I have a ton of kits but I very rarely finish one...I usually screw up the paint job LOL. Right now I'm working on a couple of Woody wagons from the 1940s, as well as a project that would turn a '64 Ford Thunderbolt into a regular Fairlane 500.

Do you mean the WIKING-collection? As Antoine wrote, they are all 1:87. There were some 1:40 WIKING in the laste 60ies, but they had been always to expensive for me. I had my own rule while collecting WIKING, not to pay more than 20 D-Mark (10 €) per each. It was in the times, I only got pocket money.
So it's not a real valuable collection. The 80ies-WIKING-models are still quite cheap, because before 1978 there production-amount was smaller, so even in the mid-80ies the prices for mid-70ies-cars were high.

In the early 70ies WIKING had stopped to make 1:40-models. Just some years they started again with it. The tools of the 1:40-models were sold to the company CURSOR, who made them. So the CURSOR-models are really good and detailed.
The 1:40 CURSOR-toys were avaialable at VW-dealers, packed in original VW-boxes. The 1:40 K 70 was developed by WIKING, but only produced by CURSOR.


The tools of all these CURSOR-models are still existing. Some years ago I talked with the owner of them. So if you want, you can order a re-production. The VW T2-Bus-Club does is since a couple of years. Every year they let produce special coloured versions.


The only 1:43-models, I own, you can see in the box with my childhood-toys.

Sorry, but the Golf I Cabriolet is a WIKING.

The Red Cross-VW T3-Bus is no WIKING either. It's a Herpa or a Brekina?


I had only a very few Herpa between my 1:87-collection, and I've sold or swapped them, because I want to reduce it only on WIKING. I think, that last WIKING I've bought, was the VW Vento (in 1993?). Since that years the cars are hanging untouched in the boxes.

Well, i have a few 1/18 scale models to. i realy love them. the cars i have, are not only the one i like, but also special models.

my list.

Bugatti Veyron 16/4 Blue/Black
Bugatti Veyron 16/4 Red/Black
Ford Shelby GT
Ford Mustang Sleby GT500 2007
Aston Martin DB9 And Volante
2x Aston Martin Vanquish (Silver and Black)
Alfa Romeo 8C Competione (Black)
Dodge Ram 1500 Quad-Cab
Dodge Viper RT/10
Ferrari Enzo
2x Ferrari 288 GTO
2x 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
2x Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato
Ferrari 360 Modena
Ferrari Testarossa
Delorean DMC-12
Porsche Carrera GT
Porsche Cayenne Turbo

Movie Cars
1969 Dodge Charger R/T 'General Lee'
1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 'Smokey and The Bandit'
Ford Mustang Sleby GT500E 'Eleonor'
Batmobile 1989
Batmobile Tumbler
2006 Aston Martin DBS 'Casino Royalle'
Chevrolet Corvette C4 'A View To A Kill'
Aston Martin DB5 'Goldfinger'
Delorean DMC-12 'Back To The Future III'

And Many more. a Total of 395 cars.

395 cars = "a few"? At 1/18th that must take a lot of space...

I used to collect 1:18 scale models but ran out of space. I have the folowing ones:

Porsche 356 Cabriolet
NSU Prinz
MB S-Klasse W220
Jaguar XK8 Convertible
Alpine A110
Auto Union 1000
Jaguar Mk II
Citroen DS
VW Beetle 'Coccinelle'
VW Kleinbuss
Fiat 500

Also I have kept all my toy cars from my childhood. I have about 350 toy cars of different scales (under my bed!).

yes, indeed. i'v got them in my room, next to my bed, and under my tv. i can't explain it in english, how i'v put them there. but i know that i have to many. but i want to place them in a special room, with my future car. because i'm looking for a 1977 Trans am. and in my garage there is enough space, voor all of them. its pretty cool, when im finisht with it.

I guess everyone knows I collect 1/64th-ish scale cars (estimated over 40,000 in my collection) ..But I do have some, maybe a couple of thousand larger scale cars (I try to avoid them as I don't have much room!) Still they're hard to resist, especially if seen at a good price!
Here's one I guess TonkaTracker has in his collection:-


I have listed this as a 1989 Geo Tracker (made by Tootsietoy)
Next is something for Neptune:-

Made by Buddy-L in 1999.

Ihave a GMC Jimmy, 1999 Ford Crown Victoria (P71),GMC Yukon Denali,BMW M5, Elgin Pelican,Wayne Sweeper.

i only like to collect 1:24 and 1:18 scale models

Well I will be glad to take that Geo Tracker off of your hands (since you don't have much room ) The only tootsie toy Tracker I have is purple (it is the only one that I had ever seen for sale) The sad thing is the reason my name is tonka tracker is because my tracker was yellow, but I had no idea tootsietoy made a yellow one

I have about 500 cars in 1:60, 1:87, 1:76, 1:24, 1:32, 1:43... you name it. My first model cars were a JCB Excavator from matchbox king series and a 1:43 Volkswagen Samba T1 from Solido, bought at Hamley's in 1994. My favourite model cars makers are Days Gone, Brekina, Hotwheels, Matchbox and Majorette.

Stronghold, may I ask how is it possible that you have 40,000 cars in your collection?? That's crazy, I mean that's like you have spent more than 140000 £ on model cars, supposing a car costs 3,50 £. :wow:

Sorry Tonkatracker, I'd like to hang onto the Only one i've ever seen around, also! (I like to have as many Unusual makes in my collection and I doubt i'd come across another if I let this one go)

Lateef, I've been collecting from childhood (started around 1968 ...Over 40 years ago!) I still have many from that era and have managed to keep my collecting going strong over the years (Not drinking or smoking kept me away from pubs & clubs ..so a big load of money has been spent on cars!)
Also i'm Not worried about collecting only 'Mint cars in Mint boxes' and never taking them out of their packaging, as some collectors do (..well are they collectors? or just Investors in future sales??, That's Not my thing!)
I don't mind having reasonably good condition secondhand/used/loose cars in my collection also.
Another thing, I don't collect any specific make or model, so virtually anything goes.!

I can't say that I blame you

but if you ever do come across another one

i'll send a picture of my Elgin Pelican this week .i also make paper model cars,so i'll send pics of those too.my newest paper model is a Clark C500 Y40 Forklift

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Some photos of my collection (this just scratches the surface) and yes most of mine are broken (second image shows an unhealthy insight into my musical taste.

Me...

I have a few Corgi Original Omnibus Company buses, my favourite being a Stagecoach East Kent MCW Metrobus Mark II.

I've recently purchased these Ferrero Kinder surprise veteran race cars on E-bay.
I knew the silver car was a Land speed record car (Jenatzy 1899 electric car) & have seen the other two before, but don't know what they are?
Any help please



this pic is from the actual E-bay auction I won, below is a pic from a website which sells Kinder cars-