Very interesting video Sam, but I'm rather worried that you can't tell a RED Fire & Rescue Engine from an Ambulance which is basically white with reflective stripes !
That Hilux is a gem. Sold out everywhere and quite rare been after one for a while and only 1 on eBay for £70! Makes that bundle seem really good value
Hi Sam, the Jeep is a Willy's MB, which later become known as the Jeep. Willy's is the name of one of the companies that developed it. Though American in origin, they were used all over Britain during World War II, and would be almost mandated for any layout dated from 1942-1945 (or even 1950), especially in port areas.
The Walls ice cream van was based on a ford Anglia. You may have seen it as the flying car in the Harry Potter films. The scania Truck with the Rugby Player on the trailor was a dream to drive as was the D A F tractor unit. The A E C was a dog, and the Bedford not far behind. I obtained my H G V class 1 in 1977 and i have driven most of them. I had a Scania wagon and drag which i drove from Sweden to Portugal for years. I also did weddings driving the Princess limo. That H B van was based on a Vauxhall Viva, bloody freezing cold in winter even with the heater on, it had the heat of a cold water bottle. Ford Transit was a dream when that came out in about 1966, 80 flat out, and heater that roasted you. What a lovley nostalgic unboxing it was for me. I was a regular visitor to the Auto & Technik museum, Sinsheim,Germany. One weekend a year they held a model railway event. The layouts were massive in the exhibition halls. Many of the models were made to order.Radio controlled steam driven locos with 22 carriages as they were in the fourties. A guy from the Midlands delivered last years orders at the event an took orders to be delivered next year, all hand made. It is the largest museum in the world of its kind.The other half is in Speyer. Every gauge of model railway under the sun. Off the shelf products were sold there but the one off builds were someting else. The buyers put them under microscopes and counted every nut,bolt and rivit according to original engineering design. Maybe someone from a certain supplier should go to the next exhibition. Great watching, it gose so quick though,
You are showing your young years Sam. I used to borrow my dad's Cortina and massive Princess as a student nurse. I have repainted some Oxford cars, added emergency lights to a police van and turned one into a crashed boy racer for a scene with fire effect lighting inside.
Nice video Sam. Regarding the 'outdated' vehicles, there's nothing stopping car enthusiasts restoring their real vehicles to another time-period. Vehicle rallies are full of older vehicles. I have the old ice-cream van on my contemporary layout and you often see such vehicles selling ice-cream today.
And another thing to do when cars are of an older time period than your layout is to make something like a car show where the enthusiasts get together and show off their classic cars, I have been to meets with with hundreds of different classic cars, usually in the middle of a field
The BR crew bus was an odd shape as it carried tools and served as a mobile workshop/bothy for the crews. Interesting vehicles. I think most were one-off bodies built as required.
Great video Sam brings back great memories of when i used to collect these years ago before Hot Wheels took over as my main interest. Nice variety of stuff as well the Lotus Elite and Austin Princess are real stunners
9:45 m8 that is...the most British car in all of the UK. Called the Morris Minor. They were released back in 1948 and discontinued in 1971. They came as follows: 2 door sedan 2 door convertible 4 door sedan And woody/panel van
Hello Sam, another enjoyable video, the Eddie stobart stuff will be collectable as they've been taken over by the Cullina group after returning massive losses over the years for cutting haulage rates and putting decent transport firms out of business, keep up the Great work Sam.
I remember the Walls Ice Cream van. One used to call by our house back in the 60's. It was quite small- just a fridge on wheels - and the driver had to get out to serve the Ice Cream
Speak of cars and lotus, my favourite old lotus model is one I own. It is called the Lotus Europa S2. Only a handful of these were made between the late 1960s and the mid 1970s.
I am a fan of Oxford cars and have quite a few, especially connected with RAC or Land Rovers or both in some case. The roof reference on the Transits refer to their height, Low, medium or high if you had not figured that out The colour on the Cortina is very similar to the colour of my first 1:1 car which was a Hillman Imp but was know as Aquarius Blue. I didn't know Ford had used this colour
Fishing tackle is big over here for mystery boxes,the only problem it never ends a new box a new fee. Those oxford die cast are sweet I’ve had my eye on those. This weekend we have train shows on,price of petrol keeping me home shame that. Good to see you as always cheers.
The top gear truck I remember that's so cool they made a model of it I really want it. The lucky box wasn't nearly as good as the collectors box. Though both get the money worth which is absolutely amazing. As I don't model in OO/HO scale I'll sadly pass except if they do an N scale version. They would make some nice decoration for your layout 👌 Edit: just found out they actually do an N scale version for 42£ now that's very interesting I might get one I could use some more vehicles
Usually, I have either plastic bubble sheets I can reuse for my own parcels (hello mom !) or mashed newspapers (speciality of my German providers, Modellbahn-Union and Modellbahnshop Lippe). The jeep, on any Warwell, or flat low enough, from WWII up to the 60's, it does the job (USAF military installations in the UK, check RAF Menwith Hill, RAF Lakenheath or RAF Mildenhall). You have a nice set of cars here, the only minor I see is the range of epoch. If you are modelling periods 3 to 5 like me, you have some oddballs you can't use. Including the commemorative models, I can't think of a motivation to buy one. But, overall, if you accept the drawbacks as a part of the game, this buy has his interest.
14:02 I like the truck or lorry as what it’s called in the UK! I love the 22 wheels in total for this truck and trailer combo! I also like the picture of a football player! Nice picture and pose btw! 😂
Being a model car collector as well as trains I am very impressed with Oxford diecasts and own a number of them both American and European.I use them in both my layouts.My 1960s American layout has those huge finned chrome monsters which Oxford do very well.
God, I'm getting old. I knew everyone of the first box you opened. 🤣🤣🤣 Ice Cream van, Ford Anglia.'L' low, 'M' medium, 'H' high roof. Christmas 2011, I'll forget. Divorce November 2011. You can always erase the dates on the vehicles. Add so other decal to it.
Hi Sam. I trust you are well. A quick point of note that you may find interesting. I have purchased two of the £35 value boxes on two separate occasions. Thankfully I resisted purchasing the £50 collectors edition. The reason being, the first box you opened WAS the cheaper variety box as it mirrors the ones I got. Each had an Eddie Stobart artic, many smaller box vehicles and a few mid-size models, not to mention the toy like model. There was also the odd N gauge model amongst the majority of OO gauge items, This is clearly excellent value. Always go for the £35 box!!!!!
Awesome video Sam, always nice to see what you’ve picked up, speaking of bargains, I got myself a hornby James today for £45, which I’m pretty pleased with! - TIDS
Brilliant stuff..... Christmas collection is the best, lining those up in a parade each year adds a great deal to any fixed layout. You could have lots of fun with those. Wonder what would happen if you spent 200 pounds on the boxes
Fantastic little cars Sam, and from our perspective very affordable compared to Busch for H0. Busch make impeccable detailed model cars from all eras, but I think the cheapest in GBP would be ~11 now, and the richest about 30. Some even have working lights. As Germans we generally don’t like surprises too much when we buy something for ourselves, i.e. we always want to know exactly what we get, LOL. However, the concept of mystery / surprise boxes certainly is fun to watch, hahah.
These are great , I'm a car fan so could do with grabbing some of these sometime! Also you said you have a car Sam! What ya got? I'm interested in what people are driving - I have a 1995 Mazda MX-5 Mk1 😊
Hi Sam. I've just ordered and paid for a 'surprise' package from Oxford Diecast after watching this upload. I've taken your advice and gone for the £50 one, so let's hope it's not a disappointing purchase; I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Paul. 👍
Morning Robert. As promised, the list of vehicles I received are as follows: SALOONS 1 x box of 3 E Type Jaguar Cars (1 x red, 1 x dark green with convertible roof, and 1 x cream with open top roof). 1 x metallic tudor green Reliant Scimitar. 1 x black Lotus Evora. 1 x midnight blue 3rd generation Met. Police Range Rover. VANS 1 x yellow Austin K8 with ‘Achille Serre’ company name emblazoned on both sides. 1 x orient red VW T25. 1 x red Morris 1000 Van with BR crest on both sides (the 1st BR era). COMMERCIAL VEHICLES etc. 1 x red FT6 Carmichael ‘Cheshire County Fire Brigade’ Land Rover. 1 x GWR Scammell Cab with Flatbed Trailer (Mechanical Horse 1930-1948 era in GWR livery). 1 x blue BRS Scania 110 with Flatbed Trailer. 1 x dark green Bedford QLT Post Office Telephones lorry. 1 x ‘obligatory’ MAN L2000 curtain sided Box lorry with ‘Oxford Platinum Member 2015’ on both sides. 1 x yellow BR TK Emergency Bridging Unit (closed lorry). 1 x silver large ‘Eddie Stobart’ Scania Horsebox. 1 x huge ‘Eddie Stobart’ Mercedes Actros MP4 GSC curtainside artic lorry. 1 x huge DAF O8CS curtainside artic lorry with ‘R. A. HOWIE Aberdeen - Scotland’ emblazoned on the both sides. BOOKLET 1 x JUN-SEP 2011 OXFORD product booklet. All the above vehicles are in brand new undamaged condition, and the transparent boxes they come in are also brand new and undamaged. Also, every single one are in 1:76 scale, perfect for an OO Gauge layout. Oh, and by the way, none of them are DCC ready! 😂 Paul.
I have a big collection of Oxford diecast vehicles, mainly 1:72 scale I absolutely love them, I love the military vehicles as it’s one of my other hobbies. Definitely worth the money! Great Video, Cheers Dan :)
The old newspaper filament and shock protection of packaging was the best i tell you! Shame than that it is now obsolete media and only garbage like WSJ is printed nowdays. *pulls out firetruck* "its an ambulance" that got a chuckle out of me. a simple misdirection is still one of most effective joke types. Bigger ain't always better box huh? sounds like Hornby not oxford clearance sale disguised as "mystery box".
Considering the detail on these model cars and even the normal price I still think it's cheaper to build a model car layout rather than a railway one. As for the boxes the value is greats, but if like me you are doing a period model railway (mine be around 1967) buying a box at £50 would see three quarters of them of no use to me. Rocket Railways do a odd job box for £10, I picked one up there were some useful bits in it.
Willy or willis is the name of the company that made the jeeps during the second World War, they were made before Ford also took half of the contract because of the size of wills
Sam; those vans with the years on them can simply have the year changed just by removing the transfers/decals and replacing with what ever year is wanted or do a complete paint job for some other purpose. Not a waste at all. Great bargains. I am interested in the Tram though which you did not mention the scale. Doesn't it say N Scale on the box? It looks a little big though but may just be me. Thanks for reviewing though.
i like oxford die cast trucks they are so nice . i have been watching there webbsite and i must say oxford is bang on on quality. the fire truck is a scania a trurck witch is made in sweden and they got a rail way heritage. nice video as always sam. keep up the good work. 👍👍👍👍👍✨✨✨✨✨✨🇸🇪🇸🇪👍
no we had 2 Ambulances like that one at my local Fire Station, right next to the library, I'm sure the people reading were happy when the Ambulances got called out with sirens blazing
All Oxford Diecast vehicles are models of real vehicles - the numberplates will correspond to the 1/1 scale original. Were you to take any of the cars apart - they are screwed together - you would find pedals moulded in the driver's footwell. They are that well detailed. My brother and I have several hundred - they are quite addictive. There are, in the range, cars from TV shows, but never listed as such, to avoid copyright. However, if you know the numberplates of those vehicles, it's fun to collect them. The first OxD my brother ever bought, was Inspector Morse's red Jaguar. There are cars from The Sweeney, The Professionals, Life On Mars, The Saint, and Mr Bean's green Mini. The last three I bought were the Landrover and E Type Jaguar belonging to the ultimately doomed land and water speed record holder, Donald Campbell, and the Landrover belonging to the late, great, Fred Dibnah. 08:25 - That's a British Rail crew bus, used to take Permanent Way teams to and from their work. Somewhere to shelter, too, if the job is in the middle of nowhere. Oxford put out Christmas models each year - that is a 1/43 scale Morris van, based on the legendary Morris 1000, or 'Morry Thou'. The icecream van is a Ford Thames Trader, from the 1960's. You could take the promo vehicles apart, strip the paint off, and paint them yourself. Lots of people do. The black 1/43 scale Austin Princess also came in the form of a hearse, in black and white. My brother has both of them. A very handsome vehicle indeed.
14:37 Sam, if you’re impressed with that Lorry’s size then you would be wowed by the things I’ve seen on the road here in America, i.e. I have seen something similar to that but with two trailers going down the highway. The trailers were just as long but they had one less axle then your version.
The Willy’s MB has to be the coolest one there imo. Being the grandfather of the Jeep Wrangler, some were actually sold for civilian use, and paved the way to the CJ (civilian Jeep) series of vehicles, which later trickled down to the Wrangler
6:16 A British Leyland (Austin-Morris) if the mid-to-late 1970s 8:42 I agree that is unusual! a double-decker passenger and freight body on the back of a large truck instead of using a Volkswagen T2 or Dodge A100 or other van to transport workers and their tools 8:52 despite looking a lot like a prewar automobile, it wasn't introduced until 1946 10:50 that car was produced from 1948-54 and has a six-cylinder engine unlike the similar 4/50 11:30 I believe that's a morris Minor as some were built as ice cream vans 14:04 yeah, the scale of some model vehicles when compared to other vehicles of the same scale is astonishing! Especially since when Matchbox vehicles are usually scaled up or down so they can re-use wheels of the same size I think they offer member vehicles in different sizes. MTH Electric Trains used to offer annual members' freight cars for the different scales they offered and you had to be a member of that particular scale to get it There's a store in my area that specializes in selling model cars and during their annual sidewalk sale they have mystery boxes where you get six or so 1:64 scale models (they don't sell anything smaller) for about $20.
I suspect the reason why its so cheap as it's either old or broken stock they want to get rid of but with one or 2 good pieces so it isn't obvious. Still good value for money.
Walls was an ice cream manufacturer. The vehicle as mentioned about 5 comments down however is not based on the anglia it is an 105E Anglia. They were quite a bone shaker when in one. The sound of the engine & gearbox ran throughout. You certainly knew you were in a car. Ahhhh the good old days of when the vehicle spoke to you. Unlike today where sound deadening hides when the engine is about to explode
Haha, yes. We follow that channel as well. In his latest vid Richard showed scrap cars which came from some online shop who sells scrapped OO cars 3D printed in different colours, as if they were picked up by a forklift, stacked, and bashed, missing panels and doors... Clever.
@@class_31clag Oh well, we just go for ideas as his are so detailed, e.g. banked curves, scenery etc. He's covered about everything of 'how to' I suppose, and his focus and priorities have somewhat changed. Still very worth while.
@@lindaoffenbach Everywhere in the world beautiful layouts are done and shown with qualities we might call museum, but for what I have seen, British are paramount for illusion of reality. In few words, German and American works, even if precise, are usually quite bright and neat - I might say plasticky in the whole - if compared to the British style, which is opaque and dirty and heavy weathered and worn the same way as reality is. Another peculiar and fascinating aspect is the inborn British ability to produce even the most modern things with an already old fashioned shape, which is one of the features that makes them so English. After the first Rocket, the figures and decorations of the locomotives and of all the rolling stock were quickly defined and kept in a style that could be since then named classic, even now appreciated by many in the models and obviously in the still living and working prototypes or replicas, while closing the second century from the first run.
The original Jeeps did not have a name. They were made by Willy Motor company for the Army. It was not until an interview with soldiers asking them what it was that a soldier said, "I don not know it is a GIP", (sounding like Jeep) meaning General Issue Product that Jeep got its name. Before that it was a Willy model MB.
Very informative. Even the Christmas models could be used in the background on a model railway layout of repainted, perhaps just over the critical wording. Overall, the £50 box was a bargain and the £35 not bad. By the way, I see that the latest Oxford OO vehicles are now about £7 each.
@@TheRamtops Yes, I agree, but I was simply pointing out that new models such as of an Audi Quattro are now much more expensive. The sets of 4 you mention are good value.
@@jeffreysmith156 thanks. I don't model or do anything with trains . I used to collect mainly EFE 1:76 Trucks/Buses until I ran out of space in my cabinet at about 50 pieces. Last things I bought about a year ago were 3 Oxford hearses though which are very nice but more than 4 quid each . I have ordered one of these collectors boxes just for fun. I have no idea where I will put them 😂👍
Here we go. Just paid 50 quid for a mystery box from Oxford rail. ( Free postage which is already a £5 saving ) just because it looks like so much fun. I haven't added to my collection of 1:76 vehicles for a few years . Any I don't like will be donated to an unsuspecting child wrapped in shiny paper next Christmas 😆👍 great video Sam.
But that Jeep IS in fact a Willy. They were first produced sometime in the early 40’s US army, but by the end of the war they had made just under 650,000 in a variety of configurations for all the western allies. For decades they formed the backbone of many armies and were used in every application imaginable. There were so many weird versions of it, including some that could carry stretchers on their bumpers, some that were amphibious and I think one was even converted into some kind of gyrocopter!
If I can get a 1-76 scale mystery box set then I would probably go for one of those, I would have no use whatsoever for the items that I could not use with OO - HO though
Those 4x4s were made by Jeep, Willy and Ford, during WWII. I think all the bodies were by Jeep but the motors and Chassis were made by all 3. I may be wrong. Great Ambulance! (Hah, hem.)
There was no manufacturer called Jeep during WWII, or (strictly speaking) ever! "Jeep" was military slang for a general-purpose runabout, whether it be a vehicle, a boat or a plane. The military vehicle, now known as a Jeep, was originally designed by the American Bantam Car Company but modified for mass production by Willys-Overland and Ford. In 1945, with the war over and the contract ended, or severely reduced, Willys-Overland introduced the 'CJ' (Civilian Jeep) which they then marketed with the brand name 'Jeep'. Since then 'Jeep' has been owned and produced by multiple different companies.
Now the challenge is to purchase a 'Magnorail' system and have your 00 scale cars and lorries realistically moving down a street! Magnorail is a competitor to the Faller system.
Very interesting video Sam, but I'm rather worried that you can't tell a RED Fire & Rescue Engine from an Ambulance which is basically white with reflective stripes !
And it says fire on the side....
Oh no my house is on FIRE quick call an ambulance Lol..
Was starting to think that British ambulances must have carried ladders
I was confused when he called a fire engine an ambulance lol
@@flyingscotsmanfan123roblox3 He could be colour blind but no excuse for not seeing "fire"
That Hilux is a gem. Sold out everywhere and quite rare been after one for a while and only 1 on eBay for £70! Makes that bundle seem really good value
Hi Sam, the Jeep is a Willy's MB, which later become known as the Jeep. Willy's is the name of one of the companies that developed it. Though American in origin, they were used all over Britain during World War II, and would be almost mandated for any layout dated from 1942-1945 (or even 1950), especially in port areas.
It’s a Willis not a Willy
@@scotiajinker8392 No.Sorry. It is Willys. That is the name of the GP,general purpose, 4x4 that became known as the Jeep.
@@sixfootbear your right 👍🏻
The Walls ice cream van was based on a ford Anglia. You may have seen it as the flying car in the
Harry Potter films. The scania Truck with the Rugby Player on the trailor was a dream to drive
as was the D A F tractor unit. The A E C was a dog, and the Bedford not far behind.
I obtained my H G V class 1 in 1977 and i have driven most of them. I had a Scania wagon and drag
which i drove from Sweden to Portugal for years.
I also did weddings driving the Princess limo.
That H B van was based on a Vauxhall Viva, bloody freezing cold in winter even with the heater on,
it had the heat of a cold water bottle.
Ford Transit was a dream when that came out in about 1966, 80 flat out, and heater that roasted you.
What a lovley nostalgic unboxing it was for me.
I was a regular visitor to the Auto & Technik museum, Sinsheim,Germany.
One weekend a year they held a model railway event. The layouts were massive in the exhibition
halls. Many of the models were made to order.Radio controlled steam driven locos with 22 carriages
as they were in the fourties. A guy from the Midlands delivered last years orders at the event an took
orders to be delivered next year, all hand made.
It is the largest museum in the world of its kind.The other half is in Speyer.
Every gauge of model railway under the sun.
Off the shelf products were sold there but the one off builds were someting else.
The buyers put them under microscopes and counted every nut,bolt and rivit
according to original engineering design.
Maybe someone from a certain supplier should go to the next exhibition.
Great watching, it gose so quick though,
You are showing your young years Sam. I used to borrow my dad's Cortina and massive Princess as a student nurse. I have repainted some Oxford cars, added emergency lights to a police van and turned one into a crashed boy racer for a scene with fire effect lighting inside.
Awesome! That sounds really good.
Nice video Sam. Regarding the 'outdated' vehicles, there's nothing stopping car enthusiasts restoring their real vehicles to another time-period. Vehicle rallies are full of older vehicles. I have the old ice-cream van on my contemporary layout and you often see such vehicles selling ice-cream today.
And another thing to do when cars are of an older time period than your layout is to make something like a car show where the enthusiasts get together and show off their classic cars, I have been to meets with with hundreds of different classic cars, usually in the middle of a field
The BR crew bus was an odd shape as it carried tools and served as a mobile workshop/bothy for the crews. Interesting vehicles. I think most were one-off bodies built as required.
This has kinda made me want to pick one up cause it would be cool to see what to get, I hope to see some of these on your current layout
Great video Sam brings back great memories of when i used to collect these years ago before Hot Wheels took over as my main interest. Nice variety of stuff as well the Lotus Elite and Austin Princess are real stunners
I really like that AEC. Old british trucks have that peculiar style of their own
9:45 m8 that is...the most British car in all of the UK. Called the Morris Minor. They were released back in 1948 and discontinued in 1971. They came as follows:
2 door sedan
2 door convertible
4 door sedan
And woody/panel van
There was also a pickup van!
i'd take the "Indestructible Hilux" in a heart beat, top gear was one of my favorite shows
The proper TG with Hammond, Jeremy and James
@@gbwdude
And Stig -- he's standing right there.
@@randytaylor1258 a deep Clarkson "yeeeeessss"
Hello Sam, another enjoyable video, the Eddie stobart stuff will be collectable as they've been taken over by the Cullina group after returning massive losses over the years for cutting haulage rates and putting decent transport firms out of business, keep up the Great work Sam.
Love the little short wheelbase Land Rover. You could use those almost anywhere-- a favourite of farmers all over.
Thanks Sam. It is fun to accompany you for an unboxing. Re-gifting comes to mind. Christmas and birthdays for friends who like O gauge.
Awesome tip Sam.
Just ordered my mystery box.
Fingers crossed 😁
I do love a good mystery box! Myself I have purchased a few 1:72nd scale airfix mystery boxes,on those you can actualy save a lot of money !
I’ve just decided, I’m definitely getting one of those boxes that’s great value and sounds a fun idea. Thank you Sam for making me aware of this
I remember the Walls Ice Cream van. One used to call by our house back in the 60's. It was quite small- just a fridge on wheels - and the driver had to get out to serve the Ice Cream
Great video there Sam looks to be some good items in there, definitely good for getting road vehicles.
Thanks a lot David - they sure are! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I like that oxford 2010 Bedford van... Could respray it into the yellow BR livery. Some interesting bits there.
The Christmas models are an excellent target for a respray?
Speak of cars and lotus, my favourite old lotus model is one I own.
It is called the Lotus Europa S2. Only a handful of these were made between the late 1960s and the mid 1970s.
I am a fan of Oxford cars and have quite a few, especially connected with RAC or Land Rovers or both in some case.
The roof reference on the Transits refer to their height, Low, medium or high if you had not figured that out
The colour on the Cortina is very similar to the colour of my first 1:1 car which was a Hillman Imp but was know as Aquarius Blue. I didn't know Ford had used this colour
Fishing tackle is big over here for mystery boxes,the only problem it never ends a new box a new fee. Those oxford die cast are sweet I’ve had my eye on those. This weekend we have train shows on,price of petrol keeping me home shame that. Good to see you as always cheers.
Thanks from another continent for your continuous great content !
Nan & Steve's Trains
Sam, why don't you dismantle, strip and refinish the Christmas product?
Very good as always Sam, you could airbrush the Christmas vans? Hope you find a use for all of them, Rachel
The top gear truck I remember that's so cool they made a model of it I really want it. The lucky box wasn't nearly as good as the collectors box. Though both get the money worth which is absolutely amazing. As I don't model in OO/HO scale I'll sadly pass except if they do an N scale version. They would make some nice decoration for your layout 👌
Edit: just found out they actually do an N scale version for 42£ now that's very interesting I might get one I could use some more vehicles
Usually, I have either plastic bubble sheets I can reuse for my own parcels (hello mom !) or mashed newspapers (speciality of my German providers, Modellbahn-Union and Modellbahnshop Lippe).
The jeep, on any Warwell, or flat low enough, from WWII up to the 60's, it does the job (USAF military installations in the UK, check RAF Menwith Hill, RAF Lakenheath or RAF Mildenhall).
You have a nice set of cars here, the only minor I see is the range of epoch. If you are modelling periods 3 to 5 like me, you have some oddballs you can't use. Including the commemorative models, I can't think of a motivation to buy one. But, overall, if you accept the drawbacks as a part of the game, this buy has his interest.
14:02 I like the truck or lorry as what it’s called in the UK! I love the 22 wheels in total for this truck and trailer combo! I also like the picture of a football player! Nice picture and pose btw! 😂
Rugby player!
Oh, thanks for the correction.
Being a model car collector as well as trains I am very impressed with Oxford diecasts and own a number of them both American and European.I use them in both my layouts.My 1960s American layout has those huge finned chrome monsters which Oxford do very well.
God, I'm getting old. I knew everyone of the first box you opened. 🤣🤣🤣 Ice Cream van, Ford Anglia.'L' low, 'M' medium, 'H' high roof. Christmas 2011, I'll forget. Divorce November 2011. You can always erase the dates on the vehicles. Add so other decal to it.
I ordered 2 collectors boxes and 2 lucky boxes the other day and they arrive today, pretty excited
11:27 Yo it’s Rory from the Extended Railway Series!
Hi Sam. I trust you are well. A quick point of note that you may find interesting. I have purchased two of the £35 value boxes on two separate occasions. Thankfully I resisted purchasing the £50 collectors edition. The reason being, the first box you opened WAS the cheaper variety box as it mirrors the ones I got. Each had an Eddie Stobart artic, many smaller box vehicles and a few mid-size models, not to mention the toy like model. There was also the odd N gauge model amongst the majority of OO gauge items, This is clearly excellent value. Always go for the £35 box!!!!!
Isopropyl alcohol will take date decals off without harming paint. Soak a cotton bud then rub over the number and instantly make them useable
It would be interesting to see how much you could get for the unwanted items on an auction site and see if you can break even.
Awesome video Sam, always nice to see what you’ve picked up, speaking of bargains, I got myself a hornby James today for £45, which I’m pretty pleased with! - TIDS
Brilliant stuff..... Christmas collection is the best, lining those up in a parade each year adds a great deal to any fixed layout. You could have lots of fun with those. Wonder what would happen if you spent 200 pounds on the boxes
Fantastic little cars Sam, and from our perspective very affordable compared to Busch for H0. Busch make impeccable detailed model cars from all eras, but I think the cheapest in GBP would be ~11 now, and the richest about 30. Some even have working lights. As Germans we generally don’t like surprises too much when we buy something for ourselves, i.e. we always want to know exactly what we get, LOL. However, the concept of mystery / surprise boxes certainly is fun to watch, hahah.
These are great , I'm a car fan so could do with grabbing some of these sometime!
Also you said you have a car Sam! What ya got? I'm interested in what people are driving - I have a 1995 Mazda MX-5 Mk1 😊
I need these in my life immediately. I'm guessing you can detach these from the bases to go onto the layout?
Hi Sam.
I've just ordered and paid for a 'surprise' package from Oxford Diecast after watching this upload. I've taken your advice and gone for the £50 one, so let's hope it's not a disappointing purchase; I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Paul. 👍
What did you get?
Hi Robert.
I'm in bed now and bidding on the well known auction site, but I'll list them all for you tomorrow.
Paul. 👍
@@platformten5958 ok cheers.👍
Morning Robert.
As promised, the list of vehicles I received are as follows:
SALOONS
1 x box of 3 E Type Jaguar Cars (1 x red, 1 x dark green with convertible roof, and 1 x cream with open top roof).
1 x metallic tudor green Reliant Scimitar.
1 x black Lotus Evora.
1 x midnight blue 3rd generation Met. Police Range Rover.
VANS
1 x yellow Austin K8 with ‘Achille Serre’ company name emblazoned on both sides.
1 x orient red VW T25.
1 x red Morris 1000 Van with BR crest on both sides (the 1st BR era).
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES etc.
1 x red FT6 Carmichael ‘Cheshire County Fire Brigade’ Land Rover.
1 x GWR Scammell Cab with Flatbed Trailer (Mechanical Horse 1930-1948 era in GWR livery).
1 x blue BRS Scania 110 with Flatbed Trailer.
1 x dark green Bedford QLT Post Office Telephones lorry.
1 x ‘obligatory’ MAN L2000 curtain sided Box lorry with ‘Oxford Platinum Member 2015’ on both sides.
1 x yellow BR TK Emergency Bridging Unit (closed lorry).
1 x silver large ‘Eddie Stobart’ Scania Horsebox.
1 x huge ‘Eddie Stobart’ Mercedes Actros MP4 GSC curtainside artic lorry.
1 x huge DAF O8CS curtainside artic lorry with ‘R. A. HOWIE Aberdeen - Scotland’ emblazoned on the both sides.
BOOKLET
1 x JUN-SEP 2011 OXFORD product booklet.
All the above vehicles are in brand new undamaged condition, and the transparent boxes they come in are also brand new and undamaged. Also, every single one are in 1:76 scale, perfect for an OO Gauge layout. Oh, and by the way, none of them are DCC ready! 😂
Paul.
@@platformten5958 Excellent. Thank you for sharing that. I will be getting one myself at the end of the month.
I to was amazed at some of the size of the new trucks,compared to some of the older cars but they are to scale :)
I have a big collection of Oxford diecast vehicles, mainly 1:72 scale I absolutely love them, I love the military vehicles as it’s one of my other hobbies. Definitely worth the money!
Great Video, Cheers Dan :)
You should add roads to your layout and the Jeep in UK is an example of lend lease act.
The old newspaper filament and shock protection of packaging was the best i tell you!
Shame than that it is now obsolete media and only garbage like WSJ is printed nowdays.
*pulls out firetruck* "its an ambulance" that got a chuckle out of me. a simple misdirection is still one of most effective joke types.
Bigger ain't always better box huh? sounds like Hornby not oxford clearance sale disguised as "mystery box".
5:30 Maybe you could find an American car transporter or flatbed to put the car on!
That Fire Engine looks amazing, I might get the Collectors Box. Hopefully I get that Fire Engine as it would be great for one of my ideas
That british leyland princess will out last any of the real ones
Considering the detail on these model cars and even the normal price I still think it's cheaper to build a model car layout rather than a railway one. As for the boxes the value is greats, but if like me you are doing a period model railway (mine be around 1967) buying a box at £50 would see three quarters of them of no use to me. Rocket Railways do a odd job box for £10, I picked one up there were some useful bits in it.
7:48, uh that's not an ambulance, that's a fire engine Sam🤣
Really?! Are you sure?!
Willy or willis is the name of the company that made the jeeps during the second World War, they were made before Ford also took half of the contract because of the size of wills
Sam; those vans with the years on them can simply have the year changed just by removing the transfers/decals and replacing with what ever year is wanted or do a complete paint job for some other purpose. Not a waste at all. Great bargains. I am interested in the Tram though which you did not mention the scale. Doesn't it say N Scale on the box? It looks a little big though but may just be me. Thanks for reviewing though.
i like oxford die cast trucks
they are so nice .
i have been watching there webbsite
and i must say oxford is bang on on quality.
the fire truck is a scania a trurck witch is
made in sweden and they got a rail way heritage.
nice video as always sam.
keep up the good work.
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You could repaint the ones with dates and Christmas or platinum on.
7:47 “look, it’s an ambulance!”
sam did you mean a fire engine…
apart from that, nice video! definitely seen some bits that i now would like!
haha really?! I'm not an expert on vehicles, and glad you liked it! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
no we had 2 Ambulances like that one at my local Fire Station, right next to the library, I'm sure the people reading were happy when the Ambulances got called out with sirens blazing
@@Deuce_and_a_half well i assumed it was a fire engine mainly because of its design
It's a heavy duty ambulance for fat people who are a bit warm.
All Oxford Diecast vehicles are models of real vehicles - the numberplates will correspond to the 1/1 scale original. Were you to take any of the cars apart - they are screwed together - you would find pedals moulded in the driver's footwell. They are that well detailed.
My brother and I have several hundred - they are quite addictive. There are, in the range, cars from TV shows, but never listed as such, to avoid copyright. However, if you know the numberplates of those vehicles, it's fun to collect them. The first OxD my brother ever bought, was Inspector Morse's red Jaguar. There are cars from The Sweeney, The Professionals, Life On Mars, The Saint, and Mr Bean's green Mini.
The last three I bought were the Landrover and E Type Jaguar belonging to the ultimately doomed land and water speed record holder, Donald Campbell, and the Landrover belonging to the late, great, Fred Dibnah.
08:25 - That's a British Rail crew bus, used to take Permanent Way teams to and from their work. Somewhere to shelter, too, if the job is in the middle of nowhere.
Oxford put out Christmas models each year - that is a 1/43 scale Morris van, based on the legendary Morris 1000, or 'Morry Thou'.
The icecream van is a Ford Thames Trader, from the 1960's.
You could take the promo vehicles apart, strip the paint off, and paint them yourself. Lots of people do.
The black 1/43 scale Austin Princess also came in the form of a hearse, in black and white. My brother has both of them. A very handsome vehicle indeed.
My dad had a MK2 cortina in that colour as a classic, when I was a kid ☺️
Lovely collection of vehicles sam the aer lingus green transit van belongs to dublin Airport 😀
Hey Sam. Love the video. I have a question. Is the Bachmann 3f jinty good?.
Hi Sam, Nice lot , Will give it a look, what do you get in the train box and how much?? All the best Brian 😃😅
14:37 Sam, if you’re impressed with that Lorry’s size then you would be wowed by the things I’ve seen on the road here in America, i.e. I have seen something similar to that but with two trailers going down the highway. The trailers were just as long but they had one less axle then your version.
and then there is Australia look up some vids on road trains
On your quote about the willys jeep being out of place. I have seen jeeps driving about (and I’ve had a ride around in one) so it might work.-Das Mann
18:23 I love the London Emerceny vechiels . Amazing Fire Engine
getting worried about sam twice he called fire engine an abulance lol
That ice cream is straight out of my childhhod, some very useful period pieces there.
Have put in an order! Guessing anything I cant use i can donate to friend's layouts or claim back on ebay :) Great review!
Many of the road vehicles are spoiled by the headlights. Silver paint doesn't look like glass.
No ways you got the green aer lingus van?!? Been looking for one for ages omg
a note i saw the murray
artic the artic is a daf xf series.
daf is a dutch company we do not see a lot fo those in sweden.
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The 1/43rd scale vehicles would not look out of place on a 1/43rd scale slot car (such as Carrera Go) layout.
Well at least you got a Fire Engine that you can use to put out any (cough Hornby) smoking motor from now on...
Should be Willys Jeep clearly mis-print, Austin Princess. The crew bus is for staff working at remote locations with living compartment.
The Willy’s MB has to be the coolest one there imo. Being the grandfather of the Jeep Wrangler, some were actually sold for civilian use, and paved the way to the CJ (civilian Jeep) series of vehicles, which later trickled down to the Wrangler
That was very cool - and thanks for the extra info! Quite impressed with the range of stuff in these boxes!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
6:16 A British Leyland (Austin-Morris) if the mid-to-late 1970s
8:42 I agree that is unusual! a double-decker passenger and freight body on the back of a large truck instead of using a Volkswagen T2 or Dodge A100 or other van to transport workers and their tools
8:52 despite looking a lot like a prewar automobile, it wasn't introduced until 1946
10:50 that car was produced from 1948-54 and has a six-cylinder engine unlike the similar 4/50
11:30 I believe that's a morris Minor as some were built as ice cream vans
14:04 yeah, the scale of some model vehicles when compared to other vehicles of the same scale is astonishing! Especially since when Matchbox vehicles are usually scaled up or down so they can re-use wheels of the same size
I think they offer member vehicles in different sizes. MTH Electric Trains used to offer annual members' freight cars for the different scales they offered and you had to be a member of that particular scale to get it
There's a store in my area that specializes in selling model cars and during their annual sidewalk sale they have mystery boxes where you get six or so 1:64 scale models (they don't sell anything smaller) for about $20.
I suspect the reason why its so cheap as it's either old or broken stock they want to get rid of but with one or 2 good pieces so it isn't obvious. Still good value for money.
Walls was an ice cream manufacturer. The vehicle as mentioned about 5 comments down however is not based on the anglia it is an 105E Anglia. They were quite a bone shaker when in one. The sound of the engine & gearbox ran throughout. You certainly knew you were in a car. Ahhhh the good old days of when the vehicle spoke to you. Unlike today where sound deadening hides when the engine is about to explode
Many of those could be convenient for a scrapyard in the manner of Everard Junction, while the Xmas ones could be kept as presents for naughty kids.
Haha, yes. We follow that channel as well. In his latest vid Richard showed scrap cars which came from some online shop who sells scrapped OO cars 3D printed in different colours, as if they were picked up by a forklift, stacked, and bashed, missing panels and doors... Clever.
@@lindaoffenbach he doesn't seem as good as he used to be
@@class_31clag Oh well, we just go for ideas as his are so detailed, e.g. banked curves, scenery etc. He's covered about everything of 'how to' I suppose, and his focus and priorities have somewhat changed. Still very worth while.
@@lindaoffenbach I guess you have a point
@@lindaoffenbach Everywhere in the world beautiful layouts are done and shown with qualities we might call museum, but for what I have seen, British are paramount for illusion of reality. In few words, German and American works, even if precise, are usually quite bright and neat - I might say plasticky in the whole - if compared to the British style, which is opaque and dirty and heavy weathered and worn the same way as reality is.
Another peculiar and fascinating aspect is the inborn British ability to produce even the most modern things with an already old fashioned shape, which is one of the features that makes them so English. After the first Rocket, the figures and decorations of the locomotives and of all the rolling stock were quickly defined and kept in a style that could be since then named classic, even now appreciated by many in the models and obviously in the still living and working prototypes or replicas, while closing the second century from the first run.
Remove the printing from the Xmas vans and give them a good weathering, they'd look pretty good I think.
Very Nice items...No trains today but cars are also very cool for content. Cheers mate and have a good one!
The original Jeeps did not have a name. They were made by Willy Motor company for the Army. It was not until an interview with soldiers asking them what it was that a soldier said, "I don not know it is a GIP", (sounding like Jeep) meaning General Issue Product that Jeep got its name. Before that it was a Willy model MB.
help theres a fire call that big red ambulance lol
Hey San I love your show do think you can do Santa fe steam locomotives too please
Your Walls ice cream van is a Ford Anglia :)
Very informative. Even the Christmas models could be used in the background on a model railway layout of repainted, perhaps just over the critical wording. Overall, the £50 box was a bargain and the £35 not bad. By the way, I see that the latest Oxford OO vehicles are now about £7 each.
They are selling 4 X 1:76 cars of specific era £15.95 so about £4 each .
@@TheRamtops Yes, I agree, but I was simply pointing out that new models such as of an Audi Quattro are now much more expensive. The sets of 4 you mention are good value.
@@jeffreysmith156 I missed the word 'latest' 😂 👍
@@TheRamtops No a problem at all. Happy modelling! I just wish it was not getting increasingly expensive!
@@jeffreysmith156 thanks. I don't model or do anything with trains . I used to collect mainly EFE 1:76 Trucks/Buses until I ran out of space in my cabinet at about 50 pieces. Last things I bought about a year ago were 3 Oxford hearses though which are very nice but more than 4 quid each . I have ordered one of these collectors boxes just for fun. I have no idea where I will put them 😂👍
Here we go. Just paid 50 quid for a mystery box from Oxford rail. ( Free postage which is already a £5 saving ) just because it looks like so much fun. I haven't added to my collection of 1:76 vehicles for a few years . Any I don't like will be donated to an unsuspecting child wrapped in shiny paper next Christmas 😆👍 great video Sam.
It’s always a good day when rusty appears
The green buggy is a jeep williy of 1969 us army camouflage green
But that Jeep IS in fact a Willy. They were first produced sometime in the early 40’s US army, but by the end of the war they had made just under 650,000 in a variety of configurations for all the western allies. For decades they formed the backbone of many armies and were used in every application imaginable. There were so many weird versions of it, including some that could carry stretchers on their bumpers, some that were amphibious and I think one was even converted into some kind of gyrocopter!
That’s AWESOME that you got the “indestructible hilux” model from Top Gear
Some of them cars were British Leyland that is why they had BL on the box
If I can get a 1-76 scale mystery box set then I would probably go for one of those, I would have no use whatsoever for the items that I could not use with OO - HO though
How about a video on respraying diecast model vehicles?
I can't believe you didn't show no trains off for the platinum jubilee
Those 4x4s were made by Jeep, Willy and Ford, during WWII. I think all the bodies were by Jeep but the motors and Chassis were made by all 3. I may be wrong.
Great Ambulance! (Hah, hem.)
There was no manufacturer called Jeep during WWII, or (strictly speaking) ever! "Jeep" was military slang for a general-purpose runabout, whether it be a vehicle, a boat or a plane. The military vehicle, now known as a Jeep, was originally designed by the American Bantam Car Company but modified for mass production by Willys-Overland and Ford. In 1945, with the war over and the contract ended, or severely reduced, Willys-Overland introduced the 'CJ' (Civilian Jeep) which they then marketed with the brand name 'Jeep'. Since then 'Jeep' has been owned and produced by multiple different companies.
@@gagatube ok. Thank you. I didn't know. I thought there was.
The large Stobarts lorry is a 40 Tonne
Now the challenge is to purchase a 'Magnorail' system and have your 00 scale cars and lorries realistically moving down a street! Magnorail is a competitor to the Faller system.
Sounds like good fun i normally do mystery boxes for footy shirts tho no idea there was mystery boxes for models 😂😂
haha awesome! There really wasn't until recently - it started last year in a bigger way!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)