looks great, apart from the fact that in its box all you can see is its back end X-( . but yet again no figures inside, it must be to do with the rights of CR and QoS.
Just noticed as well that the windows are up. how am i going to put people in
From experiance, you can remove the complete cars base plate via 2 cross head screws & the interior comes away normaly in one section, so inserting some figures should be a doddle. You may need to get hold of a very small screwdriver to undo the screw holding the model to the base plate as its a security type screw.
Best of luck.
From experiance, you can remove the complete cars base plate via 2 cross head screws
Most of the models are held together with a couple of philips head screws. A couple are riveted and cannot be taken apart, but I would expect this one can be.
You may need to get hold of a very small screwdriver to undo the screw holding the model to the base plate as its a security type screw.it!
It's called a tri-wing screw head and you'll need to get one of those security screw bit sets to find a driver that'll fit properly. I advise that, otherwise, like me, you'll ruin a perfectly good set of jewellers screwdrivers undoing them. The sets are not expensive. God only knows why they resorted to using security screws for securing them. Stupid.
I have already cannibalized my damaged Toyota crown and removed the driver and one of the passengers ready for the alfa
And I have removed RM from the free Renault 11 taxi, as they send me 2 for some reason, for the DBS. As mine still hasn’t come yet X-( I put it in the CR dbs to see how it looks.
Saw the Diamonds Are Forever Mustang by Minichamps last week, must say this is the one that looks far superior to the one in the Car Collection, esp with white rimmed wheels. £30 mind. It's sold out on the minichamps website however, about the only one to do so.
I think that the Minichamps models are mainly better than the Car Collection ones but for value for money you can't fault this collection - £8 instead of £30+ - and you get the dioramas which I think look better thann the generic Minichamps ones any day of the week.
Also, there are alot of things wrong with the minichamps versions. Their DBS is a right-hand drive and their Z3 has pepper-pot wheels, totally different than the 5-spoke that they should be.
Just picked up #59..the Hispano...cracking car..I prefer the older models..they're so much classier!!!. -{-{ :007)
Couldn't agree more! {[]
I think that once this collection is ended, (although it is getting a bit like a never ending story isn't it) onc you have all the models on a shelf they will make for an interesting look at how car design has changed over the years... especially for me as I'm going to display them in the order the films were released.
Found it on minichamps.de I too don't doubt that the Minichamps versions would be vastly more detailed than the UH models we're getting, but considering the price and the dioramas we get them displayed on, I think we're getting the better deal by a long way.
54 Chevy Impala Live and Let Die (Unknown at this time)
55 Dodge Monaco police car A View To a Kill (Unknown at this time)
These are what I'm up to in my subscription but I haven't seen them yet. E-mailed the suppliers and they said Aust Post had returned the package to sender 2 weeks ago (no reason given). They're resending them to me now. I'm just wondering what I'll be getting. I think it's these two.
lol bit odd the final car just being a police car from OP. i woulda thought it would be some kind of iconic motor instead of just another random background vehicle.
lol bit odd the final car just being a police car from OP. i woulda thought it would be some kind of iconic motor instead of just another random background vehicle.
With only 23 weeks to the end of the collection ,they might throw in a wee freebie,like in the beginning...hopefully!!! -{ :007)
Glad to see they've got the Dr No hearse on board. I kind of like the DAF one too!
Dr Metz's van you'd think they'd go for! Oh, don't they have the Bentley from FRWL? That would have been one of my faves. Failing that, the one from NSNA. Is there a reason they can't use 1) cars from NSNA 2) Bentley, just as with the Goldfinger Rolls Royce - permission denied.
With only 23 weeks to the end of the collection ,they might throw in a wee freebie,like in the beginning...hopefully!!! -{ :007)
That would certainly be nice, but I somewhat doubt it. But I was thinking maybe they have listed Alfa GTV6 twice so that maybe one of them is something else may be a surprise Bentley or rolls?
lol bit odd the final car just being a police car from OP. i woulda thought it would be some kind of iconic motor instead of just another random background vehicle.
You bite your filthy hippie tongue!! You go to hell. You go to hell and you die!
That E28 Polizei 518 will be the absolute pride of my completed collection. I'll tell you what... I'll do you a favour. If this "random background vehicle" is going to spoil and upset your collection of "iconic motors", I'm more than happy to take it off your hands for you. I'll take as many BMW E28 models as I can get my hands on.
looks fantasic doesnt it.
mine still hasent come yet!!! X-([/quote]
If you study it you can see the variation in the two cars...very nice -{ :007)
batester2005Dudley, West Mids, UKPosts: 155MI6 Agent
Got my DBS and hispano this morning. great models. I can also confirm that it IS the KA next. Probly start to appear on Ebay soon so keep an eye out!!!!
Got my DBS and hispano this morning. great models. I can also confirm that it IS the KA next. Probly start to appear on Ebay soon so keep an eye out!!!!
Snap! I got mine this morning too! They both look great but I only got to open them just before I dashed out off the house this morning so I'll have to inspect them further when I get home tomorrow!
Well, mine finally came today along with my replacement Toyota in the same box. Which is uncharacteristically sensible on GE Fabbri's part, normally they sent them on there own separately.
The hispano suiza is lovely and make me wonder how good a rolls would be from UH (well I can dream).
Here’s my pic of the dbs:
I also put a little bond figure in, which makes it look finished.
i did however notice this:
You can't really see it in this pic but its a browny-gray fingerprint.
If there is one thing that i could criticize about this collection (not the fact that it is never ending or that they haven’t done Rolls or the ford mondao ) ) is that there quality control is useless. i have had to have 10-15 replaced. The whole point of subscribing is to take the stress and effort of have to go and collect them from the shop, What’s the point of subscribing if I have to call them up all the time???
Looks great..but what number will it be???? -{:007)
No way of telling yet, after 62 alfa 159 the list is a bit hit and miss. We know that it will be something alonge the lines of this but it is very much subject to change.
60 Ford Ka Quantum of Solace
61 Leyland Sherpa van The Spy Who Loved Me
62 Alfa Romeo 159 Quantum of Solace
Alfa Romeo GTV6 Octopussy
Ford Edge Quantum of Solace
Mercedes S-class Tomorrow Never Dies
Cadillac hearse Diamonds are Forever
Bentley 3½ Litre From Russia With Love
Land Rover 90 The Living Daylights
La Salle hearse. Dr No
BMW 518 Octopussy
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From experiance, you can remove the complete cars base plate via 2 cross head screws & the interior comes away normaly in one section, so inserting some figures should be a doddle. You may need to get hold of a very small screwdriver to undo the screw holding the model to the base plate as its a security type screw.
Best of luck.
If mine comes that way round, I will change it!
The hardest bit I would have thought is finding the model people that look correct and to the right scale to put in it? Where are you gonna get them?
It's called a tri-wing screw head and you'll need to get one of those security screw bit sets to find a driver that'll fit properly. I advise that, otherwise, like me, you'll ruin a perfectly good set of jewellers screwdrivers undoing them. The sets are not expensive. God only knows why they resorted to using security screws for securing them. Stupid.
And I have removed RM from the free Renault 11 taxi, as they send me 2 for some reason, for the DBS. As mine still hasn’t come yet X-( I put it in the CR dbs to see how it looks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_Car_Collection
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Couldn't agree more! {[]
I think that once this collection is ended, (although it is getting a bit like a never ending story isn't it) onc you have all the models on a shelf they will make for an interesting look at how car design has changed over the years... especially for me as I'm going to display them in the order the films were released.
These are what I'm up to in my subscription but I haven't seen them yet. E-mailed the suppliers and they said Aust Post had returned the package to sender 2 weeks ago (no reason given). They're resending them to me now. I'm just wondering what I'll be getting. I think it's these two.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_Car_Collection#issues
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With only 23 weeks to the end of the collection ,they might throw in a wee freebie,like in the beginning...hopefully!!! -{ :007)
Dr Metz's van you'd think they'd go for! Oh, don't they have the Bentley from FRWL? That would have been one of my faves. Failing that, the one from NSNA. Is there a reason they can't use 1) cars from NSNA 2) Bentley, just as with the Goldfinger Rolls Royce - permission denied.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
How have you lot not known the list by now?
That would certainly be nice, but I somewhat doubt it. But I was thinking maybe they have listed Alfa GTV6 twice so that maybe one of them is something else may be a surprise Bentley or rolls?
from: http://www.forum-auto.com/automobile-pratique/modelisme-modeles-reduits/sujet682-2835.htm
looks fantasic doesnt it.
mine still hasent come yet!!! X-(
You bite your filthy hippie tongue!! You go to hell. You go to hell and you die!
That E28 Polizei 518 will be the absolute pride of my completed collection. I'll tell you what... I'll do you a favour. If this "random background vehicle" is going to spoil and upset your collection of "iconic motors", I'm more than happy to take it off your hands for you. I'll take as many BMW E28 models as I can get my hands on.
MyE28™
mine still hasent come yet!!! X-([/quote]
If you study it you can see the variation in the two cars...very nice -{ :007)
Snap! I got mine this morning too! They both look great but I only got to open them just before I dashed out off the house this morning so I'll have to inspect them further when I get home tomorrow!
The hispano suiza is lovely and make me wonder how good a rolls would be from UH (well I can dream).
Here’s my pic of the dbs:
I also put a little bond figure in, which makes it look finished.
i did however notice this:
You can't really see it in this pic but its a browny-gray fingerprint.
If there is one thing that i could criticize about this collection (not the fact that it is never ending or that they haven’t done Rolls or the ford mondao
FRWL
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UH-1-43-BENTLEY-LITRE-James-Bond-007_W0QQitemZ280336162284QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ToysGames_DiecastVehicles_DiecastVehicles_JN?hash=item280336162284&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1688%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318
No way of telling yet, after 62 alfa 159 the list is a bit hit and miss. We know that it will be something alonge the lines of this but it is very much subject to change.
60 Ford Ka Quantum of Solace
61 Leyland Sherpa van The Spy Who Loved Me
62 Alfa Romeo 159 Quantum of Solace
Alfa Romeo GTV6 Octopussy
Ford Edge Quantum of Solace
Mercedes S-class Tomorrow Never Dies
Cadillac hearse Diamonds are Forever
Bentley 3½ Litre From Russia With Love
Land Rover 90 The Living Daylights
La Salle hearse. Dr No
BMW 518 Octopussy