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Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :

No, not anorexic women, but model cars! I'm a great enthusiast of model cars. My collection is rather meager at the moment, but I'm building up. I have lots of parts from formerly assembled kits, though.

Models 1
Models 2
Models 3
Models 4

Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :

You took all the fun out of my guessing what they were (although the only one I would have gotten right was the Bel Air). You sure that Mustang is a Shelby? Looks more like a BOSS instead of a Shelby GT350 or GT500, especially the body style that looks more like from the 70s then the 60s.

The Talladega is a Mercury right?

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Is that a picture of yourself w/ a bishop?

Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :

I'm pretty sure its a Shelby. The box says Shelby Mustang on it. It has the cobra in the grille. The Talladega is a Ford, actually. The Talladegas were modified Torinos.

And yes, thats a picture of me with a bishop after my confirmation.

Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :

Update! Some new models. The yellow truck is my favourite. The Bronco isn't quite finished, and the silver truck is in the works. Its from a kit almost identical to the yellow truck, only the cab was shortened by the previous owner.

http://topher.pleh.net/models

Posted by Fleet-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :

Nice collection... but is it me or did that shelf have Tomb Raider comics on top of the Star Trek stuff?

Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :

It did; I moved them. [Smile]

Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :

Heh. Confirmation. I remember at mine, the priest that was there with the bishop was standing right in front of a lighted stature of st. Mary (it was at a shrine where she "appeared") and it looked like he had a halo over his head. everyone who sees it can't help but laugh

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Oh, that ol' kneeslapper. Gu-haw haw!! :-)

Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :

Ever build a Trek model?
I could send you a 2500th model or two to get you started....
(and another vict...er...starship modeler is born)

P.S THe final book of the "Genesis Wave" sure sucked didint it? I can't help but notice tat you got stuck for the hardcover too. [Razz]

Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :

Mmm... Lara Croft....

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

*pictures Aban leaning close to monitor and tilting head to the left, squinting through magnifying glass*

[Smile]

Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :

*looks around*

Do you have a camera in here or something...?

(sadly enough, minus the magnifying glass part, I actually did that [Smile]

)

Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :

Responses in order...

1. No, I've never built a Trek model. They're virtually impossible to find in SJ, but it looks like SoundEffect is the proof that there are some in NB somewhere.

2. I couldn't find the hardcover of the second book. I haven't read the third one yet, either. It was such a long time between reading book one and two that I forgot most of what happened.

3. Aban, perhaps you would find this page interesting? http://www.pmkane.com/black/main.html [Wink]

Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :

What is SJ?
Some kinda wacky Canada thing?

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Ah, the sordid world of cartoon porn...

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

And good cartoon porn at that!
I didn't know CatWoman had Shaven Haven. *Moomp*

Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :

...the fuck?
Cartoon Porn? What does porn have to do with anything?

zooooom! Something musta flew past me. [Confused]

Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :

SJ = Saint John.

Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Jason Abbadon:
...the fuck?
Cartoon Porn? What does porn have to do with anything?

zooooom! Something musta flew past me.

Porn has to do with everything! [Big Grin]

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Jason: You didn't notice that the page Topher linked to is filled w/ drawings of virtually unclothed women (or, at least, something vaguely reminiscent of human females)?

Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :

I admire any artist who has the ability to make nipples show through leather.

Bravo, I say!

Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :

And I dig up this thread yet again! I was in the photographic mood today and snapped 22 pictures of my collection! I cropped these ones rather than resize them, so some images are pretty wide and/or tall.

Here's an ensemble shot of them all on the shelf I used to carry them outside and display them on.

Here are the cars. I took a few shots of these. [Smile]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

And for those of you who don't recognize the cars, here's a shot with captions.

I took shots of the trucks, only not as many as the cars. [Wink]

1 2 3 4 5

Once again, with captions.

And here's the weird ones, a dune buggy and a trailer.
1 2

And, you can't have a Bronco and not take pictures of it without the cap... [Cool]

1 2 3

And finally, here are a few pictures of the F-250 alone taken earlier today.
1 2 3

And for a final thought, would anyone be interested in a webpage detailing the models? If so, I'll make one up. [Smile]

Oh, and for Aban here's the Tomb Raider comic that is visible on my shelf in the first set of pictures. [Wink]

[ April 21, 2003, 06:38 PM: Message edited by: Topher ]

Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :

Ah hell I went and made the page anyways. [Smile]

Chris's Models

Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

SJ is not wacky. It is nothing but foggy. [Smile]

Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :

So true, so true... Don't you just love going across the Harbour Bridge and not being able to see anything save for white?

Posted by Ultra Magnus (Member # 239) on :

Go Canada!

But, when can anyone look anywhere in Canada without seeing anything but white? Or polar bears? Or flannel and mittens?

Poor Colorado.

Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :

White fog. [Razz]

And there is an extreme absence of snow now. For it is now the season of construction.

Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :

Once again I drag this thread out of the ether. Since the last posting there's been new models, a new shelf and a new house, so here we go.

I just took some general ensemble pictures of the models on their shelf. I didn't move anything around yet.

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

And here's one with captions in case you can't figure out what they all are. One with a keen eye will notice that the blue Bronco and the orange Mustang are a bit different since last time. [Smile]

Posted by Styrofoaman (Member # 706) on :

Amazing work. My hands shake too much now to do that kind of fine detail.

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

I guess plastic fumes could do that to a man.. ;-)

Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :

Why in the world did you take the roof off the Bronco? Or could those do that...?

By the way, what scale are all your cars in? 1/43? 1/18?

And I suggest working on the Olds 442. It'd be fitting to finish it now instead of later.

I'm still debating what model to buy next (once I get any money). I'm considering the Original-Teile Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR, a Team Oreca PlayStation Chrysler Viper GTS-R, the Team Oreca PlayStation 2 Dallara-Judd LMP, a Toyota GT-One, an Aston Martin DB7 Vantage (British Racing Green, of course), or an VitaPhone Opel Astra V8 Coupe from the DTM.

Now, if only someone made a 1/18th scale Team Abt Red Bull/PlayStation 2 Audi TT-R, I'd be happy, because I'd have the DTM trifecta.

Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :

The Broncos had removable tops, yes. And my models are in 1:24/1:25 scale.

Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :

Wanna try a Trek model?
I'd send ya one...

Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :

I don't know how well I could do with a Trek model, or if I even have the right colours... I do have Canadian Voodoo Gray, though! [Smile]

I'd want to do a Starfleet ship, if any... Are there any kits that would be of a size comparable to a 1:24 scale car kit?

Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :

Think the closest is the 1:72 Runabout kit. Wait -- how big was AMT's old TOS shuttle kit? Or the main bridge?

Or do you mean that would take up the same amount of shelf space? [Wink]

The biggest mass-produced Trek kits are a bit shy of two feet long (18"-22", usually). The biggest Trek kit I know of at all is the Excelsior kit in 1:537 scale -- same as the movie Enterprise kits from AMT. Sucker's about a metre long, and I want one.

My personal ideal is to eventually have a 1:1400 representation of each Starfleet ship class, from at least TOS on. Wish me luck.

For now, though, Chris. I have a couple extra TOS and movie Enterprises from the first three-ship set in 1:2500. They're about 9 or 10cm long. Still unassembled, not even cleaned up from where they were removed from the sprues. I can do any amount of prep work you might like, or not. If you care for any, let me know. I might also be persuaded to part with one of my 1:1400 Enterprise-D kits.

--Jonah

Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :

All the Starfleet ships are available made in 1400th:
with the exceptions of the BOBW ships and a few of the DS9 kitbashes anyway.

Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :

I suppose I could try one of those 1:2500 Movie Enterprises. Although god knows when I'd be able to get around to building them. Maybe after exams...

Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :

Okay, so far as I know, these are the classes we're missing in 1:1400. Most of these used to be represented, but I can't find them any more...

Oberth
Daedalus
Freedom
Challenger
New Orleans
Soyuz
Niagara
Springfield
Peregrine
Sydney

Anyone know where these can be found these days?

--Jonah