Laurent's Collection

The 1/18 Cabinet (along with his Bikes)

I always love going to other people's apartment or houses just to view their collection. Me and my friends were fortunate enough to be invited by Laurent and his wonderful wife Gina who are diecast car collectors. Laurent is French and has been collecting for (I think) 3 years now. The first cabinet we saw was the cabinet for 1/18 cars. He had a lot! It was really nice.

After dinner, he showed us a room full of diecasts. There were a lot of 1/43 diecasts there. Norev, Minichamps, IXO's and some Cararamas and High Speed, all of which are 1/43's. He also has some Maisto, Bburago and Minichamps 1/18 cars which were displayed at the center table. I would say that Laurent displayed around 700 pieces of 1/43 cars that night.
Laurent and Gina unscrewed the cars one by one and it took them the whole day to do it!



Beetle Mania


the “clown car” is a Matford, built by the joint venture between Ford S.A.F. (the French branch of the company) and Mathis. The former didn’t have a factory forth the name, while Mathis had a large and ultra-modern factory in Strasbourg, but was nearly bankrupt.

Even though Laurent is relatively new in collecting, his passion for automobiles is fascinating! You can talk to him about almost any European car and he will tell you a short description or story about it.
Thank you Laurent for sharing your wonderful collection with us.

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1/43 Museum

Diecast Museum in Ortigas

Since I work very near Vic's house, I often visit his place. We sometimes hunt for 1/43 diecasts in Greenhills, always looking for a bargain or a reasonably priced diecast. More often than not, we always go home empty handed.
Saying that he has a lot of 1/43 diecasts could very well be an understatement. The pictures posted on dcph.org could not sum up everything on his collection. Everytime I visit him, I always find a car or two that I thought i haven't seen before. His home could very well be a museum that a car enthusiast can appreciate.

I often talk to him about diecasts, cars and websites where he orders his cars.
He has been collecting 1/43 cars for 20 years. We share the same passion for cars, but there is one thing we dont have in common. He collects only road cars and I collect racing cars. But I could say we agree on one thing, we both love 1/43.

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