Tenmil Socket Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 37 minutes ago, NorfolkNWeigh said: Could I claim the C Class please? As I’ve just bought a 1:1 example. Also the blue CX Safari as you’re sending something anyway. No problem I’ll PM you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) Rescued from toddler toybox. says made in china Edited October 11, 2020 by stuboy I can't spell Datsuncog, AndyW201 and Sudsprint 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 1 hour ago, MarvinsMom said: should have fuckin' stopped in bed! Sound like you could do with a free gifted one in the post eddyramrod and MarvinsMom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 2 hours ago, MarvinsMom said: so that was a bust, going to Tesco cos we didn't even get there! needed some paint so have had to brave the diseased hoards at Skippers Lanes B & Q. got a flat tyre...... got it changed, Kerry starts mithering on cos car is now on a dustbin lid spare, we gotta go to Kwik Fit, she says, there are other fast fit rip offs about, but they are closed, or she is uncertain of their location. i don't want to, cos my experience they will say, tyre is fucked, you need a new one. better to wait ,and go and to Browns sometime during the week, and get it fixed then. oh no, says kerry, that will repair easy cos Browns at home have repaired worse tyres than that for us. Kwik Fit will definitely be able to do it. well guess what. Kwik fit DID say it needs a new tyre. and their "cheapest" one is much more than any chinese death ring i can get off our local spot. so car is still on a dustbin lid, and no matchbox austin healey for me! i should have fuckin' stopped in bed! I'm hoping to get along there (Eston one?) in the week. I'll have a look but to be honest, that one Tesco has been shit lately, the Matchbox and Hot Wheels rummage boxes have been gone, replaced by one or two models placed on the shelf in security cases. Fingers crossed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Well whilst its eBay confession time 😆 A random auction just ending as I was searching something completely different - 99p start, so I had a gamble, and 2 minutes later all mine for 99p! So for just over £4, this little lot arrived - after some decontamination here are the results: The Ferrari 206 Dino sport is actually a corgi diecast I’ve never given a second glance before - yet even missing its rear spoiler is a really crisp model made of at least 18 separate parts. The doors open and the detail is great. Even the whizz wheels almost work. The Mercedes C11 however is let down by its whizz wheels, letting down what is another really well proportioned casting. The gullwing doors are even individually glazed! Lastly the C2 Corvette Stingray. A well detailed over the top hot rod ruined by childish graphics, the fake “moon eyes” on the hood the worst offender. I’m sure Steve Flowers can help it live again, though it might be better to find a nicer example - still for 33p beggars cant be choosers 😂 Remspoor, Jon, AndyW201 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 15 minutes ago, AndyW201 said: I'm hoping to get along there (Eston one?) in the week. I'll have a look but to be honest, that one Tesco has been shit lately, the Matchbox and Hot Wheels rummage boxes have been gone, replaced by one or two models placed on the shelf in security cases. Fingers crossed... was going to look in the Redcar store, more out of hope rather than anything else, its small, been once upon a time a Safeway, and smaller than the newer Tesco Extras. but you never know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 50 minutes ago, andrew e said: 33p I have jealousy andrew e 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Hey, kids! Welcome to Rubbish Resto Corner! Had an hour or so to myself earlier, so I dug out the recently purchased Atlas Mk3 Cortina GT police car. It had been my intention to get hold of a slightly tatty one and make it into a civilian GT as none exist as yet in model form. As bought, no box or clear case and with the searchlights and aerial broken off. The origins of this model are all too clear. Strange though that they obliterated the Ford Cortina Mk3 script from the base but left the Vanguards branding... Being a Vanguards model, it came apart nicely, the interior tub shows those tombstone seats off nicely. I've said it before, but it seems bizarre that those seats were modelled just for this one version. All the Vanguards police GTs have standard spec seats (as they did in real life, did Essex police have tombstone seats in their Cortinas I wonder). They are the reason I sought out this version for a civilian GT. Note the high spec centre console with the four auxiliary gauges too. The tampos came off pretty well, apart from the door shuts, as is usual. A couple of tiny bits of white paint came off as well, easily touched in with a dab of VW Candy white touch up stick from my old Golf. Now I do want to repaint this at some time with a suitably lairy 70s Ford type colour, but for now I just wanted to get the holes in the roof filled in and covered, so went for the vinyl roof look. Didn't have a lot around the house, apart from some black smoothrite from yonks ago. I went over it with a bit of rag, to try and get a 'textured' vinyl effect. I think I'd call it about 15% effective... So, fixed back up together. As is typical of me, I dropped it while taking it off the base and lost a pissing mirror! A purchase from AC model spares is imminent. While taking the loudspeaker off the front, it actually took a tiny part off the grille. I remembered that I had a set of Ford branded spotlights from a previous spares pack I bought from AC, I think they were usually fitted to one of the Vanguards Lotus Cortina variations. I took two and fixed them to the grille, which hides the damage. I still intend to change the wheels for something like a set of slotmags or Rostyles, so the spotlights will hopefully go with the 'early '80s boy racer' vibe I want to go with on this. For now, I've 'adjusted' the ride height and refitted the L spec steels and hubcaps. They'll have to go though... Not a brilliant job, but now I've got the Mk3 Vanguards variant I've always wanted, and it was a nice way to kill an hour or so on a Sunday afternoon! Remspoor, Tenmil Socket, Austat and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Remember this from a few tat Friday’s back? Discovered this at the weekend in an old Cars & Car Conversions: Datsuncog and Sudsprint 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 I had that in Police spec but swapped it for a Stahlberg Saab 900... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Some good models those Polistil but they always seemed to fall to bits, namely the seat backs and grilles etc. andrew e 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 24 minutes ago, sierraman said: Some good models those Polistil but they always seemed to fall to bits, namely the seat backs and grilles etc. I got the red Polistil Mini Cooper with the roof rack full of rallye stuff on a Christmas present - it all fell off in quick succession and I was careful with my toys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 The base model is flipping solid though. My granny had an old green one at her house and I got to take it home. I raised my box of spares and replaced the lights, seats, and steering wheel. Great wee model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 1 hour ago, sierraman said: Some good models those Polistil but they always seemed to fall to bits, namely the seat backs and grilles etc. Yes. I'll dig out my 1:30 Silver Cloud It is a Rolls Royce, but with the build quality of something from Greece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony denman Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 here polistil car i had was a nice porsche 911 covered in snow and aftershave avon porsche sold them both,person i sold avon porsche to wants another one for his m8 lol,bloody tat if you ask me lol, Datsuncog, flat4alfa, andrew e and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 17 hours ago, stuboy said: Rescued from toddler toybox. says made in china Good rescue! I have had one of those for 30 years. A Fiat 131 Mirafiori was my first car, you see Base has no branding but says 'No.4111' and 'MADE IN HONG KONG'. I read elsewhere the brand is High Speed eddyramrod and Tenmil Socket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Two recent finds, Colours I've not seen before on these castings. "Strange things done in the 70's M8" bunglebus and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 1 minute ago, junkyarddog said: Two recent finds, Colours I've not seen before on these castings. "Strange things done in the 70's M8" The Jaffa Mobile is quite scarce, it was a late 70’s on pack offer for Jaffa Cakes. They did a Soopa Coopa as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Quote McVities made a very large order of multiple thousands of the original Jaffa Mobile in 1976, the #37 Soopa Coopa in orange. Due to the huge public demand for this model, offered on packets of McVities Jaffa Cakes, more models were ordered in 1977. However the Soopa Coopa had just been deleted, so the #42 Tyre Fryer was substituted, and again many thousands were produced in orange. Whilst both are considered rare and command high prices when mint, in fact both these models are quite easy to obtain, due to the vast quantities made and distributed. [lamleygroup.com] Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 7 minutes ago, junkyarddog said: I saw the Jaffamobile in a job lot recently but got too expensive. Did get these though And a wheel donor Datsuncog, AndyW201 and Sudsprint 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 2 hours ago, antony denman said: ... a nice porsche 911 covered in snow... I'd forgotten how Polistil used to do that weird spattering effect for snow and mud - my cousin had a couple like that, a 2CV and a Lancia coupe. I always thought he'd left them out by mistake when the ceiling was being painted... Sudsprint, antony denman and Tenmil Socket 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 There was two of those Jaffa cars,this was the best one. Not a casting I'm very fond of,but thought it unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 As we have been talking about them, here is my early casting of the Dinky Transit. It's slightly smaller than the later ones but overall the casting looks similar on the nearside. It still has an opening side door but the rear has standard twin van doors rather than the nice tailgate of later models. I prefer this one though for its early style grille arrangement, jewelled headlights and sliding door with driver, even if it's all a bit wonky. The suspension is also very soft. I did have a couple of later MK1s but sold them on. Sudsprint, andrew e, eddyramrod and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 39 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: As we have been talking about them, here is my early casting of the Dinky Transit. It's slightly smaller than the later ones but overall the casting looks similar on the nearside. Is it? I always thought they'd just modified the casting, but as I don't like the sliding door version I've only ever had the later MK1 and the MK2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 Round the corner from the McGregor Road Garages are the ones at the very end of Melrose Road. These are all home to cars which have been either stored there for many years or abandoned for a similar amount of time. Jonny and Chrissy Shanks, 2 brothers at number 3 Millcroft Road (A.K.A. 'Basra') reported that all 4 garages 'just blew open' in the 'wind we hud last nicht'. On the left is Mr Hamptons Ford Pinto which he brought over with him when he immigrated from Canada in 1980. It's still in good condition but the blue vinyl seats were becoming too uncomfortable for his back so he bought a Rover 45 1.4 iS to replace it back in 2000 and it hasn't moved since. Next in is Mr John Story's Volvo 740. Unfortunately due to his name, height and dapper appearance, he was confused with the perpetually disgraced TV and radio celebrity John Leslie, who also drove an identical car from 1990 to 1991 which he was 'gifted' by the producers of 'Wheel of Fortune'. As such, The Gasworks Gang shot a hole in the windscreen with an airgun, missing Mr Story but causing him to bump into one of them, quite fast, denting the bonnet. Unfortunately Mr Story had to move shortly after however time has stood still for the old Volvo. Next door is Mrs Irvine's Dyane. She wanted something safer by 1990 and bought a MK2 Polo. Jimmy Shaw proprietor of the local car breakers Lochend Autos said he would buy it from her and 'see if there was anything he could do with it' but he never collected it and it's stayed there ever since. Mrs Irvine is still around but doesn't need a car now that her son helps her with getting about. Lastly is a fine car owned by Mr Iain Frame. He was the Regional Manager for Pearl Assurance but retired in 1980 and the Lovely Zodiac was laid up in favour of Mrs Frames little Mini Ritz. All are now long gone but the Zodiac was left to his son who currently lives in Lesmahagow and plans to bring it down to his house once his new garage is finished. Next is a little yard owned by Thomas Gilliland, long since ceased operating. The Leyland FG looks very small against the Leyland Roadtrain which has been fitted with a smaller Roadrunner cab from a 7.5 tonner to make it lighter. All the area is due to be cleared for a so called 'premium' housing complex. Oh dear. eddyramrod, RoadworkUK, Datsuncog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Is it? I always thought they'd just modified the casting, but as I don't like the sliding door version I've only ever had the later MK1 and the MK2. Yes. I have had both and compared them side by side. bunglebus and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 7 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: On the left is Mr Hamptons Ford Pinto which he brought over with him when he immigrated from Canada in 1980. It's still in good condition but the blue vinyl seats were becoming too uncomfortable for his back so he bought a Rover 45 1.4 iS to replace it back in 2000 Returning to reality for a moment - what make is the Pinto (other than Ford)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 It's a Zylmex. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 51 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Is it? I always thought they'd just modified the casting, but as I don't like the sliding door version I've only ever had the later MK1 and the MK2. Standby for some HOT TRANSIT ACTION later on, once I've managed to get some pics sorted due to this stupid Firefox glitch. (Spoiler alert - totally different castings) bunglebus, Sudsprint, AndyW201 and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Well I'll be a monkey's uncle. Maybe that's where the early/late side door thing comes from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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