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22 hours ago, Mike999 said:

A 007 diorama?  I've always wanted to build a diorama of the 007 Aston-Martin under construction at "Q" branch: .303 machine guns on the workbench for the fenders; trunk open with the  oil/smoke tank being installed, etc. Maybe even a figure of Mr. Q himself...

Aoshima did a special "Goldfinger" edition of its 1/24 Aston-Martin DB-5.  It comes with figures of Bond and Oddjob, plus the famous attaché case and AR-7 rifle. The figures are in a separate box inside the kit box, with a black base. They are pretty nicely done. (Bad) pix below.

The kit also has all the 007 doodads: bulletproof shield for the trunk, extending tire-slashers, revolving license plates, etc. It is a curbside kit with no engine. 

Back in 1992, Dave Worrall wrote a great book about the 007 Aston, "The Most Famous Car in the World."  Along with lots of fascinating trivia, it included rare studio photos of the Aston being modified for its role in "Goldfinger."   I was lucky enough to make some work trips to Japan in the 1990s and found a copy of that book in a Tokyo hobby shop, along with the very rare 34-page paperback supplement for it.  It's Unobtainium these days and should be re-printed.

 

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That is awesome..!   Id also like to make the 74 Hornet he took from the dealership to chase the bad guys in The Man with the Golden Gun...got to find one to do that with too...LOL..

Posted
19 minutes ago, cobraman said:

At the risk of boring you fellows I received another Cobra from a eBay purchase for my collection . 

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 What a surprise another cobra.

cant help but notice the rollbar is behind the passenger side. Is it right hand drive?

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Almost got everything from the orders that Tina made for me, the only thing left coming now are my Micro-Magnets.......they, apparently. are be delivered by Carrier Pigeon via Japan. Did manage to get these in though, and the seam/mold line scraping tool at the bottom left, is OUTSTANDING!!.....HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

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This arrived today. It’s a clearly scale hellcat motor for a 68 Dodge Charger that I’m going to biuld as a replica of the Roadkill General Mayhem. 

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Got some Smooth-On resin from a dealer over in Countryside today; thanks to Michael for all the advice - he really knows his product. I'm casting up the 1/24 scale T-bird wire wheels from the original Monogram '40 Ford pickup kit; they'll go on my Hubley '60 and '61 Ford wagons - also doing the wire wheels from the Car Craft Dream Rod for some future customs. 

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I am pretty "Stoked"......just scored these!!

   When the last time you seen both together....& factory sealed??

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Posted
3 hours ago, Khils said:

I am pretty "Stoked"......just scored these!!

   When the last time you seen both together....& factory sealed??

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Very cool. And very rare, even brand new. I hope you open them up, give us a review and a chance to see them. 

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Brandydammnew, still in the shrink wrap from 1966. First thing I did was open it and have a look. The non-butchered parts and instructions will serve as a restoration reference for a gluebomb mess I got cheap some time back.

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Posted
2 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Brandydammnew, still in the shrink wrap from 1966. First thing I did was open it and have a look. The non-butchered parts and instructions will serve as a restoration reference for a gluebomb mess I got cheap some time back.

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52 years old and still what a find Bill...

Posted
On 2/13/2018 at 7:32 PM, cobraman said:

At the risk of boring you fellows I received another Cobra from a eBay purchase for my collection . 

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Right hand drive? 

Posted
2 minutes ago, slusher said:

52 years old and still what a find Bill...

:D I was really surprised the price wasn't much more than it would probably list for if it was a current repop too.

Decided to open it, in part because the seller made a point of saying "not responsible for contents of sealed kits". 

You never know. I recently bought an original sealed MPC Honda 750 street bike (which has been reissued fairly recently), and the hollow vinyl tires were so shrunk as to be unusable.

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The Revell Honda racer has the solid rubber tires...no shrink, no burn from where they've been in contact with other parts.

I'm happy, and the rebuilt gluebomb is slated to go on a trailer behind this...

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Posted
On 2/13/2018 at 7:32 PM, cobraman said:

At the risk of boring you fellows I received another Cobra from a eBay purchase for my collection . 

Neat little model. What scale? is it pewter?

Posted
24 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Pretty sure he's the guy I got a pair of 1/24 resin Merlins from some time back.

Yes Bill, he has Merlins. Firerods in Holland. Ma has Merlins too but he seems to have vanished.

Posted (edited)
7 hours ago, Khils said:

I am pretty "Stoked"......just scored these!!

   When the last time you seen both together....& factory sealed??

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Awesome score is that the price on the box if so someone did not know what they had......LOL

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