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6,964 · January 30

Majorette Motors... they're pull backs but I'm not sure what the red pin does though.

3,551 · January 30

7 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Majorette Motors... they're pull backs but I'm not sure what the red pin does though.

Do they wind up and the red button lets them go?

My nephew had a Tonka drag car with a flywheel in and button on top, left 11's on any surface you let it loose on.

6,964 · January 30

1 minute ago, Snake Charmer said:

Do they wind up and the red button lets them go?

My nephew had a Tonka drag car with a flywheel in and button on top, left 11's on any surface you let it loose on.

I did try that but maybe they're just old and gummed up?

13,960 · January 30

12 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

The Superkings Silver Spirit is a splendid model. I think the weight of it is to the same scale as the real car!

Interesting about the Schabak with the Vitesse baseplate, I didn't know about that relationship. Weren't the latter Portugese?

I just got a SuperKings Rolls the other day (with all the bits still on!) and you're right, however I wonder if the 1/36 Corgi Rolls isn't even heavier than the scale weight!

I had a look under that Schabak Sierra and it says "made in Germany" and "assembled in Portugal" so thanks for sharing that interesting information.

Pic from ebay listing

44,306 · January 30

Quiet morning at the market again today. Wild weather this week probably doesn't help, but I noticed quite a lot of empty stalls again - not sure if a fair few of the traders are taking a January break or if they've relinquished their stalls altogether.

Colin's Irish Tat stall had more of those 2024 Matchbox longcards - apparently he got two boxes off the distributor, and has more of them packed in with his peripatetic stock that he takes to other local markets:

No white Jeep Wagoneers for Eddy today, but he said he'll have a look in the van tomorrow and hold one over if there's any there.

You'll be shocked to learn that Paddy hasn't sold any of his boxed Corgi and Dinky from last week:

Can't think why.

From what I can tell (and from what I've heard him say) his customers are all tourists - and I'm guessing he mainly makes sales to people who have made a hideous miscalculation on where the decimal point falls when working out the exchange rate...

More tat evidenced on some of the other collectables stalls:

RIO model of a Fiat 12HP was a bit out of the ordinary amidst all the usual Lledos and Shell promo Maistos, but I'm not sure who collects models of this era any more:

Other overpriced dross also available:

Yep, that's £15 for pound shop grade Minis and a tidy but generally meh Matchbox Dinky Commer van. No ta.

Similarly optimistic pricing evidenced on a place selling more contemporary collectables:

Sorry, HFM?

£8 for loose Pixar Cars and anywhere between £6 and £20 for assorted Far-Eastern no-name diecast? I think not.

Once again, Alan's 50p tray was the last stop:

But alas, nothing doing.

I don't have a strong yearning for a heavily patinated Matchbox Traction Avant - nor a Tow Joe that won't be doing much towing, or a Corgi Transit that was more wrecked than it was a wrecker.

Ah well.

I made do with a very nice scone and a coffee, plus the black version of the AMC Eagle from Colin and yet another blue XJ6C - because it seems that my search function for this elusive one was activated in late 2024 and now I can't switch it off again.

Might go out at lunchtime to hit up the city centre shops, though it depends how much I fancy a soaking...

6,964 · January 30

8 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Quiet morning at the market again today. Wild weather this week probably doesn't help, but I noticed quite a lot of empty stalls again - not sure if a fair few of the traders are taking a January break or if they've relinquished their stalls altogether.

Colin's Irish Tat stall had more of those 2024 Matchbox longcards - apparently he got two boxes off the distributor, and has more of them packed in with his peripatetic stock that he takes to other local markets:

No white Jeep Wagoneers for Eddy today, but he said he'll have a look in the van tomorrow and hold one over if there's any there.

You'll be shocked to learn that Paddy hasn't sold any of his boxed Corgi and Dinky from last week:

Can't think why.

From what I can tell (and from what I've heard him say) his customers are all tourists - and I'm guessing he mainly makes sales to people who have made a hideous miscalculation on where the decimal point falls when working out the exchange rate...

More tat evidenced on some of the other collectables stalls:

RIO model of a Fiat 12HP was a bit out of the ordinary amidst all the usual Lledos and Shell promo Maistos, but I'm not sure who collects models of this era any more:

Other overpriced dross also available:

Yep, that's £15 for pound shop grade Minis and a tidy but generally meh Matchbox Dinky Commer van. No ta.

Similarly optimistic pricing evidenced on a place selling more contemporary collectables:

Sorry, HFM?

£8 for loose Pixar Cars and anywhere between £6 and £20 for assorted Far-Eastern no-name diecast? I think not.

Once again, Alan's 50p tray was the last stop:

But alas, nothing doing.

I don't have a strong yearning for a heavily patinated Matchbox Traction Avant - nor a Tow Joe that won't be doing much towing, or a Corgi Transit that was more wrecked than it was a wrecker.

Ah well.

I made do with a very nice scone and a coffee, plus the black version of the AMC Eagle from Colin and yet another blue XJ6C - because it seems that my search function for this elusive one was activated in late 2024 and now I can't switch it off again.

Might go out at lunchtime to hit up the city centre shops, though it depends how much a fancy a soaking...

😂😂😂

67,930 · January 30

A few new bobs here today, Majorette R4 in commercial guise, shame they didn't give it an opening rear door and some junk in the tronc

Range Rover appears to have collided with a high speed moineau

Rockets Jag, I've got a tatty one to modify in a box somewhere but don't know if I'm skilled enough to fill that boot area in. Maybe ...

Lastly, everyone's favourite Corvette

I don't see a problem

44,306 · January 30

Weird how I never found a yellow 2CV in the wild, but I could have had FIVE red ones today if I'd so fancied.

6,964 · January 30

Do any of you speak Spanish? I’d love to know if I could get one of these delivered to the UK!

https://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-5367796316-carrinhos-escort-xr3-com-apliques-rodas-e-frisos-diverplas-_JM

2,682 · January 30

Tatty Solido 1929 Cord. A gift from a friend who found it in a charity shop (along with the huge dice!)

10,679 · January 30

Can anyone identify the two cars in this eBay pic?

The Camaro on the left seems to have mismatched Corgi wheels.The Rolls Royce(or Bentley?),I thought was the Dinky version,but the bumpers look different,unless they modified the casting?

The Dinky I have

67,930 · January 30

1 hour ago, 155V6 said:

Can anyone identify the two cars in this eBay pic?

Politoys?

67,930 · January 30

Camaro could be a Solido

10,679 · January 30

14 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Politoys?

Thanks,I reckon that's it

30,857 · January 30

@Datsuncog If you see the trailer again, top left...

Could you pick it up for my box please? It looks like something I could make use of.

67,930 · January 31

As threatened, I had a mess about with one of the (not) Metal Machines I bought recently. Just a bit of black wash and some paint pen action combined with a wheel swap, let me tell you, trying to paint bits in on a completely chrome body is like trying to navigate a hall of mirrors, my eyes hurt now!

67,930 · January 31

Found some spare seats @dan95x - Matchbox buggy for scale.

Let me know if any are useful for the roundy racer projects

67,930 · January 31

Pulled a Bone Shaker out of its blister, these are a great little hot rod spoilt by the stupid grille. Time to make some changes

That grille was off some cheap no name Hong Kong thing and has been in the parts box for ages, had some stadium shaped headlights I didn't like, so dressmaking pins with a flat sanded on them were fitted instead.

I'm fairly sure the front grille from the recent Model A would work too but I don't want to chop mine up as I'm doing something else with it

67,930 · January 31

On 20/01/2026 at 12:44, quicksilver said:

If you think that's difficult, try sourcing wheels in 1:76.

On 20/01/2026 at 15:06, bunglebus said:

Hot Wheels do a few very small diameter ones

Here you go, the common sizes from ridiculous to daft

67,930 · January 31

Today's diecast jollop consists of one of those odd Corgi buggies

Do you reckon tweedledum and tweedledumber could get surgery on the NHS to separate them? They'd have to decide who gets the arm though

Whizzwheelifying the Capri didn't do it a lot of favours. Nice casting all the same

Regal still has the detachable roof light, but Bo has gone missing. Luke's still in the back though

Marina isn't especially common

This was a good find, I logged into Vinted just after this Polistil MK1 Fiesta was listed. It's a little confused as to its identity, Ghia(ish) wheels with S stripes but badged as a 1.1L. Still, very happy to own this and it beings back lots of memories of taking my first car to bits every time I found upgraded parts at the breakers - a fairly easy task as it was a 950 base model to start with

67,930 · January 31

On 10/01/2026 at 11:34, MVX11V said:

Here are 2 I got off ebay cheap a few years ago, I guess people thought that they were worn repaints and I paid a few quid for them after days on auction with no bids. Sale of the century for me really.

You can see how the casting varies over the engine, or how the back of the gold one has been hacked off. Pre productions are rough as man. There are more of these out there and they are well documented. I enjoyed having these but they were tatty and I moved them on (for a bit more than they cost me 😃 ).

Was this your silver one?

29,766 · January 31

15 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Was this your silver one?

They made a good move by not doing the production version in silver. It just looks so plain and boring compared to how the normal release version is.

Im still really surprised these colour samples and pre production ones survive.

13,960 · January 31

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Today's diecast jollop consists of one of those odd Corgi buggies

Do you reckon tweedledum and tweedledumber could get surgery on the NHS to separate them? They'd have to decide who gets the arm though

Whizzwheelifying the Capri didn't do it a lot of favours. Nice casting all the same

Regal still has the detachable roof light, but Bo has gone missing. Luke's still in the back though

Marina isn't especially common

This was a good find, I logged into Vinted just after this Polistil MK1 Fiesta was listed. It's a little confused as to its identity, Ghia(ish) wheels with S stripes but badged as a 1.1L. Still, very happy to own this and it beings back lots of memories of taking my first car to bits every time I found upgraded parts at the breakers - a fairly easy task as it was a 950 base model to start with

The buggy thing is very useful for the wheels, I used them on a Land Rover! The Siamese twins are in my spares box!

(pedant) the Corgi Capri was always Whizzwheels, just the early version had Red Spots. Personally I prefer the later teledial as in your pic.

The Corgi Marina always seems to be expensive even for a total basket case

I've never kept hold of any of those 1/36 Corgi Buicks, I pass them to Eddy!

The Polistil Fiesta is really nice and I'll have to look out for one even though I don't really want any more large models!

11,971 · January 31

Another 3D print I'm working on, not quite finished yet. It's something really obscure that I never thought would ever be modelled so does anyone know what it is?

29,766 · January 31

I’ve been getting a little bit done in the shed lately, most of it being boring stuff like priming and rubbing filler down etc.

The Fine Fare Leyland Lynx is mostly painted, just got the chassis on the tractor to do now.
Last time it was sitting up high on the chassis though so I’ve modified the axle tubes slightly to let the actual axle sit up higher in the tubes which had the effect of closing the wheel arches gap by around 1mm. It still needed more though so I’ve cut back the mounts the cab sits on which gave a similar 1mm ish of a drop. Using a steel ruler to line it up, the bottom of the cab step now sits pretty much in line with the centre of the wheel hub which is about where it should be.
It’s tricky as there’s a danger of breaking the details on the chassis (fuel tank etc etc) when cutting it about. Next step, is to paint the chassis black, then paint details, attach the cab and lights etc. I think I might add a tail lift onto the trailer too.

Did a little group period test on late 80’s and 90’s Ford US cars too!

Mercury Cougar.

Mercury Grand Marquis.

Ford ~~Mondeo~~ Contour.

Ford Tempo coupe.

Mercury Topaz.

Quite possibly the lowest point of US car production. But I still like them!

5,975 · January 31

The Cougar is a cracker! It’s terrible, accurate but awful! Who’s it by Dan?

23,231 · February 1

3 hours ago, quicksilver said:

Another 3D print I'm working on, not quite finished yet. It's something really obscure that I never thought would ever be modelled so does anyone know what it is?

VDP 1800 prototype based on the Landcrab?

29,766 · February 1

40 minutes ago, andrew e said:

The Cougar is a cracker! It’s terrible, accurate but awful! Who’s it by Dan?

It’s a partwork one! From the cars of Mexico collection.
All of those cars there are from the same collection. Being for Mexico the names are often different as they were on the real cars - Ford Cougar (Mercury Cougar), Ford Ghia (Mercury Topaz), Ford Topaz (Ford Tempo)… loads of them are like that but the cars are little if any different at all from the US versions.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/366054258530?_skw=ford+cougar&itmmeta=01KGB7ZHASSWT7TPVCAT8MX9YM&hash=item553a88b762:g:1rwAAOSwdapk53Fe&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA0O7PUuNWmJ%2B%2BUShgI9tQz%2Fp234Sh%2FqWpzLw7misAiojGJQ64g%2FC6gnXfyKerz24xQT2niAOlVA8E7iOoJpK7c02PgS%2BMVT%2FS5MTGYccy4Yca7D7C87O7OLVIH6Uo3O5v3jnU9fV0ibQ4Mak%2BGEdHxr3Cneud5WBptOGZqoFCNDP%2Fmuk62lbynKlUPNPR3Lj5gNsPcGCIr8Y2KOXuwtQUO4eybjnA965wy6aoym0%2BUrC2Svhg2AUBqSxSQxLqNIbG%2Bng1t0egdrgDTQ8tmTKoHbc%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR-SV_ueCZw

29,766 · February 1

Just spotted this on YouTube. How cool is that!?!

30,857 · February 1

Looks like some damn good work on that, but I could have lived without the fancy dissolves from shot to shot!

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