December 1, 2020
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Gentle reader,
As we all know, this year has been quite stressful to most of us and even deadly to far too many people around the world.
Yet, I can't believe it is December already! I am not ready for Christmas and Thanksgiving was just the two of us.
Here is a link to a previous article we wrote about in this category:
The Robb Collections: We Decided to Get Out ALL of Our Play & Race Diecast Cars. We Have a Lot of Them!
That was about all of the PLAY and RACE diecast cars, trucks and other things we have, a total of 915!
This photo and all the follow with the LARGER cars mixed in with the smaller cars are the way they WERE.
I put all the racing 1:64th cars starting on the left end of the shelf and the stock (non-racing) ones starting on the right.
They are arranged alphabetically by (real) car manufacturer names, Acura, BMW, Chaparral, etc. And by model year of the cars. This pattern continued with the new arrangement.
Most of the Gulf Racing cars were grouped together here. Aside from the Fiat on the end, the REAL 1:64th scale cars are the smaller ones.
I like 1960's/1970's NASCAR, but those are the only two I have collected so far.
We both really like these 1:32nd (nominally) scale cars we find in grocery, drug and other stores. Their detail is excellent and the prices amazing.
More wagons here. The only Dodge Magnum wagon I have is a JADA and it is larger than most of the cars.
The photo above is the LAST of the old setup. Nancy and I each culled ones from the PLAY and RACE cars we wanted for our collections. Which is why I had to do what you are about to see below.
Starting again with racing cars. Acura NSX road racer on bottom left, to Cadillac CTS road racer on top. The dark blue Datsun 240Z, third from left, bottom row has no numbers on it. More on that later.
Seven columns fit fine on the (1x12) twelve inch wide pine boards I used to construct this shelf. I deliberately made this top shelf to house diecast. It even fits 1:18th scale cars.
I made a clear cover out of 1/4" thick Lexan to try and keep the cars dust free and away from grandchildren.
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Thanks again for reading our humble blog!
Scott & Nancy
December 1, 2020
#406
BONUS: Nancy had suggested I make a grid with the information on all 217 cars. I'd like to, but that would be a LOT of work.
However, I WILL list all the cars in each category by brand.
RACE CARS: 1 Alfa Romeo, 1 Acura, 1 AMC, 2 BMW, 2 Cadillac, 1 Chaparral, 5 Chevrolets, 1 Cunningham, 3 Datsun, 3 Dodge, 1 Ferrari, 2 Fiat, 18 Ford (including 3 Shelby), 2 Honda, 3 Jaguar, 1 Land Rover, 1 Megane, 2 Mazda, 1 Mercedes Benz, 1 Oldsmobile, 2 Panoz, 1 Ford (van), 5 Porsche, 2 Riley, 1 Toyota, 1 Triumph, 7 Volkswagen and 3 Volvo.
STREET CARS: 1 Acura, 1 Alfa Romeo (actually it is a Lancia!), 1 ALpine, 1 Aston Martin, 6 Audi, 1 Bentley, 2 BMW, 1 Cadillac, 26 Chevrolet, 1 Chrysler, 2 Datsun, 14 Dodge (one police), 4 Ferrari, 19 Ford (one police), 1 GMC (2nd on the way), 1 Kia, 7 Lotus (Loti?), 1 Mazda, 1 Mercedes Benz, 1 Mini, 1 Oldsmobile, 4 Pontiac, 3 Plymouth, 16 Porsche, 1 Scion, 1 Shelby, 1 Subaru, 1 Suzuki, 2 Tesla, 1 Toyota, 18 Volkswagen and 1 Volvo.
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