155V6 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 The purple Volvo came last week Today I got something to put it on 😂 andrew e, Datsuncog, Amishtat and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Finally someone got something from the eBay thread! Lord Sterling and 155V6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 29 minutes ago, 155V6 said: The purple Volvo came last week Today I got something to put it on 😂 You swine! 155V6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Finally found the Lancia Delta Integrale today. "Goes like a hot snot M8" 😂 bunglebus, AndyW201 and Split_Pin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 just spotted this on Ebay Christine-ish eddyramrod and RayMK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 anyone know of a Blue articulated truck & trailer...quite big, used to have one as a kid, but it got lost in a move, blue truck , blue trailer I think silver rear doors....but been 45 years!!!!! flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 22 hours ago, bezzabsa said: just spotted this on Ebay Christine-ish Erm, no. Christine was a 1958 Plymouth, the model above is a 1955 Cadillac, no relation whatsoever. I have it in red too :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 31 minutes ago, bezzabsa said: just spotted this on Ebay Christine-ish Funny enough I've been doing an album reshuffle on Flickr and came across a pic of mine yesterday  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 3 hours ago, bezzabsa said: anyone know of a Blue articulated truck & trailer...quite big, used to have one as a kid, but it got lost in a move, blue truck , blue trailer I think silver rear doors....but been 45 years!!!!! Possibly a Corgi Major Ford H Series articulated truck? Shite Ron, Dick Longbridge, Skizzer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 10 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Possibly a Corgi Major Ford H Series articulated truck? I've got the trailer here going spare. It's a bit rough but it's here.  Datsuncog and Amishtat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 10 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Possibly a Corgi Major Ford H Series articulated truck? Slight tangent, but I bought a gem of a Corgi Major H Series truck and transporter setup a while ago. I hadn't realised what a lovely model they are - brilliant detail and feels like quality of a really expensive model. It's definitely a keeper. Must...not...look...up... Corgi....H Series...artics.... 🤪 Datsuncog, Skizzer and eddyramrod 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 11 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Possibly a Corgi Major Ford H Series articulated truck? quite possibly .......i just remember the Blue & silver...I was gutted at the time as it was the best condition toy i had (i used to treat them badly LOL)Â Â Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Dick Longbridge said: Slight tangent, but I bought a gem of a Corgi Major H Series truck and transporter setup a while ago. I hadn't realised what a lovely model they are - brilliant detail and feels like quality of a really expensive model. It's definitely a keeper. Must...not...look...up... Corgi....H Series...artics.... 🤪  They really are glorious models... this wrecker version is missing a few bits, but still ranks as one of my all-time favourite market finds. Detail is really good for a toy, and I'm still kinda kicking myself for not picking up some of the transporter versions at the last market day in December... I've an 'Express Service' trailer, minus one of its rear doors, but no separate H Series tractor unit - yet... Dick Longbridge, hennabm, AndyW201 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 42 minutes ago, Datsuncog said: I've an 'Express Service' trailer, minus one of its rear doors Ah, better check again... . .. ... ...Good news! For once, Farmer Tom has not smashed the back doors in. Datsuncog, andrew e, AndyW201 and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Dug this out during my big spring-cleaning session the other day, and thought it might be appreciated here It's the Soviet version of the ex-Mebetoys NSU Ro80, of course. Just like the real car industry did, Italian toy-makers offloaded lots of their outdated tooling to the Soviet Union in the 1970s which means there were all manner of weird European Politoys, Mebetoys (and a couple of Norevs) being built at various locations in the USSR long after they ceased production in the west. This one, apparently, was built by ZMTK in the city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, probably from the mid-1970s. The original cast appeared when the Ro80 made its real-life debut in 1967 It's a great model, with a full compliment of opening bits, although the paint is seriously poor compared to an Italian version, it's a heavy, chunky casting There is even a fair old representation of the rotary engine under the bonnet And amusingly, it's a 'PO80' in Cyrillic. I picked this up years ago for a couple of quid, but these days the USSR copies seem to be quite collectable in their own right. The Ro80 was one of those infinitely popular subjects, with efforts from: Mebetoys, Dinky, Gama, Marklin (by far the best effort), Sablon, Husky and possibly others in period  morrisoxide, andrew e, bunglebus and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 3 hours ago, barrett said: built by ZMTK in the city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine I went to look it up. That's deepest Cossack country.  So perhaps not surprising they did slap-dash painting, when they would rather be out and about, doing this sort of thing:   Wahaaay!! 😄  Your PO80 looks good in that colour - especially as it reminds me of the 1975 brochure car I coveted as a child.  The paint might be poorly applied but it is at least nearer to the "Cadice Orange" than any colour Mebetoys offered through production  Anyhow, you made me ROll-out examples of RO80 by Dinky and Wiking for a visual compare. Aww, don't ROll your eyes - it is Tat Wednesday Of course, the Dinky is mainly cast metal and the Wiking (at HO scale for model train buffs) is all plastic Good effort on Wiking to detail the wheels although they don't seem to match a wheel in the brochures, unlike other Wikings Dinky's selling point* was its lighting circuit Quite a large car, the RO80: longer than a Vauxhall Viscount, believe it or not. The Dinky measures to approx scale 1:42 and the Wiking to 1:85. Split_Pin, Dick Longbridge, RoadworkUK and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Seriously nice RO80s! I got a couple of new bits; Corgi Sierra, must be quite a late one as it's Chinese. Shame the already broken roof light got further damage in the jiffy bag It came with a donor to fix two other Regals - has the missing roof light for the police one and the glazing for the Kojak car A Matchbox Buick too, but a LeSabre Finally this big mini, out of a box of freebies at the end of someone's drive andrew e, Split_Pin, Remspoor and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 38 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Finally this big mini, out of a box of freebies at the end of someone's drive Sunnyside 5703 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 6 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: Sunnyside 5703 ? Yes! Good skillz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 are These really going for a ton and a half????????  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 32 minutes ago, bezzabsa said: are These really going for a ton and a half???????? Not quite, no Sold listings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 35 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: Not quite, no Sold listings This one seemed pretty cheap. I can only assume it's because it a genuine Duke Of Harards model. Is it from London Town? Remspoor, 155V6 and bunglebus 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Quote looks awesome!! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Auto-World-General-Lee-Dukes-Of-Hazzard-1-18-Jumping-Custom-Diorama-RARE/254919634766 Current bid: £130 [2 bids] Dick Longbridge and Amishtat 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Auto-World-General-Lee-Dukes-Of-Hazzard-1-18-Jumping-Custom-Diorama-RARE/254919634766 Current bid: £130 [2 bids] Is that the smoke monster from Lost? I wondered where it had ended up. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 It's probably just as surprised as your are, that it ended up getting humped by an orange Dodge Charger... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 12 hours ago, barrett said: Dug this out during my big spring-cleaning session the other day, and thought it might be appreciated here It's the Soviet version of the ex-Mebetoys NSU Ro80, of course. Just like the real car industry did, Italian toy-makers offloaded lots of their outdated tooling to the Soviet Union in the 1970s which means there were all manner of weird European Politoys, Mebetoys (and a couple of Norevs) being built at various locations in the USSR long after they ceased production in the west. This one, apparently, was built by ZMTK in the city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, probably from the mid-1970s. The original cast appeared when the Ro80 made its real-life debut in 1967 It's a great model, with a full compliment of opening bits, although the paint is seriously poor compared to an Italian version, it's a heavy, chunky casting There is even a fair old representation of the rotary engine under the bonnet And amusingly, it's a 'PO80' in Cyrillic. I picked this up years ago for a couple of quid, but these days the USSR copies seem to be quite collectable in their own right. The Ro80 was one of those infinitely popular subjects, with efforts from: Mebetoys, Dinky, Gama, Marklin (by far the best effort), Sablon, Husky, and possibly others in period. That's absolutely glorious. It has a charm all of its own - and it's nice that these are finally being recognised on their merits, rather than being seen as cheap knock-offs. Well found! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 No fake patina here.    Datsuncog, morrisoxide, AndyW201 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 What is that fawn coloured crusty stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Some sort of heavy corrosion. It's as purchased from @Datsuncogor @bunglebus if my memory serves me right. I've sourced an equally ratty Matchbox Lambretta Series 2 to match my real one and they seemed an ideal match. I reckon it was a garden find or something. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 What you got there Smoll Eddy? "Last of the V8's M8" Looks nice,but thirsty I'd expect? "Needs a twin tank conversion M8" Â RayMK, bunglebus, andrew e and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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