Blip Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 My youngest son just turned 13 on the 10th and sort of had his own Shelby Birthday Bash as he got a few 1/18 scale diecasts and accessories. Here's a peek at the current dioramas set up in his room. (He already had the black one and just got the orange version, CS figure, shop workers, more shop equipment, and car show display stuff.) He's also a big MOPAR fan which explains the 70 Challenger project car and 71 Charger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08 Mustang Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherri Leicht Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shel-b001 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Wow nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank S Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Lucky kid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
check6 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Very cool Terlingua garage! :happy feet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of GT Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Looks great Blip! And quite realistic too. Your son has accurately placed the Ford cars in a car show winning awards, and the Chrysler cars (as well as a Chevy truck) up on a lift or with the hood up getting repaired which is exactly how most Chrysler and Chevy cars are seen in real life too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildAzCat Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Looks great Blip! And quite realistic too. Your son has accurately placed the Ford cars in a car show winning awards, and the Chrysler cars (as well as a Chevy truck) up on a lift or with the hood up getting repaired which is exactly how most Chrysler and Chevy cars are seen in real life too! Good one... Very sweet set-up your son put together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VorpalBunny Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Very nice Blip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BergShelby Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 My youngest son just turned 13 on the 10th and sort of had his own Shelby Birthday Bash as he got a few 1/18 scale diecasts and accessories. Here's a peek at the current dioramas set up in his room. (He already had the black one and just got the orange version, CS figure, shop workers, more shop equipment, and car show display stuff.) He's also a big MOPAR fan which explains the 70 Challenger project car and 71 Charger. That's great...start them young.... He's going to have one nice garage when he is in his 50's. His generation is going to be the future buyers of our car now. And those low mile GT500 or Terlingua's are not going to be cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc scott Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Blip, a few years ago;maybe 37-38 I was doing exactly that;now my scale is 1:1 very cool and I applaud the diversity;we aren't non denominational we're multi-denominational with Mopars,GMs and even a Nash! Cool set up Doc Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blip Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Thanks eveyone! My son is real proud of his collection and works hard on constantly improving the displays. He's like the curator of a diecast museum--he has got more cars than display space, so he has to rotate vehicles out of storage. Blip, a few years ago;maybe 37-38 I was doing exactly that;now my scale is 1:1 very cool and I applaud the diversity;we aren't non denominational we're multi-denominational with Mopars,GMs and even a Nash! Cool set up Doc Scott DOC Scott--As a teen, I owned 2 Mustangs, a 350 SS Nova and an AMX, so I've encouraged him to expanded his collection which includes American, European and Asian brands. Here's his room back in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchBunny Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Nice work, love the way he puts his die-casts together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc scott Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Blip brings back lots of memories; does he like posters? tell him with education ,imagination and hard work its all with in reach. looks like a great kid! Doc Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Wright Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Oh man that is really awesome I wish my collection was that awesome but sadly its not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VINumUS GT Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Very nice collection he has. I've been collecting for 15+ years now and don't have near the cars he does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shel-b001 Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Wow very nice. How many does he have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blip Posted January 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Thanks all! :D (Doc S--he's just starting to get interested in posters) Wow very nice. How many does he have? He has about 40 in 1/18th scale, but he also uses some of my 75+ car collection in that scale. Probably 200-300 in the 1/64th, where I may have over 1000 in that size, some are even stored at our farm in Missouri. My main collection is in the 1/43 scale cars: Here's a close -up of a few of my special 1/43rd ones: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonylop33 Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Very nice. Your son has good tastes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blip Posted March 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2010 Seeing as there is a post about this section being too quiet, here's my son's latest "Closet Shelf Dioramas." He just added the old country road garage last weekend, and created the junkyard out back. Had the Terlingua's stopping by to fill up their tanks. Of course, there had to be a winged Daytona in there somewhere. (After we finish the move to Missouri this summer, plan to do some of these with full landscaping.) Bottom is a new race shop scene using 1/18 th cars. He found some new "workers" as we were loading some of his old toys into the shipping Pod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc scott Posted March 9, 2010 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 Moving to Missouri , With you being that close we'll be looking for you to come to Mid America and cruise down to Tejas! Where in Missouri? Doc Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blip Posted March 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 Moving to Missouri , With you being that close we'll be looking for you to come to Mid America and cruise down to Tejas! Where in Missouri? Doc Scott Hope to make it next year, as this Summer will be too crazy with the move and starting construction on a new home too. We're going to live in the old farm house, while having a new home built behind it (that should keep us busy for the the next year and a half). Our farm is about 40 miles east of Kansas City, and just a bit north of I-70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blip Posted May 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 My son has added a new one today, the Greenlight 67 Tribute Racer, (Had all A's and B's in last marking period so this was his bonus.) It's got some great detailing with full street interior. Then gathered the other Terlingua Ponies for a group shot which lead to a bigger group photo of most of our 1/18th Shelby minatures, (we missed a few as they are part of different displays all around our home). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VorpalBunny Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 My son has added a new one today, the Greenlight 67 Tribute Racer, (Had all A's and B's in last marking period so this was his bonus.) It's got some great detailing with full street interior. Then gathered the other Terlingua Ponies for a group shot which lead to a bigger group photo of most of our 1/18th Shelby minatures, (we missed a few as they are part of different displays all around our home). Very Nice! VB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COBRA SCOTTY Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Blip , Your son has alot of sweet diecasts. What a great thing it is to pass our love of cars on to our son's. :happy feet: Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blip Posted May 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Thanks--and yes, I do think he has a large hunk of the motorhead DNA. :D (Except his may have more of the 5 point star MOPAR type--Chargers and Challengers are tops on his favorites list.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVOC Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 Blip, where did you find the 67' Terlingua??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blip Posted May 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 (Sorry for the slow answer, just got back from a weekend get-away to Atlantic City to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary.) :D It's available from several sources and is made by GreenLight. Ordered ours from Diecastauto.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07SGT0547 Posted May 24, 2010 Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Hope to make it next year, as this Summer will be too crazy with the move and starting construction on a new home too. We're going to live in the old farm house, while having a new home built behind it (that should keep us busy for the the next year and a half). Our farm is about 40 miles east of Kansas City, and just a bit north of I-70 Welcome (soon...) to the neighborhood... I live about 40 miles just south of KC... Don't forget to put SHELBYFEST in Hermann on your calendar for April 2011... Gregg 07SGT0547 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blip Posted May 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Thanks for the welcome, and yep, that event is on my list for things to do in 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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