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45 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Good to see it resurrected. Colour reminds me of one they offered.

Looking at the shaky hand thing my dad suffers with I fear I will go the same way, that's partly why I'm trying to get as many done now as I can. Some new spec's would help too, but lockdown meant we had to cancel an eyesight test.

By coincidence, yesterday I was contemplating similar work on some of my older kits:

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1:24 Monogram 1937 Ford kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Paintwork fine on this one, just the odd missing component (and wheels which are now on the Chevelle).

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1:24 Italieri Porsche 944 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

I built this one for my stepdad as a sort-of reminder of his old 924. It got knocked off the shelf one day and has been back with me ever since.

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1:24 Humbrol Fiat 131 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

First built over 35 years ago, unpainted apart from a bit of practice at some point. Painted bright orange and with smoked/black windows it'd still look good as a display piece.

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Kit Scrapyard by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

By the time my son and I had assembled all the missing parts to go with each kit there wasn't much left in the parts box (although there is still a little cabinet filled with bits and bobs).

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Cadillac Hearse and '55 Chevy WIP kits by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

It was also good to be reminded of what I need to do on these to finish them off. Got to look at making a new front screen for the Cadillac, might try the method of gently heating a bit of clear sheet then letting it cool on the cracked original as a template. Nothing to lose, it could still end up as a banger if that doesn't work out.

The 944 looks like it would be ace to rebuild. 

Someone on Facebook reminded me that you can get straight lines with masking tape and a craft knife and now that I think about it that's what I used to do. My craft knife is still at my parent's but it's so old now you probably can't get blades for it.

I was flicking through the 1991 Tamiya catalogue just there and I think I'll invest in a new craft knife and get myself a retro Japanese car kit of some sort and have another go. I used to be OK at model building so I'd like to build one or two more before I become unable to do so.

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On 5/7/2020 at 4:22 PM, Lord Sterling said:

MODEL MANZ

Need some help:

I've got a 1.43 corgi Jaguar that needs 2 x tyres. Can anyone help?

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You may remember this 1960s 1.43 Corgi Jaguar e-type which I acquired but only had 2 tyres. Well, I bought some tyres which turned out to be the wrong size; too large at 16mm. So I recently acquired some smaller 15mm ones after getting some advice and they fitted! 

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I'm pretty happy with them. They fit nicely and are original (or proper repro) Corgi items with the 'CORGI TOYS' stamps on the side. Its almost on par with returning OE items to the Zafira.

Now I'm looking for a wheel and axle set for 1.43 Vauxhall Vectra B touring car model that I have that has no wheels on it now.

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More fun pics for y'all; the blue Superfast MG 1100 was picked up from the car boot sale at Brighton railway station eighteen years ago today (the last Sunday in June, just a few days before I left for Australia), while the green one was picked up at the St George's Market tat stall in March and is currently being held for @TheDoctor

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The MG 1100 first appeared in the 1966 Matchbox catalogue as No.64 in the range, some four years after the real car's launch.

 

It was based on the second iteration of Alec Issigonis' smartly styled and innovative ADO16 model, which built on the concepts he'd introduced with the Mini in 1959. The MG appeared in September 1962, a month after the Morris 1100 made the model's debut, and nearly a year before the Austin version arrived.

 

With a grille similar to that of the bigger Farina-based Magnette, behind the octagonal badge lurked a twin carburettor version of the 1.1 litre A-series engine.

 

Although the ADO16 was designed as both a four-door and a two-door saloon - plus a three-door estate - the two-door variant was initially built for export markets only. For the UK, this sporty MG was chiefly marketed as a family saloon with a little more 'go', whereas in the US the 2-dr was portrayed as a more practical alternative to MG's roadsters.

 

The MG 1100 became the MG 1300 in 1967, when the mildly restyled Mk2 ADO16 received a twin-carb 1275cc A-series engine, along with a two-door option. But following the merger of BMC with the Leyland Group, a surfeit of small saloons within the new BLMC organisation (such as the Triumph 1300) meant the MG version was finally canned in 1971 - although remained available to export markets.

 

The same twin carb engine was also fitted in the Austin & Morris 1300 GT from 1969, and remained in production in Austin format through to 1974. Over two million were built in all forms - Austin, Morris, Riley, Wolseley, MG and Vanden Plas - plus many local variants around the world, such as the hatchback Austin Nomad in Australia. Fun fact: in Denmark, the 1100/1300 was badged as the Morris Marina from 1962 on.

 

However, a well-reported tendency to rust killed many of them off... with even survivors still requiring a fair bit of regular tickling with the sparkly stick, as various forum regulars will attest... Word has it that Issigonis may well have been a talented and visionary designer, but as an engineer he wasn't quite up to snuff - inadvertently including a number of serious rust traps into the bodyshell that, despite protests from Fisher, BMC's bodyshell builders, designed-in terminal rot as a standard feature. As a result, many ADO16s had shorter lives than they otherwise might.

 

Matchbox clearly found their little model a strong seller, as it remained unchanged in the lineup for four years along with its driver and canine passenger.

 

For 1970, the smol 1100 was re-engineered to accept new Superfast wheels - along with a rather alarmingly high ride height - and rather splendid iridescent blue paintwork. But it was short-lived, and by 1971, both the real-life car and its miniature counterpart had been discontinued.

 

Matchbox were hurrying into the Superfast era with all manner of wild and wacky custom cars - and faithful renderings of Auntie June's little car just weren't going to cut it... even if it did have Colin the dachshund peeking out from the back seat.

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The close-up pic's don't do the Superfast 1100 any favours, but in reality it's a lovely thing - I recall one as a child and I'm happy to have a very good unboxed one now.

They may not be to everyone's taste, but I really like the early Superfast models that started life with regular wheels.

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On 6/23/2020 at 2:15 PM, flat4alfa said:

Red

Yellow

Cream

Light Green Metallic

i'm sure it was only red lorry yellow lorry for these

the met green one when you google search i think is a respray as there is too much detailing and the write up mentions screws

the cream one on google looks like a faded yellow one

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On 6/23/2020 at 9:33 AM, Amishtat said:

The red one is off to Tenmil in due course but while it's still here this is the only difference I can see between the two colours. Are there any others or is it just red or yellow? 

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both red one that sits next to me & the MIB one have got the black grilleIMG_20200628_210606.thumb.jpg.16af835b56baf9fcb94549295261cb9e.jpg

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Chevelle finished:

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1:25 Revell 1966 Chevelle Wagon kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

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1:25 Revell 1966 Chevelle Wagon kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

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1:25 Revell 1966 Chevelle Wagon kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

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1:24/25 American kits by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

With a slight degree of risk that a gust of wind might blow it off, this is where most of the photos were taken, with a glamorous view of the bins and the Camry spares car and parts pile.

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Finally got time today to get this unpacked and have a good look at it.

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With thanks to our own @Amishtat for procuring it for me at his local car booty. With my newly rekindled love for 1/36 Corgis, this is one I've been actively looking out for.

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I'll be honest, it's not my favourite colour for this particular model, but it holds fond memories. Back in 1982, the launch of the Sierra was a big deal, especially to the 8 year old me and my older brother. We'd gone down to the local Ford dealer (Nesham's of Middlesbrough) and blagged brochures and posters, and I spent many hours reading contemporary previews and road tests in Car magazine and the like. So imagine the pure unbridled delight when I received the yellow Corgi 1/36 model that Christmas from my favourite aunt and uncle. Bless uncle Stan, he knew I was mad on cars and always knew what to get! (At that time he had a lovely silver Mk5 Cortina 2.3 Ghia). I was over the moon with it (even though I knew it wasn't possible to actually have a Sierra in that shade of yellow, and the pure white interior was a bit odd too...). It eventually ended up binned after many years of play and an Ill advised two tone black and silver humbrol paint job and pepperpot wheels made of milliput!

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The special Ford branded box is just as I remember it. Being different to the usual black and yellow Corgi box made the model seem even more special. I've had a go at this box a bit, with a dab of glue along the bottom edge at the back, so its a bit more solid, and glued the plastic window back at the front so its a bit less Maestro headlining-like.

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As can be seen, this one scores a bit higher than my original version, by having a more Ghia-like interior colour. As reported on here previously, the detail really isn't bad for what is essentially a near 40 year old toy. The shape of the dash is rendered well, and the flutes in the seats are just like the real thing. 

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Nice to see headrests front and rear too, just like the Ghia.

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As a kid, I was pretty excited by the badging, which looked amazing back in '82, and pretty much to scale, when a lot of cast-in badging still looked massive on some models. The opening tailgate and lift-up parcel shelf added some play value too,

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And of course, what made this model special was that Corgi went to the trouble of manufacturing actual Ghia wheeltrim- style wheels, which just finished the whole car off perfectly.

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(It was a shame they didn't do the same with the previous MK3 Escort release which would have looked the biz with a set of GL style wheels, though they did redeem themselves with the later RS1600i with a set of simulated RS 7 spokes)

A welcome addition to the collection then, and a nice trip down memory lane, many thanks again to Amishtat.

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While getting Sunday lunch items earlier, in the local Morrisons, I also managed to grab some Pork(ers)...

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I do like the '96 Carrera casting, it's had a few recolours already. I already had the yellow variant in one of the Aldi cheapo 3 packs recently but it's nice to also have it on its own.

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Liking the Tampos for the lights and the badging.

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I was chuffed to grab this one though, I thought I'd missed the boat with it. I liked the red version, but it really is a stunner in Autoshite Racing Gold.

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2 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

both red one that sits next to me & the MIB one have got the black grilleIMG_20200628_210606.thumb.jpg.16af835b56baf9fcb94549295261cb9e.jpg

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I might have mentioned before that I had one of the yellow Maestros for a week before the lights stopped working and it was replaced by a Rover 3500 police car that might be still in my parents attic.

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8 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

Finally got time today to get this unpacked and have a good look at it.

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With thanks to our own @Amishtat for procuring it for me at his local car booty. With my newly rekindled love for 1/36 Corgis, this is one I've been actively looking out for.

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I'll be honest, it's not my favourite colour for this particular model, but it holds fond memories. Back in 1982, the launch of the Sierra was a big deal, especially to the 8 year old me and my older brother. We'd gone down to the local Ford dealer (Nesham's of Middlesbrough) and blagged brochures and posters, and I spent many hours reading contemporary previews and road tests in Car magazine and the like. So imagine the pure unbridled delight when I received the yellow Corgi 1/36 model that Christmas from my favourite aunt and uncle. Bless uncle Stan, he knew I was mad on cars and always knew what to get! (At that time he had a lovely silver Mk5 Cortina 2.3 Ghia). I was over the moon with it (even though I knew it wasn't possible to actually have a Sierra in that shade of yellow, and the pure white interior was a bit odd too...). It eventually ended up binned after many years of play and an Ill advised two tone black and silver humbrol paint job and pepperpot wheels made of milliput!

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The special Ford branded box is just as I remember it. Being different to the usual black and yellow Corgi box made the model seem even more special. I've had a go at this box a bit, with a dab of glue along the bottom edge at the back, so its a bit more solid, and glued the plastic window back at the front so its a bit less Maestro headlining-like.

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As can be seen, this one scores a bit higher than my original version, by having a more Ghia-like interior colour. As reported on here previously, the detail really isn't bad for what is essentially a near 40 year old toy. The shape of the dash is rendered well, and the flutes in the seats are just like the real thing. 

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Nice to see headrests front and rear too, just like the Ghia.

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As a kid, I was pretty excited by the badging, which looked amazing back in '82, and pretty much to scale, when a lot of cast-in badging still looked massive on some models. The opening tailgate and lift-up parcel shelf added some play value too,

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And of course, what made this model special was that Corgi went to the trouble of manufacturing actual Ghia wheeltrim- style wheels, which just finished the whole car off perfectly.

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(It was a shame they didn't do the same with the previous MK3 Escort release which would have looked the biz with a set of GL style wheels, though they did redeem themselves with the later RS1600i with a set of simulated RS 7 spokes)

A welcome addition to the collection then, and a nice trip down memory lane, many thanks again to Amishtat.

I have the very same model in a box in identical condition with droopy glass. Like you I had a silver 1/36 version which quickly got wrecked being jumped off the front step however I still remember it well. It was certainly a cut above other models in the range in terms of detail.

I bought the yellow one from eBay in 2007 as a piece of nostalgia and recently got it back down from the loft on the back of the interest in them on this thread.

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On 6/23/2020 at 4:56 PM, Dick Van Diesel said:

All done!

Couldn't believe how tiny the model was. Detail is brilliant though, so that's the main thing. Turns out it's 1/76, which is about the length of a gnats whisker.

Bit of a ballache as I wasn't happy with the size of the first couple of test plates. Got there in the end though. Plates laminated and glued on. I'm going to take a sneaky photo of it in front of her mother's house on Sunday, which will be the first time a terracotta mk1 Fez like her first car has been seen outside the place since the late 90s ?

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Fiancée was made up with her mini Mk1 Fez parked outside of the MILs house yesterday. The number plate detail was a particular crowd pleaser. BIL had a quick play on photoshop and created a quality* result. We physically moved our cars out of the way to stage the photo- neighbours must have thought we'd lost the plot!

I can see repeat visits to the fancyplates site imminent...

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Another one I never got round to profiling properly... my own personal highlight from the market tat days, that Lone Star Roadmaster Impy Super Cars Ford Transit LWB Breakdown Truck (to give it its full title):

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Missing towing jib is an annoyance, but doesn't detract totally. I think it would have been unpainted silver on this early version; later versions with the Flyer speed wheels had them in yellow, orange or silver paint.

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Silver-sprayed grille is just as approximate as the Impy Foden procured earlier in the year; pity as it's otherwise quite crisply modelled. A tattier one would definitely lend itself to a bit of a custom resto.

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Towing hook and towing jib? Mr Lone Star, you are spoiling us.

Cutaway looks a little odd, but could be correct to prototype.

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Detailed base is very nice. It's a pity Lone Star didn't produce any other LWB Transits on it - I think they might have done a better job than the somewhat over-inflated looking Siku LWB minibus.

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Amber light is still rattling round the interior, together with a shard from the glazing unit - although I could probably glue the light back in place without needing to drill it open, the shard's still gonna be there... hmmm. Annoying.

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For a 50yr old toy, it's really not bad though. I really do love this one, there's just something special about it. It's definitely a keeper!

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Sort of written off 2020 in terms of diecast chod. The car boot was a waste of time, the market on a Monday is a non starter cause they’ve all gone bust, the Tesco trips remain fruitless, eBay is full of sellers asking figures that resemble a Chicago telephone number for what I’d describe as candidates for the bin. Pfft! I’m down in the diecast dumps!

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8 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Sort of written off 2020 in terms of diecast chod. The car boot was a waste of time, the market on a Monday is a non starter cause they’ve all gone bust, the Tesco trips remain fruitless, eBay is full of sellers asking figures that resemble a Chicago telephone number for what I’d describe as candidates for the bin. Pfft! I’m down in the diecast dumps!

Are you looking for anything in particular?

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That Transit is definitely one I would like to own,along with the lone star Firenza!!

Picked up another redline hot wheels on Saturday at the market,along with a few other bits and pieces of diecast tat.

McLaren M6A,

This is a Hong Kong made one.

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Goes nicely with my made in the USA version,which is in much better condition. 

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Not my favourite casting,but it's still a vintage redline.

No Smoll Eddy today,but I did hear lots of hammering coming from his lockup.

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Feeling particularly sad, and just because I had a camera and a white space whilst photographing some ebay listings, I thought I'd gather together my 'cars wot I've owned' for some group photos. They're not brilliant but I was trying to do it fairly surreptitiously before I got caught.

Panhards: CIJ Dyna X, Norev plastic Dyna Z1 and French Dinky 24CT. All equally charming, and all in nice mildly playworn condition

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Quiralu 404. A modern repro. There are also Atlas Dinkys available but this one was the right colour. Originals of both are way outta my league; Lansdowne Humber Sceptre, because this was never modelled in period, and ultra-rare 'big' Solido R16, which doesn't fit in with the 1:43 theme was was a must-have when I spotted it for a reasonable price on ebay last year.

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PSA shite: Dinky Pignose Visa, Norev 406 (incredibly difficult to find), Veram Ami 6 Break (I'd love an original Solido, which came in the right putty colour to match mine), Burago Xantia and Norev BX Series 1

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I'm still missing lots: Bond Equipe GT4S (never modelled, sadly), Standard Eight (never modelled. There is a big plastic Standard 10 from the 1950s, but they are hard to find and loads of money), Herald saloon (would like a nice clean Dinky if anyone sees one going cheap), Austin Allegro S3 (very expensive Somerville model only), Model A Tudor (there must be a 1:43-ish model out there somewhere?), Morris Minor four-door (looking for a cheap Spot-On, anyone?), Heron (never modelled), Palladium (never modelled), BX and Xantia estates (there is a La Poste BX estate in a French partwork, but it's hard to find and quite spendy and would need somebody to paint it) and possible a couple of others. I'd also like a Norev plastic R16 in white if anyone sees one, which will fit better with the others.

 

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