The 1:18 Vehicle Thread

[DJ Dangerous]

Otto-Mobile OT444 1:18 scale 1985 AE86 Toyota Sprinter Trueno, no. 1388 of 2000 units released last year:

 

[DJ Dangerous]

4 hours ago, JasonB said:

Mercedes Benz SK II 1850  

So close…

[DJ Dangerous]

The two MCG Mercedes SK’s side by side (steps and mirrors yet to be fitted) :

 

 

[JasonB]

17 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

So close…

The fact that I even narrowed it down from this... 

 

And came up with Mercedes Benz, deserves a prize. Does it not? 

[DJ Dangerous]

1 hour ago, JasonB said:

The fact that I even narrowed it down from this... 

 

And came up with Mercedes Benz, deserves a prize. Does it not? 

OK, OK, OK, in the time-honoured forum tradition of rewarding posts with no effort, and since everybody deserves a trophy, here is your prize:

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[Horsetan]

22 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Otto-Mobile OT444 1:18 scale 1985 AE86 Toyota Sprinter Trueno, no. 1388 of 2000 units released last year:

 

Given that some AE86s have been imported into Ireland, it might be an idea for it to carry county registration plates.....

[JasonB]

1 hour ago, DJ Dangerous said:

OK, OK, OK, in the time-honoured forum tradition of rewarding posts with no effort, and since everybody deserves a trophy, here is your prize:

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Surprise surprise. It's empty. 

[DJ Dangerous]

14 minutes ago, Horsetan said:

Given that some AE86s have been imported into Ireland, it might be an idea for it to carry county registration plates.....

I must ask young @Rob about some custom plates!

1 minute ago, JasonB said:

Surprise surprise. It's empty. 

The contents never take long to get through…

[DJ Dangerous]

Two very nice unbranded 1:18 scale R34 Nissan Skylines from JakeSpecial just arrived:

 

 

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And in an unusual 1:18 vs. 1:1 showdown video:

 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

Otto-Mobile OT459, no. 1501 of 2000 units, the W210 Mercedes E55 AMG, a few pics taken just now:

 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

And another few. Sure why not?

 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

Los Pitufos / The Smurfs:

 

[DJ Dangerous]

The 1:18 scale BMW 645i cabrio from Kyosho, reference KY-02-070A:

 

 

Edited December 22, 2025 by DJ Dangerous
Edit: Added reference number.

[ttc0169]

On 17/9/2025 at 4:15 PM, DJ Dangerous said:

And in an unusual 1:18 vs. 1:1 showdown video:

 

 

@DJ Dangerous A useful vehicle for the drink run….

 

[Horsetan]

1 hour ago, ttc0169 said:

@DJ Dangerous A useful vehicle for the drink run….

 

There's a lot of blue in those white LEDs....

[Broithe]

17 minutes ago, Horsetan said:

There's a lot of blue in those white LEDs....

The cops'll pull you for that.

And the insecure, unstrapped load.

And, I'll bet there's no working tacho...

[Mol_PMB]

24 minutes ago, Broithe said:

The cops'll pull you for that.

And the insecure, unstrapped load.

And, I'll bet there's no working tacho...

Best drink that load quick before they escort you to the weighbridge!

[DJ Dangerous]

On 26/1/2026 at 6:47 PM, ttc0169 said:

@DJ Dangerous A useful vehicle for the drink run….

 

Brilliant, @ttc0169!

[DJ Dangerous]

Otto-Mobile 1:18 scale 1995 Toyota Celica GT Four (ST185), number 298 of 1500:

 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

Two more from Otto, the OT1218 2008 V12 Toyota Century and the OT1211 2020 NA1 stanced Honda NSX:

 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

I took a few random pics a few weeks back, but with the sad news of Paddy Murphy passing away, posting that weekend seemed inappropriate:

 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

Solido S1808304 1/18 Peugeot 306 Maxi Kit Car in 2022 Eifel Rallye Festival yellow:

 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

OttoMobile OT1217, a 1981 Gr.4 Ferrari 308 GTB, no. 9 of 999 models produced:

 

 

[Horsetan]

19 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

OttoMobile OT1217, a 1981 Gr.4 Ferrari 308 GTB, no. 9 of 999 models produced:

 

 

I think OttoMobile (or AutoArt) also produced 1:18 models of my car, the Citroën CX. I've never bought any of these as they were never offered with a right-hand-drive interior.

To my eyes, left-hand-drive just looks wrong.

[Broithe]

37 minutes ago, Horsetan said:

I think OttoMobile (or AutoArt) also produced 1:18 models of my car, the Citroën CX. I've never bought any of these as they were never offered with a right-hand-drive interior.

To my eyes, left-hand-drive just looks wrong.

The chap next door had a CX in the 80s. I drove it a few times and it seemed a large luxury car at the time.

A couple of years ago, I found one parked amongst modern stuff and it looked like a half-scale model.

At one point, he nursed a dodgy starter motor a bit too far and it failed totally on his drive. This was a bit of an issue, as it was lying on the floor by that point, with no possibility of getting any sort of jack under it without digging a hole for it. It needed the hydraulics pumping up, to get it up in the air and get the starter out from below - but, it wouldn't start to pump itself up...

In the end, we fitted a pulley to an electric drill and pumped the suspension up into the 'maintenance' position, to get at the starter

[DJ Dangerous]

56 minutes ago, Horsetan said:

I think OttoMobile (or AutoArt) also produced 1:18 models of my car, the Citroën CX. I've never bought any of these as they were never offered with a right-hand-drive interior.

To my eyes, left-hand-drive just looks wrong.

Otto-Mobile have done a good few Citroen CX models over the years:

https://otto-models.com/es/busqueda?controller=search&order=product.reference.asc&s=Cx

Truth be told, after so many years down here, left hand drive now looks “normal” to me and right hand drive cars stick out a mile away.

 

 

[Horsetan]

44 minutes ago, Broithe said:

....In the end, we fitted a pulley to an electric drill and pumped the suspension up into the 'maintenance' position, to get at the starter

The electric drill is an acknowledged emergency method for all oleopneumatic Citroëns

[DJ Dangerous]

On 16/4/2026 at 8:16 PM, Horsetan said:

I think OttoMobile (or AutoArt) also produced 1:18 models of my car, the Citroën CX. I've never bought any of these as they were never offered with a right-hand-drive interior.

To my eyes, left-hand-drive just looks wrong.

After a little digging, it looks like at the very least, Otto-Mobile have done the Citroen CX several times, and MCG and Norev both currently have a few models out there, in 1:18 scale.

Salvat and Hachette do them in 1:24 scale.

IXO, Solido, Neo, Norev and Minichamps / Maxichamps all do them in O Gauge / 1:43 scale.

Salvat and Altaya have both done them in O Gauge, too.

Premium Classixxs and Norev both do them in 1:87 scale, as did Revell.

There was a crude looking 1/76 one, looked kind if like the cars you got with the car transporter wagons 40 years ago, that skilled hands could probably do a decent job of.