slusher Posted May 4, 2021 Posted May 4, 2021 On 5/1/2021 at 3:07 PM, HomerS said: 1/18 Maisto Lamboghini Urus and Hot Wheels Cadillac XLR 15 hours ago, HomerS said: From the Dayton Toy show yesterday........ 1/18 Aston Martins Sweet diecast!
Gramps46 Posted May 5, 2021 Author Posted May 5, 2021 I have been looking for this Leo Models 1/24 Alfa Giulietta Spider for what seems like a long time and finally got one from Italy today. For size comparison I show it with its big brother the Leo Models 2600 Spider.
Geno Posted May 6, 2021 Posted May 6, 2021 Sweet Mustang Steve, i also have this one but in red, I got it a HL as a kit. I detailed the interior and engine bay before assembly. They are nice models, especially for the price.?
Rodent Posted May 7, 2021 Posted May 7, 2021 On 5/6/2021 at 8:04 AM, Geno said: Sweet Mustang Steve, i also have this one but in red, I got it a HL as a kit. I detailed the interior and engine bay before assembly. They are nice models, especially for the price.? I have seen the black kits at HL. For some reason, I like the Competition Orange more and for $9.99 I couldn't pass it up. I will blow it apart one of these days and add some detail to it, especially the exhaust system. The tips need to be drilled out or replaced with tubing.
Snake45 Posted May 7, 2021 Posted May 7, 2021 On 5/5/2021 at 2:15 PM, Gramps46 said: I have been looking for this Leo Models 1/24 Alfa Giulietta Spider for what seems like a long time and finally got one from Italy today. For size comparison I show it with its big brother the Leo Models 2600 Spider. VERY nice! Have you seen the Welly 1960 AR Spider? It's available with top either up or down--the one I got at Rite-Aid last year has the up-top. I THOUGHT I'd posted about it here but I just ran several searches and can't find it. Anyway, it's not quite as nice as these of course but it's a typical "pretty nice" Welly--WELL worth the $10 buy-in.
Gramps46 Posted May 7, 2021 Author Posted May 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Snake45 said: VERY nice! Have you seen the Welly 1960 AR Spider? It's available with top either up or down--the one I got at Rite-Aid last year has the up-top. I THOUGHT I'd posted about it here but I just ran several searches and can't find it. Anyway, it's not quite as nice as these of course but it's a typical "pretty nice" Welly--WELL worth the $10 buy-in. Snake I do have the Welly red Alfa spider too. I got mine at Rite Aid before they disappeared in our area.
slusher Posted May 22, 2021 Posted May 22, 2021 On 5/5/2021 at 1:15 PM, Gramps46 said: I have been looking for this Leo Models 1/24 Alfa Giulietta Spider for what seems like a long time and finally got one from Italy today. For size comparison I show it with its big brother the Leo Models 2600 Spider. Beautiful cars.!
Snake45 Posted May 28, 2021 Posted May 28, 2021 Didn't get it, but saw it at Walmart this week: New (to me, anyway) M2 '69 Z/28, RS, yellow with black stripes, black interior, Rally wheels, CI hood. Looked nice but I built the Revell kit almost exactly that way almost 30 years ago, and I already have an orange M2 Z/28.
Snake45 Posted June 1, 2021 Posted June 1, 2021 Stopped by my hometown (former) Rite-Aid today, first time I've been there since they went Walgreen's. (I've heard that SOME Walgreen's still carry the Wellys.) The beloved Welly/Beanie Baby display was gone. In the toy aisle, they had two boxed Maistos, a black Viper GTS and a 4-door pickup of some kind. Price on them was decent at $9.99, though. Left empty-handed. It is so very sad.
Gramps46 Posted June 1, 2021 Author Posted June 1, 2021 I have had the same experience at Walgreens in the toy isle. Have not bothered to stop there in several months.
HomerS Posted June 6, 2021 Posted June 6, 2021 (edited) Local die cast garage sale...... 1/24 Alfa Alfetta (Bburago) Edited June 6, 2021 by HomerS
Gramps46 Posted June 6, 2021 Author Posted June 6, 2021 This is great. A barn find condition Alfa. I don't think I have seen the Alfetta before and need to go looking for one. You can see it has the standard Bburago wheels so you know it was made in Italy before the move to China. Really appreciate your sharing this one with us.
Gramps46 Posted June 6, 2021 Author Posted June 6, 2021 14 minutes ago, Gramps46 said: This is great. A barn find condition Alfa. I don't think I have seen the Alfetta before and need to go looking for one. You can see it has the standard Bburago wheels so you know it was made in Italy before the move to China. Really appreciate your sharing this one with us. 14 minutes ago, Gramps46 said: Just found a Rally Corsica version for $30 on the bay. Missing a taillight but should be easy to cast a replacement. Surprised at the prices being asked for the street versions.
vamach1 Posted June 7, 2021 Posted June 7, 2021 On 12/6/2020 at 10:10 PM, THarrison351 said: I picked up the Hauler last month. I've been looking for the car to go with it ever since. eBay sellers were asking too much for the NASCAR Authentics. I just happened to run across someone selling these three cars together for $14.95 and they arrived Thursday. I didn't really want the Body Armor cars, but it seemed to be a fair price, plus I get cars I can display and put back in the package. Ever since I first heard about Hailie Deegan I've been sort of following her and hoping she'd be successful. It seems like every time a woman comes to motorsports, the media builds them up and they never meet the expectations. Anyways, when I saw they were releasing her ARCA car in the NASCAR Authentics, I started scouting for it. I'm guessing everyone is too, because this is the first one I've seen and we have seven Wally Worlds, and three Targets within about 30 minutes of where I live and when I've been hunting, zip, zilch, nada until Friday, and there was only one on the three pegs that were crammed full of all of the rest of the 2020 Wave 06. I think this year has the most 1/64 scale diecasts I've collected since the nineties! I did not find a diecast but I found her.
slusher Posted June 8, 2021 Posted June 8, 2021 4 hours ago, vamach1 said: I did not find a diecast but I found her. Great picture!
Russell C Posted June 8, 2021 Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) Cheap purchase off ebay, very old but not at all rare simple 'futuristic' car with what looks like early '50s Cadillac taillight fins on the back. What I see in it, however, is a car headed in the other direction, as in custom slab sided / chopped & forward raked top late '30s Ford. I'll have to grind back decent sized chunks of those pointy pontoon fenders, mostly. It scales out to roughly the same size as those cartoonish M2 street machine diecasts, so that's where I can source its wheels and maybe one or two other bits. Should be a fun little project when I get to it. Edited June 8, 2021 by Russell C 1
vamach1 Posted June 8, 2021 Posted June 8, 2021 18 hours ago, slusher said: Great picture! Thanks. I am 15 years older than her father. I feel old. ?. She is a fan of older Fords though. I should have asked her for some driving tips.
Gramps46 Posted June 11, 2021 Author Posted June 11, 2021 I got these two yesterday and thanks to HomerS posting of his Alfa Alfetta above I was able to latch onto this Corsa Rally version by BBurago. It is an older BBurago release from when they were still in Italy and is missing a taillight but I should be able to use the other one to cast the missing one. The Corvette is a 1999 Franklin Mint and needs a little cleaning but other wise looks pretty good. It helps fill in the C5 years in my Corvette collection.
Gramps46 Posted July 1, 2021 Author Posted July 1, 2021 I had never paid much attention to a Jaguar XK 180 before but came across this Welly version and it looked interesting. Just wish it was in Ecurie Ecosse blue like one on the box.
Snake45 Posted July 1, 2021 Posted July 1, 2021 That's a beauty! If I ever run across one of those in any color, it's mine!
keyser Posted July 1, 2021 Posted July 1, 2021 Cool. I haven’t seen an XK180 in ages! First issue was metallic BRG. Maisto does nice stuff. Need to reissue their McLaren F1. First issue was silver or dark met. grey. I did not get this today. 1/24. They did 1/18 XK180 and F1 too.
slusher Posted July 2, 2021 Posted July 2, 2021 11 hours ago, Gramps46 said: I had never paid much attention to a Jaguar XK 180 before but came across this Welly version and it looked interesting. Just wish it was in Ecurie Ecosse blue like one on the box. Very sharp sir…
caapa Posted July 3, 2021 Posted July 3, 2021 I got it yesterday from post: Lamborghini Sian FKP 37, scale 1:24 made in China by Che Zhi The model is a toycar with pullback drive, light front and rear and motor sound with grinding brakes at the end . But for a toycar the details are very fine and rich. Even the tyres are fitted with correct direction of rotation. I can say negativ only that the breakediscs with caliper are rotating with the wheels together. And the mirrors are painted silver only.
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