Junkman
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Oooh, I like that.
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Ask Hot Wheels.
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None of my hard earned cash so far.
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What I would like on mine are the PO2 wheels. And behold ye goode olde Polyglase.
Yes, I know. It has the abhorrent split bumper we all hate so much.
Will I get them in the kit? Unlikely.
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I would really like to go to a pub with the man who designed it. I find it bloody brilliant.
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Now I can laugh about it, too. But it was no laughing matter when I searched for a set for my '56 Imperial back in the day.
There was no Wheel Vintiques add to cart button back then. Heck, there wasn't even an internet. There were flights to the USA that cost the equivalent of taxing a 5.8 litre car for a year and some confused faces at the Pan Am counter when I tried to check them in at O'Hare. I bet they were convinced I'm some Yerpeen village idiot. Well, I resemble that description, now that I think about it. -
They are among the very few cars my father, a railway enthusiast, whatever that is, also really likes.
I had one when I was a lad and the world was a saner place. I succumbed to rising monetary value like a bloody speculator, though.
My father shook his wise head. Why is one so dumb when one is young?
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Green wheels you say. I shall ponder this.
Black interiors are grim.
I ripped the black vinyl interior out of my R16, drove to France and got me this:
And now look:
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I really should photograph this in daylight. The paint is amazing!
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Hey, thanks!
Please show us your Whiteboxes.
In the meantime, I continue with #51, a Renault 12 Gordini.
#52, a Chrysler 180.
#53 was this Citroen 2CV van.
#54, a Peugeot 403.
#55, Renault Floride.
#56, Citroen CX.
#57, a Peugeot 305 I skipped, but #58, a Simca Versailles, is here.
#59 was this Renault 5.
#60 was this very, very early Citroen DS 19.
All the pieces to build such an early example are included in the Ebbro kit, but not mentioned on the instruction sheet.
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I'm not sure whether I have the heart to sell them. But looking at what they command, phew!
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I was toying with the idea of changing the interior colour.
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Yeah, but it needs interior work.
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You made a black interior white?
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Guys, close your eyes for a moment.
And now imagine what the box art for that Porker would have looked like.
Do you also see the "Wild Drag Version" on the box sides, with lots of Iron Crosses and a turbo Corvair?
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A quid is one Pound Sterling, which will probably be something like USD 0.02 from 1st November onward.
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Once I keeled over, they'll all be three quid a toss, you'll see.
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Not having these is impossible if you grew up where I grew up. Let me explain.
I grew up in Munich and throughout the Seventies the Bayerischer Rundfunk reran the series repeatedly in the early afternoons. Contrary to the usual habit of dubbing everything in German, the series was broadcasted in original language with subtitles. Our English teacher urged us to watch it when we come home from school. I'd say there is nobody of my generation in the State of Bavaria who doesn't know the Munsters, the cars, George Barris, and a few words in English.
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I got the black edition. Didn't like the whitewalls, so I turned the tyres around.
Plans for the future include painting the wheels black.
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Amazing work. I'm looking forward to how you make the flares.
I really like how the sport was a lot less padded in those days.
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The stuff some of you guys come up with...
Posting my Diecasts - Why am I doing it?
in Diecast Corner
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No, it's not because I'm such a show off. Well, it's a nice side effect, but let's presume I'm not.
It's because I want those glue model makers realise that I put my money where my mouth is for the past decade or four.
Do your maths and you'll realise that I spent the down payment on a house on my collection, of which you haven't seen a fraction yet.
I'm convinced that a lot of you folks did the same.
So why don't you join me, make this section explode and set a signal?