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I know, I know, tried to tell her that, but doubt if the message got through.
She got an "old" Jag the other day too (translation - beat up). She thinks she's going to paint it since most of the paint has flaked off. She's good friends with an antique dealer and knows better, but no one knows better than she does.
Ah, family. :shades:
If the old model is really beat up, it is probably virtually worthless and no harm done in restoring/customizing it. Condition is key for old diecast, even a few chips can knock a lot off the value.
There are a number of impediments to collecting in the 1/18 Scale but it seems to be very popular. The choices and quality of replicas available have improved tremendously since the days when Bburago and Polistoy were the dominant makers.
I've got a sizeable collection of a couple of dozen sports, racing and classic cars in 1/18 scale and yes my wife does complain about me turning the house into a small scale parking garage.
My latest acquisition is this dandy 1948 Land Rover S1>
This miniature represents a very early LR and has some features that are odd even by Land Rover Standards including three abreast seating in the front.
You can read more about it
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
- cute and tiny thing, scale must be around 1:75. The old Matchbox Land Rovers also have three-abreast seating detail.
I like some 1:18 cars - there are some lovely fintail and W126 models out there now. They just take up a lot of room, and can be pricey.
When I was a kid, I loved the Bburago models - but I actually played with them.
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I had fun with 'em, I had a Sunbeam Alpine, an MG Midget,a Rolls Silver Cloud a Lagonda and several others including some cool military trucks (including a Land Rover S1) and armoured cars. My love of Euro cars probably began with those Dinkys.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
The Bburago and others I played with are worth little today, even 25-30 years later. I could resurrect my childhood, but I guess I don't have the desire yet.
I definitely got some of my Euro car interest from toy cars, especially Matchbox and Majorette.
Mint! Don't make me laugh, those cars had a tougher life than James Bond's cars
and they never saw a box after the first day.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Remember! Toys are meant to be played with lest we become the geek in Toy Story II !
There were a couple of others making W116 castings, Matchbox and Tomica come to mind, I had/have them both.
Majorette was a cool maker back in the 80s, sold widely in the US but with a very Euro-centric model lineup.
What's dissapointing is that lately Toys R Us stopped carrying 1:18 scale cars, even from Maisto, and started bringin in some really cheap looking chinese cars/figurines that I would not even glance at at the dollar store.
Here's my son about a year ago with some of the cars I gave him. The coolest thing is he's such a car guy and he's only 3.5 years old but can name pretty much all car makes and many models out on the street:
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Cute pic - having a car nut dad has to help, you can teach him and enable a collection. I know my dad's like of old cars helped get me going. I can't remember when I could start naming cars, but it came around fairly young I am sure.
When you go on your upcoming vacation, look in department stores - I bet they will have something. You'd love some of the toy stores in Germany, some I have visited have practically an entire floor for toy cars.
He's such a Mercedes fan. Our good friend had an 03 SL500 which my son loved, but then he got rid of it and got an 06 CLS which my son also loves.
I'm excited about our vacation because he'll get to learn some non North American makes like Renault, Citroen, Peugeot, and stuff that we don't see here generally. Even he recognizes some of these makes too from car magazines that we read together.
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When I was a little kid, I remember I liked MGs, VW (Rabbit based) pickups, and Porsches most, and I liked antique cars.
The logos for those French cars will be easy for him. He'll be able to discern Citroen styling, no doubt.
Speaking of Majorette Cadillac limos, I still have mine from my childhood, which of course my son plays with:
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My earliest cool car memory is riding in a white 911 with a whale tail - I remember it had sheepskin seat covers (early 80s), I was enthralled. Also, family who lived across the street had a white RX-7, I loved that thing and would tag along with them just to ride in it - if I was lucky, their son and I could get a ride to school (kindergarten!) in it.
My favorite memory as a child was back in Poland when a family friend came to show us a Fiat 131 Supermirafiori.
In the 80s in Poland where all you had was communist Ladas, Trabants, and Polish Fiats, this car blew me away. Sunroof, power windows, cool styling for that time, and he took us for a spin, promptly getting the speed up to about 180km/h which I remember vividly. It was a cool experience!
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Your story reminds me of something I watched on TV when the wall fell - someone in Hungary or Czech had somehow acquired an 80s Celica, which was apparently a real exotic, and he was driving it to Austria or Germany.
I remember there was a Fiat 131 wagon in town when I was maybe 11 years old - it was even badged "automatic", probably not a good thing.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
Corgi was prolific later than Dinky, I had several new Corgi toy cars when I was a kid in the 80s. My favorite was the 190E with a sliding sunroof:
Looks like a 1962 model by the details.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Here's the neat Corgi W201 I had these were an odd scale, something like 1:36
I like this model, as it is a good match for my car:
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
Speaking of Corgi from earlier, I got this Corgi W114/115 in a junk lot several years ago. It's from the 70s, another odd ~1:36 size:
Speaking of 70s and W114/115, this Siku model (smaller - ~1:60) is excellent, orange red with orange-yellow windows, so 70s:
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
It was also made in a lighter blue.
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2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
Even looks like most of them on the road now. :P
And yeah, the hood up is a normal position for those. Toy dates from the 70s.
And I did assume you or another poster here would know the real scoop.
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2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
It is about 2 inches black in color made of some kind of very hard plastic.
It is made in USSR I estimate from 1940s to 1950s. The car is called ZiM (ЗиМ in russian).
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAZ-12_ZIM
I searches on the web using all kinds of key words but could not find this or similar model.
So I am looking for input on how rare this model and on the potential value.
I took a few photos, but I could not figure out how to attach them to the post. Is there any way?
Thank you!