Junkman

How about finding this in a Junkyard in England? Snow! Can you believe it now? Snow!

This reminds me of a real car meeting I attended a few years ago. It was the (European model) Ford Granada Owners Club meeting here in England. At that time, I owned two very decent Granadas, and me and my wife took both cars to this convention. I say 'decent condition', since none of my cars were really and truly show worthy, so I considered myself rightfully out of any contest. On the showgrounds was a 3000 (!!!) mile original, albeit a base model. The car had to be seen to be believed. There also was an ex-copcar from the Nottinghamshire Constabulary, which was painstakingly restored by a group of enthusiastic policemen in their spare time and with their own money in the police motorpool garage. There also was one of eleven ever built Coleman-Milne MK I Grosvenor limousines, in pristine condition. There was also an ex royal household Estate (Station Wagon to you fellow Americans), which was built by Aston Martin on commission, no less. The only one known to exist. And there was a stunningly beautiful Woodall-Nicholson bodied hearse (pun intended). There also was an extremely rare 2.8 "Injection" model in superb original condition. The 'best of show' award went to a 'circus tractor', which had a 302 V8 installed (never available originally) and pretty much each and every accessory you can order through your local motor factor with a credit card. Yes, the car was septically clean, but not a single thing was original. Mind you, this was not a custom car show, this was the meeting of the Granada Owners Club. I cancelled my club membership and haven't attended a single meeting since.

I would prefer the TV presenter to Gregg quite honestly... Man, they have all the fun in Hawaii, don't they?

Condomes. Soiled ones.

SciFi:

Japan: Motorcycles: Bicycles:

You asked for it, you get it. Man, do I love these bragging threads. I'm such a swank. Albeit, some of the stuff already posted is impossible to beat. Here we go. Show Cars: TV/Movie: Trucks: Classics:

That's a '63 Caddy, no?

Site? Which site? Is there anything I should know about?

I'm not ordering anything. If I want chrome, I send it to Bob Shebilske. Always has been, always will.

Directly, or indirectly, you all confirm what I wrote. A big scale costs a multitude of a main scale. It doesn't matter whether it's by factor 2, 4, or whatever. This makes the smaller models naturally more plentiful than big scale ones. Add to this that a lot of people don't even bother to buy into (literally) big scale, because they have to spend the money for one model immediately and in one go. I (and I think there are lots of people out there who think similar) rather buy one small scale kit a month, than saving four months to buy a big scale kit for the same money. Please note, that all these figures only serve as an example. The outlay for -say- a Pocher kit is considerable and would have a serious impact on the household budget for most of us. And old-hermit, if you don't have to care about the cost, you are in an enviable position the majority is not able to enjoy.

You know, this is how I want to build my models. Like the real cars were. Not like these circus tractors I see at car shows nowadays.

There are quite a few cars named after seafood, but the question was limited to fish. One car that comes to mind named after seafood is the Hummer.

I used to do a lot of big scale modelling in the past. But let's face it, it demands a hefty premium over 'small' or 'regular' scale modelling. Few big scale modellers ever talk money and this says it all, actually. In addition to the outlay for the model kits themselves, you also need a sizeable infrastructure to build them and displaying them at home requires an appropriately sized real estate. If you want to take them to shows, you need suitable transport containers and means of transport. All this adds up and therefore I find it a natural, that big scales are much rarer out there than smaller models. I gave up on big scale simply for monetary and space reasons. And I admit it. With the rapid decline in living standard, I can simply no longer afford it.

Monteverdi Hai - 'Hai' is German for 'shark'. And yes, the car was deliberately named 'shark'. Leyland Octopus - ok, its a lorry. And I'm not sure whether an octopus is a fish.

...and the Comet is a 60/61

Correctamundo. They were nicknamed 'coffee train'. They were built as a joint venture between Allgaier and Porsche especially to serve on south American coffee plantations.

WOW, not a single reply. Yes, I was also speechless when I found this thread. What a brilliant idea it is. We should start the same.

Hey, where I was today I got free beer!

I actually thought it was named after the islands where their owners launder their drug money. But I stand corrected.

Jaguar (Bertone) Pirana, but that was also a show car. Porsche Cayman

Wicked colour on that Poncho. What is it?

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/338226/page/0/fpart/1/vc/1

A brandy. And a cigar.

Oh no, not pick-ups, please.