Shite in miniature

[VWPowered]

ordered these (and a mk2 Golf but not allowed that till me birthday) from lobstadiecast, very impressed

 

[Mr Lobster]

Looks good! Glad they all arrived ok

[VWPowered]

did pm you on RR to say they arrived, love the trannie very impressed with that

[Mr Lobster]

Ah ok. Must have missed it but then I don't actually log into RR that often

 

Anyway, moving swiftly along.... got some new ex partwork Alfas here if thats anyones sorta thing! Theres about 40 of them in total so it might take me until tomorrow to get them all listed.

[brammy777]

Is there any alfasuds or alfettas amongst that lot? As in road versions...... Sorry to be a pain in the arse.

[Tayne]

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i had most of the porsche collection now only have afew left car models with mags here are stupid money

[Tayne]

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[hennabm]

love the early MkI Transit - a 65 version.Must have been one of the very first either with a 1.7 V4 or the Perkins diesel. The 2.4 York diesel did not arrive straight away.

[brammy777]

I got a pretty nice Ritmo through the post today, and a 99% mint beige Corgi Renault 11 yesterday. Pics if anyone wants.Hey is there any chance that those russian partwork cars will become availible here? Id love a Polonez and a Zastava.Any sign of the Nova and Talbot Sunbeam from corgi yet?

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of cause we want pics, silly boy

[Mr Lobster]

Hey is there any chance that those russian partwork cars will become availible here? Id love a Polonez and a Zastava.

Doubt they will tbh. You never know though...

Any sign of the Nova and Talbot Sunbeam from corgi yet?

In short, no! Just had some new Corgi today - Mk3 Cortina in Green with white roof and Jaguar XJ6 in a sort of blue. Will be on eBay over the weekend.

[VWPowered]

something i've been playing with, a car transporter :D

 

not yet finished

 

[Tayne]

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[brammy777]

Just took some (poor) pictures.

The 11 is an oddity in the corgi range of that time, they usually did all the cars in red, but this looks so much better. Didnt they do a TXE as well, did it have some electrical features?

And this partwork Ritmo is pretty good, a basic Norev model maybe, but still good.

[Tayne]

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[brammy777]

Thats what I thought! Im definitely more into 80s europeans at the moment, Id love a CX estate and a Panda/Uno.

[VWPowered]

nice ritmo that squire

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got these for €10 the lot

 

[barrett]

nice, I've never seen one of those Mercurys with opening doors before. I've got one with fixed everything, and one with an opening boot. Strange to see all the different permutations of one model they were churning out in the 70s

[Tayne]

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[VWPowered]

supercar is a MCA Centenaire, never heard of one lol

 

must be a rare beast ???

 

 

The MCA Centenaire was built to mark the 100 year anniversary of the Car Club of Monaco, MCA stands for Monte Carlo Automobile. 100 MCA Centenaires were intended to be produced but in the end only 5 were made, one red, one black, one white and two blue, coming in either coupe or targa form.

 

Power for the MCA Centenaire came from a mid-mounted Lamborghini V12 from the Countach.

 

Later, MCA was sold to Russian manufacturing company MIG, who submitted the 'MIG' Centenaire to the 1993 Le Mans 24 Hour Race, but the car failed to qualify and was consigned to the history books.

1989 MCA Centenaire Specifications - Specs

 

engine 60 Degree Lamborgini V12

position Mid Longitudinal

aspiration Natural

displacement 5167 cc / 315.3 cu in

power 339.3 kw / 455 bhp @ 7000 rpm

hp per litre 88.06 bhp per litre

body / frame Carbon Fibre Monocoque

Max speed 217 mph

[Tayne]

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[155V6]

Not really shite,but I was chuffed to pick this up at a toyfair for a tenner.They usually sell for £30-£40

[Mr Lobster]

^ A fair amount of HPI stuff has been in TK Maxx for anywhere between £8-£15 of late. As you say it normally sells for around £30-£40 which was reasonably fair considering the quality. Whoever decided that they'd dump loads of stock into TK Maxx kinda killed the market though hence why I'm not ordering any new HPI stuff at the moment

[VWPowered]

 

got these for me birthday

[Tayne]

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[VWPowered]

Police one's by Mondo and the red one by Hongwell

[brammy777]

^ A fair amount of HPI stuff has been in TK Maxx for anywhere between £8-£15 of late.

 

As you say it normally sells for around £30-£40 which was reasonably fair considering the quality. Whoever decided that they'd dump loads of stock into TK Maxx kinda killed the market though hence why I'm not ordering any new HPI stuff at the moment

Havent seen them in the Basingstoke one, they were stocking 1/43rd Nissan Picnics at one point but I didnt ever buy one.

They have a hilarious stock of shoes however.

I really must get to that toyfair at my old school sometime, Id stick out like a sorethumb though.

 

Just won one of these on ebay for a miniscule amount:

[Guest]

Lobster,I realise this is a long shot, but has anyone made a model of the Yamaha OX99-11?Also, I haves PM'd you.