Collectors from Tasmania

[jess]

Are there many collectors from Tasmania and also if there are any clubs or get-together;s down here? I got a Cosmo VY commodore for my birthday and have cauht the diecast bug. Look forward to building an extensive collection!

[GTS Diecasts]

Hi Jess...good to see another Tasweign on....whereabouts in Tas are you, ?I'm in Burnie...

[Gillick]

Maybe Biante can make a feature like the CC Forum (ooh shudder, shudder - only joking;)) where there is a complete member list and individual stats. That way we could collate where we're all from, the posts we've contributed to, and date joined - all at one time. There are over a thousand members joined here, as it states at the homepage, but where have they all gone? In previous polls, we're getting no more than 70 or so responses.

[sleepy]

hi another tasmanian here im in hobart. lived in burnie a long time ago... tell me where u guys buy your models, i have found birchalls in launceston always worth a look they have some good specials from time to time,although last time i was there the 1:43 range was non existent... cheers..........

[jess]

Ok so boredom is my forte. And on a Saturday night! I have no friends:D Just kidding......I found this thread from the search bar. Took a while. Why can't you do less thank three words?.:D Typed in tas and was getting nothing. Type in Tas,mania and up pops 4 pages. Finally! Nivce to see. GTS Diecast I am from Sandy Bay but originally from Hadspen near Launnie. My dad works at the Casino down here.http://forums.biante.com.au/showthread.php?th readid=4023&highlight=Tasmania

[jess]

Sleepy I liked Birchalls when I was near them:D Have you seen the ad for that new hobby store at Sorell? Might have to see what its like one of these days:D

[sleepy]

jess ive seen the adds but havent had a look yet... i usually laybuy some of my models from the shop in liverpool st... but everytime i head up north i drop into birchalls they regulally have 1:18 models for around $90 ..

[Vanpyre57]

Hi guys
yes ok im a Tasmanian as well residing in W.A
If your finding it hard to get your models over there as i know there isnt a lot of choice in model shops since i left burnie in 1982 let me know via email or have a look at

www.stanbridges.com.au

And i can send models over to tassie for youon our mail order system

[Andrew]

Originally posted by sleepy
jess ive seen the adds but havent had a look yet... i usually laybuy some of my models from the shop in liverpool st... but everytime i head up north i drop into birchalls they regulally have 1:18 models for around $90 ..

The shop in Liverpool Street - Auto Miniatures. I know John really well, and he looks after me.
Chances are, I have probably seen you in there and never known! Oh, the anonymity of the internet! :rolleyes:

[sleepy]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Vanpyre57
[B]Hi guys
yes ok im a Tasmanian as well residing in W.A
If your finding it hard to get your models over there as i know there isnt a lot of choice in model shops since i left burnie in 1982 let me know via email or have a look at


vanpyre i left burnie in 1983 small world isnt it.....

[sleepy]

Originally posted by Andrew
The shop in Liverpool Street - Auto Miniatures. I know John really well, and he looks after me.
Chances are, I have probably seen you in there and never known! Oh, the anonymity of the internet! :rolleyes: Andrew i try not to spend to much time in there it burns a hole in my pocket....i have a wife and 2 kids so theres not much left over for models,. nor do i have the space GROAN............

[Andrew]

Originally posted by sleepy
Andrew i try not to spend to much time in there it burns a hole in my pocket....i have a wife and 2 kids so theres not much left over for models,. nor do i have the space GROAN............

I know exactly what you mean. The exigencies of a long term relationship and the changing demands it places on your income mean that there is less and less available funds for diecasts, and at the same time, you are expected to be maturing out of collecting little cars as well....

It's a losing battle...:rolleyes:

[SL/ENUT]

Originally posted by GTS Diecasts
Hi Jess...good to see another Tasweign on....whereabouts in Tas are you, ?I'm in Burnie...

Hello to all and yes i come from burnie too.I'm about to start soon.Whats the first model car should i get?.Been thinking of a walkie.

[Andrew]

Originally posted by SL/ENUT
Hello to all and yes i come from burnie too.I'm about to start soon.Whats the first model car should i get?.Been thinking of a walkie.

Welcome!
Your first model car? Whatever takes your fancy! Its a silly thing to say, but the best collecting advice I think, is to just buy what you like, not what you think you should get.

If you like Walkies, then I couldn't think of a better place to start! :cool:

[SL/ENUT]

Thanks looks like the walki is the start!I like more of the older Commodores like VB-VH.So far i haven't seen these made yet.

[sleepy]

Originally posted by SL/ENUT
Thanks looks like the walki is the start!I like more of the older Commodores like VB-VH.So far i haven't seen these made yet. sle nutthere is a couple of vc commodores on the website they are sle models one is a shadowtone they would be months away i would reckon...owned a vb sle once myself....cheers.........

[SL/ENUT]

Where abouts on the website?.I tried looking but nothing.

[Vanpyre57]

Hey Sleepy did you go to Parklands or Burnie high

I left parklands high in 1980
I remember a small hobby shop in burnie back then i cant even remember the name of the street its the next on over from the street that runs parralel with the warf
THEY were a small outfit run by an elderly lady but dam did she have a kanck of getting the right models in to blow my wallet to bits

[sleepy]

Originally posted by SL/ENUT
Where abouts on the website?.I tried looking but nothing. sle nut try typing in holden in the find a model section put 1:18 in size. keep looking they are there.....

[sleepy]

Originally posted by Vanpyre57
Hey Sleepy did you go to Parklands or Burnie high

bits van i went to burnie high and left in 1978 cant remember the shop your talking about..but the street sounds like wilson street..

[SL/ENUT]

Originally posted by sleepy
sle nut try typing in holden in the find a model section put 1:18 in size. keep looking they are there.....
found it!.Can't wait for that model to be relased, which probably next year.;)

[sleepy]

Originally posted by SL/ENUT
found it!.Can't wait for that model to be relased, which probably next year.;) yes i would reckon it wont be til next year the slower the better easier on the pocket....i might settle for one of the shadowtone cars always liked them..

[sleepy]

did any of us tasmanians manage to procure a brocka9x...i managed to get through after 20 minutes..

[jess]

Sleepy I've been spending up big lately so I did not have the funds for the A9X. Doubt I'll be able to afford it in the future considering it will skyrocket :(

So are there any get togethers down here? Would love to meet up. I heard there's a new shop opening in Bathurst Street. Is this true?

Jess

[Donny05]

Hi Jess,

I haven't heard anything about a new model shop in Launceston, I will have to investigate. I preorder all my models from Birchalls and get great customer service from them. I would try looking there for an A9X when they come out but it is most likely sold out on preorder. But some people tend to not pick them up so you may be lucky.

The annual model fair at the Summerhill Primary School hall is on October 23 I am led to believe, so you may pick up some models you are after there on the secondhand market.

Cheers, Jason :D

[GT overload]

How many of the Tassie collecters are making the trip to Symmonds plains in November? I will be there rain hail or shine.

[Xcesiv308]

Originally posted by GT overload
How many of the Tassie collecters are making the trip to Symmonds plains in November? I will be there rain hail or shine.
Well I'll definately be there, rain,hail or sunshine, and I'll be there this Sunday the 3rd Oct for the second round of the Octagon series,. after all,, it's free entry again,, and if it's a day like the first round a few weeks ago it'll be a rippa.... so you Tassie guys... get along to Symmons Plains... :D

[Andrew]

I want to go to Symmons for the Friday only, as I want to get Skaife to sign some GT-R stuff I have, but apart from that....

So this model fair that is on - in Launceston I take it?
There appears to be nothing similar going on in the south that I am aware of. There is a Southern Tasmanian Collectors Association I believe, but they seem to incorporate collectors of all things - teddy bears, dolls, diecast, smurfs (!), and a whole host of other things. Not my cup of tea.
And the Collectors' Fair held at the Derwent Entertainment Centre (DEC) sells nothing that I can't get anyway, as it is the retailers trying to sell their stock that no-one actually wants, because it is all left overs...

*For those interstate, if you have ever seen the Subaru Safari Rally coverage, the DEC is the large strangely-shaped building that sometimes appears in the back of the shot at the superspecial stage by the river. The collectors' fair (as well as concerts and the Rally Superspecial) is held there.

[jess]

Originally posted by Donny05
Hi Jess,

I haven't heard anything about a new model shop in Launceston, I will have to investigate. I preorder all my models from Birchalls and get great customer service from them. I would try looking there for an A9X when they come out but it is most likely sold out on preorder. But some people tend to not pick them up so you may be lucky.

The annual model fair at the Summerhill Primary School hall is on October 23 I am led to believe, so you may pick up some models you are after there on the secondhand market.

Cheers, Jason :D

Dopnny I was talking about Baturst Street in Hobart. Apparently the person who owns the shop in Liverspool Street is retiring and thers a new shop opening.

[Andrew]

Originally posted by jess
Dopnny I was talking about Baturst Street in Hobart. Apparently the person who owns the shop in Liverspool Street is retiring and thers a new shop opening.

It's true, the Auto Miniatures proprietor is retiring - it was advertised several months ago in the paper, but I have heard nothing about a new store opening in Bathurst Street. If one does open however, I hope it sells a decent range of diecast. If for any reason we only have McCanns Models to deal with in the Hobart CBD, then I may actually walk away from diecast collecting. Their range is poor (they concentrate on so many different things - kits, slot cars, R/C etc.) that they are a proverbial 'jack of all trades and master fo none.' In addition, I find their prices higher than at Liverpool street with less friendly service. We really need a specialist diecast store like Auto Miniatures.

In the greater Hobart area, I have frequented A & R models, but they are prodominantly kits, R/C and railway, and Matt's Hobbies, which is kits with some slot cars.

I have yet to see the place at Sorell. Anyone scoped it out?

[username]

andrew, I haven't been to automin for a couple of months, but have often called to enquire about models. Each time, on the other end was an unfamiliar voice - not john's - so I assumed it was taken over by a new owner. Good to know it's still going at the current's helm. Nevertheless, he seems a good bloke who's happy to assist his customers, and overall a great shop with a nice range of diecast at reasonable prices. Sad to see its demise when he eventually retires, AND if things stay stagnant - let's hope not. I graduate (finally, phew!) at the end of the year and will be looking for work in this big scary world of ours - maybe I could look into purchasing and running the business...20% of everything!!!...but first I'd need a massive loan on top of my friggen hecs, some business training and the incentive to run it. In other words, it'll never happen lol. At least not in the near future...

I spoke to a guy in McCanns and he stated they don't distribute Biante products anymore...sad. Funny, when you mentioned 'less friendly service', this was the very reason I never bothered to check this place out when pursuing the Walkinshaw (I keep bringing this up again and again huh :rolleyes:) only to walk in there one day and discover two of them stacked high on the shelves.

Nevertheless, I'll be heading back home to the coast unless I can find a job down here in hob, so I guess the two stores mentioned won't influence me much. Then again, the 'specialist' diecast store on the north west is Craig's Models in Devonport - but specialises with Bburago etc only and not much else, last time I checked...looks like online ordering will be the norm from now on.

[sleepy]

my big ears last week overheard john at auto mianatures telling a guy it was up for sale and there was a guy that was looking at the figures etc and he might know , next week (this week now) i havent heard of a new shop opening..matts hobbies closed down a month or so ago..and i havent been to sorell to check that 1 out.... where is the summerhills primary school sounds like it might be worth a look...and yes ill be headed to symmons plains but have u checked the prices out its hyper inflation since the last meet in 1999..i wish my wage would go up as sharply as most of the prices do...my advice to all you youngsters out there is to........... stay in school and get a decent job dont enter a trade the money is peanuts....

[Donny05]

Summerhill Primary School is in Prospect (Launceston) near the Silverdome roundabout.

Cheers, Jase :D