155V6 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Today's arrival was this 1/43 Ford Taunus GT SP5 This wasn't something I was looking for,I was just searching through all the partworks that the seller had. I really like the real car,so was happy to get this for £13 posted from France. The seller also has some trucks from the Pegaso series,so hopefully I'll get the recovery truck & car transporter soon. RayMK, Remspoor, Amishtat and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Wow I never thought there'd be a model of one of those! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Job lot of 8-Crates acquired, mainly so I could get the panel van version 20200618_181140 by RS, on Flickr 20200618_181214 by RS, on Flickr 20200618_181302 by RS, on Flickr Also picked up this Yatming Thunderbird 20200618_181629 by RS, on Flickr For quite a common casting, it's taken me a while to get one of these steering Matchbox Mustangs 20200618_182413 by RS, on Flickr Datsuncog, Burnside, eddyramrod and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 I love those old Yatmings,they did some really interesting castings ? bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 8 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Well, aren't you lot a bad influence... Couldn't resist the Monza and Rekord for the price, and adding in a Tigra for another fiver seemed too good a bargain to miss. Haven't owned any Schuco before; the finish is excellent, although the alloys on the older two are possibly a little on the large side. Also, I'm not sure if the Monza's bonnetline is a smidge steep - wasn't the front end basically the same as the Rekord? The seatbelt detailing - extending to the tiny red release buttons on the belt clips - is truly a thing of wonder. With every year that passes, the Mk1 Tigra looks more and more like a bonkers 1990s motor show concept, rather than an actual car made by a volume manufacturer which sold in fairly respectable quanitities. Where did they all go? (I do know - the scrappy, for the most part). And here's something a bit older to tickle your fancy - I bought this 1/36 Corgi Supra last year, but never managed to post anything better than some smudgy low-light pics. Tri-colour paint masking was a trifle ambitious for Corgi, and this one suffers from quite a few blemishes where wet paint has been transferred to other parts of the car during manufacture. While the casting isn't as rough as many coming out of the Swansea factory at the time, there's a lot of paint bubbles and blemishes spoiling what's otherwise a very commendable crack at Toyota's big six cylinder coupé. The deep sunstrip is slightly cockamamie too, irritatingly. As something of a party trick, the headlights retract and then pop-up when you press down on the front wheels. Nifty. Interior detail is... present. Not quite as detailed a dashboard as the Sierra - and none of the fancy digital gear that its real-life counterpart boasted - but the tip-up seats are well-moulded and even the generic Corgi steering wheel doesn't look too out of place here. Unusual that this a left-hooker; I've yet to find a reason why so many Corgis of this era were LHD; even stuff you'd expect to be UK spec. Big boot and lift-up rear shelf are present though, as is the usual oversize tow hitch. Base is plastic, but incorporates a reasonable amount of drivetrain and exhaust detail. Since this model arrived in 1985, the same year that Toyota stopped building this generation of Supra, I'd hazard a guess that it was already in development from about 1982, but paused during Mettoy's financial diffs in '83/'84. The catalogue pics seem to show fairly crude wooden prototypes for both the road and racing car variants. I'd speculate that this one was launched just to get something new out the door and encourage retailers to place orders again, after the whole management buy-out thing was sorted. I need to get some more of the 1980s Corgi catalogues, as I don't know how long this one lasted - all I can say is that it wasn't listed in the 1988 catalogue, so it didn't have a long run. I don't ever remember seeing it on the toyshop shelves, either. I have the 'crazy signs' box for this one too, but it's upstairs. Anyone else remember this at the time? Wow I haven't seen one of these Supras since getting a shot of my friend Euan's one in about 1988. I loved it and he had a lot of other brilliant 1/36 Corgi cars at the time such as an AA Range Rover, MK2 Transit in breakdown livery and a Ford Mustang. Datsuncog and Burnside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 41 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Wow I haven't seen one of these Supras since getting a shot of my friend Euan's one in about 1988. I loved it and he had a lot of other brilliant 1/36 Corgi cars at the time such as an AA Range Rover, MK2 Transit in breakdown livery and a Ford Mustang. When you were a kid there was always one kid that had all the properly good stuff. There was a kid on our street, he always seemed to have the kit everybody wanted, which thinking back was odd as his dad never held a job down. Anyway he had the attention span of an orange so he’d usually swap whatever he had with you after about a fortnight. Amishtat, Datsuncog and Burnside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 So I have a browse on this (excellent) thread for the first time in yonks last week, and guess what now I own a Senator and a Monza ? at least they don’t have the part numbers biro’d on the boxes like the Gama (?) dealer ones I bought in the 90’s.. Datsuncog, Burnside and RoadworkUK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 There was a set with the AA Transit recovery and the Range Rover, can't remember whether it came with an Escort van as well. I had the set but I wasn't that kid.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, Amishtat said: There was a set with the AA Transit recovery and the Range Rover, can't remember whether it came with an Escort van as well. I had the set but I wasn't that kid.. Now I KNOW I've got a mint, boxed set of this in my parent's loft in York, sitting in a plastic storage tub for mouse-proofness: Bought again from my favourite model shop with outdated wares, circa 1993/4. From memory, it was £11.50 (don't ask my how/why I retain this stuff...), so a fair few weeks going dry of die casts, to fund it. From memory, it was stored really high up on a shelf, with other things in front of it. A nice classic rendition of 'whacky roadsigns' boxing here, with the addition of colour coding for the subject matter. I really did score some weapons-grade NOS stuff from that shop back in the day - all of it since sold, barring this set. Amishtat, Datsuncog and Burnside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 I remember as a kid there was a shop on the sea front in Blackpool that specialised in Corgi, I remember going there in maybe 1992 and getting a Volvo 760 and Caravan with my holiday money. Split_Pin and Burnside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 In other 'back in my lockdown days' news, I also nabbed this: Now this is peak collecting for me - 20th century cast 1/43, more toy orientated rather than collector-spec, dreary family car in jazzy, correct colour. It also helps that I like Mk1 Passats, as there was an orange 2 door one of these in lovely condition, parked up nearby for years, as I was growing up. This is a Schuco one and I bloody love it. Cherry on the cake stuff would be a lowlier spec single headlamp grille but you can't have everything. Can't grumble at £4, though! This can join my other family Volkswagens in my collection, from Schuco, Schabak, Gama and Conrad. The red Mk2 Passat came in a Gama box but they're both made by Conrad, so am assuming they were one and the same by the 1980's. I'm not a diehard VW fan or anything, it's just that German manufacturers seemed to take modelling home branded vehicles quite seriously, back in't day. Hence why I also seem to have a few BMWs, too. Dick Longbridge, morrisoxide, RoadworkUK and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 More 4 eddyramrod, Spottedlaurel, Skizzer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Need some details re seller of the taunus coupé if available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 More four. Dick Longbridge, Spottedlaurel, Skizzer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 I finally had a little rummage through some of my stash. The following aren't for sale. Here's that Sierra again, in a Tesco box? Burnside, Split_Pin and Amishtat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Not for sale. Some boxed Corgi's. Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Not for sale. Apologies for the poor photo. The 206 is greatly detailed for what appears to be a no namer? The bin wagon is an early Majorette. The Granada is just terrific! Datsuncog, Split_Pin, Burnside and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Not for sale. I'm a bit gutted that the Majorette Range Rover has got a couple of chips on the paint. The Welly Street Ka has good detail. The Triumph I normally see are steered with a steering wheel in the roof but this uses the door mirrors. Skizzer, Burnside, Amishtat and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Not for sale. The Matchbox 'Specials' here is a pull-back version. Split_Pin and Burnside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Right.... now the following are for sale. Prices will vary from say roughly 50p to say £5 ? Please ask. Sorry for the poor organisation. There will be more at some point. I believe @flat4alfa did show an interest in the Rover police car (the bottom pic is Scalextric cars) and @andy18s in the MK2 Astra and Nova (there's also a very crude small scale MK2 Astra in one of the photo's)? Parcel Force Mercedes - taken. Amishtat, Burnside and Remspoor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Volksy said: Coming together nicely, not much left to now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 I also have these for sale. Princess - Sold. Burnside and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semi-C Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Dear @Tenmil Socket, could I please claim your Princess? Ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Just now, Semi-C said: Dear @Tenmil Socket, could I please claim your Princess? Ta @Semi-C £5 plus postage OK with you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semi-C Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 That sounds tolerable, yes please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 It's on the shelf. Spottedlaurel, Sudsprint, Amishtat and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 On 6/19/2020 at 7:37 AM, Semi-C said: That sounds tolerable, yes please. OK great. Send me your details and I'll let you know once posted. @Semi-C Semi-C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 I had this pop-up as suggestion on YT: And turns into this Translating the highest rated comment there appears to be some errors in the details. Never knew about this series. Looks like one of those collector mag rip-off. Cars were never issued for the UK Austat, RayMK and Burnside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 10 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said: Right.... now the following are for sale. Prices will vary from say roughly 50p to say £5 ? Please ask. Sorry for the poor organisation. There will be more at some point. I believe @flat4alfa did show an interest in the Rover police car (the bottom pic is Scalextric cars) I don’t remember the Rover 800, and it’s not for me sorry I do already have the Scalextric XRJ9 and Nigel Mansell Williams Honda But do have a Friday Tat interest in the green Majorette Chev pickup and the white Mercury Sable Split_Pin and Amishtat 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 How about £5 for both plus postage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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