"Anyway, that is the most desirable piece of "clutter" i will ever see,"
I'm honored! )
"Anyway, BoT: now, I KNOW this isn't the correct year, as the wood on the side is a tad different ( the weels and colour do not count, as they were both special order, the colour being "Mustang" Poppy Red.), but here's an impression of the Country Squire"
It's ironic, but my grandfather got stuck with "Thunderbird Red" (what he called it, anyway...I've always assumed it was a custom order for the Mustang's Poppy Red) inadvertantly. Someone ordered a custom paint scheme from the factory (back in the days when anyone could do that...) on their car and ultimately decided they didn't want it. At the time, a custom order that was finished but cancelled (it was late 1964 when he bought it and the 1965 models were already on the lot) and stayed on the lot was something that could be had for a discount, not a price increase. He never particularly liked the color and often considered repainting it; he basically bought the car for functionality. But I digress...
The car pictured is a '63 Galaxie Country Squire, and a good model of one at that, though they'll have to make the panels a bit longer/stretch to the back of the fins. Still, considering the picture SCREAMS "prototype!", I think they'll probably correct it. For a real one, you can look here...
I too am looking forward to both, especially considering they at least got the "Vinylwood" pattern correct!
Jag: Tuned, regular, late model 126P vs. Porsche. The big giveaway is that the 126P BIS had no air vents on the back. Rather, it had intakes just fore of the trunk lid on either side of the car. Among other things, this led to all kinds of cooling problems.
"Most export versions of Eastern-European cars were somehow modified."
Correct...including some models intended for other East Bloc countries (compare a Polish Lada 1500 to a Soviet VAZ-2103, a Czech Moskvitch 408 or 412 vs. a Soviet one, or an East German GAZ-M21K Volga to a Soviet GAZ-M21I Volga)! The exception to the latter (exports to other East Bloc nations vs. the west) would be things like limousines intended for the party elite; maybe the size of the GAZ-13 Chayka on up.
I'll try and find out why the Niki's bumpers were changed, by the way. I know someone whom I think could probably help us.
Now, as to the next ten photos...
Left to Right: DiP Models Moskvitch 401-422 "Pinocchio" Panel Van "Soviet Postal Serice," Kimmeria Models ZAZ-970B Panel Van, Ist Models GAZ-13 Chayka (the one of a kind white one that belonged to cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova), the Code 3'd JBCC Mercedes-Benz 250SE (now with tires), Atlas DDR Auto-Kollektion Sachsenring P240 Luxury Sedan.
Railway loading dock with two of the Corgi Chevrolet 30-Series "One-Tonners," which as you can see I've given Yugoslav license plates to match the inscription on the door. The La Salle/Miller Combination Coach may seem out of place at first, but a later photo will reveal why it's there.
The reason I put him next to the "Parking Limit One Hour" sign was because of Q's line in GE: "You have a license to kill, NOT to break the traffic laws!" And stuck behind jammed traffic, no less...
Decided to give the Daimler Limousine to a seedy, mafia-run hotel. The GAZ-M13 Chayka "Export Prototype" (built for Sobimpex, who imported the Scaldia-Moskvitch, Scaldia-Volga, and right at the beginning the Scaldia-Ziguli [I have the sales brochure] that would be renamed the "Lada" in under a year; and yes, it was spelled "Ziguli," not "Zhiguli," which is the proper transliteration) later appeared in the Soviet propaganda film "Russian Souvenir," which is probably why there's a model of it that exists. Ironically, the film's message was about sharing the USSR's "gifts" with the west. Of course, that didn't extend to the GAZ-M13 itself, which was ready to go, but the Presidium turned down GAZ's request to build for the Benelux market. But to get back to the layout, it's there more as a placeholder right now and will ultimately wind up on an operating turntable inside of "Ed's Red Automobiles."
Here's a pretty nice and simple photo, taken right in front of the control panel: manually operated early 1950's Hornby O Gauge crane and Siku flatbed truck. In the background, you can see two of my favorite operating accessories: the Lionel Operating Log Loader at left and the Lionel Operating Sawmill at right.
The GAZ-3102 (the black sedan right in the middle) is not part of the JBCC, but probably one of the easiest cars to modify into a part of one. Give it Czechoslovakian license plates that say "BAM-10-45" and you're done with General Pushkin's car in Bratislava.
The UAZ-469B; you could make one of these for literally any of the Brosnan films (GE's UAZ-3151's are nothing more than the same thing with a different name). You can also see, in the extreme far left upper hand corner, the Corvorado. Why? Well, I wanted the KGB apprehending somebody (note the guy leaning out the Chayka's door with a pistol aimed at our unfortunate pimp), but someone who was already a miserable criminal. And the Corvorado was a pimpmobile, so...
The dead body in the trunk I mentioned earlier, also KGB (this time with a Radon Models GAZ-13 Chayka). The La Salle/Miller Combination Coach (which serves as a coroner's automobile in this case) unfortunately couldn't fit in the photo. The uncommon unmarked car that pulled over the Chayka is an Aoshima DISM 1976 Nissan Gloria GLE. This is a really neat car, and features an adjustable suspension. The West German Polizei car is an Ixo Peugeot 404 (yes, the Polizei used Peugeots; they also used the 403).
Loading one of the barrels from the Chevy 30-Series "One-Tonners" onto a Czechoslovakian box car.
"Well...the engine WAS working a minute ago..." The bus is a Nash Avtoprom GAZ-03-30 in military colors (and yes, there were a number converted during WWII).
I just had a look at the 126 Bis and it really looks different. No rear vents, and bigger side vents, though all earlier models had side vents too - just slightly different shape. Apparently about 800 changes were intruduced to this model, most or all designed by Polish engineers, which may explain why the results was not really better than the model it was meant to replace.
As for modification of limos I am sure it did not make sense to do so, they were never imported for general public but only representative purposes - party and state - so I don't think more than a handful would be imported at any time.
Okay, I've got the scoop on the Niki's bumpers: they were oversized to comply with Australian importation law. HOWEVER, you can supposedly buy regular 126P bumpers and attach those. I don't know the ins and outs of the law, so please consult someone who does before doing so if you were thinking of this (and by "you," I actually don't mean you, Jag, but rather anyone who could stumble across this thread by googling "FSM Niki").
Also, the Country Squire was apparently delayed slightly (surprise, surprise...). I spoke with the guy whom I pre-ordered it from and he said "after April 8th" with no definitive date. Anyway, next ten photos...
"Get back to work you worthless worms! Oh, sorry, did I say that? I meant valued comrades." The car is a Century Dragon Models FAW Hongqi CA770TJ Inspection Car made in China. But I really liked the idea of your foreman being a guy in a suit shouting orders at you through the speaker system on his limousine. The SARB START Minibus is made by Spark Models for VMM Models of St. Petersburg. If you're much for 1960's-1970's Soviet cinema, you should recognize it from Kavkazkaya Plennitsia.
"Yes, THAT hammer!" Another Century Dragon Models FAW Hongqi CA770, though this one is the regular limo. And yes, I did this directly in homage to the scene in GE where Jack Wade hits the Zaporozhets' engine with a sledgehammer to restart it. The grille of the car in the rear belongs to a Dorlop-for-Century Dragon Shanghai SH760A Sedan.
"Gdansk? You mean it's not Danzig anymore and you got it back?" Kultowe Auta IFA F8 (with Gdansk license plate) and East German Volkspolizei officer.
"It's not as if my truck bed can carry anything much bigger." First off, sorry for the badly-painted figure. But this plays off the urban legend that ZAZ-968AP Pickups were used to transport packages of cigarettes (I can't print that small, so I just wrote "Cig." in Cyrillic).
"Man, I wish all the ones I pulled over looked like this..." The GAZ-24-01 Militsia GAI Patrol Car is Ixo for VMM. The VAZ-2108 Lada Sputnik is Radon Models.
The friendly gate guard, his truck behind him (Agat RAF-2203 VAI Soviet Army Traffic Police), and the gate.
And some of the gate guard's friends from the KGB (the GAZ-13 Chayka is Ixo for USSR AvtoLegende).
Commissar: "Uh, Comrade Colonel, who is that?"
KGB Colonel: "Your predecessor, Comrade Commissar."
GAZ-12 ZIM Katafalk hearse built with a DeCV trans kit (had it built for me). The Chayka "Lando" you can see in the background is one of ten made, incidentally.
"Yes, we see you, too!"
The StB and CIA meet (StB on the left of the photo, the CIA on the right).
ZAZ-970G Soviet Milk Truck by Kimmeria Models. This actually works in conjunction with the Dairymen's League accessory. You put the cans on the conveyor belt, they go into the covered structure, and then you push a button to eject them out the side door into the ZAZ-970G's cargo bed. Also note the VAZ-2121 Lada Niva with Skif Trailer by Radon.
I suspected the bumper issue might have been due to Aussie safety requirements. I am also sure I have seen a few Nikis with more traditional bumpers too, so it is not unlikley that they were replaced by the owners. Interestingly, I don't think any Poles in Australia would be interested in this car - after all you did not emigrate to drive the same car you did in the old country! It is mainly people of Italian extraction that developed a liking for the Niki. Probably because it is one of very few truly small cars ever sold in Oz, and at the time I don't think the Italian Fiat exported anything to Australia.
"It is mainly people of Italian extraction that developed a liking for the Niki."
With the possible exceptions of the GAZ-21 Volga and GAZ-13 Chayka (I know of a couple people who own the real thing in the former case and paid to have them exported to the US and the only two Chaykas I know of for sale are by Russians living in the US), I agree that it's usually NOT Russians or Ukrainians buying the old Zaporozhetses you see on the market now, it's not former East Germans (or Hungarians or Romanians) buying Trabis, and you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who regards the real thing as more than a memory.
Now, the next ten photos...
Part of the East Side Station's parking lot.
Included here, if you can spot it, is one car I believe should have been a JBCC car: the Mercedes-Benz 220S. The old NYPD police car is a 1949 Ford Tudor Sedan, the kind my Dad remembers when he was growing up. The problem with these was that they had TWO doors. If you're a police officer making an arrest, how are you going to squeeze an offender who is potentially resisting into the back of the car? I believe they were phased out by 1954 and while the NYPD officers who drove them liked their handling, acceleration, etc, they ultimately got poor grades from the NYPD due to just not being a four-door sedan.
Catholic Church with wedding. The driver of the wedding limo (an Agat ZIL-117) is Eastern Orthodox, so he's just standing around, albeit respectfully. The Jeep is military surplus and part of the La Route Bleue series.
"Does this mean I have to give myself a parking ticket?" By the way, you can VERY easily make one of these Bauer VAZ-2106's into the Moscow police cars you see in GE. There's a reason there's no department seal on them and decals are easily available.
And speaking of parking tickets with a Lada 1600 in the picture (although the guy is just putting a bag of power tools in the front seat).
Franklin Mint's terrific 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible. Unfortunately, I accidentally took the picture with the driver's side door partially open, which is why the chrome doesn't match up.
"Well Sergeant, I think your motor's shot. Don't you know not to buy from Honest Larry's Used Cars around here?" An unfortunate non-commissioned officer's Chevy Corvair has just died. A police officer is of no assistance, other than reaffirming his motor's dead.
Literally "USSR Stinks!" as graffiti on the RAF-2203 Soviet Game Warden's vehicle.
I always thought the SDECE entry in Replicars' Cold War Series was a little silly due to the guy using a carrier pigeon. Draw a straight line back to the Vauxhall Cresta Estate and you'll find a guy with a shotgun aiming directly at it. In the mean time, the cattle farmer's Dodge truck seems to have broken down.
One of my favorites from Replicars' Cold War Series, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) Mercedes-Benz 180D. The figure's camera is trained directly on the crashed Chayka when the train passes (and unfortunately, I'd stopped it right between the BND cameraman and the Chayka display when I took the photo).
Dalkowski, thank you for the photos of the diorama. I think it's a great way to display your cars, and I like the various stories that are going on.
I have gone down a different route with mine. I like the base of the dioramas that come with the Bond models, but I think the plastic cases make it quite hard to see the models. So I have obtained two cabinets in which I have arranged the cars by movie. They are not all there, as there are a few models I am not a huge fan of, though I do subscribe.
Like Dalkowski, I am also having a sort out, so please excuse the temporary clutter at the edges of the photos!
The earlier films:
And the later films:
When the rest of the cars arrive I will use the top of the cabinet of the older films to display them - as you can see my modest 1:18 Bond car collection lives on top of the newer film cabinet, together with the Volga and the tank.
At the risk of moving further off topic, I have taken a few other photos you might like. In the other parts of my collection I occasionally have a bit of fun with figures.
My classic American cars have a 1950s B movie taking place. The teddy boy is eyeing up the girl in the hot pants, unaware that the giant beetle is about to attack! The beetle is a pretty nice piece, with metal legs, and so I had to think of a purpose for it. The little UFOs were intended to be salt and pepper shakers - they were marketed as "spice ships" which I thought was fairly amusing, and so I had to find a home for them too. The silver cars are the GM Firebird 2 and Firebird 3, then behind the green Lincoln Futura (which later became the Adam West Batmobile), red Buick Centurion, green Chrysler Norseman (which is at the bottom of the sea, interesting story but I digress), and the white Chrysler Phaeton. The other cars are production cars rather than prototypes.
Next up, we have a car thief breaking into the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth, one of the most stolen cars in the 1980s and 1990s. I drove a mint condition one once and I can see why - it goes along very well indeed.
My Ford Capri Mk3 has knocked over a couple of oil drums while performing a handbrake turn, just like in a 70s cop show.
Finally, a rather surreal photoshoot is taking place, featuring the inevitable girls and Lamborghinis, with artistic consultants in the form of a Dalek and The Stig. I wonder if this would knock the Tennis Girl poster off top spot in the Athena poster sales chart? The white car is the Gallardo Concept S, the blue one the Miura Spider Prototype, and off to the right is the orange Canto / Kanto , and to the immediate left, both in yellow, are the Cala Concept V10 and the New Miura Concept.
Here is something else that you can occasionally find on eBay. It's a 1:87 scale collection of the three Brosnan Bond BMWs (apart from the motorcycle), made by Herpa, one of the best 1:87 model makers, and available from BMW dealers in about 1999 - 2000. They are all very well detailed.
And a photo for Dalkowski showing my little collection of Eastern Bloc cars (with some distinctive Western Bloc cars behind - the Rover 800 and the Maxi are quite rare in model form!)
Excellent stuff myhandle!!! I really like the Firebird 2 and Firebird 3...are those Bizarre (for those NOT familiar with obscure model cars, Bizarre is actually the name of a company)? If so, VERY nice! I've been wanting those models for a while. The Agat Lada Samara convertible and Ixo Tatra T603/3 with red interior are actually pretty tough finds, too! Plus, although I can't see the bottoms, I'll bet the Moskvitch Aeroflot wagon (either 426 or 427) and GAZ-24 Volga are "A-series," which are also very tough finds.
"Finally, a rather surreal photoshoot is taking place, featuring the inevitable girls and Lamborghinis"
I'm working on a scene almost identical to this, but using an Ebbro Toyota 2000GT (the name will sound familiar as Aki's car in YOLT, but Ebbro's superb model of the car itself is a white, hardtop prototype with a number of features we never saw in the film; it's much more streamlined, has a different front end, is the correct hardtop, and [as a bit of a bonus] has THREE windshield wipers). I guess it's true about great minds thinking alike! )
"green Chrysler Norseman (which is at the bottom of the sea, interesting story but I digress)"
Ghia-bodied car that went down with the Andrea Doria. I wonder if it hadn't sank, it would either be totally forgotten or actually developed into something. I've never been able to find a model in any scale. Bizarre Models? I've also been unable to find a Lincoln Futura in anything other than 1/64.
And now, my own ten...
"I'm out of fuel? Next to a fuel truck and an oil derrick? Oh, come on!" The Moskvitch 412 with roofrack is a Radon Model, the Lionel Operating Oil Well is just that, and from left to right, the cars are: USSR AvtoLegende Moskvitch 2140, Kultowe Auta PRL-u Tarpan 237 4x4 Crew-Cab Pickup, DeCV Conversion Kit GAZ-M20 Pobeda Universal station wagon, and a DiP Models ZIS-150 TMZ-150 Fuel Tanker.
Maybe before lighting up the cigarette, this guy should have learned Cyrillic (OGNEOPASNO=Highly Flammable)
Here's a Code 3'd breakdown truck with an Ist Models EMW 340-2. I added decals to the truck and got myself a Renault Galion in the service of the Sarajevo Renault Service (based on actual photos, though I'm fairly sure the light was either not there or a different color).
Can you tell I like cranes? )
Code 3'd JBCC Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II. Turned it into the Russian Nationalist leader's personal car (note police escort; you can see the hood of the VAZ-2102 Lada Zhiguli Station Wagon by Agat) Some other nice stuff in the background.
"So, uh, you want I should wipe da dead bugs off da windshield?" Anyone having seen the film The Blues Brothers will rrecognize that line. Regardless, the 2CV gets some work done on it.
The JBCC AMC Hornet X, plus in the background you can see a Trax Opal Series Holden HQ Kingswood sedan with the door open (with mother and two children standing in line at the ice cream stand).
The Russian Nationalist Militsia (in the 2141 Aleko) try to figure out how a Heinkel Trojan driven by an old lady actually managed to break the speed limit. Aleko by Agat, Heinkel Trojan by Corgi (which I somehow picked up for $5...arguably the best deal I ever got).
As said earlier, I would give the Aussies their due aside from being caught in a traffic jam to rush for beer. The car is a 1971 General Motors HQ Statesman by Trax Opal Series. Seeing as this takes place around 1968-1972, the man is probably a WWII or Korean War vet, who still walks with some shrapnel in his leg. Just walking back to the car while his chauffeur holds the car's rear door open after paying his respects to his fallen mates. Despite his wealth, he's obviously not forgotten his priorities, or indeed what happened a few decades ago.
I'll end with another view of poor Ed, the owner of Ed's Red Automobiles. You can also see a Replicars MI5 1959 Morris Oxford.
Hope you enjoyed those! Just ask for more if you want any!
Hello Dalkowski,
Thanks for the photos! You have some great ideas there. Plese keen the photos coming!
As for the models, the Firebird 2 is by Bizarre, whereas the Firebird 3, Norseman, Centurion, and the Futura are all by an offshoot of SMTS, catchily named The Great American Dream Machine. They are handbuilt in the UK and appear on eBay from time to time. I have had them for years. I would like to get Firebird 1 some day.
The Ixo Tatra I bought quite heavily discounted, so it must have slipped through the value net somehow! It was about 50% off the normal Ixo price. The Samara Convertible I bought in St Petersberg in a strange shop selling everything from TVs to medicine to food and the occasional model car, all kind of jumbled together with no real thought given to layout of the store at all! Quite a charming store though. Most of the Ladas and the newer of the Volgas in my collection were bought on my trip to Russia. I already had the Chaika, the Zil and most of the others, bought in the USA many years ago from a shop called EWA that no longer exists.
Thanks for the tip regarding the '50's concept cars!!! I bookmarked the site immediately, haha! I'll tell you this: I love that 1954 Corvette Nomad they have (the prototype Corvette station wagon), plus that gorgeous Buick Y-Job. All I'd need for the latter would be a convincing 1/43 figure of Harley Earl behind the wheel. Looks like I've got a few cars to order in the coming months!!!
"I would like to get Firebird 1 some day."
I think the one they're making now is the Firebird I. Bizarre makes both the Firebird II and the Firebird III, so I'll just get those at a cheaper price without sacrificing much detail.
"Most of the Ladas and the newer of the Volgas in my collection were bought on my trip to Russia. I already had the Chaika, the Zil and most of the others, bought in the USA many years ago from a shop called EWA that no longer exists."
The reason I think your GAZ-24 is at least Radon (if not A-series, though I think it's early unmarked at latest) are the silver-on-white wheels and the metal trim, especially the grille. Agat and even later Radon used plastic grilles. The Lada VAZ-2101 and Moskvitch Aeroflot wagon also have that older look to them, especially because of the dull orange paint on the VAZ-2101 and the black (NOT BLUE) stripes on top of the Moskvitch wagon. As for the Chayka, it's tough to tell without seeing the bottom what it actually is. The ZIL-115, however, has an early-style "gray" grille vs. the later "silver" grille, which would indicate Radon manufacture to me, at least. Also, most of the stuff that turns up in the US is Radon and not Agat, so keep that in mind. The Samaras and the Kalina look like Agat, though.
Thank you all for your photos! I especially love the concept cars from myhandle, it is something I have collected for more than twenty years. But I suggest that if you want a GM Firebird I that you buy the one from Bizarre (BZ260) and not the Great American Dream Machine - btw their website is www.gadm.com for those interested. Bizarre did the Firebird I, the II in two versions (pearl white and silver), and two versions of the Firebird III (pale gold and silver).
Honestly, the GADM models are not the greatest; they are typical, somewhat crude white-metal handbuilts, and the current resine models are far better value for money. But you won't find a Lincoln Futura or Buick Centurion anywhere else. If you want a Corvette Nomad: better to get one of the old Provence Moulage kits (they also had a 1954 Corvette Corvair fastback). Other GADM models no longer available and not shown on the website are the 1951 Buick LeSabre, Chrysler K-310 (the coupe version of the C-200 still listed), Packard Predictor and Dogde Firearrow. But there may have been more I don't know of.
Thank you all for your photos! I especially love the concept cars from myhandle, it is something I have collected for more than twenty years. But I suggest that if you want a GM Firebird I that you buy the one from Bizarre (BZ260) and not the Great American Dream Machine - btw their website is www.gadm.com for those interested. Bizarre did the Firebird I, the II in two versions (pearl white and silver), and two versions of the Firebird III (pale gold and silver).
Honestly, the GADM models are not the greatest; they are typical, somewhat crude white-metal handbuilts, and the current resine models are far better value for money. But you won't find a Lincoln Futura or Buick Centurion anywhere else. If you want a Corvette Nomad: better to get one of the old Provence Moulage kits (they also had a 1954 Corvette Corvair fastback). Other GADM models no longer available and not shown on the website are the 1951 Buick LeSabre, Chrysler K-310 (the coupe version of the C-200 still listed), Packard Predictor and Dogde Firearrow. But there may have been more I don't know of.
First off,I am not moaning!!!!...but lately the posts have been few & far between about the Bond cars & more about general car collecting,with small snippets about JB vehicles!!!..should we not get back to why we are posting on this forum??..Just a thought!!!.. -{ :007)
First off,I am not moaning!!!!...but lately the posts have been few & far between about the Bond cars & more about general car collecting,with small snippets about JB vehicles!!!..should we not get back to why we are posting on this forum??..Just a thought!!!..
True.
But on the other hand, the Bond cars have been few & far between of late as well...
The Country Squire, according to my info, is only due at the retailers next Wednesday (the 20th) and then it's another 4 weeks to whatever turns out to be Issue 106. That's a lot of gap to fill, especially when we have already seen the upcoming LTK RR & QOS DBS issues on eBay and pretty much done discussing them.
As long as the conversation is about car models and/or dioramas and has relevance to models featured in the JBCC, I'm happy.
"The Country Squire, according to my info, is only due at the retailers next Wednesday (the 20th)"
Heh...you beat me to it! I contacted the guy whom I preordered the Country Squire from and he said it would most likely come in on the 20th or the 21st.
"Honestly, the GADM models are not the greatest; they are typical, somewhat crude white-metal handbuilts"
To be honest, I enjoy detailing the white metal handbuilts. I guess it was something I picked up when I started buying Brooklin.
"If you want a Corvette Nomad: better to get one of the old Provence Moulage kits (they also had a 1954 Corvette Corvair fastback)."
Well, thing is, they're resin kits. I can detail and Code 3 stuff, sure, but I've never worked well with resin; especially removing the mould flash and getting things to adhere. When I do buy resin kits, it's only because I either don't have a choice and pay for an assembly fee or there's someone I know in Russia who will assemble ICV's "DeCV" kits. The shipping situation with Russia right now is also complicated. Due to regulations by the Russian Post (and this isn't a law), they won't accept packages weighing over 500 grams outbound to the US. I use a stop-over in the Ukraine, but that doubles shipping...and insurance. And I'd have to get the kit to my friend in the first place. Ultimately, I wouldn't be saving any money and I think the one from GADM would just be easier. With that said, I've NOTHING against pre-built resin models. Quite the contrary. I really do like them!
"Bizarre did the Firebird I"
Really? I've never seen one, but I will certainly keep my eyes open for one.
"I especially love the concept cars"
I have more than my share of models of Soviet prototypes if you're interested, heh (Moskvitch 444, Moskvitch 403E-424E, Moskvitch/VNIITE/ErAZ PT Taxi, GAZ-A-Aero, both versions of the GAZ-13B "Chayka Lando" [landaulet], plus some things like the RAF-10 "Festival" Minibus, ZIS-101AC Sport Coupe, Ford-GAZ "Udarnik" V8 Coupe, and Moskvitch 408 Tourist Convertible on order). )
"As long as the conversation is about car models and/or dioramas and has relevance to models featured in the JBCC, I'm happy."
Ditto here. I guess I can see how some people might not be, though. Perhaps a bit of talk on how to Code 3 some models as we pass the time to make them more correct thrown in, then, with the rest of our model car talk will work as well as perhaps Code 3'ing non-JBCC cars into cars that appeared in Bond films? Obviously, painted interiors and hubcaps might not be for everyone, but I don't think whitewall tires are out of reach. The four big ones that should have whitewalls but do not are the Toyopet Crown from YOLT (yep, it was a last year Toyopet Crown RS41; not technically marketed as a Toyota), the Lincoln Continental from GF, and the two Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II's. In the case of the latter, I would recommend finding a Solido in scrap yard condition and just changing out the wheels because they're so bad on the models. But the Toyopet and the Continental should be easy. You could either find a "donor" car that's worth less to you or, more accurately, paint the bands on. I would recommend Humbrol or Testors flat white. You'll want to be using an oil-based paint here (thicker), so don't use Tamiya. Don't try and paint circles onto the tires. Instead, put your paint brush down in one spot on the tire and hold it steady. Spin the wheel around a few times until the paint is both evenly distributed and thick enough so that black isn't showing through. Allow 24 hours to dry for each tire; I'd recommend doing one side one day and the other side the next.
Great suggestion. Personally, I use a paint pen instead of a normal paint and brush. You can get them in any colour from a goods art supplies store. Go for the oil-based paint, of course. Depending on the brand you may have to apply two coats.
It's true that this thread was sliding towards OT and this was a reason I didn't comment on Dalko's layout photos earlier. But how many would look in the OT section to see photos of model car collections or railway layouts if one would post pictures there? I think it is okay to talk here about model cars more generally now that there are these long intervals between the JBCC releases.
Dokk, you did ask the question in this thread which cars should have been Bond cars in the films but weren't. A good question but also one that may rather be asked in a new thread in the films forum, and not in the model car thread. The line between on- and off-topic isn't always clearly drawn.
I enjoy detailing the white metal handbuilts. I guess it was something I picked up when I started buying Brooklin.
Brooklin had the trim just moulded with the body so you could foil or paint it properly. GADM and other SMTS models have chrome trim because SMTS scrapes the paint away there. And if this is done crudely, removing to much metal or part of the surrounding paint, there is not much you can do to improve the damage. I had to inspect four Buick Centurions before I got one that wasn't too bad. GADM or SMTS in general are not models you would want to buy without checking the model or having good pics available.
So far we've had lists of the sequence of the remaining issues but perhaps it's time to throw the dates in as well.
Based on what GE Fabbri said in January this year, the 2011 UK release schedule was going to be as follows:
(Dates are Wednesdays, when the partwork is customarily available in the retail shops): Issue 102: 26 Jan - Bondola (released on schedule)
Issue 103: 23 Feb - Ford Bronco II (was delayed to 9 March!)
Issue 104: 23 Mar - Zil 117 (released on schedule) Issue 105: 20 Apr - Ford Country Squire
Issue 106: 18 May - Ford Consul policecar
Issue 107: 15 Jun - Ford Econoline van
Issue 108: 13 Jul - Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II
Issue 109: 10 Aug - Chevrolet Impala Coupé
Issue 110: 07 Sep - Aston Martin DBS damaged
The order of release of the remaining issues may still change (seeing as we know the RR is ready to ship) but I'm pretty sure the DBS will remain the final issue.
I cannot wait for that Econoline van, as it is now in the hands of IXO it might actually be good dimensions 8-)
And, count in the fact that i've seen "the real deal" at a car show once (including a poster of Sean with an autograph on it), i know how good the model can be....
By the way, as soon as I get home, I'll check with my current expenses. If all goes well, i shall be getting the GAZ 3102 and the GP buggy this afternoon, and, looking at the earlier payments, also recieve the digital payment for the next 6(!) models, witch should mean that also in the Netherlands, we're going to 110!
If it ísn't the case, however, I'll have to buy ALL of the 86-110 numbers at around twice the retail price, or try and get them from germany, witch would mean an hour's drive to a newsagent there every four weeks...
We've seen photos of the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II and even the damaged Aston Martin DBS. Has anyone seen any of the others yet that are still to come out?
By the way, as soon as I get home, I'll check with my current expenses. If all goes well, i shall be getting the GAZ 3102 and the GP buggy this afternoon, and, looking at the earlier payments, also recieve the digital payment for the next 6(!) models, witch should mean that also in the Netherlands, we're going to 110!
If it ísn't the case, however, I'll have to buy ALL of the 86-110 numbers at around twice the retail price, or try and get them from germany, witch would mean an hour's drive to a newsagent there every four weeks...
I'll keep you informed...
It's confirmed by the publisher, Martin, we'll be getting all 110 issues in the Netherlands as well. Just call the Dutch subscriber service phone number and you'll be able to hear the computer say it with your own ears.
At which issue are you now in the Netherlands?
I got a letter with the last delivery (#82/83) from the German magazine stating that the models will now be released every three weeks instead of two. So instead of catching up with the UK this will drag on for another 18 months now.
I just got a nice brown box to. Couldn't wait for the GAZ, now i can finally begin with the second part of my "Best of Bond" diorama series After that, i phoned them and, like Leijo said, a tape played stating that "due to great succes", the series was extended. Seems like my dozen's of phone calls asking if they'd continue were worth it )
I was just wondering if they'd continue, because there wasn't any money written off my account cince #79. Now the 77,- each 3 months will continue for at leas one more year. To bad then
On the other hand, the only way to get the rest of the - sometimes excellent - models, is to buy them second hand, witch would be around 500,- for just 25 cars, while i've paid around the same amount for the first 60 or so!
So, in general, i am more than happy to hear that us dutch people also can finish this great collection.
"Brooklin had the trim just moulded with the body so you could foil or paint it properly. GADM and other SMTS models have chrome trim because SMTS scrapes the paint away there. And if this is done crudely, removing to much metal or part of the surrounding paint, there is not much you can do to improve the damage. I had to inspect four Buick Centurions before I got one that wasn't too bad. GADM or SMTS in general are not models you would want to buy without checking the model or having good pics available."
Thanks for the tip! I'm used to Brooklin, Tin Wizard/Zaugg, Western Models, etc. and admit I don't have much experience with this individual firm. I guess I could make it passable for removing too much metal, but wrecking the existing paint would be difficult to fix because I doubt I could get a 100% match.
By the way, Firebird I was always my favorite! Thanks for pointing out the Bizarre version!
"So far we've had lists of the sequence of the remaining issues but perhaps it's time to throw the dates in as well.
Based on what GE Fabbri said in January this year, the 2011 UK release schedule was going to be as follows:
(Dates are Wednesdays, when the partwork is customarily available in the retail shops):
Issue 102: 26 Jan - Bondola (released on schedule)
Issue 103: 23 Feb - Ford Bronco II (was delayed to 9 March!)
Issue 104: 23 Mar - Zil 117 (released on schedule)
Issue 105: 20 Apr - Ford Country Squire
Issue 106: 18 May - Ford Consul policecar
Issue 107: 15 Jun - Ford Econoline van
Issue 108: 13 Jul - Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II
Issue 109: 10 Aug - Chevrolet Impala Coupé
Issue 110: 07 Sep - Aston Martin DBS damaged
The order of release of the remaining issues may still change (seeing as we know the RR is ready to ship) but I'm pretty sure the DBS will remain the final issue."
Good job of extrapolation! The DBS sans door is also ready to ship...KINGsMODEL had a few a while back. I think what delayed Ixo on the Bronco II may have been the weathering as well as their usual "we'll be one week late due to distribution problems" thing. Remember, we started seeing unweathered prototypes just about a week before scheduled release. It makes one wonder about which shipment is going to see either three cars or one car.
"I cannot wait for that Econoline van, as it is now in the hands of IXO it might actually be good dimensions"
Same here. It should be pretty good; Ixo's 1/43 vans usually are. What I'm also interested in seeing is how they handle the Ford Consul, if only because it's been pushed back repeatedly.
"i shall be getting the GAZ 3102 and the GP buggy this afternoon"
GAZ-31029, not GAZ-3102. They're actually quite different; the more boxy 3102 actually does make an appearance in Bond, though: it's Leonid Pushkin's car in TLD in Bratislava. One of the GAZ-31029 or the VAZ-21099 "Lada Sputnik" was actually the last car released in the Soviet Union during the final weeks of December, 1991. I can never remember which, unfortunately. Sorry, but you probably expected as much from me. ) Either way, it's a solid model, though the wheels are a tad undersized, unfortunately. Also, truly awesome that the partwork was extended!
"We've seen photos of the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II and even the damaged Aston Martin DBS. Has anyone seen any of the others yet that are still to come out?"
No, and we probably won't, either. The Silver Shadow II and the DBS are both Universal Hobbies. The others are Ixo and, the prototype/unfinished Ford Bronco II's aside, Ixo has never released any JBCC model, even pre-production, onto the market the way UH did. In other words, no sneak peaks; we'll just have to wait until they're released.
"Just imagine if Dalkowski110 collected Barbie dolls."
This prompted an eyeroll at first glance. But this made me laugh quite a bit...
"It would look like the world's biggest gang bang in miniature...." ) ) ) ) ) ) )
Believe it or not, though, that particular photo is a touch misleading. I zoomed in on the cars from a rather poor angle and that probably made it look like it was more cluttered than it was. Conversely, the angle I took the photo featuring the Binz Europ 1100 ambulance at is also a bit misleading/uses some forced perspective. It is WAY more cluttered than it looks.
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"Anyway, that is the most desirable piece of "clutter" i will ever see,"
I'm honored!
"Anyway, BoT: now, I KNOW this isn't the correct year, as the wood on the side is a tad different ( the weels and colour do not count, as they were both special order, the colour being "Mustang" Poppy Red.), but here's an impression of the Country Squire"
It's ironic, but my grandfather got stuck with "Thunderbird Red" (what he called it, anyway...I've always assumed it was a custom order for the Mustang's Poppy Red) inadvertantly. Someone ordered a custom paint scheme from the factory (back in the days when anyone could do that...) on their car and ultimately decided they didn't want it. At the time, a custom order that was finished but cancelled (it was late 1964 when he bought it and the 1965 models were already on the lot) and stayed on the lot was something that could be had for a discount, not a price increase. He never particularly liked the color and often considered repainting it; he basically bought the car for functionality. But I digress...
The car pictured is a '63 Galaxie Country Squire, and a good model of one at that, though they'll have to make the panels a bit longer/stretch to the back of the fins. Still, considering the picture SCREAMS "prototype!", I think they'll probably correct it. For a real one, you can look here...
http://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/1963_Ford_Galaxie_Country_Squire_Woody_Wagon_Front_1.jpg
I too am looking forward to both, especially considering they at least got the "Vinylwood" pattern correct!
Jag: Tuned, regular, late model 126P vs. Porsche. The big giveaway is that the 126P BIS had no air vents on the back. Rather, it had intakes just fore of the trunk lid on either side of the car. Among other things, this led to all kinds of cooling problems.
"Most export versions of Eastern-European cars were somehow modified."
Correct...including some models intended for other East Bloc countries (compare a Polish Lada 1500 to a Soviet VAZ-2103, a Czech Moskvitch 408 or 412 vs. a Soviet one, or an East German GAZ-M21K Volga to a Soviet GAZ-M21I Volga)! The exception to the latter (exports to other East Bloc nations vs. the west) would be things like limousines intended for the party elite; maybe the size of the GAZ-13 Chayka on up.
I'll try and find out why the Niki's bumpers were changed, by the way. I know someone whom I think could probably help us.
Now, as to the next ten photos...
Left to Right: DiP Models Moskvitch 401-422 "Pinocchio" Panel Van "Soviet Postal Serice," Kimmeria Models ZAZ-970B Panel Van, Ist Models GAZ-13 Chayka (the one of a kind white one that belonged to cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova), the Code 3'd JBCC Mercedes-Benz 250SE (now with tires), Atlas DDR Auto-Kollektion Sachsenring P240 Luxury Sedan.
Railway loading dock with two of the Corgi Chevrolet 30-Series "One-Tonners," which as you can see I've given Yugoslav license plates to match the inscription on the door. The La Salle/Miller Combination Coach may seem out of place at first, but a later photo will reveal why it's there.
The reason I put him next to the "Parking Limit One Hour" sign was because of Q's line in GE: "You have a license to kill, NOT to break the traffic laws!" And stuck behind jammed traffic, no less...
Decided to give the Daimler Limousine to a seedy, mafia-run hotel. The GAZ-M13 Chayka "Export Prototype" (built for Sobimpex, who imported the Scaldia-Moskvitch, Scaldia-Volga, and right at the beginning the Scaldia-Ziguli [I have the sales brochure] that would be renamed the "Lada" in under a year; and yes, it was spelled "Ziguli," not "Zhiguli," which is the proper transliteration) later appeared in the Soviet propaganda film "Russian Souvenir," which is probably why there's a model of it that exists. Ironically, the film's message was about sharing the USSR's "gifts" with the west. Of course, that didn't extend to the GAZ-M13 itself, which was ready to go, but the Presidium turned down GAZ's request to build for the Benelux market. But to get back to the layout, it's there more as a placeholder right now and will ultimately wind up on an operating turntable inside of "Ed's Red Automobiles."
Here's a pretty nice and simple photo, taken right in front of the control panel: manually operated early 1950's Hornby O Gauge crane and Siku flatbed truck. In the background, you can see two of my favorite operating accessories: the Lionel Operating Log Loader at left and the Lionel Operating Sawmill at right.
The GAZ-3102 (the black sedan right in the middle) is not part of the JBCC, but probably one of the easiest cars to modify into a part of one. Give it Czechoslovakian license plates that say "BAM-10-45" and you're done with General Pushkin's car in Bratislava.
The UAZ-469B; you could make one of these for literally any of the Brosnan films (GE's UAZ-3151's are nothing more than the same thing with a different name). You can also see, in the extreme far left upper hand corner, the Corvorado. Why? Well, I wanted the KGB apprehending somebody (note the guy leaning out the Chayka's door with a pistol aimed at our unfortunate pimp), but someone who was already a miserable criminal. And the Corvorado was a pimpmobile, so...
The dead body in the trunk I mentioned earlier, also KGB (this time with a Radon Models GAZ-13 Chayka). The La Salle/Miller Combination Coach (which serves as a coroner's automobile in this case) unfortunately couldn't fit in the photo. The uncommon unmarked car that pulled over the Chayka is an Aoshima DISM 1976 Nissan Gloria GLE. This is a really neat car, and features an adjustable suspension. The West German Polizei car is an Ixo Peugeot 404 (yes, the Polizei used Peugeots; they also used the 403).
Loading one of the barrels from the Chevy 30-Series "One-Tonners" onto a Czechoslovakian box car.
"Well...the engine WAS working a minute ago..." The bus is a Nash Avtoprom GAZ-03-30 in military colors (and yes, there were a number converted during WWII).
As for modification of limos I am sure it did not make sense to do so, they were never imported for general public but only representative purposes - party and state - so I don't think more than a handful would be imported at any time.
Also, the Country Squire was apparently delayed slightly (surprise, surprise...). I spoke with the guy whom I pre-ordered it from and he said "after April 8th" with no definitive date. Anyway, next ten photos...
"Get back to work you worthless worms! Oh, sorry, did I say that? I meant valued comrades." The car is a Century Dragon Models FAW Hongqi CA770TJ Inspection Car made in China. But I really liked the idea of your foreman being a guy in a suit shouting orders at you through the speaker system on his limousine. The SARB START Minibus is made by Spark Models for VMM Models of St. Petersburg. If you're much for 1960's-1970's Soviet cinema, you should recognize it from Kavkazkaya Plennitsia.
"Yes, THAT hammer!" Another Century Dragon Models FAW Hongqi CA770, though this one is the regular limo. And yes, I did this directly in homage to the scene in GE where Jack Wade hits the Zaporozhets' engine with a sledgehammer to restart it. The grille of the car in the rear belongs to a Dorlop-for-Century Dragon Shanghai SH760A Sedan.
"Gdansk? You mean it's not Danzig anymore and you got it back?" Kultowe Auta IFA F8 (with Gdansk license plate) and East German Volkspolizei officer.
"It's not as if my truck bed can carry anything much bigger." First off, sorry for the badly-painted figure. But this plays off the urban legend that ZAZ-968AP Pickups were used to transport packages of cigarettes (I can't print that small, so I just wrote "Cig." in Cyrillic).
"Man, I wish all the ones I pulled over looked like this..." The GAZ-24-01 Militsia GAI Patrol Car is Ixo for VMM. The VAZ-2108 Lada Sputnik is Radon Models.
The friendly gate guard, his truck behind him (Agat RAF-2203 VAI Soviet Army Traffic Police), and the gate.
And some of the gate guard's friends from the KGB (the GAZ-13 Chayka is Ixo for USSR AvtoLegende).
Commissar: "Uh, Comrade Colonel, who is that?"
KGB Colonel: "Your predecessor, Comrade Commissar."
GAZ-12 ZIM Katafalk hearse built with a DeCV trans kit (had it built for me). The Chayka "Lando" you can see in the background is one of ten made, incidentally.
"Yes, we see you, too!"
The StB and CIA meet (StB on the left of the photo, the CIA on the right).
ZAZ-970G Soviet Milk Truck by Kimmeria Models. This actually works in conjunction with the Dairymen's League accessory. You put the cans on the conveyor belt, they go into the covered structure, and then you push a button to eject them out the side door into the ZAZ-970G's cargo bed. Also note the VAZ-2121 Lada Niva with Skif Trailer by Radon.
Ten more tomorrow!
With the possible exceptions of the GAZ-21 Volga and GAZ-13 Chayka (I know of a couple people who own the real thing in the former case and paid to have them exported to the US and the only two Chaykas I know of for sale are by Russians living in the US), I agree that it's usually NOT Russians or Ukrainians buying the old Zaporozhetses you see on the market now, it's not former East Germans (or Hungarians or Romanians) buying Trabis, and you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who regards the real thing as more than a memory.
Now, the next ten photos...
Part of the East Side Station's parking lot.
Included here, if you can spot it, is one car I believe should have been a JBCC car: the Mercedes-Benz 220S. The old NYPD police car is a 1949 Ford Tudor Sedan, the kind my Dad remembers when he was growing up. The problem with these was that they had TWO doors. If you're a police officer making an arrest, how are you going to squeeze an offender who is potentially resisting into the back of the car? I believe they were phased out by 1954 and while the NYPD officers who drove them liked their handling, acceleration, etc, they ultimately got poor grades from the NYPD due to just not being a four-door sedan.
Catholic Church with wedding. The driver of the wedding limo (an Agat ZIL-117) is Eastern Orthodox, so he's just standing around, albeit respectfully. The Jeep is military surplus and part of the La Route Bleue series.
"Does this mean I have to give myself a parking ticket?" By the way, you can VERY easily make one of these Bauer VAZ-2106's into the Moscow police cars you see in GE. There's a reason there's no department seal on them and decals are easily available.
And speaking of parking tickets with a Lada 1600 in the picture (although the guy is just putting a bag of power tools in the front seat).
Franklin Mint's terrific 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible. Unfortunately, I accidentally took the picture with the driver's side door partially open, which is why the chrome doesn't match up.
"Well Sergeant, I think your motor's shot. Don't you know not to buy from Honest Larry's Used Cars around here?" An unfortunate non-commissioned officer's Chevy Corvair has just died. A police officer is of no assistance, other than reaffirming his motor's dead.
Literally "USSR Stinks!" as graffiti on the RAF-2203 Soviet Game Warden's vehicle.
I always thought the SDECE entry in Replicars' Cold War Series was a little silly due to the guy using a carrier pigeon. Draw a straight line back to the Vauxhall Cresta Estate and you'll find a guy with a shotgun aiming directly at it. In the mean time, the cattle farmer's Dodge truck seems to have broken down.
One of my favorites from Replicars' Cold War Series, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) Mercedes-Benz 180D. The figure's camera is trained directly on the crashed Chayka when the train passes (and unfortunately, I'd stopped it right between the BND cameraman and the Chayka display when I took the photo).
I have gone down a different route with mine. I like the base of the dioramas that come with the Bond models, but I think the plastic cases make it quite hard to see the models. So I have obtained two cabinets in which I have arranged the cars by movie. They are not all there, as there are a few models I am not a huge fan of, though I do subscribe.
Like Dalkowski, I am also having a sort out, so please excuse the temporary clutter at the edges of the photos!
The earlier films:
And the later films:
When the rest of the cars arrive I will use the top of the cabinet of the older films to display them - as you can see my modest 1:18 Bond car collection lives on top of the newer film cabinet, together with the Volga and the tank.
My classic American cars have a 1950s B movie taking place. The teddy boy is eyeing up the girl in the hot pants, unaware that the giant beetle is about to attack! The beetle is a pretty nice piece, with metal legs, and so I had to think of a purpose for it. The little UFOs were intended to be salt and pepper shakers - they were marketed as "spice ships" which I thought was fairly amusing, and so I had to find a home for them too. The silver cars are the GM Firebird 2 and Firebird 3, then behind the green Lincoln Futura (which later became the Adam West Batmobile), red Buick Centurion, green Chrysler Norseman (which is at the bottom of the sea, interesting story but I digress), and the white Chrysler Phaeton. The other cars are production cars rather than prototypes.
Next up, we have a car thief breaking into the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth, one of the most stolen cars in the 1980s and 1990s. I drove a mint condition one once and I can see why - it goes along very well indeed.
My Ford Capri Mk3 has knocked over a couple of oil drums while performing a handbrake turn, just like in a 70s cop show.
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"Finally, a rather surreal photoshoot is taking place, featuring the inevitable girls and Lamborghinis"
I'm working on a scene almost identical to this, but using an Ebbro Toyota 2000GT (the name will sound familiar as Aki's car in YOLT, but Ebbro's superb model of the car itself is a white, hardtop prototype with a number of features we never saw in the film; it's much more streamlined, has a different front end, is the correct hardtop, and [as a bit of a bonus] has THREE windshield wipers). I guess it's true about great minds thinking alike!
"green Chrysler Norseman (which is at the bottom of the sea, interesting story but I digress)"
Ghia-bodied car that went down with the Andrea Doria. I wonder if it hadn't sank, it would either be totally forgotten or actually developed into something. I've never been able to find a model in any scale. Bizarre Models? I've also been unable to find a Lincoln Futura in anything other than 1/64.
And now, my own ten...
"I'm out of fuel? Next to a fuel truck and an oil derrick? Oh, come on!" The Moskvitch 412 with roofrack is a Radon Model, the Lionel Operating Oil Well is just that, and from left to right, the cars are: USSR AvtoLegende Moskvitch 2140, Kultowe Auta PRL-u Tarpan 237 4x4 Crew-Cab Pickup, DeCV Conversion Kit GAZ-M20 Pobeda Universal station wagon, and a DiP Models ZIS-150 TMZ-150 Fuel Tanker.
Maybe before lighting up the cigarette, this guy should have learned Cyrillic (OGNEOPASNO=Highly Flammable)
Here's a Code 3'd breakdown truck with an Ist Models EMW 340-2. I added decals to the truck and got myself a Renault Galion in the service of the Sarajevo Renault Service (based on actual photos, though I'm fairly sure the light was either not there or a different color).
Can you tell I like cranes?
Code 3'd JBCC Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II. Turned it into the Russian Nationalist leader's personal car (note police escort; you can see the hood of the VAZ-2102 Lada Zhiguli Station Wagon by Agat) Some other nice stuff in the background.
"So, uh, you want I should wipe da dead bugs off da windshield?" Anyone having seen the film The Blues Brothers will rrecognize that line. Regardless, the 2CV gets some work done on it.
The JBCC AMC Hornet X, plus in the background you can see a Trax Opal Series Holden HQ Kingswood sedan with the door open (with mother and two children standing in line at the ice cream stand).
The Russian Nationalist Militsia (in the 2141 Aleko) try to figure out how a Heinkel Trojan driven by an old lady actually managed to break the speed limit. Aleko by Agat, Heinkel Trojan by Corgi (which I somehow picked up for $5...arguably the best deal I ever got).
As said earlier, I would give the Aussies their due aside from being caught in a traffic jam to rush for beer. The car is a 1971 General Motors HQ Statesman by Trax Opal Series. Seeing as this takes place around 1968-1972, the man is probably a WWII or Korean War vet, who still walks with some shrapnel in his leg. Just walking back to the car while his chauffeur holds the car's rear door open after paying his respects to his fallen mates. Despite his wealth, he's obviously not forgotten his priorities, or indeed what happened a few decades ago.
I'll end with another view of poor Ed, the owner of Ed's Red Automobiles. You can also see a Replicars MI5 1959 Morris Oxford.
Hope you enjoyed those! Just ask for more if you want any!
Thanks for the photos! You have some great ideas there. Plese keen the photos coming!
As for the models, the Firebird 2 is by Bizarre, whereas the Firebird 3, Norseman, Centurion, and the Futura are all by an offshoot of SMTS, catchily named The Great American Dream Machine. They are handbuilt in the UK and appear on eBay from time to time. I have had them for years. I would like to get Firebird 1 some day.
The Ixo Tatra I bought quite heavily discounted, so it must have slipped through the value net somehow! It was about 50% off the normal Ixo price. The Samara Convertible I bought in St Petersberg in a strange shop selling everything from TVs to medicine to food and the occasional model car, all kind of jumbled together with no real thought given to layout of the store at all! Quite a charming store though. Most of the Ladas and the newer of the Volgas in my collection were bought on my trip to Russia. I already had the Chaika, the Zil and most of the others, bought in the USA many years ago from a shop called EWA that no longer exists.
"I would like to get Firebird 1 some day."
I think the one they're making now is the Firebird I. Bizarre makes both the Firebird II and the Firebird III, so I'll just get those at a cheaper price without sacrificing much detail.
"Most of the Ladas and the newer of the Volgas in my collection were bought on my trip to Russia. I already had the Chaika, the Zil and most of the others, bought in the USA many years ago from a shop called EWA that no longer exists."
The reason I think your GAZ-24 is at least Radon (if not A-series, though I think it's early unmarked at latest) are the silver-on-white wheels and the metal trim, especially the grille. Agat and even later Radon used plastic grilles. The Lada VAZ-2101 and Moskvitch Aeroflot wagon also have that older look to them, especially because of the dull orange paint on the VAZ-2101 and the black (NOT BLUE) stripes on top of the Moskvitch wagon. As for the Chayka, it's tough to tell without seeing the bottom what it actually is. The ZIL-115, however, has an early-style "gray" grille vs. the later "silver" grille, which would indicate Radon manufacture to me, at least. Also, most of the stuff that turns up in the US is Radon and not Agat, so keep that in mind. The Samaras and the Kalina look like Agat, though.
Honestly, the GADM models are not the greatest; they are typical, somewhat crude white-metal handbuilts, and the current resine models are far better value for money. But you won't find a Lincoln Futura or Buick Centurion anywhere else. If you want a Corvette Nomad: better to get one of the old Provence Moulage kits (they also had a 1954 Corvette Corvair fastback). Other GADM models no longer available and not shown on the website are the 1951 Buick LeSabre, Chrysler K-310 (the coupe version of the C-200 still listed), Packard Predictor and Dogde Firearrow. But there may have been more I don't know of.
First off,I am not moaning!!!!...but lately the posts have been few & far between about the Bond cars & more about general car collecting,with small snippets about JB vehicles!!!..should we not get back to why we are posting on this forum??..Just a thought!!!.. -{ :007)
True.
But on the other hand, the Bond cars have been few & far between of late as well...
The Country Squire, according to my info, is only due at the retailers next Wednesday (the 20th) and then it's another 4 weeks to whatever turns out to be Issue 106. That's a lot of gap to fill, especially when we have already seen the upcoming LTK RR & QOS DBS issues on eBay and pretty much done discussing them.
As long as the conversation is about car models and/or dioramas and has relevance to models featured in the JBCC, I'm happy.
My 2¢ :007)
Heh...you beat me to it! I contacted the guy whom I preordered the Country Squire from and he said it would most likely come in on the 20th or the 21st.
"Honestly, the GADM models are not the greatest; they are typical, somewhat crude white-metal handbuilts"
To be honest, I enjoy detailing the white metal handbuilts. I guess it was something I picked up when I started buying Brooklin.
"If you want a Corvette Nomad: better to get one of the old Provence Moulage kits (they also had a 1954 Corvette Corvair fastback)."
Well, thing is, they're resin kits. I can detail and Code 3 stuff, sure, but I've never worked well with resin; especially removing the mould flash and getting things to adhere. When I do buy resin kits, it's only because I either don't have a choice and pay for an assembly fee or there's someone I know in Russia who will assemble ICV's "DeCV" kits. The shipping situation with Russia right now is also complicated. Due to regulations by the Russian Post (and this isn't a law), they won't accept packages weighing over 500 grams outbound to the US. I use a stop-over in the Ukraine, but that doubles shipping...and insurance. And I'd have to get the kit to my friend in the first place. Ultimately, I wouldn't be saving any money and I think the one from GADM would just be easier. With that said, I've NOTHING against pre-built resin models. Quite the contrary. I really do like them!
"Bizarre did the Firebird I"
Really? I've never seen one, but I will certainly keep my eyes open for one.
"I especially love the concept cars"
I have more than my share of models of Soviet prototypes if you're interested, heh (Moskvitch 444, Moskvitch 403E-424E, Moskvitch/VNIITE/ErAZ PT Taxi, GAZ-A-Aero, both versions of the GAZ-13B "Chayka Lando" [landaulet], plus some things like the RAF-10 "Festival" Minibus, ZIS-101AC Sport Coupe, Ford-GAZ "Udarnik" V8 Coupe, and Moskvitch 408 Tourist Convertible on order).
"As long as the conversation is about car models and/or dioramas and has relevance to models featured in the JBCC, I'm happy."
Ditto here. I guess I can see how some people might not be, though. Perhaps a bit of talk on how to Code 3 some models as we pass the time to make them more correct thrown in, then, with the rest of our model car talk will work as well as perhaps Code 3'ing non-JBCC cars into cars that appeared in Bond films? Obviously, painted interiors and hubcaps might not be for everyone, but I don't think whitewall tires are out of reach. The four big ones that should have whitewalls but do not are the Toyopet Crown from YOLT (yep, it was a last year Toyopet Crown RS41; not technically marketed as a Toyota), the Lincoln Continental from GF, and the two Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II's. In the case of the latter, I would recommend finding a Solido in scrap yard condition and just changing out the wheels because they're so bad on the models. But the Toyopet and the Continental should be easy. You could either find a "donor" car that's worth less to you or, more accurately, paint the bands on. I would recommend Humbrol or Testors flat white. You'll want to be using an oil-based paint here (thicker), so don't use Tamiya. Don't try and paint circles onto the tires. Instead, put your paint brush down in one spot on the tire and hold it steady. Spin the wheel around a few times until the paint is both evenly distributed and thick enough so that black isn't showing through. Allow 24 hours to dry for each tire; I'd recommend doing one side one day and the other side the next.
Dokk, you did ask the question in this thread which cars should have been Bond cars in the films but weren't. A good question but also one that may rather be asked in a new thread in the films forum, and not in the model car thread. The line between on- and off-topic isn't always clearly drawn.
So, back to off-topic :v
Brooklin had the trim just moulded with the body so you could foil or paint it properly. GADM and other SMTS models have chrome trim because SMTS scrapes the paint away there. And if this is done crudely, removing to much metal or part of the surrounding paint, there is not much you can do to improve the damage. I had to inspect four Buick Centurions before I got one that wasn't too bad. GADM or SMTS in general are not models you would want to buy without checking the model or having good pics available.
http://www.bizarremodel.com/concept_cars/concept_cars_main.html#gm_firebird
Dalko, you have got a PM!
Based on what GE Fabbri said in January this year, the 2011 UK release schedule was going to be as follows:
(Dates are Wednesdays, when the partwork is customarily available in the retail shops):
Issue 102: 26 Jan - Bondola (released on schedule)
Issue 103: 23 Feb - Ford Bronco II (was delayed to 9 March!)
Issue 104: 23 Mar - Zil 117 (released on schedule)
Issue 105: 20 Apr - Ford Country Squire
Issue 106: 18 May - Ford Consul policecar
Issue 107: 15 Jun - Ford Econoline van
Issue 108: 13 Jul - Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II
Issue 109: 10 Aug - Chevrolet Impala Coupé
Issue 110: 07 Sep - Aston Martin DBS damaged
The order of release of the remaining issues may still change (seeing as we know the RR is ready to ship) but I'm pretty sure the DBS will remain the final issue.
And, count in the fact that i've seen "the real deal" at a car show once (including a poster of Sean with an autograph on it), i know how good the model can be....
By the way, as soon as I get home, I'll check with my current expenses. If all goes well, i shall be getting the GAZ 3102 and the GP buggy this afternoon, and, looking at the earlier payments, also recieve the digital payment for the next 6(!) models, witch should mean that also in the Netherlands, we're going to 110!
If it ísn't the case, however, I'll have to buy ALL of the 86-110 numbers at around twice the retail price, or try and get them from germany, witch would mean an hour's drive to a newsagent there every four weeks...
I'll keep you informed...
It's confirmed by the publisher, Martin, we'll be getting all 110 issues in the Netherlands as well. Just call the Dutch subscriber service phone number and you'll be able to hear the computer say it with your own ears.
I got a letter with the last delivery (#82/83) from the German magazine stating that the models will now be released every three weeks instead of two. So instead of catching up with the UK this will drag on for another 18 months now.
I was just wondering if they'd continue, because there wasn't any money written off my account cince #79. Now the 77,- each 3 months will continue for at leas one more year. To bad then
On the other hand, the only way to get the rest of the - sometimes excellent - models, is to buy them second hand, witch would be around 500,- for just 25 cars, while i've paid around the same amount for the first 60 or so!
So, in general, i am more than happy to hear that us dutch people also can finish this great collection.
Just imagine if Dalkowski110 collected Barbie dolls. It would look like the world's biggest gang bang in miniature....
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Thanks for the tip! I'm used to Brooklin, Tin Wizard/Zaugg, Western Models, etc. and admit I don't have much experience with this individual firm. I guess I could make it passable for removing too much metal, but wrecking the existing paint would be difficult to fix because I doubt I could get a 100% match.
By the way, Firebird I was always my favorite! Thanks for pointing out the Bizarre version!
"So far we've had lists of the sequence of the remaining issues but perhaps it's time to throw the dates in as well.
Based on what GE Fabbri said in January this year, the 2011 UK release schedule was going to be as follows:
(Dates are Wednesdays, when the partwork is customarily available in the retail shops):
Issue 102: 26 Jan - Bondola (released on schedule)
Issue 103: 23 Feb - Ford Bronco II (was delayed to 9 March!)
Issue 104: 23 Mar - Zil 117 (released on schedule)
Issue 105: 20 Apr - Ford Country Squire
Issue 106: 18 May - Ford Consul policecar
Issue 107: 15 Jun - Ford Econoline van
Issue 108: 13 Jul - Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II
Issue 109: 10 Aug - Chevrolet Impala Coupé
Issue 110: 07 Sep - Aston Martin DBS damaged
The order of release of the remaining issues may still change (seeing as we know the RR is ready to ship) but I'm pretty sure the DBS will remain the final issue."
Good job of extrapolation! The DBS sans door is also ready to ship...KINGsMODEL had a few a while back. I think what delayed Ixo on the Bronco II may have been the weathering as well as their usual "we'll be one week late due to distribution problems" thing. Remember, we started seeing unweathered prototypes just about a week before scheduled release. It makes one wonder about which shipment is going to see either three cars or one car.
"I cannot wait for that Econoline van, as it is now in the hands of IXO it might actually be good dimensions"
Same here. It should be pretty good; Ixo's 1/43 vans usually are. What I'm also interested in seeing is how they handle the Ford Consul, if only because it's been pushed back repeatedly.
"i shall be getting the GAZ 3102 and the GP buggy this afternoon"
GAZ-31029, not GAZ-3102. They're actually quite different; the more boxy 3102 actually does make an appearance in Bond, though: it's Leonid Pushkin's car in TLD in Bratislava. One of the GAZ-31029 or the VAZ-21099 "Lada Sputnik" was actually the last car released in the Soviet Union during the final weeks of December, 1991. I can never remember which, unfortunately. Sorry, but you probably expected as much from me.
"We've seen photos of the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II and even the damaged Aston Martin DBS. Has anyone seen any of the others yet that are still to come out?"
No, and we probably won't, either. The Silver Shadow II and the DBS are both Universal Hobbies. The others are Ixo and, the prototype/unfinished Ford Bronco II's aside, Ixo has never released any JBCC model, even pre-production, onto the market the way UH did. In other words, no sneak peaks; we'll just have to wait until they're released.
"Just imagine if Dalkowski110 collected Barbie dolls."
This prompted an eyeroll at first glance. But this made me laugh quite a bit...
"It would look like the world's biggest gang bang in miniature...."
Believe it or not, though, that particular photo is a touch misleading. I zoomed in on the cars from a rather poor angle and that probably made it look like it was more cluttered than it was. Conversely, the angle I took the photo featuring the Binz Europ 1100 ambulance at is also a bit misleading/uses some forced perspective. It is WAY more cluttered than it looks.