Mr A Lawrence Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Display solution. Shelves cubes from B & M and added shelf is a 10ft kitchen units plinth. egg, davehedgehog31, Conrad D. Conelrad and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Might be interested in that Yellow Crane if it's one you would consider selling? I've got a few 1:87 HO scale vehicles myself. I only had a couple of cars a few years back then went a bit crazy on buying Herpa, Busch and Wiking. Was wanting to build a Diorama for them but it's waiting on space, time and more cash!Cool, you have first dibs on that. Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Another Norev arrived today. This is my birthday present to myself as I'm 41 this week. And yes, I actually bought this off a French chap on leboncoin. The first time I've ever done a transaction there. It has a swirly interior! Doesn't seem entirely important after the news about Dave - but I thought, well it is from France, and he also did like to muse on the difficulties of buying things in France! Simca 1501. Junkman, Burnside, RayMK and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Bit of an indulgence but I couldn't resist it.. egg, mercrocker, 59Impala and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Another Norev arrived today. This is my birthday present to myself as I'm 41 this week. And yes, I actually bought this off a French chap on leboncoin. The first time I've ever done a transaction there. It has a swirly interior! Doesn't seem entirely important after the news about Dave - but I thought, well it is from France, and he also did like to muse on the difficulties of buying things in France! Simca 1501. DSCF9293.JPGDSCF9291.JPG You are already hooked on.Watch your funds dwindling rapidly in the near future, while twisted French plastic is increasingly cluttering your home. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Lovely things, those....I broke my don't-bother-with-boxed rule for mine, too as it seems the only way to keep the plating from yellowing. Less imposing than the Dinky - but it has those wipers! Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Normally I wouldn't buy a boxed example just because of the effect it tends to have on the prices but this didn't seem expensive compared to some of the chap's other stock. Oddly enough he had a Dinky version (boxed) for the same price but annoyingly I didn't see it until I'd paid and was on the way out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Anybody in the Northampton/Towcester area wanting a warped (and cracked) piece of Frogshite? Brackley Antique Cellar (underneath Waitrose) has one of those Vedette ones in yellow for £7. Was tempted, but couldn't be arsed to wait for cabinet key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Anyone like this for £1.25 posted? Christine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Fun fact* I once won letter of the month in Model Collector. August or September 2003.... mercrocker, egg and Remspoor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 You are already hooked on.Watch your funds dwindling rapidly in the near future, while twisted French plastic is increasingly cluttering your home. I could see this being a problem. Only the daft postage is stopping me having a nibble on this one! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOREV-ANCIEN-MORRIS-1100-N-83/253774400452 mercrocker, Junkman, Burnside and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 You are already hooked on.Watch your funds dwindling rapidly in the near future, while twisted French plastic is increasingly cluttering your home. I been thinking about why I like them, and I've never seen the French mindset so well represented in a single object. They have a fatal flaw in their very specific production process, but this makes them more appealing, they are fragile and need special care but have a particular finesse and style. They couldn't be more different in execution then the solid British Lesneys of the similar era. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I first encountered them whilst holidaying in Holland in the 1960s. The first few I bought were French models - AMI6, Traction, R4 because I liked the detail of the seperate number plates in proper French departements. The slight* fragility and long suspension travel really seemed to suit the subjects. Unfortunately the Traction had opening panels which disappointingly refused to shut correctly after a few weeks but I still have the AMI. It also amused me that the 1/43 range had flimsy clear plastic packaging whereas the 1/86 stuff came in stout little clear re-usable boxes. I also got given a couple of Lion-Car DAFs whilst in Holland and these were equally crude compared to Dinky/Corgi/Lesney stuff of the era. egg and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I can haz vintage plastic minishite too. This is a Jeep Wagoneer by Eko from Spain, like all of their models quoted as 1/86 scale (an odd choice as HO is 1/87) but this one has been measured to be exactly 1/76. No warpage here!Eko Jeep by Adam Floyd, on Flickr RayMK, egg and Burnside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Anyone like this for £1.25 posted? 492913-073118.jpg We had Cornflakes for weeks on end to get them ! Remspoor, egg, Burnside and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 They were actually the nicest things Lledo made, especially that Railton Mobil Special, should have munched some Kelloggs myself.... Did somebody mention EKO.......? As in so many cases, I didn't actually set out to collect any of these. Finding out they made a Zephyr 4 whilst I was collecting Mk III Fords, I had to buy a dozen or so at a boot sale to secure the red Zephyr 4. Despite their being plastic, they seem to have magnetically attracted several more..... RayMK, egg, Datsuncog and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Merc was it you collecting pink box yesteryear ? I sent someone some? Whilst in the loft photoing those speed record cars , I found another yesteryear pink box ...buggered if i can remember what car it was now and it was only 1/2 an hour ago !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Yes, I did have some off you....Always interested! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Quick query - is anyone on these hallowed pages engaged in some Ebay bidding for Bramz7's rather delectable Minichamps Citroen CX Break? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283071369672?_trksid=p2471758.m4703 I've decided I do quite fancy it after all and have sold on a couple of other models to help finance the purchase - but don't want to start a bidding war with any of the fine folks on here! If you've already got a bid on, I'll back off. PM is fine if anyone would sooner not go public. Bidding is creeping up anyway with less than an hour to go, so it could soon be out of my price range anyway. Always that tension of hoping to obtain a model for a good price, while simultaneously hoping Bramz7 gets a corking great sum for it to help dry his silvery tears... Daaah, I should have been less hesitant when it was first offered! I've a growing feeling that and snoozed and I losed. Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 The Eko etc package has arrived. I've offered the crane to Burnside first. Here are 3 x Herpa VW transporters for £1 each + any relevant postage. Pick one or all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 These will be added free if you like to any purchase from me, because both damaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Eko Ford FK £1.25 each + postage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 /Pedant: surely those "Transporters" are LTs? Good haul though egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Eko Mercedes 190 + faded C111 - £1 each + postage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Herpa Capri (wheels don't turn) 50pHerpa BMW 528i £1.25VW Golf £1.25 + postage. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Grimy Eko trucks £1.25 + postage each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 These two are free with any other purchase due to overpainting and missing wheel.... The tractor and trailer is £1 + postage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Phew. That's it. I'm keeping the Herpa Range Rover, the Wiking VW 411 & Eko Opel Kadett. To explain, I spent £13 in total on these models. Any money up to £13 (ex postage) I will keep. Any profit will be donated back to the Forum. However after a couple of weeks I will do some personal ebay listings for the models I don't want to keep and no-one here wants. Datsuncog and mercrocker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 On 8/1/2018 at 10:49 AM, Datsuncog said: Quick query - is anyone on these hallowed pages engaged in some Ebay bidding for Bramz7's rather delectable Minichamps Citroen CX Break? Minichamps Citroen CX Break.jpg https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283071369672?_trksid=p2471758.m4703 I've decided I do quite fancy it after all and have sold on a couple of other models to help finance the purchase - but don't want to start a bidding war with any of the fine folks on here! If you've already got a bid on, I'll back off. Okay then, I'm taking the view that silence denotes consent... Two minutes left. I'm goin' in, kids. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Nicely done Tim. Glad that ones gone to someone I know.... egg and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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