Datsuncog Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 2 hours ago, flat4alfa said: The glazing looks intact so it might be possible to polish the milking off. What happens when you rub with a nail It seems to have gone opaque right the way through, and has some odd circular cracking that almost resembles scoring from rubbish wipers... but the unit is very fragile and cracked in several places, plus the surface is damaged from where I tried to scrape the overspray off using a modelling knife... I think a reproduction job from Steve Flowers might be the way forward! Plus a replacement rear door, naturally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Today's find. New Hot wheels '72 Mercedes Benz 280 SEL 4.5. What do you think of it Smoll Eddy? "I'm nursin' a semi M8!" Sudsprint, Remspoor, Datsuncog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Premium, nice! How does it compare to the Matchbox 220? Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Smoll Eddy has been busy down at his wheels emporium recently. Brand new Audi sport Quattro, straight from the blister pack into his hot little rattle gun weilding hands! "Looks a proppa mota now M8" 155V6, sheffcortinacentre, flat4alfa and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 sheffcortinacentre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 29 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Premium, nice! How does it compare to the Matchbox 220? A lot more detailed,but then it's considerably more expensive. bunglebus, Sudsprint and Datsuncog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony denman Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 tat tuesday,have to stop buying,dinky van is mint and i cant belive how good it is be leaveing it as is,rest i will be restoreing,humber i got soft spot my late father had 2 humber hawkes,one off them i rember being about 12 riverington 2 sills on it to keep it on the road,rember him painting it with valspar lol,70s were brill,more tat to do.fiat looks better then what its is badly hand painted,thinking makeing studerbaker into a yellow cab, eddyramrod, Datsuncog, Remspoor and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony denman Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 commer van our us restored few commers and bubble car,kept ambulance original just got to detail them, Sudsprint, MarvinsMom, andrew e and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Tactical assault on the local Tesco tonight revealed some Matchbox nearly as stale as their yellow-sticker pains au chocolat... Finally, a sniff of those Mk1 Golfs from last year - plus more of the Subaru Sambar, that metallic green Cadillac convertible, the pale green Ford pickup... who knows where this box has been lurking all this time? No Civics, still. And definitely no Healeys or anything new and exciting like that. Hot Wheels tub still looking pretty desolate. Unless you really want the GoPro chassis, or the stunt wheelchair in either short or long card. Or the weird stretched Jeep-dragster thing. In terms of multipacks, was someone here after a Top Gun pack? Was it the one on the left? They only had the one. Still a fiver on these. Nine-packs had some hot Datsun action going in both of them. I approve. Some of the same stuff that's available in the single packs, and has been for some time - like the metallic pink Thunderbird. I came away with these... but on reflection I think I might already have them. Somewhere. Ah well. The world looks like it's kinda going extra-weird right now, so I guess having surplus Matchbox isn't the worst thing ever... bunglebus, AndyW201, Sudsprint and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Want me to pick up a Civic and a Healey, Tim? Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I went into a market town Tesco yesterday and saw a reasonable amount of new-ish stuff. Amongst them they had several Civics and the Austin-Healey, I came away with a Sambar (which turned out to be a duplicate!) and '95 Nissan Hardbody. Also got Hot Wheels Kia Stinger and plain red '89 Mazda Savanna RX-7. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Our Tesco was a dead loss. Loads of 5 packs, quite a few of the Top Gun ones, but absolutely no single Matchbox cars, don't think they're bothering with them anymore. ☹️ At least they've gone back to Hot Wheels rummage boxes, albeit a couple of cases old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 7 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Not seen those before - my local one has the version with the green/silver 59 Chevy wagon. There's one with two colours of T3 VW coming out at some point Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Smoll Eddy has been busy with his rattle gun and tyre machine again. This time a mk1 Ford Escort. Looking good smoll Eddy. "Pukka M8" AndyW201, Tenmil Socket, Datsuncog and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 These arrived from @Tenmil Sockettoday. At least I’ve bought one C Class this week. Well packaged and super quick delivery, thanks. AndyW201, Sudsprint and Tenmil Socket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Just realised I did a screenshot not a photograph with my iPad - feckin numpty. Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Amishtat and 155V6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: Sun is out, traders are not.. Drove to the boot sale earlier to be confronted with an empty field. If there isn't one next week then I think the season is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 No new stuff in my Morrisons,going to try the other one tomorrow. Sainsburys this morning had HWs for £1.38.No box on the shelf,but there was one of those stands with several different types of HWs in another part of the shop.A nearly full box on there,the.mix with Mercury Convertible,yellow MX5 etc. Anyone after any Matchbox?,going to try & get to the Tesco where I found the box with the Civics in tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 22 minutes ago, 155V6 said: Anyone after any Matchbox? These. As many as you can carry. They are like the Matchbox equivalent of pandemic bog roll eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 29 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: These. As many as you can carry. They are like the Matchbox equivalent of pandemic bog roll And Eddy wants at least three! flat4alfa and MarvinsMom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Smoll Eddy had this beauty delivered yesterday. "She's a cracker M8" Amishtat, eddyramrod, MarvinsMom and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I don’t know why they don’t sell those in the U.K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 On 10/11/2020 at 1:37 PM, flat4alfa said: I say yes to anything with doggies. Newly acquired Ghia V8 with doggie - and suitcases! Seems to have been at the hands of a hot rodder so now has a slam job, but it's staying that way as it looks mean MarvinsMom, eddyramrod, 155V6 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Latest addition. Solido CX. I wonder, is the suspension meant to do this? AndyW201, RayMK, Datsuncog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Hello, what could this be? Well obviously, it's a parcel, duh. In this case, a parcel from Mr Tenmil Socket of this here parish, containing the following... Nice eh? Far better than I was expecting! I was planning to paint the Jag yellow a la New Avengers Canadian episodes, but it's much too good for that, so it'll stay as-is. The Ford Cargo, I just wanted because it was a livery I didn't have, and again, it's in very good shape, so it's going straight on the shelves as-is. Thank you good sir! andrew e, Tenmil Socket, Datsuncog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 2 hours ago, TheDoctor said: Solido CX. I wonder, is the suspension meant to do this? If you find a small green puddle on the shelf tomorrow, you'll have your answer... DoctorRetro, Sudsprint, Remspoor and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 mr postman visited my door this morning too. look what he brought.... "tails the fox" and a matchbox austin healey! much celebrating then followed...... but now do i open it, or leave it on the card? if i open it, then i have cool car to play with, but then its "no longer a mint collectable" i have already been looking for the nail polish remover, after all that is all acetone, right? according to youtube, just what is needed for opening blister packs in a sneaky manner!! junkyarddog, Sudsprint and AndyW201 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 53 minutes ago, MarvinsMom said: According to youtube, just what is needed for opening blister packs in a sneaky manner!! I didn't have much success, but the little bottles of thinner from Wilko work a treat MarvinsMom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Rip it open and enjoy it. Smoll eddy has been busy again!!! "Resto mod innit M8!" Tenmil Socket, Remspoor, AndyW201 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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