To 1:43 or not 1:43. The question is...am I Crazy?

u just can't be stopped....u already got a sick ass collection, i say screw the scale and keep'm coming!

 

Nah...you're not crazy at all. I've got a large collection of 1:18s as well, but once upon a time I up and bought 6 or 7 333SPs in 1:43 off eBay and from fellow FChatters. I now have those, plus a couple other 1:43s that I've added here and there. The wife might think I'm nuts, but you and I know...

 

You are not alone ... I had mostly 1:18 in my collection but then started buying 1:43 in earnest since December.

I am now going to collect the best looking diecast in my budget for a given car model. Size be damned

I have a couple of the IXO Ferraris, and I agree they are gorgeous but there are some other good brands as well in the $20-$50 range. Guys like GTE, Mule and others gave me some good advice on each brand what they are good for ... see here: http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84989

 

IXO has done some really nice models, for even nicer prices! I love their 512S Codalunga, which I got from Ebay for about 15 bucks. The handbuilt Tecnomodel goes for $ 225,- retail.

Their F40 is a bit below par, but in 1:43 F40´s nothing can compare to the Make Up Co cars. I have a yellow "competizione" on the way. Same goes for the 288 GTO.

I know I should´t really be comparing IXO to Make Up Co, since Make Up costs about 10 times as much, so don´t really pay attention to what I am saying

 

MUST RESIST THE URGE. MUST RESIST THE URGE. MUST RESIST...

Actually I broke down a while ago and in addition to 1/18 I started collecting 1/32: Slot cars

So who am I to tell you that you can't collect a different scale?

 

It is really a good question and one I ask myself once in a while: For me at over 100 cars in 1/18 collected it is too late to just abandon ship. OTOH I'm running out of space and there are many Ferraris in 1/43 simply not available in 1/18.

So to somebody just starting out I'd say go with 1/43. You have similar (often even better) amount of details, requires less shelf space and there is more variety.

And to those not familiar with 1/32: Check out e.g. ebay for them. You'll be surprised at the level of detail modern slot cars have. And you can actually drive them!

 

We´ve discussed 1:43 vs 1:18 earlier. Of course it is all a matter of tastes. Both scales have their advantages and disadvantages. Allthough I am a solid member of the 1:43-camp, I believe I will not resist buying the upcoming Thomson and Carrefour Daytona LM´s from Kyosho, both 1:18.

Andreas>
Sometime ago I saw a 1:32 slotcar of the 512 Codalunga and Daytona LM (both from FLY) and I was indeed very impressed! There´s this nice box with two Scuderia Filipinetti Codalunga´s or two Thomson Daytona´s. Perhaps I will get me some of that as well, even though I don´t own a slotcartrack and don´t plan on buying one.

 

Recently I bought the Carrera 1/32 Daytona LM and it is gorgeously looking. However mechanically a total disaster. Transmission collapsed after a few laps and when I opened the body I saw the horrible job they did. Very un Carrera like.

I have a slot track at home complete with scenery etc. I rarely drive on it, but I do enjoy every time I walk by there just looking at it. I'm such a goof.

PS: Take a close look at the Scalextric 1/32 Sharknose slotcar. Just a stunning model. Regardless of being a slot car or not. Comes in a beautiful collector's box.

 

Does the John Paul Boxer also come with a miniature stash?

 

Hi, I am new here. Thanks for showing us the pictures. Those 1:43 Ferrari's are spectacular! I am starting to collect too, but I have never seen the details on the 1:43 scale like these . I am sold on it now! Thanks,
SiVan

 

i used to be an almost exclusive buyer of 1:18 model cars. then one day i got a free 1/43 car from exoto as part of a catalog subscription. at first, i didn't do anything about it, as i loved 1:18. then one day i took a long look at the model and decided i sort of liked the size--bought a few more and got hooked. so hooked, in fact, that now i almost never buy 1:18 cars, sticking almost exclusively to 1:43. the handbuilts are especially nice and especially expensive. 1:43s are easier to store too.

john

 

At the Galleria in Maranello there is the entire (?) Ferrari F1 car collection in 1/43. Very impressive.

 

i really got hooked into 1/43 too. i have collected a lot of 1/18 for years( autoart mostly), and then one day i saw those beautiful 1/43 BBR models at a shop in Beverly hills and i just had to start collecting 1/43.
now i only collect 1/43 because there are so many different ones to get, and doesn't take up big spaces. it's very pricey compare to 1/18s but to me it's worth it.

 

oh, and my favorite 1/43 shop is Miniwerks.com, they are the best!!

 

a picture of my last year trip to the Galleria.
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!!!!!!!!
that is amazing!!!!
i hope my house will be like that someday.

 

I have a small collection of over 300 1/43 Models ok many of them are kits and still have to be built but i am getting around 3 - 4 every month, 6-10 kits a month so collection is increasing.

 

I've seen collection of over 5.000 models and that's a big collection, mine is small

 

IXO has released a 1/43 ferrari F1 collection with one car from each year in really nice packaging with a booklet for each if anyone wants to do their own version of the display... i think it's going to be about 1 car every month.