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@Spottedlaurelto the beige phone please!

I don't know if you spotted this one:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Vintage-Heller-1-43-Peugeot-604-Unassembled-Plastic-Model-Kit/203269775284

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You most probably did..   but if you don't want it, I might well be clicking the bid button of doom later.  Just say so now so you don't get into a bidding war with me by accident 😗

As you enjoyed* the Heller Princess so much...   I thought of you first

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I like that Polistil van.  It is now watch listed.....

In similar age to this Monogram 1:32 Dodge B-series gen-1 model kit that's become rather brittle with age.  It was converted to slot years ago and needs some glue gun shoring-up work now.  The rear axle just broke away...

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Should look like this

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Pah! Cheap and cheerful kids model kit, you think?  Go look how valuable an unmade one is now...

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17 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Yes, I remember seeing those, but only in passing, because I didn't take much notice of the big Bburagos.  Now, of course, I'd love it.

Eddy, you had one!  Handy Hank wanted you to see your old MPC Dodge again.  Also pretty brittle now too!  Tucked away in the boxes of projects awaiting a rainy day ....after the kitchen has fixed itself

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Yee-haw!  Thanks Hank!  If that white van is 1/25 scale though, then I'm a crocodile.  The MPC was barely 1/32; I noticed that many of the American kits fell slightly short of Airfix for scale, or perhapsAirfix were too big?  But I don't think so, because they scaled well with Britains and Scalextric.... oh it's all too much, I need a lie-down now!

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3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

@Spottedlaurelto the beige phone please!

I don't know if you spotted this one:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Vintage-Heller-1-43-Peugeot-604-Unassembled-Plastic-Model-Kit/203269775284

s-l1600.jpg.00e6162dedff98e76c633e80a9dee7fc.jpg

You most probably did..   but if you don't want it, I might well be clicking the bid button of doom later.  Just say so now so you don't get into a bidding war with me by accident 😗

As you enjoyed* the Heller Princess so much...   I thought of you first

Nice! Would love to, but I'm trying to shrink the stockpile this year......

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4 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

Yee-haw!  Thanks Hank!  If that white van is 1/25 scale though, then I'm a crocodile.  The MPC was barely 1/32; I noticed that many of the American kits fell slightly short of Airfix for scale, or perhapsAirfix were too big?  But I don't think so, because they scaled well with Britains and Scalextric.... oh it's all too much, I need a lie-down now!

Eddy is not a crocodile, despite the nap!  Apologies, now corrected  😵  Not sure what I was up to there

The spreadsheet has been fired-up and spat out some approximate figures:

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So the MPC is a bit long and the Monogram a bit lardy

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22 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Eddy is not a crocodile, despite the nap!  Apologies, now corrected  😵  Not sure what I was up to there

The spreadsheet has been fired-up and spat out some approximate figures:

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So the MPC is a bit long and the Monogram a bit lardy

That's some pretty impressive spreadsheet work there, thank you.  The MPC might be slightly overlong, but it doesn't look out of proportion; on the contrary, knowing the shape well from American TV, I've always considered it quite pleasing.

Anyway, seeing it on the track is something to look forward to!

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5 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

I like that Polistil van.  It is now watch listed.....

In similar age to this Monogram 1:32 Dodge B-series gen-1 model kit that's become rather brittle with age.  It was converted to slot years ago and needs some glue gun shoring-up work now.  The rear axle just broke away...

20210210_152928551_iOS.jpg.88862534bf849bce527bb8c2cda22e28.jpg

Should look like this

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Pah! Cheap and cheerful kids model kit, you think?  Go look how valuable an unmade one is now...

That needs the "trans con medivac " treatment!

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OMG! Local Tesco stocking Matchbox and Hot Wheels shocker.

Also picked up one of these, it's a nice wee thing,

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(Shame about the lack of tampo printing on the headlights)

As mentioned, there's a re colour of the Bini Countryman, an LEVC London taxi, a Jag F type and a nice Land Rover Defender in this new UKIP collection. Normal MB singles are still listed as £1.25, but there were none there. Obviously MB are now doing the same as Hot Wheels, by adding some fancier packaging on some editions for a slightly higher price.

Hot Wheels were sadly older case stuff, but I was chuffed to snag this, been after this one for a while,

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