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On 5/26/2021 at 5:00 PM, flat4alfa said:

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Yay!  This is one rarely modelled:  The 1968 Chevrolet Astrovette

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It's around 1:24 scale and looks quite swish

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Not bad for a £8.50 top bid.  Very surprising in fact.  Now to get it working....

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Phact: Astrovette was actually a thing

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She looks chirpy.

The other one I like a lot is the 1968 Chevrolet Astrovette.  GM were piling-on the concepts, weren't they...

Grabbed a Mettoy 'Computacar' earlier this year (see quote above) but it's been tucked out of sight in the box since.  Did find out it was  licenced from the 1969 Hasbro 'Amaze-A-Matics' range:

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AstroVette is not catered-for quite as well, having the MPC kit in 1:25

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and Matrix's $100 model in 1:43, but that seems to be it.  Never seen a smaller scale rendition

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The real thing was originally pearlescent white, then went to orange for many years after retiring from the show circuit.  

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It still lives-on today at the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky (the one that had the sinkhole upset a few years back) where it is back in its original colour

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44 minutes ago, TripleRich said:

I might have made the odd scene with shite...

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That is brilliant. It's not just the cars, its the seats & various other bits strewn about. However for me the best bit is the ground that looks like mud  & oil mixed, god I remember that shit from scrappy's back in the day.

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That scrap yard scene is brilliant. Is that a multi story car park being built to the left? 

I'm going to have to catch up on youtube.

 

5 hours ago, sierraman said:

How much are they?

£1.50.  25p more than Tescos annoyingly. But hopefully it's a way of getting older stock that we never got or missed.

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13 minutes ago, morrisoxide said:

That scrap yard scene is brilliant. Is that a multi story car park being built to the left? 

I'm going to have to catch up on youtube.

 

£1.50.  25p more than Tescos annoyingly. But hopefully it's a way of getting older stock that we never got or missed.

Did they have much stock? Might have to have a look Sunday when I get some time. 

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Well now... I promised you some pictures.  Let's begin with the big yellow garage that's away upthread somewhere, that I restored a few years ago.

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It's turned into a busy forecourt!  All the cars are my own restorations too.  There's also a village garage...

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Keen eyes will recognise some Matchbox and Hot Wheels here.  The red Bentley is an old MB Silver Spirit with some slight resculpting.  This was in a charity shop in Ulverston and would have gone to the tip if I hadn't dug a quid out of my pocket.

And after a village garage, let's head to the big city...

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Remember I alluded to bringing something back from Down South?  I spotted this on Facebook, being offered FOC to anyone who could collect quickly, or it would be going to the tip.  I messaged former Shiter Mercrocker, who lives down that way, and he kindly collected it and stored it for me, and brought it to our Solent meetup last month.  It's a little bit warped, but I think I can straighten it up, and when I have, there's a verandah to go back on, over the main doors.  It's supposed to be Sun Hill police station!  It's huge, there's another piece of road that won't even fit on my antique table.

@paulplom said very recently he had sent me a little present... here it is.

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Yes, the Dinky Vega Major coach!

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Still with the opening bootlid too!

He posted this up ages ago on TDW and I expressed an interest.  We both then forgot about it, until this week, when he kindly sent it to me.

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It's in remarkably good condition for a 50 year old toy!  There isn't a battery cover but there is a little barrier that swings across the battery space, so maybe that's all it's supposed to have.  I haven't put a battery in to test it yet.  This is one of those Dinky Toys I never had when I was a kid, so I'm especially delighted to have it now.

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17 hours ago, sierraman said:

That’s superb. What scale are the cars and what did you base them on? 

 

17 hours ago, morrisoxide said:

That scrap yard scene is brilliant. Is that a multi story car park being built to the left? 

I'm going to have to catch up on youtube.

 

£1.50.  25p more than Tescos annoyingly. But hopefully it's a way of getting older stock that we never got or missed.

 

3 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

That's fantastic! Build photos or video?

Pick your way through this lot.

https://www.youtube.com/user/everardjunction

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On 10/24/2020 at 8:23 PM, flat4alfa said:

Pretty sure Stompers and Rough Riders were different manufacturers, it was just the later Riders that had roof 'shifter' on/off/speed switch.  Stompers had their switch underneath

Would be great if you can find remains though as any motorised chassis I can try and get working again and reuse.  I have a pile of working motors, many sizes and voltages.  At the very least worth pulling the gearing and motor off to use again

Schafer Stompers / Corgi Trekkers

Approx what scale were they, anyone?

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Called in at the lazybones boot sale today instead of getting up a stupid o'clock to go to the normal one.

Not a lot to chose from really, picked up a few bags of 4 for £1 cars for a few interesting ones

This Scimitar is better than my current one but the slot that retains the rear of the base is broken

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Early Matchbox Course Hair

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High Speed 911

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Hot Wheels version of the Corgi Carrera

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This Maisto was in there and looks suspiciously like the Kenner/Matchbox thing

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Oh and a skateboard 

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