"Diecast Collecting"

[Just Plain Dave]

This is near 9 bucks at our store.
Under 5 at Walmart so I grabbed it.
Got a Mustang and an El Camino.
And maybe some donor wheels.

[Just Plain Dave]

Repaint of 40 Ford

It will likely get a wheel change soon.

[cody6268]

Nice pickups! I have both of the British Racing Green MBX Aston Martin DBR-1, but I didn't even know they had a silver one.

Found these myself at Dollar General Friday. I'd been looking for both of them for quite some time. About time, as both have been out around a year. I could swear the Scania came out in 2019! Both still remain really hard to find.

Scania Rally Truck.

It's a part of a series called "Track Stars" which is mostly tractor trailers. While rally trucks and support vehicles don't have the ability to tow, HW decided to add that function by way of a slide-out dolly. Doesn't work too well, and as a result, we get a plastic rear section (which in real life, they're fiberglass anyway).

And the Jeep is among the shorter MBX or HW I have and it still looks odd.

To fit onto the dolly with it retracted into the truck requires the model to not have been made by Hot Wheels. Some of the really old Matchbox should fit, since those from the '50s are tiny. This is a slightly bigger than 1/87 (closer to 1/76-ish) Camaro by Marx; and was their answer to HW at the time HW was new.

Airbus Helicopters H-130 "MBX Children's Hospital MBCare" (MEDEVAC). I'd hoped that when the casting debuted modeled after a helicopter in Jurassic World, it would see police and MEDEVAC use. For its second issue, that's what we got. Mattel somehow ironed out the problems in using the Star of Life; and now it's back on a few emergency vehicles, especially 2020-2021.

Here it is with a considerably bigger Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service BK-117 that used to be on the helipad of the MBX Hospital playset I use as a diorama. They had a roughly $60 AW-149 that was extremely high detail, but given I paid $40 for this (including SK-VA shipping)'; I decided to opt for the cheaper BK-117. These, at the time, weren't very easy to get. While STARS has an online gift shop, they didn't ca. 2015. A buddy of mine on another forum is a veteran Toronto EMS paramedic, and a very prominent model ambulance collector. He knew the guy at STARS who had commissioned these, and got me in touch with him. It actually came from the Saskatoon base. Interestingly enough, STAR-1 is stationed at Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary; and had a quite important part in the TV series Heartland in Season 7. All AW-139 and BK-117 are in the process of being replaced with EC-145s.

Photo from Wikipedia.

[WillyCamaro]

Repaint of 40 Ford
Hotwheels 1940 Ford Coupe cr2001 Mattel Thailand.jpg


It will likely get a wheel change soon.

Now that's what I'm talking about

Awesome repaint Dave, suits the coupe like a ham and cheese sandwich.

[Just Plain Dave]

What do you think of these wheels?

[Just Plain Dave]

Another from the box.
Phantom Corsair

[WillyCamaro]

What do you think of these wheels?
Hotwheels 1940 Ford Coupe (different wheels) cr2001 Mattel Thailand.jpg

Not my absolute favorite in the world, but certainly not the worst.
So in other words, pretty decent mate.

JIMHO mate,
Something like these would really set him off...

But like anything mate, It's to the taste of the beholder.

If you like 'em, then heck! You use 'em, because it's your car, you can put anything on it.


You have about a bajillion options in wheels out there; so my advice would be to grab a few different cars in your collection, and hold them up-to said subject, before you do anything. Then you should get a pretty good idea to what you should go with.
How about black 'n chrome turbines instead?

Really good looking roadster again mate, silver flake suits it well.

[WillyCamaro]

Nice pickups! I have both of the British Racing Green MBX Aston Martin DBR-1, but I didn't even know they had a silver one.

Found these myself at Dollar General Friday. I'd been looking for both of them for quite some time. About time, as both have been out around a year. I could swear the Scania came out in 2019! Both still remain really hard to find.

Scania Rally Truck.

KIMG4190_01_BURST1004190_COVER.JPG

It's a part of a series called "Track Stars" which is mostly tractor trailers. While rally trucks and support vehicles don't have the ability to tow, HW decided to add that function by way of a slide-out dolly. Doesn't work too well, and as a result, we get a plastic rear section (which in real life, they're fiberglass anyway).

KIMG4191.JPG

And the Jeep is among the shorter MBX or HW I have and it still looks odd.

KIMG4192.JPG


To fit onto the dolly with it retracted into the truck requires the model to not have been made by Hot Wheels. Some of the really old Matchbox should fit, since those from the '50s are tiny. This is a slightly bigger than 1/87 (closer to 1/76-ish) Camaro by Marx; and was their answer to HW at the time HW was new.

KIMG4193.JPG



Airbus Helicopters H-130 "MBX Children's Hospital MBCare" (MEDEVAC). I'd hoped that when the casting debuted modeled after a helicopter in Jurassic World, it would see police and MEDEVAC use. For its second issue, that's what we got. Mattel somehow ironed out the problems in using the Star of Life; and now it's back on a few emergency vehicles, especially 2020-2021.

KIMG4195(1).JPG


Here it is with a considerably bigger Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service BK-117 that used to be on the helipad of the MBX Hospital playset I use as a diorama. They had a roughly $60 AW-149 that was extremely high detail, but given I paid $40 for this (including SK-VA shipping)'; I decided to opt for the cheaper BK-117. These, at the time, weren't very easy to get. While STARS has an online gift shop, they didn't ca. 2015. A buddy of mine on another forum is a veteran Toronto EMS paramedic, and a very prominent model ambulance collector. He knew the guy at STARS who had commissioned these, and got me in touch with him. It actually came from the Saskatoon base. Interestingly enough, STAR-1 is stationed at Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary; and had a quite important part in the TV series Heartland in Season 7. All AW-139 and BK-117 are in the process of being replaced with EC-145s.

KIMG4196(1).JPG

Photo from Wikipedia.


STARSFMC.jpg

Hey Cody!
I do love me that truck 'n jeep combo....

Great pickups mate.

[Just Plain Dave]

Got some wheel choices at Dollar General.

Either car would get repainted at least.

[Just Plain Dave]

I have terrible luck painting stuff black.

This was the second time and it still isn't perfect.
1936 Cord from the box

[Just Plain Dave]

Also painted today

Hotwheels Screamin' Hauler

It was dull and scarred and the base color was gray

[Just Plain Dave]

I think these wheels do it.

[jmh58]

I think these wheels do it.
Hotwheels 1940 Ford Coupe (chromet wheels) cr2001 Mattel Thailand.jpg

Much better!!
John

[WillyCamaro]

I think these wheels do it.
Hotwheels 1940 Ford Coupe (chromet wheels) cr2001 Mattel Thailand.jpg

Much better!!
John

You said it John.
She's a looker now mate.

[Just Plain Dave]

Got a Matchbox 5 pack of Hybrids and Electric Vehicles.
Fixing to go visit Walmart in Cleveland.
So pics later.

[Just Plain Dave]

Okay 5 from WM

Crown Jewel Johnny Lightning 1970 Buick GS Stage 1 (1 of 2500 possibly 964) China

Crown Prince

Possible dupe

Something I left behind last time

Another dupe I think

[Just Plain Dave]

From two Dollar General Stores

Datsun 510 Wagon different Color

Mercedes Benz A-Class

Ford Transit Connect

Honda Civic SI

BMW M3

Dupe from a while back

[Just Plain Dave]

And the 5 from yesterday

BMW I3

BMW I8

Nissan Leaf

Toyota Prius

eStar Electric Van

[WillyCamaro]

And the 5 from yesterday

BMW I3
Matchbox 2015 BMW I3 (MB EV & Hybrid 5 pack) cr 2016 Mattel Thailand.jpg

BMW I8
Matchbox 2016 BMW I8 (MB EV & Hybrid 5 pack) cr 2017 Mattel Thailand.jpg

Nissan Leaf
Matchbox 2018 Nissan Leaf (MB EV & Hybrid 5 pack) cr 2018 Mattel Thailand.jpg

Toyota Prius
Matchbox 2009 Toyota Prius (MB EV & Hybrid 5 pack) cr 2015 Mattel Thailand.jpg

eStar Electric Van
Matchbox eStar Electric Van (MB EV & Hybrid 5 pack) cr 2020 Mattel Thailand.jpg

Huh mate,
I hadn't a clue that MBX was coming out with the beamers...
Both of 'em are must have for me.
Thanks for the elert mate.

[Just Plain Dave]

I have three cars from the box swimming in paint remover.
A Corvair, a Road Runner and a 64 Impala.
Pics in a day or three.

[cody6268]

I'd like to show off a few of my 1/32 scale tractors. This is my favorite farm toy scale, though like 1/16 I don't own many. It is incredibly popular with European toymakers, such as Britains (owned by ERTL since the 1990s, and we've got a few in the US lineup), Universal Hobbies, and Siku; with SIKU being my personal favorite.


SIKU Fendt 939 VARIO. Ca. 2013-2014 by my records, I purchased a supposed "Siku" tractor (a Fendt 313)that was fake (and I still have; although I've been tempted to throw it out a lot). I had contacted both SIKU and Fendt; as I kinda tend to go medieval when it comes to Chinese counterfeits. Seller eventually called me, mentioning he'd bought a bunch of them at auction and didn't know. Well, about this time also, Fendt said they were in the process of digging into, and cracking down on these "Sikr" fakes, and for the action I chose to take, would be sending me something in the mail. This was before Fendt had much of a presence in the USA. Well, a few weeks later, my folks came in from outside (I was starting college classes that summer) and informed me that UPS had just dropped off a package with AGCO branding on it; from Germany.

This was what was inside. At the time, it was the biggest tractor Fendt produced, and among the biggest SIKU had made. Weighs about two pounds, and is almost entirely diecast.

The hood opens, and there are front and rear implements lifts. That's typical with the Britains/SIKU implement systems--and all three have rear lifts, and just the D9005 lacks a front lift/implement coupler (it has a front hitch, however). I own a few pieces of SIKU farm equipment, but most of it's packed up, save for one trailer I've had for years and a baler I just got.

Removable cab that reveals an incredibly detailed operator's station.

I try to save all boxes (blister cards always get thrown in the trash--you can't reuse them; but if they have a data card/spec sheet on them, I always cut that out); and receipts. I did. Box was kept, as was original packaging slip and documentation (various internal printouts, customs forms). And believe it or not, the shipping box still exists. I have farm toys I had to take off the shelves in order to house this monster in that.

Looking at the paperwork, the tractor was sent April 30, 2014. I think I ended up getting it late May, early June of that year.

Deutz D9005 Produced in the late '60s for just one year, the SIKU model was produced in the mid-2000s. Got it deeply discounted from the time that the last of US stock was being liquidated through various retailers. It's made in Germany. I think most of the others (save the implements, which are all German) were produced in China. I think SIKU, at the time, viewed the "Farmer Classic" series as a bit of a premium line.

Fendt Farmer 411. It was produced between 2001 and 2004. It's new to my collection. Just came in on Monday last week. Not bad, but a step below the Deutz and Fendt 939. I think this was late German production, not Chinese.

[cody6268]

ERTL

Narrow Front Sound Gard; 1970s production; USA made. This belonged to a friend of my Dad's who retired and left the area; and gave my Dad a lot of his stuff. It was one of his kids' toys. I found a scale-wise matching wagon (also old USA ERTL) that is Case red, but scale-wise perfect some time back, but seem to have misplaced it. This thing got played with a lot when I was growing up. One of my favorite tractors.

Overtime R. Came from the same guy, except this was a personal collection model. Was produced only in 1990. Radiator marked "1990 Special Edition". The Overtime R was licensed European production of the John Deere Waterloo Boy.

John Deere 3140

My grandparents were smart. They didn't let me take off the wire that held the cab on until well into my teenage years. That way, it didn't get lost, and the model stayed complete.

This was a dual Britains/ERTL model, but featured the ERTL hitch. I guess the removable cab was trying to keep up with SIKU.

John Deere 6410. I was 4 or 5 when I got this as a Christmas gift from my great-Grandmother.

JCB Loadall 550-80. This I've only had about a week. Got it from Ollie's. As with all modern ERTL, it's not that good of quality or construction. Loads of plastic. The arm, implements, most of the body--all plastic. Came with pallet forks, a bale fork, and a bucket. One of the pallet forks broke taking it off to swap to the bale spear. SIKU has a couple of telehandlers, which I'm sure are better. Is this worth the $40 MSRP--heck no. $25 (what I paid), not really. $15-20.

[Dan In MI]

I'd like to show off a few of my 1/32 scale tractors.

I enjoy the farm toys...letting the ones I collected in the '90s slip away is something I now regret.

John Deere 6410. I was 4 or 5 when I got this as a Christmas gift from my great-Grandmother.

None of my childhood toys were treated that well.

I got a Bruder John Deere Gator today. Made of plastic, but Bruder does plastic better than any company producing their wares in China. A couple more Gators should arrive by week's end.

[cody6268]

I'd like to show off a few of my 1/32 scale tractors.

I enjoy the farm toys...letting the ones I collected in the '90s slip away is something I now regret.

John Deere 6410. I was 4 or 5 when I got this as a Christmas gift from my great-Grandmother.

None of my childhood toys were treated that well.

I got a Bruder John Deere Gator today. Made of plastic, but Bruder does plastic better than any company producing their wares in China. A couple more Gators should arrive by week's end.

The 1/32s and 1/16s mostly stayed on shelves. It's the 1/64 that have the play wear.

And really affordable as well. I paid $15 post-Christmas sale for the one I have; $30 MSRP. Somewhere around here, I do have a CAT Telehandler by Bruder. While entirely plastic, Bruder uses a tough plastic. While I had to purchase them separately, it can be outfitted with a bucket (came with the telehandler), forks, bale forks, or a winch. And they swap out easily. Bruder also sells the bits that can come off individually. It has dials that control the (four-wheel!) steering, the extension of the boom, the raising/lowering of the boom, and the raising/lowering of the bucket; and not to forget, an opening cab door. All at less of a price than the ERTL; which is half size.

[Just Plain Dave]

Hotwheels Vairy 8 Corvair

Hotwheels 70 Roadrunner

The Corvair is unable to roll because the screw and washer needed to keep it together sticks down below the front wheels.
Something is needed.

The Roadrunner needs something done in the wheel department.