What diecast did you get today?

[THarrison351]

Not so much today, just the last couple of weeks. Danbury Mint 1968 el Camino. Bargain off of eBay that had epoxy glue all over. Only missing the trim on the tailgate and the little red tool box. Also, now have Hailie Deegan's first truck from 2020. Now I'm just waiting for her Craftsman truck.

[Snake45]

That DM '68 Elky is nice. I lucked into one for $20 or $25 at the local toy show a few years ago (no box or papers). It was an early and still proud member of my Black Diecast Chevies sub-collection (which is now up to something like 15 or 16 cars, last time I counted. 

[Gramps46]

The el Camino is really sweet.

[Gramps46]

The mail cometh!  A Danbury Mint 1949 Jaguar XK 120 and a BBurago Ferrari Roma.  The Jag is an early DM release and was made in Korea.  The 2020 Roma is a recent BBurago release with different packaging and a plastic pry tool to get the doors, trunk lid, and hood open.

Edited March 6, 2022 by Gramps46

[THarrison351]

Nice!

[keyser]

Useless Jag trivia- chrome indicators on fenders feature of early alloy cars. Steel cars even SE (aka M) had the faired in trafficators. DM did great job on that. Nice hits Gary. 

[1959scudetto]

From the Italian 1/24 Hachette F1 collection: the winner of the very first F1 GP with the 1950 World Champion at the wheel: Nino Farina's Alfa Romeo Alfetta tipo 158 from the British GP at Silverstone, May 1950:

Edited March 10, 2022 by 1959scudetto

[Ace-Garageguy]

On 3/6/2022 at 8:23 AM, Gramps46 said:

The mail cometh!  A Danbury Mint 1949 Jaguar XK 120...

Looks great. Now I need one.  

[Ace-Garageguy]

Got a cheap, damaged, and horribly proportioned 1949 Plymouth business coupe.

              

The representation of the car isn't even Palmer quality, but it's a place to start to do a master for this:

[keyser]

Bill, hate to tell ya but ugly in proportion still is ugly. Woof. 
Haven’t seen that car in a long time. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

12 hours ago, keyser said:

Bill, hate to tell ya but ugly in proportion still is ugly. Woof. 

Granted it's not a particularly beautiful car, but I always kinda liked the business coupe...and the Ramchargers version was a major, groundbreaking influence in drag racing.

[Gramps46]

19 hours ago, 1959scudetto said:

From the Italian 1/24 Hachette F1 collection: the winner of the very first F1 GP with the 1950 World Champion at the wheel: Nino Farina's Alfa Romeo Alfetta tipo 158 from the British GP at Silverstone, May 1950:

Super nice Alfa 158.  Thanks for sharing.

 

[1959scudetto]

4 hours ago, Gramps46 said:

Super nice Alfa 158.  Thanks for sharing.

 

Thanks, Gary - the main issue of this model is the wheels - spoke wheels aside, the tires look too fat for 1950, although they have a nice tread. But the tire lettering is definitely NOT period correct - way too large!

[Gramps46]

I agree with you on the tire lettering but should be an easy fix.  Without an overhead shot it is hard to tell on the tire width.  Assuming IXO made the model it is unusual for them to make those mistakes isn't it?

[keyser]

Fernando Pinto has sets that work. 
Ping him, I’ve gotten extras for other projects from him.
Useless tire trivia F1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One_tyres  

Era when drivers were fat, and tires were skinny. ??

Edited March 11, 2022 by keyser
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[vamach1]

Apologies if someone already posted this model.  Picked up this HM 65 A/FX Mustang at Walmart yesterday.  Very nice for the price.

[Snake45]

Very cool! I already have three M2 Mustangs but if my Walmart has that one, I'll get it, too. Thanks for posting it! 

[Gramps46]

I saw one at Walmart last week, but the markings were for Big O Tires, I think.  If it had been like your HM I would have gotten it.

[Gramps46]

I have been looking for an affordable Danbury Mint 1966 Mustang hardtop for a while and I just got one in the mail.  While the price was right that was because the hood has a lot of rash on it. 

 

[keyser]

Vintage burgundy ftw. Nice hit Gary

[slusher]

Looks great Gary!

[slusher]

13 hours ago, vamach1 said:

Apologies if someone already posted this model.  Picked up this HM 65 A/FX Mustang at Walmart yesterday.  Very nice for the price.

Sweet Mustang!

[Snake45]

On 3/21/2022 at 12:09 PM, Snake45 said:

Very cool! I already have three M2 Mustangs but if my Walmart has that one, I'll get it, too. Thanks for posting it! 

No joy on this Mustang at my Walmart. It is so very sad. 

[Gramps46]

On 3/21/2022 at 11:25 AM, vamach1 said:

Apologies if someone already posted this model.  Picked up this HM 65 A/FX Mustang at Walmart yesterday.  Very nice for the price.

 

Based upon Rex's find at Walmart I ordered one online and it just arrived.  Not pleased with the black wheels so a bit of metallic grey looks better to me.  Did some search and found a picture of the Wickersham A/FX and bingo a pretty good match.  Now if we just had the decals.  I also blacked out the grille bar.  Not sure the mufflers and tailpipes are correct but that will be our little secret.  Might detail the engine a bit too.  Not bad for an hour of snake-fu.

 

[Snake45]

Gramps, very, VERY cool! 

This was some kind of special limited edition (50th anniversary, maybe?) M2 '65 Mustang. I removed all the tampo and other fru-fru and ended up with a clean street bomb. It's probably more Pro Street than early A/FX, but I like it anyway.