Remspoor

I strongly admire the owner's refusal to wash this thing and rid it of the various lifeforms growing on it.

Did a car boot this morning at local Sainsbury’s and some classics turned up 

Because the designer isn’t the one who has a long walk if they run out.

Did an oil change on the qashqai, what a bollocks these huge undertrays are , new clips on order !!

The bulkhead had those raised wiper arm spline attachment ends throughout

The purple and red metallics are the least common, Purple produced for a matter of months 1975-76 before Speedwheels were fitted
Dinky 131, produced 1968-77
1968-70 White
1970-75 Copper metallic
1975-76 Purple metallic
1976-77 Copper metallic or Red metallic, fitted with Speedwheels

Miniature shite has been a bit barren around my neck of the woods. Apart from 1 singular 2nd hand diecast purchase, last weekend saw the first splurge from from me for 2024, after '23 ended on a high with my AS bulk purchases arriving all at once!
Partly, there's been a bit of shite apathy on my part, due to life stuff and the glut of arrivals late last year as mentioned - but most importantly, my phone broke a few months ago and I 'upgraded' it to a newer, better model, which takes terrible, terrible photos. That's proper knocked my mojo in documenting anything.
But document I must, now I bought some stuff, from an annual car swapmeet.
First up, a couple of Yatmings and a PlayArt quattro:

Actually, it's an Audi Coupe, as shown by the script on the rear. But you'll have to take my word for it, as my brand new phone is so shockingly bad.
Then I grabbed this Greyhound bus as a cheapie:

Been out in the sun too long, as the glass and interior are all warped an melted.

But I've never seen the removable Superfast axle cover in red before - nor a double axle cover either, for that matter. Or even a Superfast Greyhound bus! Though I'm sure none of the above is that uncommon.
Also from the same seller was this sorry Siku:

Missing the roof and rear door, but I have a complete one in the UK. I've defo got one or two trailers with missing hitch locks, so this'll help fix one of them at least.
 

One seller had a few boxed Matchbox at $4 each, or 2 for $6 (roughly £3), so I nabbed these two.

The grey 760 was one of the earliest new Matchbox toys I can remember owning, although I know I owned earlier versions. I can live with an unopened but stuffed box at this pricepoint.

The Astra was a slightly educated gamble (of a whole £1.50), as the box made me think this was really quite a late issue for this casting. And if a cursory glance at Ebay for Hertfordshire Constabulary versions go for, this more than bankrolled my day out!
 

Picked up this E-Type from a guy selling a load of Jag 1/43s, though this was by far the oldest, so of most interest to me.
 

I'm a sucker for this era of Dinky, especially if it's not painted metallic red! That's a lovely shade, but this purple which I think was also used on the Capri is a lovely period hue. And the gold base just sets it off!
 

Baby blue interior is a perfect colour match to the exterior shades, don't you think? Note the driver's seat back, which looks like it's spent all its 50+years wedged beneath the dash and steering wheel. If I'm not mistaken, this has all its parts present, although I'm not sure why there's 2 holes in the bulkhead  when there's windscreen wipers cast into the 'screen.
That's as far as I dared open the rear door, however:

 
Finally, I bought this hefty lump:

 

Perusing the model art on the back of the box reveals that I have a worrying number of these castings, or variants of...

It's at this point that I must remind readers that I don't collect fire stuff. But if it's made by Siku, there seems to be an exception. Which explains why I now have an alarming amount of 70's Siku fire vehicles.

Initially, the sheer weight of this thing and its modular construction led me to believe it'd be laden with features - but in actual fact, you're looking at them all. 4/10, buyer's remorse kicked in, yo.
And actually, once I'd bought it, I'd remembered that I'd shunned it the year before from the same seller, though I did pick up a couple of other gems from him back then.
But it's OK, as although he was firm on his price, I managed to get this wee box of nostalgia thrown in, as a veiled gift for my wife, who loves Lego:

But I didn't check the contents first....
 

Honestly, the old guy stiffed me, wittingly or not. This is one of the sorriest excuses for a toy-shaped-object ever. The flipping wheels don't even spin on their axles. 
 

Look at the driver mocking me. 
 

I'm going to roffle the duplicates of my large diecast collection (spent far too much this year lol) if anyone wants to have a go (posted in the for sale car boot section).

Number 2, a Fujimi issue of the Nissan Fairlady ZG (Datsun 240Z with aero nose):

What I started with. There is an engine, but as there's minimal underbonnet detail then I've kept that for another Datsun project.

Went for a distinctly non-stock colour - Tamiya Lavender with pearl clear and then gloss clear. Arches, bumpers and spoilers were painted dark metallic grey.

Wheels by Aoshima, tyres from yet another kit. Window trims finished with foil, and wipers and some other brightwork done using Gundam chrome marker.

 

Interior painted metallic salmon pink (!), with a bit of light grey and felt carpet to give it a bit of texture.

 

A couple of quick outdoor shots that still don't really do the pearl finish justice - it's subtle but works well, slightly different to a metallic/mica finish.

My first 1:1 car was a ‘76/R Fiat Mirafiori
It was a 1300 L and went very well - it used to annoy the Escort crowd, due mainly to its gearing rather than my driving ability
I should have kept that 2-door shell, put it into storage, as it still had (most of) its factory sills.  But when you are 19 you don’t think about funding retirement…
 

Got a Polistil 1:43 in the same colour to remind myself of the thing.  Here it is out to play with a Panorama

Not sure if this deserves to be called a car 
Chatenet CH26 EVO Sport GT 

This weird little thing - which I saw in Iasi, northern Romania, at the start of this month, was totally new to me: I thought it was a recent Lada but turns out it's actually a Chery Jaggi - not a 70s stripper but a dinky bug-eyed little Chinese supermini.
 

This image gave me a wry smile.

Identical. 

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Back in 1983 and such easier times.
This place is still going strong today.