sheffcortinacentre Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Being the Cortina nut round here thought I better try putting these up, Bulgarian ones are mainly ones in yellow card packs plus some loose ones. Also there a re quite a few of my modded ones the 4 large mk5's red EST, yellow saloon,police saloon & ambulance EST are Spanish remote control ones. The black coupe is an Argentine Mk5 in blown plastic. FakeConcern, Burnside, MarvinsMom and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 13 hours ago, 155V6 said: You're quite correct,I did have them from you,& they are in my pic.I didn't realise for quite a while that I had bought stuff from you before you were selling on here.I think I had an orange VW van,& a boat with trailer(both Majorettes) as well ? Ah yes, the Majorettes... sounds about right, maybe a blue Simca/Chrysler Alpine too?? Think it took me a while to realise that you were on here too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 8 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said: Being the Cortina nut round here thought I better try putting these up, Bulgarian ones are mainly ones in yellow card packs plus some loose ones. Also there a re quite a few of my modded ones the 4 large mk5's red EST, yellow saloon,police saloon & ambulance EST are Spanish remote control ones. Crikey Moses - I think you win this round!!! There were some great Spanish remote control cars back in the 70s/80s - I received a few from my grandparents on their return from Benidorm, but sadly none survive. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Thanks, it's an obsession that started as a kid this place is full of Cortina MK3/4/5 memoriblia plus seven 1:1 scale versions. Ive also most real UK market fords in 1/43 & 1/76 upto 1999 except the odd silly price or not modelled. Few more parts & I could probably build a new one! To misquote " if you cut me,do I not bleed 20/50". sierraman, Datsuncog, warch and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 I've just been in the loft to find my Dinky Mini Moke from when I was a kid and also picked out a load of other toy cars in various stages of decay. Among all these was my small collection of Cortinas... This is the first Cortina I got a Dinky pre airflow with opening doors and steering wheels At some point I repainted this a similar colour to the original although it now has a layer of mould on top Another Mk1, this time an estate by Corgi and it always irritated me that it was smaller than the dinky saloon and that it had the strange wood stuff on the side as I only ever remember seing one real one with it. Again refinished many years ago in original colour This was a favourite toy and so the paper stick on stripes and racing numbers quickly wore off and got repainted several times. The whole thing was repainted without the red boot and bonnet many years ago and still looks pretty good considering I was about 12/13 when I did it. I also see that I put a canterbury registration on it! Amazingly I still have the box. My most recent Cortina a nice Mk3 belonging to Graham Hill, the box is even signed by him so it must be true As I was getting these out I also found some interesting other Fords A Corgi Capri I got when it first came out whenever that was and originally white with a matt black bonnet, much abused and now yellow, not found anything except the body so far... This was a really nice Dinky Capri until the young me decided it needed a sunroof and set to it with a junior hacksaw! It also at some time benifitted* from a painted matt black vinyl roof, since removed with polish. This Dinky Escort suffered much abuse including a full set of rally stickers I got from somewhere and a nice matt black bonnet, since repainted in original colour blue Lastly what must be a bit of a strange one as it's a Hotwheels model, but in the same or similar scale as Corgi/Dinky. At some point I had an earlier Corgi Mustang in white with red stripes and a Dinky one in red, neither of which I can find now. This one originally had Boss 302 stickers and stripes stuck on together with the pony logo on the rear quarters, these all curled up and were removed and chucked decades ago. I was fascinated by the peculiar way the black detail was applied to the bonnet (the whole section can be removed!) and loved the "venetian blind" rear window slats! Datsuncog, Amishtat, Split_Pin and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 I must be unique as I never had a toy Cortina when I were a lad and now I feel like I've missed out on a formative experience. I did have a couple of Mk2 Granadas though if that makes up for it; they went to cms206 in my big toy giveaway at Shitefest 16. My collection is not totally devoid of Cortinas though as I have Oxford Diecast's Mk2 and 3, plus one I took a hacksaw to and made into a Crayford convertible. Cortina by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Cortina gets new wheels by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Crayford Cortina by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Burnside, FakeConcern, Datsuncog and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 Crikey those Spanish 'mote control Cortinas are tremendous! I didn't get my first Cortina until I was 9. I thought my classmate was having me on when he said that Matchbox made a Cortina MK 4 until he brought a metallic red and a gold one in to swap with me. I still have the former. Burnside and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 The lights work on them Inc blues & twos on police/ ambulance version the latter has a removable stretcher too. I remember as a kid during mid 70's having a Kadett "B" coupe (rally car silver black bonnet),blue land crab & alitalia stratos . Can't remember the brand's. Burnside and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Any more pics of the large yellow Cortina? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 On 9/20/2019 at 2:03 PM, Datsuncog said: The Pepsi Challenger-liveried Chevrolet Pro Stocker has a tale. I received one of these in December 1984, I believe - my parents had gone up to Belfast to do some Christmas shopping one evening, leaving me and my infant brother with my grandparents. On their return (which seemed like the middle of the night, but was probably only about 9.30pm), I was presented with one of these, boxed, "for being good" (ha!). It came from Belfast's legendary Leisure World, a huge toyshop in Queen Street. I really loved this particular toy, and it was briefly promoted to my 'best car' status - please tell me I'm not the only freaky kid who did this - until one day I was messing about in the back garden, whizzing my cars up the slide, when I overcooked it slightly - sending my Pro Stocker deep into the hedge behind. Much searching and clambering through the hedge failed to find it, and I was inconsolable. About seven or eight years later, while trimming said hedge, my dad then found the car - now missing most of its paint and looking quite sad. In an effort to spruce it up, I tried to paint it... using Tipp-Ex. You can imagine how good that looked. I'm not sure whether I kept this or not, but anyway - this is a replacement of sorts, looking in roughly the same condition as mine when it went into the hedge in 1985. Memories, hey? Following on from my earlier ramblings... here's the Pepsi Challenger liveried MB34 Chevy Pro Stocker, contrasting my original lost-in-a-hedge version with a slightly better version from the tat stall. It's not in great shape, my original one. But the more intact version brings back that rush of receiving mine new - I was intrigued by the see-through packaging of the new blue boxes, as usually the Matchbox cars I was still buying were old stock from local newsagents - which still came in the illustrated cardboard boxes. Wish I'd kept 'em! It was indeed 'repainted' using a bottle of Tipp-Ex; most (but not all) of which I then scraped off at some point. What a mess. Still - memories. This is another I'd like to procure in mint/boxed status... one day. Split_Pin, BL Bloke, eddyramrod and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Further shite purchased today. Ford Cargo a particular bargain at 50p. Datsuncog, Burnside and Split_Pin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Following on from my earlier ramblings... here's the Pepsi Challenger liveried MB34 Chevy Pro Stocker, contrasting my original lost-in-a-hedge version with a slightly better version from the tat stall. It's not in great shape, my original one. But the more intact version brings back that rush of receiving mine new - I was intrigued by the see-through packaging of the new blue boxes, as usually the Matchbox cars I was still buying were old stock from local newsagents - which still came in the illustrated cardboard boxes. Wish I'd kept 'em! It was indeed 'repainted' using a bottle of Tipp-Ex; most (but not all) of which I then scraped off at some point. What a mess. Still - memories. This is another I'd like to procure in mint/boxed status... one day. Here's mine.I've still got a few of these cars & trucks left,from when I used to buy absolutely anything to do with NASCAR ? Split_Pin, Burnside and Datsuncog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Do you meen my Mk5? Will sort some. Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Finished the Porsche 935 I picked up last week for 50p, I enjoyed working with this late 80s Macau made casting more than I thought I would. Bit modern for me! Some sporty decals might help, but not inclined to spend more on it. Datsuncog, eddyramrod, FakeConcern and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Further shite purchased today. Ford Cargo a particular bargain at 50p. egg, 155V6, FakeConcern and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 Siku, that is a bargain for 50p. I have the ADAC helicopter transporter which I got for Christmas 1992. I found its original box not so long ago, stored safely inside an empty Italeri truck model kit box, together with the box for my Parcel Force Iveco Turbostar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 The Roadrunner is a bit tatty but I’ve been looking for one for ages. Just need the one where you could swap the bodies to find now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Siku did make some bloody lovely trucks. For 50p, that's quite a find! Planning on doing some proper scans of my catalogues over the winter this year... Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Just to follow on from yesterday's ramblings on the MB34 Chevy Pro Stocker... it turns out there's two quite different castings in circulation. The first, launched by Lesney in 1981, had somewhat over-large wheels but otherwise looked rather convincing as a Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna S3, the top-performance variant of the A-body Chevelle. But two years later, when production shifted to Macau, the front end was significantly changed to blank off the grill louvres and headlights and put a much deeper front spoiler on. Quite possibly this is why I failed to draw a connection between my little model and the car featured in the Cannonball Run, one of my guilty pleasures films... … which in turn was a replica of Donnie Allison's succesful NASCAR Chevelle Laguna. As 155V6 alludes, the Chevelle was a notable NASCAR racer: the unique sloping polyurethane front end had been designed for speed, and as such it was a runaway success, scoring 53 Winston Cup victories between 1973 and 1977, 34 of which were won by driver Cale Yarborough alone. In fact, so successful was the Chevelle Laguna that NASCAR organisers did the only thing they could to maintain competition - legislated them off the track. For the 1978 season, competing Lagunas were required to be fitted with a 'restrictor plate' - something no other car was required to have. Racers had little option but to move on to other cars such as the Chevrolet Monte Carlo instead. I reckon these look better in their racing trim than they do as a civilian model. Even though they'd been out of circulation in the real world for four years before the Matchbox version arrived, MB34 proved a popular model which clocked up five years in the main Matchbox lineup before spending many more years appearing in racing sets, gift packs and as Laser Superfast and Road Blasters versions. Sudsprint, Skizzer and Split_Pin 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 34 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: Siku did make some bloody lovely trucks. For 50p, that's quite a find! Planning on doing some proper scans of my catalogues over the winter this year... I had a very similar catalogue, I think it might have been 1988 or 89 and I recall looking longingly at all the vehicles, particularly the cars because they were so unlike the Matchbox and Corgi that I had. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Datsuncog said: Laser Superfast and Road Blasters versions. Had to look that one up didn't I Couldn't find a RoadBlaster one, but found a Mega-Blaster - the one with the firing cap mechanism And a Halley's Comet special Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Guess what I bought Monday? Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Also really nice Renault 5 still with the tailgate glass in. Skizzer, egg, Split_Pin and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Corgi Driving Schools Cars get bigger, shocker, etc eddyramrod, FakeConcern, egg and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 I have also just bought a Corgi Austin Cambridge to replace the one I destroyed as a nipper. It joins the later VW Beetle driving school car that is a bit of a charmless thing really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Ebay wins have finally tailed off - but I did acquire a gold DeLorean I've been hunting for; 20191001_104032 by RS, on Flickr Looked better after a wheel refurb 20191001_104449 by RS, on Flickr Binz ambulance has taken its place among my other Police cars/ambulances 20191001_104006 by RS, on Flickr This amazingly accurate copy of a Jaaag XJS arrived with the DeLorean! 20191001_104120 by RS, on Flickr 20191001_104125 by RS, on Flickr vulgalour, Datsuncog, Split_Pin and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 LANCIA STRATOSSING Hot Wheels, Corgi, Shinsei Shinsei a new brand on me, had this sent over from German eBayer Yes, I know Wonder Woman’s Bertone Runabout concept is the imposter. She’s also been at the pies. FakeConcern, Sudsprint, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 ALFA ROMEO 8C Hot Wheels and New Ray 1:32 New Ray makes a bit of a din when you open the door Sudsprint, Split_Pin, FakeConcern and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 On 9/27/2019 at 6:02 PM, Split_Pin said: I love that Pontiac J2000, back when HW made proper US domestics. I’ve got this kit on ‘bay right now Burnside, Amishtat, Sudsprint and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 On 9/28/2019 at 4:17 PM, warch said: 1/32 Britains Series II LWB Land Rover 1/43 (actually more like 1/48) Corgi Series II LWB Land Rover 1/76 Oxford Diecast Series II SWB Land Rover Lucky Toys 1:32 ish Civilian, not Military. Unless of course those hay bales have hidden ordnance I paid far too much for this. eBay bidding war / shillage FakeConcern, egg, warch and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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