MAC AND ME

 Picked these up on a Charity trawl today,

a neat 1973 Matchbox MAC [Mobile Action Command] orange ATV and a lovely Hot Wheels space car from 1988.

What do you think?

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE POLICE CAR?

I had a few police cars as a kid. I remember revving the friction drive of the white plastic Z car that came in a neat box based on the TV show. I also like the small blue Lesney American police car with fins at the back like the Z car, It could have been a Cadillac or an Impala - before Superfast anyway. It may have even been a Husky brand.

There will have been simple plastic police cars too like Blue Box and Lucky brands, which were everywhere, but I just can't remember them.

I do recall more solid fayre like the German Polizei VW, which was green and white and the blue and white Ford Anglia, that classic Panda [not sure why it was called a Panda].

Without doubt though, my own favourite was the Dinky Ford Transit van Accident Unit. I adored that chunky white van and played with it constantly, adoringly setting up the street furniture on my bedroom carpet. There were two or three traffic cones and an elevating camera on a pole in the roof. I don't think there was a policeman.

But by far the best accessory were the two Police Slow street signs in blue with white lettering. Setting those two things up was pure heaven. Storing them was fab too, as they slotted neatly into a rack in the rear of the van. Blimey, that takes me back.

What was your fave toy cop car readers? Any memories? Pictures welcomed.

RICHARD'S ACTION MAN PHOTOGRAPHY 3

Just sending over some more images from my Archives....this time some more Action Man The Hero images....from my work on Action Man Comic with Marvel Comics UK and Panini Comics UK.....all photography and set designs by myself...." realistic background landscapes images" were all done by myself as well....

All the work was created in my various studios based in Lancashire during the nineties and 2000's .

Hope your MC viewers like these....

More to follow.

Best regards 

Richard Dixon

UK

TUESDAY QUIZ: GET YOUR HEAD ON.

Its Quiz time so lets get quizzical. Answer a couple at once, there's loads of questions from the very dregs of my waning id.

1. Which man do Palitoy, Schildkrot and Geyper all have in common?

2. How many Sarah Connors did the Terminator get to before the real Sarah Connor?

3. Which insect-based toy is Schaper most famous for?

4. Who's the odd one out: Kang, Falcon, Steppenwolf, Loki, Juggernaut.

5. Which film ends with It Was Beauty killed the Beast?

6. Which is the highest rank: Colonel, Brigadier-General, Captain, Field Marshall.

7. What was the problem with Clackers?

8. Which TV show ended with If it hadn't have been for those Meddling Kids?

9. Which military rank does Russel Crowe's character hold at the start of Gladiator?

10. Which Hong Kong actor appeared in Longstreet, Batman and Marlowe?

11. What does the collectors' abbreviation OOAK stand for?

12. Name the odd one out: Callisto, Orbitron, Scorpio and Captain Lazer.

13. What is a Code 3 model in the world of Die-Casts?

14. Who shouldn't be on the list? Henry Hull, David Naughton, Peter Cushing, Jack Nicholson and Oliver Reed.

15. Which monster is this referring to? I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something I loved from my childhood. Something that could never ever possibly destroy us.

16. In the world of die-cast collecting what is a Black Wall?

17. What do Luke's Uncle and Aunt farm in a New Hope?

18. What is often missing from the top of second hand 1979 Kenner Alien 18 inch toy figures?

19. What are these terms all referring to: tricky, mystery and non-fall?

20. In the first X-Men movie what does Logan say must be Prof. X's nickname when he first meets him?

YOUR CAR'S NOT QUITE READY YET SENATOR

 

I picked up these second hand goodies the other day. All for a little sprucing up.  What do you think?

The plastic HK hovercraft is unmarked but I guess its the same as the Telsalda one I often see on Ebay like this complete one on auction now:

The bog and gorgeous saloon next to it is the blue Corgi Opel Senator, a car I'm unfamiliar with, but I do like 1980's saloons like this. I used to drive a Vauxhall Cavalier, which was similar.

I'm looking forward to sprucing up the Senator.

Here's the original TV slot for the real Vauxhall [Opel] Senator from 1989, being compared to a swan!

DEAR DIARY ....

 

I caught Wampa wondering what to put in his diary.

What should Wampa write readers?

TANKS FOR THE MEMORIES

Here are some photographs of my armour models, which I thought you might like to see. All are either 1/76th or 1/72nd scale tanks and other types of armoured vehicle, built from various plastic kits. All these examples are WW2, photographed against different backgrounds.

Matchbox Humber Mk.II armoured car, in desert sand. The background is autumn brown clump foliage by Woodland Scenics.

Airfix Churchill Crocodile flamethrower tank in action. It took me ages to figure out how to model the flames, I ended up using a hot glue gun. Base is wood, with papier mache for texture, and a little model railway foliage and grass.

Matchbox Sherman Firefly (with the British 17-pounder gun). With added crew figures, and painted as a captured vehicle used by the Germans. Lots of extra crosses to make sure they did not get fired on by their own side. Peco model railway backscene.

The new Airfix Tiger I kit in winter camouflage. The background is scrapbook (photo album) paper, which gives a nice night-sky effect. Textured ground is a sheet of Tamiya diorama paving stones.

Nothing too complicated, but all good fun.

Paul Adams from New Zealand

Somethings Bugging Me

Having a little time on my hands courtesy of the summer break, my thoughts turned creative and I got the urge to whip up a small model. I had a box of old wireless mice and the scroll wheels on a lot of them have tiny rubber tyres, which have always reminded me of the Project SWORD Scramble Bug.

Finding 6 identical ones was tricky, but as the Bug has two different types of tyre, I scraped together 2 central drive wheels and four for the rest. A couple of highlighter pens for the body, a few bits of scrap and I was away!

 At around 10 cm, its technically Spacex scale and even boasts a Golden Astronaut pilot! The wheels aren't free rolling, but it sits nicley on a moonscape, thanks to the flexible joints between the units.

Watch out for more Scramble Bug news very soon..