Tenmil Socket

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Yet more Matchbox, but in boxes now. Firstly this Model A, perhaps not the most exciting casting but I really liked my childhood early cream and green version as depicted on the box

Seller unfortunately just wrapped the lot in paper so the boxes got a bit of damage - as well as underpaying the postage

Coming bang up to date, Modelmatic got a slew of Collectors and Moving Parts 

Finally, I spotted the last of the latest trio of Hot Wheels Team Transports for not much more than Smyths sell them for. No doubt that means there will dozens on the shelf next week

Nice Porsche!

W*nkers!

15 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

1974 purple velvet ford escort RS 1600

2021 purple velvet ford escort RS 1600

I really like that (minus the spoilers). How do you generate these images... can you try Transit Escort Cosworth?

Will this technology leave car designers out of a job?

On 15/04/2024 at 09:14, cort16 said:

Remember there was a thing for a while with people welding up the back doors on 4dr mk2s to make them look like 2doors but they just looked really stupid ?  I wonder how long until this starts happening with 2000’s Imprezas?

 

That must’ve looked proper shit!

Spotted this on the Liverpool Echo website but don't know how to link it.

Old garage I spotted earlier… Superintendent?

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Looks like a Dome-0 that was probably sold as a Zodiac or Midnight branded toy

Thanks

It was gone… in fact, all of his Matchbox was sold.

On 30/09/2023 at 13:39, bunglebus said:

Do you remember what this was?

I’m going to get tyres fitted to my car at lunchtime not far from this shop. Would you like me to pop in and see if it’s still there?

13 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Some 1/50 scale kitchen haulage happened over lunchtime.

Unboxed the Corgi Classics AEC late last night, and yes it's a heavy old thing.

A really heavy old thing. The box trailer's all-metal; it weighs over half a kilo by itself.

The tampo printing's really quite good, though there's not a lot of detail on the trailer doors or anything.

The refrigeration unit is the bit that always really excited me, for some bizarre reason.

It's fairly well done, with textured ridges where the intake fins are.

The cab's pretty well rendered, given that it's a mass-produced model and that three decades have elapsed since then.

Diamanté headlights add a bit of sparkle, and the silver plastic grille moulding gives some brightness to the front end too.

Nowadays we might expect photo-etched detailing and things like wipers and badges, but for the time this felt pretty good.

Mirrors seem to be factory fit rather than relying on the collector to ruin it themselves with a tube of glue - though the front numberplate lettering seems a bit small and squashed.

A decent stab's been made at the interior too, but it's not very easy to photograph.

At the back, I'm not sure if something's missing from mine - there's a large rectangular hole in the cab. Some lights might have been good too; it feels a little unfinished.

I was pleased to find some of the original documentation still inside the box too - some information about the truck it was modelled on:

And a plastic bag containing the unpainted figures Corgi was so keen to foist on collectors for no apparent reason; there's what looks like a warehouseman and a fairly bent lamp post still wrapped up, and I daresay they'll remain that way.

As bemoaned upthread, it's a shame these were put out in 1/50 scale rather than 1/43, as I'd love to be able to put these next to my cars and vans but - can't be helped.

I'm not sure that I love this yet, but it could grow on me...

Crikey, that’s heavy!

11 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Here’s the other versions I’ve got.

Mk1 diesel, lwb, tailgate, solid side door on correct side.

 

Mk2, lwb, double rear doors, window side door on correct side.

And another one of the blue French rally vans. Somewhere!

Love a MK2 Transit!

13 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

BLOODY HELL!!!!

I paid €1.00😮

Nice score!

14 hours ago, bunglebus said:

It's been a bit hectic for me today, so this is the first chance I've had to post up today's finds.

Starting with the elephant in the room, this;

Just to give you an idea of scale, a Lone Star

It cost way too much money, it's too big for my collection but man it's cool! I need to stop giving in to peer pressure...

Regular seller had a box full of Moving Parts at two for £8.00

Staying with boxed stuff, just a single pound for a Corgi FX4

These two boxes came back from France via @andrew e. I'm impressed with the effort Welly have put in, they used to be a very average brand

OK it gets weird for a while here. Original Bandai GoBot

Jimson...Toyota?

Also Jimson, and kinda just making up the numbers in a two for £5 deal. I like it though

Tootsietoys Gremlin

Argo "Vantastic"

OK normality has resumed. I thought @FakeConcern might like this Corgi caravan, despite the tow hitch being broken

£2.00 if so!

Another one sort of making up the numbers, this Fiat is a nicely done repaint

This was the one I wanted at a bargain price though - Karmann Ghia is already apart and in the paint stripper

I was probably too hasty buying this Shovel Nose, but the stickers caught my attention - they looked like larger versions of those found on the Superfast Dodge Dragster. Having had a measure up, they are actually the same size, so either someone at the factory was having a bit of fun, or some stickers escaped and found their way onto the sides afterwards

Oh look, it's another Big MX. In very nice condition too

Also in nice condition is this Lesney Ferrari Berlinetta

Yet another variant of the Field Car, and I still have lots to find

Who can resist a Wagonaire?

I've not seen the Superfast Capri in orange before

Chop Suey

Glow windows Cortina is one I'd not previously tracked down

Glow test - passed!

Despite appearances, the doors on this 260Z don't open

Yet another Chav, so one will be up for grabs in the future

There were two Matchbox P1800s up for grabs today - I bought the other. Need to line this up with the Hot Wheels Ain't No Saint gasser

Picked up Herbie at the boot sale for 75p. Saw a tattier one for £5 at the toy fair

Maybe an even better deal was this for 20p, that the mrs found at the later boot sale

In the middle of that price range was this for 50p

 

Potentially interested in a Cav please.

19 hours ago, Peter C said:

I’m getting burning oil smells from the dashboard vents

1 hour ago, rattlecan said:

You can tell it’s a while ago as all the vehicles still have wheels on

That joke isn’t funny anymore 😩

Liverpool 1962

16 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Trailer!  

 

PM conversations with @danthecapriman have resulted in an image search.  I suspect I now have a new build project coming up, which will involve cutting up a Dinky Bedford CF.

Imagine reversing that thing!

4 minutes ago, Saabnut said:

I’m not  

Destination achieved, nice cup of tea with @jonathan_dyane and then headed south. Stopped at my old university friends place in St Helens to top up with LPG and now waiting for another shiter to finish work so I can make my second collection after which I can start heading north. Only as far as Preston tonight

Picture near the next shifters place

Be as fast as I can mate 👍🏻

24 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Funk soul brother 

Thought it was ‘right about now’? I’m probably wrong… I’ve made up lyrics to songs all my life when I didn’t know the word 😂

I was doing some DIY last year and that awful Tom Walker song came on the radio with the lyric ‘It’s serotonin’… I changed it to ‘I’m siliconeing’, much better!

On 30/03/2024 at 20:15, egg said:

Musk built the Cybertruck because one of his kids said - why does nothing look like the future? That kid clearly has never seen a Lagonda.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/725411366466337/

Got to be one of the ugliest cars ever!

King Of Road, OKAY!

Picked this up yesterday from the same model shop I got the American Police car from. Paid a fiver. I’m guessing late 80’s / early 90’s?