mercrocker Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Sometimes you don't even need to leave home to acquire fresh shite.....This plethora of pastel-coloured period-ness just arrived from Emporioum Eddyramrod...... Cheers, Ed - very pleased! 59Impala, RayMK, Sudsprint and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 That 4 is a flipping bargain, GIB. Quite hard to find in the UK Swapmeets etc, I have certainly never seen one. I managed to get one from our own MK2_Craig thankfully. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Right, haul hauled - have to skedaddle back to my desk now.JM - if those Dinkys or Solido interest you at a fiver a pop, he'll be there for another hour or so? I may be able to slip out.But it appears I have been granted access to the Inner Sanctum.Not all his cars are out on the stall.Pics to follow... Christine, eddyramrod, mercrocker and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 While we're waiting, have a Norev Renault NN. Part of a job lot, more to follow in the next few days. mercrocker, Datsuncog, DoctorRetro and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Okay, then, cats and kittens... I trotted back over to the market at lunchtime, scything my way through the doddery old biddies with the tartan shopping bags on wheels dithering at the dishcloth-and-vacuum-bag stalls, and leaving a trail of carnage in my wake... BEHOLD! A Renner 4, by Bburago - procured on behalf of Sierraman, and now all paid up (cheers!). This looks to be some sort of race support vehicle, going by the tools and fuel cans in the back, though most of the decals and what appears to be the roofrack have gone AWOL. Wheels, lights and bumpers are all intact, however, as are the steering wheel and gearstick. There's a crack in the windscreen, annoyingly, but glazing is otherwise present and correct. For £3 it's not bad, I'm sure you'll agree. Next up in the request series: a slightly bizarre Formula 1 car, which I don't think ever existed: This model seems to be closely based on the Tyrell 007 which Jody Scheckter and Patrick Depailler raced between 1974 and 1976, in the correct colour and sponsor - but fitted with six wheels, like the 007's unique sucessor: the experimental Tyrell P34 which raced for 1976 and 1977 only, and had nothing in common bodily with the earlier 007. And definitely not the number of wheels. Despite taking the car to a win in the 1976 Swedish Grand Prix, Scheckter reputedly hated the car and left the team at the end of that season. As far as I know, the P34 was the only F1 car with four wheels up front - March developed its own 2-4-0 with four wheels at the back, but other than two testing days at Silverstone it never put in an appearance on the track. Williams and Ferrari also worked with six-wheeled prototypes, but again these featured four wheels at the back and never saw more than some test sessions before the six-wheeler concepts were abandoned, in part due to technical difficulties with the close-coupled drivetrain and also in maintaining contact on suboptimal track surfaces, and later by F1 regulations which firstly banned four wheel drive set-ups, and later stipulated that an F1 car could only have four wheels in total. Interestingly, Scalextric's flagship 500 set in the late '70s/early '80s came with both the Scheckter Tyrell 007 and the prototype March 2-4-0; two cars which could never have met on the track in real life. March was one of those ambitious but lower-end racing teams which had ingenious ideas but limited funding; so it's perhaps heartening that the licencing deal from Scalextric to make the model 2-4-0 gave it one of its only reliable revenue streams. In that sense, the racer that never turned a wheel in anger was in fact one of their most succesful designs ever. So why this odd hybrid model? Some sort of confusion over specs at the factory in Hong Kong? A way around licensing restrictions? Who knows! But it's big, it's blue - and it's Christine's now. I think it may have some sort of propulsion system (with noise), but it seems to be not working all that well. I'll leave this to its new owner. I'm sure I used to have a plastic Mk1 Golf made by Lucky, too. Okay, what else? Well, with requests satisfied and enquiries answered, I hung around the stall for a bit while waiting for any further instructions to procure... but it didn't take long before I became a bit overwrought, in that way I sometimes can... I started to hoke through the 50p boxes, again. This was their state of play as of 12.30: Hmmm... Hmm. Mmmm... Yes, there were a few other models tempting me. So I nabbed these two; both of which I recall from my childhood though in significantly worse condition (and I think my Mustang III might have had an orange base, rather than the black): Some other oddities I agonised over, but left. This Solido Citroen Synergie had a scuffed roof and windscreen; and anyway, I kinda hated these Eurovans when they first came out. This also intrigued me, though there wasn't much left of it: I've never heard of Mandarin, as a toymaker. Looks like Chinglish is nothing new... 'Dune Bunggy' The Peugeot 403 in the background isn't a Norev - it was a broken plastic kit. Though it did appeal a little, too. As if I haven't enough broken stuff kicking around. There were also a few Models of Yesteryear kicking about (if you like that sort of thing): But stay - while checking my phone and generally fiddling about, what did I spy but a few more boxes behind the stall... A tentative request, a shrug of acquiescence from the stallholder... oh my. Well, some interesting stuff in there, all right - fair bit of Corgi, Dinky and Matchbox. Prices seemed generally in and around the £3-£5 mark. So what did I come back with, in addition to my 50p specials? Well, I did go a bit nuts. I'd half made up my mind to buy myself a copy of 'Who's Next' from HMV, as reissues are down to £12.99 and I feel a bit teeth-sucky these days about putting on my original Track pressing of the album (which probably means it's time for me to sell it on, as I want to enjoy my LPs, not get into a headfuck about depreciation), and decided to transfer my planned vinyl splurge onto models instead. But c'mon, just look at these: There's something about the late Mettoy era of large-format Corgis that I just love. As previously mentioned, the Rancho always appealed to me and toy versions were everywhere, so I was surprised to never encounter a real one when out and about. I had a Matchbox Superkings version, and small Matchbox and Corgi versions, but never a large Corgi version. Until now. I reckon this is the best of them all. And it has a little lever underneath to tip the seats up and down in the back! That one small thing is what turned it into a must-have. Playvalue, hey? So, as I was buying for myself anyway... I grabbed the Peugeot 505 STi too. I only ever seem to see the beige taxi version of this casting, so this civvie version has a lot of appeal for me. You can be sure I'll be lovingly fondling my 1983 Corgi Catalogue later on (not a euphemism - please stop tittering at the back there). I also decided to take this one home too: I bought a silver version of the Matchbox Dinky DY-5 Ford V8 Pilot from a chemist's shop, of all places, in about 1993. It's good, but the silver always seemed a bit incongrous (although I know it's period correct). I'd sooner have had the black or beige version; well, now I have a black version. Although I didn't notice the back bumper was broken, as I was in a diecast-induced haze until I got back to work. Bollocks. Oh well. Maybe I'll arrange a bumper-share scheme with my silver one, depending on which one's on display at any given time. So there we are. That's some going, for me anyway! I might need to go for a little lie-down... Burnside, Split_Pin, Amishtat and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Back to the crates at St George's this morning, and a few items of interest - not only in the rummage boxes, but on the stall itself: 20190215_084503.jpg 20190215_084457.jpg Oho, is this of shiter interest? 20190215_084457 (2).jpg £3 secures this R4 in 1/24-ish scale, which looks like it's missing decals etc. Not my thing these days - but I'll nip over at noon and see if it's still there, should anyone be keen to nab it? Think it's Bburago, mebbe Polistil?? Also available were these Michelin commercial vehicles, from a 2005 magazine partwork. I had a few of these, selling them last year to some of you 'orrible lot. 20190215_084320.jpg 20190215_084331.jpg A rather steep £10 each on these, new and sealed - but, again, if anyone is super-keen I could unleash my MAD HAGGGLING SKILLZ YO and see if he'll take less for them. Crate-diving produced another few treasures - because the big plastic tubs are so big and so full (and perched atop a wobbly camping table), it's not easy to rummage through them all that well. So what should appear this time, but that Majorette Saab Turbo from a month or two ago. 20190215_090014.jpg 20190215_090023.jpg It's begging for a repaint, to the point that the rivet is only barely holding the body to the base. I also succumbed to the Mercury Commuter in Police livery, which I'd resisted last week. I do like this casting; I've a plain civilian version in green with the steering suspension (and dogs) which I'm very fond of, too. Further to my musings on the saloon version Mercury police car upthread, it's maybe odd in a way that Matchbox produced a saloon and an estate version of the same car at the same time - in both police and fire liveries. I can't think of many other manufacturers that did that, other than possibly Majorette who put out a 3dr and a 5dr version of the Series 1 Renault R5. Also picked up these: 20190215_085950.jpg 20190215_085925.jpg The Mercedes CLK is a Welly model; the Toyota Camry doesn't have a manufacturer but looks like it may also be made by Welly. Both are just a little cruder than Matchbox or Hot Wheels - just not quite as crisp a casting - but overall proportions aren't bad. There's even tiny, tiny badging to the bootlids of both, revealing that the Merc is a 250 Kompressor. Pity there's a few marks to the Camry's paintwork, but from the amount of wear to the wheels, this one's done a fair few miniature miles in the hands of its previous owner(s). And then there's these: 20190215_090041.jpg 20190215_090049.jpg The Volvo V70 (T5?) may be by Hongwell; there's no markings whatsoever on this, not even a 'Made in China' stamp. It's more toy than scale model, but may scrub up well and is screwed together for EASY REPAINT. The Hot Wheels blackwall taxi I'd overlooked several times in the preceding weeks, thinking it was a Crack-Up, but when I looked closer it's actually not. Just a generic Caprice-like 3-box septic, but quite nice anyway - even if the tampos are a bit rubbed. So there we go. And, just like Bargain Twunt/ Crap In The Attic, I'm unlikely to walk away with much in the way of profit - if anyone wants any of today's haul, I'll knock them out my cost price of 50p each + postage. David Dickinson Tomica.png What can I say, I'll never be rich... Look at the troll thing photo bombing the first pic... Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 That red Corgi Peugeot is fantastic! Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 I thought I was the only person who deliberated between spending on vinyl and die-cast at the same time.....Good haul there, no mistake! And we will indeed never be rich. I'll settle for Stuff, though any day........ Datsuncog and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 On 2/15/2019 at 3:40 PM, Tenmil Socket said: That red Corgi Peugeot is fantastic! It really is a honey... there's a few small marks on it, but I'm hoping it'll clean up nicely. An unusual model, but then at this time Corgi were pushing out some quite leftfield stuff - Honda Prelude, Triumph Acclaim, Renault 11, Mazda 1500B pickup - as well as producing more bread-and-butter stuff with their Sierra, Escort and Metro models. Some sporty and supercar stuff too, but a good spread. I kinda wish they'd done an MG Maestro that wasn't just the blocky Corgitronics version, too. Imagine a Montego in this scale, just as detailed as the Peugeot... Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 On 2/15/2019 at 3:35 PM, Tenmil Socket said: Look at the troll thing photo bombing the first pic... Also, apparently, a representation of Gordon Banks lying in state... Christine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 On 2/15/2019 at 4:04 PM, mercrocker said: I thought I was the only person who deliberated between spending on vinyl and die-cast at the same time.....Good haul there, no mistake! And we will indeed never be rich. I'll settle for Stuff, though any day........ Heh, for a long time if I was feeling really into diecast, then I'd be neglecting my records and vice-versa... but right now, I'm kinda balancing both simultaneously. Much danger. mercrocker and Burnside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 It really is a honey... there's a few small marks on it, but I'm hoping it'll clean up nicely. An unusual model, but then at this time Corgi were pushing out some quite leftfield stuff - Honda Prelude, Triumph Acclaim, Renault 11, Mazda 1500B pickup - as well as producing more bread-and-butter stuff with their Sierra, Escort and Metro models. Some sporty and supercar stuff too, but a good spread. I kinda wish they'd done an MG Maestro that wasn't just the blocky Corgitronics version, too. Imagine a Montego in this scale, just as detailed as the Peugeot... It's funny you say this as only about 45 minutes ago I was thinking of asking on here if anyone knew if any Maestro or Montego models were produced by anyone! Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Who was it that mentioned the Airfix kits in Aldi?There's a chap on a Facebook group who has bought a shitload of these and is now trying to bang them out at £30 for a set of 4..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 On 2/15/2019 at 4:12 PM, Tenmil Socket said: It's funny you say this as only about 45 minutes ago I was thinking of asking on here if anyone knew if any Maestro or Montego models were produced by anyone! Heh, there was a Corgi Maestro in one of the boxes! £3. Unfortunately it'd been left with a Duracell battery in it which had set up a nasty electrolytic action betwixt paint and mazac body; but I'm sure it would repaint. Meant to look like this: Bit clunky, maybe, but still a nice model. I had a mint/boxed one of these, which I sold along with a load of other mint/boxed Mettoy-era Corgis back in the mid-90s for an absolute pittance... still furious with my younger self over that! I'm not aware of a Montego model ever seeing the light of day... anyone else know of one? Conrad D. Conelrad, eddyramrod and Burnside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Heh, there was a Corgi Maestro in one of the boxes! £3. 20190215_125432 (2).jpg Unfortunately it'd been left with a Duracell battery in it which had set up a nasty electrolytic action betwixt paint and mazac body; but I'm sure it would repaint. Meant to look like this: corgi mg maestro.jpg corgi-corgitronics-1009-austin-rover_360.jpg corgi-1009-austin-rover-mg-maestro.jpg Bit clunky, maybe, but still a nice model. I had a mint/boxed one of these, which I sold along with a load of other mint/boxed Mettoy-era Corgis back in the mid-90s for an absolute pittance... still furious with my younger self over that! I'm not aware of a Montego model ever seeing the light of day... anyone else know of one? Thanks... that's another on my list Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Not as great results as some... IMG_20190214_165447.jpgIMG_20190214_165456.jpgIMG_20190214_171317.jpgIMG_20190214_171328.jpg Still need to do a logo for the tanker... Can't see anything ungreat in those. DoctorRetro, mercrocker and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Anyone want this for free, it is broken in a myriad of ways... Snapped front and rear, no steering wheel, slightly broken dashboard no number on bonnet... Junkman and Six-cylinder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Nobody has made a Montego sadly. I had one of those Maestros as a kid, love the clunkyness of it, would love one in working order again Datsuncog and Tenmil Socket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Anyone want this for free, it is broken in a myriad of ways... Snapped front and rear, no steering wheel, slightly broken dashboard no number on bonnet... IMG_20190215_125701.jpgIMG_20190215_125707.jpg PM sent.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Just to pester you people with more non original content I frequently contribute to this forum, I take the liberty to remind you of this fairly recent find: Well, thanks to Steve Flowers, it now has a brand new FBG: Note: FBG is American 1:25th scale domestic plastic model kit speak (yes, they came up with a jargon over the past 60 odd years, with its own terminology, believe it or not), and FBG denotes the Front Bumper and Grille, which was traditionally moulded as one piece, with few exceptions. So the term may be inappropriate here, because English diecast, but inherent lack of intellect because cunt prevents me of coming up with an original term. Suggestions herewith encouraged. I might appear tedious, but from now on, it is a top priority for me, that people understand what proportion of the things I post are original and what not. Please be aware that FBG is not. It's a term I took over from decades spending in the American plastic model kit scene. Please excuse such negativity. The back bumper, which is part of the base plate, has been Molotoved, which doesn't nearly show as well in the pic than it does in real life. To repaint, or not to repaint, that's the question now. Felly Magic, vulgalour, egg and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Repaint the interior to white, maybe but certainly don't deprive us of that spectacular purple exterior. eddyramrod and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Keep as is. Orange, black and purple is a winning combo. Perhaps detail the interior with a complimentary colour, if you feel the need? Excuse my ignorance, but I'm not exactly sure what make it is, or even who made it. Either way, it's excellent! Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 It's a Dinky #175 Cadillac Eldorado. Jon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Hey DC, did you say you were willing to let go of that yellow Volvo 850?I'm fairly sure it's Hongwell, as I used to have a blue wagon in a smaller scale and I've never seen anyone else do one. And it screws together for easy repaint?I happen to need a rattle can of Volvo Classic Green... I'd quite like that to make a replica of my own car. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 Just as well I am skint DC as there are several impressive 1/36 Jaguar XJ6 Coupe/Caravan combos in those boxes! Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Junkman, I can't say this enough about that Eldorado: DO NOT PAINT! That's way too good. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 That's the dichotomy one finds himself in when buying them in fairly good condition.I prefer them knackered, because then such dubiation won't occur. eddyramrod and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 On 2/16/2019 at 3:54 AM, Ghosty said: Hey DC, did you say you were willing to let go of that yellow Volvo 850? I'm fairly sure it's Hongwell, as I used to have a blue wagon in a smaller scale and I've never seen anyone else do one. And it screws together for easy repaint? I happen to need a rattle can of Volvo Classic Green... I'd quite like that to make a replica of my own car. Sure thing dude! It's yours. Of course, it is indeed an 850, not a V70 as I stated upthread. Obviously I was still on a diecast high when I typed that. I think I also had that smaller-scale 850 by Hongwell/Cararama too, though not any more, sadly. I'll see if I can find a pic. You still at the same address that I sent the catalogues to, a year or so back? Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Whoop Whoop, it's the sound of Les Flics. RayMK, Frogchod, eddyramrod and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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