bunglebus Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 2 minutes ago, danthecapriman said: Maybe it was something else I was thinking of? Husky maybe? I was taking the p!ss. One is clearly cribbed from the other danthecapriman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 2 hours ago, flat4alfa said: If you've not sent my DanBox yet, please yes that's the sort of thing my Daughter will laugh at, at breakfast It's Rotwheeler, new for 1995 along with another oddball for your Tat Menagerie, named Stinger. The year before, you had Tailgator and Rhino Rod. Drugs. Never seen that little set! I can’t remember seeing them at all. Your box is still here, just waiting on one last thing for it so I’ll put it in your box. Hope your daughter likes it! 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: Hoynor Car Transporter Presume 'SC' was Silcock & Colling Ltd who were in vehicle haulage 1945-84 and merged with Tolemans Were a major player apparently, had the Ford contract (as we can see above) and eventually were brought into Ford Transport Operations division. Which means only one thing - you can only put Fords on the back when you fix it to the Hoynor car trailer you already own! Hmm, that’s why I didn’t recognise it then. I (wrongly as it turns out!) assumed the Hoynor trailers all had blue cabs. Clearly not. I think I’ll have a look for a military trailer for the green cab… eddyramrod and flat4alfa 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 @danthecapriman tat has arrived at stage 1 of their international travels. Stage 2 will be much further in distance and take an as yet undetermined amount of time but like the dark stuff: FakeConcern, andrew e, AndyW201 and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 It's a funny thing. It's been one of those rare days that I've been out and about rather than in front of a computer all day. And the first thing I do when I get home is have a look to see if there's been any excitement at the Market of old St George. And lo! Herpa Setra probably my pick of the bunch there. Gloriously "early 80s prestige". Perhaps not a vintage week per se, but always a pleasure. Datsuncog and Split_Pin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 1 hour ago, RoadworkUK said: Herpa Setra probably my pick of the bunch there. Gloriously "early 80s prestige". Heh, that one really appealed to me as well, for some reason - not the usual subject matter I'd go for, but yeah - just wow. I reckon it's worth another pic to show it in its full glory: Very much 'of its era'. 👌 MiniMinorMk3, AndyW201, RoadworkUK and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justwatching Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 1977 Lincoln Continental in 1:64 by Autoworld. danthecapriman, Remspoor, sutty2006 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Still one the Transporter theme, here's my Carrimore with some of my Wicker collection. Yes you can squeeze three Minis on the top deck. Split_Pin, FakeConcern, danthecapriman and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Didn't Peter Sellers have a wicker Mini in one of the early Pink Panther films? Hmm, LHD conversion shouldn't be difficult on those... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 10 minutes ago, eddyramrod said: Didn't Peter Sellers have a wicker Mini in one of the early Pink Panther films? Hmm, LHD conversion shouldn't be difficult on those... Peter Sellers wicker Mini at Goodwood 2009. This left hand drive version was used in the Shot in the Dark film. From film A Shot in the Dark Sellers had another which was RHD Maximum Mini: Pictures of Peter Sellers Hooper Mini emerge - but where is it? andrew e, eddyramrod, FakeConcern and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 I had the 1/18 Majorette model in that scheme. Looked fantastic, really underrated model, long gone now though in the great purge of 2014. Split_Pin, FakeConcern and MiniMinorMk3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 I've been trying to go through all the Datsuncog/Danthecapriman arrivals but some may have to wait for another day. While photographing them, an order from Modelmatic arrived There is a "chase" car too which is the Willys in Grey MiniMinorMk3, FakeConcern, AndyW201 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 These arrived via eBay I'd not got the DeTomaso at all, and both are unusual in having a Specific Krazee Wheels base and the name on a sticker - my other ones use the regular base and text, just with larger wheels FakeConcern, danthecapriman, MiniMinorMk3 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 I was in Smyths today and they had the Premium Hotwheels Rover P6. I really wanted it but its £9. NINE POUNDS. I ruminated for several minutes but in the end I left it. That's just too much for a Hotwheels. Do they normally release these as a mainline with a plastic base and wheels? Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 18 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: I was in Smyths today and they had the Premium Hotwheels Rover P6. I really wanted it but its £9. NINE POUNDS. I ruminated for several minutes but in the end I left it. That's just too much for a Hotwheels. Do they normally release these as a mainline with a plastic base and wheels? Sometimes, further down the line. Not guaranteed though. Have a look on eBay then run back to Smyths... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 I won't be paying £9 for a 1/64 diecast nor anything above that on ebay. That just isn't value for money in my opinion. Reluctant Adult and eddyramrod 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 It is excessive I reckon. Anyone seen if Matchbox have picked a new retailer? Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 39 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: I won't be paying £9 for a 1/64 diecast nor anything above that on ebay. That just isn't value for money in my opinion. Totally my thinking too. It's just RONG. As for the ebay scalpers, they can just FRO. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 These selling them on eBay must actually be losing money in real terms. Most seem to be £16, so £9 off for purchase, £3.50 off for postage, £1.60 off for fees. Profit is not even two quid. Deduct your time and diesel off that and it doesn’t take Theo Paphitis to realise you aren’t going to be making the FTSE 100 anytime soon. 😂 Split_Pin, eddyramrod, Remspoor and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 Yes I think they're taking the piss. It was lovely but no. I have my Corgi example, that will do. I'd actually prefer a Golden Jacks one with a spare tyre on the boot lid. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Yes I think they're taking the piss. It was lovely but no. I have my Corgi example, that will do. I'd actually prefer a Golden Jacks one with a spare tyre on the boot lid. I agree, I’d much sooner spend the £9 on a ratty original one at a swapmeet or whatever. That’s another situation I cannot see where the margin is, I get that some will do it as a hobby but the margin must be hardly anything if you were doing it for a living. I don’t think I’ll give up the day job! Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 They absolutely ARE taking the piss. BUT enough idiots will always buy from them to encourage them to keep doing it. And for those of us with more sense than money, none of the above is any consolation. The prices will stay high and we will have to scour the boot sales ever harder to pick up the usual crumbs. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 I only buy from here now. Technically a good percentage is actually from St George's Market but the £5 buses are really tip-top for the money. andrew e and sierraman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 There's a rather good seller on the south coast too here, not to mention one up north somewhere... danthecapriman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 3 hours ago, bunglebus said: I've been trying to go through all the Datsuncog/Danthecapriman arrivals but some may have to wait for another day. While photographing them, an order from Modelmatic arrived Had a quick scan of the interwebs to find the original cars. Could only find this one bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 What you could have had for £9 today! OK I had to pay to get in a model railway show, and put my tightest fitting bobble hat on to get in 😉 From the £1 files, DBS Rocket, Husky split and well loved Barracuda: From the £3 files a Corgi Firebird (which is obviously missing a door card) but a widescreen and Molotov chrome pen later should look dandy: Lasty coming in at 200 kilos is the Dinky Zodiac which is getting a scrub and a new tyre - it even has all 4 door cards! 155V6, AndyW201, Jon and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 10 minutes ago, andrew e said: Corgi Firebird (which is obviously missing a door card) Dinky Zodiac - it even has all 4 door cards! I have a spares car for the Firebird - I need one of those Zody door cards! Mind you the last time I found a police car donor, the interior was orange, not red. The time before that, this was the donor... eddyramrod, andrew e, FakeConcern and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 15 minutes ago, andrew e said: What you could have had for £9 today! OK I had to pay to get in a model railway show, and put my tightest fitting bobble hat on to get in 😉 From the £1 files, DBS Rocket, Husky split and well loved Barracuda: From the £3 files a Corgi Firebird (which is obviously missing a door card) but a widescreen and Molotov chrome pen later should look dandy: Lasty coming in at 200 kilos is the Dinky Zodiac which is getting a scrub and a new tyre - it even has all 4 door cards! See now that's value! eddyramrod, MiniMinorMk3 and andrew e 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 25 minutes ago, andrew e said: What you could have had for £9 today! OK I had to pay to get in a model railway show, and put my tightest fitting bobble hat on to get in 😉 From the £1 files, DBS Rocket, Husky split and well loved Barracuda: From the £3 files a Corgi Firebird (which is obviously missing a door card) but a widescreen and Molotov chrome pen later should look dandy: Lasty coming in at 200 kilos is the Dinky Zodiac which is getting a scrub and a new tyre - it even has all 4 door cards! Rockets Aston with blue bonnet was a nice find.You can get the parts for the Firebird from Steve Flowers,you don't even have to drill it apart 😀 eddyramrod and andrew e 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 19 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Heh, that one really appealed to me as well, for some reason - not the usual subject matter I'd go for, but yeah - just wow. I reckon it's worth another pic to show it in its full glory: Very much 'of its era'. 👌 Not quite the same but it reminds me of this one in a similarly 80s-tastic colour scheme that infamously got stuck blocking the entrance road at Showbus in 2015. AndyW201, RoadworkUK, andrew e and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Going through the large box of cars sent by DTCM, a couple stand out. This oddity Is another of the H.W. copies of 70s British diecasts - in this case the Corgi Hot Rodder These are larger, make unknown cars. The pickup is a pretty well made piece with opening bits. Cartoonesque BMW looks as though it should drive on two wheels like the ???? cars that were discussed on here ages ago - but doesn't. Absolutely no idea why the 911 has a combination lock arrangement on the side danthecapriman, AndyW201, FakeConcern and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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