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fixer wrote:

GHOSTHUNTER wrote: what did I do...

Nothing

Reg would you kindly sit on Ghosty next time you see hin until he taps out. I think it's time to kick butt!!!

If we all make the NEC can you scare him by turning up in your skirt and flash the claymore at him

Your latest Flyers are very nice. The vivid green interior looks more suited to the Zodiac than it does the red Volvo! I like this range, but I don't have too many, as my money usually ends up being spent on Dinky-size models instead. I am lucky enough to have a quartet of Firenzas, which I found all together at a car boot sale back in the late 80s.

Hang on a minute, just take off my Rolls-Royce hat and put my Vauxhall one on...ah! that's better, now would you just look at those Firenza models from 'LONE-STAR' posted by Fred7A, fantastic, without question the best casting of the whole range, a perfect example of how to do it and how to do it correctly by working with the company that produce the real car.

Thank you Fred for showing these, the mere sight of them may take the pressure off me to get a particular Blue example into the grubby hands of a certain Mr "Fixer"...

Ghosty.

now I've recovered what a lovely set of firenzas
and as Ghosty says one of the best castings

a few bits from the local booty for £4 of the same seller anyone know who made the International truck ?
#46 mercedes has unspun rivets and marks where the riveting tool has missed the rear rivet
red interior escort is out of a cheap ebay job lot tatty but will do until a better one comes along

Hi Reg. The 'INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS OF THE WORLD' model is a 'MORESTONE' and clearly would have had a trailer. The Mercedes is unusual with those rivets like that, wonder how that got past quality control...!

GHOSTHUNTER.

Thanks Kev I guessed you would know not seen one before unfortunately the seller never had the trailer
The Mercedes is interesting and I'm only 15 miles from the old Rochford factory so maybe out of the reject bin, I know my auntie used to bring them home for me when I was about 9 or 10

Oh! if only we could go back to those Days and collect all manner of stuff being thrown out as rejects etc.

Ghosty.

Unspun rivits on an opening doors bodyshell, its the perfect candidate for a faker to add a RW base and then spin the rivits - I hope you will keep this away from such folks!