egg Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Top work Christine, looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 And Fiat 600 in Ford Jasmine yellow egg, Burnside, eddyramrod and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Now that is just plain mean neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Hardtop Bub trike.. whitemetal Series 3 whitemetal Junkman, hennabm, morrisoxide and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Morris Garages camper on UK plates Wot noe pineapplez?? Amishtat, eddyramrod, Split_Pin and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr A Lawrence Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 How do you make up numberplate for 1/43 scale models?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 For septic plates: https://www.acme.com/licensemaker/For many other countries: https://www.licenseplates.tv/european-plates.htmlFor UK plates: https://www.myshowplates.com/number-plate-designer.asp Mr A Lawrence and Burnside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 How do you make up numberplate for 1/43 scale models??Vanguards used to come with plates to be applied, which often show up on ebay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64A60 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 The Bedford CA and Commer in that Hachette camper range. Much want! Datsuncog, RayMK, eddyramrod and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 I agree, that CA in particular is just gorgeous! 64A60 and sheffcortinacentre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 This happened.One melted tyre and two small stickers missing, but was a very good price this one. Skizzer, Junkman, Ghosty and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 If you have the Rio I can make you rich!! Rich in friendship!! and £15!Is that the snot coloured one?I can't remember. I know I've got red hot and jet black, there's a Mayfair and Park Lane, some awful baby shit coloured one too. I think there's three three packs and three or four separate. Next time I'm hiding things in the loft, I'll take a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 I make my own regplates using free Inkscape software and the UK numberplate font, and print on to self adhesive paper. That CA I have not spotted on ebay yet, but I want one. Saw the Mini camper and I dont like it tbh.in other news, BROWN. eddyramrod, Burnside, RayMK and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 In a rather futile attempt to not allow Egg amassing a psychedelic plastic collection beating mine,I obtained a white R16 that is straight as an arrow, but still comes with a twist. It is heavily bonded to this: Now, for many a decade, Formeta is the purveyor of fine teaching aids shite used in German driving schools.What that Norev is bonded to is a magnetic base that allowed the model to be used on metal black boards in said schools. A bit like this, just German: This all adds up when considering that I got the model from a gentleman living in West Berlin.I hitherto sadly failed in obtaining such a wall board, but until that happens, it makes a fine fridge magnet. Conrad D. Conelrad, Skizzer, eddyramrod and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 That's great. You said it would be an addiction. You were right ! Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 That's piss poor solace for someone who doesn't have a Simca 1000 Rallye. eddyramrod and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 14, 2018 Author Share Posted October 14, 2018 Re those 1/36 Corgi Minis, I went through a bit of a thing collecting them about 10 years ago and then again last year. So far I have:30SkyFlameRacingRoseAll of the above were released in line with the 1/1 examples in 1989 for the Mini's 30th Birthday. CityNeonSpriteThe ChelseaPicadilly (baby shit colour in leiu of gold)AdvantageTriple Woolworths set comprising Red Hot, Jet Black and RitzAnd a couple of late X pack ones, JCW and a CooperI only have 1 early 'British Leyland' example with the pre 1989 front on it, there didn't appear to be many releases of this one. Conrad D. Conelrad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 That's piss poor solace for someone who doesn't have a Simca 1000 Rallye. yet... (I'm sure that's just a matter of time) Junkman and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Morris Garages camper on UK platesIMG_20181012_174638.jpgIMG_20181012_174647.jpgWot noe pineapplez??IMG_20181012_174549.jpgIMG_20181012_202942.jpgSorry to be bearer of bad news, but your Sherpa is a ringer. Some dodgy Herbert has used the id off a Cortina. Datsuncog, egg, Junkman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Who wants to see Victor in the buff? Burnside, Datsuncog, RayMK and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Oh, and with another playworn brother... Burnside and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 I don't believe it! egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Re: the Minis, I had a 3 pack Italian Job set, circa 1993 I think, as in around the time Rover launched a special edition set of red, white and blue Minis. Like this: Seems they did further Italian Job sets, based on the filmic originals (and the BMW versions) but where's the fun in collecting those? I much prefer the simplicity of the more toy-like originals. Only had one original issue Mini as above as a kid, in silver with racing stickers and bizarrely, a tow bar! Anyway, have some images of something I totally forgot that I bought a couple of months ago. I'm neither a collector of catalogues, nor a Matchbox nerd in particular but just had to have this when I saw it (click to zoom): 3 Datsun 280ZX models?! Was MB-44 a worldwide issue? Seems I had a fair majority of these 1-75 1-100 series. When did the range increase by 1/3? Plenty of duplicate castings with different numbers though and it never occurred to me until now how US-centric much of the range was. Check out this outdated lot - every specimen based on a vehicle launched in the 1970's, in the 1987 catalogue! Never knew they issued the Scammell Crusader so late and also never knew Matchbox sold a Transcontinental, either. Always thought that Peugeot 305 was a bit of a strange casting choice, not particularly well executed, either. That's better, much more up to date. LOL at the Leyland Roadrunner car transporter tractor unit but good double use of a single casting, a la Ford A Series a few years prior. YAWN - but for the sake of full documentation, I've included these. There is at least one current(ish) Autoshite vehicle in the pile though. Can you spot it? Nice inclusion of Blue Nun goblets and rose petals on grey background to add a bit of period class. These would probably all display well on a black ash shelving unit, I reckon. Good to see a couple of exclusive castings thrown into the Gift Set mix, to eke out a few more sales. Incidentally, my brother had a Ruff Rabbit (not a very good name for a toy car, these days), replete with tow bar, which of course was useless with those wheels. Also the only way to get a Holden ute in 1987 too, it appears. Again, included purely for the sake of complete documentation. I say that, though I've omitted 5 pages of pre-school toys, as they're neither of interest in these hallowed pages and there's just too much 'child in bath' scenes for my 2018 sensibilities. Anyway, nice story about this catalogue was that I paid slightly more than I wanted to for it (as in, almost £4!!) and the postage was going to hurt a little but the seller was happy to pop it in my postbox as he was passing close by, so it made the 200km trip to me for nothing! What a nice bloke. 155V6, eddyramrod, Split_Pin and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 The Datsun police car was Japan only. Jon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 That looks right in the sweet spot for my brothers childhood collection, he had several of them, but I was 10 - so the only one I had was the Perrier van from the yesteryear collection. Don't remember what happened to that. Thanks for sharing. Jon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 iirc the corgi Mini 1000 was acailable in blue, silver & orange with the stickers and the holy grail is a plain beige one with a tent and some happy* campers as set 38 and seemingly a rare plain yellow one eddyramrod, Burnside, Skizzer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 If you have the Rio I can make you rich!! Rich in friendship!! and £15!I've just had a look, as I remembered having some of these Minis, boxed. None of them is a Rio though, sorry. Conrad D. Conelrad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I thought I should give you a little update on my restorations. The first batch is now nearing completion, and some of the second lot too! In the photo above, there are five cars lined up from bottom left; all from the first batch. I'm pretty pleased with them overall. The Volvo had to be done twice, as the paint reacted the first time. I didn't do anything different the second time but it seemed to work ok. The two pale blues, Morris Oxford and Triumph Vitesse, both turned out matt, which none of the others have. Doesn't matter. If you were to look closely at the "brightwork" you would see how steady my hand isn't, these days, but they're not for anyone else, just for me, so again, they'll do.I suppose I should get on with reassembling some of them now... 59Impala, Spottedlaurel, morrisoxide and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I haven't contributed tho this thread for a while,as i haven't bothered buying anything.Today that changed.When i agreed to these i didn't release what scale the where.I'm not to sure what i'm going to do with or where to put the due to the size. Play worn with a little damage.Arn't we all..A Plymoth Jaguar E-type.Jaguar MK11 Sorry for the shite camera phone pics. eddyramrod, Skizzer, 59Impala and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I have the yellow Mini , what are they worth then ? Can I retire? The rally Mini hasn't been on the Monte ...It was under the bed and it's covered in bed fluff , not snow Burnside, eddyramrod, egg and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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