1/25 scale miniatures made with metal.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Found this guy while looking for a FNM Truck to give a friend for Christmas. 

He does make some interesting and well made models, using metal. 

The web page is a little confuse to navigate, but the models ate top notch. 

http://www.oficinaaberta.com.br/catalogo/catalogo_todos.asp

The Peterbilt from the movie "Duel", all in metal:

https://www.oficinaaberta.com.br/index_en.htm

Edited December 7, 2018 by Lovefordgalaxie

[cobraman]

Nice stuff to see. The Dual truck is very nice ! 

[Anglia105E]

What an interesting website that is Tulio, and the guy has made some marvellous scale models in metal. I really enjoyed reading the ' How it is done ' section.... which talks about tyres being made from the soles of slippers!

David

[unclescott58]

Interesting. But, nothing there that overly excites me. 

[Oldcarfan27]

They look good!

Reminds me of when I was a kid, I always liked stamped steel vehicles as opposed to diecast or slush cast models. They were fun to bash up and play demolition derby with.

I know, that's sad. But I promise, I don't do it anymore!

Anyway - about these models. If he's making these by hand and selling them, they've got to be EXPENSIVE!! They are nice though.

[misterNNL]

Nice looking trucks with great proportions and glossy paint. The road grader must be a lot of work to produce.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

On 12/7/2018 at 8:42 PM, Anglia105E said:

What an interesting website that is Tulio, and the guy has made some marvellous scale models in metal. I really enjoyed reading the ' How it is done ' section.... which talks about tyres being made from the soles of slippers!

David

Cool isn't it? he did the tires from flip flops when he started, now, he makes them with flexible black resin. I'm not into modeling trucks, but was real impressed by the work he does. The FNM trucks he makes are very realistic. 

On 12/7/2018 at 8:22 PM, cobraman said:

Nice stuff to see. The Dual truck is very nice ! 

Yes, nicely done. I wish I could make stuff out of metal like he does. 

On 12/8/2018 at 12:08 AM, unclescott58 said:

Interesting. But, nothing there that overly excites me. 

Not into modeling trucks, but the quality of the work is cool. 

On 12/8/2018 at 1:12 AM, Oldcarfan27 said:

They look good!

Reminds me of when I was a kid, I always liked stamped steel vehicles as opposed to diecast or slush cast models. They were fun to bash up and play demolition derby with.

I know, that's sad. But I promise, I don't do it anymore!

Anyway - about these models. If he's making these by hand and selling them, they've got to be EXPENSIVE!! They are nice though.

LOL!!! When I was a kid, I got a stamped steel bus, and I got grounded for making multiple holes on it with a .22 I had won for Christmas. My mother hided the gun so well, I still don't know where it is...

The English language translation is not that good, but the guy has a assembly line going on, and the models are not that expensive. 

16 hours ago, misterNNL said:

Nice looking trucks with great proportions and glossy paint. The road grader must be a lot of work to produce.

Agreed!!

[misterNNL]

This kind of craftsmanship is uncommon today so these could potentially become very collectable. Ask yourself when was the last time you saw something that well made that wasn't diecast from China.

Edited December 11, 2018 by misterNNL
My Kindle incorrectly corrected my spelling.

[Oldcarfan27]

I agree, a small business like this may not be around forever, and then, handmade models like this become unobtainium!