Shite in Miniature II

[junkyarddog]

Cadbury beetle!

This was a fresh blister pull,the pack was quite battered,so I set it free.

Mint.

You like the Cadbury's VW then smoll Eddy?

"I'm feeling hungry M8"

[C1am]

9 hours ago, egg said:

Beetle done...

Excellent job. Do you re-secure the base with screws?

 

[egg]

I became aware of the Cadbury Beetle when Googling for possible colours, so I thought it suited!

My preferred base securing process is, with the rivet head still in place, use a 1.5mm drill to drill down into the post for about 0.5cm. Then I take the the rivet head off with a larger drill bit to remove the base. When finished I use a very small rivet and superglue it in place.

I think the real pros use an M2 button screw - which also gives the advantage of being able to repeatedly pull the model apart again. But, I haven't yet got a 2mm tap and die set to use that approach.

Here's where I got my 'rivets'

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/25-x-RIVETS-Drill-Bit-Re-Fixing-Baseplate-Matchbox-Hotwheels-OTHERS/183769426129?hash=item2ac982e8d1:g:wSQAAOSwcLxYD8oL

[junkyarddog]

Quite possibly my favourite find of this year.Very near mint BMW turbo by Majorette.A car boot sale find.

 

As ever,a trip to Smoll Eddy's fuel emporium is required. 

"You like it Smoll Eddy?"

"Nice doors M8"

[bunglebus]

Annoying when charity shops bag up cars like this, you end up buying a load of junk with the treasures 

[egg]

Matchboxworld on Instagram (official?) anyway - I spot a brown W123 estate...

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5DgjCSJFNs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[junkyarddog]

6 minutes ago, egg said:

Matchboxworld on Instagram (official?) anyway - I spot a brown W123 estate...

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5DgjCSJFNs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Yellow Honda civic!

 

[sierraman]

I’ve a spare 220SE and an Alfa Guilia if anyone is still looking for one. 

[bunglebus]

So, I had half a day to kill while in Birmingham. There's a road near my dad's with something like 17 charity shops, so I had a wander. First of all, those annoying bags with loads of crap inside. Bought two because;

 

Majorette 240 estate

 

20191119_194759 by RS, on Flickr

20191119_194901 by RS, on Flickr

 

I can feel a Corgi comparison coming on.

 

Also Early Matchbox Fiat 1500

 

20191119_194934 by RS, on Flickr

20191119_194940 by RS, on Flickr

 

Bags also contained an engineless Superfast Road Dragster

 

20191119_194723 by RS, on Flickr

 

And a Welly Merc van - anyone fancy this one?

 

20191119_194648 by RS, on Flickr

20191119_194642 by RS, on Flickr

 

So, what else did the rummage bins full of previously loved toys have to offer?

 

Hot Wheels Cossie - another one I'm happy to pass on

 

20191119_195005 by RS, on Flickr

 

Blackwall Colour changer for my ever expanding collection

 

20191119_195037 by RS, on Flickr

 

This next lot were in a locked glass cabinet in Oxfam, so they weren't pennies - but way below eBay prices

 

Early Superfast Muira

 

20191119_195114 by RS, on Flickr

 

Regular wheels Opel Diplomat - been on the want list for a while

 

20191119_195217 by RS, on Flickr

 

Cadillac ambulance, shame the screen is broken

 

20191119_195255 by RS, on Flickr

 

Jeep Gladiator

 

20191119_195318 by RS, on Flickr

 

Corgi Zephr Estate

 

20191119_195416 by RS, on Flickr

 

I've saved the best shitest for last - check out this Lada 2108 AKA Samara. In true AS fashion it is minus a tyre and the motor doesn't work - how could I leave this glorious pile of crap on the shelf?

 

20191119_195501 by RS, on Flickr

20191119_195509 by RS, on Flickr

20191119_195521 by RS, on Flickr

 

 

[bunglebus]

Also thought you might get a chuckle out of this Chinese Trans Am - check out that ride height!

 

20191119_194608 by RS, on Flickr

[egg]

Nice lot, the rarer red/orange Fiat 1500 too...

[Tenmil Socket]

11 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Also thought you might get a chuckle out of this Chinese Trans Am - check out that ride height!

 

20191119_194608 by RS, on Flickr

Off-road innit...

[Datsuncog]

12 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Also Early Matchbox Fiat 1500

20191119_194934 by RS, on Flickr

As you're probably aware, and as @egg has alluded, the rarer red version of the Fiat 1500 wasn't properly a mainline car, and your find most probably came as part of the G-1 Service Station playset:

Mind you, a few did get packaged up and sold individually in a standard box - now worth about ten times as much as a standard green one...

Some nice finds there, looks like it was well worth your while taking a poke round the charity shops!

[Tenmil Socket]

9 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

As @egg has alluded, the rarer red version of the Fiat 1500 wasn't properly a mainline car, and yours most probably came as part of the G-1 Service Station playset:

Mind you, a few did get packaged up and sold individually in a standard box - now worth about ten times as much as a standard green one...

Some nice finds there, looks like it was well worth your while taking a poke round the charity shops!

There's never anything in my local charity shops... one day maybe...

[Tenmil Socket]

My Fiat 1500 is missing the luggage if anyone's got a spare please?

[egg]

20 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

My Fiat 1500 is missing the luggage if anyone's got a spare please?

Sorry, I haven't, but the reproduction units available from Model Supplies and elsewhere are pretty good.

[egg]

I bought this last week

I didn't like those decals on the side, so used some G3 scratch remover to take them off. Unsurprisingly perhaps, it was too harsh and damaged the paint. I did remove some wheel silver in the process. I polished it up with autosol and even waxed it and it is 'ok'. 6/10 for effort. Will try other approaches next time.

[Tenmil Socket]

17 minutes ago, egg said:

I bought this last week

I didn't like those decals on the side, so used some G3 scratch remover to take them off. Unsurprisingly perhaps, it was too harsh and damaged the paint. I did remove some wheel silver in the process. I polished it up with autosol and even waxed it and it is 'ok'. 6/10 for effort. Will try other approaches next time.

If the wheels were bronze it would look very similar to my real MX5...

[sierraman]

The new Mk1 Golf from Matchbox in 2020 looks decent. No doubt they’ll be mental money on eBay for first few months! 

[egg]

8 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

If the wheels were bronze it would look very similar to my real MX5...

You're welcome to it, I'm not going to keep it long-term, happy to send....

[Tenmil Socket]

1 minute ago, egg said:

You're welcome to it, I'm not going to keep it long-term, happy to send....

Great,  could you put to one side please...

[egg]

yup, with pleasure

[Datsuncog]

14 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I've saved the best shitest for last - check out this Lada 2108 AKA Samara. In true AS fashion it is minus a tyre and the motor doesn't work - how could I leave this glorious pile of crap on the shelf?

20191119_195501 by RS, on Flickr

Lovin' that Lada in all it's shiteness, too - not that common, I'd have thought.

 

Here's two I picked up:

I still have the white one (Chinese made magazine partwork), while the original USSR version went to @Felly Magic of this parish.

When I first bought the red one (c.2000) I had no idea the metal was so soft... I put it in my trouser pocket, and when I took it out again the roof and pillars had bent to the side considerably!

Fortunately, it was pushed back into shape again with fairly little effort...

Much as I like the chunky toy-like proportions of this one, I find the white version looks a bit better on display.

Have you plans to restore your charity shop find, or leave as-is?

[egg]

Oh this arrived today. Very pleased with it, but probably will restore

[Split_Pin]

Very nice indeed! I love my Tomica collection courtesy of @Datsuncog back in the summer of '18.

2 that didn't fit in have since found new homes. The Mitsubishi Canter being a truck that I wasnt familiar with now lives in The Ukraine and the Corolla Levin (plastic base, not as nice to hold as the others and felt flimsier) now lives elsewhere in the UK.

The others are with me forever though!

[flat4alfa]

It’s only Wednesday and this week’s haul was delivered by the nice post lady

I’m absolutely broke again.  Nasty letter from bank this month.  But what I do have is all of these wonderful ‘assets’

This photo also introduces Dolly and Ken, the happy doggers campers.

[bunglebus]

What are them there space vans then? Some of the others look familiar...

 

The Lada will probably gain a tyre from the spares tin then hang about for a while before getting passed on

 

Pleased the Fiat is a rarity, I just knew I hadn't got one. Charity shops are hit and miss, but honestly the road in Hall Green where I went is full of them, how they have enough to sell between them I don't know. My usual favourite one now just has a few Chinese oddments in the box, it's just a matter of being in the right place at the right time I guess

[flat4alfa]

25 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

What are them there space vans then?

SZE TOY  renditions of the Corgi 1:36 Chevrolet.  Not casting copies, more of a homage.

Improved* photos of the ridiculous van collection are to come shortly - now I've finished sweeping the nation of the blighters.

[flat4alfa]

Was feeling left out on the ~70 Mustang collection comparison expertise

So took these anyway 

[bunglebus]

Took a couple of pics of the copies and the original, quite a marked difference in size especially