Gramps46 Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 Totally cool and at that price pretty amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 2/27/2023 at 2:05 PM, Gramps46 said: I decided I wanted an all white Bronco but after wasting my time and gas searching area Wally Worlds I bit the bullet and ordered from Amazon. Next day here we go. I think it makes a pretty neat tow vehicle. Sharp Bronco.. 8 hours ago, Rocketman455 said: I got these today at Menards. Only $2.99 ea. I am a fan of 1/64 die cast collecting, great price on those.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopar2 Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Here is my 70 Hemi Challenger...I can only wish she was real...She is part of the Wix filters Combo kit.Where you get the 70 Challenger and 09 Challenger?(1:16)together.I bought the 1:24 Hemi Challenger. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 That's a sweet-looking model! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 (edited) Slightly rough 1/24 Leo Models 1967 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 "Stradale", pretty cheap. Little car needs some careful polishing on a couple of the windows, minor cleanup, otherwise looks great. It appears to be identical to the much more expensive Hachette version currently available new. I think the Alfa 33 Stradale is one of the most perfectly proportioned, most beautiful exotics ever, right up there with the Miura, so I'm happy. Edited March 10, 2023 by Ace-Garageguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewetwo Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Nice fine Bill. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 28 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said: Slightly rough 1/24 Leo Models 1967 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 "Stradale", pretty cheap. Little car needs some careful polishing on one of the windows, otherwise looks great. It appears to be identical to the much more expensive Hachette version currently available. I think the Alfa 33 is one of the most perfectly proportioned, most beautiful exotics ever, right up there with the Miura, so I'm happy. Great find, Bill - this is from the Leo Models/Hachette "Alfa Romeo Centenary Collection" (2010) - the later reissue has golden wheels, but is the same otherwise - it was reissued in 2014 in the Italian "Auto vintage de Luxe" Collection with a sturdy Plexi cover - sold as newsstand models in Italy, both made by Ixo: 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 Welcome to the we cherish the Alfa Stradale club. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 I picked up this 52 Chevy COE at Taget. I have a 49 1:1 Chevy pickup thats about the same color. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 I like both of them very much. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 On 3/14/2023 at 8:53 AM, Gramps46 said: I like both of them very much. Thanks for sharing. You bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Picked this up yesterday at the HL in Columbia Tennessee while we were visiting our son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 This morning my Walmart had the Jada '67 El Camino for $15. Was sorely tempted to buy another one, but I think I'll wait for another version with a shiny paint job--hopefully, metallic blue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede70 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Greetings... Strictly speaking not full-on diecast, but in-league with 'our' usual tales of happenstance discovery and thus shared here. Hesitating for a moment, the recent turn towards Alfa Romeo-themed topics proved the decisive influence here, and hence I was powerless not to post... A quick review of FB Marketplace revealed a built kit posted for sale locally, while for a half-mile drive and $20, a built and apparently wholly intact 1:8th scale Pocher 1931 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza was picked up. I haven't noticed anything missing, while these days people part intact kits on eBay and whatever might be revealed as absent could likely be gathered up independently without too much fuss. No clue where to put it, whereas some part of me suspects that it's grown overnight! Thanks... Mike K./Swede70 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Molchany Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 What a deal and looks to be well-built! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted April 14, 2023 Author Share Posted April 14, 2023 Since Cappa alerted me to Mondo Motors diecast I searched eBay and found this on offer for only $4. Mondo Motors 1/24 Alfa Sports Wagon 159 Carabinieri Now that was too good to pass up and I ordered it. It arrived today. Umm the Post Office must have run it through an X Ray machine or something that reduced its size. Now I know not to trust vendors who sell mostly jewelry and don't understand scales. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 From ebay Italy 2 Lancias from the 70's: 1/25 Mebetoys Lancia Beta Coupé (silver, first series 1973 - 75) and 1/25 Polistil Lancia (Beta) Montecarlo (green, first series 1975 - 78) - mostly complete, the Beta is missing its Giro d'Italia bicycle race equipment, but will be turned into a rally version, the Montecarlo is missing its wipers: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted April 15, 2023 Author Share Posted April 15, 2023 Neat finds. I have a silver Montecarlo but the Beta Coupe is a new one on me. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 (edited) Inherited from my BIL as well as a bunch of other things . Edited April 21, 2023 by cobraman SPELLING ERROR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 Nice collection you have inherited Ray. Thank you for sharing. Are they all the same scale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Thanks. Mostly same scale except the banks of coarse. He had them on his train layout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/22/2023 at 6:36 PM, cobraman said: Thanks. Mostly same scale except the banks of coarse. He had them on his train layout. Nice Diecasts, Ray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede70 Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 (edited) Greetings, A local hobby store came into deal with regards to a large range of 1:43rd diecast models tied into just about every James Bond film ever done. Sold for $13.99 each, I grabbed three, with one being a 1973 Chevrolet sedan that can pass for an unmarked police cruiser. Boxed under different labels with a more mainstream spec. police iteration as well as a taxi cab featuring, it seems the James Bond/Live and Let Die version is slightly less common. My came through with mismatched wheels likely drawn from the taxi cab release and looked strange, although some work overnight for use of Tamiya Titanium Gold further coated with a dusting of Tamiya Translucent Orange followed with an final shot of Tamiya Pearlescent Clear yielded me stamped steel rims to match the body hue. The paper diorama background just fell out of the display case provided, I reversed the model on it's base so that it would look more or less normal, although the atypical scale human being still sits behind the wheel of this particular model. I don't know - it just seems that I'm being watched... Closing things out, not Minichamps quality, but not under threat of being tossed in the trash. The hubcaps were masked for applying tiny balls of Silly Putty and pressing the same in place four times over. I thought I'd wreck it for experimentation, but in essence it looks good and happy in the company of other period police cars collected to date. Thanks... Mike K./Swede70 Edited April 27, 2023 by swede70 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 (edited) Friday afternoon I came across Motor-Max Aston Martin DB5 for € 12,99 (instead of € 22,99) - so I bought it against my initial intention. Only the green version had been available: Gramps46/Gary had shown us his 007 version last September here. The body proportions look good to me, but the model needs a lot of SNAKE-FU to reduce the toylike features: especially the interior (1-part interior tub with molded-in seats) leaves a lot to be desired - the dashboard is a seperate part. The grille and wheels will be toned down a bit, the headlights are not that great. The doors have those ugly doglegs (a letdown - we have been used to nicer solutions for that in the last several years). I've found pics of a nice DB5 in that very same color called "Goodwood Green" on the internet - with a little paint and detailing a nice model should be possible: Edited May 1, 2023 by 1959scudetto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted May 1, 2023 Author Share Posted May 1, 2023 Thanks for sharing a green DB5 as it sure looks good. Can't beat the price either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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