Comments (2) 綠魔MG Novitec Torado Aventador LP700-4剛到家，黃色Maisto小牛則是我的第一台1比18收藏，其相對意義更為重大，因為沒它，就不會有之後的那堆500台車模。
個人見解，開玩笑而已，不必太認真，而且這綠魔的確就是藝術品，當然這裡指得是相對下面的那台而言噢，呵呵。
老實說這臺在那些手版大師面前當然失色，然而天外有天，人外有人，今天說的那些手版大師精湛的藝術品改天就會被某些後起之秀比下去，所以說藝術品嗎，通常是相對性的。
剛在Scale18看到有朋友(David) Post出來的，老實說，我見過HPI Z-Tune的實物，但總覺得外型比較臃腫，而且接縫的刻度做得很淺，總體感覺有點不對勁，但是具體在哪裡就是形容不出來。
最近還發現了一個有趣的現象，就是一眾原來做樹脂膠Resin的車模廠(HPI/TSM/Spark)突然全都一窩峰似的走去復刻那些絕版已久的UT/AA/迷你切老貨。最好的例子莫過於這台AA的Z-Tune，因為二手市場價格已經衝上了雲霄與大眾絕緣了，所以HPI看準了這個機會再次復刻了這台很多人夢寐以求的神物，的確為消費者帶來了一個很好的另類選擇。
20多年前在英國讀書的時候就很喜歡倫敦的那種獨特文藝氣息，因為點點滴滴新和舊的事物總能找到大家融合相處的平衡點。
不像現今的中國境內，大家都拼了老命似地把舊的全拆清拆光，盲目拼命地追求那些最新最大最高的事和物。其實一個民族應該適當地保留自己的文化是很重要的，環顧大中華區，現在做的最好的是台灣，然後才是香港。
最近看見FB上一個關於倫敦街拍的專頁，攝影師Luke Gilbertson就是我經常說的那種全憑感覺拍片的類型。說到底，照片傳達的信息最終是用來感動人的，其它什麼器材、技術上如何高超很多時候都是空話。相信一個用傻瓜機拍出來的感人鏡頭往往比一個價值連城的相機但拍出來沒有任何感覺的照片能說明很多東西。
倫敦就是這麼一個奇妙的城市，華麗的新舊超跑在那些歷史悠久的建築物和街道襯托下竟然是如此的融合，那樣的美麗!
今天路過超市的時候，突然被這個震撼的雜誌封面吸引住了。這是本新推出來自新加坡的男士雜誌，老實說裡面關於車的部份著實不多。
沒錯，就是這兩台80年代的經典，一次又一次地震撼了多少同年人的內心。雖然跟波子959並排的多數會是F40，但這次法記的代表換成了更為罕見的288 GTO。
鏡頭停留在激情奔馳的那刻，完全感受到澎湃而又富有動感的畫面，那刻，我想我真的陶醉了。
今天終于收到了這個從英國寄來的AA特別版D-TYPE，加上Moss大爺的親筆簽名，如果你懂得就知道這個是個大寶貝，廢話少說，上圖!
我覺得比擁有Exoto同是#12的還要高興很多倍，因為老爺子曾經真的把玩過此車，呵呵。
這是我去年去過的一間溫哥華車模店，鋪子雖然不大，但設計得很別致，店主也很有人情味，是我最喜歡的其中一間。
Wilkinson’s Automobilia has all things collectible in cars from scale models to various manuals.
Ted Wilkinson holds a miniature car, one of many in his store. Brendan McaLeer/special to the sun
The hobby shop has basically disappeared — it’s hard for the small guy to compete on price with a bulk buyer like Walmart. – Ted Wilkinson, owner of wilkinson auto
At some point, probably while I wasn’t paying attention, adulthood snuck up on me. Suddenly, I’m a taxpayer and a mortgage-holder, and — ulp — somebody’s dad.
Luckily, walking through the doors into Wilkinson’s Automobilia resets the clock; hey presto, I’m 10 years old again!
This year, the tiny little nook of a shop celebrates a quarter-year of operation since the Wilkinson brothers first hung up their shingle. They started out selling automotive books out of a 400-square-foot showroom, barely enough space to swing a catalytic converter.
Seeking to expand their offerings, Doug and Ted got the brain wave of placing scale models on their limited shelf-space, and things just took off from there. The shop grew like a living thing, expanding then expanding again, sending out its tendrils deep into the building.
These days, it’s the sort of Byzantine labyrinth that captures the imagination — a store that wouldn’t be out of place in Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley. The entry room is ablaze with spotlights reflecting off display cases, reams of racing arcana arrayed around glass shelving packed with Ferraris, Maseratis, Porsches.
Wend your way into the back of the place and there’s further treasure to be found: floor-to-ceiling 1/18th-scale die cast Americana, a BMW Z8 big enough that your dog could ride in it, a tiny diorama of a ’70s F1 racer in such detail that each sparkplug wire is individually crafted. Look up, and the upper shelves are crammed right to the rafters with a rainbow of Chilton and Haynes models for every sort of car imaginable (from back when engines weren’t fitted with plastic covers and DIY wasn’t frowned upon by the manufacturers).
Peek around a dark corner, and there are rows of old hot-rodding magazines stretching back for 20 feet or more. Another room holds collections of classic Dinky cars, a series of vintage racing prints, metal drawers full of brochures and owner’s manuals for long-dead brands.
It’s a place unlike any other in B.C., and with few comparables in North America: a hodgepodge mishmash of automotive you-name-it. Of course, that’s just the stuff out front – you ought to see the backroom.
Ted Wilkinson, sole proprietor for some time now, is a pretty interesting guy. What kind of mind takes on a constantly rolling project like this? I ask him about his own personal car history: he’s got a Ducati, and a classic trials motorbike, and a ’60s Lotus Elan undergoing a bolts-up restoration – and a Pontiac Aztec. Kind of explains a lot, actually.
While the store seems busy today, Wilkinson points out that the rise of eBay and Amazon has hurt the small business owner. “The hobby shop has basically disappeared — it’s hard for the small guy to compete on price with a bulk buyer like Walmart.”
He takes me behind the scenes, into a crowded room that’s even more chock-a-block than the front space. There are old Lexus press kits on the wall, a drawer full of DeSoto operator’s manuals, and on the floor a veritable drift of new models and books waits to be catalogued. “We could close the doors for six months (to organize) and still not make a dent in things,” Ted remarks with a laugh.
Here, tucked in around the bulging shelves, is the electronic part of the store, with two staff members photographing and cataloguing the seemingly endless amount of stuff, and getting it out on the Web. Original magazines and brochures find their way to Europe, hard-to-find die-cast models get shipped South; but even as fast as it goes out, the tide keeps coming in.
As we stand chatting, a well-dressed older woman comes to the counter. She’s not looking for something specific; rather, her husband has recently died and left a large collection. Would the store be willing to help?
In the time I am there, two similar phone calls come in. It’s a sad part of the business, but the changing demographics of collectors mean that many of the older items in the store are showing up as part of estate sales, or because an elderly owner needs to downsize as they’re leaving their house for a smaller apartment.
As the demographics change, so, too, does what’s collectible. The classic Dinky and Matchbox cars that might have been part of a ’50s childhood aren’t of the same interest to Generation X or Y, or the so-called Millennials. They might instead collect ’80s supercars, or be interested in the resurgence of the 1/43rd scale style: a shelf here holds such oddities as a 1981 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham and a ’60s Amphicar.
Even as things change, they remain the same. The scale of what’s popular might change, or the decade the cars are from; books might wax and then wane in appeal.
However, the look on the face of somebody walking into this place for the first time on a wet and windy afternoon is always the same: it’s the look of someone discovering that there’s still some magic left in the world.
今天偶然在一個叫Diecast Rumblings的美國肌肉討論區發現了這個近期在Canton Area舉行的肌肉車展。別誤會，這個Canton Area不是廣州，而是在美國的Ohio省，哈哈。
今天找到了幾張由英國專業汽車攝影師Jeremy Cliff所拍的作品。
經典的草綠色Miura竟然把拍過無數超跑的Jeremy都迷倒在裙下，可見其非凡的意國魅力是何等的厲害!
同樣是Lamborghini Miura痴迷的我很幸運地早前有幸也入手了一台絕版的京商草綠色Miura，哈哈。
The Lamborghini Miura, often considered “automotive royalty” by some, is one of my favorite vehicles in existence.
When the text message came through with a photo of this car and the question “do you want to shoot this?” I immediately called and said yes.
Fast forward a few hours later and Matt Magnino and I were standing in front of this beautiful machine.
I’ve shot and been around some incredible cars in the last couple of years, but I think this is one of the only ones that has literally stopped me in my tracks when I walked into the room it was in.
It really is one of the most gorgeous vehicles I have ever seen.
I have been on a light-painting kick lately and with this shoot it was no different.
We immediately set to work and knocked out the images you see here in not much time at all.
This car in particular is a 1968 and has had a complete restoration by Bobileff Motorcar Company out of California.
The exterior was completed with a “Pistachio Verde” green while the interior received LeMans Blue. The color combination on this car couldn’t have been better in my opinion.
The “lime green” as most people will call it goes so well with the deep royal blue on the inside.
I’m extremely happy with how this set turned out, especially for being such a spur of the moment occasion.
If everything goes well I may have another set of this car in a nice outdoor location.
Keep your fingers cross for that one!
Since photographing this car I have come across a red & gold Lamborghini Miura S that I hope to photograph in the very near future as well.
