Collectibles
Collectibles / MiniGT Honda Civic Type R FK8
Malaysia, despite being car crazy and sporting a healthy tuner lifestyle, is surprisingly low on the scale of places where you can pick up a good die-cast. I did manage, though, and walked away from BMW’s M-Track Days 2019 (story above) with a MiniGT Honda Civic, hastily purchased from the duty free shops at the KL airport.
Collectibles / 1:18 McLaren F1 GTR by UT Models
Every generation has their decade specific car for the bedroom wall poster. The 80s favoured the Countach with a plethora of bikini clad women. The 90s saw the real king of hypercars emerge: the McLaren F1.
Collectibles / The melancholia of 1:32 scale
Ahh, 1:32 scale. For many of us, our first few steps into die-cast collection was not through 1:64s, but through the much more affordable-per-inch 1:32 scale. As children, these 1:32 scale models, almost all of them with a pullback option that allowed us the fantasy of “driving” them across tabletops, carpets and tiles, were precious and significant.
Collectibles / KK Diecast VW Type I and the case for closed shell diecasts
A recent thread on the Die-cast Car Collectors Club Bangladesh group on Facebook had a discussion on the pros and cons of closed shell
Collectibles / All the Initial D Truenos
If you’re a fan of Initial D, you will want at least one model car sitting on your desk. The simplest and relatively inexpensive is the Dream Tomica AE86 Trueno.
Collectibles / 1:12 Aoshima Honda CB750F
I am not a bike person. I don’t really know how to ride one, I was never very well versed on things on four wheels, plus every ride on a
1973 911 RS 1:18 from Welly
The 73 911 RS (Rennsport or ‘racing sport’) is considered by collectors to be one of the hottest classic Porsches ever. The 207
Toycon 2017 - first of its kind
While the rest of Toycon was largely devoted to people selling their wares (everything from posters to action figures
TVR Collectibles
TVRs are the dragon equivalent of cars. They simply shouldn't exist because they are built around an implausible idea of fire and fantasy. And yet, TVR lived, on and off. It offered crazy designs, pointless horsepower and occasional glorious bouts of fiery display. This is the perfect manly car. So what do we have of it in scale models?
Toyota Allion scale models
The Allion and Premio are basically larger, upgraded Corollas. Owners hate that comparison but if you look under the flashy skin, it is all nearly the same.
Custom features: Datsun 240ZG conversion
Let's start with a simple mainline 240Z from Hotwheels.
Fujimi S13 Silvia custom
Kit: This was the S13 Silvia driven by Iketani, leader of Akina Speed Stars in the anime Initial D. The kit is made by Fujimi and comes with
Collecting racecars
Decals or not? Some people love race car decals, others want clean road going cars. There's a certain thrill to collecting world famous, race winning cars - even with the decals.
McLaren Vitamin 12C
Pros: Smooth paint, very straight non-wavy metal casting. Functional spoiler albeit fragile. This one needed repairs.
The art of diorama photography
When it comes to displaying your precious model car collection, few ways are as rewarding as having a scale specific diorama.
Classic Benzes in 1/43
Two classic Mercs simply isn't enough Mercs. But it is definitely a good point to start. Featuring the most graceful and elegant Mercedes designs ever to roll out: the W111 series cars of the 60's.
2017 Ford Mustang in scale
Easier to own a home AND a car in Bangladesh than to pay for a single 1:1 Mustang. Doesn’t mean you still can’t have one.