"Diecast Collecting"
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Keepers I most likely will not paint.
47 Chevy Fleetline Another Batmobile Fishd & Chipd Funny Car Cockney Cab II Unknown but Marvel
47 Chevy Fleetline Another Batmobile Fishd & Chipd Funny Car Cockney Cab II Unknown but Marvel
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Double Vision (Masters of the Universe)
And quite a number to be painted.
Got a number 28 Havoline car but the windshield was gone.
So it is in pieces
And quite a number to be painted.
Got a number 28 Havoline car but the windshield was gone.
So it is in pieces
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Dug this one out the other day to photograph before I pack it up and send it off to an old classmate who has been looking for a 57 Nomad model.He wanted a 1/25th scale to replicate the one his dad had bought new and gifted to him as a graduation present in 1961.This one I had painted flames on many years ago.
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Got another Falcon Ranchero to experiment with.
Also a Yellow 98 Prelude .
Also a yellow Volvo Wagon Factory Fresh.
And a MB Field Car.
The Ranchero has a Plastic base. Need some silver paint I reckon.
Also a Yellow 98 Prelude .
Also a yellow Volvo Wagon Factory Fresh.
And a MB Field Car.
The Ranchero has a Plastic base. Need some silver paint I reckon.
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Went to Walmart Livingston for this and that.
Jadatoys 1970 Boss 429 Mustang HW Jag HW McLaren Another McLaren Matchbox Aston Martin HW Character Car Black Widow
Jadatoys 1970 Boss 429 Mustang HW Jag HW McLaren Another McLaren Matchbox Aston Martin HW Character Car Black Widow
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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.
Under 5 at Walmart so I grabbed it.
Got a Mustang and an El Camino.
And maybe some donor wheels.
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Repaint of 40 Ford
It will likely get a wheel change soon.
It will likely get a wheel change soon.
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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.
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.
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Now that's what I'm talking aboutJust Plain Dave wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 12:41 am Repaint of 40 Ford
Hotwheels 1940 Ford Coupe cr2001 Mattel Thailand.jpg
It will likely get a wheel change soon.
Awesome repaint Dave, suits the coupe like a ham and cheese sandwich.
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Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matthew 6:34
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Not my absolute favorite in the world, but certainly not the worst.Just Plain Dave wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 5:01 pm What do you think of these wheels?
Hotwheels 1940 Ford Coupe (different wheels) cr2001 Mattel Thailand.jpg
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.
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Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matthew 6:34
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Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matthew 6:34
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Hey Cody!cody6268 wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 1:46 am 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
I do love me that truck 'n jeep combo....
Great pickups mate.
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Winston Churchill
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matthew 6:34
Winston Churchill
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matthew 6:34
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Got some wheel choices at Dollar General.
Either car would get repainted at least.Looking for the magic penny!
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I have terrible luck painting stuff black.
This was the second time and it still isn't perfect.
1936 Cord from the box
This was the second time and it still isn't perfect.
1936 Cord from the box
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Also painted today
Hotwheels Screamin' Hauler It was dull and scarred and the base color was gray
Hotwheels Screamin' Hauler It was dull and scarred and the base color was gray
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Much better!!Just Plain Dave wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 6:25 pm I think these wheels do it.
Hotwheels 1940 Ford Coupe (chromet wheels) cr2001 Mattel Thailand.jpg
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You said it John.jmh58 wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 6:55 pmMuch better!!Just Plain Dave wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 6:25 pm I think these wheels do it.
Hotwheels 1940 Ford Coupe (chromet wheels) cr2001 Mattel Thailand.jpg
John
She's a looker now mate.
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Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matthew 6:34
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Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matthew 6:34
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Got a Matchbox 5 pack of Hybrids and Electric Vehicles.
Fixing to go visit Walmart in Cleveland.
So pics later.
Fixing to go visit Walmart in Cleveland.
So pics later.
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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
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
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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
Datsun 510 Wagon different Color Mercedes Benz A-Class Ford Transit Connect Honda Civic SI BMW M3 Dupe from a while back
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And the 5 from yesterday
BMW I3 BMW I8 Nissan Leaf Toyota Prius eStar Electric Van
BMW I3 BMW I8 Nissan Leaf Toyota Prius eStar Electric Van
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Huh mate,Just Plain Dave wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 9:33 pm 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
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.
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Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matthew 6:34
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Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matthew 6:34
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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.
A Corvair, a Road Runner and a 64 Impala.
Pics in a day or three.
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