possibly, but Ixo has already issued the mould three times. Also, I've yet to see a single car with wiper blades, so I'm wondering if this will be nothing more than a strip-down version of the existing mould.
Also, RW, the best of luck on your Saab Silver Beat project!!!
Alas the back issues available from Eagle Moss only go up to 113.
Do you have a link to somewhere I can get the German issues Google is not turning up much.
My reason for posting. I need one car to finish my collection. I am looking for issue 129 with magazine (English) and still in the blister pack. Does anyone have one spare or know where I can purchase one?
To spare everyone to look up the correct answer of this week's episode of The Great JBCC issue number quiz: 129 is the Ford Ranch Wagon ...
Are you from the U.S.? If you are from the U.K., isn't this available as a back issue? If not and you don't care that much for the magazine, it is certainly still available from the German edition for a lot less than the ebay prices.
Alas the back issues available from Eagle Moss only go up to 113.
Do you have a link to somewhere I can get the German issues Google is not turning up much.
My reason for posting. I need one car to finish my collection. I am looking for issue 129 with magazine (English) and still in the blister pack. Does anyone have one spare or know where I can purchase one?
To spare everyone to look up the correct answer of this week's episode of The Great JBCC issue number quiz: 129 is the Ford Ranch Wagon ...
Are you from the U.S.? If you are from the U.K., isn't this available as a back issue? If not and you don't care that much for the magazine, it is certainly still available from the German edition for a lot less than the ebay prices.
If you are in the UK, try phoning JBCC back issues direct on 0871 277 0192 and ask for issue 129. What appears to be available or not available online (including issues beyond 113) isn't always the case when you speak to them directly and they check their current stocks onscreen.
Alas the back issues available from Eagle Moss only go up to 113.
Do you have a link to somewhere I can get the German issues Google is not turning up much.
If you are in the UK, try phoning JBCC back issues direct on 0871 277 0192 and ask for issue 129. What appears to be available or not available online (including issues beyond 113) isn't always the case when you speak to them directly and they check their current stocks onscreen.
gurnard, please let me know if you were successful with the phone call for the back order. If not, I could order one from my bookshop and then send it to you. I will be ordering a few back issues anyway later this week, so please let me know if I should add a Ranch Wagon to that order.
The only link I can provide is the one to the German site: https://www.jamesbondautos.de/backissues.php
But orders are only possible from the D/A/CH/L countries. And although it still shows all issues, I ordered a back issue of the #14 Vantage coupe earlier and did not receive it. The other issues of the same order I got within a few days but I can't promise that they still have the Ranch Wagon (chances are good as it was just a few weeks ago).
An issue costs €14 here, and with postage to UK I'd estimate the price to be around €24 (about £21) which is still less than the usual ebay prices.
For anyone else who is in the mood for some
Aston arson!!
Tony - I am finally up to this page on the thread (what a haul!) and have been viewing all the Code 3's with increasing interest. I am not sure I will delve into those waters, but if I do, I will be most humbly requesting that Sir Tony Ericsson (I believe our JBCC Bond Fan Community must have knighted Tony by now) create a backdrop of his usual unparalleled brilliance as all his other artistic masterpieces bear witness. For me personally, my Skyfall Aston Martin DB5 Code 3 (which I prefer to not set on fire with Silva's helicopter weaponry) might be due for a better background that I could create using a Cut Out from the "Skyfall" Helicopter Box I bought on Ebay and for the side piece a "50 Years of Bond" circular logo on the same cardboard box. My "Code 3" can be seen on Page 257 (or thereabouts) on this thread under the Posting name "Shran007". BTW to get the "taller look" to this Code 3, I used the base from Skyfall (which was the same size as the Acrostar) and the plastic cover from the Acrostar. So those are the dimensions that I would need. (and of course a great printer for quality (i'd probably get my local Photography Center retail store to print it for me).
Sir Tony, you are the De Vinci of our forum; bless your creativity and your kind spirit and soul that makes so many of us happy and gleeful beyond measure.
Tim Fremuth
Live Long and Prosper (Sept. 15, 1967 - Feb. 27, 2015)
I believe our JBCC Bond Fan Community must have knighted Tony by now
We did actually put him forward for a special knighthood last year but some other bloke was awarded it for riding a bicycle. So we made Tony an honorary lord instead. A bit like Lord Vader - if you turn your speakers up you'll hear The Imperial March play whenever Lord Anthony posts anything.
Wow!
I`m speechless, and that's rare, ask my wife and kids!!
Thank you so much for your kind words, but let me say that doing these backgrounds has been the most fun I have had in Photoshop in a long time. Never knowing what the next challenge will be. Watching others creating and customizing their cars and diorama`s into individual and distinct
little works of art is, in my view, more rewarding than collecting the JBCC itself. I think of all the cars you have collected over these last few years, the ones that will sit in pride of place will be the ones that you have poured your own time and imagination into. That you have liked what I have brought to this Code 3 portion of your thread has given me a lot of pleasure and relit my own imagination. For that and many other reasons, it is I who should be knighting you all. Thank you, thank you. Long may this thread and our friendships continue....to steal a phrase..."The force is strong in this one"
Oh and rather than burning your Daniel Craig era DB5, might I suggest one of these?
Wow!
I`m speechless, and that's rare, ask my wife and kids!!
Thank you so much for your kind words, but let me say that doing these backgrounds has been the most fun I have had in Photoshop in a long time. Never knowing what the next challenge will be. Watching others creating and customizing their cars and diorama`s into individual and distinct
little works of art is, in my view, more rewarding than collecting the JBCC itself. I think of all the cars you have collected over these last few years, the ones that will sit in pride of place will be the ones that you have poured your own time and imagination into. That you have liked what I have brought to this Code 3 portion of your thread has given me a lot of pleasure and relit my own imagination. For that and many other reasons, it is I who should be knighting you all. Thank you, thank you. Long may this thread and our friendships continue....to steal a phrase..."The force is strong in this one"
Oh and rather than burning your Daniel Craig era DB5, might I suggest one of these?
At Skyfall, before the showdown
Outside The One Club awaiting her new owner
In Bonds lockup
Best Regards
Tony Stone
"Holy Jumping" (at least that is what Darren Pang says when he announces amazement at an occurrence on a special play during an NHL (Ice Hockey) game!!
I still think Lord Anthony suits Tony as without his creations we would all be lost and wayward lost souls from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" or wandering nomads like Sand People from "Star Wars". Lord Anthony, your gems of art will one day be hung from the ceiling of the James Bond Fan Inspired Code 3 Museum (location at the discretion of the "threader's" preference!) akin to Michaelangelo's painting within the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Your artwork hanging from there will be OUR CENTERPIECE that properly puts our model creations in their rightful homage to their helpful creator.
Tim Fremuth
PS. Tony, seriously, for my own "Skyfall" diorama, a background of the Skyfall Mansion properly set back far enough for the depth perspective to show some sky over the mansion would be oh so nice. I used an "Acrostar" plastic case so that is my height of plastic case (please request inches / cm if you need them). The actual plastic base piece that the JBCC "Skyfall" came in from the manufacturer fits this "Acrostar" plastic cover, so it is just the height we are talking about adjusting. And I like much more Mansion in the background and very little mountains. Thanks!!
PPS. An alternate "action shot" of Silva's helicopter hovering around the Mansion would also be very, very cool. I believe it must be available somewhere since the toy helicopter company being selling their copters as "Skyfall" models (both built with glue or just snap a base onto) use this type photo to advertise their helicopter with. I'll wait patiently as I would still have to ask my Photography Center to print it "as is" (I assume) and then I would cut it with scissors and then affix on very thin cardboard for use inside the diorama. Right?
Live Long and Prosper (Sept. 15, 1967 - Feb. 27, 2015)
And now enough with the smoke blowing please. As Terry Gilliam so rightly pointed out once
" Its only a model!"
I hope this one will do, its for the tall box and I have included one with the copter and one without.
there is also a backing that you can stick to the reverse. So, welcome to the Code 3 Club
And now enough with the smoke blowing please. As Terry Gilliam so rightly pointed out once
" Its only a model!"
I hope this one will do, its for the tall box and I have included one with the copter and one without.
there is also a backing that you can stick to the reverse. So, welcome to the Code 3 Club
These are great Tony ! I have a back log of code 3 projects now so hopefully will get them finished and posted on here over the coming weeks. the blue background for the Vanish is brilliant. Could you enlarge it for the long box as I think this will be perfect for the car to show it off properly. Cheers
By the way if you are a bit like Lord vader then I would suggest MCF and myself Diecast007 are bit like R2D2 and C3PO. The two regulars seen in all the movies lol
And now enough with the smoke blowing please. As Terry Gilliam so rightly pointed out once
" Its only a model!"
I hope this one will do, its for the tall box and I have included one with the copter and one without.
there is also a backing that you can stick to the reverse. So, welcome to the Code 3 Club
Looks very cool, Tony - thank you - sorry about the "smoke"; I meant the sentiments but my written words often get too flowery and lengthy.
Couple of changes, though, please. The model I want to use with your background is found on Post #6416 (page 257 on May 30th at 01:50). As you can see in those photos, that DB5 car is pointing to the left with the clear plastic showing off the front grille and windshield. So the "longer side" of the cardboard background needs to be on the left hand side of the fold line and the "short side" on the right hand side. I think if the Mansion was pretty much right behind the car (and much larger in magnification) and the "Skyfall landscape" began on the "short side" that would be ideal for me. I do not necessarily need to see any of the rock wall unless that is a requisite of using this artwork by Tony Stone. I do like the touch of the approaching helicopter, too, and I think it would look most realistic approaching while it is above the landscape section of the artwork on the "short side". I also think it would have to be much larger in scale to match what size it would appear to be when it is that close to the Mansion.
Does this all make sense? Probably I explained things in too much detail.
Thanks again, Tim
Live Long and Prosper (Sept. 15, 1967 - Feb. 27, 2015)
I hope this is closer to what you intended. The way I presented before was to have the car facing the door as in the movie, but I can understand your desire to display your Aston in the best light possible, even it means taking a few liberties with the plot. Here is a thought though. You could have simply turned your car around in the display box.
P.S. You call me a Lord, but I`m pretty sure I have the patience of a saint.
As Dexter would say "Keep to the Code"
I hope this is closer to what you intended. The way I presented before was to have the car facing the door as in the movie, but I can understand your desire to display your Aston in the best light possible, even it means taking a few liberties with the plot. Here is a thought though. You could have simply turned your car around in the display box.
P.S. You call me a Lord, but I`m pretty sure I have the patience of a saint.
As Dexter would say "Keep to the Code"
I love this background brilliant as ever! you certainly have patience
I hope this is closer to what you intended. The way I presented before was to have the car facing the door as in the movie, but I can understand your desire to display your Aston in the best light possible, even it means taking a few liberties with the plot. Here is a thought though. You could have simply turned your car around in the display box.
P.S. You call me a Lord, but I`m pretty sure I have the patience of a saint.
As Dexter would say "Keep to the Code"
Tony, this is definitely more what I had in mind. Thank you very much.
Since this is my first (and perhaps first or second most treasured "Code 3"), is it possible to also get a backing "pointed" in the same "folding direction" as well? I like to keep the car "pointing to the outside view of the plastic case" 'cause I think it displays better that way.
Also, I assume this is for the taller box (i.e., like the Acrostar that I am using).
Finally, is it possible to get the same image two more times: one with (approximate) 1.5 extra magnification and the next with (approximate) 2.0 magnification? The more I think of the model car in the foreground, the more I am thinking that this cool the background will be blocked from view unless it is larger. {Helicopter also proportionally larger with these extra versions, please).
Tim
PS. Who is Dexter?
Live Long and Prosper (Sept. 15, 1967 - Feb. 27, 2015)
The saddest part about all this is that I used to really like this film!!
Tony - I really think I am going to love these. I am sending them to my Photography Shop now and will be asking for two different kinds of measurements. One to fit the Acrostar plastic cover (which might be a little too small for the beautiful backdrop you've created) and one for the "Goldfinger" Red Cross Ambulance plastic cover (that fits vehicle with Laser Gun on top).
I'll let you know how it turns out and post the best pictures on the thread.
Thanks again for such speedy service,
Tim
I jest, of course. Hope ( I really hope ) one of these will be to your liking
Live Long and Prosper (Sept. 15, 1967 - Feb. 27, 2015)
Hello,
I found some time to work on JB car : . So here is another "background" Skyfall car.
Tony, the background is not exactly what I wanted, but I didn't find a nice police Transit to put on the 'right' of the box.
So if you want and if you have time... I will wait for you suggestion.
I'm making slowly but I still have some other 'unseen' project.
Keep continue. Cheers.
Hello,
I found some time to work on JB car : . So here is another "background" Skyfall car.
Tony, the background is not exactly what I wanted, but I didn't find a nice police Transit to put on the 'right' of the box.
So if you want and if you have time... I will wait for you suggestion.
I'm making slowly but I still have some other 'unseen' project.
Keep continue. Cheers.
DDenis. that's a fantastic background, you have used the clone tool to airbrush the taxi out seamlessly. The way you have sampled the road and stretched and straightened it out to include as a floor base is inspired, ( why have I never included that?!? ).Looking at it, I really wouldn't feel a need to do much to it. I think I know what you mean about the two police vehicles but its a very minor detail which the taxi model obscures anyway. Having said that and if it was something you feel needs to be addressed then the way I would do it is to find that street using, say, Google Earth, (which I have!), photograph the side of that building then drop in two side views of those vehicles. The simply line the edge of that building up with the corner of your background and blend and colourize it to match the main action on the side panel. Might sound like a lot of work, but in many of the backgrounds I have done, I have found it easier to recreate a scene then drop in key elements from the movie scene, than try to bend the entire movie cap to my needs. For example, my most recent background, the Skyfall house, Only the house and the helicopter was from the film at all. The landscape was a photo of the common in Surrey where the scene was shot and I added the mountains from another picture. You`ll be surprised how little you actually need to include from the real movie in order to sell the illusion. The OHMSS one used only the ticket office and a flag pole. The Goldeneye tank background used nothing at all from the film.
It means more work in the long run, but building from scratch gives you so much freedom to play around with ideas inside the picture that its the closest thing to the joy of painting, without picking up a brush. These are just my thoughts on what I have been doing so far. I voice them because you clearly have a good deal of talent in Photoshop Denis, with a clear understanding of the tools it has to offer, and the eye to use them. I am very keen to see your work as you present it to us in this forum. From what you have shone us so far, you clearly have a gift for this. Good work, my friend. {[]
Hi DDenis
Here is one I made using Google Earth street map, so everything from the racing police car and down the long backing is new. the van needed the police sign moved on the side. The Volvo was the tricky one. In the end I took a standard Volvo estate and dressed its side with the stripe and badge, then added the light from another car. Hope this gives you some ideas of the sort of things you can do.
Incidentally its official - I'm now a member of the AJB car club! Just bought the the Z8 BMW (No 4) in addition to the Aston DBS (No 20) on Ebay.
You're on the slippery slope now! They'll be filling your house to the rafters before too long.........
Seriously, it would be interesting to hear what you make of them if you've not seen them 'in the flesh' before.
Subject- TV- Toy Collector.
Have you seen the TV programme Toy Collector on UK Freeview channel 38-QUEST.
It follows an American Sci-Fi and Horror Toy Dealer as he bargains to buy and sell on toys for profit.
Next Monday (24th June at 9pm) the programme features a kids toy Aston Martin Vanquish pedal car.
The prog gets repeated on following days.
Bleuville.
I hesitate to mention - but in a Martins Newsagent shop (in the UK) there was a white American style
trailer truck with light and sounds for £4. Just a cheap foreign made plastic toy but
on the trailer side and roof amongst other graphics was "007" printed 3 times.
So it's not a Bond toy but it just happens to have that number on.
There are 3 graphic colour variations of blue, red or green.
I bought one for me and the other two for a friend/Bond collector.
Comments
1 Batman Movie (1989)
2 Batman Classic TV Show (1966)
3 Batman Begins Movie (2005)
4 Batman Forever Movie (1995)
5 Detective Comics #400 (1970)
6 Detective Comics #156 (1950)
7 Batman #575 (2000)
8 Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
9 Batman #5 (1941)
10 Batman #311 (1979)
11 The Dark Knight Movie (Batpod) (2008)
12 Detective Comics #27 (1939)
13 Detective Comics #601 (1989)
14 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Animated Series (2008)
15 Batman& Robin #1 (2009)
16 Batman & Robin Movie (1997)
17 Batman #37 (Jokermobile) (1946)
18 The Batman Animated Series (2004)
19 Detective Comics #371 (1968)
20 Batman #652 (2006)
21 Detective Comics #456 (1976)
22 Batman #164 (1964)
23 Detective Comics #394 (1969)
24 Batman Classic TV Series (Batboat) (1966)
25 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #15 (1991)
26 Detective Comics #219 (1955)
27 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #156 (2002)
28 Detective Comics #122 (Catmobile) (1947)
29 Detective Comics #362 (1967)
30 Batman Classic TV Series (Batcycle) 1966
31 Detective Comics #591 (1988)
32 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #30 (1992)
33 Batman Classic TV Series (Batgirl Bike) (1967)
34 Batman: Arkham Asylum Video Game (2009)
35 Batman & Robin (Vol. 2) #5 (2012)
36 Detective Comics #667 (Subway Rocket) (1993)
37 Batman Beyond Animated Series (1999)
38 Batman: Legends of the Dark (Batbike) (2005)
39 All Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder #1 (2005)
40 The Dark Knight Rises Movie (Bane's Tumbler) (2012)
41 Batman Movie Serials (1945)
42 The New Adventures of Batman Animated Series (1997)
43 Batman Live (2011)
They actually said 45 models in their blurb but there's only 43 in the list supplied. I wonder whether this will be the lot, then :v
The Batman Automobilia Facebook page is still full of complaints of non-delivery and poor service - looks like Eaglemoss are throwing their name away with this one... I even found a page named "Eaglemoss Bring Them Down" set up by an unhappy Batman subscriber!
On a more relevant note, it appears from other complaints on the separate Eaglemoss Collections Facebook page that the JBCC in Brazil has run into non-delivery problems, with one subscriber complaining that they had had no new deliveries for 4 months now and no feedback on what was happening (Google kindly translated this from Portuguese for me!). I wonder what issue they are up to there in Brazil?
Also, I picked up from another subscriber query that the JBCC in the Czech Republic is only planned to go to 60 issues - probably due to a combination of the Ixo problems and the translation required for the magazines.
Happy to oblige MoviecarF! The Z8 and DBS arrived a couple of days ago while I was at work and a neighbour took them in for me.
The cars are great! The DBS's radiator grill could use a slight repaint, but the look and size is great for a collectable set. Little details like the fire extinguisher peeking from the back, and the car park kerb greenery are a lovely touch. Its a shame the Craig era cars lack figures, but I will consider how to fix that later on. I also thought the DBS was slightly underscale at first, till I realised it was the Z8's diorama that threw me, with the raised pontoon effect.
The Z8 really captures the "split second from destruction" moments the Bond films are famous for. I am really pleased I chose this over the Vanish as my Brosnan car. The detailing of the base is nicely done too, and the fact the figure has his arm on the door reminds me of the moment the car putters through the oil well fields earlier in the film. - Also achieved with a miniature of the car.
I am going to be discerning with which cars I am going to collect, but I think I have definitely started with the right cars for the Brosnan and Craig eras.
My reason for posting. I need one car to finish my collection. I am looking for issue 129 with magazine (English) and still in the blister pack. Does anyone have one spare or know where I can purchase one?
Sorry to come on the forum and post this but it is the last car to complete my collection of all Sean Connery vehicles so I am getting desperate and it seems to elude me on ebay.
Thanks for reading.
Are you from the U.S.? If you are from the U.K., isn't this available as a back issue? If not and you don't care that much for the magazine, it is certainly still available from the German edition for a lot less than the ebay prices.
I have to agree with MCF: Once you've dipped your toes into the JBCC you won't stop that easily. I am sure you will not stop with one car for each actor and will and up with much more than six.
So how many cars do we all have? Is there anyone out there with the complete 134-car set?
I was a subscriber until issue 97 and then cherry-picked from the rest, so I currently have 114 of the 134 issues, with a few doubles of early issues and a few for planned code-3 conversions. So, all in all I guess I have bought around 130 cars ... and a few of the missing ones will maybe be added in the future. 8-)
I also have to agree with T2 - the code 3's have made this thread even more interesting than before. And looking at the views this thread is getting it can't only be the people who are regularly contributing who are reading here. We just had 1,000,000 hits a few months ago, and now we are at almost 1,250,000, so there must be more readers than ever. And this thread continues to be very busy even after the collection ended.
Speaking of code 3's, today I have made my first step to make Sheriff Pepper's Impala - I have dismantled the Bel Air police car (getting the side windows out was a pain). If I can keep up this momentum I will be ready to display the finished car in about five, six years.
And yesterday I have received a parcel from Bulgaria which will become my second code 3 ...
As I was looking for 1/43 Saabs I stumbled upon "Griffin Models", a small Bulgarian maker of 1/43 white-metal and resin Saab kits.
Conceived for Saab owners, Griffin Models have created a custom resin kit of the Saab 900 which can be configurated to match their real car - including a righthand-drive interior which raised my interest.
http://www.griffinmodels.com/configurator.html
Although I found the price (€101 with shipping) a bit high for an unbuilt resin kit made in Bulgaria, I ordered one after thinking about it for some time. I figured that even if I'd buy the Norev Saab and the two Neos and would try to make a Silver Beast out of these three, I'd still have an LHD interior which would be quite a task to convert. And the three cars would cost even more than €100.
Taking into account the amount of work involved in creating this kit with all its different options and the fairly low number of sales for a Saab 900 kit, I bought one last week.
So, yesterday I received the kit and I am pleased with the quality of the resin material and the shape of the car. Wheels and interior look good too, the only parts I am not so happy with are the front and taillights. These are just made out of dark resin and I am not sure if they can be painted convincingly. There are decals included for the main headlights but I don't know how they will look on the finished car.
We are a bit spoiled now with the current ready-built resin models from Neo or Spark where the lights look very realistic, and I wished that a €100 kit like this would include some transparent parts for front and taillights. Maybe that Neo 900 will still be needed after all ...
Out of interest, I took out all of the comic related vehicles from this list to see what exactly was left:
1 Batman Movie (1989)
2 Batman Classic TV Show (1966)
3 Batman Begins Movie (2005)
4 Batman Forever Movie (1995)
11 The Dark Knight Movie (Batpod) (2008)
16 Batman & Robin Movie (1997)
24 Batman Classic TV Series (Batboat) (1966)
30 Batman Classic TV Series (Batcycle) 1966
33 Batman Classic TV Series (Batgirl Bike) (1967)
40 The Dark Knight Rises Movie (Bane's Tumbler) (2012)
41 Batman Movie Serials (1945)
43 Batman Live (2011)
Not many when you consider it appears to be the 'real' vehicles that have most people's interest (Eaglemoss must be aware that, just look at the first 4 they used as a hook) Still, the Batboat might be worth having and no 41 the Batman Movie Serials could be a hidden gem. If I'm correct, it's this:
A huge '39 Caddy - definitely one for Dalko methinks.
You asked how many JBCC models other have, I have 110 out of the 134 - and that's as a cherry picker! I bought many more copies for Code3s but I don't think they count.
Possibly, but Ixo has already issued the mould three times. Also, I've yet to see a single car with wiper blades, so I'm wondering if this will be nothing more than a strip-down version of the existing mould.
Also, RW, the best of luck on your Saab Silver Beat project!!!
Alas the back issues available from Eagle Moss only go up to 113.
Do you have a link to somewhere I can get the German issues Google is not turning up much.
Thanks
If you are in the UK, try phoning JBCC back issues direct on 0871 277 0192 and ask for issue 129. What appears to be available or not available online (including issues beyond 113) isn't always the case when you speak to them directly and they check their current stocks onscreen.
gurnard, please let me know if you were successful with the phone call for the back order. If not, I could order one from my bookshop and then send it to you. I will be ordering a few back issues anyway later this week, so please let me know if I should add a Ranch Wagon to that order.
The only link I can provide is the one to the German site: https://www.jamesbondautos.de/backissues.php
But orders are only possible from the D/A/CH/L countries. And although it still shows all issues, I ordered a back issue of the #14 Vantage coupe earlier and did not receive it. The other issues of the same order I got within a few days but I can't promise that they still have the Ranch Wagon (chances are good as it was just a few weeks ago).
An issue costs €14 here, and with postage to UK I'd estimate the price to be around €24 (about £21) which is still less than the usual ebay prices.
Tony - I am finally up to this page on the thread (what a haul!) and have been viewing all the Code 3's with increasing interest. I am not sure I will delve into those waters, but if I do, I will be most humbly requesting that Sir Tony Ericsson (I believe our JBCC Bond Fan Community must have knighted Tony by now) create a backdrop of his usual unparalleled brilliance as all his other artistic masterpieces bear witness. For me personally, my Skyfall Aston Martin DB5 Code 3 (which I prefer to not set on fire with Silva's helicopter weaponry) might be due for a better background that I could create using a Cut Out from the "Skyfall" Helicopter Box I bought on Ebay and for the side piece a "50 Years of Bond" circular logo on the same cardboard box. My "Code 3" can be seen on Page 257 (or thereabouts) on this thread under the Posting name "Shran007". BTW to get the "taller look" to this Code 3, I used the base from Skyfall (which was the same size as the Acrostar) and the plastic cover from the Acrostar. So those are the dimensions that I would need. (and of course a great printer for quality (i'd probably get my local Photography Center retail store to print it for me).
Sir Tony, you are the De Vinci of our forum; bless your creativity and your kind spirit and soul that makes so many of us happy and gleeful beyond measure.
Tim Fremuth
We did actually put him forward for a special knighthood last year but some other bloke was awarded it for riding a bicycle. So we made Tony an honorary lord instead. A bit like Lord Vader - if you turn your speakers up you'll hear The Imperial March play whenever Lord Anthony posts anything.
(Sorry Tony, couldn't resist!
I`m speechless, and that's rare, ask my wife and kids!!
Thank you so much for your kind words, but let me say that doing these backgrounds has been the most fun I have had in Photoshop in a long time. Never knowing what the next challenge will be. Watching others creating and customizing their cars and diorama`s into individual and distinct
little works of art is, in my view, more rewarding than collecting the JBCC itself. I think of all the cars you have collected over these last few years, the ones that will sit in pride of place will be the ones that you have poured your own time and imagination into. That you have liked what I have brought to this Code 3 portion of your thread has given me a lot of pleasure and relit my own imagination. For that and many other reasons, it is I who should be knighting you all. Thank you, thank you. Long may this thread and our friendships continue....to steal a phrase..."The force is strong in this one"
Oh and rather than burning your Daniel Craig era DB5, might I suggest one of these?
At Skyfall, before the showdown
Outside The One Club awaiting her new owner
In Bonds lockup
Best Regards
Tony Stone
"Holy Jumping" (at least that is what Darren Pang says when he announces amazement at an occurrence on a special play during an NHL (Ice Hockey) game!!
I still think Lord Anthony suits Tony as without his creations we would all be lost and wayward lost souls from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" or wandering nomads like Sand People from "Star Wars". Lord Anthony, your gems of art will one day be hung from the ceiling of the James Bond Fan Inspired Code 3 Museum (location at the discretion of the "threader's" preference!) akin to Michaelangelo's painting within the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Your artwork hanging from there will be OUR CENTERPIECE that properly puts our model creations in their rightful homage to their helpful creator.
Tim Fremuth
PS. Tony, seriously, for my own "Skyfall" diorama, a background of the Skyfall Mansion properly set back far enough for the depth perspective to show some sky over the mansion would be oh so nice. I used an "Acrostar" plastic case so that is my height of plastic case (please request inches / cm if you need them). The actual plastic base piece that the JBCC "Skyfall" came in from the manufacturer fits this "Acrostar" plastic cover, so it is just the height we are talking about adjusting. And I like much more Mansion in the background and very little mountains. Thanks!!
PPS. An alternate "action shot" of Silva's helicopter hovering around the Mansion would also be very, very cool. I believe it must be available somewhere since the toy helicopter company being selling their copters as "Skyfall" models (both built with glue or just snap a base onto) use this type photo to advertise their helicopter with. I'll wait patiently as I would still have to ask my Photography Center to print it "as is" (I assume) and then I would cut it with scissors and then affix on very thin cardboard for use inside the diorama. Right?
And now enough with the smoke blowing please. As Terry Gilliam so rightly pointed out once
" Its only a model!"
I hope this one will do, its for the tall box and I have included one with the copter and one without.
there is also a backing that you can stick to the reverse. So, welcome to the Code 3 Club
These are great Tony ! I have a back log of code 3 projects now so hopefully will get them finished and posted on here over the coming weeks. the blue background for the Vanish is brilliant. Could you enlarge it for the long box as I think this will be perfect for the car to show it off properly. Cheers
By the way if you are a bit like Lord vader then I would suggest MCF and myself Diecast007 are bit like R2D2 and C3PO. The two regulars seen in all the movies lol
Looks very cool, Tony - thank you - sorry about the "smoke"; I meant the sentiments but my written words often get too flowery and lengthy.
Couple of changes, though, please. The model I want to use with your background is found on Post #6416 (page 257 on May 30th at 01:50). As you can see in those photos, that DB5 car is pointing to the left with the clear plastic showing off the front grille and windshield. So the "longer side" of the cardboard background needs to be on the left hand side of the fold line and the "short side" on the right hand side. I think if the Mansion was pretty much right behind the car (and much larger in magnification) and the "Skyfall landscape" began on the "short side" that would be ideal for me. I do not necessarily need to see any of the rock wall unless that is a requisite of using this artwork by Tony Stone. I do like the touch of the approaching helicopter, too, and I think it would look most realistic approaching while it is above the landscape section of the artwork on the "short side". I also think it would have to be much larger in scale to match what size it would appear to be when it is that close to the Mansion.
Does this all make sense? Probably I explained things in too much detail.
Thanks again, Tim
P.S. You call me a Lord, but I`m pretty sure I have the patience of a saint.
As Dexter would say "Keep to the Code"
I love this background brilliant as ever! you certainly have patience
Tony, this is definitely more what I had in mind. Thank you very much.
Since this is my first (and perhaps first or second most treasured "Code 3"), is it possible to also get a backing "pointed" in the same "folding direction" as well? I like to keep the car "pointing to the outside view of the plastic case" 'cause I think it displays better that way.
Also, I assume this is for the taller box (i.e., like the Acrostar that I am using).
Finally, is it possible to get the same image two more times: one with (approximate) 1.5 extra magnification and the next with (approximate) 2.0 magnification? The more I think of the model car in the foreground, the more I am thinking that this cool the background will be blocked from view unless it is larger. {Helicopter also proportionally larger with these extra versions, please).
Tim
PS. Who is Dexter?
I jest, of course. Hope ( I really hope ) one of these will be to your liking
I found some time to work on JB car :
Tony, the background is not exactly what I wanted, but I didn't find a nice police Transit to put on the 'right' of the box.
So if you want and if you have time... I will wait for you suggestion.
I'm making slowly but I still have some other 'unseen' project.
Keep continue. Cheers.
DDenis. that's a fantastic background, you have used the clone tool to airbrush the taxi out seamlessly. The way you have sampled the road and stretched and straightened it out to include as a floor base is inspired, ( why have I never included that?!? ).Looking at it, I really wouldn't feel a need to do much to it. I think I know what you mean about the two police vehicles but its a very minor detail which the taxi model obscures anyway. Having said that and if it was something you feel needs to be addressed then the way I would do it is to find that street using, say, Google Earth, (which I have!), photograph the side of that building then drop in two side views of those vehicles. The simply line the edge of that building up with the corner of your background and blend and colourize it to match the main action on the side panel. Might sound like a lot of work, but in many of the backgrounds I have done, I have found it easier to recreate a scene then drop in key elements from the movie scene, than try to bend the entire movie cap to my needs. For example, my most recent background, the Skyfall house, Only the house and the helicopter was from the film at all. The landscape was a photo of the common in Surrey where the scene was shot and I added the mountains from another picture. You`ll be surprised how little you actually need to include from the real movie in order to sell the illusion. The OHMSS one used only the ticket office and a flag pole. The Goldeneye tank background used nothing at all from the film.
It means more work in the long run, but building from scratch gives you so much freedom to play around with ideas inside the picture that its the closest thing to the joy of painting, without picking up a brush. These are just my thoughts on what I have been doing so far. I voice them because you clearly have a good deal of talent in Photoshop Denis, with a clear understanding of the tools it has to offer, and the eye to use them. I am very keen to see your work as you present it to us in this forum. From what you have shone us so far, you clearly have a gift for this. Good work, my friend. {[]
Subject- TV- Toy Collector.
Have you seen the TV programme Toy Collector on UK Freeview channel 38-QUEST.
It follows an American Sci-Fi and Horror Toy Dealer as he bargains to buy and sell on toys for profit.
Next Monday (24th June at 9pm) the programme features a kids toy Aston Martin Vanquish pedal car.
The prog gets repeated on following days.
Bleuville.
Here is one I made using Google Earth street map, so everything from the racing police car and down the long backing is new. the van needed the police sign moved on the side. The Volvo was the tricky one. In the end I took a standard Volvo estate and dressed its side with the stripe and badge, then added the light from another car. Hope this gives you some ideas of the sort of things you can do.
Still looking for extra James Bond cars !
Here possible scenery of "The living daylights" when 007 is bomming the opium cargaison.
Model Renault TRM 10000 and Renault VAB (but only 4 wheels).
I hesitate to mention - but in a Martins Newsagent shop (in the UK) there was a white American style
trailer truck with light and sounds for £4. Just a cheap foreign made plastic toy but
on the trailer side and roof amongst other graphics was "007" printed 3 times.
So it's not a Bond toy but it just happens to have that number on.
There are 3 graphic colour variations of blue, red or green.
I bought one for me and the other two for a friend/Bond collector.
Bleuville.