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9 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:
God help me, I've even started watching unboxing videos late at night...
Goodness me that is SO bookmarked.
I'm determined not to find a Micro Machines Supervan City, lest I should realise that it was actually substantially more shit than I realised when I was 10.
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Of Gardners (and speaking from an entirely emotional perspective), am I allowed to really like the 6LYT?
Very occasionally, a Plaxton Paramount 4000 on Gardner-powered Neoplan underframes served on my school bus route, and I liked a) how it sounded, b) the fact that it said "Turbo 330" on the side, and c) the fact that it took off at a rate of knots compared with the Daimler Fleetlines we were usually cooped up in.
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23 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:
Already have another boxed Sierra, one or the other may be of interest to @RoadworkUK?
Was about to feverishly yell "TAKE MY MONEY", but I checked myself and realised I already have that one. Thanks for the thought, though.
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1 hour ago, Dick Longbridge said:
Plugs out, some ATF down the bores, a few gentle gentle pulls on the crank after 24 hours and some easy start in the old girl's throat and I reckon she'd be a runner.
And polish some Viper Stripes in the Pogweasel.
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5 hours ago, danthecapriman said:
Monstrously big GM Fishbowl bus!
That's excellent.
I've seen a few 1:43 partwork buses on eBay. Quite tempted by this Neoplan that's quite widely available, but I'm rather disinclined to spend the requisite thirty quid.
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Aye, it's a Mk4, but not a very precise rendering.
I have two of them; they were given away either free or very cheap as part of an Esso fuel promotion in the early 90s. Dad picked up my sister and I one each, and I stole hers in pretty short order.
Opening bootlid gives a view of nowt much IIRC
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@danthecapriman Those partwork lorries are gorgeous! Especially the Peterbilt. The Spaniards are lucky buggers.
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23 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:
@Datsuncog was there a price on the Oxford Cresta Friary? I'd really like one, if it's going to be something I can afford. And assuming it's 1/43.
I think that £23.99 sticker is the stallholder's.
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36 minutes ago, horriblemercedes said:
Those wheels look great. You'll see them in the intro to the video of The Road to Hell by Chris Rea.
On a Rover 800, I believe.
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14 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:
Hiace finished:
Makes for a nice companion piece to the Sunny Truck:
Both utterly superb. Intricate models of subject matter that many would see as rather mundane is what I'm all about.
Loads of people are building 1:72 Vulcans, not many seem interested in 1:72 Hawker Siddeley Tridents.
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I've just been to the Co-op, from where I grabbed this from the hanging strip thing on impulse, because dem '80s Matchbox colours and because SVX.
No price visible, but I thought "it'll just be typical variable Matchbox / Hot Wheels pricing, and yesterday was payday".
Got reamed for £3.
Still, my environmentalist wife opines that "things like that should be AT LEAST £3". So that's okay.
It's nice, anyway.
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15 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:
So nearly there with the Hiace:
That is absolutely fabulous.
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48 minutes ago, Jon said:
Note also the street lamp, which @Tenmil Socket grabbed for me from a junk shop in Brighton, I believe. Now to find the little Elvis man!
I'm gonna need to get me a street lamp. Not all that bothered by Elvis, though.
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10 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:
It's one of those odd ones that looks quite unappealing in pictures, but is quite different in the hand. I like it a lot.
Yeah!
Also it rolls along very sweetly indeed. There's a very deliberate heft to it, both in the hand and along the tabletop.
I had no idea it originally came with a silly Elvis figure, though. I'm actually a bit disappointed. Gives it a slight "novelty item" aspect.
1987 Ford Sierra Sapphire 1.8L - Ready for inspection - see page 20
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Only on Ghia and XR4x4 at this age. The launch brochure shows a retractable antenna on the O/S rear flank.