Chitty, Chitty and the fine mechanics

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Chitty, Chitty and the fine mechanics

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My first and greatest love were and are Matchbox models and especially Regular Wheels, but my second great love are Corgi models (I am polygamist :lol: ). I've always been fascinated by the fine mechanics by Corgi models, that added models some various properties such as eg. automatic flip-out wings. When I saw this model on the picture for the first time, I was about 9-10 years, I could not imagine it and did not believe it could exists and really works. Now I am older :cry: and it exists and it works :o
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Wow Antonin, never saw that coming, welcome to the wonderful World of Corgi toys. I would love to see some more of them and give you full permission to do so here... :D

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Thanks Ghosty for your kind permission :lol: Here are photos of some of my Corgi models. Corgi models is really Wonderful World.
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Again, WOW! that's not just some Corgi's, that's a museum!!

I can see many of my favourites among those superb models, thank's Antonin.

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I really love it, Ghosty, but unfortunatelly I had not so much time to select and find the variations as by Regular wheels. I think that the variations by Corgi models are not so detailed described as by Matchbox models and there is a lot of work for us.
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Re: Chitty, Chitty and the fine mechanics

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Hi Antonin. I find it just as much fun searching out the variations on Corgi (and Dinky) as I do on Matchbox and in some cases I am sure there are just as many to find.

Good luck with your continued collecting of the Corgi and Matchbox models.

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Re: Chitty, Chitty and the fine mechanics

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Hi,
thats really a nice collection and well presented.

I have a Chitty as a beater but with working mechanic.
If somebody is interested please send me a PM.

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Re: Chitty, Chitty and the fine mechanics

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:o What an amazing Corgi collection, Antonin! I would love to see larger pics, beginning with the film cars in the bottom row, please. :D

Until now I could always smile a little at those crazy Matchbox collectors ;) searching for the tiniest variations - but I fear once you show your different Corgis I will find myself looking for different ejector rings. :?
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I took a Chitty apart to do a resto on it (never got one and still in bits somewhere) - it really is a clever mechanism to make it all work and great designing.
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Re: Chitty, Chitty and the fine mechanics

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cOO7rgi wrote::o
Until now I could always smile a little at those crazy Matchbox collectors ;) searching for the tiniest variations - but I fear once you show your different Corgis I will find myself looking for different ejector rings. :?
Thanks Ghosty, Stephan, c007rgi. In advance I would like to warn you. This virus (search for new variations) is highly virulent and contagious, it's much worse than Ebola. Please look at the poor RW-collectors, infected with this virus. There is no rescue for them, no antibiotics, no vaccinations, no radiation .... they are lost for ever. They will run and hobble with a magnifying glass and look for new variations to the end of their life . I warned you .... :D :mrgreen: :twisted:
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