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56,786 · April 12

On 12/04/2025 at 10:23, Split_Pin said:

Good find on the 1/24 scale Bburago R5 Turbo !

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Yours for 50p if you want it, some minor broken/missing bits

Kinsmart buggy

Some 50p Matchbox

RHD seems an unusual choice for a late 80s casting of a German marque

Matra

A Burnin' Key

And having sold my Trickshifters, a launcher for them

Still, Power Lifters MR2 is a good find

Perhaps not as good as a Hot Wheels Sizzlers Mustang though

I could lie and say I got this too, but it was from Facebook - the Track Car Regal! No exhausts sadly

Lastly, this Corgi Alarm Flashers Mercedes

5,119 · April 12

Hey @eddyramrod compare the price of the Montana spray in hobbycraft to Halfords £ for £.

My BIL swears by it, it’s even cheaper online (but harder to sneak in!) A current project of his, because I’ve nothing to hand!

32,479 · April 12

On 12/04/2025 at 12:34, bunglebus said:

Yours for 50p if you want it, some minor broken/missing bits

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Yes please Rich!

56,786 · April 12

Ooh, the latest Atlas for Men catalogue is here, with a free CMC Bentley

What a fabulous thing, with working steering to boot. I'll have to dig out my original when I go in the loft

56,786 · April 12

Before I can find that Bentley I'll have to put the Juniors away, as I was digging out all my Regals in anticipation of the Track Car arriving

39,656 · April 12

I remember having the Taxi one as a kid, quite hard to find one now!

26,026 · April 12

I’ve never seen that plain blue Regal with silver interior before. I like the plain black one too but mine is a right mess.
I had a taxi cab one as a kid but it’s long gone.

Most unusual one I’ve ever found was an orange one. Found in a job lot a year or two back but never seen another one.
I wouldn’t mind having a go recreating a few of Juniors versions but using the big 1:36 casting to do it since they didn’t make that many variations of that.

12,789 · April 12

Today, I went to Evesham to meet a former (now-retired) work colleague for a few games of pool. I took the old "Pub landlord" Jag:

We were joined by another colleague and his son. When it was their turn to have a couple of games I popped across the road to this place:

It sells all sorts. On the ground floor you have a lot of new gifts, model cars etc... on the first floor, you have antiques/treasures and second-hand trinkets.

Nice.

They also had some matchboxes but nothing thay interested me:

Some 1:76 Britains models:

Then I popped upstairs to the antiques bit:

I'm sure he is.

This Dinky caught my eye:

It was cheap, in its original box and I had a similar one at home, so I bought it.

I did some small comparisons and decided to clean and put the blue in with my new red MGB GT V8:

32,479 · April 12

Dinky did a lovely job of the BGT, I coveted it when it first came out, definitely a cut above a Corgi Classic of the time.

42,953 · April 12

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This is me

43,173 · April 12

On 12/04/2025 at 16:56, Lord Sterling said:

I did some small comparisons and decided to clean and put the blue in with my new red MGB GT V8:

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You just need an Orange...

and a Bright Red one to complete the set.

6,221 · April 12

On 11/04/2025 at 22:31, bunglebus said:

I've seen that series in One Beyond but yet to find that Golf!

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Come to think of it it was in One Beyond and not the Poundshop in my defence they are nextdoor to each other.

6,221 · April 12

Today's finds the Ford Model A almost looks like a premium with new wheels and the livery. Hopefully I will see this in the flesh racing on Bridlington beach at Race The Waves in June.

Got this in a charity shop for a quid. I've only seen these coming out of a mystery models bag on this forum.

25,086 · April 12

Found the 5 pack with the white Sierra.

Also picked up this premium VW Split screen Samba.

I have a soft spot for these as my Late Uncle had a camper version when I was knee high to a grasshopper.

In fact I painted this lone star version in tribute to it.

28,111 · April 12

On 12/04/2025 at 16:56, Lord Sterling said:

Today, I went to Evesham to meet an former (now-retired) work colleague for a few games of pool. I took the old "Pub landlord" Jag:

We were joined by another colleague and his son. When it was their turn to have a couple of games I popped across the road to this place:

It sells all sorts. On the ground floor you have a lot of new gifts, model cars etc... on the first floor, you have antiques/treasures and second-hand trinkets.

Nice.

They also had some matchboxes but nothing thay interested me:

Some 1:76 Britains models:

Then I popped upstairs to the antiques bit:

I'm sure he is.

This Dinky caught my eye:

It was cheap, in its original box and I had a similar one at home, so I bought it.

I did some small comparisons and decided to clean and put the blue in with my new red MGB GT V8:

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There's a very depressing amount of HFM going on in that shop! Nice find on the BV8 though, that's one I might have bought had I been there.

28,111 · April 12

On 12/04/2025 at 12:44, andrew e said:

Hey @eddyramrod compare the price of the Montana spray in hobbycraft to Halfords £ for £.

My BIL swears by it, it’s even cheaper online (but harder to sneak in!) A current project of his, because I’ve nothing to hand!

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Thanks; probably a good call if there was a Hobbycraft within 50 miles of me.

5,119 · April 12

Ah…. Scotch that then Eddy 👎

28,111 · April 12

It's all fine for you in the bustling metrollops. Where I am we've only got Boots and Halfords by the skin of our teeth, and it's a good hour drive to anywhere else that might, with no guarantees when you get there. Hell I don't even know where the nearest Lidl is (but we do have two Aldis in Barrow and one in Ulverston, so I suppose that's something)! Hobbycraft goes on the same shelf of dreams as boot sales.

Actually I do know where to find a Hobbycraft. It's in Chester, a mere 130 miles to the south.

32,479 · April 13

Hobbycraft are fully online and postage is less than the the fuel would be if one were 5 miles from you.

12,789 · April 13

On 12/04/2025 at 20:59, eddyramrod said:

There's a very depressing amount of HFM going on in that shop! Nice find on the BV8 though, that's one I might have bought had I been there.

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HFM?

42,953 · April 13

THE FIRST of the line Corgi Buick Regal Juniors release for 1977

Slippery Slope far too tempting, so decided to keep back just the UAE Police شُرْ طَة‎ (šurṭa) Juniors and the City of Metropolis 'Superman' tie-in Juniors

Comparison of scales: Corgi's Buick Regals in 1:21, 1:37 and 1:72 scales (yes I’m sad, I measured)

Track car is properly elusive, never seen one but to be fair not been searching…

THE LAST of the line, using tooling carried on by Mattel as a Hot Wheels for 1997

Never seen one of those either

32,479 · April 13

That's mad! 1997! I've never seen the HW version.

3,330 · April 13

On 13/04/2025 at 00:56, Lord Sterling said:

HFM?

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How fucking much, I assume ?

42,953 · April 13

On 13/04/2025 at 08:11, Split_Pin said:

That's mad! 1997! I've never seen the HW version.

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Seems scarce even over the pond

Listed and sold as City Police

28,111 · April 13

On 13/04/2025 at 00:56, Lord Sterling said:

HFM?

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On 13/04/2025 at 08:16, ETCHY said:

How fucking much, I assume ?

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Perfectly assumed. I honestly thought that acronym had gained enough traction here to be universally recognised.

42,953 · April 13

On 13/04/2025 at 00:56, Lord Sterling said:

HFM?

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Exactly

42,953 · April 13

On 13/04/2025 at 09:01, eddyramrod said:

Perfectly assumed. I honestly thought that acronym had gained enough traction here to be universally recognised.

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Yes common enough it ought to be in the AS Lexicon

Was surprised it is not listed

28,111 · April 13

Rectified!

26,026 · April 13

On 13/04/2025 at 07:59, flat4alfa said:

THE FIRST of the line Corgi Buick Regal Juniors release for 1977

Slippery Slope far too tempting, so decided to keep back just the UAE Police شُرْ طَة‎ (šurṭa) Juniors and the City of Metropolis 'Superman' tie-in Juniors

Comparison of scales: Corgi's Buick Regals in 1:21, 1:37 and 1:72 scales (yes I’m sad, I measured)

Track car is properly elusive, never seen one but to be fair not been searching…

THE LAST of the line, using tooling carried on by Mattel as a Hot Wheels for 1997

Never seen one of those either

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Apparently…

…there’s a mega rare variation of the Metropolis Police Juniors version that has a weird green roof light. Seemingly very scarce and worth a bit if you find one. Although now they’re as old as they are the roof light is often the first bit to get broken off so there’s probably some out there but you’d never know now.

56,786 · April 13

Small boot sale (and charity shop) haul

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