javlinfaw7 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Oxfords next batch of model proposals released https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/collections/by-scale Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Good to see the Maxi; on a lot of wants lists for many years. The Ford Classic will be popular too. They must have some kind of deal with JLR as yet another two releases of their model range... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Lot of interesting vehicles in that list. But still no Saabs!! steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 (edited) If you are ok with 1:72 there’s the 9-3 and 9-5 from hongwell cararama.... Mind you I always think they looked over scale even for 1:72. Edited June 10, 2018 by ianmacc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 If you are ok with 1:72 there’s the 9-3 and 9-5 from hongwell cararama.... Mind you I always think they looked over scale even for 1:72. Thanks, Ian, Have several of those already but the 9-5 is a saloon and I want an Estate, like the 2 I had. I agree they do look a trifle oversized. A 900 Classic would also be nice in 1/76, the 3 I already have are 1/87. I also have one of these https://www.hml24.com/autos/pkw-qa/brekina-28511-ho-saab-96-gelbgr%C3%BCn-exk.html steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeharvey22 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Yatming also did the Saab 9_3 cabriolet in a vivid yellow in their 1/72 range. Still around at Toyfairs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 I found their Volvo PV544 to be a peculiar choice for a 1:76 model. Never sold in the UK I don’t think. A foreign-registered model as the prototype. Would have suited 1:87 but I think there are rival products already out there in that scale. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeharvey22 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 The updated printed catalogue is now available to view and download at:- https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1017/3257/files/JUNE-SEPT_18.pdf?9600825157106359079 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
javlinfaw7 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 I found their Volvo PV544 to be a peculiar choice for a 1:76 model. Never sold in the UK I don’t think. A foreign-registered model as the prototype. Would have suited 1:87 but I think there are rival products already out there in that scale. One of my neighbours imported one from norway in early 2000's along with a selection of early Beetles and T2 minibuses Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeharvey22 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 (edited) I worked in around the docks at Dover for about 8 years in the mid 1960s - early 1970s period. It was an interesting place to view cars not often seen in the UK. Just wished I had had the foresight to photograph them all. On one occasion I saw three Volvo P544s together in the petrol filling station. Prototype for everything.. Now, maybe I need to badger Oxford for a Hindustan Ambassador like the one I saw by the Connaught Rooms in London a few years back. Edited June 14, 2018 by mikeharvey22 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Are you sure it’s not a proper Morris upgraded (!) with Hindustan parts? The reg looks genuine... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Are you sure it’s not a proper Morris upgraded (!) with Hindustan parts? The reg looks genuine... Actually, Hindustan ambassadors were imported officially by a small enterprise quite recently IIRC 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeharvey22 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 (edited) Are you sure it’s not a proper Morris upgraded (!) with Hindustan parts? The reg looks genuine... Actually, Hindustan ambassadors were imported officially by a small enterprise quite recently IIRC It is shown on the DVLA computer as a 1993 Hindustan saloon. I have travelled in dozens of these. I think it is a Hindustan original. Edited June 14, 2018 by mikeharvey22 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 14, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2018 I worked in around the docks at Dover for about 8 years in the mid 1960s - early 1970s period. It was an interesting place to view cars not often seen in the UK. Just wished I had had the foresight to photograph them all. On one occasion I saw three Volvo P544s together in the petrol filling station. Prototype for everything.. Now, maybe I need to badger Oxford for a Hindustan Ambassador like the one I saw by the Connaught Rooms in London a few years back. A relatively easy conversion of the Oxford one I should think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fodenway Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 I found their Volvo PV544 to be a peculiar choice for a 1:76 model. Never sold in the UK I don’t think. A foreign-registered model as the prototype. Would have suited 1:87 but I think there are rival products already out there in that scale. A gentleman in my village had one , presumably from new but possibly privately-imported, around 1963. It was RHD (before Sweden's switch to LHD), and was a sandy buff-beige colour. He kept it for a good number of years, replacing it with a P1800 coupe in the early 1970s. I am pleased that Oxford chose to do this in 1/76, but wish that they had done their American cars in 1/76 as well. Understandably they were after the American market, so 1/87 does make more sense, although America historically labelled most model cars around 3" long as "HO", and larger ones as "O" gauge! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) Thanks, Ian, Have several of those already but the 9-5 is a saloon and I want an Estate, like the 2 I had. I agree they do look a trifle oversized. A 900 Classic would also be nice in 1/76, the 3 I already have are 1/87. I also have one of these https://www.hml24.com/autos/pkw-qa/brekina-28511-ho-saab-96-gelbgr%C3%BCn-exk.html steve https://www.a2models.nl/index.php?item=&action=page&group_id=10000030&lang=nl Saabs in laser scanned pre-coloured 3D print!! Edited June 20, 2018 by ianmacc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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