Lesney Matchbox #46c Mercedes 300SE Chassis Swap

This is kind of an odd one that I've had sitting on a dusty corner of the work bench for quite some time now. I came across a strange listing for a mint condition green 300SE body and windows, minus the interior and chassis! Only 99 cents, so I bought it. The plan was to turn it into what you see here, a one of none transitional!
Only problem was, the gold super fast version isn't always the easiest model to find, and my parts supply didn't include a good condition chassis.. So I have waited almost a year to find a good donor car on eBay, and I finally got one! So here it is:

Lesney #53b - Mercedes 220SE Coupe Restoration

Hello!!!! I bet you all thought I'd forgotten and abandoned this little blog. Nope, just been caught up in moving to another state and starting a new job! But I'm getting settled in now, and slowly unpacking my workbench and getting it set up again. And this Mercedes is the first product of new workshop. I forgot to take before pics (or just can't find them on my computer), but it was in a pretty sorry state. I like working on the older Lesneys like this, they look great sitting on the shelf afterwards.

For this one, I decided to go with a dark metallic blue, over light grey interior to complement the silver plastic wheels. It looks great!! Not as perfect as I would've liked, but it's ok.

Mailbox Finds - April 4th 2015

This Lesney lot arrived from ebay-land today. A bit lot of beaters and a few very nice pieces too! Price was about $17 shipped, which I think is a pretty good deal. Here's the beaters.. You'll be seeing quite a few of these again soon! I've got 4 or 5 already taken apart and in the paint stripper..

And here are the minters:

I think $17 would be worth it for the 4 nice cars, so the beaters are a bonus! They absolutely reek of cigarette smoke unfortunately, but I'm still happy with my little lot. 

2015 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance Part 1

Hello everyone.. No diecast posts this weekend, I am in sunny Florida for the 2015 Amelia Island Concours! I have been to a few smaller concours events before, but absolutely nothing like this. The show is just mind blowing. Here is a sample of a few pictures I have taken so far..

And a link to my Flickr album for the event: 

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Mailbox Find - Nice lot of Lesneys

Got a nice little box of Lesneys in the mail today, from a facebook group. 

And funny enough, this last piece was a freebie that the guy threw in for free basically, and I think it has turned out to be the best car in the lot, far and away. I'm pretty convinced that it's the rare "blue-green" Berlinetta. The lightning in the pics isn't the best, I know.. But anybody have opinions? The colors are quite different in person. 

Some comparison shots with some other pieces in my collection. That Cadillac has a seemingly endless number of variations!