01-10-2011, 08:16 AM
Hi all,
I'm not sure if you have similar 'problems' but I find it's very hard to come by models of cars that were plenty full in the 70's, 80's and 90's.
It seems the 50's, and the present day are pretty well catered for but try to find an 'average' car from the above time frame is difficult.
I know that most manufacurers seem to follow the prototype, as soon as let's say BMW launches a new model, then the likes of Wiking, Herpa and others are there in a flash releasing it too, but the previous incarnation is then out of production. This makes it hard to set a layout in a transition era like just pre-merger of the SP for example. I guess it's e-bay you've got to search for stuff like that, but the trouble is that you then compete with collectors that are willing to pay more for a model car than I need or want to pay.
There are a few models around, but a lot of them are exotics, or a top of the range version of a certain model. I like to populate my streets with the car that 'joe average' drove, which will enhance the realism. A street scene full of '60's corvettes, hemi's, ferarri's etc just doesn't look right unless you model certain areas of Bell Air or whatever, but I think you know what I mean.
Has anyone found good sources that sell a good selection of HO model cars?
I'm not sure if you have similar 'problems' but I find it's very hard to come by models of cars that were plenty full in the 70's, 80's and 90's.
It seems the 50's, and the present day are pretty well catered for but try to find an 'average' car from the above time frame is difficult.
I know that most manufacurers seem to follow the prototype, as soon as let's say BMW launches a new model, then the likes of Wiking, Herpa and others are there in a flash releasing it too, but the previous incarnation is then out of production. This makes it hard to set a layout in a transition era like just pre-merger of the SP for example. I guess it's e-bay you've got to search for stuff like that, but the trouble is that you then compete with collectors that are willing to pay more for a model car than I need or want to pay.
There are a few models around, but a lot of them are exotics, or a top of the range version of a certain model. I like to populate my streets with the car that 'joe average' drove, which will enhance the realism. A street scene full of '60's corvettes, hemi's, ferarri's etc just doesn't look right unless you model certain areas of Bell Air or whatever, but I think you know what I mean.
Has anyone found good sources that sell a good selection of HO model cars?
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