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[Bill50]

Hi Guys,

Just been given the wink to post. My name is Bill and i live in Berlin, i am from the UK so my welsh is ok. Just discovered these fantastic little 1/64 cars and want to learn about them, do not even own one yet, but sure that will change with help from the members. Nice to greet you all.

Bill

[VXfan]

Hi Bill,good to have u aboard :)
The 1:64's are bloody good value and are incredibly detailed for such a small scale.I love them and collect all the V8Supercars in this scale.
Have fun collecting but watch ur wallet,this hobby gets very addictive very quickly!!:D

[ratbag-racing]

Welcome Bill ,but a word of WARNING.
Be carefull you will start with a 1:64 & never be able to stop !:D

[Bill50]

ThanKs, i know what its like, i have several different makes in my collection and got packets of stuff coming nearly every week from some sale/buy/trade etc.
Got 2 nice cars sitting in the post tonight, got the drop letter this morning saying sorry you were not in, i was, he could not be bothered to ring the door:o

Bill

[timbo333]

Welcome aboard Bill form Berlin.

Do you collect any other scales or is it 1:64 only?

Enkoy the site!

Cheers,

Timbo.

[Nick Short]

Hi bill - another Pom here! I'm always curious how Poms find out about Aussie cars and models?

[terrine]

I'd like to know how the poms found the place the first time?

r/peter

[toad]

Originally posted by terrine
I'd like to know how the poms found the place the first time?

r/peter

They followed the French here, who actually discovered it first but the Poms beat them back to Europe to tell everybody.:D

[bev]

Perhaps the French just returned quietly as the food and fashions at the time were not up to the mark!

[ferrari fan]

Originally posted by toad
They followed the French here, who actually discovered it first but the Poms beat them back to Europe to tell everybody.:D

Sorry old chap, but Australis visiting guest book it is like this;
The Chineese were first ,then the Portugeese, then the Dutch (lots of written proof) then the French and after all this the English

[TBVX05]

Nice one Bev!:cool:

Hi Bill, do you know what models you'll collect? and do you know much about aussie cars, namely Holden & Ford?

[spoonster05]

Hi Bill

Great to have you on board !!

[Nick Short]

Er, FF, I think the aborigines got here before the Chinese! But eventually the Poms found Australia, and ever since they have settled, 20 to a room, in Bondi......

[inter]

Originally posted by Bill50
Hi Guys,

Just been given the wink to post. My name is Bill and i live in Berlin, i am from the UK so my welsh is ok. Just discovered these fantastic little 1/64 cars and want to learn about them, do not even own one yet, but sure that will change with help from the members. Nice to greet you all.

Bill

Hi Bill,
welcome to the forum.
I always wanted to know what the diecast collecting is like overseas? How do the australian models stack up against models easily available overseas? And what do you collect?


cheers Inter

[ferrari fan]

Originally posted by Nick Short
Er, FF, I think the aborigines got here before the Chinese! But eventually the Poms found Australia, and ever since they have settled, 20 to a room, in Bondi......

ERRR, Nick, I typed "visiting guest book" with a reason.

[Road Runner 72]

Welcome Bill,

The 1:64's are little superb, great detail for a little price.

Cheers
Mike

[Bill50]

Thanks Guys,

I collect mainly 1/64 scale but have quite a few 1/43 by Corgi&Solido and 1 or 2 other makes. I have just started collecting Johnny Lightning and got 20 so far, i have a few Matchbox Premiere and just scored a Wave G set which i intend to use both for trade purposes. I discovered Biante by seeing members of other boards showing pics. As my theme is Race/Rally could not be better than a selection of Biante to have. I also like the Real X range in 1/72 and have quite a few plus Hongwell/Schuco in 1/72.

As regards the Euro scene:- Siku-Maisto-Norev-Majorette-Mini Champs are always in big demand.

The new Siku Porsche Carerra GT is simply stunning and i have sent over 20 out to fellow collectors as they have just hit the shops here.

That should answer most of the questions.

Bill:)