My Car Cave: 500+ 1/18th Scale Diecast Collection 

Hahaha Thank you! Its been decades of collecting but I love the hobby as an add on to watching motorsports.

100% the hunt is the fun of collecting anything. There is always something missing like the 1950 WC F1 (exists but waiting for the right one..hahaha) Thank you for you comments and happy collecting.

Appreciate it man!

Hahaha thank you! Yes, it is a bit much but glad you enjoyed the video.

Thank you that is a huge complement. Years in the making. Love collecting and motorsport. Happy this hobby has evolved from really one 1/18th manufacturer in the 80's to many these days. Thank you again for watching.

Thank you for watching. Yes I do like the wall display. Gives it a different look particularly when the cars look so "similar" to the normal person...Hahaha

Thanks for watching. Happy to share it

Much appreciated for the kind words. Love the hobby and happy that I have found a way to share with other collectors. Thanks for watching.

Gracias! I was fortunate and once lived in your beautiful country! Hahaha yes should add some Grid Girls somewhere. hehehe! Thanks for your kind words and watching my video.

Much appreciated!! It has been fun to collect over the decades. Also fun to share with fellow collectors!

Thank you for watching and thank you for your kind words. Decades in the making and still enjoying the hobby. New additions still coming.

Thank you for your kind words. For a majority of my collecting time they where in window boxes or in closest until I finally had a proper place to display them. Super fortunate to have the display now.

Glad you enjoyed it. 2021 LeMans champ coming soon.

You are not alone!!! Hahaha

Thank you

Very kind!!!! Love the hobby and glad I can share with others who enjoy it also. Thanks for watching.

Yes sure! Just keep the magic pouring onto us. Totally Bewitched

Thank you…much appreciated

Awesome! Happy hunting that is the fun of this hobby.

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching

Thank you!....years of collecting to get to this point but love the hobby and happy to share with fellow collectors

Much appreciated! I enjoy the hobby and it has been decades in the making 😆.

Thank you very much. Glad I am getting some feedback on the music....love that song was not sure others would.

Awesome! I am a little bit thankful I did not collect 1/43rd as there are so many more options...you can practically have every car on the grid. Knowing my personality I would try for it. I used to have both drivers for each team but somewhere in the early 2000's I realized I could not keep that up for budget and space reasons. Congrats on your collection and lucky for you the 2022's in 1/43rd are starting to arrive now for most teams...I will be stuck waiting until mid next year I am afraid. Happy Collecting!

@@mycarcave6214 thanks. I AM a completest & yes I try to collect 1 car from each team from 1950 onwards! I'm afraid spark models have cost me a lot of money these past few years. Prior to them, 50's & 60's F1 were a bit thin on the ground to find. Have over 3000 1/43 F1's now including over 30 1/18th Ferrari's. I wish I had the space you have.

@GBURGE55 Would love to see that 1:43 F1 Collection. Please share a link if you have a video or blog. @My Car Cave, Stunning collection, congrats on the display aesthetics, truly inspirational achievement.

Much appreciated and thanks for watching.

Hahaha yes...could have had a real car for sure. Thanks for watching.

Much appreciated ....thank you for watching

I started as a kid back in the 80's with smaller scale. Always loved 1/18 and have been very fortunate to grow the collection over the decades since. Enjoy the hobby and the hunt for the cars you want...that is the best part!

@@mycarcave6214 Thats awesome, I’m starting to collect mini helmets which I absolutely love. So far i have LH and GR! Can I ask what your hardest/ rarest finds were?

Rarest or hardest....That is tough. I would say in 1/18th it was the Exoto C9 LeMans winner set (I have since sold) or the original CNC Mercedes W196 Streamliner. They seem to be the hardest for me to find after initial release. Since they have been remade by Minichamps and GP Replicas so not so difficult to get a version. 2018 McLaren Alonso was also elusive until a second batch seemed to be released. Helmets..probably my 1992 Mansel and 1993 Prost is the rarest since it was a customer small batch release from company in Argentina. If you buy at release things are easier but I do find these days if I wait sometimes I miss out and then its a hunt to get them. That said the most rewarding models are the ones you have to chase down. Lots of satisfaction once you snag it. So enjoy the hunt that is the key to the hobby more than having a large quantity.

Thank you for your kind words. It has been a long process to collect and finally have a place to display them properly. Decades actually😅.... But the hobby is fun, the hunt is the best part. Hope to keep expanding but space is now limited so sell some to make room for others.

@@mycarcave6214 I could spend hours appreciating everything

Hahaha! Yes I do have a few sizes in the collection. Primarily 1/18th but a smattering of 1/12th and 1/2 around. So can respect that does throw things off here and there. I lose focus and that is how odd sizes end of in my collection! hahaha

Thank you! Like I tell everyone I love the hobby and happy I have found a way to share.

Thank you!

Thank you for watching. I love the hobby and makes me happy to find others who share the same interests

I worked in Telecommunications all of my career. Fair amount of international work which is why I have only really been able to display my cars in recent years. Collection spent many years in boxes and closets while I was over seas. If you have 7,000 that is a ton more than I have and definitely inspiring! I am impressed. You have a good variety of sizes also. I got lucky when I bought my home it had a bonus room which is now the "car cave" . Thank you for watching and commenting. Happy collecting!

Much appreciated

Thank you!!

Much appreciated! Many years of collecting but a hobby I have always enjoyed. I think your suggestion is good. I do not have much new coming in to review so I could do much shorter bay by bay video. This one got so long I had to speed up some of the footage. I will see what I can do...raining today but with some time over the holidays I will see if I can cobble something together. Thanks for the input.

Much appreciated. Thanks for watching!

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.

Congrats! Sounds like you have ab awesome collection going. My cars sat in boxes most of my life as like you I lived out of country off and on for 15 years. I understand your thoughts as a collection gets too large to really enjoy. I sell off focus sections I no longer enjoy. And find myself buying cars to meet say my Martini collection which I have not seen race or have a connection too. For now I am treading water but at some point age will force me to reduce my collection. Maybe just my WC collection, all Ferrari F1 … would still be a large collection even at that. Thanks for sharing and happy collecting

Thank you for your kind words. It was a long time coming but worth the wait to finally have the space to display. Thanks for watching and happy hunting!

Thank you...love the hobby

Thanks

Hahaha... yes one of my favorites and seemed appropriate...too bad I am not a DJ so trying to extend it for the video was not pretty. Glad some one enjoyed the song also.

It has been a massive rabbit hole! Hahaha... I have to rein it in every once an awhile. The past two years I have doubled down on F1 which is my real passion though probably the lease interesting for videos with no open parts.

Thank you that is very kind. I love the hobby as you can see and enjoy sharing it. All collections are worthy be it 5 cars or 500. Truthfully you can only look at one at a time. Like you I am sure your stock car collection helps you enjoy the sport you follow as it does for me with F1. Thanks for watching and the complements.

That's great your back in the "hunt". I have had big years and smaller years like this one depending on my interests and the cars being produced. Ferrari winners will give you a great focus. They key to me is a focused collection...I get off tangent some time and have to correct myself occasionally. A museum would be fun, unfortunately I do not see younger generations as in to collecting as my generation. Maybe I am wrong.... I lived in Mexico and used to have a guy there sell me decals and do some of my early Tobacco conversions...I have since taken up the conversions as part of the hobby and enjoy that aspect as well.

Glad you like it! Thanks for watching

Hahaha yes once you get above a certain number be it 50 or 100 it can become somewhat hard to enjoy them all. Only certain brands produce museum quality and I try to gravitate towards quality over quantity these days. But in cases I might have a CMC Ferrari in my World Championship collection then a crappy CMR for my same year in the Ferrari F1 section. Also a period where Hotwheels had sole rights to Ferrari killed my Schumacher collection. But as a collector I needed to have them. Yes some omissions that is part of the "hunt" I enjoy in collecting and resin has become an increasing presence with Spark LeMans and GP Replicas and others who are now filling the gaps. So yes more like a Diecast / Resin collection these days. Thanks for watching and you comments. Happy collecting.

What’s wrong with Maisto or Bburagos? If you enjoy them, it’s not wrong…it’s literally just an attractive piece of metal either way, regardless of quality

@@gmlcartalk I'd say that it is a wrong question to ask oneself about what's wrong with...? -It's a meaningless question: For example, there is nothing wrong with living on bread and water alone! But when you can have a Belgian waffle with maple syrup and a cup of Sumatran coffee for breakfast, why choose bread and water?? The truth of the matter is - everything is best known in comparison (as an old adage goes), and, in fact, you answered your own question: - QUALITY!! Besides quality there is indeed not much wrong! Except, that the quality is the ONE important thing to pay attention when collecting... It is not even the question of verisimilitude - because, for example, sealed resin-cast models have most truthful exterior. BUT, at least to my mind, they lack TACTILITY that the use of "nobler" materials: - metals, real rubber and leathers - elicits and brings to the fore. Nowadays CMC uses more of those "noble materials" in their models than just about anyone. This was not always the case but now it is. Autoart's glazing surrounds and even ABS bodies are more precise and more to scale, but they are plastic and when you hold an Autoart model in hand next to a CMC model - you immediately know the difference as it is not subtle! To me personally it always been about quality rather than quantity- in all things in life: I'd rather have one nice house than two mediocre ones. A CMC model in hand is something special and a thing to behold, and I'd rather get one CMC than six Burragos. Now, when I take a Norev or a Burrago in hand, it feels like crap, because of quality difference

@@yoryteperman429 im not reading all of that, but I like Bburagos and Maistos, and I’m happy with them. If someone likes something, don’t rip on them for it. Not everyone is after quality, some people just want to collect whatever cars they like

@@gmlcartalk "Not everyone is after quality" ?? What are they after then?? Crap? MORE crap makes it better than crap? No need to reply if u got too short of an attention span to read (and because my q. is rhetoric...)

Muchas gracias. The F1 Champions is the foundation of my collecting goals.

Like you I started with 1/18 Ferrari ...back then early 1980's it was only Bburago making a few cars. It was the mid 1990's with UT and Autoart and Minichamps that my collection really took ground...coinciding with getting a job and earning money to fund the collection. So yes 35 or so years of collecting. I buy less now than I used to and tend to sell about as many as I buy these days as space is limited. Happy collecting. No need to have 500 cars.... just get the ones you want and keep your collection focused. Trade or sell as needed. It is a fun hobby and glad to see new people getting into it. I am old so it is nice to hear from new collectors.

How came you have so many racing cars ,and missing the best era of racing cars;you don't have in your cars collection, the cars of rally group B ?! Perhaps you don't like the Best ever racing sport in the world

@@hugolatino69 Hahahaha! Good call! Yes I am missing some of the best racing cars of the 80's for sure. There was a time I had a few but I find I have to focus the collection. Years ago there were not so many Group B cars available as there are now so the few I would pick up generally fell into my Martini Racing Livery group. When there is not much F1 being produced I still have the need to collect so maybe I will look into those. I have paired down my street cars a lot so maybe I dump those for Group B. Great suggestion!

I watched rallye group B live, and the feeling was like having 10 orgasms ;and yea m being honest with you ;Portuguese spectators were crasy belive me ;anyways I just finished my only cars collection from the rally group B and a few from F 1 All the best

Muchas Gracias!

Thank you!

True....same goes for giant 1:1 car collectors. And agree if you can buy anything whenever the fun is lost. Key is to set a budget makes it more enjoyable to have limits...I have to sell to fund new purchase as my rule now days. All in how you want to enjoy things and its decades of collecting ...but ya could have bought a real car...hahahaha

Hola. Thanks for the compliment. It has been a long time collecting but I love it and happy to share it. I worked in DF many moons ago. Much love for Mexico!

@@mycarcave6214 how well, you know México And that you like it

That is very kind of you. I was definitely a dream come true to have a proper display setting after decades of stacking boxes for a display. I have found cars all over. Some times when traveling but mostly from dealers. I buy from ebay occasionally for ones I missed but a lot come from European dealers. Currency exchange and good service tend to drive my purchase locations. Sadly no local shop here as there was when I was a kid and first started collecting.

You are probably correct. I should check mine. Not sure if mine is sitting the tires or if I put something under it but now that you have mentioned it I will check! It's a cool model but would look better if I put some cars on it. I need a covered case for that.

@@mycarcave6214 I think the supports come in the box if I remember correctly - must be detailed in the instructions) It is beautiful but very heavy as we know! Cheers!

Thank you for watching. It's a bit on the crazy side but took decades to get to this point. Its a hobby I have enjoyed most of my life. Appreciate you taking the time to watch.

Yes the cabinets are custom. When I bought the house it had a guest room which I converted to this space. I previously used Ikea cases until I had the space to build these.

@@mycarcave6214 How did you find someone to do that for you? I have looked at some of the IKEA cases, but just feel they really don’t meet my needs.

Sorry for the delayed response. It would depend on your preference of car. Meaning racing or street. I think that Minichamps is my over all favorite for good quality and reasonable pricing. Everything is more expensive by a large amount but there are more brands now which is good. Minichamps for F1/Endurance/Street. Auto Art high quality street but getting too pricey IMHO. Werk83, IXO, Norev all make nicely priced race cars and some street cars. If you find the type of model your looking for in the Werk83, IXO, Norev you will have a nice model without breaking the bank. Minichamps has a variety of prices so fair some a bit questionable like F1. Sorry if that is not clear. If you have a specific car in mind I might be able to narrow down my response.

Much appreciated. When I moved into this home I had them custom made. For the most part I have been collecting but no proper place to display. I am older so after decades I finally had a room I could designate to my life long collection.

Thank you….many years of collecting for sure 😆. The ones with tobacco like Marlboro, Camel or West have been added by me. I have sourced decals on line and added them myself. TB Decals out of Italy is a good one. They sell direct or on ebay. Ebay is a good source for decals. Some of the newer models from GP Replicas and even Minichamps come with them included for you to add.

@@mycarcave6214 ok thanks!! I do it with McLaren of Norris GP Mónaco 2021 jejeje. And yes, eBay is so good.

Thank you.... glad you enjoyed

Yes I have a problem! Thanks for watching

Most are in closed cases with glass doors. Those outside I in acrylic covers. There are some helmets and 1/12 that I have to clean every now and then. Once a year I will take the cars out and wipe down the shelves and clean the glass doors.

Yes I am located in the Southeastern part of the US. Nascar country! Not so many F1 fans here, though Netflix has increase popularity. I was lucky to go the British GP in 2013 and Goodwood last year. Love to visit the European tracks. Make some videos. Its not to hard to make, most annoying part is finding back ground music that! hahaha

Hahaha...collect what you like! I stated with 1/64 when I was young. My son collects 1/64. I grew up when 1/43 was popular and 1/18th was just starting to be made by multiple companies. Find your focus like JDM, Liberty Walk, Exotics and grab those. Try some 1/43 see how you like those. Have fun...enjoy the hunt!

Hi, Most are in glass display cases. That said dust does get in over long periods so I will wipe it down once or twice a year. Yes I have almost all the boxes so if I need to sell I can do so easily.

Thank you. The room is climate controlled but there are skylights in the roof so sun does filter in a periods during the day. Mostly in the morning.

@@mycarcave6214 thank you for the swift reply. I just started my humble collection and certain companies suggest to keep in cool temps and away from direct sunlight or long exposure. Am still planning out how to display mine. Again thank you!

Much appreciated.

Hahaha....pretty sure my wife would not have married me if I had the collection first. It was much smaller way back then. Thankfully she is understanding but she definitely does not understand my obsession. Hahaha.. I received my first 1/18th is 1984 so essentially 38years ago...was in the late 90's that I really got busy collecting with Minichamps, UT, Autoart coming on to the scene then. Again thank you for watching and commenting.

Yes that is true. I do think I own one but may be a sister car to a Senna. Also have added since this video so may have GP Replica one. But yes a missed driver if I do not.

Hahaha.....that is what my wife thinks also...but with rolling eyes! Thanks I really enjoy collecting and is a part of my child hood I have yet to relinquish. Appreciate you watching.

Thank you! Much appreciated. I buy them all over. So originally I purchased from US or Canadian retailers but over the past decade or more I would say a majority come from European retailers. Occasionally ebay as well.

Thank you! I have a variety of brands usually dictated by which one's make a specific model. F1 is mostly Minichamps, Spark, GP Replicas. Endurance is mostly Minichamps, Spark, Work83. Street Cars are mostly Auto Art, Minichamps, UT. Overall I probably own mostly Minichamps because the dominate the F1 market from the beginning. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Mostly from online dealers. It has changed over time as the internet has grown. Started with US and Canadian based dealers but now mostly German and French dealers. Some ebay for releases I missed out on originally or gaps in the collection. Sadly no local dealers where I live. When I lived over seas I would buy from local dealers.

I actually now have one but still in the box. Not sure why I have not pulled it out but trying to figure out where to put. Logically the Martini collection. I have a Jager F1 I also need to put out. That said good eye for noticing I have that missing.

Thank you very much. I am in the United States

@@mycarcave6214 eww

The music got me going, nice collection, I have 4 glass cabinets ranging from Australia Bathurst winners, wrc cars, supercars, Japanese cars , all these in enclose glass cabinets. Also collect 1:64 Hotwheels

I am still missing the 1950, 2021, 2022 WC but those are finally on their way! Better to keep it focused otherwise you end up like me with over kill. I actually do not have a Stirling Moss. I should as he is a legend.

@@mycarcave6214 luv the collection..if only I had the money...I've still managed to get all f1 wc, not all in the same scale,I noticed some I've my models in your collection..well done

Hahaha! yes when I look at it you are right there are a lot more than 500 on display. Probably should have titled that one "1000 or so"

Hahaha!! Yes you are right that is sadly missing. Been too focused on F1 lately but I really should add that classic to the Martini collection.

Most all of the Formula 1 are closed no openings (a few do). The GT and Endurance cars I would say are 50/50. Minichamps typically yes but a lot of the LeMans winners are Spark which is resin so no opening parts. The Street cars mostly open. I used to only want opening parts but if I am honest I probably only open them when I get a new car but rarely after that so I have become okay with non-opening cars. But if I had a choice would be great if they all opened and if more F1 cars had opening engine cowlings.

100% I do! hahaha. I had to carry over my 2020 Hamilton and whenever I get my 2021/2 Max cars they will carry over too. It does not look right but cars are so big now I can't squeeze them in like I could in earlier decades. Going to have to mull over how to rearrange that display in the future.

At the time I filmed this video I did not have it. I have since had to rearrange the display to place jt. Currently I have open slots for the missing 2021 cars such as Red Bull, Mercedes, Alfa, Haas. I tend to buy specific versions so I am still waiting on the release of the 2021 cars I want.

sorry you have it wrong top music

Hahaha....that is a good one! Think I have received several of these for Christmas in the past. Thanks for watching

Clearly......hahahaha....actually did have some in the late 90's but sold them as the collection progressed.

Hahahaha! Well I wish they would ban their performance (as a Ferrari fan). Just kidding they earn it and I certainly did not complain during the Schumacher days. Malboro was a good look on Ferrari and best on McLaren

Hahaha....yes you can imagine was not cheep but its a fun hobby that I have enjoyed for decades at this point.