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oldcars Rank: Lancia Gamma

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This arrived today and I'm fairly pleased with it

Not seen before in 1/18 and is mint condition apart from a set of the spotlights need rebuilding

Not a fan of Otto as they don't open up but the detail of the car is very good

Need to find out if there is an aerial missing too....

Mot only just out on that, low miles as well.

junkyarddog Rank: Isuzu Florian

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Custom VW transporter.

Added some matchbox hubcaps style wheels and raised the suspension,added some sharpie rust and dirt too.

Think it looks better than it did :)

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Burnside Rank: Citroen Ami

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Got the Majorette Peugeot 406 myself in Metallic Blue and Red. These have the sliding sunroof like the MK1 Mondeo and have the turning wheels. Got the Tipo too In Blue and a tatty one in Yellow that I'm going to repaint Silver like my Tipo DGT I used to own. 

 

Also have the Same BMW Z3 and Renault 19. Really shouldn't keeping looking on ebay etc at Majorette as keeping buying more!

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eddyramrod Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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I didn't even know Majorette did a 406, at all!  Although, logically, of course they would.  I need to find a couple of those, I think.

NorfolkNWeigh Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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What now?

I've just stripped 60 odd years of paint from this, one of my Dad's old Dinkys. I bought a couple of Poundshop aerosols at the same time as the fake Nitromors. Can I just blow it over with topcoat or should I prime it? I don't want to much paint on it and lose detail. I'm even thinking about striping them all( box of about 20) and just laquering and buying some tyres off eBay, saying that, what's the worse that can happen if I just leave it bare?

I'm only doing this because of generations of abuse and childish repaints by my Dad, me and my brothers, cousins, nephews and nieces. I feel guilty cleaning them up and putting them in a cabinet instead of being played with and kept in a scruffy cardboard box in my Grandma's kitchen.

155V6 Rank: Lancia Gamma

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Took me a while to find a decent Dragon wheels VW.

 

I think these are fantastic :)

I've been looking for one of those for my VW collection too,not sure why I've got so many,I don't even like the real ones that much  :-)

 

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mercrocker Rank: Isuzu Florian

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Know the feeling.......Despite having a T25 I hate the whole Dub scene.

 

Doesn't stop me devoting a chunk of cabinet space, though.....

 

 

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Felly Magic Rank: Isuzu Florian

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What now?

I've just stripped 60 odd years of paint from this, one of my Dad's old Dinkys. I bought a couple of Poundshop aerosols at the same time as the fake Nitromors. Can I just blow it over with topcoat or should I prime it? I don't want to much paint on it and lose detail. I'm even thinking about striping them all( box of about 20) and just laquering and buying some tyres off eBay, saying that, what's the worse that can happen if I just leave it bare?

I'm only doing this because of generations of abuse and childish repaints by my Dad, me and my brothers, cousins, nephews and nieces. I feel guilty cleaning them up and putting them in a cabinet instead of being played with and kept in a scruffy cardboard box in my Grandma's kitchen.

 

Primer it, otherwise you may get flaking issues very quickly as the paint doean't bond to the metal, if you leave the metal bare, it will oxidise very quickly

Split_Pin Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Split_Pin

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A light blow over with primer should be enough.

 

I have the same model which was my dad's and its the only one he didnt repaint. The othets he did and my grandpa worked in the shipyards so you can guess the sort of paint he was given to use and why I have no inclination to restore them!

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junkyarddog Rank: Isuzu Florian

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You could try just polishing that casting.

I did this using a Drexel and some autosol.

 

I think that old ford would look really good done like that.

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junkyarddog Rank: Isuzu Florian

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Sorry about the multiple posts,

Uploading direct from my phone and it only allows me to attach one pic at a time.

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junkyarddog Rank: Isuzu Florian

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A recent resto.

 

Matchbox Mk1 Mondeo.

Had the most awful wheels,thick blue paint and racing decals on it.

I could hardly tell what it was when I found it in a box of random diecast at a car boot sale recently.

 

Stripping the paint off revealed a lot of good detail.

So a few light coats of paint and some 70's superfast wheels later it looks fairly decent :)

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