What diecast did you get today?

[kilrathy10]

That IS a good looking engine in that Vette.... Looks pretty cool... I love the fuel filler cap... That's a really nice touch...

[Flat32]

Got a Danbury 1925 Model T touring car. Looks like it was never removed from the box. Like to get a couple more, but rarely for sale. This is the only one I've seen.

[randyc]

4 hours ago, Flat32 said:

Got a Danbury 1925 Model T touring car. Looks like it was never removed from the box. Like to get a couple more, but rarely for sale. This is the only one I've seen.

Photos?  Would love to have a look.  Congrats on finding one.

[Gramps46]

Recently received this Franklin Mint 1993 ZR1 Corvette.  It was offered to me as part of an estate close out of a Corvette model collector.

The headlamps swivel open,

The tinted top is removable and can be stowed in the carpeted rear compartment.

The 4 cam 32 valve engine is nicely detailed.

And the undercarriage is well detailed.

[slusher]

Very very sharp and clean!

[randyc]

Nice Vette

 

[Gramps46]

And here is the last of the recent Corvette additions.  It is a 1982 Corvette C3 T Top from Franklin Mint.  While nicely done it doesn't  have the same level of detail as the ZR1 posted above.  The headlamps do not open but the tinted T Tops are removeable.  These two do fill in some gaps in the C3 and C4 range of Corvettes in my collection.

[slusher]

Still a great looking diecast!

[cobraman]

Like the 82 Vette.   I had a real one years ago but it was yellow but I was looking for red when I found the low mile yellow.

[junkyardjeff]

This arrived today.

[Sam I Am]

28 minutes ago, junkyardjeff said:

This arrived today.

Sweet! 

[Gramps46]

Oh that is a real beauty.  Tell us more please.

[randyc]

Both nice new additions, guys.   THe 32 Caddy was one of my first - bought it in a bundle of dirty cars.  Cleans up nicely.

[slusher]

Great looking Cadillac!

[Ace-Garageguy]

I'm not much into diecasts in general, but occasionally I'll spring for a damaged rebuildable of a subject that's not available in styrene, and that I have a particular fondness for.

I'd been after a bullet-nose Stude for some time, and the Flintstone resin kit was disappointing.

I haven't seen any of these damaged in years, so when this nice-but-undocumented 1/24 Danbury Mint '51 came up a while back, in the color we had when I was a kid, I jumped on it.

It's the most I've paid for a diecast to date, but as I saw much of the USA and Canada looking backwards out that rear wraparound window, I figured why not.

[Gramps46]

I have looked at this Studebaker a number of times and have been tempted.  Thanks for sharing this one with us.

[junkyardjeff]

That 32 Caddy I got must be the common one made,seen a sedan and a 2 door convertible that the sellers were wanting way more money. Both of them had a starting or BIN price over 200 but I got mine for less then 25.

[randyc]

2 hours ago, junkyardjeff said:

That 32 Caddy I got must be the common one made,seen a sedan and a 2 door convertible that the sellers were wanting way more money. Both of them had a starting or BIN price over 200 but I got mine for less then 25.

It is the common release.  Doesn't make it a bad car- they are beautiful, but they are probably one of the least expensive cars. 

[randyc]

I got my Danbury Mint 63 Vette today.  Just like Gramps', but frightfully dirty.  I think I'm going to write it up as it's own clean up and improve post.  It has enough grunge to warrant an article.  And fix that missing white stripe on tire the easy way.  

[junkyardjeff]

10 hours ago, randyc said:

It is the common release.  Doesn't make it a bad car- they are beautiful, but they are probably one of the least expensive cars. 

There is one like mine in another color that they think is worth more.

[randyc]

15 hours ago, junkyardjeff said:

There is one like mine in another color that they think is worth more.

Yep.  Anytime they made a second color, it usually was a little more"special" or limited.  You can find the color variations in the listings at diecast.org.  Franklin mint also did the same car in 2-tone blue.  I have that one I in a friend's collection I'm selling for his widow.  Each one is very nice. 

[THarrison351]

On 5/2/2020 at 4:04 PM, randyc said:

I got my Danbury Mint 63 Vette today.  Just like Gramps', but frightfully dirty.  I think I'm going to write it up as it's own clean up and improve post.  It has enough grunge to warrant an article.  And fix that missing white stripe on tire the easy way.  

Look's like a good project. I'm wondering what you will use to replace the WW ring. 

[stinkybritches]

My wife bought this yesterday at Walgreens. She said it was on clearance for $5. This is not my photo but it is the car.

 

[randyc]

6 minutes ago, stinkybritches said:

My wife bought this yesterday at Walgreens. She said it was on clearance for $5. This is not my photo but it is the car.

 

427 willl certainley shred those wires...  Might be easier to represent a 289 Cobra.   I think that's the real story as well.  But a  nice looking replica at any rate.

[stinkybritches]

16 minutes ago, randyc said:

427 willl certainley shred those wires...  Might be easier to represent a 289 Cobra.   I think that's the real story as well.  But a  nice looking replica at any rate.

Yeah, I felt like it looked more like a 289 than a 427. My wife said there were more on the shelf, so I am thinking of going and getting another one and adding it to the projects I will probably never get to.