bunglebus Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 7 minutes ago, Christine said: So Vulg gets a threat if he draws a car picture these days because copyright ..What about models ? Are they now paying manufacturers before tooling up to make a miniature? Yes, in a way - Hot Wheels didn't make Ferarris for a few years because they didn't have a licence. Christine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Tenmil Socket said: Could you add a hinge to the rear of the Matchbox? Could do I suppose - I wonder if they intended it to have opening parts originally, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: Anyone one have these? I have the Redline and the Caddy Hot Rodder, the latter courtesy of @Datsuncog 20190829_120355 by RS, on Flickr 20190611_132424 by RS, on Flickr Before ^ 20190612_165321 by RS, on Flickr After ^ 20190320_150032 by RS, on Flickr 20191018_131219 by RS, on Flickr warch, Datsuncog, Sudsprint and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 ^ Can I buy the blue one pretty please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Not spotted it mentioned on this thread yet - but have just watched Lamley's new Hot Wheels YT video on Case H opening The Volvo has a new paint job. DoctorRetro, Tenmil Socket and bunglebus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 19 hours ago, bunglebus said: I think you should have having checked eBay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223698628625 Heh, I think it's a given by now that if I buy anything = useless old tat I've probably overpaid for, whereas if I leave it = sooper-rare valuable collectible... Like that pre-war rubber car I laughed at the other month, but was apparently worth £££ to the right collector. It's just as well I'm only here for the fun of it! Amishtat, Shite Ron and Tenmil Socket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 ^ This is why your Cog Book will be coveted, after publishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 12 hours ago, flat4alfa said: ^ Can I buy the blue one pretty please I think I sold it already, sorry. Got to pay for the other crap I buy somehow! I was trying to get all the original 16 cars a few years ago and sometimes found better versions of ones I already had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Here's a couple more examples of small tut I grabbed from the 50p tub: I had one of these Majorette Transit tow service things back in my days of collecting scale Ford Transits, more for the sake of completion rather than the fact that I actually like them. For one, the weird flared body mismatches the standard width rear axle and the casting itself is far too tall and narrow, although the minibus version is somewhat less irksome - and I did appreciate the sliding side door of the one I had, even if it was a hideous light metallic green. Back to the red wrecker above though, I'll give the tow mechanism some credit, as it folds away nicely, so again, a nice bonus. The Dynarod orange one being towed possesses no such feature and so is even more of a disappointment but again, I was vicariously buying for other shiters - can't knock an undamaged 90's toy for the price of a Mars bar, can you? Split_Pin, Spottedlaurel, Tenmil Socket and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 I think they’re modelled on a Transit Flareside. A really pointless pick up type thing they did in the early 90’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Transit Flareside body 'appendage' is like this and was new for the 1995 facelift The Majorette is modelled on the 1986–1995 Transit Perhaps one of the Belgian factory bodies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 The Majorette Transit wrecker is based on the Transit Tug concept vehicle, surely? 155V6, Jon, junkyarddog and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Confirmed ! https://majorette.fandom.com/wiki/Ford_Transit_TUG https://www.hobbydb.com/marketplaces/hobbydb/catalog_items/ford-transit-tug Labelled '264 FORD TUG' puntopaul, Burnside, AndyW201 and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 21 hours ago, flat4alfa said: Looks very smart now Looked it up. So Corgi released this as' VW Double Trouble Hot Rod' in 1971, the very same year Hot Wheels released the very similar 'Evil Weevil''. Identical in concept, who came first? Do you have an Evil Weevil for Eddy to compare with? Sadly not,never had the Evil Weevil. It does make you wonder was there idea sharing between companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 1 hour ago, junkyarddog said: It does make you wonder was there was idea sharing blatant poaching between companies. Gave us plenty of cool toys to play with though Got the 33 done, not 100% happy with the grille but I'll attend to that later 20200402_152654 by RS, on Flickr 20200402_152733 by RS, on Flickr 20200402_152714 by RS, on Flickr Remember this guy from a boot sale forage? 20191202_150245 by RS, on Flickr Managed to heat and straighten the windscreen surround without cracking it until I dropped it on the floor 20200402_142538 by RS, on Flickr It's actually nicely detailed under that stupid Riddler paint 20200402_142533 by RS, on Flickr Now wearing a blue-green top down fade. Got a nice set of wheels to go on this with a bit of lowering 20200402_150056 by RS, on Flickr 20200402_150046 by RS, on Flickr I've had this ages meaning to make a replica of a friend's van 008_zpsolmiwzeq by RS, on Flickr 20200402_152848 by RS, on Flickr 20200402_152856 by RS, on Flickr 20200402_152901 by RS, on Flickr Lastly, straightened out and painted this Siku - stock resto for this one 20190901_194807 by RS, on Flickr 20200402_152952 by RS, on Flickr 20200402_153005 by RS, on Flickr RayMK, Datsuncog, AndyW201 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Just occured to me that Matchbox made an earlier 33 coupé They even did a yellow one warch, Sudsprint, RayMK and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 10 hours ago, sierraman said: I think they’re modelled on a Transit Flareside. A really pointless pick up type thing they did in the early 90’s. I think they modelled it on a Renault Trafic, looks more like one than a Transit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 On 3/31/2020 at 8:47 PM, Jon said: Today's photo - more 50p tub pickings: Random spot check scene, to make sure that the Morgan is taking an essential journey. Fortunately, they'd been to the supermarket but then realised that taking a Morgan was not a good idea, as they couldn't capitalise on the mass stockpiling of toilet roll. Anyway, neither of these float my boat much but they're both in very good nick, so I bought them to pass on to others, when trading can become a thing again - I'm not sure what international postage is like and it looks like my trip back to the UK in May/June is a smidge unlikely.... in that case yes please to the morgan- the one i got for swaps with a school mate didnt have a roof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 TAT FRIDAY Sudsprint, Split_Pin and bunglebus 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 12 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said: in that case yes please to the morgan- the one i got for swaps with a school mate didnt have a roof Sure, do dibs the Morgan but you may have to remind me when I get things sorted for a sale. Plus, you may have to wait (unless you fancy paying overseas mail!), as I'm likely to be cancelling a UK trip until 2021. Here's yet another 50p tub find: Slightly gawky headlamps and accentuated speed-lean windscreen (i.e. bent back a bit) but again, I couldn't leave it for so little. My brother had an identical early 80's issued one and I later bought one new in the 1990's, which came with a BRG XK120 in some shiny Jaguar double pack thing, with shiny plastic Jaguar badge. Quite how arguably the prettiest Jaguar ever could be made to look so ordinary is anyone's guess but top points to Matchbox on that front. There's some nice details in the chrome and seat colour but the wheels do it no favours (let alone the spare being much smaller), plus it's just so red. The separate bonnet thing also confused my young mind, as it looks like it should open but it clearly doesn't. Anyway, I've had the faintly nostalgic fix of running a finger nail under the bonnet gap to try and open it once more, so it can go in the sale pile. Surely with a repaint and the right wheels, this could look a decent little thing. Sudsprint, Remspoor and Datsuncog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 He're some tat for you, new arrivals! More for the BP set 20200403_114943 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_114618 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_114722 by RS, on Flickr Came with what most be the most produced Matchbox evar? 20200403_114818 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_115004 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_115028 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_115110 by RS, on Flickr Seems to have suffered a paint reaction 20200403_115239 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_115308 by RS, on Flickr And... 20200403_115453 by RS, on Flickr I have some spare blackwalls to repair this 20200403_115530 by RS, on Flickr This is an odd one, not the same casting as the usual police car/taxi 20200403_115550 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_115623 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_115641 by RS, on Flickr A few Zylmex 20200403_115714 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_115836 by RS, on Flickr Need to dig out the Matchbox/Corgi/Majorette version of this for comparison 20200403_115753 by RS, on Flickr Got one of these but this one is so good I couldn't resist 20200403_120118 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_120123 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_120134 by RS, on Flickr Husky Merc with a repaint 20200403_120158 by RS, on Flickr Chinese no-name that looks like a Hot Wheels 20200403_120229 by RS, on Flickr Burnside, Split_Pin, warch and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Funny that Transits have come up, I've just been digging out all of Dominic's ones. Mk3s Mk2s Mk1 Connect. And this weird Poundland thing, looks like a recent Transit to me. bunglebus and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 The model supplies replacement ladder just 'sits' on top of this, doesn't clip on. Does anyone know how the original ladders were secured? Could glue it on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 6 minutes ago, egg said: The model supplies replacement ladder just 'sits' on top of this, doesn't clip on. Does anyone know how the original ladders were secured? Could glue it on... Maybe glue it or blu-tac perhaps? egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Looking at all the mint and box originals I can find photos of, there doesn't appear to be any clips or lugs on the ladders. It must be they were always loose. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Not my best effort as been ages & my brushes are knackered, everyone thought it ha been scrapped but spotted in a petrol station today onslows Cortina! Datsuncog, 155V6, bunglebus and 8 others 9 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 RIP Geoffrey Hughes Burnside and sheffcortinacentre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Those Cortinas aren't the easiest to track down, I'd like to do an Onslow one if a tatty one appears In the mean time I'll get on with what I have - anyone got a roof for a Hasbro Buick? 20200403_151814 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_151805 by RS, on Flickr IMG_20200403_163438_842 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_151558 by RS, on Flickr I was tempted to make this a bit tatty like the real thing, but I like it too much as it is 20200403_161746 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_161755 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_161829 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_183219 by RS, on Flickr Siku Porsche is also done 20200403_150207 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_150158 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_150227 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_150144 by RS, on Flickr egg, Tenmil Socket, Burnside and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 11 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Those Cortinas aren't the easiest to track down, I'd like to do an Onslow one if a tatty one appears In the mean time I'll get on with what I have - anyone got a roof for a Hasbro Buick? 20200403_151814 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_151805 by RS, on Flickr IMG_20200403_163438_842 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_151558 by RS, on Flickr I was tempted to make this a bit tatty like the real thing, but I like it too much as it is 20200403_161746 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_161755 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_161829 by RS, on Flickr 20180506_114032 by RS, on Flickr Siku Porsche is also done 20200403_150207 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_150158 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_150227 by RS, on Flickr 20200403_150144 by RS, on Flickr They are all brilliant bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 6 minutes ago, Sudsprint said: They are all brilliant The estate looks interesting ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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