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03/05/2020 6:59 pm
Anybody into woodies? I've been collecting 1/43 for about 30 years now and fairly early on I decided to focus on woodies. I remember getting excited about them when the first 1/25 Revell model kit came out, a 1931 Ford in 1964. I was hooked! A couple years later I turned 16 and bought my first 1:1, a 1948 Mercury. The 1948 Mercury in the first photo on the fourth shelf front center is a model I did of my first 1:1 Mercury in it's 1967 Cougar Inverness Green. I've had an insatiable appetite for woodies ever since that first Revell model. Collecting these little 1/43 gems have certainly helped satisfy my craving for them since I don't have the space for all the 1:1's, only one at a time for those. Anyway I am waiting for another four of these little guys to arrive soon! I don't know where I am going to put them!
Hope you enjoy!
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03/05/2020 7:08 pm
Wow! What an incredible collection. I didn't know that there were that many 1/43rd's available in woodies. Are they mostly metal?
Topic starter
03/05/2020 7:13 pm
Yes mostly white metal and some resin. No plastic toys or rubber.
03/05/2020 7:57 pm
Curtis, what a great collection.........
Aren't some of them conversions, from other body types, that you built yourself? Is that correct, because I didn't think there were that many models produced.
03/05/2020 9:56 pm
Me!!
But your collection of woodies is far, far better than mine...
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03/05/2020 11:08 pm
Fantastic collection Curtis!
04/05/2020 1:43 am
Thanks for the view, Curtis. Here are a couple of non-1/43 Tootsietoys (pics) that aren't seen too often today. Remember, gang, these were dime store toys when toys often cost just that!
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I will admit that our 1:43 woodies tend to be just a bit more realistic than these old Tootsietoys. But would a Brooklin stand up to the sandpile?
04/05/2020 2:02 am
Great collection Curtis! I've enjoyed seeing your builds through the years here..
I don't think I see any on your shelves that I have and you don't, unless you want to count this one:
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04/05/2020 2:40 am
First class collection all the way, thanks for sharing.
04/05/2020 3:42 am
Excellent collection, especially your one off builds.
Topic starter
04/05/2020 5:24 am
Yes, about a dozen of them. Also some color change models but the vast majority are one example each. There are a few '39 Fords.
Topic starter
04/05/2020 5:38 am
Harvey, yes I have that one in one of my early "enhancements". It's the only model that
I have that is "toy like". It does have real wood panels. Yours is certainly a mint as bought example. I wish someone would do the Plymouth wagon in todays standards, it would be a welcome edition to my collection.
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04/05/2020 5:44 am
Thanks John. The one you did for me is on the second self of the first photo in the center behind the red Cadillac.
04/05/2020 5:45 am
Great collection....I have about 10 woody wagons, so mine would fill one row on one of your shelves!
04/05/2020 7:15 am
I see you did the wheels too - nice!
Just did a quick count - I have about 62 woodies. This includes a few "fake" ones like Country Squires with applique "wood".
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