Shite in Miniature II

[junkyarddog]

I picked up this Marx Cadillac last weekend at a boot sale.

 

[egg]

Been after one of these for a while...

 

[MorrisItalSLX]

That has some lovely detail, you can clearly read the badges front and rear. Just lovely.

[mercrocker]

Egg, you are fast becoming the Duc du Norev around here....

[egg]

I'm afraid* there are more to come...

[vulgalour]

Had some new arrivals today.  I bought a couple of small joblots that had useful spares and when they arrived, I found there were more useful spares than I'd anticipated.  I shall soon have a 1948 Maserati courtesy of an almost completely knackered Saladin.  Just a wheel and axle swap so there's no need to take the Maserati apart and I likely shan't repaint it, I've found it's a difficult one to get cheap so I'm pretty chuffed with this since they were less than a quid for the pair.

 

 

 

The Zephyr 6 in the same lot is a little gem.  Excellent glass and interior, and enough paint on it that I don't feel the need to repaint.  Another one that's usually more than I want to pay for less than a quid.

 

I shan't go through the rest of the lot as they're a bit dull.  From my last repaints update I found I hadn't photographed this one which turned out okay.

 

 

Finally, I'm considering repainting this Victor as an Envoy for no other reason than because I can.  Tend to be cheap and easy to get hold of, this one cost me about 50p, definitely not Vauxhall's finest hour when it came to styling and the Canadian Envoy is even more clumsy

[egg]

I'm just working on my 2nd Victor as it happens. This latest one has a tow hook like yours, but I prefer the one's without.

 

Good to see you back on this thread, as goes without saying really, but I'll say it.

[junkyarddog]

That yellow vw is sweet.

 

Amazing how good these matchbox castings are.

[vulgalour]

They really are amazingly accurate for the scale, it's easy to see why railway enthusiasts use them on their displays.

 

I've found myself collecting more of the later 70s Superfast stuff lately too.  Not on purpose, they just seemed to always be in joblots and they're never really worth anything.  I suspect that will change in a few years, especially for really nice examples.  Here's a couple of my favourites I've bagged so far, got to love a bit of wedge action.

 

 

 

 

This poor old thing is now waiting for fresh paint now that I've chiselled the gloopy red mess off it.  I'll be redoing it in a metallic blue, I've got an idea for this one I want to experiment with that's a variation on the original colours.

 

Catalogued under Stupid Ideas, I'm going to restore this because I can. As soon as I get something that can donate the proper rear wheels this one will be up and running again.  It's not actually as bad as it looks.

 

The other-other thing I'm interested in collecting are the Rolamatics cars because they're a neat bit of mechanical engineering and fun to take apart to see how they work.  I've not got many of these and the two Fandangos I've got are good examples of most Rolamatics in that one looks totally trashed and the other is in surprisingly good shape.

 

 

I never pay very much for these, mostly because I can't.  I like picking up completely ruined examples and bringing them back to life and I do play with them on my desk from time to time because why grow up?

[egg]

It's funny, I really can't get on with superfasts, which is bizarre, seeing as they are my era and I grew up with them everywhere. I prefer that post-war austerity regular wheels feel.

 

'This metal should really be going for export but the kids need something to play with-ness'

 

Born in the wrong era, like most of us on here eh?

[vulgalour]

I like the older stuff for looking at and the younger stuff for playing with.  ATCNBE

[egg]

Next up is this Simca, some window unit warp, and missing aerial. I hoped to resolve the latter issue with an aftermarket one from 3MJA.fr - but I looked at it funny and it snapped virtually instantly , won't buy from there again (not like there are many Norev part suppliers!). Still, happy with the car.

 

 

[155V6]

Saw this on Facebook Marketplace,thought it might be of interest to someone

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/179673956302736/?ref=feed_rhc

[Split_Pin]

Computer says no on that one, I am interested in it!

[Noel Tidybeard]

you know when you have a friend who is going to Hong Kong to visit the family...

 

 

[Junkman]

Egg, you are fast becoming the Duc du Norev around here....

 

I say.

 

Being just a humble mortal, me, I am left with no other choice than to admit defeat.

[mercrocker]

Says the King of Kit!

[sierraman]

A lot of that Lepin stuff seems to get removed from eBay.

[MarvinsMom]

^ i guess it gets pulled off of ebay cos it pays no attention what so ever to trade marks, interlectual property and copy rights at all.

 

how many times does that knock off lego 007 aston martin ignore things like copyright?

 

lots and lots......

 

i want one badly now!

[Noel Tidybeard]

^ i guess it gets pulled off of ebay cos it pays no attention what so ever to trade marks, interlectual property and copy rights at all.

 

how many times does that knock off lego 007 aston martin ignore things like copyright?

 

lots and lots......

 

i want one badly now!

 

 

well i shant upset you by saying it was £25- d'oh

[egg]

Brochure from french mini tat provider, mainly just a listing of parts, not many pics. Cost of postage mes Amis?

 

[Frogchod]

Norev/Dinky/Corgi/anyoldcitroenshite  hunting next week

TF.pdf

To save you the download it's in Caen,Normandie.

[sierraman]

What’s the quality like with that lepin stuff?

[Christine]

Cats tongue..probally

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Today's toy fair results:

 

 

Corgi Cortina complete with tailgate wood and window, a Tesla model S, and five more Minis.

 

Also a cat.

[stuboy]

Popped into tk maxx... merc was 6.99 and maserati 8.99.. 1 ml shite and 1 future shite?

[andy18s]

definitely interested in the Pajero,scoobies not so much

 

I'll get some pictures tomorrow, no power in the garage and the wee man's just settled down.

 

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[MarvinsMom]

more diecast toys wot i had as a nipper, destroyed i mean, played with, and have added this to the collection.

 

i did indeed have one of these when i was little, it got played to death with, and now like the Ford D-series roadsweeper, i have bought another one.

 

this one is much, much nicer than the one i had 35+ years ago.

 

heil hydra.....

 

no not THAT hydra, this one is a Coles Hydra 150t mobile crane (from Sunderland originally)

 

and here it is at home

[Ghosty]

Hot Wheels have a couple of models of the Honda Civic EF in white. 

 

Seeing as I have a white EF now, I sort of need to find one (or two). I think there's one in the 2019 Hot Wheels range - be on the lookout for me

[egg]

Nice resto.