Bren Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Here's the giftset. Split_Pin, AndyW201, Sudsprint and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Just now, Bren said: Here's the giftset. Cheers, never seen that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said: I bought a job lot off of eBay purely for this Escort which looks like a casting of a model @bunglebus has but it says Rainbow on the base. 2 hours ago, Bren said: It's the dempsey and makepeace escort. They also made a mk 2 granada. Well scored, that looks in decent nick too. I can just about remember the car in the TV show... Never seen the Rainbow version in real life, but I have an unfounded suspicion that the same casting was later appropriated and modified by MC Toy/ Maisto (ditto the Granada), and then later licenced to Corgi for their light and sound range... It appeared in the gift set as shown above, and also as an individual model. And they also did a bigger version with the top down and a friction motor... ...though you probably won't thank me for showing you that! Tenmil Socket, eddyramrod, Burnside and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 11 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said: Here’s the remainder if anyone wants anything? White 911, white Ferrari, red Mini and orange 911 look interesting - £how much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 8 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Never seen the Rainbow version in real life, but I have an unfounded suspicion that the same casting was later appropriated and modified by MC Toy/ Maisto (ditto the Granada), and then later licenced to Corgi for their light and sound range... I've not acquired that one either, people usually know what they are and price accordingly. Quite strange to think Corgi ended up using Maisto cast-offs rather than the other way around! I do have the Corgi And MC Toys Haven't yet found one with Maisto on the base, I reckon the Rainbow is the best looking of the lot (and doesn't have police lights on a soft top) Tenmil Socket, Burnside and Datsuncog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Isn’t it funny how as a kid a lot of your memories are about your hobbies. I can remember playing on the table in a pub in Filey when I’d be really young with a red MC toys Escort like that. Same holiday we picked up a Bburago Fiat Regatta in the toy shop. Even at that age I was fascinated with oddities like the Regatta rather than Ferrari’s etc... andrew e, Split_Pin, Amishtat and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 I had an mc toys escort too. It was part of a gift set which also had a mk2 Granada and group c racer, 911 etc. I did think there was some sort of link between those castings and corgi or matchbox. Burnside and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 I've been slowly working on this Dinky Mini Traveller, it started like this I don't know if I just have bad luck with Dinky castings, both this and the MK1 Escort I've tried to do about half a dozen times have the most awful marks that I can never seem to get rid of. I suspect the "restorer" who had a go at this one used a breeze block to rub it down. By some miracle most of the deep scars seem to have vanished under the Halfords paint. It's a 'mare to sand because of the raised "wood" areas. I have Steve Flowers glass to go in it, and the tyres have cleaned up. You can even read the base now! I need to find a brown permanent marker for the wood, which I think will be easier than trying to paint it, but for some reason brown Sharpies are 4X more than black. Also need to paint all the silver bits in, so plenty of opportunity to bugger it up yet! Should look like this eddyramrod, Dick Longbridge, Amishtat and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 1 hour ago, bunglebus said: White 911, white Ferrari, red Mini and orange 911 look interesting - £how much? FOC bunglebus and andrew e 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Not as easy as Dinky, but here is my take on the Corgi 1971/72 front cover.. flat4alfa, HMC, Split_Pin and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 I don't have that one, so borrowed this from Google andrew e and Sudsprint 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Despite (mostly) not going on eBay, items continue to trickle in. A helpful hint for sellers, a taped-up carrier bag is the ideal packaging to protect carded diecasts. This one came with an ERTL farm implement of some sort and a MOY. I would give it the club hammer treatment but it's a 4.5 litre blower Bentley so I'll re-sell it. another lot was obtained for this it came with various bits including a Corgi digger I've not seen before Which turns out to be a Growler And a different Corgi very early Lesney Horsebox seems to be missing an essential component I guess this is Lesney too but don't know what it's part of finally, Corgi Daimler bus, don't remember them having happy* passengers inside Split_Pin, Tenmil Socket, HMC and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 3 hours ago, bunglebus said: I've been slowly working on this Dinky Mini Traveller, it started like this I don't know if I just have bad luck with Dinky castings, both this and the MK1 Escort I've tried to do about half a dozen times have the most awful marks that I can never seem to get rid of. I suspect the "restorer" who had a go at this one used a breeze block to rub it down. By some miracle most of the deep scars seem to have vanished under the Halfords paint. It's a 'mare to sand because of the raised "wood" areas. I have Steve Flowers glass to go in it, and the tyres have cleaned up. You can even read the base now! I need to find a brown permanent marker for the wood, which I think will be easier than trying to paint it, but for some reason brown Sharpies are 4X more than black. Also need to paint all the silver bits in, so plenty of opportunity to bugger it up yet! Should look like this Looks great! What do you do about the drilled out rivets to hold the base on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 9 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: Looks great! What do you do about the drilled out rivets to hold the base on? Thanks - in this case the prior owner had pried the base over the rivet head, so a little bit of tidying and it'll be glued back on. Normally I'll drill them out with a 1.5 mm bit and tap with a 2mm, finally a tiny screw to hold the base on. Here's the Corvette I did a while ago Dick Longbridge, Burnside, Sudsprint and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETCHY Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 20 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Despite everything, this Friday the gods of Tat do yet provide... Via parcel, rather than a market find of course - but all thanks to @64A60 for this! It really is lovely. One of those models I've had on my wantlist for literally decades now, so it's great to finally have one. I had a great-aunt who owned a 100E way, way back in the 1960s. I'm not sure what happened to it, but I know she kept the gear stick as a poker for the fire, as I recall being fascinated by it as a kid. Tat Parcels dispatched this afternoon for @RoadworkUK, @Noel Tidybeard,@BigMac, and @eddyramrod - with any luck they should be with you early next week, thanks! That really is a superb casting. It 100% captures the lines of the 100E. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 I never seem to have much luck with retapping the base, the post usually snaps. What screws do you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 17 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said: Does anyone know where I can get spares for the Mercedes? French Dinkies are covered Quote 516 Mercedes Benz 230SL Clear Plastic Screen £2.50 Plastic Canopy with Cream Hood Top £4.30 Plastic Headlamps £1.60 Bonnet £0.95 Boot Lid £0.95 http://model-supplies.co.uk/ Tenmil Socket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 3 hours ago, HMC said: I had an mc toys escort too. It was part of a gift set which also had a mk2 Granada and group c racer, 911 etc. I did think there was some sort of link between those castings and corgi or matchbox. I was really confused as a kid by the MC Toys stuff, as the wheels looked to be the same as the 'crown' wheels fitted to many Matchbox of the era... I sorta prided myself on being able to tell who'd made unfamiliar toy cars just by looking at the wheels, and that messed things up big time... at a guess, MC/Maisto bought some wheel injection tooling from Universal Toys who were also based in Macao at that time, possibly when they were shifting production to China - or maybe it was just a straight copy. The Corgi Light & Sound range were bought in from Maisto, and so came with the same Matchbox-style wheels. A Corgi with Matchbox wheels? Madness. 12 minutes ago, bunglebus said: I guess this is Lesney too but don't know what it's part of Think it used to be part of this: Matchbox Majors M6 Scammell Low Loader. Burnside, bunglebus, HMC and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 16 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: French Dinkies are covered I’ve been through the list 3 times and cannot locate those parts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said: I’ve been through the list 3 times and cannot locate those parts? On this page Google search: Quote dinky 516 site:http://model-supplies.co.uk/ Tenmil Socket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 15 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: Think it used to be part of this: Matchbox Majors M6 Scammell Low Loader. I envisage an AS resurrection Ken found this: bunglebus, eddyramrod and Datsuncog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Probably a few of you would like to see this pic... FYI the Days Gone tyres fit the Dinky. It donated its steering wheel too. I’m going to attempt to fabricate a windscreen from the Lego. If it looks OK then Mrs Socket might be losing a pair of earrings for the headlights 😆 Christine, HMC, andrew e and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 1 hour ago, sierraman said: I never seem to have much luck with retapping the base, the post usually snaps. What screws do you use? Just 2mm dome heads off ebay, about 3mm thread length. Actually I now tend to use countersink ones that look less like rivets but have a bigger head so don't pull through the base - Corvette has this type You do have to take care to drill straight and not snap the bit or burst the post. Found a few that are just too thin to risk, or so short that you'd end up going right out the other side of the body. In that case the superglue comes out. Dick Longbridge and flat4alfa 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said: Probably a few of you would like to see this pic... FYI the Days Gone tyres fit the Dinky. It donated its steering wheel too. I’m going to attempt to fabricate a windscreen from the Lego. If it looks OK then Mrs Socket might be losing a pair of earrings for the headlights 😆 Top tip! Rhinestones are cheap and come in lots of sizes, I have several sizes in stock as they're usually sold by the bagful Tenmil Socket and andrew e 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 22 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said: Probably a few of you would like to see this pic... FYI the Days Gone tyres fit the Dinky. It donated its steering wheel too. I’m going to attempt to fabricate a windscreen from the Lego. If it looks OK then Mrs Socket might be losing a pair of earrings for the headlights 😆 Can’t believe you’ve ruined that Lledo. They’re collectors items!!! 🤣 Seriously make sure you stamp on it repeatedly before it goes in the bin. bunglebus, flat4alfa, andrew e and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Would anyone like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Opinions please. I’m going to paint the Golf the blue colour you can see. I’m unsure what colour to paint the mega front bumper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Very interesting to see all those Majo-Kit sets in the Diapet catalogue. I have just the one boxed set: I also bought a random assortment from someone on here a few years ago. It's nice stuff. Tomica's Hypercity was like a modern rendition of it. Split_Pin, Sudsprint, Burnside and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share Posted November 28, 2020 Fancied another for my Japanese collection. £20 from Hobbycraft seemed ok as this one has an engine. I'll study it later! Sorry for your necks, since my phone updated itself last week it's basically scrambled itself. 2 parcels came today too! sierraman, Datsuncog, Amishtat and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 33 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said: Opinions please. I’m going to paint the Golf the blue colour you can see. I’m unsure what colour to paint the mega front bumper? Boring answer is the same colour - or go for Gulf orange Tenmil Socket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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