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I did not even think of Simca.  For some reason, my Simca recognition starts with the Aronde, a rather later body shape.

 

I know what you mean. Actually, it's a Simca 8, not sure why Norev went with 1200 (well, of course it has an engine that size, but anyway...)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simca_8

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Sorry in advance for the picture dump. 

 

Went to a local model railway shop today and they always have a plethora of 00(ish) gauge cars unboxed and relatively cheap.

 

These were a selection of the ones available.

 

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So, we picked out a few... 

Lada 1200 (ish) 

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Citroen CX

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Mercedes 260D

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Mercedes erm.. Van? Some great weathering

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Beetle

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Opel Reckord

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Mini. Roof chopped maybe? 

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Simca 1300

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Land Rover - a bit better quality 

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And lastly, the piece du resistance or whatever the French for cool thing is... 

Renault Traffic with collapsed rear suspension. 

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The eagle-eyed among you will realise this last one is not 00 gauge.. Indeed not, but I couldn't resist it. 

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Hyullo!

 

I'm obviously not a regular in here, indeed I don't have that many miniature shite vehicles personally, though there are some at my rents house.

 

Can I ask a stupid question though? Can anyone have a guess what size/scale cars I should be looking for for this car park? It was £2.99 and I couldn't resist it.post-4015-0-08449400-1550501378_thumb.jpg

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Hyullo!

 

I'm obviously not a regular in here, indeed I don't have that many miniature shite vehicles personally, though there are some at my rents house.

 

Can I ask a stupid question though? Can anyone have a guess what size/scale cars I should be looking for for this car park? It was £2.99 and I couldn't resist it.attachicon.gifIMG_20190218_122933.jpg

 

Looks like a good size for some Burrago 1:43 models to me. 

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Y0 Panda_m those are Gr9. Was that a Hillman Imp in the box as well?

 

The shonkier the better at that scale IMO.

 

I believe so. There were quite a few cool models in there but the wheels were annoying as they were too narrow.

 

There was a Landcrab in there too!

 

I have these two Minix models too... 

 

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Some may remember this restoration I did on the ex Eddyramrod Kennel Club hauler.

 

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I wrote back then that this isn't final and I would like to replace the tinted glass unit with a clear one and insert an interior from the correspondent PU version.

 

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Well, yesterday's pillage included this.

 

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So I broke it and the result is thusly.

 

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You want to try looking for a 304 van, like I had!  At least you can get a 305 saloon.

 

Universal Hobbies are the mob responsible for the James Bond collection, which are quite good.  I have several... Not much in the way of vans among them though, Bond tends to favour cars more.

I think that a conversion could be undertaken.

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Hyullo!

 

I'm obviously not a regular in here, indeed I don't have that many miniature shite vehicles personally, though there are some at my rents house.

 

Can I ask a stupid question though? Can anyone have a guess what size/scale cars I should be looking for for this car park? It was £2.99 and I couldn't resist it.attachicon.gifIMG_20190218_122933.jpg

I think I'm seeing a Dinky Mini Moke in that pic.  Try that in one of the spaces because from here it looks like it should fit.  If it does, then you want Corgi/Dinky/other 1:43 scale cars.

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Current 00 gauge(ish) collection.

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I posted this picture earlier, but the dirt on it is hurting my 'ocd'* Do I clean it up or not? If not, does someone else want it so it doesn't keep bothering me? :D

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*translate that how you will, some things just bother me so much I have to do something, I have lots of idiosyncrasies that indicate issues, but not really full blown OCD, and don't want to upset any sufferers. 

 

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I already have one of those Merc vans (in clean edition) but I understand your concern.   I wouldn't call it OCD but I have a similar outlook.  I can't look at Junkman's splendid Kennel Truck resto without mentally re-arranging the dogs so that they all face inwards.....

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One of my favourites, that Hawk....I swapped one that colour for a Corgi Thunderbird in a playground deal that I instantly regretted.   I remember asking the other lad if he was looking after it.    He didn't actually call me a weirdo but I know what he was thinking.....

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On 2/18/2019 at 8:46 PM, TheDoctor said:

Current 00 gauge(ish) collection.

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I posted this picture earlier, but the dirt on it is hurting my 'ocd'* Do I clean it up or not? If not, does someone else want it so it doesn't keep bothering me? :D

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Nice collection there - think the CX Familiale, G-Wagen and Merc floppytop (and is that also a Golf, and a white Matra Bageera?) with no windows are Bruder items - or, at least, I had some the same included with a plastic Bruder ferryboat a few years back. Slightly cruder than the railway scale items, but still a lot of charm.

Mebbe worth putting the shell of the Mercedes van in a bag with some oven cleaner, as per my earlier Transit adventures? Failing that, I'd certainly give it a home (and a bath, probably)..

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Poor old Eddy,there he stands quietly and diligently,his little metal hand grasping forever the little metal pump.

Rain or shine,day in day out for eternity.

Sometimes going weeks with out a customer!

 

*ding ding*

 

"Four gallons of four star,and a shot of Redex,please my good man"

 

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Eddy duly obliged,and went back to his post as the green Vauxhall trundled off into the distance.

 

 

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The end!

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Tiny Transit is now out of its oven-cleaner bath and back on the keyboard.

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It looks a LOT more orange when it's next to the Capri - I would have sworn blind they were both nearly the same shade.

I'll give it another repaint at some point, but right now I'm just enjoying looking at it.

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Remember this? Lost the lights and spares so it was a ruined model. 

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My son (7) decided to restore it and we've managed to bodge some Moskvich lights and grille on the front and some random orange plastic for the rears. He has gone a bit 'blue forum' by slamming it, but he'll grow out of that I'm sure. I did*

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Just bumpers and no. plate to sort now... 

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Would anyone be interested in this before I brave ebay with it. I'm can't remember where I got it from or why, I'm assuming it must have been a gift. It has some chips on the roof and is missing the Merc badge on the bonnet also the rear spoiler is loose, the windscreen has some light scratches from where my kids played with the front wiper. It has tons of detail, such as seat belts and working rear suspension.

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On 2/19/2019 at 12:09 PM, junkyarddog said:

I haz (slightly creepy) effigy of Steven Mcqueens!

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That's coz I also haz his car!

 

Behold the Corgi Bullitt Mustang.

Picked this up in a tatty box for €5.00 last Sunday.

These things are a mental price on eBay!

 

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Not worth it IMO,but at 5 euro it appealed to my frugal nature.

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That's bloody lovely. Top buying! Corgi did a decent job getting those muscular proportions just right on the Mustang fastback  - something the Matchbox Dinky version didn't quite pull off.

Today's diecast-related grin for me was finding the broken bumper off Friday's Ford V8 Pilot wedged down into a fold in the packaging - so once glued back on, it looks grand.

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