eddyramrod Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 1 hour ago, sierraman said: The Eccurie Ecosse Transporter is well worth restoring properly, fairly sure you can buy the replacement glass. Yes, probably. I quite like the challenge of making a new screen that's better than the one it had before though, and having no team cars for it I kind of think I would like to make it different. We will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 1126 Ecurie Ecosse clear plastic window unit £6.25 http://www.model-supplies.co.uk/corgi_parts_range.htm Seems steep but perhaps it's a pain to replicate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Went through Dominic's box of Hot wheels and divided them between 'real cars' and 'fantasy names' There's about 50% of what he has come under the fantasy category, at least by name. Here's a list of what we have: Pic 1. Brit Speed, Twin Mill, Phantom Corsair, Boner Shaker, Asphalt Assault. Pic 2. Head Starter, AristoRat, Neet Streeter, RV There yet?, Cruise Bruiser Pic 3. 40 Somethin', Roller Toaster, Hi Roller, CUL8R, Pontiac Rageous Pic 4. Screamliner, Super Blitzen, Muscle Tone, Mercy Breaker, Greased Gremlin Pic 5. Arrow Dynamic x 2, Twinduction, Driftaxi, Unobtainium Pic 6. Cloud Cutter, Bedlam. Hot Tub, Captain America, Country Club Muscle Pic 7. Racing Stocker, Frontrunnin', Greased Lighnin, Surfin School Bus, MotorBlade. Pic 8. These don't have names on the bottom, but I think they belong here. As usual, if anyone wants anything in particular, I'm sure they could be available... Edit : Found 3 I missed, from my special shelf. Not for sale! Rodger Dodger, 8 Crate and Rivited flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 Tesco's had some new Matchbox in. There were a couple of classics such as a 40s Cadillac and 2 modern cars (a Mercedes of some sort and a Porsche Panamera) and one left of these: Looks pretty good I think. bunglebus, AndyW201, Tenmil Socket and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 So as we now have a Mondeo of course I wanted a model of it. There's no Mondeo available in 1/76 scale so I had to find something similar to adapt and realised that styling-wise a Mondeo is little more than a Sierra with the edges rounded off. I wondered if I might be able to make one from Oxford Diecast's Sierra Cosworth and there was only one way to find out. Surprisingly little work involved actually - cut off the boot spoiler, fill in the bonnet vents, a bit of filing and filling to reshape the front and rear ends and a coat of authentic Cayman Blue paint. I think it looks the part. Mr Laurence, Shite Ron, Amishtat and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 That worked really well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 1 hour ago, TheDoctor said: Went through Dominic's box of Hot wheels and divided them between 'real cars' and 'fantasy names' There's about 50% of what he has come under the fantasy category, at least by name. Here's a list of what we have: Pic 1. Brit Speed, Twin Mill, Phantom Corsair, Boner Shaker, Asphalt Assault. Dominic might be please to know that Phantom Corsair was a real car. I know it for a fact as I touched it myself at Good Festival, years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Corsair Also, both Twin Mill and Bone Shaker have been reproduced into real driving cars and tour the US as part of the Hot Wheels marketing troupe Twin Mill at 0:28 and Bone Shaker at 1:00 Skizzer and DoctorRetro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 And also available on Forza Motorsport / Horizon etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 As for the 'Guess the Shorty' competition, we only received two entries, and there was hardly anything between them, so Dominic has judged them both as winners. So @bunglebusand @flat4alfa will both receive some surprise diecasts when I get round to it... @flat4alfa, your pack of requests is also ready, will pm you about that shortly. flat4alfa and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Apparently the HW Drift Taxi/Time Attaxi is based on this generation Tokyo taxi spec Toyota Crown, flat4alfa and DoctorRetro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 1 hour ago, TheDoctor said: Neet Streeter Racing Stocker, Frontrunnin', Neet Streeter is a 1936 Ford Racing Stocker is a 1982 Buick Regal Frontrunnin' is a 1980 Ford Fairmont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, TheDoctor said: As for the 'Guess the Shorty' competition, we only received two entries, and there was hardly anything between them, so Dominic has judged them both as winners. But.... you said 6pm ? Did we both get the bonus question right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 2 hours ago, TheDoctor said: As usual, if anyone wants anything in particular, I'm sure they could be available... Oh well, In that case.... Please put me down for the disposal dates of: Frontrunnin ; Racing Stocker ; Country Club Muscle ; Muscle Tone ; Greased Gremlin ; Screamliner; Bone Shaker Forgot to mention that Pontiac Rageous was a real thing too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Split_Pin said: Tesco's had some new Matchbox in. There were a couple of classics such as a 40s Cadillac and 2 modern cars (a Mercedes of some sort and a Porsche Panamera) and one left of these: Looks pretty good I think. Not been to a Tescos in 10 weeks.... even then it was a waste of time as not even replenishing stocks of Hot Wheels. I thought the Matchbox supply was dead but great news to hear this! @AndyW201 Had to get one from an importer, Bit of chat back here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnside Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 A few week's back I received these gem's courtesy of @Petrolize bedroom clearout. Apologies on the poor phone pic's, I'd tired multiple times but these are the best of the worse! Petrolize said these two used to pull a Majorette Caravan when he and his Sister were kids. So I thought I'd put them both to good use with towing my Siku Trailer. DoctorRetro, AndyW201, NorfolkNWeigh and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 42 minutes ago, Burnside said: Apologies on the poor phone pic's, I'd tired multiple times but these are the best of the worse! Oh I don't know... it's probably the best of the best - as bonus Citroen Berlingo content! Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 8 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said: This has left these oddballs surplus to requirements , any good to anyone? Would swap for 1/36 Corgis or any everyday French cars. Corgi Charlie Angels van is in good condition, I just don’t like it. The GS Camargue is Majorette and in VGC- I just don’t like concept cars. Can you earmark Charlie's Angels van and the Majorette for me - I'll see if I can find any swapsies That ice cream van is a copy of the Hot Wheels Good Humour Truck - I have one the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 4 hours ago, TheDoctor said: I got one the other day for customising 20200520_172640 by RS, on Flickr Another one that was sort of incorrectly listed - mint Majorette bug selotaped into a Realtoy box 20200523_163503 by RS, on Flickr 20200523_163547 by RS, on Flickr 20200523_163552 by RS, on Flickr Far from mint, but buying this... 20200523_163634 by RS, on Flickr ...means this is complete for the first time in 30 odd years. I swapped my original set with a mate who still has it 20200523_195817 by RS, on Flickr AndyW201, Crusty Sills, DoctorRetro and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 While I was putting them away in the loft I dug out some victims for WDIB? Dodge Chargers and a Coronet, oops. Ertl, Matchbox, Hot Wheels X3, Welly, YatMing, Zylmex 20200523_200158 by RS, on Flickr 20200523_200225 by RS, on Flickr 20200523_200318 by RS, on Flickr 20200523_200400 by RS, on Flickr Think it's pretty clear the Welly is copied from the YatMing - which I think is also my favourite Next up, 80's poster child the Lamborghini Countach. Matchbox, Chinese unknown (Zylmex?), Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Maisto. 20200523_200645 by RS, on Flickr 20200523_200703 by RS, on Flickr 20200523_200729 by RS, on Flickr 20200523_200812 by RS, on Flickr I really like the early Matchbox Next up, a group test as there were only two of each - Porsche 910 and Ford GT. Matchbox, Zylmex, Zylmex, Matchbox 20200523_200943 by RS, on Flickr 20200523_201000 by RS, on Flickr 20200523_201016 by RS, on Flickr I favour the Lesney Ford GT Last but not least, Zakspeed Capris from Zylmex, unknown and Corgi 20200523_201124 by RS, on Flickr 20200523_201148 by RS, on Flickr 20200523_201139 by RS, on Flickr Somehow the Corgi wins Sudsprint, Burnside, Datsuncog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 This could be interesting... I've just placed an ebay order with Steve Flowers. Let's see how long he takes to respond. And no, it doesn't include an Ecurie Ecosse window set. bunglebus and flat4alfa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 We went & did some shopping at Tesco today,after a tip-off about Matchbox cars from @Split_Pin. There were some new cars,& they are 3 for 2 at the moment,so came away with these for a fiver ? They did have the Cadillac mentioned by Split_Pin,but it was very small compared to the others,so I left it behind. Split_Pin and Burnside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnside Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 On 5/23/2020 at 7:48 PM, flat4alfa said: Oh I don't know... it's probably the best of the best - as bonus Citroen Berlingo content! Thank's. The Berlingo belongs to my Mum's other half. It's a 2011 1.6 hdi xtr with a genuine 15,000 miles from New! AndyW201, Split_Pin and flat4alfa 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Quite a bit of dross in this batch, and postage a bit steep, but might be enough in this batch to make it worthwhile? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CORGI-JOBLOT-OF-CARS-OTHER-MAKES-40-ITEMS-PLEASE-SEE-PHOTOS/164214195279 andy18s, Lord Sterling and Burnside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 If anyone wants to split that bundle I'd be interested in the Manta,Nova,Zakspeed and a few others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 24 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said: Quite a bit of dross in this batch, and postage a bit steep, but might be enough in this batch to make it worthwhile? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CORGI-JOBLOT-OF-CARS-OTHER-MAKES-40-ITEMS-PLEASE-SEE-PHOTOS/164214195279 Considering this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/373051120920 is a total of £22.99 then I'd say it's reasonably priced. That works out at £1 per car worth having in the listing you are watching. In my opinion only the BP promo cars (I have a thing for those at present!) the Corgi Manta, 1/36 Mini and the 2 Corgi Juniors helicopters are worth the time of day. The pull back cars are quite interesting too, going by the few that myself and my son have. The rest is just old boy guff which might sell cheaply on market place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Any idea what the 'Super Racer' is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Finally found out the models of the late-thirties 'Silver Arrows'... As previously excited about on page 579 Knew I had something somewhere, Found amongst a box of Matchbox Yesteryear in the loft. Boxed too, never been out of boxes until today. Hooray. Brumm - 'Made in Italy' in 1/43 - 1936 Auto Union Type-C NewRay 'Made in China in 1/43 - 1937 Mercedes-Benz W125 SIlberpfeil Sudsprint, Skizzer, Remspoor and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 27 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: Any idea what the 'Super Racer' is? There seem to be three. L-R I think they are: Ferrari Testarossa, Escort mk3 cabrio and BMW M3, although these are just educated guesses. Burnside and flat4alfa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Also in same box, what I was looking for, when Sir Stirling Moss passed recently Brumm 1/43 model of the 1955 Mercedes-Benz W196 R DoctorRetro, Split_Pin and Skizzer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Got these two by way of a trade with 155V6. A Matchbox Ford Mustang wildcat,and The Mercury Cougar rat rod! Two perfect candidates for a makeover! Wotcha reckon Smoll Eddy? "Flashy rimz M8" eddyramrod, flat4alfa, Datsuncog and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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