mercrocker Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 I found an identical trailer like that,as you say not makers mark.Possibly a moorstone/budgie effort? The boat is a nice find too.There should be a trailer to go with it.The trailers are easy to find,the boats not so much. The little horse box is nice,I have a couple one with a door and of course one without. Usually a Matchbox sized piece with similar wheels can be marked down to Budgie/Morestone or associated Modern Products branding. I don't recognise this, though, nor can I think of a logical piece it would have come with.....There was a Jeep and Trailer in the Lone Star Tuf-Tots range but it didn't look like this. Wonder if it had little plastic end raves like the Dinky Halesowen trailer? Interesting.... Regarding the horse boxes etc. yes it is well worth buying things up like that for the spares! I grab any tyred 1-75 model I see - even if it just has one tyre - as they are quite expensive to have re-made. junkyarddog and Burnside 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolognasal spray Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 heh... growler. Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 What do you think all - original or repaints? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Matchbox-Lesney-Joblot-x-4/264028625162?hash=item3d7955190a:g:LoUAAOSwUPVb4yOV Burnside and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Repaint. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Hard to be sure.....rivet doesn't look quite right on the Ever Ready and the baseplates on those Commers can be jiggled off without too much disturbance. I am not familiar with the colour on the maroon Removals van either. Having said that, the Nestle's van in particular has myriad factory shade variations before you even take fading into account. The problem is that an ostensibly good, unrestored, model can be silvered up, have replacement decals etc. without actually being a repaint. All of those decals look like repro to me. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Repaint. You are probably right. Just the reference to it being a possibility in the listing usually means the seller has done it himself! egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 I think it's a Wardie Master Toys "Wee World".There was another one, which was similar, but more old fashioned and came in green with yellow plastic grids at the ends, which was much more common. This one is very rare indeed. You can see both of them in this shit pic, the only one I found on the www. vulgalour, egg, Burnside and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 You are probably right. Just the reference to it being a possibility in the listing usually means the seller has done it himself!Best way to pick stuff up like this is at a swap meet, then you can inspect it to hand. But even then you need to know what you are looking for, take as example the 67 VW fastback, the metallic pink one was prone to sun fading it to a silver colour, which is incidentally a colour often used as a colour trial as it shows up any defects. Again the super fast cross over stuff that had the plastic retainer to accept the thinner super fast axles are easily removed and the red retainer ones are very rare and could easily be sprayed from the original black. Doesn’t help that when Lesney went bust in ‘82 a lot of the left over stickers depicting the Scorpion labels were sold off meaning you could create a ‘scarce’ variation yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 I am actually looking after some Dinky stuff for somebody at the moment - it is quite hard to tell repainted stuff even when you have it in your hand. Some of what I have seen of his stuff so far is so well done and colour-matched that normal rivet inspection etc. doesn't fail the test. I think it's had quite an effect on the value of rarities but even the 1980s valuation guides were warning about this..... egg and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 I think it's a Wardie Master Toys "Wee World".There was another one, which was similar, but more old fashioned and came in green with yellow plastic grids at the ends, which was much more common. This one is very rare indeed. You can see both of them in this shit pic, the only one I found on the www. wardie.jpg Good work that man.....I wondered about the raves, too - it has that shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Here's my one,balanced behind a lesney massey harris tractor. MarvinsMom, eddyramrod, Junkman and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Another recent find is this lift,It had a broken lever,so wouldn't work.A bit of diecast bodgery later and it does. D.C.M.T Crescent,made in England. The guy actually had two,but the other one was totally missing the lever.Kinda regretting not getting now,it may have been bodgeable too. vulgalour, 59Impala, RayMK and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 DCMT (Die Cast Machine Tools) made toys under the Crescent brand name but are better known for Lone Star. They did a smaller ramp for the Impy cars under that brand - these had moulded plastic lubrication pumps etc. Nice find. egg, eddyramrod, junkyarddog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 It's a cold,wet and windy day here.Miserable. So to cheer myself up I'll a look through one of my Matchbox carry cases. Spottedlaurel, Cardinal Wolseley, Burnside and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Junkman, MarvinsMom, Datsuncog and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Some lovely original condition going on there! Well kept, sir! mercrocker and junkyarddog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 20181109_140244.jpgIs that a Holden Kingswood Ute? junkyarddog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Burnside, MarvinsMom, vulgalour and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 The MG 1300 is a particular favourite of mine. Keeping look out for a ratty one to restore into a more 70’s colour. Maybe metallic brown! junkyarddog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 mercrocker, Burnside, NorfolkNWeigh and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 That's the contents of one carry case. I have two others. Will get around to them another time. Burnside and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 The AEC horse box is another scarce one these days. I liked the Lotus 7, so fragile though, managed to find one last year with its windscreen intact, the other 3 I’ve got were missing this frequently broken part. junkyarddog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Is that a Holden Kingswood Ute?It is a Holden,not sure of the exact model though. MorrisItalSLX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 2mins of sad silent footage of the Lesney factory in 1987 Oh and some Urbex from 2008 of it here https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/lesneys-matchbox-factory-hackney-london-oct-08.34232/ mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 I picked up this mini Peck Stow and Wilcox USA made antique vice today. I'm hoping it's wide enough to use to hold Lesneys when I'm drilling them out. Burnside, eddyramrod, mercrocker and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 2mins of sad silent footage of the Lesney factory in 1987 Oh and some Urbex from 2008 of it here https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/lesneys-matchbox-factory-hackney-london-oct-08.34232/ That is indeed sad....I saw the place once, as a kid, from my grandad's P6 at night. Whether they were working night shifts then or not, I don't know, but it was lit up like the field of dreams to me as we passed. Would have been about '67/68. egg and junkyarddog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 As we've seen Junkyarddogs, let's check mine out.....Suspect mine is a bit more battered - its been lugged about with me since I first left home in 1980.... In fact the handle just fell out on the way downstairs. Its not just for Superfast though.... No mugshots - just a group photo, Just like those lurid Weekend chocs yer mum used to scoff on Sunday, there's another multi-coloured layer... Some good memories there..... Burnside, vulgalour, RayMK and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 There's rumours a member of Mrs Egg's family worked at Lesney in the 50s-60s (being an ex-East End family this is pretty plausible), but I've yet to find out any more than that. mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 I reckon the MG1100 has a dog looking out of the window....same dog here in this truck ...? junkyarddog, eddyramrod, egg and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 The MG indeed has a dog. He obviously moonlighted for Dinky as well! Christine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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