flat4alfa Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Quote I wondered perhaps as the (in)famous ex-Sammy Davis Jr one, lives (still?) outside in the grounds of a Cromer old folks home I spotted some years back. Just looked it up. No longer at Cromer. Shocker. @wuvvum Sold at Amelia Island in 2017 https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23850/lot/179/ Now looking for photos of the original red-over-black. If it's true that Sinatra gave it to Davis as a gift, it's probably already been done as a model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: I'd love a Dinky Rolls, best I have to offer is a Corniche and it's badge engineered brother from Corgi 20191110_174503 by RS, on Flickr 20190824_110135 by RS, on Flickr 20191231_113346 by RS, on Flickr 20191231_113406 by RS, on Flickr Amishtat, flat4alfa, eddyramrod and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 2 hours ago, bunglebus said: I'd love a Dinky Rolls Well you're not going to want to learn that ...I had a spare, in red, last month. Put it up on 'bay thinking £££ will help the bills (it was all complete, bar the door glazing) and got bummed on it badly. No idea what I did wrong, but top bid was only a fiver!! Should have kept it for another day. Told the wife of my despair, but she wasn't really interested and went back to tapping away on her 'phone. Sudsprint and bunglebus 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 11 hours ago, bunglebus said: I have to offer a Corniche That PINK has etched on me since childhood. Why, oh why, did they do that...? I'm sure it used to make me twitch and be girliephobic Wasn't until recently that when gifted an old box of brokens and spares, an odd boot lid was in there and the pink paint gave it way.... also in there was the 'matching' grille/lights combo, but off a Rolls Royce, not Bentley, instead. So you can guess what happened - blinkered catch-up nostalgia and the click-button of doom went off to seek them out. I did not know of the Rolls Royce version of the Mulliner Park Ward two-door one as I had thought for decades that the RR equivalent of the Bentley-T was always a Corniche. But, I can see that growing-up in the arse-end of Watford didn't really help there. Anyway, these also turned up at the garden bench meet last week. The Bentley-T was a lone and honest purchase; RR Shadow was a bargain as was in with a 'job lot' lazy effort listing Nice models, details are pretty good. If only they didn't have those gash Whizzwheels ! Tidy interior decal and a metal steering wheel Notice how they moved things about to incorporate the RR and B logos Scale works out to be 1:42 Split_Pin, Sudsprint, bunglebus and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Went to matalan last night to buy socks n undercrackers, bought this. Great success. still no volvos. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 I’d love a Camargue but I’d want one badly resprayed in white over loads of wob in the arches and bits of glass fibre matting. Complete the look with an Irish non dating plate. Sheer class. Amishtat, Split_Pin, Datsuncog and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 I'd love a Bburago Silver Shadow. I passed up a boxed one at a Swapmeet for a tenner about 5 years ago but now they appear to be rare and expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 5 hours ago, flat4alfa said: I did not know of the Rolls Royce version of the Mulliner Park Ward two-door one as I had thought for decades that the RR equivalent of the Bentley-T was always a Corniche. I thought the RR equlivilent of a Bentley coupé was a Corniche not a Silver Shadow. Turns out that's only true from '71 onwards flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 This one came to me courtesy of DC's Tat Friday about eighteen months ago, all I've done was to remove some silver Humbrol detailing. Split_Pin, flat4alfa, Datsuncog and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 49 minutes ago, Amishtat said: This one came to me courtesy of DC's Tat Friday about eighteen months ago, all I've done was to remove some silver Humbrol detailing. daft question, but how did you manage that? Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 No such thing as a daft question. Meths and a cloth got most of it off, needed more than one go on some bits. Other stuff might work as well or better, it was just all I had to hand. MarvinsMom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Split_Pin said: I'd love a Bburago Silver Shadow. I passed up a boxed one at a Swapmeet for a tenner about 5 years ago but now they appear to be rare and expensive. You’ll probably attest to this but they appeared in one of those big Toy Car books you’ve mentioned before. A silver and a blue one. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Split_Pin said: I'd love a Bburago Silver Shadow. I passed up a boxed one at a Swapmeet for a tenner about 5 years ago but now they appear to be rare and expensive. You’ll probably attest to this but they appeared in one of those big Toy Car books you’ve mentioned before. A silver and a blue one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Split_Pin said: I'd love a Bburago Silver Shadow. I passed up a boxed one at a Swapmeet for a tenner about 5 years ago but now they appear to be rare and expensive. You’ll probably attest to this but they appeared in one of those big Toy Car books you’ve mentioned before. A silver and a blue one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Amishtat said: This one came to me courtesy of DC's Tat Friday about eighteen months ago, all I've done was to remove some silver Humbrol detailing. Lovely model. Still got one in it's box which I've owned since childhood - makes me want to dig it out to look at it! Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 On 3/1/2019 at 2:31 PM, Datsuncog said: Corgi Rolls-Royce Corniche in metallic red, with some aftermarket additions courtesy of Mr. Humbrol Aha! I remember that one. Turned out well in the end ? Amishtat and Datsuncog 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 [This has been done before in this thread, but couldn't find it] A comparision showing the upscaling of the Corgi 'Corniches' from 1:42 to 1:35 (well, that's what I calculated them to) Amishtat, bunglebus, AndyW201 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 The larger Corgi Corniche is a bit special. It's one of those models that just feels weighted 'right' when holding it, opening the doors, etc Notice during production the front indicator colour changed... ...yet the rear indicator colour stayed the same. Odd. Dashboard decal a bit of a cop-out especially as the centre console being moulded-in is a good effort. Plastic steering wheel this time. Amishtat, Sudsprint and Split_Pin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Going back to the smaller scale, this is a front aspect comparision of the Corgi against the Dinky Silver Shadow The Corgi is quite accurate with its overall scale average (measuring just length and width) of 1:43 The Dinky dimensions are quite off, as the width is way out; taking the overall scale to 1:38 Market Blokies nationwide probably don't know this. Even on TAT FRIDAY (postponed) Amishtat, Split_Pin, Sudsprint and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 This is the only other RR I have to hand at the moment, I did have a Shadow 2 when I was little but haven't seen it in years. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 There is something about that gorgeous red that has stuck with me for forty odd years. As a child I had the same one, but on the thin Superfast wheels. It lost its boot lid shortly after. I've no idea where it is now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 I can't join in with the Rolls Royce love I'm afraid, my only model being this 1980's Silver Spirit On the subject of big red luxury cars though, I do have this Jag, which I'm very fond of. I know, more pub landlord than elegant luxury, but hey, I'm a commoner. AndyW201, flat4alfa, Tenmil Socket and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 The rain has receded and the sun came out just now, which was perfect for a garden table meet for some of the Lesney Matchbox efforts. Anyone else notice that the passenger window is open yet the driver's is closed? (RHD) The pre-Superfast saloon has suffered a punch in the eye. Anyone have one in their spares tin? Now, I can understand the boot lid and front bumper/grill/light castings sharing their rung registrations... But did anyone else know the chassis are not shared across the pre and Superfast range? Shadow / Shadow 'Coupe' stamping is one thing, as is the wheel recess change; but the dimensions are different too I naively did not know this, so the bright idea of digging this lot out of Eddy's spares box to quickly make up a 'Superfast' Shadow, to sit alongside them, failed ? Even the wheel bases are different! All of 1mm, but still. The Shadow body dimensions measure to 1:75 scale. Fab1? no idea, best leave it there Remspoor, Sudsprint, eddyramrod and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Some recent diecast tat finds... Zylmex Wheaties van,no?me neither. Whizzwheels Reliant Scimitar. Whizzwheels Eldorado. Majorette Impala taxi. Matchbox Porsche 959. Also found this rather snazzy Maisto tilt n slide recovery truck,along with an engineless mod rod. Thought smoll Eddy may like it,haven't seen him about recently so took a trip down to his lockup,lots of noise and hammering coming from behind closed doors. My knock was greeted by a "sod off M8" I've also noticed the Daf car transporter I got recently has gone missing........ bunglebus, AndyW201, flat4alfa and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Just received in from China, only ordered it in April... It's actually not a bad model, but being black, is a pain to photograph... flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 1 hour ago, TheDoctor said: I know, more pub landlord than elegant luxury, but hey, I'm a commoner. Oh.. I don't know, they aren't tooooo far off, if a top line one with the thick carpetting, English leather and veneers all over the place! Perhaps you should out the Rovers and sample one (if not already) ? . My old Daimler Sovereign was bid to £1200 (this was three years back) and went straight onto the same FJ insurance policy as the Rover R8 diesels - and at the same cost too! Glad you posted the Super Kings XJ40. Sadly, sold my boxed minty example recently to gather some cash (why did they put a snow scene as the insert?)... ...but did hold back a play worn example... ....which has since been stripped and repainted into a similar blue of my old Daimler.... but still not finished, much like everything else in the boxes of projects sutty2006, Datsuncog, eddyramrod and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 I have the white one which looks like an old wedding car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Mine is, naturally, a copcar, as is my Rover 800. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 54 minutes ago, junkyarddog said: Zylmex Wheaties van On my want list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 1 hour ago, junkyarddog said: Zylmex Wheaties van,no?me neither. George Barris did the 'Wheaties Super Sportsmobile' custom van this is modelled on Yours is (was!) the later colour variation it seems, presumably in production after the competition ended ' junkyarddog and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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