My 1st Biante

[fatty]

I was reading in another thread that Maximus wouldn't sell his Track Red XY as it was his first Biante. I thought it might be interesting to find what other members first Biante was and possibly why that was their first purchase and if they still have it. Mine was the Moffat 65E XY in 1/18. This was my first because when I found out about Biante models the Red and White XY's were already sold out so this is the model I put my name down for. I also still have it. If there is already a similar thread Mods feel free to move.

[Holdennumber1]

My first (actually Autoart but close enough) was a 1:18 HRT Skaife 2004 season car that I bought at Bathurst in 05 on sale for $115. After that I bought my 1:18 Walky which was only last year.:)

[Buffalo]

1990 Bathurst Winner - still one of my favorite models ...

[My Element]

1/18 Brock/Skaife 1997 Bathurst VS HRT Commodore

[HQGTS74]

1:18 Biante HQ GTS Monaro Coupe in Tangerine/Lone O Ranger Stripes

Kicked off from there. Still have it and one of my favourites.:)

Chris

[The real OZ GP]

The 1999 HRT cars of Lowndes and Skaife , hooked from there on in. Bought them from Hawkesbury Holden ,another mate from the Airforce went in to collect his , I went along for the ride , saw them, was going to get just the Lowndes but ended up with both, still have the receipt somewhere.

[Richard Poole]

Brock 28C XU-1 for me closely followed by the Mustard XU-1. Sold the road car but still have the 28C.

[fordmad17]

1/18 Dick Johnson lakeside XC was my first model

[BB]

Brock 28C XU-1 for me closely followed by the Mustard XU-1. Sold the road car but still have the 28C.

Yep, 28C for me too. $195.00 if I remember correctly. Then it was the 1970 Moffat XW for about $250.00

[david5]

28C from Model Cars of the World in Burwood in Victoria, $165.00 on the 5/10/2000, on my honeymoon. Told the wife I'd take her to exotic locations. To be fair I took her to the penthouse of the Hilton that night.

[GT40]

1:18 Moffat 64E was my first Biante after collecting Trax 1:43 for many years, I missed 65E but was able to get one shortly after and the start of an obsession was born.

[wazza002]

A mark skaife 1:64th 2003 I think as it never came with the box, :(
But thats was the start of a love affair with 1:64s off LoL :D

[wazza]

The Biante Lowndes first 00 Ford was my first model ever, and I have every one of his FORD drives since.. and tehn some others.

[spiderken17]

1989 DJR Bathurst winning Sierra was mine.

[return of the jawa]

1988 atcc winner ford sierra

[GSXR1]

2002 Rick Kelly Holden Young Lions VX Commodore #02 - just loved that flaming livery....:cool:

[spolyhronidis]

mine was the Concept Coupe. bought it cause i love the car, then Holden ruined it by producing the Monaro.

[8hype]

1:18 skaife kelly 2004 bathurst car.always loved these models when i walked into the shops.then finally got up the courage to lay by one

[pitcrew]

Mine was.

A80369 1:18 2003 Monaro Yellow #03 ????/2003 :cool:

After a couple more purchases I then started on my Brock collection, back dated some,
and the rest is history.
Cheers :)

[smythy17]

1:18 1978 Lakeside of Dick Johnson. Managed to keep them all after my divorce and have the whole Dick Johnson collection to date. All up though i have just cracked the 90 mark with 1:18's.

[00lowndes]

Mine was a 1:43 but cant rember which one. As I was only going to collect 1:43. So much for that.LOL I think my first 1:18 was lowndes/murphy 1996 bathurst

[malscar]

My first 1/18 car, although boxed as a Autoart was a Biante release. The Possum Bourne Subaru rally car. Do I need to say why? Has been a very steep spiral downwards since then.:o

[monarocveightz]

The first one I got was the Mandarin red Holden LX Torana SLR 5000 in 1:18. Got this for my birthday 7 years ago (2002) from my parents.

First model I bought myself was in 2003, and it was Peter Brock & Anne Gigney 2003 Holden V2 Monaro CV8 Targa Tasmania car.

This car meant a lot to me, as I saw it live in Tassie (when I lived there..), I love the V2 Monaro's, and I'm a Brocky fan. Also have the model signed by Brocky too :)

107 1:18's later...

[El Cheapo]

My first Biante was the Craig Lowndes 1998 Champ car :D Got her pretty cheap. Right from the Supercar era that I watched when I first got into Motorsport as a wee boy :laugh4: Love the thing.

[Pug205]

1981 Bathurst Winner in 2002.

Paid $250 for it as it was released while I was living overseas. Had to give it a good think at that price but gladly bit the bullet. Of course it became my 2nd most expensive model after buying the 1989 winner a year later :o

[UNDFTD]

my first Biante was actually a birthday present from my brother which was an XB GT Hardtop in apollo blue..... and yes... of course i still have it.

[rayman]

Mine was, bought at the same time, the Yellow Ochre XY and the 1992 Bathurst Winner Skyline.

[Weststorm]

The lovely palais white A9X was my first biante (and 1:18) after collecting matchbox, Dinky and Trax. Scared to count how many I have bought since lol.

[Maq]

1989 DJR Bathurst winning Sierra was mine.

Same here mate. I also got a damaged one a year or so after, cheap and I fixed it and code 3'd it.

[laurie46]

I got two togather gold Xw and the true blue GT XY

[Group A]

Mine was the 1:18 Walkinshaw, I had three Walkinshaws as wedding cars and when I saw it I just had to have it

[singer]

Track Red, Track White & 28C:)

[cooper1117]

1979 Bathurst winning Brock Torana, bought from The Lions Den in Parramatta, now not around anymore.

[ratster70]

My mother bought me my first one for bday 1:18 P Brock/D West bathurst monaro that got the bug started, the first one i bought was 1:18 M Skaife/J Richards 2002 bathurst winner well over 100 today and growing daily

[singer]

My mother bought me my first one for bday 1:18 P Brock/D West bathurst monaro that got the bug started, the first one i bought was 1:18 M Skaife/J Richards 2002 bathurst winner well over 100 today and growing daily


Thats easy to do:o I live on a 100 Acre Farm & have almost EVERY space occupied with Model paraphanalia:p

[ratster70]

Thats easy to do:o I live on a 100 Acre Farm & have almost EVERY space occupied with Model paraphanalia:p

I thought it was sewing machines you was in to??????? is very confused now:p

[VXfan]

First Biante was a 1/43 Skaife 2002 VX but I don't have that anymore.
My first 1/18 Biante was the 1978 Bathurst winner and is still one of my favourites and sits proudly in my Brock collection.
Cheers,
Tony.

[00lowndes]

My mother bought me my first one for bday 1:18 P Brock/D West bathurst monaro that got the bug started, the first one i bought was 1:18 M Skaife/J Richards 2002 bathurst winner well over 100 today and growing daily

Thats an under statment PMSL. At the rate your going you will need a three storey house. The bottom floor for living and the other 2 for the RAT Caves. LOL

[singer]

I thought it was sewing machines you was in to??????? is very confused now:p

You're easily confused:p:D

[ratster70]

You're easily confused:p:D


No not that easily i know supa collects holdens, you love singer sewing machines and wazza now collects 1:18's see told ya:rolleyes5::dizzy2:

[Pulse Red]

I bought 2 at once, the 03 and 04 Brock Targa CV8 Monaros. Direct from Biante.

I would not sell them :D

[Brasha]

My first car was the Peter Brock '79 A9X.

That was, 2 years, and well over 100 purchases ago.

[LOWNDES 888]

2000 Craig Lowndes HRT VT, was my 1st 1:18 too, still have it and love it...

[carnut01]

i cant actually remember for sure what my 1st Biante model was :o

from memory it was either the 2002 Niel Crompton 00 Motorsport #27 or the 2002 Skaife / Richards Bathurst winner and both are sitting in the same spot as they were 6 or so years ago :D

[Road Runner 72]

My 1st was the Red XY GHTO from Games world in preston $150 pre-order for sight unseen, I had the flyer a few weeks before the car landed lol, I thought I was crazy for spending that sort a dough on a toy car, but now I look at my collection I know I'm crazy!

[john]

1989 DJR Bathurst winning Sierra was mine.
Not a bad choice to kick off a collection! This was a darn hard car to get.
My first was the Grecian Gold XW, which I then swapped for the 1981 Tru Blu Bathurst Winner.

[GLENN L]

my first biante was the track red gtho falcon, i bought 3, 2 for me and 1 for my dad. sold 1 of mine not long after to a mate, and my 2nd 1 about 12 mths ago. got them from exclusive colectables.

[brchi17]

Track Red GTHO for me.....am still grumpy I choose petrol in the tank over a 65e....dam university lmao !!!

[wayno]

1:18 Brock 28C for me.

[minh427]

I bought the CC 1:64 2001 HRT before they were in proper display cases. Then I saw the Biante 1:64 2002 HRT, and I grabbed it in a hurry.

[SammyHagar]

Hi.
My 1st biante car was either Craig lowndes `99 VT commodore,or the road going VL Walkinshaw commodore (enclosed silver box) the craigs car was purchased because a friend had one and i liked the look of it and thought i should get one myself,and the walkinshaw was because i like the car(sorry but i cant exactly remember what car was first but i`m pretty sure it was either 1 of these two) and i still have both of them...
Thanks...

[HDT337]

The March 17 Green GTR XU1, closely followed by the 28c, then it just got out of control.

HDT337

[Gixxa75]

Apollo Blue XB Coupe..... no longer in my posession... :(

[bills]

my first biante was a 2004 skaife/kelly bathurst car. love it.

[singer]

The March 17 Green GTR XU1, closely followed by the 28c, then it just got out of control.

HDT337


Out of Control
Join the Club :o I live on the Farm & have models of every conceivable type of spare space which is available for me to display them;)

[Oh Five]

28C
Got it for chri$tma$ 1999, and the re$t as they $ay, i$ hi$tory:)

[ratster70]

28C
Got it for chri$tma$ 1999, and the re$t as they $ay, i$ hi$tory:)

WOW $1999 for a 28C you wanted it bad hey??:p what a great start car oh five :D

[Jace]

My first was March 17 Green XU1, my first & last road car.
I traded it in at John Croker's Model World when he was still in Twin St (Adelaide) on the 1990 Bathurst winner, which I still treasure today. :D

[brad]

mine was the 1999 Lowndes Championship car in 1/18

[GOBBO]

wild violet gt falconin 1/18

[Oh Five]

WOW $1999 for a 28C you wanted it bad hey??:p what a great start car oh five :D


That$ what $anta $aid he paid for it, John:D

[NO.5HDT]

Mine was the 1995 Brock / Mezera VR 1:18th. Great livery, pity about the result...

[rex555]

Diamond White GTHO. Pressie from the outlaws. Still have it, and the others they gave me as well as those I bought myself.

[JD11]

The 02 VX Brock/Baird Bathurst car :D

[AussieRyan]

My first Biante...

1:18th scale VL Walkinshaw back in 2004. $190.:)

[DEMONSPAWN]

My first Biante...
1:18th Brock '78 A9X. Still have it, will never sell it :)

[AussieRyan]

My first Biante...
1:18th Brock '78 A9X. Still have it, will never sell it :)

Not even for 1 Million dollars?;)

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[biante11500]

i purchased my first two biante models from scale18 in canada back in 2002.
Dick Johnson lakeside xc falcon and a street vermillion fire XY GTHO falcon sedan both in 1/18. i still have 140 aussie 1/18's and 80 1/43's in my collection.

[biante11500]

heres acouple of pics of my first two biantes i forgot to post.
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[tonynz]

I think mine was the concept coupe (what year did Biante do it?)
First ever car I bought from Biante was the first 1/43 Senna car in the Senna collection (1994 I think)

[Oh Five]

2001, Tony

[skaifeyfan2]

Mark Skaife 2004 VY 1 18th. Still have it

[Tower]

1st biante was the VL walkinshaw bought for around $200 afew years back but last year sold it :bigcry:

[REDVRSS]

'99 Skaife VT - Beautiful Livery and about the only car I have on Permanent Display

[mikew13]

77 bathurst twin set, things have goten way out of control since then:D

[sodonnell]

Well I purchased my first biante model car from Erina Lions den couple of years whilst I was on a Day trip up their. I had $15 spare cash on me and decided to go in and have a look.

In there they had a stack of 2004 bathurst winners they were trying to get rid of.

So with my $15 I bought one. At the time as I was not much of a collecter I threw the box out (oops).

They about 2 weeks later I went to parramatta and bought a Tander VZ commodore 1/18 scale, and thats how my collection started. Well now my 11 cars and my dads 1/18 collection of the Brock bathurst winners, we have a solid collection going.

I still have all these cars.