What diecast did you get today?

[swede70]

Greetings,

Not that I'm a wild fan of old 1:24th Burago diecast models, but I do have a thing for BMW CS coupes, plus a weakness for cool period box art.  Spied at an area hobby show, I gingerly inquired about the two models seen in their original packaging, expecting to be quoted maybe $30-$50 each given the boxes rarely live.  Instead the price quoted was $5 each, hence the funny box art and neat contents followed me home.  Thanks...

Mike K./Swede70

 

[stinkybritches]

Got this from Walmart. Pickings were slim. None of the cars mentioned above were at my local store.

M2 1970 Boss 302.

 

 

[Gramps46]

8 hours ago, swede70 said:

Greetings,

Not that I'm a wild fan of old 1:24th Burago diecast models, but I do have a thing for BMW CS coupes, plus a weakness for cool period box art.  Spied at an area hobby show, I gingerly inquired about the two models seen in their original packaging, expecting to be quoted maybe $30-$50 each given the boxes rarely live.  Instead the price quoted was $5 each, hence the funny box art and neat contents followed me home.  Thanks...

Mike K./Swede70

 

Great find indeed.  Thanks for sharing.

[Snake45]

41 minutes ago, stinkybritches said:

Got this from Walmart. Pickings were slim. None of the cars mentioned above were at my local store.

M2 1970 Boss 302.

 

 

Is that Grabber Green? They only had blue ones at mine. 

[Snake45]

On 7/12/2019 at 1:42 PM, Geno said:

Picked this one up at the local Wally World last night. These are pretty decent models for the price and the color rocks.

 

My new one seems to be a slightly different shade of green--kinda like Testor Candy green. And it doesn't seem to match any factory color, but I like it anyway. 

Was researching my Snake-Fu work last night. Can't find much to do except color the rear side markers red, paint the backup lights white, and sand the tire treads. 

[stinkybritches]

2 hours ago, Snake45 said:

Is that Grabber Green? They only had blue ones at mine. 

The one I bought is blue. The picture above is the only one I could find online. 

[randyc]

10 hours ago, swede70 said:

Greetings,

Not that I'm a wild fan of old 1:24th Burago diecast models, but I do have a thing for BMW CS coupes, plus a weakness for cool period box art.  Spied at an area hobby show, I gingerly inquired about the two models seen in their original packaging, expecting to be quoted maybe $30-$50 each given the boxes rarely live.  Instead the price quoted was $5 each, hence the funny box art and neat contents followed me home.  Thanks...

 

Mike K./Swede70

 

3.0 coupes are beautiful for sure.  I had a friend who collected them and 2002s at one point.   He had a BUNCH of coupes and several 2002s, totalling 27 cars at one point.   I helped him keep them going and clean when I was a young buck looking for a buck.    tom had serial number 00019 at one point - green car with saddle interior.  Brought over from italy.   He had about every variation made at some point.  I got to drive a lot of them.  Only one I remember he wouldn't let me drive was the silver 2002 Turbo brought over from europe.  That was also the only one that lived inside.  Others rotated around to garages and under covers or sheds.   Have no idea where they all went.  

Nice score on the diecasts.  Roof line looks tallish, but what the hey.   Not a lot of those around.

[FredRPG]

Just added another vehicle to an obscure corner of my collection, the Russian vans.

 

[Matt Bacon]

I don't buy many diecasts, but sometimes the only way to get a favorite car in the collection is to go the ready made route rather than wait for a kit... The Mclaren 675LT would be in my garage like a shot if I had the money, but I don't, so here's £20-worth of Welly/NEX 1/24 goodness that will have to do for now!

It's pretty well detailed, fits nicely, and certainly looks like the real thing to me. Now I see the photos, I see I need to give it a good clean to remove the packaging dust and maybe put a detail wash in a few panel lines...

best,

M.

[Gramps46]

Thanks for the pictures of the McLaren Matt.  I had not seen it up close and it looks very nicely done, very aggressive design.     

[Snake45]

2 hours ago, Matt Bacon said:

I don't buy many diecasts, but sometimes the only way to get a favorite car in the collection is to go the ready made route rather than wait for a kit... The Mclaren 675LT would be in my garage like a shot if I had the money, but I don't, so here's £20-worth of Welly/NEX 1/24 goodness that will have to do for now!

It's pretty well detailed, fits nicely, and certainly looks like the real thing to me. Now I see the photos, I see I need to give it a good clean to remove the packaging dust and maybe put a detail wash in a few panel lines...

best,

M.

Sweet! The first one of these I see at Rite Aid is MINE! 

[swede70]

Thanks Randy C. for your reply (while I'm trying to economize bandwidth for not hitting 'reply' and copying content mind you)...

The old Burago BMW's reflect a longstanding interest I have in BMW E9 and E10 'Neu Klasse' automobiles, better known to all as early CS's and the beloved '02 range.  I had a '74 2002 and loved it dearly, while a CS coupe was always an aspirational thing.  Seen is a small stack of BMW models, mostly picked up second hand for discovering misidentified online auctions that permitted me to obtain them for somewhat less than list.  Thanks...

Mike K./Swede70

Edited November 19, 2019 by swede70

[Sam I Am]

3 hours ago, swede70 said:

Thanks Randy C. for your reply (while I'm trying to economize bandwidth for not hitting 'reply' and copying content mind you)...

The old Burago BMW's reflect a longstanding interest I have in BMW E9 and E10 'Neu Klasse' automobiles, better known to all as early CS's and the beloved '02 range.  I had a '74 2002 and loved it dearly, while a CS coupe was always an aspirational thing.  Seen is a small stack of BMW models, mostly picked up second hand for discovering misidentified online auctions that permitted me to obtain them for somewhat less than list.  Thanks...

Mike K./Swede70

Love the old BMW die casts.  My son and I have a 1973 Bavaria for a project.

[swede70]

Excellent.  The closest I came to experiencing a CS was to test drive a car that was listed for sale locally some years back.  It was a '73 Bavaria in Ceylon Gold with a 4-speed, lost in you will in the back lot of a new car dealership.  I remember driving in traffic and being side-by-side with other people driving contemporary iterations of the marque and wondering why on earth didn't they take notice of this rare car!  Oh, if only I owned a Zeppelin hanger to buy and safeguard all of the on-edge and too frequently unloved old BMW's I've seen.  How can one fall out of love with such, although frequently restoration costs exceed value, effectively undercutting the prospect of doing as much as we'd wish.   

It's nice to read that a Bavaria will be saved, while note that the Fjord Blue model seen in the stacks is a sealed resin 1:18 Best of Show (BoS) release and about the only thing going if one much have such.  They've released a '68 2500 sedan in this hue as well as Ceylon Gold, while in time we'll likely get visually indistinguishable 2800's in different colors.  I got this example as something bouncing around Hong Kong likely as an early sample for a bit less than $100 w/$24.95 shipping, although they go for more now.

Everything is just so nicely detailed on the older BMW's; i.e. remove this or that and one has a piece of mechanical artwork ready to inspect.  I remember jewel-like four-piston front calipers, a carefully laid out wiring harness underhood, plastic caps on the back of machine screws also found underhood lest one catch a wrist on such, etc.  A festival of mechanical noises too with whirling this, humming that.  Fun too to make out all the suppliers involved given their identities weren't strictly played down looking across the car; i.e. Bosch, VDO, Hirsh, Blaupunkt, BOGE, etc.  Even the owner's manual was an experience in itself; i.e. the assumption was that you'd service it as-new and effectively own it forevermore.  It was just wonderful.

The half-hearted effort to federalize my '02 was charming in itself.  Front indicators not visible from the straight on?  No problem - we'll bulge out the indicators and add internal reflectors mounted just-so.  The controls and gauges bore the original German abbreviations for their functions, while consistent with most foreign cars of the period, to operate one was to literally absorb the values and sensibilities of not only the exterior trappings of the make in terms of styling, but to literally live the accretion of judgments and decisions that culminated in automobile one was operating given they couldn't be hidden.  Gosh - it was anything but a thrice-boiled world car rendered anonymous for purposes of marketing it anywhere.  I miss it dearly, and hope I might acquire another given it was really so nice.  Thanks...

Mike K./Swede70

Edited November 19, 2019 by swede70

[randyc]

11 hours ago, Sam I Am said:

Love the old BMW die casts.  My son and I have a 1973 Bavaria for a project.

I almost bought a Bavaria back in 86.  It was a good ruinner, looked good.  but was a llittle high.   Bought an Audi Fox instead.   Soured me on Audis forever.  Good luck with the project.  Beautiful cars.

[Tom Geiger]

I too like the older BMWs, but wouldn't own one today.  The cost of maintenance and repair is astronomical,  a friend of mine recently paid around $5000 to have his starter replaced at the dealer.  

[randyc]

2 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said:

I too like the older BMWs, but wouldn't own one today.  The cost of maintenance and repair is astronomical,  a friend of mine recently paid around $5000 to have his starter replaced at the dealer.  

You can't go to a dealer...  I had a 2003 BMW K1200LT motorcycle.   Dealer maintenance is terribly high.   You have to be mechanically minded to own an older and leanr to do the stuff yourself.  I've heard syncing the carbs is a very touchy thing - most modern mechanics would have no idea.  

the dealer mechanic on my bike - oil changes are around $150 and up if you just bring them the bike.   When I bought ine, it was due for it's 6000 mile service.  Dealer guy (old school) said for me to take off all the plastic body work, either in the lot or before I rode down.   Then the oil change and computer check was only like $50.   At 12K, he said change the oil myself and be done with it.  To not worry about the rest of the stuff.  And it all worked.  A bunch of LT geeks would get together at someone's garage and divvy up the projects and work on every bike there.   And the geeks know way more about the bikes than the dealer guys.  I would assume same for the cars.

I would imagine parts availability would be the biggest issue of owning an older car.  but kinda like any older car.

[swede70]

Thanks for the kind input...

Oh goodness - I too have Audi Fox tales to tell, but rather in the iteration of the later Brazilian-made VW Fox which came from the same '72-'73 Audi 80 gene pool.   Such a fragile front suspension with service items having to be replaced with mind bending regularity; i.e. strut bearings, brake pads, CV joints, etc.  Heavy steering, although it shifted nicely given the atypical north to south engine and transaxle installation.  I had two, while the styling (such as it was) suggested a self-propelled collapsible trailer that might go forwards or backwards at a moment's notice much like an armored car.  Wildlife stood no chance against that profile either; i.e. anything unfortunate enough to be in my path would soon be rendered dead.  I guess I was intent on having almost no vehicular fun for a period of years given I put 200K on each in succession.  Oh - and did I mention the time resident skateboarders caved in the hood of my first example given it appeared to be a fetching hard-edged raised platform to slide across?  True story this...

And just on a related point, along with typing in 'Audi 80' as a diecast search term (excepting maybe a 1:43rd dealer promo from Schuco - perhaps?), I've found that some semi-promotional pieces can be turned up for chasing down items from VW do Brasil.  Even just typing in 'VW diecast Brazil' will unearth some fun oddities otherwise lost within the ocean of eBay listings harboring such, while as can be seen, I now have my VW Fox shrine to worship at.  This and repeated viewing of the film 'Blame it on Rio' which is aswim with Brazilian-made VW's is the secret of my enviably even temperament.  Thanks...

Mike K./Swede70

Edited November 19, 2019 by swede70
...a compulsion as always.

[Sam I Am]

Sounds like we would get along just fine. I too have owned a number of VWs over the years, both air cooled and water cooled. The Bavaria is on the back burner due to money/time constraints (if you have one, you don't have the other), and that my son is getting married Feb 1st so his interests are focused elsewhere at the moment.  lol

 

[randyc]

1 hour ago, swede70 said:

Thanks for the kind input...

Oh goodness - I too have Audi Fox tales to tell, but rather in the iteration of the later Brazilian-made VW Fox which came from the same '72-'73 Audi 80 gene pool.   Such a fragile front suspension with service items having to be replaced with mind bending regularity; i.e. strut bearings, brake pads, CV joints, etc.  Heavy steering, although it shifted nicely given the atypical north to south engine and transaxle installation.  I had two, while the styling (such as it was) suggested a self-propelled collapsible trailer that might go forwards or backwards at a moment's notice much like an armored car.  Wildlife stood no chance against that profile either; i.e. anything unfortunate enough to be in my path would soon be rendered dead.  I guess I was intent on having almost no vehicular fun for a period of years given I put 200K on each in succession.  Oh - and did I mention the time resident skateboarders caved in the hood of my first example given it appeared to be a fetching hard-edged raised platform to slide across?  True story this...

And just on a related point, along with typing in 'Audi 80' as a diecast search term (excepting maybe a 1:43rd dealer promo from Schuco - perhaps?), I've found that some semi-promotional pieces can be turned up for chasing down items from VW do Brasil.  Even just typing in 'VW diecast Brazil' will unearth some fun oddities otherwise lost within the ocean of eBay listings harboring such, while as can be seen, I now have my VW Fox shrine to worship at.  This and repeated viewing of the film 'Blame it on Rio' which is aswim with Brazilian-made VW's is the secret of my enviably even temperament.  Thanks...

 

Mike K./Swede70

My FOX was quite fun WHEN IT WAS RUNNING.  Which was best described as "randomly".   I did kill a Nissan with it and the Fox escaped with nary a wimper.   I had a parts car and we tried to use the hood as a sled.   Not really workable.  CV joionts were easily replaceable if you had the breaker bar to get that big nut off - I still have the socket.  And a torque wrench that went to 210 ft lbs.  Everyone has one of those right?  I had an automatic, which means I had to buy a second  transmission. 

[NYLIBUD]

I work part time at a local flea market, and there are literally 100s of diecast Nascars,haulers,hot rods, and drag racing cars for sale.I’ve bought a bunch, and so now I have no more room in my house.???.

[FredRPG]

Jada so of course it's a little oversized, but it has a blinky light to make up for it.

 

[Snake45]

On 10/26/2019 at 11:49 AM, Snake45 said:

'69 Dodge Charger Daytona in orange (#71). This one looked good and not oversized; it might even be 1/25. I got it and hope to lay some Snake-Fu on it very soon. Doesn't look like it will take much so it goes to the top of the list. 

Before and after Snake-Fu. It turns out to be darn close to 1/25. Full report when I have more time. 

[Sam I Am]

4 hours ago, FredRPG said:

Jada so of course it's a little oversized, but it has a blinky light to make up for it.

 

K.I.T.T. !!

Awesome! 

[Tom Geiger]

Yea!  Some folks know I had a 1:1 1965 Barracuda for many years.  I couldn't pass up buying this in Walmart yesterday!

I was really stoked to discover this in the store. It brings back the days when I could go to a hobby shop and see kits I didn't know exist.  But we're much too informed these days to do that anymore!