Datsuncog's Heaps: Sept 2023 - Another Year's T-Met Exemption Certificate...

[Datsuncog]

Could you add the David Brown and discs, the xj12 jag, the banger racer escort, the thunderbird and the cortina police car to my box please?

Cheers.

 

Ooh... Loserone just nipped in earlier with the David Brown... but all the rest are certainly available! Added, sir.

[Datsuncog]

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you complete and utter barstaad

 

i now want

• bonna krankenwagen
• bostin 1100 "poject"
• zodiac polis

I know, I'm horrible. I'm only doing all this because I hate you all.

 

New box OPENED!

[Datsuncog]

Yes please on Citroen SM, Ford Escort van and VERY YES for Merc 209d please!

Certainly can! Your name is upon these three.

[Datsuncog]

could i have this please

You sure can! Set to one side for you (I'll go back and strikethrough the posts when I'm on the laptop later)

[Datsuncog]

Is the superkings mustang dragster still avl? If so can I take that one ta.

Anymore to come?

Dragster still available, now set aside for you. Yup, plenty more still to come!

[Shep Shepherd]

A big yes for the Sierra Ghia! 

[Datsuncog]

A big yes for the Sierra Ghia!

Sierra for sir? Most definitely!

[junkyarddog]

Nice chunky big old thing... I'll stick it to one side if y'like?

Yes please,along side those flying customs.

[Datsuncog]

I think you should keep the Transit.Restore it properly and get closure.

Y'know what - you're right.

 

I should get the necessary bits and do a proper job of it this time round.

 

I'd still love to display this properly, 25 years or so after I made a hash of it.

 

***DINKY TRANSIT FORMALLY WITHDRAWN FROM SALE DUE TO CHRONIC INDECISION***

[Datsuncog]

Yes please,along side those flying customs.

Sure thing. I've yet to take pics of the loose Hot Wheels and weird gonzo stuff of uncertain origin - so watch this space in case anything else grabs you!

[Datsuncog]

Okay, think we're up to date for tonight - all models grabbed by the lovely peoples herein have been removed from the shed to their respective boxes, and the relevant posts updated to reflect their newfound 'sold' status.

 

Tomorrow should bring some more, modern-made 1/43 stuff.

 

Stay tuned!

[rml2345]

Can you stick the Ertl FX3 in my pile please?

[Datsuncog]

Can you stick the Ertl FX3 in my pile please?

Yes indeedy... that's in with the others now. Thanks!

[loserone]

Could I request a total please? I'm aiming not to buy any more!

[Datsuncog]

^^^^ PM sent to you!

[cms206]

Gaffer gaffer reckons this has landed at the office!

 

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[Datsuncog]

Well, comrades.

 

It's not much of a secret I have a bit of a weakness for Soviet chod. Following the Iron Curtain collapse, a certain model stall in Bangor Market often had all manner of crude but very appealing Eastern Bloc minichod available at temptingly low prices in the early 90s, and it's true that I indulged myself heartily. Lada, Zil, Volga, GAZ, RAF - all good stuff.

 

What was rather less good was, unbeknownst to me, the propensity for said models to suffer from rather appalling and terminal metal fatigue. It was a heartbreaking moment when, on retrieving my diecast from storage for the first time about eight years ago, I realised that a fair few of them had basically crumbled into pieces in their boxes. Efforts to glue them were fruitless.

 

Sniffletissue sadface

 

But those that survived still seem okay, and I intend to put together a small display of them at some point in the not-too distant future.

 

A few years ago, the decadent capitalist running dogs at Poundland delighted me when they started knocking out surplus DeAgostini partwork models of Russian service vehicles at the kind of prices I like.

 

I'm not entirely sure what the theme of the partworks was - possibly "The Golden Nostalgia Collection of Vehicles Your Family Members Were Hustled Into And Never Seen Again" - but they were nicely detailed.

 

I bought every different version I could find on the shelves but, on sober reflection, some are less interesting to me than others, while others are duplicates I hoovered up by accident because I wasn't paying attention.

 

They all come with packaging, though most have been opened. Because I'm like that.

 

So! С шоу.

 

 

***SOLD*** GAZ-21 Volga Series 3 (Baleen) in police (?) livery.

 

 

 

 

Nicely detailed siren and light rack.

 

£5 solo, £3 to add to an existing box. Plus, as ever, OMGBULKDISKOUNT!

[Datsuncog]

Gaffer gaffer reckons this has landed at the office!

 

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The eagle has landed.

 

Spring comes early in Berlin.

 

The Trabant's exhaust fumes are delightfully pungent.

 

 

We are go, people! Boom!

 

Enjoy!

[Datsuncog]

GAZ-M20 (Pobeda) Taxi

 

 

 

 

 

Well, I'm assuming it's a taxi. It could be a political dissident express wagon, for all I know.

 

£5 solo, £3 to add to your existing box.

[artdjones]

Add on the police Volga to my box,please.

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** GAZ-24 Volga Station Wagon - Aeroflot Escort Vehicle

 

 

 

 

Still sealed! I bought two as I had a hare-brained idea to strip one back and repaint it in a plainer colour, but I've enough to be getting on with...

 

£5 solo, £3 to add to an existing box.

 

(Apparently, this car was available as an add-on to Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas. Weird, dude.)

 

[Datsuncog]

***SOLDED!!!*** VAZ-2112 (Lada 110) - Moscow Police

 

 

 

 

As before - £5 solo, £3 to add to an existing box.

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** GAZ-3110 Volga Taxi

 

 

 

 

£5 on its tod; £3 to add to an existing box!

[Datsuncog]

Moskvitch 420 Woody Van - state electricity company? Telephones, maybe?

 

 

 

 

£5 solo, £3 to add to an existing box!

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** A real oldie now: GAZ M55 (MM) Ambulance, WW2 era.

 

 

 

Substantial model, for sure. £5 solo, £3 to add to an existing box.

[Datsuncog]

Springing forward in time somewhat, a GAZ 3302 'GAZelle' security van (I think)

 

 

 

Heavy big brute; you could do damage with this.

 

£6 solo, £4 to add to an existing box (it really is that heavy).

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** Another GAZelle, this time a 2705 van in police livery (most likely).

 

 

 

Fairly Transit Mk3 in its appearance, no?

 

£6 solo, £4 to add to an existing box - these things feel like they're made out of lead.

[Felly Magic]

You can haz PM now DC

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!*** A GAZ 69 in fire tender format:

 

 

 

£5 posted singly, £3 to add to an existing box of models.

[Datsuncog]

Okay, some genuine Soviet chod now - not made in China stuff.

 

***SOLD!!!*** It's a UAZ 469 4x4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's all plastic (therefore possibly Junkman approved) and complete in its original box.

 

Small crack to the bar below the windscreen (not really visible).

 

I think Ebay sellers are maybe a bit optimistic in looking forty Euro for this model (plus postage), but then what do I know?

 

You can own this plasticky slice of history for £10, posted direct to your very own door, or £8 when added to an extant box of models.