|
|
|
| Welcome to Swifty's Garage. We hope you enjoy your visit. You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free. Thank You, The Swifty's Garage Team Join our community! If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features. |
| Playroom | |
|---|---|
| Tweet Topic Started: May 18 2011, 12:05 PM (528 Views) | |
| Jim | May 18 2011, 12:05 PM Post #1 |
|
Fullsize
|
This is a room i am still trying to finish got the new floors done painted the walls .And before i got a chance to put the baseboards on Pearl started filling the room .l.o.l. The same boring things every collector of little cars has. storage units . I mean display cases l.o.l. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Another thing my wife collected was figures . Cant waste the Elvis one and Star wars . Talk about organized 1:24 scale cars and 1:18 scale cars ![]() ![]() Volkswagons and a Ford that makes perfect sense to me l.o.l. ![]() Of course everyone collects Batman stuff. ![]() I enjoy teasing my wife I sometimes change her pictures a bit. ![]() ![]() Whats a playroom without kids. ![]() He thinks things need to be changed . ![]() ![]() The older guy is trying to make his own diorama. He decided to move cars from the autowreckers and put a repair shop there. ![]() He now uses some of the cars from the autowreckers. ![]() In the meantime changes are being made by his helper. All the buidings have interior detail the little guy has to take the roofs off to check it out. ![]() This is what is in the building he has the roof off.A furniture store. ![]() To be continued. |
![]() |
|
| diomakr | May 18 2011, 01:44 PM Post #2 |
|
Station Wagon
|
very impressive collection & nice diorama layout... |
![]() |
|
| Firehawk73 | May 19 2011, 01:31 AM Post #3 |
![]()
|
WOW! Thats amazing! Well, I have never met Pearl but it seems she my kind of Lady.....LOL Thanks for sharing that wonderful play room with us. |
![]() |
|
| Swifty | May 19 2011, 02:37 AM Post #4 |
![]()
The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
|
Wonderful pictures! I love your little helpers. I, uh, still do the same thing to George's diorama any time I've over at Sak's. And I'm 31. I also must say I love the U Haul trucks! Not the tractor trailers, but the ones on the left! Can either you or Pearl shed some light on those for me? Brand, scale, etc. |
![]() |
|
| Dean-o-mite | May 19 2011, 03:35 AM Post #5 |
![]()
Muscle Car
|
The U-Haul trucks are HO scale (1/87), and are two different models, made by two different manufacturers, but the bummer is that they are all plastic. I don't know which truck is represented in each case, but IHC released the U-Haul with a cab that has round fenders covering the front wheels, and a semi-like narrow nose. Con-Cor released a cab with a boxy (GM?) front end. I believe both brands offer all 50 states for the U-Haul decals. Dean |
![]() |
|
| Swifty | May 19 2011, 10:33 AM Post #6 |
![]()
The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
|
Thanks! Pity that they're 1/87 instead of 1/64 or I'd be down for getting a few of each! I like the idea of chasing all fifty states.
|
![]() |
|
| Jim | May 19 2011, 11:08 AM Post #7 |
|
Fullsize
|
|
![]() |
|
| Dean-o-mite | May 19 2011, 11:26 AM Post #8 |
![]()
Muscle Car
|
Bear in mind....even at H.O., they are almost twice as long as a standard Matchbox. The size really doesn't bother me....it's the all-plastic construction, and higher price, that deters me. I'll collect plastic cars (Mini-Lindy, Novacar, Majorette Deluxe, etc), but those plastics are far sturdier and substantial than the ultra-thin plastic used on finely-detailed HO models, and I think that's the excuse I use to keep from including them in my collection. Dean |
![]() |
|
| Jim | May 19 2011, 12:30 PM Post #9 |
|
Fullsize
|
|
![]() |
|
| Swifty | May 19 2011, 11:21 PM Post #10 |
![]()
The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
|
Thanks for the pictures. I've never tried fitting 1/64 people into my cars, but I do see what you mean about them being too big for that. And I like how they look in the Mustang. But I admit, I like my compact cars small and my full-sizers large. That to me bothers me more than the people. No two companies ever do their people the same size even if they're both the same supposed scale. I admit, with trucks it doesn't bother me quite as much as it does with cars, unless you have a Matchbox double-decker bus that's the same size as a VW Bug. 1/87 or even 1/90 trucks are a nice alternative to the very expensive true scale rigs. |
![]() |
|
| Jim | May 20 2011, 10:21 AM Post #11 |
|
Fullsize
|
Swifty everone collects in their own way what they like and that is the way it should be i just toss out ideas to show there are ways to change the look of things. Display cases are the only way some people keep their cars .Others the cars stay in a blisterpack or box. People get use to 1:64 scale cars and some think all the cars that a company makes are 1:64 scale and they are not. If it looks good ...you like it ....it is the right scale . |
![]() |
|
| 1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous) | |
| « Previous Topic · Dioramas · Next Topic » |
| Track Topic · E-mail Topic |
1:47 AM Jul 13
|






































1:47 AM Jul 13