Reader's Scale Fords

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Reader’s Rides in Miniature

This thread is for board members to post pictures and comments of and about their scale model Euro-Fords.
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I had vowed not to get into scale car collecting, but when I visited eminent scale Ford collector Dave Turner in England in 2001, he gave me a Vanguards Mk III Zephyr 4. I joked about it at the time, but it looked lonely on the shelf by itself, and then I discovered Minichamps! However ever since I was kid I was fascinated by dioramas, and this year my kids� interest in setting up a Christmas Village, merged with my pent up desire to put my scale Fords in front of an interesting background and here we are!

Just last week I actually bought a �O� scale model railroad enthusiast magazine, to see what might be possible. Next year�s Christmas Village might be a bit bigger.

Last night I was checking 1:43 scale Fords on e-bay Germany (50 pages) and Holland (80 pages!). Fascinating stuff, but I couldn�t stay up late enough to look at them all.

Here is a link to many more pictures of my 1:43 scale Ford collection: http://forum.love-fords.org/showthread.php?t=782

Cheers,

Michael

UPdate August 2017 -- I see that my Photobucket account has truly ended (I haven't paid them in years. I don't recall what all photos I first posted in this thread, but here are some early ones:

ImageAlter Ego with Ford Taunus by Michael, on Flickr

ImageEvening mail by Michael, on Flickr

ImageOSI 20M by Minichamps by Michael, on Flickr

ImageHoliday Village 2010 by Michael, on Flickr

ImageHoliday Village 2010 by Michael, on Flickr

ImageHoliday Village 2010 by Michael, on Flickr

ImageHoliday Village 2010 by Michael, on Flickr

ImageHoliday Village 2010 by Michael, on Flickr

ImageHoliday Village 2010 by Michael, on Flickr

ImageFord Capris by Minichamps by Michael, on Flickr

Image1:43 Scale Ford Dealership, circa 1963 by Michael, on Flickr

ImageMk I Capri by Caramara by Michael, on Flickr

ImageFord Capris by Minichamps by Michael, on Flickr
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Here's a few of mine..... I think I have around 70-80. Mostly Cortinas.

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Some nice ones there.

Who made that Mk III Cortina? Are those Vangaurd Granadas or from somewhere else?

Thanks for posting these.

Michael
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The Granadas and the Cortina are Vanguards. They make great models and a nice price. I'll take some more pics and post them when I have a chance...

Th first pic is a dinky and a politoy mk 1. Both mint originals.
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Here's a few in the shop!
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That old VW wheel aint gonna fit!

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Try as he might, that mechanic is gonna have a devil of a job fitting that big ole Town and Country Tyre to any of those vehicles! Nice models. Thanks for posting
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Great pics... I'll have to get some more of mine...
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Once again....very cool!

-James
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Imagine these pulling up outside your neighborhood Ford dealer...
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Something new

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Excellent!
I need to get snapping again. Alas all my toys are in storage. But after we move I'll get some new pics.
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Dagenham Alley

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