Hitman's Pontiac Trans Am Forum
General => Hobbies and Interests => Topic started by: RainMan on April 06, 2012, 03:00:31 PM
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I have this sudden interest in 1/18th scale die cast .
Have a 69,73,77 and a few turbos recently .
Heres my question though , I was debating to cut a huge hole in my living room wall and build a display shelf for my collection .
Maybe 3 feet high by 8 feet wide . The most I can embed the display is 3.5 inches and I was going to have it protrude a few inches out the wall as I want to keep it deep so I may be able to turn the models a bit instead of just looking at there profiles .
Going to use ash wood stained black around perimeter and have approx 3 shelves deep . Want to put mirror on the back and LEDs on a dimmer switch to highlight the models .
Now do you think having something like this on the side of a living room wall above a love seat would look tacky? Maybe better for an office ?
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i54/GMC_Guy/diecast1.jpg)
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i54/GMC_Guy/diecast2-1.jpg)
Living room now
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i54/GMC_Guy/livingroombefore.jpg)
photoshop of possible display
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i54/GMC_Guy/livingroomwithdisplaycase.jpg)
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I like the idea...you may be right about it being more suitable for the office though (but your house, your call ;) )
I like the turbo die-casts btw
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Doesn't look like you use the fron door much. I had a display like that til my first son was born and had to put them away, not ready to share my diecast cars. ;)
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Doesn't look like you use the fron door much. I had a display like that til my first son was born and had to put them away, not ready to share my diecast cars. ;)
Yes I blocked the front door with the subwoofer . I recently turned my living room around 180 degrees after upgrading from a 58 inch plasma to a 65 inch plasma . Had no choice to keep it centered .
I wish I had a bigger office as I would put them there .I actually like the 3 on the stereo stand now ,but not having them all over the place .
I suspect I'm going to kibosh this idea though
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Looks like a great batch pad, all it takes is a girl to start un-doing it.
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Looks like a great batch pad, all it takes is a girl to start un-doing it.
Lmao!
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Have you seen a marty yet, they came out with a gold 77, all wrong, wrong decals, w/ a black interior, but it's as close as it's going to t to mine.
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Have you seen a marty yet, they came out with a gold 77, all wrong, wrong decals, w/ a black interior, but it's as close as it's going to t to mine.
A Marty in 1/18th I wish . Got any leads?
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There is 3 swap meets soon, those diecast guy's are always there, but I don't recall seeing a marty one, I have a hot wheels close to a marty, but it has some kind of flames on.
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I think you need a bigger TV.
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Is it a small room or a big tv?
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Is it a small room or a big tv?
My house is only 975 sq ft, and the flat screen is a 65". I sit 16.5 feet from the flat screen so I had to go fairly big .
I ran a separate circuit to run the home theatre system all by itself .20 amp breaker with 12 gauge wire .
I have a network drive in the basement that I stream wave files to the receiver with .
Running a gateway for programs (a kind of pvr) which has a 500 gig on board hd and a one terabyte external connected to it also . Hd programming eats allot of hd space
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At 8' wide I'd worry about cutting into about 6 load bearing studs.
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Is that a partition wall or an exterior wall?
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Is that a partition wall or an exterior wall?
partition
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Ok, just the way the door is it looks like it would be a outside wall.
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You could build a self trimming cabinet that slips rite in to an opening, I just did something like that in my bath.
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You could build a self trimming cabinet that slips rite in to an opening, I just did something like that in my bath.
Ya I thought about that too. Thinking about not cutting studs but making the display divide at those points . May be kind of tacky ,not sure if I'm going to go threw with it . Thought it would look kinda cool though if your into that sorta thing
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LOVE the concept I just don't think the location is practical or pleasing to the eye. Do some more photo shopping. Maybe 2 smaller separate display cases kinda like Sconces at each end or another wall?? I used to do custom aquariums and know alot about placement and fitting in displays in small spaces. Another Idea would be to back it up to a Wall and make it flush and only accessible from the Back. Possibly a Hall or Closet. Just a thought?
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At least in the states, built in cabinets are bad for resale so if you ever sell plan on covering it back up. I had one in my house and I covered most of it and use two shelves for home theatre stuff.
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Thanks for the input guys . I don't think it will help resale that's for sure and the placement isn't exactly where I wanted it but there are not allot of choices ,well to countersunk into the wall anyways . A custom cabinet flush mounted would provide more options for sure , plus could easily be removed if that day ever came
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Ok maybe its go back to plan A ,make the biggest bird I can cut and engrave on plexi with the laser ,which is 600mm by 900mm ,aprox 23.5" by 35.5 "
thought it might be cool framing it and staining the frame black and hiding the led strip in the frame . This was shopped rather quickly and shoud look far better than this ,but gives you an idea
I have the other side of the wall open so I can plumb the wires
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i54/GMC_Guy/birdframed4.jpg)
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One thing to remember, our houses arn't worth sh*t, so who cares.
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One thing to remember, our houses arn't worth sh*t, so who cares.
yes thats very true
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I have a better idea yet in my head now lol . The perimeter of the plexi looks very sharp when it's lit , so I think I will only have a frame on the bottom where the led strip will be located and then have the rest exposed .
I am going to buy some plexi rod and cut it and use the pieces for standoffs to mount the plexi sheet to the wall.
I think this is going to rock!
Btw I am using a 3 color strip with a controller that turns all different colors in the spectrum .kinda neat to watch
Heres a shop of what it may be like .I'm not going to have TransAm on it though ,just the bird I think
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i54/GMC_Guy/plexiwithbottomframe1.jpg)
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Nice collection. What does the yellow vette look like. I might have the same one.
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Nice collection. What does the yellow vette look like. I might have the same one.
The vetts a little disappointing as it is kind of a dull yellow. . Canary yellow would have been better . I recently got the 2 turbos and just prior to that a ford gt .I now have a Ferrari Enzo on it's way from Taiwan .
Will post a pic tomorrow
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Nice work Burd! I love it as it looks so much cleaner than just flush mounting a Medicine cabinet
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Nice collection. What does the yellow vette look like. I might have the same one.
The vett actually looks better on camera than in person as its a sort of mustard yeallow . I like the Ford GT yellow far better .The vetts made by Burrago
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i54/GMC_Guy/diecastfront.jpg)
(http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i54/GMC_Guy/diecastrear.jpg)
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Very cool though. I have a yellow vette also. It is a ZO6 Millennium Yellow.
(http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv360/justinh4578/cd23d99e.jpg)
Hey Burd,
Maybe you can take this one to "The Hot Spot". It already has Michigan plates.
(http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv360/justinh4578/8c621c77.jpg)
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Same color and everything . So that was a factory color, I didn't know that
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Michigan plates?
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Check this out . After a little searching I was blown away when I found this model . I never would have believed they made one , now if I could just find the other one around that era
http://www.legacydiecast.com/xq/asp/id.TSM121806R/qx/review.htm
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Check this out . After a little searching I was blown away when I found this model . I never would have believed they made one , now if I could just find the other one around that era
http://www.legacydiecast.com/xq/asp/id.TSM121806R/qx/review.htm
Man, they must really love their models... $155 for a yellow 77 T/A... I don't like models that much...
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I got a bandit t/a signed by Burt himself 8)
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I got a bandit t/a signed by Burt himself 8)
That would be very cool . I would like to have my visor in the Marty signed by Burt
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I got a bandit t/a signed by Burt himself 8)
(http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv360/justinh4578/BertPortrait.jpg)
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Here she is.
(http://www.78ta.com/gallery2/main.php/d/33460-1/mms_picture.jpg)
(http://www.78ta.com/gallery2/main.php/d/33464-1/mms_picture_jpg257.jpg)
(http://www.78ta.com/gallery2/main.php/d/33467-1/mms_picture_jpg258.jpg)
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Very cool
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haha saw this last night and went on ebay and bought a 99 ram air hahaha, what a fun hobby(next to the real thing) 8)
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Banditalex that's just too sweet.
How did you end up with a signed one , eBay? Was it expensive ?
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I have a small collection of 1/18 th scale diecast cars.... about 50. Buying these things can become very addicting. Hey RainMan, the cars look good on the stereo and speaker, but someday one of those will "take a walk" off the edge and make a loud thud..... I know, I've been there. Just a friendly warning.
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^^
Yes they have taken a dive off the sub already . No damage yet , but yes I am looking to build a lighted up case