scale model wrecks

[The Yeti]

http://motoring.ninemsn.com.au/showr...model-miracles

[Geez Louise]

Ok for those who don't want to click on the link, here is a run down of the story. Pictures are viewable on the link.

Originally Posted by Motoring Ninemsn

An Australian hobbyist is taking the car modeling world by storm with his incredibly detailed die-cast ‘wrecks.’

After more than a decade in car sales, Scott Fuller changed career path and headed into the mining industry, but he needed an outlet for the petrol still flowing through his veins.

Inspired by an aging model of a Holden Monaro that used to sit on his office desk, Fuller decided to take a new model and see if he could replicate the real-world look of a classic car that’s seen better days.

The results are simple amazing, with rust, dents, grimy trim and oily engines added with convincing realism.

They’re so good, even a lucrative mining job may go by the wayside as this ‘side business’, Custom Wrecks, grows.

Cheers
Col

[Mighty Reds]

I saw this on Jalopnik, pretty impressive.

[2011G6E]

Some of those look more "real" than the shiny replica models you see in the display cases at a hobby shop.

I especially like the way they remembered the circular marks on the door trim where the window winder has been wound back and forwards for decades. Lots of old cars used to...and still probably do...have that damage.

The Kingswood ute stood out as a particularly good one...very realistic and exactly what you see from a well-used example.

[poppa smurf]

very impressive......clever man.

[aussie muscle]

Originally Posted by Mighty Reds

I saw this on Jalopnik, pretty impressive.

me too

here's a couple of my wrecks (i don't use diecasts, but plastic kits)
Falling Skies GTO


Mad Max Interceptor crash


Original Eleanor


Greasy Lightning from Grease

[DJM83]

That's awesome, love the rust on them.

[Chopped]

All of the pics from the link >

[2011G6E]

...and, just like a properly battered traditional Kingy farm ute, that thing looks like it could use a serious wheel alignment...

[Auslandau]

..... and there isn't enough rust in the Wild Plum Coupe!

[Rockape]

Wow love the work that went into them.

[The FOMOCO]

A great find Yeti makes me want to buy that old HO and fix it up LOL they look real cool

[Jallopy]

Arrhhhh.... I would love to get a couple of those wrecks and restore them back to their former glory... all concourse again.