DoctorRetro Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Might as well pop some more pics up Porsche 924? Toyota Previa? Citroen CX Mercedes 450 GWagen 2CVs BMW Minis Morris Mini. Apparently. Imps BL Bloke and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 I'd happily take the (11?) cars I've mentioned off you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Yes it's a Lada! Opel Rekord Porsche 911 Mercedes Van Mercedes 260 Porsche 928 Land Rover Defender Dumper BL Bloke and sutty2006 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 ....and the 928! DoctorRetro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 BMW 528i Standard Vanguard ? Simca 1300 MAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Could I take the Simcas, Imps and Standard Vanguard please? DoctorRetro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Just now, quicksilver said: Could I take the Simcas, Imps and Standard Vanguard please? Is that what the blue and white thing is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Yep, it's a Base Toys Phase 3 Vanguard. There's a real one in dollywobbler's latest video from the British Car Museum. DoctorRetro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 24 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Not worried about the Lesney if Egg wants it No, happy for you to take it @bunglebus, easier if it just goes in a package with the rest you're having. I can find another of those easily enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Honestly I'm happy with the ones I've named, I don't collect early Lesney stuff anyway, and others have mentioned ones they'd like. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Could I have the Opel Rekord,Mercedes van,Mercedes 260,& BMW 528i if they're still available please? DoctorRetro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 The white one identified by a ? is an Austin A40 Farina. DoctorRetro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Strange the things that get changed during a casting's run. Changed the number of louvres by one 20191113_105226 by RS, on Flickr 20191111_150158 by RS, on Flickr DoctorRetro and Skizzer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 I checked my MIB version, it has 13 same as your top one, but with black exhausts. My Schiffer book lists most variants as having 13 louvres. What's with the smooth roof on the second one? My Beach Hopper looks to be a 12-er, but my eyesight isn't great...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 The smooth roof appears to the work of a previous owner. There are a couple of paint colour variations, red/black exhausts, 2/4 seats (two is rare) and with/without mirrors (none is the rare one) as well as 12/13 louvres. In fact there are loads if you really look hard: http://www.cfalkensteiner.com/Matchbox/Catalog/LS/LS01-39/LS13b/ChF-LS13b.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 On 2/14/2020 at 4:49 PM, Datsuncog said: Daaah, sorry - it was an item for @RoadworkUK, my mistake! I've got it down on the spreadsheet correctly, dunno what I was thinking there. Possibly getting muddled, as I found this article last night in an old copy of Collector's Gazette, and was thinking of your Impy Foden: The quote "they are based on model trucks long out of production" makes me think that Marquis Models pretty much took a direct casting imprint from the Impy Foden and Budgie Leyland cabs. I'd always wondered where that Foden had come from, and in 00 scale too! Pretty much everything Marquis did appears to be based on old toys with some degree of modification. They also did this recovery body, clearly derived from the Matchbox Ford heavy wrecker and adapted to fit EFE tractor units: Knight of the road by Adam Floyd, on Flickr And this Ergomatic cab, apparently from a modified Lone Star fire engine: Ergomania by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Marquis is one of three cottage industry firms I know of to have copied the Lone Star Foden cab. Road Transport Images list it and this one is a Roadscale Models kit: A fourth fairground Foden by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Anyway, I guess it's time to settle up. Let me know how much I owe you and I'll sort that out ASAP. AndyW201, RoadworkUK, Sudsprint and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 On 2/7/2020 at 6:33 PM, bunglebus said: I like Moon stuff ...... Saw this today new in shop and thought of you Is it of interest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Ding dong! Mail call! More GM shite arrives at Mini-Cavcraft towers. This is one I've been wanting for a long while. I've seen the official Ixo branded version (silver) and there seems to be two partwork versions, in white, and this black one. I recently missed out on the Ixo version for £17 on eBay and kicked myself for it as they rarely appear for less than the £30 mark, whether partwork or not. So when I saw this for less than £7 from a French seller with £6 postage.. Oui, Merci beaucoup! For a partwork, the packaging isn't bad. A nice card background inside the clear case, with a facts & figures card on the back (reminds me of the underneath of 70s and 80s Siku cars). Nice plinth as well, The model itself is a good 'un, nicely detailed headlights, and grille with GTE logo. Liking the Manta style door mirrors too, Paint is nice and shiny, the shape is absolutely bob-on and oh, those wheels make it don't they? Interior is well done, check out those Recaros, The rear end is just as good, I like the rear screen elements, nice tail lights and, though the potato cam pics don't show it well, the GTE logo on the boot even has the tiny 'fuel injection' lettering in red underneath, Sadly, it is going to have to stay on the plinth for now, as underneath we have the Ixo curse, A triangular screwdriver is on order... warch, Split_Pin, Sudsprint and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 3 hours ago, flat4alfa said: Saw this today new in shop and thought of you Is it of interest? Thank you - I have that one, actually been out quite a long time, not seen a new one in ages! Got the yellow and black ones too Hot Wheels 001 by RS, on Flickr 20180416_123140 by RS, on Flickr warch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 That's ok, guessed as much so I'll take it back I was hoping you'd do some sort of swap on a surplus yellow 8-Crate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover414 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Ebay only serves to prove how expensive some Matchbox stuff is. On the look out for an Escort RS Cosworth but some of the prices on there leave a lot to be desired! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 7 hours ago, flat4alfa said: That's ok, guessed as much so I'll take it back I was hoping you'd do some sort of swap on a surplus yellow 8-Crate Well I have got spares so I'm sure we'll find something to exchange... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Nice model! Is the drivers window supposed to be missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 36 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said: Nice model! Is the drivers window supposed to be missing? I believe so. I think it's meant to represent an open window to show off the interior detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 2 hours ago, AndyW201 said: I think it's meant to represent the typically smashed window, which was a common method used to get inside and grab the ICE FTFY AndyW201 and Tenmil Socket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Post lady has been! Finally got a Gus's Gulper for a couple of quid. Dolly and Ken love it, as it goes with their Milligan's Mill Not only that, the Commuter Dragster was thrown in by the seller as a gift The others were 50p in local charity shop - I couldn't believe my eyes on the Pi-Eyed Piper, so gave them a rounded £2 for the three (as guilt kicked in) bunglebus, FakeConcern, Sudsprint and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Also went into Smyths and saw this Mattel 'Fast & Furious' Escort. At first I though it was a repackage - but no! It's a completely different casting to the typical HW one! What are Mattel up to? Was so excited I fished out my old Corgi Escort (that I took to bits c.1990 and never put back together) to compare. It didn't realise that both A-pillars are knacked. Anyone got a better body? Corgi Escort body, I mean. Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Made a start on the R14 kit today. Dry fit highlighted problems with it immediately, namely the state of the roof which is going to need a fair bit of work to smooth out nicely once the two halves of the body are glued together. The only location pins that actually fit the holes are the ones for the front seats, all the others the pins are too long and too thick. However, this is balanced out by it having minimal flashing and the fitment not being appalling for what is, realistically, a very basic little kit. With some effort, it should turn out nice. No glazing either, though I imagine that's standard fare for what this is so I'm okay with that. I'll probably go pale metallic green, maroon, or bright yellow for the final colour, with a beige or brown interior. Burnside, egg, RayMK and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Agree on the pale metallic green. Very period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Popped into my local B&M and fished this out of the basket O' Hotwheels (along with the lovely Gulf GT40). Apart from the brown wheels this is awesome, never seen a Subaru pickup in miniature form before.... They did have a spare 850 estate too. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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