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  • 2 weeks later...

Shite Central for model cars:

 

http://digbysmodels.co.uk/

 

They seem to specialise in hoovering up models from continental partworks, so the 1:43 offerings are usually from IXO or Norev.

 

The van section is absolutely rammed with French commercial vehicles. Vive le shite!

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The French are big time into partwork stuff - a lot of what they ^ have is the Mythique R4 series and the Citroen H Collection. We've just ordered a load of other assorted French vans - Citroen U23 petrol tankers, R4s, Peugeot J5s which are due to land in the next week or two.

 

A lot of people reckoned that we wouldn't be getting much partwork stuff coming into the UK this year but if anything its gone completely the other way and theres been boatloads of it. I've got a load of assorted cars that are pretty cheap that arrived yesterday - R5, Facel Vega, 205 GTi, Porsche 928, BMW 3 series that I think I'll be dragging to Retro Show rather than sticking on eBay as I really can't face sorting through it all :roll::D

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scored all this lot fr a tenner Posted Image

 

turns out a boxed carbine on ebay goes for between £100/135, sadly i didnt know this until the girls broke the front end off Posted Image

 

what the girls got mostly Britians, good quality stuff and afew majorettes, i actually quite like this stuff Posted Image

 

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and my little collection of trucks

 

Green Unit with Green and Yellow Trailer - Majorette Saviem

Red Unit with Blue Trailer - Guiloy Barreirs 42/38T

Silver Unit - Superkings Ford LTS (Tarmac trailer belong to this unit)

Red Unit - Majorette Scania

Red Hydraulic Excavator by Matchbx dated 1970

 

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also scored this International Tractor that does some interesting wheel camber angles ;D

 

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Don't worry its correct, ertainly some if not all of the anglebox vans were named thames, leading to a situation like today where there is a large van and a car based van running around with the same name (thames/thames and transit/transit connect)!

 

m0rris

 

p.s. nice cheap find there!

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You did well with the Britains stuff there! I have some from when I was young and I now try and add odd bits for the children's farmyard. They're pretty good with it, but sometimes I'm selective about what comes out when they have friends round...

 

I also have the IH tractor, and the red Majorette tractor unit. Don't know if it came with other trailers, but mine has a boat on a low loader. Had that one since I was 9-10, bought in France.

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Don't worry its correct, ertainly some if not all of the anglebox vans were named thames, leading to a situation like today where there is a large van and a car based van running around with the same name (thames/thames and transit/transit connect)!

 

m0rris

 

p.s. nice cheap find there!

They were planning to use the name Consul for their medium-sized cars too, the first Cortinas had a Consul badge on the front.

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There were some quite interesting deals on 1:43 models at the Le Mans Classic.

 

I'd been after an Ebbro Dome Zero for ages, and found one for the equivalent of £11. I followed this up with a Spark Suzuki Cappuccino, and a Mazda 787B, both around the £14 mark. Way cheaper than eBay if you walked around for a bit.

 

I also got a pair of Michelin T shirts that are too tight. But that's because I'm a fat bastard.

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just yankee scrap today

 

Ford Thunderbird by Solido

Chrysler Windsor by Solido

Truck has no model or make, but presumed Majorette as i has a couple similar...

 

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The truck is definitely a Majorette! as i used to have the same truck as a kid.

Originally it came with a Honda F1 car and trailer/ workshop.

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Stand by for a BUNCH of pics!

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A few clues there about my collection, shipped all the way to Cyprus with us! I have approx 1200 in assorted scales, ranging from parts donors to mint-boxed, and from OO/HO to 1/18. I love police cars, as mentioned elsewhere; ditto American cars; and as you can see from my workbench, I'm not afraid of a little work to make something into something else. :)

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There is a Vanishing Point Challenger, but it's in the pic above, in front of Rubber Duck's truck. I think what you're looking at is the white Charger, as used in one episode of Dukes by the great Cale Yarborough.

 

The H2 is for CSI Miami, our hero the great Horatio drives one!

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I've bought real cars for less in the past, but these seriously had me at trouser crisis time...

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-18-CITROEN-BX-19-GTI-1984-OTTO-MOBILE-OTTOMOBILE-/120602458445?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_186

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Otto-Mobile-Renault-Fuego-Turbo-Red-Color-LE1500-1-18-/200505681790?pt=Diecast_Vehicles

 

120559222413?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_186

 

200503760516?pt=Diecast_Vehicles

 

All very aspensive... they do a 405 as well in the same scale... mmmmmm...

 

Chrikey. That Mi 16 is giving me the horn. NO. I have nowhere to keep it, and I'd have to buy a cabinet......

 

Edit: Oh God. They do a 306 GTI 6 (or 'S') as well.........

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