flat4alfa Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 32 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: Vantasm arctic exploration My wife had one of those this morning. Bloody freezing that bedroom. I think you mean Vantom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 19 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: Super GTs; a Porsche something-or-other and a Can-Am something else Porsche 910 ; Hi-Tailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 40 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: A lightly-disguised Land Rover jungle thing; some type of SWB off-roader. Sahara Survivor ; Cliff Hanger I am being annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Board 3 - Hot Wheels, Majorette, and some other oddments: By strange coincidence... Hot Wheels donor canopy for a Rolls Royce? [**EDIT: Batmobile SOLD!!**] And a functional Ford Fusion cop car. [**Fudion taken!!**] Further into the realms of fantasy, a Metro Rail dragster and - if @bunglebus has no further requirement for it, now that replacement towing booms have been sourced - a Tow Jam. [**Metro Rail and Tow Jam both taken!!**] On to some p'tite merde française... a Majorette Saviem crane and a Renault Alpine. [**Alpine taken!!**] Ford Transit Tug concept, and skip-free Ford Cargo skip truck. New York Fire Dept ladder truck; Range Rover fire appliance. Nameless Jeep and Mini Cooper - Maisto items, maybe? [**EDIT: Mini SOLD!!**] Some bumper issues on both, but maybe some use to someone? Kidco Magnum P.I. Ferrari key car - some wear and no key, but seemingly not a common item. And a no-name Chinese copy of a Majorette Chevrolet Caprice. [EDIT: **Both taken!!**] More unknown diecast, in the form of a terrifying SWAT armoured response vehicle, and a later Chevy Caprice wearing Vancouver PD insignia. Anyone's pickle tickled? If not, fret not - more to come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 batmobile and while mini from above please, plus what ever else takes my eye please! Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 I will take the Jag and BMW Superkings please! Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Onto Board 4 now - Corgi Juniors and related. All at 50p, or three for £1. Husky Jaguar MkX with chrome plating somewhat worn; Buick Electra police cruiser. Both with bumper issues. Husky Ford F350 wrecker; Bedford TK skip truck. Spot the missing components. Bedford's free, if anyone can make use of it. Juniors Whizzwheels Ford Camper; Ferrari 512. [**Ferrari taken!!**] Military Jeep, with windshield but without driver; GP Buggy, without windshield but with engine still attached. [**Jeep taken!!**] Lotus Esprit with questionable structural integrity; Buick Regal cop car based on the Kojak casting. Ford Transit pickup; Leyland Terrier tanker, Shell. Renault Trafic minibus; Renault Trafic van (Two for one on these - van missing its back axle) Land Rover 110 AA Service; Ford D-Series tractor unit. [**Land Rover taken!!**] On to the last lap! AndyW201 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Probably the Nash Metropolitan Funny Car Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Datsuncog said: 14.15,3,4,6 please Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 13 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: 6+7 please Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 21 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: I will take the Jag and BMW Superkings please! Thank God someone stepped in - I was so close 😂 However.... B2/14 Sonara Shredder, B3/3 Fusion cop car andB4/16 AA 110 please 👍 Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Last one: Board 5, random shiz. Very much odds and sods! No-name Japanese commercials; Toyota and Isuzu, possibly Tomica copies? No-name Porsche 911 and Jaguar XJS. Dubious no-name 'Trans-Am'; even more suspicious no name SUV with no clear idea what it's meant to be. Another one of those Ford Econolines; and a Corgi Juniors badged, but Singapore made, Chevrolet Bel Air with the super-low roofline. Corgi farm trailer; missing its towing ring and tail board, but otherwise sound. Matchbox Superkings trailer and Unimog load; another one I've had on eBay for 99p for months with zero interest. Of course, I sold on my old Unimog before I found this... And lastly for the Tat Boards... Did anyone say they wanted this, in the end? Half a Hongwell VW Samba, rescued from the tide - ideal boat conversion, yeah? Free, of course. [**TAKEN!!**] And that wraps that up, for this evening anyway - cheers for the posts and messages, I'll update Tat Boxes accordingly! Amishtat, Split_Pin and andrew e 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Boat Conversion kit please Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 23 hours ago, flat4alfa said: Hmm. Not sure if I fancy a variation on the blue idea after all Might request a colour chart off the local Sassenring dealership I'll give them a ring. Brunhilda on the reception desk got back to me and I went over (after getting a permit) to collect this CLIFFGRÜN is tempting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM646 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Datsuncog said: even more suspicious no name SUV with no clear idea what it's meant to be. First gen BMW X5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 As usual I have a few 1:24/25 projects on the go at present, here's an update of what's keeping me busy: AMT Ecto 1A thing with extraneous rubbish removed, lots of holes filled and a wooden deck in progress. I've bought some more of those brass model boat fittings to make a rack for the roof. Started this one back in the '90s, it's sat in a box for some years (decades) with the '55 Chevy I recently completed. The Cadillac build stalled after I broke the glass, I recently bought another kit to replace it and the remnants of that one will be built as a banger. Hasegawa Celica, came as a racing car with wide arches but all the parts to build it as a road car are included and as a near-stock build it's a much better proposition than the Aoshima offering. This one will be low and painted Citroen Mediterranean Blue, reminiscent of colours used on the early Celicas (and purchased cheap at Halfords). The final build in the series replacing the batch which melted in the sun. I struggled with the silver colour and detail painting on this Skyline and decided to give the gunmetal a go as it reminded me of a 1:1 I used to see at shows. Even after the silver to gunmetal respray this one has fought me, I dropped it on the floor and picked up some chips which meant yet more paintwork was required, and there's still a lot of foil brightwork and dark grey detail painting to do. Hoping to get this one finished next weekend. AMT '67 Impala with Corvette LT5 engine (a much easier swap than when I did the same transplant on a '65 Corvette). Quite a bit of detail work to go on the interior. First time I've used metallic paint inside a car, without the clearcoat it's nicely replicated the look of the fancy vinyl they used back then. Part-built Honda Today purchased off eBay some years ago (don't think I've ever seen an unstarted one on there, not at a reasonable price anyway). It came with the motor installed. It's spent several months in a tub of brake fluid and I've now got most of the brush-painted blue enamel off - the scribing tool came in useful to clean out the panel lines. This will be a quick, simple project for some point later in the year. Slightly silly project that's been built as part of a community build on a model car forum, basically discreet, road legal race cars for a modern day Cannoball Run. A few people are building NASCARs with stock-ish bodyshells on them, I've gone for a Castrol Group N Skyline GT-R with Nissan Leopard bodywork, which I'm going to keep as standard and chintzy as I can. The Leopard was a personal luxury car based on Skyline R30 underpinnings, it's surprising how well the later R32 floorpan has fitted, just got to do a bit of work to keep the wheels under the standard arches.. I'm trying to limit my new purchases - with approaching 300 kits in the stash and at an optimistic build rate of two a month that'll still keep me busy for the next 10+ years...... Sudsprint, Mr Laurence, RoadworkUK and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 10 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said: AMT Ecto 1A thing with extraneous rubbish removed (Ahem) ....what are you going to do with the extraneous rubbish and decals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I’m liking the sound of a cannonball themed model build 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 10 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: (Ahem) ....what are you going to do with the extraneous rubbish and decals? Never mind that - I want to see that hearse finished! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 19 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: (Ahem) ....what are you going to do with the extraneous rubbish and decals? I might utilise the odd bit of it, but most will be surplus to any requirements I'll ever have. Especially as I'll have two kits' worth of it...... flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 1 hour ago, bunglebus said: I want to see that hearse finished! Detail idea #66 : Sudsprint, sheffcortinacentre, Remspoor and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 I bought a toy car! I'm definitely blaming this thread for what i now picture as my inevitable decline into the world of glass-fronted cabinets, toy fairs and celibacy. Anyway, this arrived to join my nascent 'why did they model that?' collection of 1960s-70s European toys. It's the Politoys Export Ghia V280 in fetching silver. This is a later issue with the ugly generic wheels, but even the older versions of this are pretty common in comparison to a lot of Politoys models. This was one of the cars that lived on in plastic form behind the Iron Curtain as a Novoexport toy. It must have been even more perplexing to yer average Ruski child, or perhaps one Western car looked much like another to young Igor and Sergei? So, what is it? Well, it's one of the Chrysler-based, Ghia-built show cars which proliferated from the early 1950s until the end of the '60s. This one was a Plymouth Valiant in a party frock, as shown in 1964. It's not the prettiest Italian coachbuilt effort, and had limited exposure in period, which makes it doubly curious as a choice for a 1:43 version The actual car (which survives in America) was painted a nice dark maroon, a colour which was available on the earlier Politoys toy, but annoyingly seems to be the most difficult version to find Anyway, this one was cheap and in the UK so even though I wasn't actively looking for one, I'm quite pleased with it. It's a faithful representation, with a detailed dashboard, although the casting is a little rough round the edges I think the pressings were a bit worn out by the time this one was made. It's reassuringly weighty, too, and flies along on its suspended axles (not that I've been pushing it round my desk making brum-brum noises or anything, honest) Spottedlaurel, AndyW201, Sudsprint and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Schoolday. I wonder where it is now? Seems to have been brown in the 90s Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 3 hours ago, barrett said: I'm definitely blaming this thread for what I now picture as my inevitable decline into the world of glass-fronted cabinets, toy fairs and celibacy. Cracking Politoy, though, and cheers for the write-up; not one I was aware of at all! (Also - were you interested in that French Dinky Citroen Ami I picked up last year? I seem to recall someone asked me for first refusal...) bunglebus, Remspoor, barrett and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 3 hours ago, barrett said: This is a later issue with the ugly generic wheels... They actually have a vague Fuchs look to them. Might be tolerable on a toy 911 or 916. barrett 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 37 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: (Also - were you interested in that French Dinky Citroen Ami I picked up last year? I seem to recall someone asked me for first refusal...) Yes, that was me, and I'm still interested... Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Called in Tesco again. Nada. I give up, I’m going to find a hobby that doesn’t involve wasting time trawling the aisles. Bought a bare root Plum Tree instead. Reluctant Adult 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 1 hour ago, barrett said: Yes, that was me, and I'm still interested... Well, alrighty then... PM incoming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 28 minutes ago, sierraman said: Called in Tesco again. Nada. I give up, I’m going to find a hobby that doesn’t involve wasting time trawling the aisles. Bought a bare root Plum Tree instead. Nothing new at all in my local Tesco on Saturday.I visited a different one today while I was working,they had the remnants of a new box,& a few of the British car series. I did spot this playset which was quite interesting,didn't think we'd see those over here bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 I still haven’t been into a supermarket since Dec 20th tier4 day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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