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On 5/14/2022 at 11:57 AM, Justwatching said:

1986 Ford Taurus in OCP Detroit Police livery from RoboCop.

It's a Greenlight, so smudges inside the windows, but otherwise very well executed.

I used to have an OCP Taurus when I was a kid. It came with a RoboCop figure. Nostalgia! 

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There's civilian version, too. I need it!

 

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13 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Although the actual car isn't my favourite Cortina, that little Matchbox was a lovely casting.  I had one of the brown ones from new because my dad had the full-size version, but I remember being somewhat upset because both Matchbox and Dinky chose to model the two-door, and our car had four.  Vanguards did the same thing many years later.  Now although all marks of Cortina had a two-door they were increasingly thin on the ground as the car's place in the Ford hierarchy became established.  You can get a model mk2 four-door (in 1600E form, naturally) but it's a hand-built, and hellishly expensive.

So I made my own, using a Matchbox model as the base, with the doors skimmed in P38 and a new B-post slightly forward of its previous location.  It's not perfect, but as a memento of my dad's last brand-new car (1967) it's good enough.  I think it's even possible it was the brown one that I had from new.

I'd like to see that!

I have the blue one and I agree it's a lovely casting and one of my favourite MBs from that era, along with the VW 1600TL and the Zephyr MK4.

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4 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I'd like to see that!

I have the blue one and I agree it's a lovely casting and one of my favourite MBs from that era, along with the VW 1600TL and the Zephyr MK4.

Ask and ye shall receive...

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Copied over from my Life Of Shite thread.

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The current Mrs BB has been asking for ages if she can customise a toy car, she chose this Kool Kombi. I'm actually rather envious of how it's turned out, I did a couple of bits like the masking up but she drilled it, sanded and painted the body and did all the detail work.

Now I need to find another one to do as I think it looks great!

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I had breakfast in a nice cafe on Saturday which I had not been in before, on the counter they were selling a selection of 007 models for £7 each, unfortunately no Taunus Ghia and I had most of the ones there except a 2CV so I bought it. When talking with the cafe owner he told me there was a good model stall in the market so when I finished my breakfast we walked to the market, of the items there I bought the 1300 estate and vanguards mini van. The stall owner said he would have a vanguards Cortina and rally Hunter in next Saturday so I must remember to get there early.

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1 hour ago, eddyramrod said:

That's a good market!  Where are you?

South Wales, so a bit of a drive for you but I’d buy you a breakfast if you came here. I will try and take pictures when I am there next, it is only a small stall but they are friendly, if there is anything in particular you want let me know.

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40 minutes ago, Shite Ron said:

South Wales, so a bit of a drive for you but I’d buy you a breakfast if you came here. I will try and take pictures when I am there next, it is only a small stall but they are friendly, if there is anything in particular you want let me know.

Thank you!  Highly unlikely I'll get that way in the foreseeable though, but kind offer.  For future reference, I'm always interested in American cars, especially police cars; also police cars from elsewhere around the world and cars I've owned.  I would particularly like a Vanguards Triumph Dolomite and a couple of their civilian mk3 Zephyrs for painting.  BUT it's all price-critical.

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Diecast experts! Does anyone recognise the Pilen Mini cooper casting, or is it an original? It has several distinctive features so hopefully one of you will know. (photos nicked from ebay)

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(some versions have separate red plastic lenses for the rear lamps)

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Any ideas?

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1 hour ago, Mine's a Leganza! said:

I received this in a bundle but do not know what it is. It is Matchbox sized but only a Chinese model and all it says is D 85 - Made in China.

Does anyone know the name of the actual vehicle? I am guessing it is a Lancia, Lamborghini or Ferrari. 

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1 hour ago, andrew e said:

That’s a BMW M1 so close to a Lamborghini as they built ‘em!

Oddly I have just bought a miniature one too! I’d say this a a matchbox homage.

Made by Zylmex - that code on the base is a dead giveaway

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I may have slightly upset the bloke in Entertainer, as his manager brought me the two boxes to look through - he was making it very obvious he wanted some of the ones I bought but he works there so has more opportunities than most.

Starting with some modernz

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A generic I belive but I like it, customisation is in its future

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Got a spare one of these for customising too

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This is the regular treasure hunt so I was pleased to find both, one for my mate. This is one of the best Hot Wheels castings IMO along with the Cobra above

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Bike for said mate

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4 minutes ago, Mine's a Leganza! said:

 China 8008

BOOB lol

I honestly don't know. There are/have been so many no-name Chinese brands it's very hard to ID them. I'm on a Facebook group which has plenty of people more knowledgeable than me about them, I happened to know the Zylmex because the number on the base is a dead giveaway, and I like collecting them. Long story...

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