Amishtat Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Junkman, Datsuncog, junkyarddog and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Hey Datsuncog, continuing our childhood Galaxie syncronicity into adulthood, I too have an Atlas repro waiting for me at the post office for collection. Sadly my post office is not in walking distance and is only open when I'm at work. Helpful* Datsuncog and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted June 24, 2018 Author Share Posted June 24, 2018 Wibble @ the Galaxie! Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Today's £1.50 charity shop find. French (Majorette) model of an lhd German coach with Luton and District 'livery'.Wonderful. Skizzer, egg, mercrocker and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 That's brilliant! L&D never operated anything remotely like that and the colours don't look right either. It's an accurate* scale model. Following the arrival of another parcel from Datsuncog (thanks again Tim) today's task has been to sort and catalogue my 1/72 car collection. There are over 300 of the little buggers, not counting the 1/76 stuff from the likes of Oxford! Maybe I got a bit carried away collecting them for more than 15 years - what would any sensible person do with 17 (yes, SEVENTEEN) M-class Mercs? egg, RoadworkUK and Datsuncog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Open a 1/72 MB specialist? egg and MorrisItalSLX 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 That Majorette coach is the very essence of Autoshite In Miniature. Fantastic find RoadworkUK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Not the best moment in my life, so treated myself to some applejack and had some fun . Will do the detailing and glue the base once it is fully cured. junkyarddog, MarvinsMom, Datsuncog and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 This coach hasn't gone anywhere in a while...touch of the 'y tho' IMG_20180622_105556.jpgI've got a box for that somewhere ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 If you'd like the coach to go with it, you're welcome to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Picked up a SuperKings 305 at a boot sale for a quid, didn't know Matchbox even made one, what an odd choice . Noticed it had just crossed Africa on my kitchen tablecloth, which seems sort of apt, as most of my memories of 80's Pug stories in CAR involved Africa. Datsuncog, Split_Pin, Junkman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 VERY SMOL KOLLEKSHUN FOR VERY SMOL SHITE: 20180623_104005.jpg Breakfast. 20180623_102644.jpg Early start (for a lazy ganch like moi). 20180623_102611.jpg The reason. 20180623_102402.jpg The method. 20180623_102510.jpg Nice morning for it, anyway. ^^ Two for joy. 20180623_102544.jpg DESTINATION ACHIEVED. MUCH EXCITE. 20180623_095238.jpg Are they open? Are they closed? Hell, even they don't seem to know. 20180623_101302.jpg BOOM! 20180623_101947.jpg Record time for KOLLEKSHUN? 20180623_104138.jpg Precision minishite tools... 20180623_104314.jpg Oh yes. 20180623_104350.jpg Oh very yes. 20180623_104403.jpg 20180623_104414.jpg Ver' nice. 20180623_104720.jpg 20180623_104742.jpg 20180623_104753.jpg The money shot(s). Come on, it's the doors that get you too, right? A much neater job than Dinky GB managed on the MkIV Zodiac, IMHO. 20180623_110536.jpg Just as I imagined it, and drooled over it, thirty years ago. Is it as good as an original? No, of course not. 20180623_104844.jpg It looks kinda 'bright', while the paintwork suffers from a few of the blemishes Atlas are (were?) known for. But is it in my cabinet? 20180623_105805.jpg HELL YES!! I even evicted a Renault Fuego to make room for it. Many thanks to Junkman for giving me this stunning opportunity, and for his courteous updates and scrupulous posting and packing. Much satisfaction, 72/10, would highly recommend for all minishite acquisition purposes. 20180623_110318.jpg Bonus opportunity to brush up my Dutch, too. I HAZ OVERJOY. brilliant.jpg EDIT: Paint blemishes are by no means a bad thing - it may make it a much easier decision to go for a repaint at some point... That was a collection caper in miniature?Dutch-The A4 was closed because of an accident. Red crosses on the gantry.And Krakers are squatters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 image.jpeg Picked up a SuperKings 305 at a boot sale for a quid, didn't know Matchbox even made one, what an odd choice . Noticed it had just crossed Africa on my kitchen tablecloth, which seems sort of apt, as most of my memories of 80's Pug stories in CAR involved Africa. .iirc they came with a sheet of number plates and country badge stickers for the boot NorfolkNWeigh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 Here are just a few of the Datsuns that feature in the Tomica collection which I bought from Mr. Cog. I have always wanted some 70s and 80s everyday Japanese cars in my collection but they are hard to find at an affordable price. I absolutely love them! Skizzer, Junkman, junkyarddog and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Some of yesterdays shite die cast haul. Norev Volvo tanker. Husky Buick Electra. Husky Citroen safari.This has a metal base. Corgi whizzeheels,ole macdonalds truck. Budgie Austin A95 Westminster countryman. Budgie Plymouth belvedere. Husky Ford thunderbird. Majorette VW beetle still in packet. Renault alpine.I don't usually collect this scale,but it's a Renault alpine! I also bought 26 boxed matchbox cars from the 80's that I paid way too much for mercrocker, Split_Pin, Datsuncog and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Some old(ish) new Corgi shite. hennabm, 59Impala, Junkman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 ^^^ Nice Corgis there - I had a fair few of those! Still find it weird that both Corgi and Matchbox produced versions of the Matra Rancho in both small and large sizes, for many years, even though real-life versions were quite a rare sight on UK roads - yet no French toymaker made any, to my knowledge? Would love to be proved wrong - they just used to really confuse me because toyshops were full of them but I'd never seen one on the road, and the name 'Matra' meant nothing to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 That was a collection caper in miniature? It was indeed a very small collection caper... But I only realised later on that no collection thread is complete without the obligatory... (Damn you, focal length) Thanks for the Dutch pointers, too! I once knew a girl whose mother was from the Netherlands - she taught me a few basic phrases, but I've long since forgotten them! egg, barrett, RayMK and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Hey Datsuncog, continuing our childhood Galaxie syncronicity into adulthood, I too have an Atlas repro waiting for me at the post office for collection. Sadly my post office is not in walking distance and is only open when I'm at work. Helpful* Daah, that's deeply annoying... here's hoping you get the chance to pick yours up before too long. Spooky, eh!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Now this is an oddball, made by Marx, totally borked. Must have cost my grandparents a bit when it was new! Anyone know anything about these? junkyarddog and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 It was indeed a very small collection caper... But I only realised later on that no collection thread is complete without the obligatory... 20180624_120426.jpg (Damn you, focal length) Thanks for the Dutch pointers, too! I once knew a girl whose mother was from the Netherlands - she taught me a few basic phrases, but I've long since forgotten them!Yours Remspoor--- Skidmark Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 I thought this is a Porker not a VW RoadworkUK and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Found this tiny little Lone Star Tuf-Tots Corvette today. £1.50 seems a fair price, as they're about £5 posted on eBay. IMG_20180625_171419904 by max_burton, on Flickr mercrocker, Junkman, Split_Pin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Matchbox shite. 59Impala, Junkman, AndyW201 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59Impala Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 It was indeed a very small collection caper... But I only realised later on that no collection thread is complete without the obligatory... 20180624_120426.jpg (Damn you, focal length) Thanks for the Dutch pointers, too! I once knew a girl whose mother was from the Netherlands - she taught me a few basic phrases, but I've long since forgotten them!I shall get that Galaxie in due course, just received the Opel Rekord Coupe which is quite nice. I did buy an original Galaxie back in the 70s, I remember that the guy had the Galaxie (in the other colour) for £3.50 and the '67 Thunderbird for £3.90. Sadly I couldn't afford both but preferred the Galaxie so it now lives in one of my display cabinets, one careful owner etc. I do claim bonus points though for owning a RHD '66 Galaxie sedan some years later, went quite well with the 390 V8 wafting it along. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Oh, man, those Matchbox boxes trigger off a soft, cosy, warm feeling of nostalgia every time I see them. I particularly remember carefully* unboxing that 928. Datsuncog, junkyarddog, HMC and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Now this is an oddball, made by Marx, totally borked. Must have cost my grandparents a bit when it was new! Anyone know anything about these? IMG_20180625_144656.jpg Google Louis Marx..... They had a factory in Wales but I think I remember reading that only the plastic stuff was made there - I have a Zephyr 6 Motorway Police car which was based on the Corgi Toy. Playcraft (Corgi parent company) was on the same industrial estate as the Marx factory. I also had a Lockheed Electra tinplate aeroplane which must have been around the same era as your tractor. I also have a Pontiac-looking Highway Patrol car which is plastic with tinplate friction chassis and that says Made in Gt. Britain as well. Really prolific company but not much seems to have been catalogued.... egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 My box of delights arrived today..Wasn't expecting them for another day or two at least I CAN HAZ MOAR PROJECTS C'est fucking fucked Mon ami , grand temps Thanks again Datsuncog! Datsuncog, Vantman, junkyarddog and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantman Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Another SAAB joins the fleet,made in Finland as well! Split_Pin, Junkman, mercrocker and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 Ive got the later 900 version of that, yours is quite unusual in being a 99 kombi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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