Junkman Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Look at the sheer size of the Tamiya booth. It's no wonder this was overlooked by most. Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 The Diecast Company is yet another one of those establishments that ensures you can't buy a fucking thing. 59Impala, paulscavalier, eddyramrod and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 This Minichamps offering might interest someone. MI001.jpg Don't ask me, because I don't know it either. MO001.jpg MO002.jpg MO003.jpgLovely Volvo.The other is surely the final-year Edsel, 1960, based on the Ford Starliner/Galaxie. mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 The other is surely the final-year Edsel, 1960, based on the Ford Starliner/Galaxie. Well, dah.Which scale is it? Who makes it? Where can I buy it? eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Another look at that Trumpeter E Scooter kit. And then there is this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Well, looks like this little lot should be as welcome as a dose of the shits while wearing cricket whites, but what the hell... Warning! Vanguards content! Did one of the usual removal and cleans of the main display cabinet contents. I also went for a bit of a root around in the loft to give some hitherto undisplayed stuff a bit of shelf time. A mate of mine had a couple of The Sweeney-themed models for sale on a FB diecast site, that I've been after for a while. They're unboxed and been in the wars a bit, but together they were a fraction of the price of one mint and boxed example. Mark's an old mate from school so even delivered them to my door gratis! He also replaced the missing mirrors and driving lights on the Granada. The Cortina still has the backs of the driving lights, just need to find something to fill them, and replace the mirrors. It now has a nice supergluey fingerprint over the rear wing, due to dickhead here trying to stick the rear foglight on and failing. If it wasn't a signal yellow mk4 S, it would have had the toffee hammer treatment... Shut it you slaaag! Get yer traahsers on, you're nicked! etc... Loosely Sweeney related, I was looking amongst the various Ford stuff in the loft. I remembered I had a nice base spec mk1 Granada in purple velvet that I fancied displaying. However I also unearthed this in another 'fark me, I forgot I had that' moment. A Consul 3000 GT in the 'not at all like the GT in The Sweeney' colour scheme of Copper bronze with matching interior with only the black vinyl roof and 'similar but not that similar' NHK reg number presumably avoiding any licencing difficulties... 59Impala, Sudsprint, paulscavalier and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Well, dah.Which scale is it? Who makes it? Where can I buy it?Oh come on, those questions are far too difficult! Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 This is bloody brilliant. Conrad D. Conelrad, mercrocker, AndyW201 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Oh come on, those questions are far too difficult! But I must have it! eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Eddy, I assume you've spotted this? eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 I did, but couldn't tell what year it was supposed to be. Do you have any more information? I'm also pleased to see all the various pedestrian figures. Do you know what scales they are in? They bring a display to life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 So, continuing the cabinet reshuffle (heheh!), out came the later mk2 Granada 2.8 injection, purchased from our own bramz7. Another one I've been after for a while and compares nicely .with the earlier mk2 S.Alongside the yellow Cortina S, the green 3.0S finally gets an airing. My dream garage would contain a signal green 2.0S so this is pretty close.Some more TV detective nonsense with a pair of Bodie and Doyle Capris. I love the Minichamps version, complete with realistic tartan seats with tiny fishnet headrests.and re-creating a well known Professionals scene,Then as an alternative to all this sporty S pack and GT frivolity, a bit of mk3 and 4 giffer spec caramac coloured Cortina business. Loving the beige interiors...Finally in the rejigged OSF section came the mk1 Capri GXL. The Vanguards Mk1 has come in for a bit of a kicking, there are a few wonky bits, especially on the twin headlight versions but I still like this one. It does make a bit of a change to have a mk1 Capri that isnt a GT or an RS. Nice to have the facelift tail lights and I like the twin tailpipes and the GXL badging.And the new miniature Ford 'I wish I had what they'd be worth in real life' section,(yep I like Escorts as well... Soz like) RayMK, mercrocker, Felly Magic and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Junkman are we saying Hornby DIDNT offload Pocher? I thought they’d sold it off? Cracking reportage I’m really enjoying it! Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Repaint news This sweet little Husky Thames had a few issues which stopped it being 'restored'. The baseplate was damaged and the rear doors were missing. So instead of restoring it, I left it on a farm for 20 years. I made some rough approximations of rear doors from some thin metal. I had intended to fill that hole in the roof, but forgot to. Oops. 59Impala, Remspoor, vulgalour and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Junkman are we saying Hornby DIDNT offload Pocher? I thought they’d sold it off? Cracking reportage I’m really enjoying it! Thanks. No, as far as I can tell the Hornby-Pocher marriage is still a happy one, at least in public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 After all the cleaning and displaying, a little repair job. (sorry, another Vanguards Ford).I managed to build up the whole Vanguards 'boy racer' collection. Weirdly, on the mk2 Cortina, the front wheels disintegrated. While hunting for a cheap wheel donor, I managed to find another mint boxed example, so the one with the knackered wheels was relegated to the loft o' lost diecast.Then, when my mate brought the Sweeney models round, he asked if I needed any model wheels as he builds a lot of motorsport conversions and has loads of spare sets. So he gave me a set of minilites from a Trofeu Escort.They're now on the original knackered Cortina, and look pretty good. As a bonus the Trofeu axles are thicker, pushing the suspension wires up higher. So the car now has a nice lower ride height much more befitting of a boy racer car!Stance yo! Sudsprint, Burnside, eddyramrod and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 When I left school in 1975 there were a couple of those lads who had their birthdays early in the school year with the result that they turned 17 that October. That Cortina is an excellent representation of their first cars.... AndyW201, Sudsprint, eddyramrod and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Repaint news husky01.jpg This sweet little Husky Thames had a few issues which stopped it being 'restored'. The baseplate was damaged and the rear doors were missing. So instead of restoring it, I left it on a farm for 20 years. husky02.jpg I made some rough approximations of rear doors from some thin metal. I had intended to fill that hole in the roof, but forgot to. Oops. husky03.jpg I still have the one I got at Madurodam when I was five.Like all my childhood survivors, it's in surprisingly reasonable nick, still. Burnside, egg, Remspoor and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Oddly, they did sell Husky at Madurodam! I got one of those Guy Warrior Esso tankers from there that somebody put up here recently. Sadly it went walkabout - it certainly made it back from Holland but I can't remember what happened to it..... Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 We had two of those Anglia/Thames vans, full-size, when I was in primary school. A dark green one, XWM 234, was later followed by a white one, DWM 242C. I spent a lot of time sitting on various cushions in the back. as we used them for camping trips. You could do that in the 60s! mercrocker, egg, hennabm and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Oddly, they did sell Husky at Madurodam! I got one of those Guy Warrior Esso tankers from there that somebody put up here recently. Sadly it went walkabout - it certainly made it back from Holland but I can't remember what happened to it..... I got the van, a yellow Jaaag XJ6 and the Monkees Mobile. The latter two are AWOL.I also got a battery operated 4WD plastic tipper truck the manufacturer of which I forgot, but it provided sterling service in sand castle construction at the beach.It's also long gone.I suspect mother. Mothers give toy cars, but they also toss them in the bin when you're not looking, like they do with your old leather jackets. blakey79 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Aye! There's an old leather jacket in my garage that rides half-way up my back and looks like a decomposed sheep. That's a bin rescue and my mother has emigrated in 1981! Funny how those childhood gifts actually remind one of days out far more than actual related souvenirs would have done...... RayMK, Junkman and eddyramrod 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 This horribly cracked Norev Frégate has been acquired, cheaply! Early metal bottomed model. HMC, mercrocker, eddyramrod and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Got an Otto 1/18 of these on its way. 59Impala and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 As broken as it is, it will always be well treated at Egg's Norev sanctuary... vulgalour, Junkman, mercrocker and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Courtesy of TheDoctor, I finally have a TR7 to call my own. Peppermint green paint and green tartan interior in the future for this one. Part of the bonus that popped up in the TR7 parcel was the pinkest car in my entire collection. The second batch of Ramrod Collection repatriation contained quite a lot of pink. This is good. I used to have a Beach Buggy just like this, it too was missing a headlight. I had this one too, though not in this 80s-tastic colour scheme. Sudsprint, Amishtat, MarvinsMom and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Other items of note are this Husky Anglevan. Not sure what I'm doing with it yet, though I'm tempted to have a go at making doors having seen Conrad's work. This Maisto Jag is an odd one. The wheels are Matchbox design and the Jag itself seems very similar to the Corgi offering. I'm guessing Maisto just made use of obsolete castings and parts. egg, MarvinsMom, Junkman and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Other items of note are this Husky Anglevan. Not sure what I'm doing with it yet, though I'm tempted to have a go at making doors having seen Conrad's work.Husky-FordThamesVan.jpg If you do want to make it original, model-supplies.co.uk do the doors for £1.60. They're under Corgi parts. But shaping a bit of cigarillo tin with a ruler and a pen is cheaper still! vulgalour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Or make one of these... sheffcortinacentre, vulgalour, Burnside and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 In other Norev news, a chap from France sent me some original Renault Floride tail-lights, which I think is better than my play-doh solution! eddyramrod, Burnside, 59Impala and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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