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Greg P. (Gparrish)
| | Posted on Monday, December 30, 2002 - 02:38 pm: | 
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Anyone have these? I just bought them from ebay and they are getting shipped from England, but am curious if anyone has any clue of the quality. The picture looked neat and I need some more stuff for the desk.  These are made by Halsall.
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Glenn Guinto (Glenn)
| | Posted on Monday, December 30, 2002 - 02:54 pm: |
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Greg,
How much did you pay for them? Mind sending me a link to the place? Thanks!
-glenn |
chris
| | Posted on Monday, December 30, 2002 - 03:03 pm: |
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I have the trek Disco. You will notice that it is a D1 and not a series II like it states. Scale is about 1:32. Quality is not bad but not great either (brush bar and roof rack) |
Greg P. (Gparrish)
| | Posted on Monday, December 30, 2002 - 03:21 pm: |
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Glenn, I just emailed them to you. The guy I bought them from on ebay is really nice. I've been talking to him for a little while this afternoon. He has a 300 tdi disco.
I paid around 9 pounds for each and 6 pounds for shipping. The ones on ebay are auctions, so you could get them cheaper or for more. US dollars is about 1 dollar to 0.69 pounds I think.
Greg
Thanks for the info. Chris. Sounds like they will be fun to look at on my desk, but not Art Museum detail quality. Still looks cool. Greg |
Alan Yim (Alan)
| | Posted on Monday, December 30, 2002 - 03:58 pm: |
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If you want really detailed quality ones, look at Hart or Hartsmith models. They are a lot more expensive but also more detailed. They run from 35 pounds and up...wayyy, up.
http://www.landcraft4x4.co.uk/home.html |
charles pastrano (Charles)
| | Posted on Monday, December 30, 2002 - 04:02 pm: |
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Does anyone recall the thread of a little boy that had made model landrovers with scrap aluminum? It was an interesting story and nice looking model. |
Jack Quinlan (Jsq)
| | Posted on Monday, December 30, 2002 - 07:15 pm: |
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I got one of those while I was in college and used it in part of an architecture project. I actually designed a rover dealership and I used the model to draft elevations of a disco and then build a larger scale model from foam core. The proportions are all wrong on the models and it came out more as I scaled it up. Too low and too long. My model looked funny but my project was neat. Wish I had pics of that dealership. LRNA would have paid big bucks. Safari motif on the inside structuraly designed so that it had a test course on the roof! Steep climbs and descents to get up and down. sigh... |
TPH (Snowman)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 - 01:49 pm: |
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Check "Eagle Collectibles" on the Web, nice quality and a bit nicer for about the same money. You absolutely get what you pay for in diecast models. I have a Series III 109 1:18, a Series I 1:64, a 1:32 RR IRE Police Unit, a Special Edition Disco and a FreeLander. It's a geeky little habit for sure but they are fun to have around on a desk, workbench ect. |
Sus (Susannah)
| | Posted on Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 01:18 pm: |
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It's not GEEKY! I've got a 1:18 Freelander, a 1:43 Disco and two 1:64 Rovers on my desk. As well as a 1:18 Mercedes 500SL Gullwing and a 1:64 Ferrari 456GT!!
Okay, it's geeky. But fun. One of my colleagues has John Deere tractors in his office...so I wanted Rovers! But I need a 1:18 DISCO! |
KJ
| | Posted on Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 11:31 pm: |
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Maybe we need a "Geeky Hobbies" thread. I know I have mine....
Karen ;) |
TPH (Snowman)
| | Posted on Friday, January 03, 2003 - 06:34 am: |
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Sus-
Not geeky?, I hardly ever tell my friends I have them for fear of being shunned! When I have mentioned them they just roll their eyes and say "Oh, that's nice". In fact I never mentioned it here before because I thought you guys were too serious, imagine that? I guess I am experiencing a diecast "coming out", I do feel much better now. Thanks for bonding. |
Paul D. Morgan (V22guy)
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 08:12 pm: |
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Sus,
http://www.4x4modelshop.org/models/model_manuf/33/0.html |
Sus (Susannah)
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 09:23 pm: |
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OMG Paul!!! I could go IN DEBT on that webpage!!!!
THANKS |
gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 10:08 pm: |
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i just went blind looking at that site!!! oh wait......that was something else i was doing. |
Sus (Susannah)
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 10:10 pm: |
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gp-you are such a brat!
"STOP THAT AWFUL MOTION....YOU'LL GO BLIND!!!"
I think that was in a movie. |
Paul D. Morgan (V22guy)
| | Posted on Monday, January 27, 2003 - 09:33 am: |
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Here's a pic of the 1:43 model I bought at the MAR. I strategically placed it on my desk top waterfall.
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gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Monday, January 27, 2003 - 11:10 am: |
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paul. i like the pic on your desk. reminds me of those hot and humid days we spent together at SCC. haha. |
Paul D. Morgan (V22guy)
| | Posted on Monday, January 27, 2003 - 11:13 am: |
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Freak! I figured you would get wood over my Hex / Dec / Binary cheat sheet. |
Rans (Rans)
| | Posted on Monday, January 27, 2003 - 12:47 pm: |
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You need a cheat sheet to convert hex/dec/bin???? OMG Paul....I thought you were an engineer! I can think in freaking hex and binary and it scares me sometimes! LOL |
Sus (Susannah)
| | Posted on Monday, January 27, 2003 - 02:28 pm: |
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Hey Paul,
I've got them all over my desk...one's even in my Zen Garden (sand box as it's most commonly renamed by my male colleagues!)! And...it's looks like I've got the same computer. Dell docking station?!
Very cool. I need a digital camera. |
gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Monday, January 27, 2003 - 04:07 pm: |
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just keep it out of your mans hands. you will be all over the net if he gets a hold of it!!! just like what paul did with greg p.
all i have on my desk is some pics of my truck, books, computer, cups, phone, maps, guinness pics, etc. no cool conversion tables. well a feet to dec. one. |
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