Tuesday, February 2, 2010

The New Beginning

Hi there, welcome to Jasonist Diecast World! A place where you can share your thoughts and ideas on diecast cars ranging from 1/43 to 1/12 scale sizes. Diecast photography is greatly recommended!

A brief introduction of myself. I'm a diecaster from Malaysia who used to collect diecast cars mostly in 1/18 scale. I love 1/18 scale diecasts coz of the larger size, steerable wheels and openable parts such as bonnets, doors etc. Most of my diecast car collection is made up of Autoart, some are Kyosho and Minichamps, while a few from Mondo Motors, Hotworks, Hotwheels, ERTL, Maisto, Bburago and Shelby Collectibles. The types of diecast cars I collect include Formula One, JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) streetcars, Euro Continental supercars & streetcars, American muscles, Japanese Super GT cars, FIA GT cars, DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters), Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs), and World Rally Championship (WRC) cars. I like photography... and when diecasts meet photography, you can expect some indoor and outdoor diecast photoshoots from me, where I try my best in turning these diecast cars as real as possible.

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packed in the boxes - Formula One diecast cars from Hotwheels and Minichamps

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packed in the boxes - 1/18 scale diecast cars from Autoart, Kyosho, Minichamps, ERTL, Hotworks, Hotwheels etc.

There's a reason why I shift from a local diecast forum to this blog. After hanging around for a few years in LYN Malaysia, i guess it's time to begin my own diecast blog here. Having met a few authentic diecasters there such as RealCollector, Jchue73, Myke, just to name a few... However, it seems that LYN diecast thread is no longer a real diecast thread like it used to be. I can no longer find any appreciation on diecast cars and members are not willing to share their views and experiences regarding any diecast issues. As a result, many great diecasters have left the building and seek for other online diecast sources and forums.

Anyway, an end in LYN diecast thread means a new beginning in Blogspot. My intention in creating this blog is to call up authentic diecasters not only in Malaysia, but all over the world to share your diecast collections, photography and great ideas on how to maintain these marvellous masterpieces.

Your contributions are greatly appreciated and HAPPY DIECASTING!

9 comments:

  1. Jason: Congratulation for setting up your own blog! In fact I would like to thank you for giving me the encouragement to start my 1/43 diecast collection about two years ago. I believe your collection will get better appreciation here compare to LYN (which I can see, more senior collectors will leave the forum soon). Anyway, I can't wait to see your fantastic collection. Happy diecasting...

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  2. yea.. no worries! we can still share the same stuff and new ideas here! :D but its kinda sad to see such thing happens these days.

    I feel sorry for the thread and LYN diecast forum since i started my hobby from there and hang around for quite a few years oredi... but wat to do, all things must come to an end in order to start a new beginning... so yea! ;)

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  3. Congrats Jasonist on your new blog.

    Ooiii ! Not jchue79 lah. It's jchue73 ! Heheh.

    Hope to see more good things from you.

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  4. Hi there, congratulations on the start of your blog.

    Cheers,
    Aurion

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  5. jchue73: aiksss... my mistake! LOL gotta correct it liao! yea... guess we can still share our diecast views here as well... :D

    ///M: hi Aurion! thanks and nice to see u here!

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  6. You'll see me where cars are =P. Who can miss out your neat collexione hehehehe.. Would love to create my personal website for my cars as well but I am no good in blogging nor web design. All I know is photography ahhaah... Black Kyosho M5 is coming.. Tempted to get it, though I have the Bronze one =P

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  7. Hi there, thanks for visiting! well, it takes time to get used to this Internet/blogging stuff... im sure u can create one soon and share some great collection you've got there... cheers! ;)

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  8. dont forget bout me :p , feel sorry for LYN thread too but passion must go on and it starts here :) Please continue you diecast meet photography journey.

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  9. hey there myke! nice to see u here! yea, will keep on diecasting and post up my collection here... do step by from time to time! :D

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