bunglebus Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Just adding the Corgi Personnel Carrier to the cabinet - why are panel vans and pickups RHD but Kombis LHD, and why is the army version the only one with a driver? FakeConcern, Dick Longbridge, andrew e and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 9 hours ago, sierraman said: The problem is most charity shops are run like an antique shop. Unfortunately the people volunteering there usually know the square root of fuck all about anything, they’d get a Days Gone By and assume it was old and therefore collectible. The last one I went in I saw a Haynes Manual for an 80-86 Nissan Cherry for £7, a car there is probably 3 or 4 left on the road. Having volunteered in a charity shop I agree. All Haynes manuals - £10-20 new so therefore ones for ‘classic cars’ must be worth at least £5, even if anyone who still owns a 1977 Toyota 1000 must have at least three HBOL by now. Back to the bagged up collection @flat4alfa purchased, I used to work with a manager who knew a bit about collectibles (this is pretty rare tbh) I think the only ones she (or I if I had found them) would have saved from bagging up would have been the Corgi Lotus, and perhaps the little British Gas van if it was mint. Are there any other collectibles in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Sent across from by a mate, this might intrigue a few of you! https://www.eroinamusic.com/kinoramas MiniMinorMk3, eddyramrod and Remspoor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Someone put up some post office/national mail service vehicles earlier, so I thought I’d include this recent find: Vitesse Mercedes 170D, from an antique place in Weobley Herefordshire. For a antique place, quite affordable at £4! Made in Portugal so I am assuming 80s/early 90s. Interestingly (to me anyway!) the swastika in the Deutschmark Reichpost logo is actually an ‘X’ - looking on Wikipedia, reproduction of this symbol is illegal in several countries, not least Germany and Austria. danthecapriman, Split_Pin, warch and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Talking of models with swastikas, I once sold one of these RIO Mercedes models on ebay, and was amazed at what it made. A few months later I had found another, so listed it, hoping to get a similar result, but it was removed by Ebay for cause offence. Another model that I have a few of over the years is this Mercedes W125 race car. When listing either of these models now I retouch the pictures to cover the black part of the insignia and just put a note in the description that says it has insignia that might offend. Not had any removed since. warch and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, AnthonyG said: Someone put up some post office/national mail service vehicles earlier, so I thought I’d include this recent find: Vitesse Mercedes 170D, from an antique place in Weobley Herefordshire. For a antique place, quite affordable at £4! Made in Portugal so I am assuming 80s/early 90s. That's an early Vitesse from around the mid 1980's. They did quite a few Mercedes 170V models in various liveries. Frankfurt Fire Service Reichpost Swiss PTT Bally Arola Suchard Ambulance Remspoor and AnthonyG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 15 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said: it was removed by Ebay for causing offence. I had similar problems selling 70s Mayfair magazines. No rhyme or reason to which ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 I had a Confederate flag pulled. However, as a relist but with the words 'South Army Flag' used instead, it ran without a hitch. So I assumed it was the word, rather than image recognition MiniMinorMk3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 10 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said: Did Majorette offer much else in this 1:36 "3000" series? The stallholder had another 4x4 of some sort, something American as I recall. 1981/2 Chevrolet [K5] Blazer in 1/36 by Majorette eddyramrod, Spottedlaurel, Remspoor and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Back to plastic today, finished this one off: Quite a bit of work and some parts swapping to make it look like an original UK version. It started off like this: FakeConcern, RoadworkUK, Split_Pin and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 36 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: 1981/2 Chevrolet [K5] Blazer in 1/36 by Majorette There's a few more Dick Longbridge, danthecapriman, andrew e and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 11 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said: Did Majorette offer much else in this 1:36 "3000" series? As well as the Blazer above, I have these 1:32 limo that one of you lot bought off me AndyW201, MiniMinorMk3, andrew e and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 2 minutes ago, bunglebus said: As well as the Blazer above, I have these I forgot about the Limo got one somewhere.Plus a few more variants of the (Ford?) van/ambulance RoadworkUK and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 I had this 1/32 Majorette Chevrolet Bel Air: Passed it on a few years ago - despite being used only very gently, one of the wheels cracked and fell off... Think there were a few others in the 'Legends' range too. andrew e and MiniMinorMk3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 8 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: I had this 1/32 Majorette Chevrolet Bel Air: Passed it on a few years ago - despite being used only very gently, one of the wheels cracked and fell off... Think there were a few others in the 'Legends' range too. There's a 1963? Corvette,an early Mustang,& a 1930s Ford Hot Rod Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 7 hours ago, 155V6 said: I had that set,it was called Stock Car Smash Up over here There were also a couple of different sets that friends had I had the top two sets. MiniMinorMk3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 15 minutes ago, 155V6 said: There's a 1963? Corvette,an early Mustang,& a 1930s Ford Hot Rod I had the yellow Willys - I'd like to find some of these andrew e 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 3 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said: Talking of models with swastikas, I once sold one of these RIO Mercedes models on ebay, and was amazed at what it made. A few months later I had found another, so listed it, hoping to get a similar result, but it was removed by Ebay for cause offence. Another model that I have a few of over the years is this Mercedes W125 race car. When listing either of these models now I retouch the pictures to cover the black part of the insignia and just put a note in the description that says it has insignia that might offend. Not had any removed since. Is that heir flick's staff car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, bunglebus said: I had the yellow Willys - I'd like to find some of these Had the set, some as doubles. Sold all away in a fit of slippery slope remorse but kept back one Willys and motorised the '57 Chev. All were put in this thread somewhere. andrew e and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 2 hours ago, bunglebus said: As well as the Blazer above, I have these 1:32 limo that one of you lot bought off me I have a suspicion the orange Blazer and the Range Rover came from over this way... But I do know the Limo came to here via Pandamonium ...and is still here! Will dust off in the morning. Can't say it's the nicest model, to be fair. Had ideas for it but they came to nothing as ...the grille and bumper look so comedy bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 22 hours ago, bunglebus said: Other postal oddities include this Stratos Trying to work out the make on that one. Wheels looks familiar Bought this one from seller in Holland. Is it same logo? MiniMinorMk3 and AndyW201 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 7 hours ago, flat4alfa said: Is it same logo? Mine's like two jelly babies. I've seen the logo before but it's not easy getting names from them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 On the subject of 4x4s, Matchbox collectibles did a small series of Great 4x4s 1945 Jeep CJ2 1946 Dodge Power Wagon 1948 Land Rover 1961 International Scout 80 1966 Ford Bronco 1969 Chevrolet Blazer K/5 Datsuncog, eddyramrod, danthecapriman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I had loads of the bigger Majorettes, couldn’t find a home for them so I gave them my nephew who seems to like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 14 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said: Back to plastic today, finished this one off: That does look stunning. Spottedlaurel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 14 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said: Back to plastic today, finished this one off: Looks really good! Do not put on tower block Remspoor, Spottedlaurel and RoadworkUK 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 On 1/15/2023 at 10:27 AM, Spottedlaurel said: "Rocky III" by Ertl, with no mention of it being a Maserati Quattroporte. That ERTL Quattroporte III seems to be very scarce this side of the Atlantic. Well done on that one! Hai quattro porte, non ho quattro porte, sono geloso! I can't think I have ever seen one and a quick swoop on eBay UK confirms the unavailability... needs more investigation I think! So they cast a Quattroporte but the base just states Rocky III, is that right? They didn't use the casting anywhere else? Went over to IMCDB and saw it actually was a thing in the film (not seen it for many years) and not just some marketing ploy: And why? Because the actual car has always intrigued me, along with the similar period Biturbo. Through 11 years production, Quattroporte III amounted to 2155 units in total. Not a car that was modelled very much! Even in this (pretty thorough) thread there seems to be no mention until now? There have been 1:43 Neo Models, Leo Models and Kess which are £100+ pricing and recent. But none in-period by Polistil, Bburago or Mebetoys, which is surprising. Probably leave that expertise to someone else like @barrettI think though. So will just leave the current ~£60 Minichamps example here: Rocky guidava quattro porte! Spottedlaurel and andrew e 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 On 1/14/2023 at 11:35 PM, junkyarddog said: I have the same set,never tried to see if it it works,or a least i don't think I have That was my favourite toy as a kid. Will keep my eye out for another set! bunglebus and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 40 minutes ago, Volksy said: That was my favourite toy as a kid. Will keep my eye out for another set! I actually saw another set at a boot sale about 18 months or so ago,It wasn't complete so left it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: There have been 1:43 Neo Models, Leo Models and Kess which are £100+ pricing and recent. But none in-period by Polistil, Bburago or Mebetoys, which is surprising. Probably leave that expertise to someone else like @barrettI think though. So will just leave the current ~£60 Minichamps example here: Cheaper alternative to the Kess, NEO and Minichamps offerings is this Edicola. Part of a Maserati partwork. EDICOLA MAS100YCOL044 Scale 1/43 | MASERATI QUATTROPORTE 4.9 1983 GOLD MET (carmodel.com) Politoys/Polistil only did the Series 1 Quattroporte AndyW201 and flat4alfa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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