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Jealous of what everyone has found at car boots.My local one was on for the 2nd time since lockdown today,& there were at least twice as many stalls as last week.

Hardly any diecast,apart from the usual Chinese rubbish that I would throw away.

All we bought were 3 bushes for the garden ?

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39 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

Jealous of what everyone has found at car boots.My local one was on for the 2nd time since lockdown today,& there were at least twice as many stalls as last week.

Hardly any diecast,apart from the usual Chinese rubbish that I would throw away.

All we bought were 3 bushes for the garden ?

Last week was pants, this week the stalls were almost into the farmer's field next door.

If it makes you feel any better I bought a cantilever toolbox and BMX Bandits on DVD too ?

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Finished the Ford yesterday, although I didn't particularly enjoy the process ad the finished result probably reflects that:

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1:24 Monogram 1937 Ford kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

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1:24 Monogram 1937 Ford kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

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1:24 Monogram 1937 Ford kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Makes for a good companion to the recently completed Chevelle, but look at the terrible panel fit! I don't think the bodyshell is sitting down on the floorpan as much as it should be, but it's as far as I could get it.

I don't think I'd have been in the right frame of mind to do fiddly work on the Maserati or Corvette after that......

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

So I did some straightforward but satisfying prep and painting on the Toyota instead, rather more in my comfort zone. Coffee and caramel interior scheme probably not 100% authentic for an Ipsum/Picnic, but it's similar to what I have on the LS400.

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14 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Check the pot soil.  You might be lucky.  If it was @Datsuncog, he’d find a rare Husky part and keep it 30 years, just in case ? and one day, it would save the day ?

Y'know, it's funny you should say that...

...on Saturday I was moving a substantial amount of old soil, which used to be the weed-choked lawn at the back, into 1-tonne bags for lifting...

I fumbled one spadeful, and hit the side of the bag with it. When I was sweeping up after, I found this...

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Which fits ok onto this...

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I'm nearly sure it's a Matchbox item, albeit from a set of 1/72 model soldiers and accessories rather than from a diecast. But it makes the Majorette Range Rover look a whole heap better!

So yeah, check that pot soil...

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I have finished restoring my little Massey Ferguson. Behold!

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The linkage was a bit bent and I was slightly scared about trying to straighten it, this sort of white metal is quite brittle but I managed to get it to bend back enough to fit a test implement, an old disc mower. The farm implements, most of which look ludicrously small on the much larger 80s and later tractors look absolutely perfect on this.  

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A Massey Ferguson 135 was the first modern* tractor I ever drove , did a few hours turning hay on one when I was 14. Although my favourite part of haymaking was driving the Ford D Series collecting bales, as I was a kid I couldn’t get the bales higher than the first layer so got to drive the coal lorry ( the Coalman owned the fields)  all for 50 p an hour and a few crafty ciders. I remember being in awe of my Dad and Ceredig The  Coal as they chucked bales to each other 15/20 feet up.

Off to look at Britains on eBay.

1 hour ago, warch said:

I have finished restoring my little Massey Ferguson. Behold!

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iHekrre.jpg?1

bwC1GZ9.jpg?1

The linkage was a bit bent and I was slightly scared about trying to straighten it, this sort of white metal is quite brittle but I managed to get it to bend back enough to fit a test implement, an old disc mower. The farm implements, most of which look ludicrously small on the much larger 80s and later tractors look absolutely perfect on this.  

 

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Found my Matchbox car transporter, so I can do a comparison with the Playmobil one

 

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I hadn't noticed until now that the cars on the Playmobil aren't identical.

The two transporters are almost the same, but at the back especially the copy lets itself down in detail and construction

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Having finally secured a Majorette Renault 5, I can do a WDIB? - bet there's a Siku one too but it'll have to wait. Left to right, Matchbox, Majorette, Corgi, Majorette.

 

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Looking at them as two pairs, it's really quite hard to chose between the standard ones and the Turbos. While it's nice to find the mirrors intact on the Majorette and Corgi, they are a bit out of scale and an odd shape, especially on the Turbo Corgi. I do like the 80's "flashback" TURBO script on the Majorette. I think the standard Majorette is the nicest, and gets an accidental bonus point of having appropriate wheels for a three-bolt car

 

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On 7/12/2020 at 4:17 PM, Amishtat said:

the distinct lack of bumper corners on the Jaguars. 

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I read what you said yesterday

Today I had a rummage 

Unfortunately, it seems the bumper fairies attacked all of these too

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