eddyramrod Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 6 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said: And not in a good way… I’ll add some pics to the holiday thread for you. I've seen them now. You weren't wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Picked this up yesterday from the same model shop I got the American Police car from. Paid a fiver. I’m guessing late 80’s / early 90’s? MiniMinorMk3, Split_Pin, RayMK and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Bargain!! Tenmil Socket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 20 hours ago, bunglebus said: Upcoming... Why can they not just produce all those models as stock road cars? The Supra would have been great but I find this version just sterile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Boss found me some new Hot Wheels in Tenerife AndyW201 and andrew e 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 @RichardK mystery roffle carry case contents revealed! Got some VWs in the post. Overpainted Corgi isn't especially exciting But this somewhat broken one is, shame about the pillars as I find them especially fiddly to fix Why the base is stamped inside out I have no idea Finally, a Maisto Baja in a different colour MiniMinorMk3, FakeConcern, danthecapriman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 maybe the vw base IS upside down to give it stance? MiniMinorMk3, andrew e, Remspoor and 1 other 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 37 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said: maybe the vw base IS upside down to give it stance? Indeed, I thought just the same! Google seems to confirm: Going by the wheel style (quite the snazzy peened axle effort), I didn't imagine that T2 van to be quite as old as it is! Looks like a great find, @bunglebus. MiniMinorMk3, bunglebus and AndyW201 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 5 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Why can they not just produce all those models as stock road cars? The Supra would have been great but I find this version just sterile. Because there originally for American kids. andrew e 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 On 25/03/2024 at 15:36, MiniMinorMk3 said: 627 HUE was the second production Mini built. In 1965 Donald Healey acquired it and had it converted into a roadster. That’s a new one on me, never knew it it existed or the back story I do recognise the door-fit though ! MiniMinorMk3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 6 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Why can they not just produce all those models as stock road cars? The Supra would have been great but I find this version just sterile. It’s not sterile, it’s literally winking at you 😉 Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Also got these from @Datsuncog via @andrew e Ranchero looks especially good in that blue. Plan this weekend is to sort more cars to sell, I'll try and get them on my sales thread later today and unwanted ones will be on eBay Sunday warch, Split_Pin, andrew e and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Yesterday I was round the corner from the Sally Army shop, so I had to drop in... ...and spend a whole 20p! The unopened bag of signs and cones just appealed; the trailer is excellent but probably missing something like a slurry tank. I'll find a use for it. Meanwhile, this morning there has been work going on. Drilling... ...and stripping... ...which is where they are as I type (typing done indoors with coffee, biscuits and snuggled-up dog, the way it should be!). And in between those two pics, painting happened. Yes, that's the failed White Arrow van. I'll do it plain this time. I know I'll have more Transits to come. andrew e, Split_Pin, AndyW201 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 The paint on those newer models is proving particularly resistant to the Cosmic Soda. I'll keep at it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 On 26/03/2024 at 13:35, sierraman said: Never knew they did a Dinky CF minibus? Zoom in and you can see the openings were hand-cut It is a good idea though, something Dinky ought to have done eddyramrod, Split_Pin, FakeConcern and 2 others 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 1 hour ago, eddyramrod said: Cosmic Soda Groovy baby 🤩 eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 1 hour ago, eddyramrod said: The paint on those newer models is proving particularly resistant to the Cosmic Soda. I'll keep at it... It doesn’t usually put up much resistance against the chemical strippers. Within a couple of minutes most of it just flakes or scrapes off. MiniMinorMk3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: Zoom in and you can see the openings were hand-cut It is a good idea though, something Dinky ought to have done Agreed. I have a couple of these coming soon, so you might just see another one on this thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Hopefully I'm not having to think about stripping paint today, just final detailing of the Fairlady ZG build: I'm at home in the daylight, it's a Bank Holiday and I want a day off from work and 'stuff', so it's time to get on with foiling the window trims. With a new blade in the knife, Tamiya mini swab for burnishing and some patience...... Not a job I look forward to, but it is satisfying once done. Arguably it shouldn't be a full chrome trim, more of an insert within black rubber, but that wouldn't be easy on this kit. Tamiya have engineered their recent version of the same car so it can be done properly. I might paint black on the vertical part down to the glass, or it maybe just not bother - to the naked eye, and not when viewed through the lens, it looks OK. I forgot abut painting the rear panel when I did the arch flares the other weekend, so I had more masking and spraying to do. With the lights fitted it's starting to come together. I'm hoping to complete it this weekend, then I can start Tamiya's version which I'm going to fit with a Nissan RB engine. FakeConcern, bunglebus, andrew e and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Some more old stuff unearthed from the spare room. These were listed in the 1986 Verem catalogue so are almost 40 years old. They are two car sets of 1960s cars. the first set has an Alfa Romeo 2600 Coupe and an Aston Martin DB5 Vantage. Nice street scene card inside the box... with the cars mounted on a red flocked piece of polystyrene. Nice metallic paint finish on both models. They both have opening doors with the usual 1960s poor fit. Lets get them off the poly plinth. Some may recognise that these are old Solido castings from the 1960s. On the base it still has the original Solido ref number and the original cast date. The Alfa has the ref no. 125 and a date of 3/63 The Aston has the ref 130 and the date 1/1964. The second set has a Peugeot 430 Cabriolet and a Renault Floride. Again it has the street scene card. Extra French Tricolore on base. These have driver figures just like the original Solido versions. Detailing and pint finish are up to 1960s standards, but like the original Solido versions there are no opening doors. These do not have the original Solido Ref No. on the base. Despite being almost 40 years old they are not that sort after. I guess they suffer from the reproduction stigma. If they were original Solidos in this condition I could flog them and probably pay my car tax and insurance for a year. Instead I will be lucky if they made enough to buy a new Vanguards model. andrew e, Jon, danthecapriman and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Ex @danthecapriman Mercedes having some windscreen surgery. Made a new pillar from a hair grip. eddyramrod, MiniMinorMk3, andrew e and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Toy fair today and as usual picked up much too much! First two I'd not seen before and never even heard of the Nacoral Inter Cars Saab 99, but I had to have it as soon as I saw it! Seller wanted £15 for the Saab and £5 for the Escrote, got them both plus some smoll figures for Mrs Concern for £15. I'm intending to make the Solido into a black XR3i I had. I'd toyed with using a Corgi 1/36, but I'd rather 1/43 and not keen on Vanguards prices. Seller wanted £5 each for the Dinky Viva and plastic Norev Renna 6, paid £9 with bug thrown in. The Norev is really lovely and the HA Viva is in great nick apart from missing bonnet. I have a childhood one that I'll pinch the bonnet from and paint it matt black! Got this bundle for £12, some for @eddyramrod Corgi Countryman has pretty good paint, just missing door, roof rack etc £4, Solido 126 was £3 and missing bumper on front and the Crescent ramp complete with lever was £5. I've been looking for a Corgi Countryman in original colour as I had (have, but repainted) on as a kid so this will do until I see a really good one. I got a green service ramp missing the handle last toy fair and saw a red complet one for £15 so happy with this at the price Dinky Rally Cortina Mk2 with a few other bits for Mrs Concern for £15 I still have my childhood one that I painted with original box and I wanted one in original colours and stickers It looks much better IRL than in the pics I'm kind of starting to replace some of my childhood toys that the young me mucked up like this Crapi I got a while back with the one I cut a hole in the roof Interesting to see them with the Taunus I got last time Picking my old Cortina and Capri out I found the childhood Saab 99 by Politoys so had to compare to the Nacoral one they're both really nice, I'd forgotten how much I like the Polistil, but the Combi is really, really nice! Not sure what's going on with the double fuel filler though. I also recently got a Bburago 900 too, but that's in the middle of a new paint job, talking of paint, the Polistil colour is lovely Lastly as I was walking out I saw these 1/36 at 50p each. I used to have a Welly TT and liked it and the Corgi 924 still has most paint and the rear hatch/screen so picked them up. Let me know if you'd like either for 50p. Lastly here's a pick of the lot together warch, Tenmil Socket, Spottedlaurel and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 @FakeConcern you win Easter Friday!!! I’d have not walked past any of that either! SAAB is lovely 👌 FakeConcern and eddyramrod 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Well it’s no St George’s, but it’s Besacon brocante! The day started promising with this: Lets have a closer look… €1Tat box - check - overpriced part works (€15) - check - knackered majorettes - check ✔️ But hang on that looks unusual….. so yeah….. of course I buckled 😉 Bearing in mind the only note I had was a €10 we had a deal! The last thing I expected deepest France was a MIB Corgi! warch, flat4alfa, MiniMinorMk3 and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Stripping bath number 3 begins... (The Volvo estate came clean after two and is now in the rainwater rinse.) AndyW201, RayMK, andrew e and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Majorette Motor Renault 5 in yellow! andrew e 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 So you’re near the Swiss border I do like a brocante. If you are ever the other side in Brittany, the one at Guémené-sur-Scorff is well worth a visit eddyramrod and andrew e 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 andrew e, RoadworkUK and FakeConcern 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Just got my first Spot-On! Charity shop find, far from perfect, but sub-£10..... MiniMinorMk3, danthecapriman, FakeConcern and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 6 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said: Just got my first Spot-On! Charity shop find, far from perfect, but sub-£10..... OK, so what is it? andrew e 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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