LovingYou: welcome..1:18 is better..but last time i'm start from 1:24 first and change to 1:18..start from maisto diecast and slowly collect the branded one..

The first ones were resins. The 2nd one was diecast.

Anyway, I think your FC and toll estimate is on the high side. Even if you drive a 599 GTO, you won't be paying that much for fuel. 

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Added on January 21, 2011, 1:07 pm

Depends on what you're after. If you want to collect race cars or many cars with different livery and variations, 1/43 scale is best as they have a lot of variety and most new cars will come out in 1/43 scale faster. For good and reasonable priced 1/43 scale cars, look at Spark. Slightly cheaper would be Minichamps and they also have a lot of variety. I collect Mclaren GT and F1 race cars. So that is why I collect 1/43 scale also. They are also usually cheaper too.

If you only collect very few cars and your collection is very focused, you can put a higher budget and get a nice model. That would be the centerpiece of your display. If you only like a Lambo and nothing else, you can get a 1/12 scale Autoart or 1/18 scale MR resin model with no openings. They are very expensive. A 1/12 scale would be the ultimate is it would be the closest thing of having the real 1:1 car in terms of realism.

edward: what other exotic your friend got?? That Cayman looks nice!!

My dad's close friend also has a monster 1/1 collection. So while waiting for my new additions to arrive, I shall spam some pics of his collection. Lol



parrot: interesting collection bro! I seldom see cars like that posted here. let's have some pics!!

Nice!

Well...the only difference is the styling lo, I suppose. Lol. Don't worry. No quality difference. Some people like the look of the Lorinser kit, some like the Brabus kit.

Bryant: that's some old Mazda. I remember seeing it in his like 10 years ago. He still kept it until now. It's gullwing.

loving you: bro relax! don't let it disheartened you. This model is quite tricky because you didn't fold the roof properly. Even I have trouble folding it properly. So I usually just fold the roof back into the boot.

just took this photo...hopefully this can help