advocado: i have billy bookcase from IKEA with glass door but dust still manage to get in, they are everywhere unless we keep it in original box... also take jason's photography tips & keep on practice then you'll makes perfect.

AMG_soh: thanks buddy.. hope the black C63 AMG release by end of the year.

Jasonist: that C63 AMG is a killer! gonna wait for the black too... wow takumi's ae86 in melbourne?! hachiroku still popular in modern days from what i found in Australian site

chealseafan: welcome to LYN diecast street! a nice 1:24 LP640 to start with..i'm sure any of us here will guide you.

jchue73: oh no! my jaws keep dropping seeing your Schneider DTM machine! haha i believe my collections is just a quater of your overall ..please dont be humble to show us, btw 1 of your new acquisition would be white M3 E92 Dealer Edition?

REALCollector: now i guess every1 is waiting for Minichamps re-release Mclaren F1, after looking at your Gulf F1 GTR.. i really hope AA would consider add it to production

chobo - Is the superleggera wing a extra add on hmm wonder how much it cost lol ? I still think LP560 is best without wing.

REALCollector - Yeah those guys are great, i refer to them as oldman haha. Too bad DBR9 not doing too well in LMS nowadays. Love your BMS Scuderia Italia F430 Le Mans GT2 2008. Mika Salo eh, once you failed F1 go GT racing (wow post sumore eh, gulf mclaren gtr long tail and clk gtr yumm)

advocado - Aston Martin is 1/18 scale, its sealed body. Cant open doors or trunks. My photo skill sucks too haha. Ask the pros !

myke - Look Myke show hand liao, i want your R8 DTM safety car grrr ! I clean like 6months or once a year

MasterLaoDa - Get more then lol ! The more the merrier.

Jasonist - Eh red ones ebay still got alot i think. Yeah this is the prodrive version.

xXchelseafanXx - Yeah great scale choice at starting this hobby. Like what ericmaxman say choices aplenty. Keep it up.

jchue73 - Thanks, but you la the monster, with those elite F430 challenge cars

myke: You're very attentive ! Kudos. So any guess to the other model eh?

I think somehow AA does not have the right to produce the McLaren F1 GTR. So I think we would only expect the re-release to come from Minichamps.

Baronzemo: F430 Elites are cheap cheap only. Can buy 5 Elites with your Aston Gulf.

has anyone ever bought a BBR model? looks f-ing real...

xXchelseafanXx: Yes, it's ffing real and ffing expensive as well. Not to forget that it's ffing beautiful as well. Search this thread and the other threads as well.

wanted to ask...which is better? quality or quantity? say for example u got 100USD... Would u get 3 1/43 AAs or 9 1/24 Maistos?

Depending on what you're getting. If I have to buy USD 100 for only ONE that is my all time favourite car, I would go that route. Better buy something you really like than wasting money getting other cars because everybody has one or just because it's cheap.

hmm...ok...but gt quite a lot of fave cars...gotta search deep within...haha...thx for d advice...

The Maisto SLR is good, but there are many flaws around the corner of the bonnet.

Would like to know, comparing high end diecast like AutoArt & Kyosho, V.S High end car model kits done by decent modellers, which one would look nicer?

Is there such thing as Model Kit Cars that comes with Diecast body so we can do the details on smaller parts? You know get the best of both.

Models done by decent modeller based on resins like Starter, BBR, MR, Provence Moulage. MG Models, Versus can be very nice and have mode details when compared to Autoart / Kyosho. But the problem is sometimes there are models that Autoart / Kyosho makes but there's no equivalent in the resin kits and vice versa too. Resin kits are mostly limited to 1/43 and if you are looking at 1/18 scale, then it becomes harder not to mention that it becomes more expensive !

As for model kit cars that comes with diecast body, Porcher does 1/8 scale and there are a lot of aftermarket parts you can buy to make your model nicer. Very expensive. Tamiya 1/12 diecast comes semi-assembled and some parts you need to assemble yourself. Expensive too.

But there's also parts that we call transkits that can transform existing diecast to a different model variation. Please see the Hamann transkit example below;

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-18-APM-Hamann-Ferrar...id=p3286.c0.m14

See this website posted by AMG_soh some time back. If you look, there are some variations of the same base model that you can achieve by using transkits.

http://picasaweb.google.com/xps420ss

The only problem with model kit is getting the metallic look on the body like the diecast.

IT'S NICE TO MODIFIED MODEL CAR. FOR ME, I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE RIMS INSTEAD OF USING ORIGINAL RIM =)

Baronzemo: Yeap! Got to agree with you.. but these old men were Le Mans winners...

Myke: Minichamps gonna reproduce the F1 GTR again? Better start saving now... I guess if you don't pre-order one (esp 1:18) will sure sold out again ....

Jchue73: Come show off your Porsche GT1, CLK GTR, F1 GTR, BBR Ferraris and all your recent hauls... GROUP photos please. We all waiting for your
photos...

Saru: Thought you have something to show us after Raya?

Jason: If you wanna plan outdoor shoot pls do so before summer arrives ... your car gonna melt under the extreme heat there...

huh?! y me pulak?! haha...

Baronzemo: sharing is caring bro, plus i'm only a small time collector compare to taikos here, your LE Gulf really pawn my show car leh, must be great bargain price you paid.. you can get R8 DTM SC in evilbay, plenty of them

jchue73: your 2nd new haul would be an CLK AMG , come show us your monster! and show yourself! ..something interesting to share with you 1:12 Tamiya Enzo--> really freaking poisoned

xXchelseafanXx: spend wisely when selecting your favourite cars & pick 1 or 2 among them to your buying list. that should minimise your wallet damage

REALCollector: pre-order a Minichamps here is like finding a needle in deep blue sea. dont worry it'll be floating everywhere in evilbay sea but the price

advocado: I think good paint and airbrushing skills can achieve the effect.

REALCollector: Lazy to take pics lah. Will try and take a group photo tonight and post it here.

About the McLaren F1 GTR, I think Minichamps have already produced them in 1/43 scale already. Just not yet in 1/18 scale.

AMG_soh: Where to find additional rims to mod?

myke: Aiyoh, POISON lah you. Yeah, very good guess about the CLK AMG.

Speaking about 1/12, my recent haul below should shock and awe you too...

Anyway, another arrived in today from UK.





Any guesses? They are Bimmers. One is a 1/12 scale and two 1/43 scale.

Actually, this one has a story. The seller from UK seller TNT Express for shipping from UK using the Economy Express option. Using this option, I'm told (by TNT Malaysia) that the package will land in Singapore and brought in by truck to KL.

To my surprise, I got an invoice yesterday to pay the tax totalling RM 91.56. I argued that goods totalling less than RM 500 would not usually be taxed. TNT claims that since goods were brought in by truck from Singapore, any amount would be taxed on taxable goods. Secondly, I mentioned that nobody came to inform me that I had goods belonging to me that I need to clear myself or appoint a forwarder to clear it for me as what Pos Malaysia does it for my other stuff. I usually go to KLIA personally as I usually do not trust the forwarders to do it for me. They would just accept what the Kastam prints on paper and add their clearance chargers on top of it. But TNT claims that for goods below RM 500, they will automatically clear the goods on behalf of the recipients without asking.

So I ended up paying RM 91.56 of which RM 35 is their clearance charges, RM 1.75 for tax on top of tax and RM 54.81 for the duties. I also argued that the duties should be less since it should only be based on the declared GBP 40 value by the seller. But TNT claims that Kastam takes CIF (Cost Insurance Feight) as the value to be taxed. So the tax was based on RM 353.58 (231.91 from GBP 40, RM 2.32 for insurance and RM 119.35 for shipping).

The RM 54.81 duties were calculated as follows;

(353.58 x 0.05) + (353.58 x 1.05 x 0.10) = 54.81

Just thought I share this and hope those who go this route will be aware that cheap is not always good as it will turn out that you pay the same thing at the end of the day.

This post has been edited by jchue73: Sep 24 2009, 07:34 PM

Is it not possible to ask the seller to lower the price when they declare?

That GBP 40 value declared was already lowered !

Well, it's not so bad after all since I got the items for a steal. It's not the money. It's the principle behind it that I will always contest.

It's the troublesome to me.

Jchue73: I can feel how frustrating having paid those extra cost... I did kena stamp duty before for getting a handful of HW 1:64 frm overseas... since then I know how to counter them...

From my experience: You never ever declare the goods according to it's original value: But you have to consider what if the item loss? You will receive the compensation according to the declared amt. There are trade off between them... so you need to take some risk at times... Just like what I did, if you want to save.. go for Royal mail (Normal - NOT INTERNATIONAL SIGN FOR)... but no tracking no., normally takes abt 14 days. Make sure you tell the seller to write Contact No. on the shipping address.... I still prefer the ROYAL MAIL INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR - normally cost 8pounds for 2 pcs 1:43 models.... So it's never easy to buy frm overseas...

This post has been edited by REALCollector: Sep 25 2009, 04:51 PM