eddyramrod Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 I have two of those Oldsmobiles, and nearly bought their 1/1 Buick cousin in about 2004. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Funny that when the cars were current, nobody thought to make a 200 saloon or a 700 estate! Yes, I know about the big Swedish plastic ones (Stahlberg?), in fact I have a rather battered 144, but where were Corgi when we needed them?There's a Playart 200 saloon eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Volvo 760 was pretty well covered in miniature: Corgi, Matchbox, Majorette and Siku all produced their own small-scale versions. Corgi: Volvo 760 GLE Volvo 760 GLE Corgi.jpg Matchbox: Volvo 760 VOLVO_760_(1989_ROW).jpg Majorette: Volvo 760 GLE Volvo_760_GLE_-_Majorette_-_Bleu_clair_métal_B_3S2.jpg Siku: Volvo 760 GLE volvo 760 GLE Siku.jpg Kinda surprising that nearly all major manufacturers thought that the kiddies would be wanting a toy version of a Swedish luxobarge... but maybe they were right. Odd that no-one made an estate version in this scale though, as I would have thought they would have been the more common sight on the road. Volvo 245 DL was also punted out by both Corgi Juniors and Majorette. Volvo 245DL Corgi.jpg Volvo_245_DL_Majorette.jpgThere's a Maisto 740/760 as well,it's really narrow though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 There's a Playart 200 saloon I've seen what appears to be a 164; is that the one? The front didn't look very 200 to me, but we might be thinking of two different models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 I've seen what appears to be a 164; is that the one? The front didn't look very 200 to me, but we might be thinking of two different models.Maybe it is,I'm not 100% sure.I've got one somewhere,but not sure where at the moment eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Its actually an Oldsmobile Omega, an odd looking US compact with 4 or 6 cylinder engines. Its an insanely odd choice of subject, possibly the oddest ever as even the Americans don't remember them fondly. X-platform aficionados probably know but there was a decent Hot Wheels Chevrolet Citation that would go nice with these..... Split_Pin and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Some majorette stuff is worth insane amounts of money. Simca 1100s and Fiat 127s for example...as well as the Citroen SM. However a lot is still ignored. Good for me as I plan on building a sizeable collection. Think I'll have over 30 soon, if not now. Got some more interesting stuff incoming.I have both but sold the 127 for a quid a few weeks ago! Bumz! Thankfully it went because it was tatty and I already have a better condition one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 X-platform aficionados probably know but there was a decent Hot Wheels Chevrolet Citation that would go nice with these.....Was that a bronze coloured fastback type thing? If so I had that but sold it on a few years ago along with all my older HW stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 That's right. I have some of those... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 My mate had that Olds Omega - it met its fate in a fly-press in his dad's workshop. Was your flimsy plastic yacht yellow and blue? If it was, I had the same one coupled with a colour-matched Honda Accord.Yes it is! I have a yellow Accord, maybe Ill display the boat with it for a bit! My favourite Majorette is the Simca 1308 GT in bronze. The badges have the correct font, the front lights are just right and the colour sets it off in my opinion. RoadworkUK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Eddy that MO Oxford is superb, on my bucket list together with the Austin Devon and Phase 1 Standard Vanguard. Did Dinky ever do a Jowett Javelin or an I imagining that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 X-platform aficionados probably know but there was a decent Hot Wheels Chevrolet Citation that would go nice with these..... Not Hotwheels and also not so small but here's a really half-arsed Citation I bought on our US road trip last year: Couldn't resist the low quality, built down to a price manufacture. Made in Hong Kong for ERTL, according to the yellowing box. Laseraligningfoofooflanges, andrew e, eddyramrod and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Eddy that MO Oxford is superb, on my bucket list together with the Austin Devon and Phase 1 Standard Vanguard. Did Dinky ever do a Jowett Javelin or an I imagining that?I don't know of a Dinky Javelin, but it's possible it might have slipped past me; Jowett were extinct before I was born. I remember having the Devon and the Vanguard many years ago, but I have a feeling I let them go in a job lot I flogged off around the end of my teens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Dinky should have made a Javelin - it was catalogued as No. 40C but never actually produced. Aside from the modern Oxford stuff I can only think of white medal models - Lansdowne, Mikansue and I think Pathfinder.... Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 I would love both a Javelin and a Jupiter but at £150 or so for one of those, its not gonna happen. I had a white metal Rover P5 once, think it was a Lansdowne or Sommerville or something like that. Very very heavy but not that detailed, a bit disappointing I thought. I sold it some years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Spot-On did a lovely heavy P5 saloon. Pretty sure I still have mine somewhere, complete with many coats of Humbrol and broken bumpers. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Was that a bronze coloured fastback type thing? If so I had that but sold it on a few years ago along with all my older HW stuff.I got a bit confused then,I thought the Citation was yellow.Then I realised they also did a Dodge Aries wagon which was yellow mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 The Spot-On is a lovely thing. I agree with Split Pin about the white metal gear, it doesn't appeal to me at that sort of price. I bought a Mikansue white metal kit of a Facel II once, honestly I have had more luck getting a good finish on old Corgis which have been chucked repeatedly on a playground then rubbed on a brick wall..... There is a Spanish EKO HO scale P5 saloon too.... Ref. the Citation, mine is bronze but they did a blue,red and white one as well, can't remember the logo on it as I don't have that one any longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Another vote against the white-metal models. I can't justify the price of most diecasts, never mind WMs! So I guess I'll just have to dive into these restorations and make something decent out of what I already have. There's a queue of about two dozen waiting for their baths... MarvinsMom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 It wouldn't be that difficult to amass a fleet of assorted 70s Yankshite to go with Minishitestang... Joloke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 I got a bit confused then,I thought the Citation was yellow.Then I realised they also did a Dodge Aries wagon which was yellow I lost that one somewhere too, Id love another. I think all the wood scratched off the sides if I remember correctly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Aries wagon? Something else I have a fleet of, mostly Humbrolled. I'm beginning to wonder if I should dig out some "project" examples and have a Sale! MarvinsMom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 *rubs hands* eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Requests, anyone? I'll see what there is in the Projects box, but it won't be tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Crikey that reminds me I assembled 2 K&R replicas white metal Dolomites 20 years ago. Absolutely awful. I'm no expert but I can make a model look half decent if I try but these just fought me all the way. One was a 1300 and the other was a Sprint. The bodyshell of the former was buckled and the headlights were missing in the kit of the latter . Both now long gone thankfully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Once ive gotten over buying my big 1/1 scale motor I wouldnt mind a go at this malarky I did models once but they are quite fragile and take up too much space I have got a Dinky Mini Clubman somewhere that i kept painting with Rimmel when i was bored! Think thats got a screw on base could be worth a go restoring? DO IT! DO IT! DO IT! the dinky clubman does indeed just screw together and unlike sone corgi/matchbox major models the doors aren't riveted onto the main part of the model. this is the police one i got cheap off of a member here, and promptly attacked it with a paintbrush Laseraligningfoofooflanges, eddyramrod, Skizzer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Requests, anyone? I'll see what there is in the Projects box, but it won't be tonight.A Dodge Aries eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 l7 012.jpgDO NOT PAINT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 DO IT! DO IT! DO IT! the dinky clubman does indeed just screw together and unlike sone corgi/matchbox major models the doors aren't riveted onto the main part of the model. this is the police one i got cheap off of a member here, and promptly attacked it with a paintbrush DSCN4944.JPGDSCN4945.JPGQuality mug action in the background MarvinsMom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Think I still have both a HW Aries (yellow) and a Citation (bronze) in the 'to go' pile, if anyone's absolutely gagging for one... neither is exactly mint, but not that dreadful either. Will look them out when I get home, sure! Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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