Once again it has been a lot longer than I would have liked since the last update to this site, but having a young family does not leave me a lot of free time to work on my hobby! I've added 20 new pages and updated several existing ones as well, with new pictures and revisions to the text. My collection is currently in storage at the moment until a new extension to our house is finished (which should be in the next few weeks), and once the new addition to our home is finished I will have a dedicated car room/den to display my collection in. So an exciting time for me I have to say!
As ever I hope you enjoy the new content on this site.
Ronan
pages:
BMW 635CSi 1984 ETCC Team Schnitzer "Original Teile" by AUTOart
BMW 645Ci Coupe (Safety Car Moto GP 2004) by Kyosho
BMW M3 E30 DTM 1987 Olaf Manthey (Norisring winner) by Minichamps
BMW M3 E30 DTM 1989 Champion Roberto Ravaglia (works colours) by Minichamps
BMW M3 E30 DTM 1992 Armin Hahne "Jagermeister" by Minichamps
BMW M3 E30 DTM 1992 Franz Engstler "Tic-Tac" by Minichamps
Mazda 787B 1991 Le Mans winner by AUTOart
Mazda RX-8 Le Mans edition by AUTOart
Mercedes 1901 35 HP by Johann Distler (Mercedes-Benz exclusive model)
Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R ("Ken & Mary"/KPGC110) by Kyosho
Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 by AUTOart
Sauber-Mercedes C9 (1987 WSC "Kouros" sponsored car driven by Mike Thackwell) by Exoto
Sauber-Mercedes C9 (1988 Presentation Model) by Exoto
Sauber-Mercedes C9 (winner 1988 1000km Spa-Francorchamps, AEG sponsored car) by Exoto
Sauber-Mercedes C9 (1989 Le Mans winner) by Exoto
Sauber-Mercedes C9 (1989 LeMans specification-rolling chassis) by Exoto
pages:
BMW 635CSi 1984 DPM "Jagermeister" by AUTOart
BMW M1 "München" (raced at Le Mans 1981, failed to finish) by Minichamps
BMW M1 Procar "BASF" (Hans Stuck Jnr.) by Minichamps
BMW M1 Procar (Nelson Piquet) by Minichamps
BMW M3 Sport Evolution "Cecotto Edition" by AUTOart
Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt 1964 by ERTL (Ford Precision 100 Series)
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI (street version) by AUTOart
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI (Tommi Makinen street version) by AUTOart
Nissan Skyline Nismo GTR-R34 Pennzoil 2001 JGTC by AUTOart
Opel GT 1900 1968 by Minichamps
Opel Rekord P1 1958 by Minichamps
Porsche 356 Prototype by Maisto
Porsche 917/20 "Pink Pig" as raced at LeMans in 1971 by Minichamps
Porsche 917/30 1973 (Mark Donohue) by Minichamps
Porsche 934 RSR "Jaegermeister" No.24 (1976 Nürburgring 1000km race) by Exoto
Porsche 935 (No.1 Martini/Ickx-Mass 1976 World Sportscar Champion in Group 5) by Exoto
As usual due to my busy life it's been a while since I last added new pages to this site. Happily I'm glad to announce 4 all new pages for some of my most recent additions (as well as a model I've had for some time but have not featured on the site to date). All the new pages cover models from Classic Carlectables who are an Australian company dedicated to producing models of current and historic Australian road and racing cars. In general I consider their models to be of a high standard and comparable with the best models from other makers such as AUTOart/Biante, Kyosho, GMP and so on.
Ultimately I think I would like to add many more Australian models to my collection but unfortunately the postage costs for 1:18ths from Australia to Ireland can be quite steep. Nonetheless I think they are worth the little extra you might have to pay if you are a collector from outside Australia.
Hope you enjoy the new pages!
Ronan
Ford Falcon BA (2005 V8 Supercar, Marcos Ambrose last race) by Classic Carlectables
Ford Falcon XY GTHO Phase 3 (1971 Bathurst winner, Allan Moffat) by Classic Carlectables
Well, it's been a long time coming but I'm delighted to announce the addition of 25 new reviews to my website! Additionally over the past year I've been tidying up the appearance of the site with new background graphics and the addition of new photos for many of my older pages.
The past year has been extremely busy with precious little free time thanks to work, moving house and of course having three children under the age of six! In the past month or so I finally managed to get some work done on the site to get this update finished, and I'm very relieved I've managed to do so! I can only hope you enjoy the new content on the site! If you spot any errors in the text of my reviews I would greatly appreciate if you could bring it to my attention.
The purchase of a new light tent for photography earlier this year I feel has greatly improved the quality of my photographs and I'm very pleased with the look of many of my new pages as a result. The Art Car BMW CSLs above and below this text are a good example of the quality of photograph I'm achieving with my current photographic set up and I hope you like them as much as I do!
As ever, I really hope you enjoy the new pages and I hope the next update to this site won't take me as long to complete!
Ronan
Audi Quattro A2 1984 Monte Carlo Rally winner by AUTOart
Audi Sport Quattro SWB by AUTOart
BMW 3.0 CSL Turbo Frank Stella Art Car (raced at Le Mans 1976) by Minichamps
BMW 3.5 CSL Alexander Calder Art Car (raced at Le Mans 1975) by Minichamps
BMW M3 Sport Evolution "Cecotto Edition" by AUTOart
BMW R32 Motorcycle 1924 by Minichamps
Brabham-BMW BT-52 (1983, Nelson Piquet) by Minichamps
Chevrolet Corvette 1953 by AUTOart
Ford Thunderbird 1957 by ERTL (Ford Precision 100 Series)
Honda NSX JGTC GT500 "Takata Dome" 2003 by AUTOart
Jaguar C-Type (1953 Le Mans winner) by AUTOart
Jaguar XJR-9LM (1988 Le Mans winner) by Exoto Motorbox
Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo 2 (3rd place Grand Prix Macau 1991) by AUTOart
Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo 2 DTM 1992 "Berlin 2000" by AUTOart
MINI Cooper "Follow Me" Airport car by Kyosho
Nissan 350Z JGTC GT500 Calsonic Impul Z No.12 2004 by AUTOart
Oldsmobile 88 1950 by ERTL Authentics
Porsche 917/10K (George Follmer, 1972 CanAm champion) by Minichamps
Porsche 917/10K (1973 Interserie 300km Nürburgring winner) by Minichamps
Porsche 934 (1976 TransAm Champion George Follmer) by Exoto
Porsche 935 ("Hawaiian Tropic" No70, IMSA class winner, 2nd overall 1979 Le Mans) by Carousel 1
Porsche-Diesel Super Traktor 1958 by Minichamps
Tyrrell Ford P34/2 (Monaco GP 1977-Patrick Depailler) by Exoto
It's been a long time since my last update to this site, but living away from home for a year (for work reasons) and the arrival of two new babies (a boy and a girl!) has meant I've had to put my hobby on the back burner for most of 2005. Recently though I have found some time to add some
pages and I do hope you enjoy them!
I've also tried to review and update older pages as necessary. In particular I've reviewed some of the ratings I gave in the past and revised them (mostly downwards) to reflect the advances in the "state of the art" for diecasts. For example, models which in 2000 I would have rated as 8 out of 10 when compared to todays standards fare a little worse and are now 6 or 7's out of 10s. Nonetheless, my older models are still an important part of my collection and will continue to be so for a long time yet!
BMW 635CSi European Touring Car Championship 1984 "Jagermeister" by AUTOart
Dennis F8 City of Leeds Fire Brigade by Original Classics
Ferrari 365GTB/4 Daytona Competizione No.64 by Kyosho
Ford Sierra Cosworth (1988 Bathurst 1000km winner) by Minichamps for Biante
Ford Sierra Cosworth (1989 Bathurst 1000km winner) by Minichamps for Biante
Holden Monaro CV8 (Peter Brock Targa Tasmania 2004) by AUTOart for Biante
Jaguar E-Type Series III Roadster by AUTOart
Land Rover Defender 90 "Royal Mail" by Universal Hobbies
Lola T70 Coupe (1969 Daytona 24hrs winner driven by Donohue/Parsons) by GMP
Mercedes-Benz Fast-Transporter (1950's F1 support vehicle) by CMC
Mercedes-Benz L6600 Truck by Minichamps
MGB GT Police car by Universal Hobbies
Porsche 904 GTS (1964 LeMans under 2 litre GT Class winner) by Minichamps
Porsche 911(993) GT2 Evo (plain white) by UT
Porsche 917K (No.2 2nd place 1970 Kyalami 9hrs race, Martini Team Racing) by AUTOart
Porsche 917K (No.35 1970 Watkins Glen 6hr race, Martini Team Racing) by AUTOart
Toyota 2000GT Convertible from "You Only Live Twice" by AUTOart
Toyota 2000GT Coupe by AUTOart
Hopefully it won't be so long until the next update!
Enjoy,
Ronan
I've been busy adding new background textures and headings to the site since the last update, as well as the following
Bentley Speed 8 2003 LeMans winner by AUTOart
BMW M1 "München" (LeMans 1981) by Minichamps
Dodge Viper SRT-10 Prototype version by AUTOart
Ford GT40 MkII (1966 LeMans winner) by Exoto
Ford GT40 MkII (2nd place LeMans 1966) by Exoto
Ford GT40 MkII (3rd place LeMans 1966) by Exoto
Ford GT40 MkIV (1967 Sebring winner) by Exoto
Lancia Stratos (1977 Safari Rally 3rd place) by Kyosho
Lancia Stratos (1978 San Remo Rally winner) by Kyosho
McLaren F1 GTR 1995 ("Harrods" car, 3rd at LeMans 1995-2nd in GT1 Class) by UT
Porsche 906 LE (4th overall LeMans 1966, under 2 litre prototype class winner) by Minichamps
Once again I hope you enjoy the new additions!
Ronan
I've been busy adding new buttons and headings to the site which I've created using Photoshop Elements 2. As of the 5th September 2004 the collection now stands at 660 models, all 1:18th of course!
Of course I've also added more
BMW Z1 "Art Car" by Minichamps
Lotus Type 38 (1965 Indy 500 winner) by Carousel 1
Lotus Esprit Series 1 Submarine from "The Spy Who Loved Me" by AUTOart
Pontiac 1970 GTO "Judge" Convertible by GMP
Pontiac 1971 GTO "Judge" Convertible by GMP
As ever, enjoy!
Ronan
I've added lots of new pages to the site as you can see from the list below, all of which have photographs taken with my excellent Canon Eos 300D Digital camera, which I have to say gets great results! Watch out for pages marked with
as they have new photography and updates and corrections to the text, as well as my new rating scale applied to the model.
As of today, the collection stands at 616 models, all 1:18th, and I'm expecting the arrival of a package in the next week or so with some new AUTOarts, which will make further great additions to the collection!
As ever, I hope you enjoy the new pages and the rest of the site, and do check back as often as you can.
Ronan
1967 AAR Eagle/Gurney-Weslake V12 (winner 1967 Belgian GP) by Carousel 1
Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV by AUTOart
Alfa-Romeo Giulia Super Polizia (Italian Police) by Minichamps
Chevrolet Corvette 1967 Convertible by Motorbox
Ford Falcon XD (1980 Bathurst 1000km, driven by Alan Moffat/John Fitzpatrick) by Biante
Ford Falcon XE (1983 Bathurst 1000km-Dick Johnson/Kevin Bartlett) by Biante
Lamborghini Miura SVR "Jota" by Kyosho
Lamborghini Murcielago by AUTOart
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR "Original Teile" by AUTOart
Mercedes-Benz CLK LM "Bye-Bye Ludwig" by AUTOart
Nissan Skyline Nismo GTR-R34 Pennzoil 2001 JGTC by AUTOart
Volkswagen New Beetle "Dune" Concept by AUTOart
Well, it's January 2004 and the collection total at the end of 2003 was 583 models, all 1:18th.
I bought a superb new camera at the end of October 2003, a Canon Eos 300D digital SLR with 6.3 megapixels. Consequently I've been busy redoing many photographs on the site, so do look out for those pages with
Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt 1966 by ERTL (Ford Precision 100 Series)
Ford Mustang Cobra-R SVT by AUTOart
Ford Mustang Coupe (1965 Pete Geoghegan) by Classic Carlectables
Ford Mustang GT "Bullitt" by AUTOart
Lancia Delta HF Integrale 6 by Kyosho
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII (2001 Rally GB) by AUTOart
NSU TT-S Cup Racer (blue No.181) by Revell
Phew! Finally after many months on and off I've finished the latest round of updates for this site. The main change in addition to several new pages are the updated photographs on the older pages. I've also revised some of my original ratings to take into consideration the improved standard of 1:18th scale models over the past 3-4 years since I first started this site. Currently I have 510 1:18th models in my collection.
I've added a few more
pages this month on the
following models in my collection. As ever I hope you enjoy them!
BMW M1 Procar "BASF" by Minichamps
Ferrari 312T4 Jody Scheckter by Exoto
Ford Mustang GT390 1968 by AUTOart
Lola T70 Spider (1966 Mark Donohue) by GMP
Lola T70 Spider (1966 Dan Gurney) by GMP
Oldsmobile 442 Convertible 1970 (DCCZ Limited Edition) by Lane
Oldsmobile 442 W-30 Coupe by Lane
Plymouth GTX 1969 "Street Machine" by ERTL
Shelby/AC Cobra 427 (10th overall 1966 Sebring 12hrs, Bob Grossman/Ed Lowther) by Kyosho
TVR Speed 12 by Hotwheels/Mattel
I've also
Aston Martin DB7 Vantage by Maisto
Audi TT Coupe (180bhp version) by Revell
BMW Z3 2.8i (facelifted version) by UT
BMW-Isetta 250 with caravan by Revell
Cadillac 1955 "Elvis Presley" by MRC
Chevrolet Corvette '69 Convertible by Revell
Citroen Traction Avant by Maisto
Ferrari F40 by Mattel/Hotwheels
Ferrari F50 Convertible by Maisto
Ford Thunderbird '99 Concept by Maisto
Lancia 037 (1984 Tour de Corse winner) by Kyosho
Lincoln Continental Stretch Limo by Sunstar
London Black Cab (1998) by Sunstar
Mercedes-Benz 280SE Convertible by Maisto
Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing by Bburrago
Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR 1997 by Maisto
Messerschmitt KR200 Kabinenroller by Revell
Messerschmitt KR200 Roadster by Revell
Porsche 356 "No.1" Prototype by Maisto
Porsche 911 GT1 (1997 silver street car) by UT
Porsche 911 GT1'98 (1998 LeMans winner) by Maisto
Porsche 917K (1970 LeMans winner) by Eagles Race
Porsche 917K (1971 LeMans winner) by Eagles Race
Porsche 917K (1970 Daytona 24hrs winner) by Eagles Race
Porsche 917K (1971 12hrs Sebring winner) by Eagles Race
Porsche Boxster Prototype by Maisto
Tucker Torpedo by Road Legends
I've
Oldsmobile 442 W30 1969 by ERTL
Willys Overland "Jeep" (Tintin, Destination Moon) by UT
Brand
BMW M1 "Carte de France" by Minichamps
Chevrolet Corvette C5 Z06 by AUTOart Contemporary
Chevrolet Nova COPO 350 in hugger orange by GMP
Ford Mustang Convertible 1964 1/2 by ERTL (Ford Precision 100 Series)
Ford Mustang GT390 from "Bullitt" by AUTOart
Lamborghini Diablo SV by AUTOart
Lamborghini Diablo VT Coupe by AUTOart
Nissan Skyline GTR-R32 (1992 Bathurst 1000km winner) by Kyosho for Biante
Porsche 934 (1976 Al Holbert Porsche TransAm car) by Exoto
Shelby AC Cobra 260 (first painted car) by Exoto
Subaru Impreza Turbo "Humberside Police" by AUTOart
Subaru Impreza WRC-new version (2001 Rally of Portugal-Solberg/Mills) by AUTOart
I hope you enjoy the new pages! On a worrying note for me, the total collection size now stands at 455! And 2003 looks like a year in which there will be plenty of new additions....A very addictive hobby.
Ronan
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