Rob's Multiple Toymakers 100 Cars of the World

Woodsy,

Circa 1970, I ordered an item called "100 HO Scale Cars" from America's Hobby Center in New York City. For 99 cents plus shipping!

 Hoping they were discontinued EKO or VIKING automobiles, I was sorely disappointed when I received in the mail a bag filled with one-piece, brightly-colored plastic toy vehicles, labeled "100 Cars of the World", by Multiple Toymakers!

After I got over my initial disappointment, I learned to love these homely little toys, and painted them up to look as "realistic" as possible.

An eclectic mix of sports and utility vehicles, both contemporary and antique, the big downside to these models was the embossing of the vehicle name on the backside or trunk. I tried to file off the names on a couple of the vehicles, with disastrous results, so I left the rest intact.

Here are pix of some of the painted ones I managed to save. Crude, but useful for background settings. The photos of the original bagged item are from eBay.

Rob C

USA

At the Car Squash

 Over the past few years I've amassed tons of die-casts. It was great fun to do - they're just so plentiful and cheap at car boots -  and many I spent hours touching-up with Sharpies and paint pens in my fave armchair, a really relaxing activity I first discovered with a Batmobile.

Alas, my cabinet is bursting with die-casts now, squashed on top of each other and my Hot Wheels and good Superfast stuff are waiting in the wings for shelf space.

I've decided to thin out the herd and heeding my old collector friend Casinelli's advice to "keep your best Woodsy" I've boxed up only those models which I can live without. Quite a few as it turns out.

I'll be sorry to see them all go but I'm looking forward to displaying my other stuff.

I'm sure there'll be a few you recognise. They include mostly Corgi, some Dinky, the odd Majorette, two Yatming, some SIKU and one Lone Star. Oh and a Blue Box.  

Have you a lot of die casts? Have you had to thin out your collection?

Tuk Tuk Tuk

Hello Woodsy

Here is the Tuk Tuk or as called in India CNG AUTO RICKSHAW an all plastic model with Pull Back Action.

Also pictured is a CNG AMBASSADOR with Pull Back Action.

MAHINDRA classic SPORT Jeep

PALIO SPORT Saloon car

All four models are of Indian made vehicles by CENTY TOYS who made all these models in India.

Terranova47

NYC

Get Out A Dodge!

 I picked up this shift-weary Polistil Dodge ambulance last week. I tend not to buy die-casts now as I went overboard the last few years -I've hundreds! - but this still had its plastic stretcher and for a squid I had a punt.

Missing a red siren, two small lamps, side lights and some orange trim, along with a few scratches, I set to and had a go at fixing it up.

With several bits from the bits box and a roll of site tape it came together quite well, ready for another big emergency in the city.

See what you think.

Bill Ev's Matchbox Bantam Karrier Restoration

I decided to restore my Matchbox 2 Ton Coca Cola Bantam Karrier No 37.

Again, Plastikote did an almost exact match for the yellow paint colour. But it was a bugger to get an absolutely even coverage, as the toy is so small.

Again my trusty laser printer created the transfers which were glazed with some more Johnsons Klear. Although they were very fiddly to get straight and in the exact place the old ones were.

Here is the end result from toybox chipped to back on the display shelf.

Hope you like it.

Bill Everett

Wales