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59,656 · July 21

When I returned from my Morrisons mission, a box was waiting for me with this within

I accidentally outbid @Split_Pin to buy it though, oops.

If you saw the eBay listing on the mini tat thread, you'd have noticed it had just completed a rally stage around the vegetable patch. It all came off easy enough thankfully, but it is a bit of a strange one, clearly been well played with and caked in mud, cracked glazing and evidence of at least one rollover, but yet all the easily broken plastic bits are in place. Like most of us, I didn't even know they made a Bburago Kadett. The pics make it look brighter than the actual pastel green it is, very similar to the Matchbox one

1,074 · July 21

2 hours ago, ambassador84 said:

Have you tried Aldi too?

2 of those shops are ALDIs!

1,074 · July 21

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

There are loads in the Morrisons I went in, tempted to pick up some more.

Nearest Morrisons to me is 40 mins away. It’s very much the luck on the day that I go looking around these parts. Sometimes there’s some good new stuff, but often the scalpers have been way ahead of me. They must know the delivery days for these stores!

59,656 · July 21

This was a small high st. store - I think it's almost completely unpredictable when they'll get new stock - the one in my local parade has had three restocks in the last six years!

33,669 · July 21

35 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

When I returned from my Morrisons mission, a box was waiting for me with this within

I accidentally outbid @Split_Pin to buy it though, oops.

If you saw the eBay listing on the mini tat thread, you'd have noticed it had just completed a rally stage around the vegetable patch. It all came off easy enough thankfully, but it is a bit of a strange one, clearly been well played with and caked in mud, cracked glazing and evidence of at least one rollover, but yet all the easily broken plastic bits are in place. Like most of us, I didn't even know they made a Bburago Kadett. The pics make it look brighter than the actual pastel green it is, very similar to the Matchbox one

That's a much nicer colour in your pictures, I originally thought it was a repaint. I think the civilian version is quite an old one and still in the 'HAT' era (Hobbies And Toys).

59,656 · July 21

A whole pound netted me these three in a charity shop;

Corgi XK

Tiny Hongwell splittie

With tailgate corrosion just like the real thing

Lastly another, larger Hongwell, this Skoda

Has working steering although someone has managed to snap a mirror off

5,502 · July 22

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Just noticed the CONSUL badge too

Think the early ones had consul like the std cars, I'm not into the antique mk1-2 versions 😁

5,916 · July 22

Has anyone ever added rear window louvres to a model car?

One in progress…

59,656 · July 22

They fit perfectly, off the 007 Lotus?

5,916 · July 22

3 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

They fit perfectly, off the 007 Lotus?

Nope… would have been my first guess though.

I don’t think anyone will get it but I won’t tell you for now.

45,037 · July 22

16 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Back panel is a separate green plastic part

Which also forms the side exit exhaust! Very odd, I want to take this apart to see what's going on

Hard to see the interior, but it definitely has one

I think that back panel and the exhaust being part of the interior plastic moulding is awful.

16 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Just noticed the CONSUL badge too

11 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Think the early ones had consul like the std cars, I'm not into the antique mk1-2 versions 😁

The Cortina was originally sold under the Consul brand from 1962 to 1964, along with the Classic, the Capri and the Corsair.

I think I posted this video when the to show the inspiration for the Hot Wheels model when it was first posted in the thread. If you are ever up near the Scottish Borders then the Jim Clark Museum is worth a visit.

5,502 · July 22

Is that the one with elan IRS?

1,661 · July 22

2 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Has anyone ever added rear window louvres to a model car?

One in progress…

I added some badly when I de-BTTF-ed a Scalextric DeLorean. Mine were just thin balsa.

59,656 · July 22

3 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Nope… would have been my first guess though.

I don’t think anyone will get it but I won’t tell you for now.

20,804 · July 22

I went to a collectable shop looking for vintage star wars stuff - I spied this.

Not everbody's cup of tea. I have seen these sell on ebay for almost £100. The sticker on this said £35. Duly purchased.

11,757 · July 22

Why did Popeye hit Jesus ? Because he went to mount Olive :-P

5,916 · July 22

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

I thought it was a Maisto but I could be wrong 😬

10,275 · July 22

59,656 · July 22

New Pop Culture set is out in Smyths. Most don't do a lot for me, but I can't resist a Time Machine

I got home to find my Cortina had fallen apart!

59,656 · July 22

Available on the Majorette website from September...

https://www.majorette.com/majorette_en/categories/collection/

14,030 · July 23

Only two days until I can start looking for Majorettes in French shops....

33,669 · July 23

A week until I can too!

59,656 · July 23

A little bit of detail added to the MK1 Cortina

The Matchbox wheels were the closest thing I could find to Lotus steels with hubcaps, I did consider a set of Minilites off one of the Hongwell Minis, but I absolutely love the steels so this was the only choice really. They are slightly larger than the originals annoyingly.

I wonder what the next colour will be?

27,024 · July 23

17 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

A little bit of detail added to the MK1 Cortina

The Matchbox wheels were the closest thing I could find to Lotus steels with hubcaps, I did consider a set of Minilites off one of the Hongwell Minis, but I absolutely love the steels so this was the only choice really. They are slightly larger than the originals annoyingly.

I wonder what the next colour will be?

That new Cortina is a little cracker, but it’s amazing how much touching in a few extra details lifts it. Nice job👍

Maybe they’ll release the red & gold as a premium??

59,656 · July 23

Forgot to paint the rear axle, oops

5,916 · July 23

Spotted this on Instagram but the poster was unsure who the manufacturer was?

59,656 · July 23

Love it, looks like Yatming wheels but lots of the HK manufacturers used similar.

Got to be a copy of the Matchbox Golf?

10,007 · July 23

Just delivered. Not entirely accurate livery aside, it's great.

5,916 · July 23

9 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Love it, looks like Yatming wheels but lots of the HK manufacturers used similar.

Got to be a copy of the Matchbox Golf?

59,656 · July 23

VW Golf S=1/60

Made in where now? New Zealand?

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