bunglebus Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Guess this will be the next one everyone will be looking for. Some great stuff in the L case DoctorRetro, warch and Tenmil Socket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Oh my god you're right I must have one of those! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 On 5/11/2020 at 8:50 AM, flat4alfa said: It is entirely possible. [I'm pretty sure] BL photo shoots used many knocked-together pre-productions The arse of my red '82 HL The arse of my white '79 HL Both are locked away under the lockdown so can't go and take better shots Two Princesses, lucky!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 25 minutes ago, Austat said: Two Princesses, unlucky!! FTFY ! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Bit of a brunch this sunny morning Granola for late breaky and then will follow-up with some choccy I've found ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Right, now onto the choccy egg box Opening it up.... ......oh, hang on a minute What's all this ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Nice haul there of bits and pieces to sift through, from @eddyramrod ? Skizzer, Tenmil Socket, eddyramrod and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogchod Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Tintin 2cv ? 1/43, not the mega expensive 1/26 Hachett RayMK, flat4alfa, Datsuncog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Had a proper Tuesday today, three times now I've tried to paint the 70 Chevelle wagon, first time the paint came out with bits in in, stripped it off. Second time I had a paint reaction and it all crazed. Today my airbrush thinner arrived so I can start doing my own colours - put half a coat on and the glass jar dropped off and broke where it attaches to the airbrush. 20200506_124021 by RS, on Flickr I've had some glazing out of a project sitting in brake fluid to remove some old enamel overpaint - did a fine job, and made it translucent as a bonus. I really fought with this one too, casting was awful, base didn't line up so I had to bend the mounting post after I'd finished painting it and I chipped the roof - however the fix (decals) looks pretty sweet. Would you guess one of the pillars is made of superglue? 20200512_125425 by RS, on Flickr 20200512_125416 by RS, on Flickr 20200512_125455 by RS, on Flickr 20200512_125536 by RS, on Flickr 20200512_125518 by RS, on Flickr 20200424_154809 by RS, on Flickr RayMK, sheffcortinacentre, Spottedlaurel and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Yo! Got 2 Volvo 850s. 1 up for swap against a white Volvo 850? DoctorRetro, flat4alfa, blakey79 and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Lord Sterling said: Yo! Got 2 Volvo 850s. 1 up for swap against a white Volvo 850? Yes Yes Please Here it is ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Sweet! Sorted. I'd been looking for these Volvos for ages, since they came out in fact and never found them, then 2 come along! flat4alfa and Burnside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 5 hours ago, bunglebus said: Had a proper Tuesday today... I really fought with this one too.... I had a similar despondent episode today too - I used same paint, same models, same setting.... Left to sit for a few days and came back to them both today. Yet the top coat from the SAME CAN crazed all over the place!!! Why?? It's clear I don't understand paint and patience doesn't always pay-off. Grrr.. I'm glad the Dodge Mirada went to you. Great effort, oh what a resurrection :-) Where are the wheels from? bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 5 hours ago, bunglebus said: Just wanted to mention that, if that is a pubic hair attached to the door, it isn't mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 On 5/11/2020 at 6:28 PM, bramz7 said: Seriously though, all these people being at home or not working when these auctions are ending is making prices higher. I wanted to win a Pilen R16 yesterday and it sold for £91. It nearly doubled in price in the final minute! After little interest a month ago, over just the past two weeks I've sold a good few rolling-listed Scalextric cars for pretty much twice what I paid for them six months ago.... I will all come to an abrupt end, I'm sure. It will have to, as we will be yearning for Belfast Market Blokey's prompt return, to keep our sanity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 As much as I hated (and still would hate to) living in Birmingham, I do have a strange tad of enthusiasm about it. One of those things that reminded me of the place was this 1.76 scale of the Number 14 Metrobus to Tile Cross via Alum Rock. I found it in an antiques shop in Leominster whilst coming back from a car pick up job in Wales a few years ago and I just had to have it. Its a nice model with plastic slidey doors on the side. Made by Corgi. Another reminder of Birmingham is this Plaxton National Express bus number 440 on its way to Heanor via Leicester, probably from the old Digbeth station in Digbeth, Birmingham. I may have bought this either in Stourport or in Bridgnorth, though Stourport is more likely as the bus below the National Express bus was bought fron the same place. Made for the Corgi Omnibus collection. The bus below is an (Atlas?) "BET single decker" from Lancashire, the X70 to Blackpool. Bought *I think* along with the above National Express Plaxton from a Charity shoppe in Stouport. As above, for the Corgi Omnibus collection. I must admit, I have travelled (quite extensively) on National Express busses from Digbeth years ago and travelled on the Metrobus busses in Birmingham (though not the 14 route via Alum Rock) though I don't think I've done the X70 route to Blackpool. Split_Pin, flat4alfa, Burnside and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Does this thread include Lego creations? If so, a few people here might like my poor attempt at building an Invacar Model 70 from a few years back: Yes I know it's supposed to be light blue but I've mainly got white bricks at home. Datsuncog, Tenmil Socket, 108 and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 10 hours ago, flat4alfa said: I'm glad the Dodge Mirada went to you. Great effort, oh what a resurrection :-) Where are the wheels from? New Hot Wheels Fast and Furious Spy Racers Ion Motors Thresher. I've bought a few for the wheels, chrome versions are coming out on the Batmobile soon, I put some on this too 20200410_155631 by RS, on Flickr 10 hours ago, flat4alfa said: Just wanted to mention that, if that is a pubic hair attached to the door, it isn't mine. Too short to be one of mine. Living in a house with two long haired girls and two cats, hairs are everywhere. Just wish I'd noticed when I took the picture flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 Those Corgi Metrobuses were great, I have a Code 3 Midland Bluebird one. Corgi certainly got their mileage out of it, often depicting a correct Roe or ECW bodied Olympian on the box but inside you get a Metrobus! Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Among my current restoration projects I have two Dinky caravans, the Sprite Musketeer type although it was never named as such. Each one is missing its door. Can anyone help? Steve Flowers lists them but he isn't open at the moment. I could possibly make them but I don't think I want to, it looks a bit of a challenge. Remspoor, Datsuncog, Burnside and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Found some Hot Wheels in a drawer this morning, that I'd meant for littlun, but never gave them to him. Decided to try some 'arty' shots and include characters as has been done on these pages previously. However, I had to do my own twist... 2016 Camaro 1969 Charger Porsche Panamera Charger stock car 1967 Jeepster Commando bunglebus, AndyW201, eddyramrod and 6 others 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Finally, after a drought of some months, I found some recent-ish HW goodness. Love the red Scooby! blakey79, DoctorRetro and Burnside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 9 minutes ago, AndyW201 said: Finally, after a drought of some months, I found some recent-ish HW goodness. Where was this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 16 hours ago, Lord Sterling said: Yo! Got 2 Volvo 850s Also where did you get these from? Thanks Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: Where was this? Funnily enough, my local Heron Foods outlet. They're part of B&M apparently, so the new one that's opened near us does have a half decent selection of HW from time to time. Better than B&M actually ATM... flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 1 hour ago, eddyramrod said: Steve Flowers lists them but he isn't open at the moment Have you rung the number or emailed? Website says they are open http://www.model-supplies.co.uk/ Quote UPDATE We are currently open on a temporary basis due to the current situation whilst adhering to government guidelines concerning the coronavirus. Please be aware that if you place a order from today onward then there is likely to be a delay I'll ring them shortly bunglebus and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 49 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: Also where did you get these from? Thanks My local Tesco express outlet. They usually don't have model cars at all. But I went into there yesterday for some food shopping and saw them on a shelf. They weren't in the usual Hotwheels store box just upright on a shelf. There weren't many about 10 or 15 mixed models. flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Some more "finished" restos... Ah Trans-o-Lite! I rather like the Buick Riviera in red... P4, that was unaccountably missed out of the last shoot, and Consul Capri. And finally today, elderly Dinky Cadillac. MarvinsMom, Spottedlaurel, Burnside and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Two more arrivals. NZG W126. I probably won this due to being the only bidder. They don't seem to be worth much, which is probably due to the odd scale, 1/35. It's quite heavy and everything opens And this, which I didn't really set out to win but ended up with anyway. The paint is alarmingly defect free for something from the USSR. There's another for sale on eBay absolutely wrecked with metal fatigue. bunglebus, Jon, AndyW201 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 If you can’t have Tat Friday here’s Tat Wednesday. Following all 50p each plus postage. The Mercedes E class are about scalextric size and plastic so I’m sure would be useful. Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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