Split_Pin Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 Marketplace can turn up a few decent lots amongst the predictably overpriced rubbish. @cms206 has turned up a fair few belters in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Gumtree seems to be a winner sometimes. Job lots etc. Ive not got Facebook so I don’t know about this Marketplace thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hennabm Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 12 hours ago, flat4alfa said: I gave it a go earlier on ..if only to see how bad the limitations are on a £50 inkjet printer Step 1: Create plates, choosing a pre-2001 font, then screen grab each separately (because the 'download' function on the website adds a watermark) Step 2: Measure a full size number plate - the one I had to hand was 52cm x 11cm. Using a paint program (this one is freely available) resize each plate to the 'print size' of 51cm wide 11cm tall, so they are each now 'full-size' Step 3: Place each plate onto one single image together Step 4: Determine the percentage to shrink them by and resize to that percentage Step 5: Print the image onto label paper, so they can stick straight on after cutting out Step 6: Pour a beer and sing about the printing ability of a cheap domestic inkjet printer The way I found was to put the number on the fancyplates site and then use the Snipping tool and save it as a Jpeg. Then use a blank Word doc and add the ruler. Measure the size of plate wanted and insert the picture of the number plate and size as required. Then print. I added several sizes, just to be sure before printing and used the best one. flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 I knew I had a black XJS but no red coach line now I've fished it out for a closer look. Since there's just the dog & I for the next hour why not occupy the kitchen table? Datsuncog, MarvinsMom, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 The red one is off to Tenmil in due course but while it's still here this is the only difference I can see between the two colours. Are there any others or is it just red or yellow? MarvinsMom, Split_Pin, flat4alfa and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 21 hours ago, flat4alfa said: Yes as Bramz7 says, it’s a Stahlberg Other models in their 1/20 scale include Volvos 343/360/142/164, Golf mk1 and a Merc W123 Estate (which I would love to have!) Later models include SAAB 9000 which must be the shite grail. That is under brand Emek-Muovi, who bought-out Stahlberg I have a Stahlberg Volvo 240 myself, it was given to me by a good friend of mine who worked at my local youth service. He was decluttering some stuff before leaving for Italy, and he found this which was a present from the Volvo dealer he bought his second-hand 240 from. I wonder where he is now, a friend of his said he's in Portugal now, another said he's in Taiwan! Sudsprint, Tenmil Socket, Amishtat and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 4 hours ago, hennabm said: The way I found was to put the number on the fancyplates site and then use the Snipping tool and save it as a Jpeg. Then use a blank Word doc and add the ruler. Measure the size of plate wanted and insert the picture of the number plate and size as required. Then print. I added several sizes, just to be sure before printing and used the best one. Either way, a home budget printer will struggle with quality at such a small size. Which printer do you have? I save as uncompressed file type such as .TIF to keep the quality at the best it can be. A compressed format such as JPEG or GIF will introduce artefacts that will likely spoil the image at such small scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 4 hours ago, Amishtat said: Are there any others or is it just red or yellow? Red Yellow Cream Light Green Metallic Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hennabm Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: Either way, a home budget printer will struggle with quality at such a small size. Which printer do you have? An HP printer/scanner/copier. Model number Envy 5644. It wasn't dear IIRC - around £60. flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 On 6/21/2020 at 9:50 PM, Split_Pin said: If you have access to a printer, just go onto fancyplates.com and you can make your own in the correct pre 2001 font. All done! Couldn't believe how tiny the model was. Detail is brilliant though, so that's the main thing. Turns out it's 1/76, which is about the length of a gnats whisker. Bit of a ballache as I wasn't happy with the size of the first couple of test plates. Got there in the end though. Plates laminated and glued on. I'm going to take a sneaky photo of it in front of her mother's house on Sunday, which will be the first time a terracotta mk1 Fez like her first car has been seen outside the place since the late 90s ? warch, eddyramrod, morrisoxide and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 Looks grand! You can get scale plates online but they're dear for what they are, I bought a pair only once and have made my own ever since. It's also much more fun! Burnside and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hennabm Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 1/18th scale - so a little easier. Dick Longbridge, Burnside, Sudsprint and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Thanks to @egg, this Norev 356 arrived today, and a lovely thing it is morrisoxide, Datsuncog, Burnside and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 It is a nice model, but I'm operating on a one in, one out basis with Norev now, and Porsche aren't part of my 'core' collection. Glad it arrived ok, was going to ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 At the daily Garden Table Meet, earlier..... Both nearer 1/28 scale Airfix Aston Martin DBS. One of the programmable self-driving cars in the ‘Datamatic’ range. All-plastic, made in Hong Kong so maybe they sourced it elsewhere (@Datsuncog?) as the dimensions are a bit off - but there aren’t any other DBS in this size to choose from as far as I could gather. It’s 50 years old and pretty good really. Paid well for it a year back, as the body shell alone is sought-after by slot car builders. Got an original box and all the programming discs for it now, so should do well on it when it’s time to sell Toy State Lotus Espirit. This one plays 007 music and also engine sounds. It also lunges off forwards after the revving sound plays and clouts the skirting board. It’s plastic, but you wouldn’t know it as it has weight to it and is nicely done. Made in China and pretty cheap for what you get. Bought new to convert into slot car use, having its own motor already; but it’s a bit too nice after all to chop about just yet. hennabm, Amishtat, Sudsprint and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 The DB6 is actually a DBS, the model which succeeded the 6 and grew into the V8. Nice looking model though! I have a Dinky DB6 among my restorations at the moment,,, flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Oh daft typo on the phone. Damn iPhones, will have to edit Brett Sinclair will be turning in his grave eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 So will Bond (George Lazenby style)! flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Never seen either before! Every day's a school day stuboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Measured the DBS to be overall 1:29 ; Esprit to be 1:28. Might* be a garden table meet of the Corgis DB4 and earlier DB5 alongside the Dinky DB6 tomorrow. Oh the excitement eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 21 hours ago, Amishtat said: In true Coronavirus lockdown mood I am liking the look of what I can see in the background more than what I can see in the foreground. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 Datamatic, that's pretty cool for 50 years old, I'd love to see that working! What are the 'discs' like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Fifty pence to a quid on the Buragos AndyW201, Tenmil Socket, flat4alfa and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 This time last week I was tripping over 80's Corgis, this week all I've seen in half an hour is a battered yellow Dyane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Are you still there by any chance? If yes and you are able to post can you please pick up Opel Manta and the 2 BMW M1s Texaco and Shell Fords,plus the white 205 Pug Yellow 205 and 405 Thanks! Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Dear oh dear.. AndyW201 and Burnside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Datsuncog, AndyW201 and Burnside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 35 minutes ago, Amishtat said: What sort of money's being asked for those Corgi Commercials? Would go to £7.50 each (or thereabouts) for the bin lorry and snowplough... possibly the Transit breakdown, too. (Appreciate you may have moseyed on by now, but just in case they're still there in future weeks...) Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Sorry DC, I didn’t see your post until after I'd left! He'd got a tenner each on them but I'll be back next week if it's not raining. Definitely much fewer items of interest today, although I did chat to a couple of stallholders who said they'd got boxed Seventies and Eighties Corgis, and that they'll bring them next time around. Not a resounding success today really, although I didn't come away empty handed. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Only just caught up. I've been tutoring my child because it's a schoolday Did you get either of the plastic Golfs? They are worth a bit more than that when tidy as the clockwork mechanism also plays a siren. I've a Scirocco that makes my wife scream when she hears it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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