AirDave's Kool Wheelz Collection

[THE DC]

I did, sorry. Tired when I wrote the post and was sloppy.

I thought the movie version of the old Class F shuttle was pretty kool [ ;-) ] and there were some really good views of it in the movie (almost as many as in the entire TOS of the original shuttle!).

What do you think?

[spaceagent-9]

just to clarify, the metallic gradient on the jup 2

[niedance]

Hello all,

the minions car is definitively an Autobianchi Bianchina Cabriolet. Just check it out on Google. Its a Fiat 500 mechanic with a very cute Outfit.

Greetings Michael

[airdave]

Originally Posted by niedance

Hello all,
the minions car is definitively an Autobianchi Bianchina Cabriolet. Just check it out on Google. Its a Fiat 500 mechanic with a very cute Outfit.
Greetings Michael

yes...100% agree with that.
The Autobianchi must definitely be the inspiration.

Look...this one even has minions in it!



...
So, this is Lucy's Car.
She was originally a Secret Agent, before she hooks up with Gru.
An Italian car makes more sense now.
Unfortunately this car also flies and is a submarine.
So that makes it more difficult as a paper model.
(I won't be making the different versions!)
But I like the base car...and I like Minions...so it definitely gets a slot on the To-Do list!

[JohnM]

Yep! Reckon you're right there Niedance. And from Dave's picture ... I was surprised to see that it does actually have a back seat.



I think I'll stick with the Triumph though. The one I'm considering is a bit of a hybrid. It's a Vitesse remodeled into an estate and has a 2.5 lt six shoe horned into it to give a bit more zoom, zoom, zoom.

I'd still love a Koolwheelz Bianchina to go with my minion collection though. OH, and my Minions are made of paper Dave, not Pla**ic.

[spaceagent-9]

I love those mini cars. wish I had one now. my first car in high school was a safety cone orange swiss cart. I actually carried the engine to the service station to have the valves grinded. it was pretty small and mostly tin and wood, but now I would give... to have it. 70 mpg, I think I got it up to 55 mph once.
anyway here is a pic of the J2 so far, the dome is a blue marble.

[spaceagent-9]

halfs done.

[spaceagent-9]

well here is todays work

[spaceagent-9]

well gotter done. took some liberties with it, just to see. next one I will probably just leave it the way it is.
I like this model, it has the Kool Wheelz feel to it, it was fun.

[airdave]

very good!

I like the way you cut out the Landing Legs/Stairs.