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It's been a frustrating few days for diecasts, having had a very long week working I thought I'd try and make some progress on the Dinky Zodiac and Siku VW/Man lorry that have been sitting on the shelf awaiting paint for ages. 

Long story short, both have ended up back in the stripper due to paint reactions/poor finish etc. Annoying.

So the only thing to do was start something else, namely the Corgi Organ Grinder. My god the casting is bad!

 

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That one's had a very thick coat of primer to try and fill some of the rough areas

 

While I was working, this arrived

 

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No, I'm not going off-topic about strange 80's board games, it's a box of cars

 

Zylmex Corvette

 

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And Lambo

 

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1/64 Plymouth came from a different seller

 

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Superkings Mustang, in better shape that my current one

 

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Corgi Manta - nice shape, wish they'd at least tried to paint the lights etc though

 

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And Mazda pickup with some serious meats on the back

 

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There was one more in the box but I've saved that for last. Before that, another ovloV joins the fleet, from Alme. It's an odd scale, 1;50ish at a guess

 

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Here's the one I'm most pleased about - the black version of the Superkings AMX Javelin. This one's not even on the Wiki page. I've done a bit of paint and chrome tidying but is the original colour, beige interior and clear glass

 

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Had a big session of taking photos of small cars on Sunday, so expect to see odds and ends dumped here  every so often.

Finished this one in 2013, as a reminder of the two C32 Laurels I've had:

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1:24 Arii Nissan Laurel Hardtop C32 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

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1:24 Arii Nissan Laurel Hardtop C32 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

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1:24 Arii Nissan Laurel Hardtop C32 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

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1:24 Arii Nissan Laurel Hardtop C32 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Now the Chevelle is finished I'm also on with the next project, inspired by this Toyota GB one-off:

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Not just a Picnic with Camry Sport wheels and a bodykit, it had an MR2 Turbo engine and a full leather retrim. It was in their press/heritage fleet for some years.

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1:24 Aoshima Toyota Ipsum kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Kit purchased for 99p off eBay years ago.

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1:24 Aoshima Toyota Ipsum kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Current state of play, since primed and waiting for a bit of filling before I can get some colour on. Might be brave and go for a 2-tone scheme, as so many of them were - probably light green over champagne gold. Wheels and tyres taken from other kits.

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Next in my series of shiters' cars, it's @dollywobbler's Delica. Yes, even though it's a pretty obscure JDM thing, a 1/76 model Delica does exist where so many more common cars don't! A Chinese firm called Kentoys made a pre-coloured plastic Delica that came in emergency vehicle playsets with a couple of other vehicles (VW splitty van and a Landcruiser) and the usual assortment of oversized figures, cones etc. and I bought several of these sets for £notmuch from the local market years ago.

The moulded-in detail is very good so with the naff stickers removed and some careful detailing it looks pretty decent. You may recognise the colour as Ford Cayman Blue (officially DW's Delica is green but it looks quite blue on camera and we already had the paint for other obvious reasons), and the bull bar is the bottom section cut off a 3D printed one intended for Scania trucks.

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You might spot Elly lurking in the background, hopefully to be joined by TWC when Oxford release their Model 70.

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2 hours ago, quicksilver said:

Next in my series of shiters' cars, it's @dollywobbler's Delica. Yes, even though it's a pretty obscure JDM thing, a 1/76 model Delica does exist where so many more common cars don't! A Chinese firm called Kentoys made a pre-coloured plastic Delica that came in emergency vehicle playsets with a couple of other vehicles (VW splitty van and a Landcruiser) and the usual assortment of oversized figures, cones etc. and I bought several of these sets for £notmuch from the local market years ago.

The moulded-in detail is very good so with the naff stickers removed and some careful detailing it looks pretty decent. You may recognise the colour as Ford Cayman Blue (officially DW's Delica is green but it looks quite blue on camera and we already had the paint for other obvious reasons), and the bull bar is the bottom section cut off a 3D printed one intended for Scania trucks.

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You might spot Elly lurking in the background, hopefully to be joined by TWC when Oxford release their Model 70.

Blimey that looks great! The original doesn't look promising but your detailing shows that it is indeed an accurate little casting.

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31 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

The latter looks rather Capri-like at the front.

I kept thinking MK1 Capri as I was working on it. Hopefully the bit of detail I've done on the lights and grille will look better than how Corgi did it

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I bought this pair, whilst experiencing a die cast fix - rather like @sierraman, I was bidding on stuff and getting nowhere, as the same few high rollers were bidding on Trademe stuff I had my eyes on. So think of these as knee-jerk compensation.

 

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It also helped that it was buy one, get one 50% off.

 

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Metal bases too, since these are premium castings. Not sure what the printed numbers refer to, as they don't correspond with the series number on the carding.

 

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Again, nice casting detail, carefully applied paint and tampos, etc.

 

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Same goes for the rears. I will say I'd much prefer a narrower wheel but then there wouldn't be space for the dished rims, so it's all give and take, I guess.

 

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Here's the Cosmo's wheel efforts - nice but nothing like the originals.

 

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Ditto with the Silvia's. I will say that they've chosen a very nice shade. Much nicer than the Cosmo's white but then that's a little unfair, since all of the first Cosmo's were white.

 

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Not sure what this image is showing that others haven't already shown but I took the photo and uploaded it, so here it is. You can just make out the M logo badge tampo above the grille, I suppose.

 

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And the side badge one is a pretty good effort. There's a similar one on the boot lid, of equal quality.

 

Thing is, when I picked these up (the only other one there was the Honda City - no Skylines or Sunny pickups left), there were several on the shelf and I fully intended to open them up and plonk them in a photo scene before lining them up with other 1:64s. Except, I'd managed to lock myself out, so had to do a 40 mile round trip to pick up house keys from Mrs_Jon's work, after which the moment was gone. This was a couple of weeks ago, so I've had time to realise that these are something better appreciated by others, so in the 'swap box' they go. It's fair racking up, so hopefully I'll be in a position one day to actually rid myself of these things with like-minded 'shiters, when I can next travel to the UK!

 

Yet despite the above statement, that didn't stop me picking up another couple of carded Hot Wheels last week....

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Check these out!

 

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These are a bit more up my alley - released when the MX-5 was still new. Well, the red one was; the white one is a 1998 issue, so into Mk2 MX-5 era but I'll not argue.

 

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This was a bit of a nostalgic hit for me, as I only remember ever buying one Hot Wheels back in the 1990's - a solid red version of one of these, with standard black wall wheels, from a supermarket somewhere in Leeds. There weren't many other Hot Wheels in the toy box but those that were would've been bought by someone else and were 1980's releases. Anyway, note the sparkly paint job and trademark logo on the windscreen. The sidelights are also the same casting as the windscreen, so look good in person.

EDIT: I've just remembered that the above statement is untrue: when a massive Tesco's opened up nearby circa 1992, me and my brother would buy cheap multi-pack Hot Wheels there, somehow swapping out all the fantasy crap for better models!

 

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This is a 1991 release, which makes me surprised, as to me these look like much later wheels. The base is metal, so good quality but I'll admit that the interior and all clear windscreen is a bit cheap.

 

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Altogether, with a naff paint job, oh-so-90's wheels and the black interior, this is far inferior, in my eyes. But I found both of these at my favourite model shop, where they were sitting in a box of much later, more mundane Hot Wheels. I couldn't resist them, especially as these cost no more than new Hot Wheels sitting on the shelves, so again, these can go in the swaps pile, as I know someone here will snaffle them up. I did look for other 90's carded HWs in the box but these were the only ones, so presumably someone's come and cashed in their Mazda collection, as I saw a few other Mazda models about the place.

 

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I also saw this on the floor, remembering I'd dismissed in in the past. Conveniently, price labels are dated, so this has been knocking about the best part of 18 months, so may get reduced at some point, should anyone be interested.

 

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What piqued my intrigue though was the display cars on the transporter. The Superfasts and Corgi Rockets Interceptor are easy ones to ID but what's the blue one, obscured? I'm thinking Impy Flyers something but can't think what.

Anyway, a quick Google reveals the transporter is a Sears release, from the early 70's. This seems like the type of thing that would have generated minor rage from Jon_minor, as I adhered to scales when playing with cars. I will say the abreast layout is at least novel and does lend itself to fitting 1/43s on. I've yet to find out what the buttons do on the truck cab but no doubt it's a sound thing. Guess I'll just have to look at the box next time!

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This is the only one I have, grabbed for a bargainous 50p/$1 from the cheap tub at the model shop, last year:

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Shame someone lost the glass but can't grumble at the price. I love the opening bits and super springy suspension. I recently lost out on a MkX Jag and a few weeks back, a mint/boxed Firenza, although I successfully bid the winner up to $72, before I had to have a word with myself and ask how much I really wanted one. Was still a 'good' price for a Firenza but only if I was going to sell it on. 

I think I'm a lot happier at the playworn condition/budget end of the market. Though that said, I am awaiting delivery of a boxed 60's gem (from another maker), which I couldn't resist winning the other day!

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5 hours ago, MarvinsMom said:

well, Steve Flowers has been closed back down,

typically i have been meaning to ring and order some Spot-on bits, i have been putting off placing the order and now its too flippin' late!

the story of my life.....

and i haven't got  any Impy's in my collection either.

 

Fucking hell! He doesn’t live in Leicester does he?

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7 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Apart from maybe a few of the older Corgi 1/36 items, I don't see anything worth even close to £3 there.

Crazy.

They were a fiver each last year, four quid last week. The one thing he had last week I regretted not picking up is the only thing gone obvs... (Corgi Prelude) 

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