thanks for posting Aurora made a bond car in the sixtys I spent 2.00 bucks on it had to mow a huge lawn to get the money ... it cost fifty cents to see the movie.
Wonderful! one of our most value kits here in the UK is the 1:35 Airfix of this car.... i am tempted to buy one to practice on.... here in the UK i was born in 73.... so the most influence years for me was late 70s to mid 80s... so for me and my friends here at school the most popular car was the Starsky and Hutch Torino.... me and my friends all knew that car.... although on our TV at the time my parents would not let me watch it ... but you could buy toy Die Cast... so i did with what little pocket money i was given ...the same story for the Dukes of Hazzard... forbidden fruit for me so of course i rebelled!.... just as important is Knight Rider. The first US show i was allowed to watch other than the Little House on the Prairie... sill today they are very against the USA.... no wonder i love your culture.... not just rebelling i know they are wrong!.
I'm the same age but my Dad watched the TV so It was hard to see these shows. He liked war movies and westerns. He was a car guy so I played a lot in the garage thou!
Back in the 60's Airfix was the first company to put out the DB5 James Bond Aston Martin but they released as James Bond special/secret agent 007 depending on which release you bought. Good luck finding one today, the roof for the ejector seat is closer to the movie with the opening being just over the passenger seat and not the whole roof panel. To get around licensing problems when they first released the kit they just called it Super Spy Car, only in subsequent releases did they use the James Bond name and then the box art differed if you had a British Airfix release or the better box art of the U.S. release by Airfix/Craft Master, they also released the Toyota 2000 GT convertible only once and never again.
Very cool info. I wonder how hard that 2000 GT convertible is to find? The convertible version was never offered. Two were made for the movie and that was it!
Thanks for giving the history of the 007 Aston Martin DB5 cars and posting another excellent video too, Raoul! Oh how I wish I had the Airfix 1/24 scale model of James Bond’s 007 Aston Martin DB-5 which was released in 1966 but this kit is extremely rare and very expensive! This kit includes details like a 3 way rotating license plate and the “bullet-proof” rear shield that raises up to protect the rear window. There is a figure of Bond sitting behind the steering wheel as well as a figure of the bad guy sitting on the working spring-loaded ejection seat and when a small switch which is mounted on the car’s chassis was pressed would sent the seat and the bad guy flying though a removable section of the car’s roof!
I believe for me that it is the most famous car in the world and you did a outstanding job on it and I absolutely love and appreciate it Raoul and send me the other one!! Lol🤣
Quickest way to tell a DB4 series V from a DB5, is the 5 has twin tank fill cap covers, the 4 only has one. It's always amazing how the 4.0L engine could get the Aston up to 145 MPH. A little trivia, The first Corgi diecast version was gold because of a compromise. Corgi got the deal of a century by the James Bond Franchise owners to produce James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 to promote their new up coming film. It was originally released in 1:46 scale and gold, yes GOLD. This was due to time constraints put on Corgi by the Franchise to promote their new film Gold Finger. No, it was not gold because of Gold Finger (well sort of) it was gold because the silver they proposed looked too much like the bare zinc the car was cast in and was not acceptable. A compromise was proposed and accepted and that 's why the first JB Aston was gold. Yes my original James Bond Aston Martin DB5 is gold and has only one tank fill cover. Just think how accurate it would have been if they got the color right. The color of the Aston in Gold Finger was Silver Birch.
Thank you! That byer was so upset when he later found out the car he traded for was not the car Sean Connery drove that he decided to sell it. His was a promo car built for the studio. A much better Bond car and was sold with all the gadgets. The actual movie cars had the gadgets removed then sold by Aston Martin as used cars!
This is one where the individual stories is great. I really enjoyed the stories on these cars even after the movies were made. One story I forgot to mention. Sean Connery was driving a DB5 to a Goldfinger premier. When one lady fan jumped on the car as he was driving by. No one was hurt but it scared Sean so bad he cancelled his next premier visit at a different city. I could not find out if the car was an actual Bond DB5 or a rented or borrowed car!
Yes but the newer movies are not real DB5s they are fiberglass or carbon fiber copies. The studio would not pay 1million for a DB5 as only 1059 were made from 63-65.
The body and wheels look exactly like the ones in the kit Airfix reissued in the 1990s as a factory stock car. What paint did you use on yours? It’s looks to be a great match for the silver on the original cars.
Great job on the kit. I'm curious about the bullet guard on the back window though. I built the kit a few years ago and my kit had a cam mechanism that allowed for lowering or raising the shield. You had to turn the spare tire cover on the bottom of the chassis to make it work. It took a little bit of modifying to get it to work right. Did they get rid of that with the kit you have?
Thanks for the info! I try but do you know how many people say Countach wrong? I've been saying it wrong for years along with JoHan! I'm learning this as I go!
Looks great , and in my opinion probably the most desirable and beautiful British cars of all time
It's a nice car even stock. Love the very rare DB5 Shooting Brake! (wagon version)
thanks for posting Aurora made a bond car in the sixtys I spent 2.00 bucks on it had to mow a huge lawn to get the money ... it cost fifty cents to see the movie.
Thank you!
awesome video and a nice tribute to Mr Connery
Thank you very much!
Awesome build Raoul great history and story.
Thanks!
Wonderful! one of our most value kits here in the UK is the 1:35 Airfix of this car.... i am tempted to buy one to practice on.... here in the UK i was born in 73.... so the most influence years for me was late 70s to mid 80s... so for me and my friends here at school the most popular car was the Starsky and Hutch Torino.... me and my friends all knew that car.... although on our TV at the time my parents would not let me watch it ... but you could buy toy Die Cast... so i did with what little pocket money i was given ...the same story for the Dukes of Hazzard... forbidden fruit for me so of course i rebelled!.... just as important is Knight Rider. The first US show i was allowed to watch other than the Little House on the Prairie... sill today they are very against the USA.... no wonder i love your culture.... not just rebelling i know they are wrong!.
I'm the same age but my Dad watched the TV so It was hard to see these shows. He liked war movies and westerns. He was a car guy so I played a lot in the garage thou!
Back in the 60's Airfix was the first company to put out the DB5 James Bond Aston Martin but they released as James Bond special/secret agent 007 depending on which release you bought. Good luck finding one today, the roof for the ejector seat is closer to the movie with the opening being just over the passenger seat and not the whole roof panel. To get around licensing problems when they first released the kit they just called it Super Spy Car, only in subsequent releases did they use the James Bond name and then the box art differed if you had a British Airfix release or the better box art of the U.S. release by Airfix/Craft Master, they also released the Toyota 2000 GT convertible only once and never again.
Very cool info. I wonder how hard that 2000 GT convertible is to find? The convertible version was never offered. Two were made for the movie and that was it!
Thanks for giving the history of the 007 Aston Martin DB5 cars and posting another excellent video too, Raoul! Oh how I wish I had the Airfix 1/24 scale model of James Bond’s 007 Aston Martin DB-5 which was released in 1966 but this kit is extremely rare and very expensive! This kit includes details like a 3 way rotating license plate and the “bullet-proof” rear shield that raises up to protect the rear window. There is a figure of Bond sitting behind the steering wheel as well as a figure of the bad guy sitting on the working spring-loaded ejection seat and when a small switch which is mounted on the car’s chassis was pressed would sent the seat and the bad guy flying though a removable section of the car’s roof!
Wow! Very cool. I have seen photos of this version online.
Cool build.
Thanks!
I believe for me that it is the most famous car in the world and you did a outstanding job on it and I absolutely love and appreciate it Raoul and send me the other one!! Lol🤣
Let me guess! You would build it in British Racing Green!
@@TheMuscleCarModeler Hell Yes!! Lol 🤣
Great information and cool car
Thanks 👍
Interesting history on these cars nice job on the model thanks for the information.
Thanks for watching!
Quickest way to tell a DB4 series V from a DB5, is the 5 has twin tank fill cap covers, the 4 only has one. It's always amazing how the 4.0L engine could get the Aston up to 145 MPH. A little trivia, The first Corgi diecast version was gold because of a compromise. Corgi got the deal of a century by the James Bond Franchise owners to produce James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 to promote their new up coming film. It was originally released in 1:46 scale and gold, yes GOLD. This was due to time constraints put on Corgi by the Franchise to promote their new film Gold Finger. No, it was not gold because of Gold Finger (well sort of) it was gold because the silver they proposed looked too much like the bare zinc the car was cast in and was not acceptable. A compromise was proposed and accepted and that 's why the first JB Aston was gold. Yes my original James Bond Aston Martin DB5 is gold and has only one tank fill cover. Just think how accurate it would have been if they got the color right. The color of the Aston in Gold Finger was Silver Birch.
Thanks! That is very interesting!
I'm a huge Bond fan but a GTO definitely trumps the Aston. Cool build!!! Love the history.
Thank you! That byer was so upset when he later found out the car he traded for was not the car Sean Connery drove that he decided to sell it. His was a promo car built for the studio. A much better Bond car and was sold with all the gadgets. The actual movie cars had the gadgets removed then sold by Aston Martin as used cars!
Bonds DB5 nice 👍
Yes indeed!
Awesome history of the four cars. Wow what an investment they were. Thanks. Ron
This is one where the individual stories is great. I really enjoyed the stories on these cars even after the movies were made. One story I forgot to mention. Sean Connery was driving a DB5 to a Goldfinger premier. When one lady fan jumped on the car as he was driving by. No one was hurt but it scared Sean so bad he cancelled his next premier visit at a different city. I could not find out if the car was an actual Bond DB5 or a rented or borrowed car!
I am building one now along with an Airfix Little Nellie from another Bond movie. It is a decent kit and I can't way to finish it up.
Very cool!
Good history, good vid! 👍👍
Thanks!
You do a Great 👍 job on your builds. I wish you would do a video on how you do lettering your tires I would love to see how you do it Sir
Coming soon!
Aston Martin, Raoul....
It also appeared in Skyfall. Cool build.
Yes but the newer movies are not real DB5s they are fiberglass or carbon fiber copies. The studio would not pay 1million for a DB5 as only 1059 were made from 63-65.
The body and wheels look exactly like the ones in the kit Airfix reissued in the 1990s as a factory stock car.
What paint did you use on yours? It’s looks to be a great match for the silver on the original cars.
Thank you! I don't remember what I used but it was something I already had lying around.
Great job on the kit. I'm curious about the bullet guard on the back window though.
I built the kit a few years ago and my kit had a cam mechanism that allowed for lowering
or raising the shield. You had to turn the spare tire cover on the bottom of the chassis to make it work.
It took a little bit of modifying to get it to work right. Did they get rid of that with the kit you have?
Your right! Mine had that too but I ended up just gluing it up! I forgot all about that. I can’t even remember how long ago I built this one.
Raul, I love ya dude however; pronounced “Ass-tin Martin....”not Aus-tin “ lol.... now you’re saying it correctly (watching as i wrote this) 👍
Thanks for the info! I try but do you know how many people say Countach wrong? I've been saying it wrong for years along with JoHan! I'm learning this as I go!
Love your channel
I have the airfix version of this
Cool!
I believe it's the most famous car.
Yes!