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Biggie
#1 Posted : 14 May 2014 05:18:51

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Hello fellow modelers & collectors !

My name is Rok aka Biggie. Been building plastic model kits of airplanes and military vehicles (mostly tanks) in the past. A few years of modelling pause has followed. Many of you know how it works with the hobby going ON and OFF, huh.

So when model making was in OFF mode I became very passionate about collecting diecast model cars mainly in scale 1:18 and 1:24 of brands Mercedes-Benz, Maybach, Smart and UNIMOG. More than 3500 models and toys from around the world are currently part of Mercedes collection, not counting other brands (like Pagani, Lamborghini etc.) of model cars.
Back to story: So from a few hundred non assembled model kits of airplanes (majority of them in 1:72 & russian aviation) and other military related stuff (1/35) i slowly started to collect even Mercedes-Benz plastic model kits ( I said to myself many times I will not collect plastic Benzes) no matter the scale but then again most are in 1:24.

So here I am & hopefully will start on a plastic project soon. I have done some custom diecast model cars in the meantime (much harder to work on ZAMAK / diecast cars especially when converting from coupe to cabriolet for example - Dremel tool suffers a lot :lol: ).

Other hobbies would be; model railways (HO + N + G/Maxi scale), radio controlled cars, jeeps, trucks, busses, tanks, ships, planes, helicopters, hovercrafts and must mention also one submarine. No rockets at the moment :P ooow and stamp collecting from time to time (only TRAIN stamps will do the magic).

Also very active member in 1:1 automotive world scene (president of Mercedes-Benz club Slovenia :wub: ) and leading & developing online info portal and forum Mercedes-Benz Slovenija ( I love IT and SEO).

At the moment I am collecting DeAgostinis Legendary cars series (Legendarni avtomobili in Slovenian), will post some pictures of the collection soon. Do I need to mention my happines when they issue a magazine with Mercedes-Benz model - it brings a huge smile on my face!

If you have any questions just ask,

Sending you all warm regards from Slovenia.

Take care & happy modelling!

Rok
arpurchase
#2 Posted : 14 May 2014 07:14:01

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BigGrin Hi Rok
A big warm welcome to the forum, your car collection sound's interesting and large, how about posting some pictures
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Tomick
#3 Posted : 14 May 2014 08:25:30

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Welcome to ModelSpace Biggie and hope you enjoy your stay with us Cool
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#4 Posted : 14 May 2014 09:00:47

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warm welcome biggie,I missed that one(cat collection) meow, like to see the car collection though,interesting model there. Cool
Current builds: SotS, USS Consitution, San Felipe, D51 loco, HMS Surprise, RB7, Arab Dhow, Jotika HMS Victory
Completed builds: HMS Pickel, Thermopylae, Mississipi river boat, Mary Rose, Cutty Sark, San Francisco II, HMS Victory x5, Titanic Lifeboat, Panart HMS Victory Launch, Hachette Titanic, Virginia Schooner, Endeavour Longboat.

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#5 Posted : 14 May 2014 09:53:03

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Biggie
#6 Posted : 14 May 2014 13:47:58

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Smile
Firstly, thank you guys for warm welcome!

arpurchase wrote:
BigGrin car collection sound interesting and large, how about posting some picturesCool

Will do that soon, must make some new photo material (also for the website) first. Photos were not added for the past 4 years, time flies omg!


Tomick wrote:
hope you enjoy your stay with us Cool

Looking good BigGrin


karl1113 wrote:
I missed that one(cat collection) meow, like to see the car collection though,interesting model there. Cool
Here kitty, kitty Cool I will post some interesting photos - will do my best.


stevie_o wrote:
looking forward to seeing your next projectBigGrin
Oooo believe me, me too. But it is still a mystery (even to me LOL ) what the next one will be.

Btw, are here any diecast collectors (DC) that you would recommend contacting them ? If you are a DC please do not hesitate to contact me in this post or PM, thank you!
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#7 Posted : 14 May 2014 17:52:39

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Welcome to the forum
Biggie
#8 Posted : 14 May 2014 20:49:43

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Thank you davetwin Cool
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