Top - good start Snowman!!

Looking very much forward to see more of your collection...

 

Excellent start and the see through photos are Fantastic to see,Great models too.

 

Thanks guys.

A few more

Minichamps GT2 M3

AUTOart DTM Alfa 155 (I need to redo this, but it's such a great model, I'll leave it here for now!)

AUTOart GT1 Maserati MC12

BBR Ferrari 375 Plus Carrera Panamericana

BBR Ferrari 512BBLM Group 5

Minichamps BMW CSL Calder Art Car

Minichamps BMW 320 Litchenstein Art Car

AUTOart Dodge Viper GT2

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Very Nice!!

This is why opening models are so fun in photography!!!

Great models as well!!

 

Great photos,this is a joy to come back to.

 

AUTOart Porsche 908

Minichamps McLaren F1 GTR Longtail

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Nice thread! My old collection used to look almost identical to yours. Great pics too

 

Some great pics and a fabulous collection

 

Great pics and wonderful collection. Those are some really wanted and expensive models you have.

 

Dare I say... " About damn time Mark " lol

Loving the pictures mate, Gotta have a very steady hand to do stuff like this

 

I do the shots with a tripod, but it's a trick not moving the cars, that's for sure (see the Alfa shot!).

I've never spent a huge amount on diecasts, picking some of these great cars up when they were affordable.

I think the Exoto Nissan was my most expensive buy ever, at around £200. My Sauber cost £108, which almost makes me cry when I think what a sealed resin model is costing these days...

I always feel a little sad when I see BBR resins for hundreds of pounds. I'm sure they're good, but my BBRs were less and are full of detail you'll never be able to see (and indeed don't have for that reason) on a sealed model.

I do love race cars, especially ones with some kind of memory associated with them, hence my love for Group C cars (there are plenty more to come, but none as lovely as the Exotos), but even just great looking ones.

I've a few road and show cars, too, I'll get around to posting photos of my whole collection some time!

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Fantastic race car collection. Would like to see them in one pic.

 

I'll add it to the wish list, but that's a small selection of the full collection, so It'll take a while to get them all together

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dude, awesome collection!

 

You've got some really cool cars, there! The Silk Cut XJR9, the 155 V6 TI and definitely the 375 Plus are my absolute favourites (I've got the last two but the first is just the good-old humble UT). Honestly, I don't understand what you mean with the 155, I think the photo looks great!!

 

OK, not my full collection, but I've been doing a bit of reorganising and getting the numerous Group C cars I've bought out on display, so here's what the two Detolfs look like at the moment, for those who expressed an interest...

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Dang..cant see it, only the link that says posted image (Mobile)

I'll try and check it out from my desktop later

 

A closer look the Group C cabinet (My Exotos and the AUTOart Mazda 787B live in their own cases)

My Spark trio, they've been living in boxes for over 5 years and I forgot I'd even bought the Peugeot, to the extent that I'd added the Norev one to my cart more than once in recent weeks!

Luckily I could never quite bring myself to commit to the order!

I must admit, I'm extremely impressed with the Spark finish, now I've taken them out of the boxes and handled them! They're definitely worth the extra money over Norev/sealed Minichamps for cars you really want (I can live with the cheaper Porsches as I'm not a huge Porsche fan, but I do love the variety of liveries on the 956/962s).

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Really nice collection of Group C cars!! I agree with you on choosing a Spark mode over Norev. I do enjoy having that option though..how long Have you been collecting?

 

Ages, on and off (The Peugeot and Rondeau had a receipt with them from 2012!), which is how I've managed to justify the Exotos to myself!

I love the Norevs, simply because they opened up the options to buy a few more - I wouldn't have spent Spark money on each of my 956s and 962s, but when I can get two or three for that much, it's easier to reconcile myself with

The opening Minichamps are good (I stupidly bought a No 16 RLR one in error, when I wanted a 14, which is why I have No 14 KH sealed one too), especially for the prices some sellers have them for right now - I'm very tempted to buy another couple, but I reckon I have at least 20 other diecasts in boxes, so I probably need to think about moving some on or just stop buying!

Not sure how well that will go though, was looking at the Spark 1985 Le Mans winner earlier and pretty certain I'll be getting a Moby Dick 935 if they do re-release them as they seem to be about to...

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I’ve been on the hunt for 84 and 85 856’s also..I have 15% off coupon right now from eBay, thinking of pulling the trigger on Spark’s 1985 as well..

 

I just realised I missed a shelf out!!!!

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I wish I had that problem haha!! Nice A/B models! I regret not picking up the XJR-12 when they were selling on eBay for $80 last year..they’re rather hard to come buy now. I hope Spark will take a stab at making it, such a different and nice car

 

Great Collection, we have many of the same cars , including the A/B Jaguar, I was lucky enough to get one of the first produced, very happy with the model. The Nissan R89C is one my favorites, Exoto did a fantastic job on this one, the livery is great, and the engine compartment really stands out. BTW, very cool photo's , I'll have to figure out how to do those post processing transparent shots , they look great.

 

I've been experimenting with some more ghost shots.

The Rollei and BP backed cars are new additions and I'm determined will be my last 956/962 purchases (famous last words!

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Not as 100% successful as my earlier ones, where the whole image is replicated, but interesting, nonetheless, I think

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Solid Group C collection! Even better photos! They make the car come to life!