What diecast did you get today?

[Snake45]

Walmart had a couple new things today. Yet another M2 '65-'66 Mustang 2+2 variant, this one a stock '65 in Poppy Red with the styled steel wheels. If you've been looking for the now semi-rare old Monogram kit that hasn't been reissued in decades, this might work nicely for you. (I already have three M2 Mustangs so don't really need another one.)

Also, M2 '57 Chevy 210 hardtop in black with Marvel Mystery Oil graphics on it. Front mag wheels, open rears. A couple of us have already reviewed this fairly nice model. If I didn't already have a plain black one, I'd have grabbed it. 

[Gramps46]

Johnny Lightning 1967 GT500 in 1/24.

Off to the Argentine for the 1998 1000 Miglia.

[vamach1]

1 hour ago, Gramps46 said:

Johnny Lightning 1967 GT500 in 1/24.

Off to the Argentine for the 1998 1000 Miglia.

Have a good trip.  ?

[ewetwo]

On 10/24/2020 at 9:06 PM, slusher said:

Beautiful model Dave, no matter how simple.  Keep building!

Thank you Carl. ?

[slusher]

6 hours ago, Gramps46 said:

Johnny Lightning 1967 GT500 in 1/24.

Off to the Argentine for the 1998 1000 Miglia.

Sharp combo

[Gramps46]

8 hours ago, slusher said:

Sharp combo

The HP and torque should be adequate for towing but needed air shocks to lift the back end.

[randyc]

I have that Shelby - Pretty dang nice.  And your towing setup looks great!

[stinkybritches]

22 hours ago, Snake45 said:

Walmart had a couple new things today. Yet another M2 '65-'66 Mustang 2+2 variant, this one a stock '65 in Poppy Red with the styled steel wheels. If you've been looking for the now semi-rare old Monogram kit that hasn't been reissued in decades, this might work nicely for you. (I already have three M2 Mustangs so don't really need another one.)

 

Did the wheels/tires look too small to you? I was looking at one of those the other day, but it looked like it was on 12" wheels. I didn't have my glasses with me, so it very well may have been because of my poor eyesight. 

[Snake45]

Just now, stinkybritches said:

Did the wheels/tires look too small to you? I was looking at one of those the other day, but it looked like it was on 12" wheels. I didn't have my glasses with me, so it very well may have been because of my poor eyesight. 

On which one, the Mustang or the '57 Chevy? I noticed that the rear tires on the Chevy weren't as large as I'd have liked, but otherwise didn't notice anything unusual. 

[DonW]

21 hours ago, Gramps46 said:

Johnny Lightning 1967 GT500 in 1/24.

Off to the Argentine for the 1998 1000 Miglia.

Nice combo, but what has the Argentine got to do with the Mille Miglia?

Last time I looked, the original race series that ran to 1955 was in based in Italy, as were the subsequent commemorative runs. Brescia - Padua - Roma - Brescia. Please enlighten me!

[Gramps46]

19 minutes ago, DonW said:

Nice combo, but what has the Argentine got to do with the Mille Miglia?

Last time I looked, the original race series that ran to 1955 was in based in Italy, as were the subsequent commemorative runs. Brescia - Padua - Roma - Brescia. Please enlighten me!

Argentina holds what is called the 1000 Miglia for classic cars.  Before BBurago moved to China from Italy they released a series of 1/24 and 1/18 sports cars with markings from the Argentine 1000 Miglia.  One of them was labeled as the 1966 Cobra 427 as raced in 1998.  I had never gotten one of the BBurago Cobras because of the ugly wire wheels but this one was interesting because of the green color and the markings.

I have not found a picture of a real one but I did find that a Cobra was entered in the 1998 1000 Miglia and driven by Perez Gregorio and Perez Catalina.  Now not having a picture I don't know if they ran without a roll bar but with bumpers.

Anyway I replaced the wheels and tires with Fujimi GT40 ones but had to use rear tires both front and rear to get the sidewalls high enough and then narrow the front tires.   

See, I am not as daft as you thought.

 

 

[keyser]

Lol Gary. If YOU don’t have a picture, it may not exist. Fun cars. 

[stinkybritches]

6 hours ago, Snake45 said:

On which one, the Mustang or the '57 Chevy? I noticed that the rear tires on the Chevy weren't as large as I'd have liked, but otherwise didn't notice anything unusual. 

I only quoted the part of your post about the Mustang. Please don't take this as a smart ass response. It's not my intention. I couldn't come up with any combination of words that didn't sound like a smart ass. The written word is not a strong point for me. 

[DonW]

16 hours ago, Gramps46 said:

Argentina holds what is called the 1000 Miglia for classic cars.  Before BBurago moved to China from Italy they released a series of 1/24 and 1/18 sports cars with markings from the Argentine 1000 Miglia.  One of them was labeled as the 1966 Cobra 427 as raced in 1998.  I had never gotten one of the BBurago Cobras because of the ugly wire wheels but this one was interesting because of the green color and the markings.

I have not found a picture of a real one but I did find that a Cobra was entered in the 1998 1000 Miglia and driven by Perez Gregorio and Perez Catalina.  Now not having a picture I don't know if they ran without a roll bar but with bumpers.

Anyway I replaced the wheels and tires with Fujimi GT40 ones but had to use rear tires both front and rear to get the sidewalls high enough and then narrow the front tires.   

See, I am not as daft as you thought.

Thanks Gary

I didn't think you were daft! I simply had no idea that these events were held in Argentina, I only knew of the original Italian ones. After all the great Argentine Grand Prix drivers in the fifties such as Fangio were thought of as honorary Italians. and there is a great tradition of road races in the Argentine.

Cheers,

-Don.!

[Gramps46]

Thanks to Snake for mentioning above the M2 1965 Mustang 2+2 at Walmart so I stopped by and grabbed one.  It fills a void I had for a '65 2+2 in my Mustang collection.

A clerk was stocking the shelves and I asked about the diecasts.  He said before COVID19 they could order the items they wanted but now what they get from the warehouse is pretty random but is based upon inventory.  He also said that if the warehouse gets 200 cases of an item then they evenly distribution them to all the stores in the area they supply.

Sorry for the phone pictures.  Bad case of the shakes this morning.

 

[slusher]

2 hours ago, Gramps46 said:

Thanks to Snake for mentioning above the M2 1965 Mustang 2+2 at Walmart so I stopped by and grabbed one.  It fills a void I had for a '65 2+2 in my Mustang collection.

A clerk was stocking the shelves and I asked about the diecasts.  He said before COVID19 they could order the items they wanted but now what they get from the warehouse is pretty random but is based upon inventory.  He also said that if the warehouse gets 200 cases of an item then they evenly distribution them to all the stores in the area they supply.

Sorry for the phone pictures.  Bad case of the shakes this morning.

 

Nice Mustang, Gary,

[cobraman]

Wife saw this and picked it up for me 

[ewetwo]

You have a great wife Ray.

[cobraman]

Thanks !  I do. 36  years next month ! How she put up with me for that long I just don't know.

[Snake45]

Got the Welly Aston-Martin DB9 ($10 at Rite-Aid). 

[kilrathy10]

Got a 1/18 scale Mustang police car from Sam's, yesterday... Still unbelievable for $15....Another one of Maisto's fake police interceptors, but still pretty cool...

Then I got this old 1/24 scale Trans Am from Wally World, today.... More like 1/23 scale, but we all know about Jadas..Again for $15... Not as great a value, but I don't have one, so....

 

[slusher]

On 10/31/2020 at 7:27 PM, cobraman said:

Wife saw this and picked it up for me 

Sweet Cobra, Ray!

[slusher]

3 minutes ago, kilrathy10 said:

Got a 1/18 scale Mustang police car from Sam's, yesterday... Still unbelievable for $15....Another one of Maisto's fake police interceptors, but still pretty cool...

Then I got this old 1/24 scale Trans Am from Wally World, today.... More like 1/23 scale, but we all know about Jadas..Again for $15... Not as great a value, but I don't have one, so....

 

Very nice buys JT...

[randyc]

Looks like you guys found some interesting pieces.  I'm still waiting for USPS to deliver one stuck at a distribution center 60 miles away from me.   It's been there for over a week now.  Seller talked to someone and they said a machine is broken and to give it a few more days.   More likely it's under a pile of election flyers.  

[kilrathy10]

Found this one at Sam's, today!!! Couldn't believe it was there... I was there, yesterday, and didn't see it... But it ain't there no more... Mine!!! Man... $15!!!!

Edited November 3, 2020 by kilrathy10