My Own Cars

[aussie muscle]

I'm intending to build a model of every car i've ever owned. Here's a few

Car 1: Mazda 1500 (1967). Not modelled yet. my first car at 16. No models exist of it, but i got a 1/64 two door coupe.


Car 2: Mazda 1200 wagon. Not modelled yet. no models exist of it.

Car 3: Valiant Charger 1973: 1/24 trax diecast; repainted

Car 3: Valiant VG Sedan. 1/43 trax diecast
Car 4: Subaru Leone 1976. 1.24 fujimi Subaru kit.


Car 5: Hyundai Excel 1986. 1/24 academy kit.

Car 6: Ford Falcon AU2. 1/43 diecast paradise garage model. repainted with correct paint code (organza).

Car 7: Ford Falcon XR8 ute (currently owned): currently modifying a biante 1:18 FPR pursuit diecast.

Car 8: Alfa Romeo GTV 2.0. diecast 1/24 repainted and modified. Bought it in March last year, sold it in November. it was a nice sports car, but just too hard to fix.


Car 9: Pontiac Firebird 1988. i've got a 89 amt model for this.

[bodgybro]

Sounds like what I said I'm doing in another thread too.
At least most of yours are already in a kit form or close to it.
Good luck with them

[allan]

great lot of builds

[aussie muscle]

i found this model of a 74 subaru. i'm hoping to update it to mine (was a 76).

my car was one of these 'ugly ducklings'.

[84GSR]

Love the figure under the Alpha. Iused to be mechanic and seemed Alphas always needed repairing.

[zenrat]

They didn't in the UK.
That was because they rusted out so fast there wasn't time for anything to break

Build my own cars?
While I might get a diecast of an AU ute I wouldn't hold out much hope for a VN wagon or a SWB Econovan...

[84GSR]

Alphas rust out here too. I remember seeing one where the pedal box was hanging in mid air. All the metal around it was gone. They had some shocking water traps in the plenum area.

[aussie muscle]

Car 2: Mazda 1200 wagon. Not modelled yet

i'm thinking of using partsbox's Mazda RX2 kit to modify into a wagon to represent my car. Yes it would be a hard slog.

[zenrat]

I'm going to win lotto and buy 1:1s of my builds. It'd be easier.

[spiritman]

I don't know Zen. Where are you going to find a 1:1 nightmare truck for sale?

[zenrat]

Good point.
I'd have to set up Javelin Engineering for real and build one.

[aussie muscle]

i've bought a mazda savanna to use with the subaru to supply the dual headlights and wheels for the above leone kit. (that kit has single headlights and minilites rims). mine was a two-door, so i don't have to modify that.

Weren't these known as capella 808 out here?

zenrat, i'm sure you could find something if you were happy to do a lot of scratchbuilding like me. it gets frustrating that most aussie cars are not available in model form

[09WNS/14BRK]

looks the same as the capella mate

[Tubman]

Capella's were 4 bangers not rotors, other than that, pretty much the same thing.

[aussie muscle]

Here's the finished Subaru Leone. updated to 76 front end. i added the tires and headlights from the mazda kit above and used the interior as well.
lets see how accurate it is:
matt white paint - check
poor chrome - check
crooked rear bumper - check. yep it's pretty much as i remember it