RayGT3

I'm starting a small collection of Porsche die cast cars. Could someone recommend a low cost supplier for Minichamps, Autoart and Kyosho or any other high end manu. of P die casts? I gather best Exoto source is Ebay. Just collecting race versions and dedicated race cars.
If you might have any extra's in your collection and would consider moving them let me know I might be interested depending on model, price, etc.
Tnx

RJT

If you were starting up your own model car business, I could turn you on to the Wholesalers I used to deal with. I turned my hobby of building and collecting Porsche scale models (since I was about 7 years old), into a business a few years ago and then turned the business back into a hobby when I got tired of working. Last time I counted the collection, there were just over 2100 Porsches in all sizes from 1/164th scale to 1/5th scale. I've sorta run out of room, but we're looking for a bigger house!
Here are some retailer's websites you can check out.....just do "search" for Porsche on these and you'll find about everything that's available now. Some of the older and rarer models are found at the Porsche Memorabilia meet in February in L.A.

www.ewacars.com
www.exoticar.com
www.replicarz.com
www.autofanatics.com
www.diecastmodelcars.com
www.legacydiecast.com
www.diecaststation.com

Robert

gordo993

I have a collection of 225 1/18 scale diecast cars (74 are Porsches) and I have bought 90% from a store here in St. Louis called Designs in Motion - www.designsinm.com - and they are very competitive on pricing and shipping. Greg is the owner - check them out!! No affiliation yada yada yada... but Greg is a Porsche owner as well ('79 930).

dmw44

I have a collection of over 300 Porsches 1/64th to 1/12th, all years and models, including many 1/43rds of LeMans cars, Pirelli Supercups, historical race cars, etc. They are from diferent manufacturers. I found all of them (and cases) on e-Bay at what I think are good prices.

Marc Shaw

Anyone have suggestions where I could find some nice display cases for some 1/43 and 1/18 scale cars?

Thanks.......Marc

RayGT3

Marc,
I bought a cradensa (sp?) and enclosed it by adding glass doors and wooden shelves to the inside and ended up with a high quality display case and even drawers, lower section, for storage. Holds about 40 1:18 scale cars. Also included cold cathode lighting, this type lighting makes the cars look great. Use your imagination when shopping for a perspective case, lots can be done to retrofit an existing cabinet.

Ray

Marc Shaw

Thanks Ray but I was thinking more along the lines of single car display cases as I have a decent sized collection in my workshop/garage and I'm getting tired of dusting them.

I was thinking of something like below.

Marc

RJT

Marc, I think some of the retailers I listed above will have them. Just do a search on their websites for display cases.

R

dmw44

I bought mine on e-Bay in bulk--look under "display cases".