End of Year Poll 2015

[brainstrust]

My RW contender, the simple but beautiful Cresta

[GHOSTHUNTER]

I have to confess to being a past Vauxhall collector and the Cresta by Lesney is a work of Art, a good example of the skill used by the model maker and the tool maker to bring this gem to production, simply gorgeous, quite a nice colour combination you have chosen as well...

GHOSTHUNTER.

[Sir_Matchbox_96]

Hi! I had a very good year.
Here is my entry, my Jaguar couple: RW D-Type with red plastic hubs and SF Draguar Prepro in metallic lime!



Greetings,
Linus

[ogedei2]

prepro SF Firebird in white

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Thanks to the ginger one this Lonestar Impy Mercedes in red, never seen one before

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[yellowfoden]

The blue doors on the M9 Cooper Jarrett are often seen on the first two trailer types with the tongue and slot fixing front and rear. This one has blue doors but paired with the first rivet fixing at front of base plate. I believe this one is the first variation in the E box.
The doors fitted after this were painted the trailer/base plate colour i.e. silver or grey.

[Malibu]

Hi,
this is my best find of 2015.
Nothing Special but very nice for me.
Stephan

(c) Malibu

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[hydra427]

My nomination for RW is the 75B Ferrari Berlinetta in its glorious red color. I have been after one of these for almost 3 years now and finally found one in the condition I was looking for. I have seen so many of these with the hood scoop chipped. As far as post RW I would have to nominate #33 Lamborghini in bronze with the red interior.

[Taniwha]

Hoping I'm not too late, given it is early afternoon on Saturday here in the Antipodes...

RW - has to be this nice 50a, dark tan with SPW and type B3 box:



SF - was a close run thing - I found a nice JPS 5e Europa, but this Merryweather with wide wheels and black base is the winner as I'd never seen one before:



Other manufacturer - not bought much non-Lesney, but I like this Polistil Fiat 128 made in Italy - don't see this stuff very often at all in this part of the World:



Cheers,
Gavin

[Idris]

Hoping I'm not too late, given it is early afternoon on Saturday here in the Antipodes...

Not a problem. (I've only just got up!)

[Idris]

Nominations are now closed. This listings are: -

Lesney pre-SF (i.e. pre-1970 incl. pre-Matchbox)
- 2c Muir Hill Dumper with Muir Hill decal (part of a cache of 20) (Mokosex)
- 9c Merryweather Marquis fire engine with GPW and crimped axles (Brad Pittiful)
- 10c Foden Sugar Container Truck with double wheel size error (Fixer)
- 15a in yellow (tractorboy)
- 22b Vauxhall Cresta in grey and pink (brainstrust)
- 24c Rolls Royce Silver Shadow with mis-struck base rivet (Ecclesley)
- 27b Bedford Low Loader with dark green cab (mbox2000)
- 32b E-type Jaguar colour trial in silver-grey (with provenance) (Idris)
- 33a Ford Zodiac with matching D-box (Ergomatic)
- 38b Vauxhall Victor Estate Car with Green Interior and 10 x 36 GPW (Kerbside)
- 41c Jaguar D-type with red wheel hubs (Sir_Matchbox_96)
- 44b Rolls Royce Phantom V with small BPW (Ghosthunter)
- 46a Morris Minor in blue with GPW (Moyboy)
- 50a Commer Pick-up in dark tan with SPW and B3 box (Taniwha)
- 56b Fiat 1500 (Malibu)
- 73b Mercury Commuter with '1968 Mercury' text on baseplate (Motorman)
- 75b in red (ydra247)
- M9a Cooper-Jarrett, blue doors, but paired with the first rivet fixing at front of base plate (yellowfoden)
- Y5-3 Peugeot preproduction (YYS4BOB)

Lesney post-RW (i.e. post-1969)
- SF4 Pontiac Firebird pre-production in white (ogedei2)
- SF8 Ford Mustang in red (mbox2000)
- SF22 Freeman Intercity Commuter, first issue without labels in correct box (Idris)
- SF24 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow with narrow wheels (Ecclesley)
- SF24 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow with 'trim-Strip' and the low rear-arch (Ghosthunter)
- SF32 Leyland Petrol Tanker, grey base and with the corner cut 'BP' labels from the SF13 Dodge Wrecker (Motorman)
- SF33 Lamborghini in bronze with the red interior. (hydra247)
- SF35 Merryweather Fire engine with wide wheels and black base (Taniwha)
- SF36 Draguar pre-production in metallic lime ((Sir_Matchbox_96)
- SF46 Mercedes Benz 300SE in gold with opening doors and boot (but iffy rivets) (Fixer)
- SF59 Ford Galaxie Fire Chief with "Lyons Tea" label on boot lid (Ergomatic)

Non-Lesney pre-1970 (i.e. no low-friction wheels)
- Condon bus in red (Idris)
- Dinky 28 series, type 1, Kodak van (Starni999)
- Lone Star Impy Merceders in red (ogedei2)
- Lone Star Mk. 10 Jaguar in metallic blue (Fixer)
- Lone Star dropside artic with the first-style tractor unit (Ewan)
- Mercury Bentley S2 with the very rare all chrome base plate and radiator (Ecclesley)

Non-Lesney post-1969 (i.e. no models subsequently converted to low-friction wheels)
- Lone Star Vauxhall Firenza (export version) (Fixer)
- Lone-Star No. 22 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III DHC in deep metallic Blue (Ghosthunter)
- Polistel Fiat 128 in red (Taniwha)
- Siku Ford Mustang in red (mbox2000)


• Voting is based on the criterion “The model I would most like to add to my collection”.
• Voting will take place from now until 23:59 on 31st December.
• One vote/member/category.
• Voting will be on an honesty basis and will entail members copying the most recent version of this list and adding one to the score of one of the models in one or more categories.