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

[mercedade]

And this http://autoshite.com/topic/30085-datsuncogs-heaps-digital-bootsale-030718-diecast-waifs-strays/page-47?do=findComment&comment=1528117

[mercedade]

Ok, I'm done - I'M DONE I TELL YOU.

 

Hit me with the total before I come down off this wild ride please.

 

No, I don't want to try something reserved for specially valued customers.

[quicksilver]

Worryingly green 206CC and lairy yellow Impreza , thank you please.

[Datsuncog]

On 7/3/2018 at 3:40 PM, mercedade said:

Ok, I'm done - I'M DONE I TELL YOU.

Hit me with the total before I come down off this wild ride please.

No, I don't want to try something reserved for specially valued customers.

PM incoming!

You're sure you don't want a 'special customer' free* gift**?

[Datsuncog]

On 7/3/2018 at 3:46 PM, quicksilver said:

Worryingly green 206CC and lairy yellow Impreza , thank you please.

Certainement!

Consider them reserved.

[clayts450]

Oops, forgot to say thanks Tim for the Beetle and Oxford - arrived last week

[Noel Tidybeard]

**WARNING BUYER BEWARE**

 

this fellow me lad advertised a "spot on austin 1100", well i bought it and its anything but spot on, theres paint missing, no headlights, no bumpers and no tyres

 

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[Noel Tidybeard]

....it is appealingly beige though

[Datsuncog]

On 7/3/2018 at 9:50 PM, Noel Tidybeard said:

**WARNING BUYER BEWARE**

this fellow me lad advertised a "spot on austin 1100", well i bought it and its anything but spot on, theres paint missing, no headlights, no bumpers and no tyres

Still... marginally better than Vulg's old purple one, no?

 

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no tyres

^^^ And surely that's a slanderous calumny? There was definitely a tyre, singular, in situ upon dispatch... now it may have been a Lego one, I'll grant you - but the above photo clearly demonstrates that "no tyres" will not butter any parsnips at all down the Trading Standards canteen, me bucko.

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Polistil Alfa Romeo Alfetta Coupe

 

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Somewhat knackered, I fear.

 

£3 posted/£0.50 lumped in with something else!

 

Don't suppose replacement glass is available for this one?

[egg]

Sod it, can't resist - can I take the Alfetta, the Matchbox Superkings Camping Cruiser and the proper Commie UAZ 469 4x4 please. Hit me up with a price yo!

[Datsuncog]

Don't suppose replacement glass is available for this one?

Don't think so sadly, Polistil don't seem to have much in the way of spares availability... unless there's a Stefano De Floretti website somewhere in Italy...

[Datsuncog]

On 7/3/2018 at 11:43 PM, egg said:

Sod it, can't resist - can I take the Alfetta, the Matchbox Superkings Camping Cruiser and the proper Commie UAZ 469 4x4 please. Hit me up with a price yo!

That's the spirit! PM incoming!

[Felly Magic]

PM'd you re the Vanguards Rover & Cararama Tina, ta

[Shep Shepherd]

Took possession of the Corgi Sierra 2.3 Ghia today:

 

 

It's not as big as I remember my light blue example being in 1985, but then again, I'm not as smol as I was in 1985 

 

 

[Split_Pin]

Its an excellent model that, I have it in yellow. I like how Corgi went to the effort of emulating the original 3 vent wheel covers fitted to the higher range models.

[Shep Shepherd]

^

I've got a feeling that it was an officially-licensed Ford product, as it's so well-detailed. If it was, I imagine that not only was it available in regular toy shops, it was given away to prospective Sierra buyers by dealers in the early days when the model was a hard sell.

[Split_Pin]

The box for mine has some sort of marketing paragraph on the back so I would say yes. I think the Escort and Metro were the same.

[Noel Tidybeard]

iirc corgi worked with fraud so they could release the models at the same time as the real one

[Lord Sterling]

Got my stuff today! A big box and some small parcels were waiting for me today as I got home from work.

 

All were great (interestingly packed with Dutch newspapers) sadly I think the Manta took a bit of a pasting, the engine fell out of the boot and all sorts were rattling about, however, I love a challenge, I set about carefully undoing the Manta and working out what bits went where. I should have taken some pics but I was using the phone at the time. My table almost resembled a driveway circa mid-90s with Manta in working progress and an engine to go in. Even getting the engine in was a bit of engineering itself.

 

Manta is now glued back together quite strongly, the plastic broken parts have all been return in place and stands even better and stronger than before. Box has been given a wipe clean and it looks almost 'model shop new' (well, from a distance anyway) I love the fact that I have a 1/18 model of and everyday car. The Aston is lovely as is the MG. Thanks man!

[Pillock]

You lads need to come over for a Cannock auctions DETHBURGA.

 

Recommend not flying over to Cannock as consumption of a DETHBURGA leads to excess baggage charges on the way back, for all the cholesterol you're taking on the plane.

[Amishtat]

Let's see a picture of the Manta!

[Lord Sterling]

Let's see a picture of the Manta!

 

Pics courtesy of Datsuncog as I didn't take any but it looks pretty much the same although now it can be picked up without falling apart

[Datsuncog]

On 7/4/2018 at 7:45 PM, Shep Shepherd said:

Took possession of the Corgi Sierra 2.3 Ghia today:

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It's not as big as I remember my light blue example being in 1985, but then again, I'm not as smol as I was in 1985 

Hey, glad it reached you safely - and yeah, I really have a soft spot for the Corgi Sierra, having had a plain red one and a white and green Pace Car version around the time of release!

 

On 7/4/2018 at 8:26 PM, Split_Pin said:

Its an excellent model that, I have it in yellow. I like how Corgi went to the effort of emulating the original 3 vent wheel covers fitted to the higher range models.

They did seem to go all-out to make this one as detailed as possible, with the interior and underside as well as the wheelcovers having a surprising level of realism - compare the dash and the seats to, say, the Mk3 Escort or Vauxhall Carlton. It's probably the pinnacle of their 1/35 production models, which is kinda sad as I understand it came in the last few months of Corgi's Mettoy era, just before the receivers were called in.

 

On 7/4/2018 at 8:43 PM, Shep Shepherd said:

^

I've got a feeling that it was an officially-licensed Ford product, as it's so well-detailed. If it was, I imagine that not only was it available in regular toy shops, it was given away to prospective Sierra buyers by dealers in the early days when the model was a hard sell.

That sounds about right - any boxed versions I've seen come in both regular yellow-and-black Corgi boxes, and also white boxes with prominent Ford badging. Probably also why there's still loads of MIB versions out there for not that much - like the BP promotional toys, lots of them ended up sitting in a sideboard for decades.

 

On 7/4/2018 at 8:57 PM, Split_Pin said:

The box for mine has some sort of marketing paragraph on the back so I would say yes. I think the Escort and Metro were the same.

Yeah, I think you're right. The Escort wasn't a bad tooling, though I always thought the lines of the Metro looked a bit blocky. The Sierra was one where they really got the lines right.

 

On 7/4/2018 at 9:47 PM, Noel Tidybeard said:

iirc corgi worked with fraud so they could release the models at the same time as the real one

I think there's a long history of real car manufacturers tying in with toymakers to produce 'take-home' versions of a new model, to get customers interested in the full-size versions - Corgi especially. I seem to remember hearing about toy factory staff sworn to secrecy about a new model coming off the production line, to tie in with a big motor show launch - the Renault 16 springs to mind, and also the twisted tale of Corgi's version of the Road Rover - the 1950s luxury Land Rover/proto-Range Rover that was delayed and then pulled by BMC at the 11th hour, after Corgi had already started tooling up to making small versions for the launch...

https://www.planetdiecast.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=83&id=164170&limit=15&limitstart=15&Itemid=2455

[Datsuncog]

On 7/4/2018 at 10:22 PM, Lord Sterling said:

Got my stuff today! A big box and some small parcels were waiting for me today as I got home from work.

All were great (interestingly packed with Dutch newspapers) sadly I think the Manta took a bit of a pasting, the engine fell out of the boot and all sorts were rattling about, however, I love a challenge, I set about carefully undoing the Manta and working out what bits went where. I should have taken some pics but I was using the phone at the time. My table almost resembled a driveway circa mid-90s with Manta in working progress and an engine to go in. Even getting the engine in was a bit of engineering itself.

Manta is now glued back together quite strongly, the plastic broken parts have all been return in place and stands even better and stronger than before. Box has been given a wipe clean and it looks almost 'model shop new' (well, from a distance anyway) I love the fact that I have a 1/18 model of and everyday car. The Aston is lovely as is the MG. Thanks man!

Aw man, I'm so sorry the Manta arrived with you in the same sorry state as I received it!

It was only after I'd posted it that I thought... mebbe I should have packed the inside of the box with extra padding (or indeed, the rest of the Dutch newspaper that originated from Junkman's Dinky Galaxie parcel to me). But it was too late... and then you received an ad-hoc 1/18 kit. Daah!

Glad you were up for the challenge though, and delighted it's probably in a much better state now than when it left me. It's a really nice model; I've enjoyed displaying it for the 12 or so years I've had it but I'd sooner devote the space to my 1/43 scale stuff.

And who else can say they completely restored an Opel Manta in just one evening, on their kitchen table - engine out and all?

Glad you're pleased overall - many thanks!

[Lord Sterling]

Very, very pleased. Will buy again!

[sierraman]

Ex Datsuncog golf restored!

[Datsuncog]

Ex Datsuncog golf restored!

Fantastic! Was that the battered old green one with a mild corrosion problem (after taking a dip in Strangford Lough c.1992)? Great job!!

[stuboy]

 

Pics courtesy of Datsuncog as I didn't take any but it looks pretty much the same although now it can be picked up without falling apart

how did i miss this one...well done

[D Spares & Tyres]

2 x boats please!

 

( SS Gulf and Bruder ferry )