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Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:39 pm
by mrs_emma_peel
mrs_emma_peel wrote:MikeR wrote:James
Wow! These are brilliant.
Steed's Bentley is mega, is that the one that sold for £300 or was one of the Bond vehicles?
Very impressive. Also he does not restict himself to the sixties and seventies, as he I've also seen that he has done cars from The Equalizer and Miami Vice.
Thanks Mike
I think the £250-£300 models could have been the Bond OHMSS cars and Columbo's Peugeot.
He only made a very few of the Ford Cougar and the Aston Martin DBS. He even made a model of the three-wheeler Messerschmitt micro car, driven by Mrs Peel in the end-tag from The Girl From Auntie, which went for a very high price.
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:19 pm
by MikeR
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:57 pm
by MikeR
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 8:10 am
by Ian Wegg
MikeR wrote:Couldn't resist posting a few more images
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plus a smaller image of Danny Wilde's Ferrari from The Persuaders! that sold sometime ago.
I saw the
Persauders! Dino at the time but didn't bid. Unfortunately it is probably one of his least successful recreations as the model is wrong, being the spider "GTS" version not the hardtop "GT". The most noticeable differences are the flat (removable) roof panel and the lack of rear windows.
I'm hoping one day he'll do a better one.
~iw
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:22 am
by MikeR
Ian Wegg wrote:MikeR wrote:Couldn't resist posting a few more images
...
plus a smaller image of Danny Wilde's Ferrari from The Persuaders! that sold sometime ago.
I saw the
Persauders! Dino at the time but didn't bid. Unfortunately it is probably one of his least successful recreations as the model is wrong, being the spider "GTS" version not the hardtop "GT". The most noticeable differences are the flat (removable) roof panel and the lack of rear windows.
I'm hoping one day he'll do a better one.
~iw
Ian
Well spotted, I never noticed that the Ferrari was the wrong model. I suppose that finding certain models secondhand that can be transformed is somewhat difficult. I take it that you will bid should the correct Ferrari ever be used?
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:38 pm
by Ian Wegg
MikeR wrote:Well spotted, I never noticed that the Ferrari was the wrong model. I suppose that finding certain models secondhand that can be transformed is somewhat difficult. I take it that you will bid should the correct Ferrari ever be used?
Like many other fans I bought the Aston Martin DBS, I would probably make a bid for its companion if available.
~iw
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:41 pm
by mrs_emma_peel
Brilliant pictures Mike. I love Purdey’s MGB and TR7 and The Equalizer Jaguar and the superb boxes.
I remember Jimmy asking me if I knew the colour of Steed’s Triumph Herald.
I sent him some b/w stills of Steed’s Triumph in Warlock - Cathy Gale Series 2 - in which the car seemed quite pale
and looked at various collector’s vintage Triumph Herald’s from the early sixties,
two-tone green or green and white seemed the classic colours, and as Steed's Bentley's
were racing green - the consensus was that the Triumph may have been light/pale green. He did a splendid job.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:55 pm
by MikeR
Ian Wegg wrote:MikeR wrote:Well spotted, I never noticed that the Ferrari was the wrong model. I suppose that finding certain models secondhand that can be transformed is somewhat difficult. I take it that you will bid should the correct Ferrari ever be used?
Like many other fans I bought the Aston Martin DBS, I would probably make a bid for its companion if available.
~iw
Ian
Speaking of The Persuaders! Aston Martin DBS, here it is. Plus, there was also a Range Rover, driven by Brett Sinclair in the episode Chain of Events (I think I have the correct episode).
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:01 pm
by MikeR
mrs_emma_peel wrote:Brilliant pictures Mike. I love Purdey’s MGB and TR7 and The Equalizer Jaguar and the superb boxes.
I remember Jimmy asking me if I knew the colour of Steed’s Triumph Herald.
I sent him some b/w stills of Steed’s Triumph in Warlock - Cathy Gale Series 2 - in which the car seemed quite pale
and looked at various collector’s vintage Triumph Herald’s from the early sixties,
two-tone green or green and white seemed the classic colours, and as Steed's Bentley's
were racing green - the consensus was that the Triumph may have been light/pale green. He did a splendid job.
James
Yes, the Triumph Herald is a surprisingly good choice for an Avengers model, seeing as it only appeared in one episode. I take it that in converting these vehicles that Jimmy chromeplates certain componants or he has varnish that looks like chrome?
Plus, I've also noticed that the tyres appear very shiny, so either all the cars get new tyres or something is painted onto them to give them this glossy finish.
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 2:04 am
by dissolute
What is the ebay username for these items? I've tried searching and I can't find them.
