So, if James Bond drove an Aston Martin Vantage similar to this model, then his German Counterpart (Let's call him "Jurgen Baurer") back in Deutschland must have needed his own Mid-80s hairy chested bravado beasts on 4 wheels. One car comes to mind as a counterpart to the Aston and that would be BMW's 6er (6 Series) in M spec
First of I have to think my friend Cristi (Known on DX as "the1") for me even having this model as we traded AAs to get to this point. Next, I have a ton(more literally by weight standards) of models that I never removed or only once or twice to view from boxes due to years of travel for work and living in various countries. So, this is the first time that I could share detailed pics of one my favorite AUTOart models!
If you were a kid in the 80s that built plastic kits(as I had done so) then you would know that Tamiya out of Japan made the best kits in the world period. That said, it seems like whenever AUTOart follows a formula to create the same cars in 1/18th scale die-cast it's almost always a hit for us collectors.
Naturally, I am comparing these to 80s coupes, not just because they are coupes, but because AUTOart finally showed us that they still can make great die-cast models with full engine details in the Aston V8 Vantage as they had done more than 10 years ago with the BMW M635CSI. That said, I really have "1" AUTOart regret. back in 2004 BMW Stuttgart was having a blow out sale on the white BMW M635CSI DE and I didn't bite!
Now, they are stupid expensive and my Grey 6er has "Shadowline" trim and the white DE models had chrome trim..I missed that one.
Since I have a flood of photos/fotos here, I will spare more long winded write ups and you can see additional comments above the pics below. I hope that you enjoy this posting as much as I have enjoyed putting these two together in my shots
Begin Aston Martin...
1985 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Coupe...
Details...
Opened Up!...
Power Source & Chassis...A Highly Detailed Full Motored One At That!
End Aston Martin...
Begin BMW M635CSI...
Details...
Opened Up!...
Super Detailed Power Source & Chassis...(Excuse The Wire For Hood/Bonnet Support)
Thanks For Viewing & Cheers!
First of I have to think my friend Cristi (Known on DX as "the1") for me even having this model as we traded AAs to get to this point. Next, I have a ton(more literally by weight standards) of models that I never removed or only once or twice to view from boxes due to years of travel for work and living in various countries. So, this is the first time that I could share detailed pics of one my favorite AUTOart models!
Naturally, I am comparing these to 80s coupes, not just because they are coupes, but because AUTOart finally showed us that they still can make great die-cast models with full engine details in the Aston V8 Vantage as they had done more than 10 years ago with the BMW M635CSI. That said, I really have "1" AUTOart regret. back in 2004 BMW Stuttgart was having a blow out sale on the white BMW M635CSI DE and I didn't bite!
Since I have a flood of photos/fotos here, I will spare more long winded write ups and you can see additional comments above the pics below. I hope that you enjoy this posting as much as I have enjoyed putting these two together in my shots
Begin Aston Martin...
1985 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Coupe...
Details...
Opened Up!...
Power Source & Chassis...A Highly Detailed Full Motored One At That!
End Aston Martin...
Begin BMW M635CSI...
Details...
Opened Up!...
Super Detailed Power Source & Chassis...(Excuse The Wire For Hood/Bonnet Support)
Thanks For Viewing & Cheers!