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On 3/19/2020 at 8:57 PM, flat4alfa said:

HUSKY JAGUAR MK10 COMPARISON

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^ Comparison done earlier this year.  Scales work out to be 1:78 and 1:81

So you see, I am devoid of off-side front bumper corners for the first series!  It's looking like I'll have to cut and shut a nearside corner after turning it upside down.

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On 7/12/2020 at 2:15 PM, TheDoctor said:

What's the gendarme thing in the middle? I'm obsessed with French Solidos at the moment. ?

Here, have some more feed for your obsession

The Solido Renault Fuego. 

Quite tidy detail in 1/43

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The made a good representation on the rear window detail too, the same window I was told never to break on my old Fuego, as they were unobtainiumed. 

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Mine was 8 years old at the time, picked up for £250; those were the days.  Even then it was sneered at by the 'car lads' in my town - I vividly remember showing my new £250 purchase off that night, for the only response to be 'but it's a Renault'.  It was deeply unfashionable, even then

The number plate implies it is modelled on a car registered to Département 28

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Which is here:

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So now you know, the Gendarmerie there did away with emergency roof lights.  Probably.

 

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On 6/24/2020 at 8:11 PM, Amishtat said:

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The Police one I picked up at the car boot Sunday.  Didn't really want it or need it; but thought it might be of interest on here.  Seller wouldn't let it go for less than £2.50.  Well fair enough, it was in Hertfordshire, where houses are £400k for a mid-terrace.  There were a few more 'St Albans families' there than usual, that were clearly not used to being stall traders.

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The separate plastic tailgate hatch is static!  That was a surprise...  yet the doors open...

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Just looked at the trade catalogues posted on page 611 of this thread and it's not featured as a variation.  I wonder if it is rarer then?  Is that what the seller knew?

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I also want to know what the red spot on the roof is about.  I thought it was a sticker applied by a child, especially as it's plain and off-centre.  But no, it's part of the tampo.

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So, did L323 JMO exist in real life? 

Did the Metropolitan Police really use the Porsche 944 with 924GT Le Mans body kits?

Some deft white paint pen on the chips should make it look smarter as the tampo is saveable and worth keeping on I reckon.

If someone wants it for money back or swappage, it's available.

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On 7/4/2020 at 3:18 PM, flat4alfa said:

This farm tractor party is going to be tough.  This is all I have here, a Corgi MF50B.

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 I was going to take it apart, keep the driver - good old farmer Tom with his flat cap - and toss the rest

Farmer Tom escaped and liked the look of the Dinky Super Sprinter Dragster

I think he wanted to be permanently fitted, what with his flat cap and scarf and one-hand-on-the-wheel cool pose. 

However, the engine makes a right din.  Farmer Tom is now deaf.

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The Hemi engine casting even has the plug leads.  The headers are cast too, I originally assumed they were plastic.  It looks quite bare, but 17 separate pieces made up this model.

Same Sunday car boot, but this time a £1 deal.  Well, it is missing the glazing and driver.  I thought it was missing part of the body too, but it appears not.  

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2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Here's a question poser:  When did Majorette adopt the wheel style change?

Was there a definite time, or did they just randomly swap them around? I have Majorettes of varying ages with both styles.

The rear window on the 3dr Majorette 5 looks bit short to me. I have a slight preference for the Matchbox version.

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A 50p Corgi Whizzwheels Bizzarrini Manta now lives with the Corgi Rockets Bizzarrini Manta.

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What's so special?  Well, it was the first car by 28-year-old Giorgetto Giugiaro's new company called Ital Design, built around a former Bizzarrini 1967 Le Mans racer chassis and finished up in time for the 1968 Turin Motorshow; to launch the new company.

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One of the first cars in the world to use a triple-seat arrangement

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A big Chevy V8 inhabited the back, while the lucky driver sat between his two, presumably lady, passengers

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1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

The Police one I picked up at the car boot Sunday.  Didn't really want it or need it; but thought it might be of interest on here.  Seller wouldn't let it go for less than £2.50.  Well fair enough, it was in Hertfordshire, where houses are £400k for a mid-terrace.  There were a few more 'St Albans families' there than usual, that were clearly not used to being stall traders.

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The separate plastic tailgate hatch is static!  That was a surprise...  yet the doors open...

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Just looked at the trade catalogues posted on page 611 of this thread and it's not featured as a variation.  I wonder if it is rarer then?  Is that what the seller knew?

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I also want to know what the red spot on the roof is about.  I thought it was a sticker applied by a child, especially as it's plain and off-centre.  But no, it's part of the tampo.

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So, did L323 JMO exist in real life? 

Did the Metropolitan Police really use the Porsche 944 with 924GT Le Mans body kits?

Some deft white paint pen on the chips should make it look smarter as the tampo is saveable and worth keeping on I reckon.

If someone wants it for money back or swappage, it's available.

I assumed this was a work of fiction so was surprised that it turns out L323 JMO was indeed a Porsche police car and there's a photo at https://www.porscheregister.com/l323-jmo. It's a 968 though as the 944 had gone out of production by then, presumably a demonstrator trialled by the Met. DVLA says it had an LPG conversion and was exported in 2010.

The red spot on the roof I think is something to do with police helicopter crews identifying their cars on the ground. Modern cop cars usually have their call signs marked on the roof too.

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2 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

The red spot on the roof I think is something to do with police helicopter crews identifying their cars on the ground. Modern cop cars usually have their call signs marked on the roof too.

Thanks, yes I assumed as much but hadn't expected it to be plain

This shot shows the 'spot' is authentic and has added background chod content as well

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So it had a sunroof, a weird fitment on a cop car that would explain the lack of blues and twos. The livery looks nicely authentic but it's a shame they used the wrong model of Porsche. Did any of the toy manufacturers ever make a 968? I did find another photo of L323 JMO as a plain white 968 with red ClubSport graphics, presumably after it was decommissioned by the police.

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On 6/21/2019 at 1:07 PM, Datsuncog said:

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Cheapo far-Eastern models of generic US Custom Vans, hey?

Apparently not.

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Yes, apparently these Hong Kong built toys are both Bedford CF vans. Hmm.

Of the two, the white one seems to be slightly better quality in terms of its detailing, while the black one is somewhat cruder in its shaping. They're very very similar, but not the same at all.

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I can almost believe that the one on the right is a CF1 Facelift/CF2, though the black one is less convincing - the indicators are in completely the wrong place.

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The white van looks rather less slab-sided, and the rear lights would suggest the aftermarket units popular on Australasian-market CF1 models - because it doesn't match the standard 'long' UK spec rear light on the original vans, and definitely not the much wider units fitted to the CF2.

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Interesting all the same!

I can sleep at night now, finally achieving both casting 'types' of the Hong Kong Bedford not-a-CF

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The blue 'Rainbow' one is unbranded, just stating 'BEDFORD' and the recessed flank swage line detail is much clearer

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Grim.  But hey, it has big and fake Superfast wheels!

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26 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Try Majorette fan page, I think it's hosted by Fandom or something.

I don't think there is one on Fandom, but there is on Hobby DB

https://www.hobbydb.com/marketplaces/hobbydb/subjects/majorette-brand?id=2880&order[name]=name&order[sort]=asc&page=1&subject_id=2880&subvariants=true

Found the Fandom one but it's just about the company

https://majorette-cars.fandom.com/wiki/Majorette_Cars_Wiki

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12 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

A 50p Corgi Whizzwheels Bizzarrini Manta now lives with the Corgi Rockets Bizzarrini Manta.

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What's so special?  Well, it was the first car by 28-year-old Giorgetto Giugiaro's new company called Ital Design, built around a former Bizzarrini 1967 Le Mans racer chassis and finished up in time for the 1968 Turin Motorshow; to launch the new company.

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One of the first cars in the world to use a triple-seat arrangement

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A big Chevy V8 inhabited the back, while the lucky driver sat between his two, presumably lady, passengers

There was also the Electro rocket Corgi Rocket version. I had one and used to charge it from a battery. It was equipped with "proper" rubber tyres for the all important grip.

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3 hours ago, hennabm said:

There was also the Electro rocket Corgi Rocket version. I had one and used to charge it from a battery. It was equipped with "proper" rubber tyres for the all important grip.

Shame it's long gone.   It's also a shame Corgi didn't upscale the Manta as well.  It's always looked way too high even on its Whizzwheels version and needs the base redoing completely.  Something @bunglebus would be good at scratchbuilding ?  [hint, hint]

The most valuable Electro Rocket today is the Alfa Montreal.  Discussed in previous pages in more detail, the Montreal wasn't also released as a basic Juniors model

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This fella did a scale speed trials against the Matchbox Scorpions and Hot Wheels Sizzlers:

...with a commendable result from a basic Gran Torino!

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Mercury (Italy) did a 1:43 Manta in-period, but today they are expensive

Commendable, but the wheel width and axle height is still wrong, it's too long, the doors have shut gaps of an Allegro...

MERCURY-ITALY 305 Scale 1/43 | BIZZARRINI MANTA ITAL-DESIGN 1968 ...

...and was never painted in the original 1968 Turin Motor Show colours of light blue with orange detail...

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...or even in the mid-life silver repaint

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Well.  She might, but I can't stand for that !

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*Must* be done.   (twitch)

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Someone mentioned Metosul the other day and that reminded me they had made this. No, I haven't flipped the pictures, it really is a LHD Leyland Atlantean.

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These are quite sought after and go for strong money, especially when boxed, but I found this one for a reasonable BIN and it arrived a few days ago.

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I thought it was a repaint at first but it turns out the slightly iffy masking and hand painted detailing is factory finish. A few chips here and there but it's in a pretty good state.

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It's not just a mirror-image copy of the Dinky toy though. There's a host of detail changes when you compare them.

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On 7/13/2020 at 6:53 AM, Spottedlaurel said:

Finished the Ford yesterday, although I didn't particularly enjoy the process ad the finished result probably reflects that:

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

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

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

Makes for a good companion to the recently completed Chevelle, but look at the terrible panel fit! I don't think the bodyshell is sitting down on the floorpan as much as it should be, but it's as far as I could get it.

Apart from the poor panel fit around the front end the Ford looks good. Mine's looking better after a rinse under the tap and a wipe over with a cloth.

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I popped down to Halfords for some £3.00 spray cans yesterday.

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There should be enough there for a few more models. 

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Hmm, don't know what happened to the text there....

What you're seeing is most of my recent restorations, posed with the bargain garage I restored a few years ago.  So let's have some more...

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I've missed out one or two but we'll catch up eventually.

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Can you tell it's too wet outside to work on Huggy?

I dug out my boxed Corgi 1/36s, I think this is all of them; not very many.

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So, what have we got?  Two Minis first, a Cooper and a Neon....

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A swift visit from Mr Bond...

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As if that wasn't enough, Marilyn Monroe popped by too!

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So I treated them to an accompanying display of the 1/36s from my "Personal" collection...

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I think I've shown you the two Sierras, Capri and Escort van before, but I might have missed out the Senator, which actually wasn't mine (although it nearly was): this car was bought by my old friend Dave, more or less under my very nose.  Full marks to him for finding the model and painting it to match his car though, and an extra point for passing it to me before he died.

It's time the rain stopped!

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