Shite in Miniature II

[Split_Pin]

Some of these toys are grim.

The mechanized construction toys are ace though.

[155V6]

I found this while I was looking for info on the  green Cavalier,love the yellow Rover ?

[AndyW201]

Yes you beauty! B&M comes up trumps again,

 

 

Got a spare Scooby as well if anybody's still after one.

[barrett]

On 11/23/2019 at 10:13 PM, Datsuncog said:

Can we have a little chat about the Fiat 500 and the 2CV...?

Yes. I'd like a tenner for the Fiat/scooter set. Box is tatty and the stand for the scooter has gone walkabouts, but the models are mint. 2CV is pretty much perfect apart from the headlamps pointing in different directions. Fiver for that? PM me if that sounds reasonable.

[eddyramrod]

Despite objections from MrsR, my Paypal money coming in from sales to Shiters is getting spent on more models.  Not all of it, but I can't really tell her I've bought her Christmas presents with it...  Recent arrivals include a Saab 9-5 estate which is now in the paintshop as it came in silver.  The one I won in an AS Roffle and subsequently used on Huggy's collection mission was navy blue, and the model is now also blue, just some detailing to finish.  I'm not bothering to convert it to RHD though.  Also in the paintshop for the "Cars I've Owned" section is a Corgi Juniors Metro, now red with red windows which obviously represents the Metro van that came back to UK with us from Cyprus, and two cars that pre-date my AS membership: a white Lada 1200 saloon that was my first Lada, in 1984 (converted from a partwork yellow police car); and a dark blue Focus to represent the 2003 Focus Ink we inherited from my stepdaughter and traded in for a PT Cruiser (from a pale blue model).  There's also a Vanguards mk1 Granada in yellow.  Now both the Granadas I've owned were blue, but I'm not convinced that this one will get painted.  I might just decide to buy a blue one, if I can find one at the right price (yeah, like that'll ever happen).

[bunglebus]

[AndyW201]

And they keep coming! Popped into Heron Foods of all places for some budget priced energy drinks and they now have Hot Wheels in stock. In amongst the fantasy and early 2019 stuff was this,

Happy with that for £1.49. Can't wait for the JRG version next year!

[bunglebus]

Mrs Postie dropped me off some goodies;

 

Finally obtained the green DeLorean, got another 3 or 4 to find. Not bothered about the really expensive collectors ones

 

20191128_134448 by RS, on Flickr

 

Lesney Landie. Plastic base on a regular wheels?

 

20191128_151016 by RS, on Flickr

20191128_151037 by RS, on Flickr

 

Matchbox bug has had a hard life but might live again as a custom

 

20191128_151055 by RS, on Flickr

 

Lovely Lesney A55

 

20191128_151148 by RS, on Flickr

 

Matchbox Mercury Cougar Villager - easily mistaken for the Commuter as it's a similar colour. No dogs.

ny20191128_151209 by RS, on Flickr

20191128_151214 by RS, on Flickr

 

MG1100. Dog

 

20191128_151326 by RS, on Flickr

20191128_151332 by RS, on Flickr

 

Anyone got spare Rockets bits?

 

20191128_151413 by RS, on Flickr

 

This one's complete

 

20191128_151441 by RS, on Flickr

 

Corgi Heinkel

 

20191128_151506 by RS, on Flickr

 

Maybe I can repair this...

 

20191128_151536 by RS, on Flickr

 

...with bits of this

 

20191128_151238 by RS, on Flickr

 

Aubern is blind

 

20191128_151554 by RS, on Flickr

 

Any guesses what this is supposed to be?

 

20191128_151611 by RS, on Flickr

 

Kingsize Matchbox Golf

 

20191128_151731 by RS, on Flickr

 

Corgi X1/9

 

20191128_151800 by RS, on Flickr

20191128_151819 by RS, on Flickr

 

Ford tractor unit

 

20191128_151838 by RS, on Flickr

20191128_151853 by RS, on Flickr

 

Kingsize Marauder

 

20191128_151946 by RS, on Flickr

 

Somewhat tired Milligan's Mill

 

20191128_152010 by RS, on Flickr

 

Corgi Surtees TS.9B, probably a donor

 

20191128_151912 by RS, on Flickr

 

Anyone into land speed cars?

 

20191128_152109 by RS, on Flickr

 

This is the best of the bunch though

 

20191128_152142 by RS, on Flickr

20191128_152133 by RS, on Flickr

20191128_152146 by RS, on Flickr

20191128_152205 by RS, on Flickr

 

Anyone know what I'm missing? I'd love to get this working

 

20191128_152153 by RS, on Flickr

 

[bunglebus]

It was an E30

 

20191128_151618 by RS, on Flickr

20191128_151624 by RS, on Flickr

[155V6]

This lot arrived today

Bought mainly for the Volvo,as it's a colour I didn't have,but the Police Transit is interesting too

It's got opaque windows,& a pull-back motor with rubber tyres on the back,though I think they might be the wrong ones ?.

I think I've got a similar Mercedes 190 somewhere,didn't someone else(Datsuncog?) have something too?

[Tenmil Socket]

That Transit is very wantage...

[flat4alfa]

19 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

That Transit is very wantage...

Oh no it isn't!

This is a Wantage Transit

[AndyW201]

The Nova has been another willing victim of Andy's drop shop, now slammed by a full 1 mm!

Before,

After, (takes me back to Roker, Sunderland circa 1994. I can hear the After Dark mixtapes  from here...)

[DoctorRetro]

The Entertainer are doing 3 for 2 on Hot Wheels

It would be rude not to... 

[AndyW201]

That Skyline's one of my favourites, a lot of Hot Wheels stuff is too outlandish for my taste, but they can do bloody good OEM Japanese and European stuff when they want to!

[egg]

Who made this then?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2420450434845132/

[DoctorRetro]

13 minutes ago, egg said:

Who made this then?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2420450434845132/

 

 

No idea but its freakin awesome!

[Skizzer]

6 hours ago, bunglebus said:

It was an E30

 

20191128_151618 by RS, on Flickr

20191128_151624 by RS, on Flickr

How bizarre. It looks a whole lot more like a Volvo 142, apart from the grille.  What a truly crap rendering of an E30.

Well bought, obvs.

[flat4alfa]

Went out to find (an open) Post Office

Found this in a ‘local precinct for local people’ charity shop in that there angry Watford

10p each

felt guilty so rounded it up for the donation pot

Did I do ok?

I did find a Post Office in the end

[flat4alfa]

Anyone heard of INJECTAPLASTIC Made in France ?

I have this in 1/33, it says so on the base 

 

[Datsuncog]

6 hours ago, 155V6 said:

It's got opaque windows,& a pull-back motor with rubber tyres on the back,though I think they might be the wrong ones ?.

I think I've got a similar Mercedes 190 somewhere,didn't someone else(Datsuncog?) have something too?

That's right, there was a plain red Porsche 935 in the market tat box the other week, with the same motorized rubber rear wheels and opaque glazing... I didn't buy it, but if anyone fancies cornering the market in Corgi weirdness, I'll gladly intercede on your behalf...

[Jon]

Further archiving, again procured from my favourite shop in Auckland.

 

I'm feeling that once again, I've gone too murky on the night shoot here, so apologies if it's not too clear but just to the left is a Siku G-Wagen in quite presentable condition. Funny thing is, I have one of these already in my childhood stash and I also have an ADAC version and possibly a Polizei version, too! And I'll also admit that this isn't actually a casting l care too much for, either....

That said, it has the loudhailer and lights intact on its hood (not sure how they'd mount to canvas, mind), so are likely to be of help at some point for the sake of completion, as I remember often taking the loudhailer off my other one when playing with it back in the day.

 

 

Picked up this Transit as my older brother had one and I always coveted it. The permanently lowered body side was always a bugbear but that's because the plastic crate to load on it was long gone by the time I was playing with my brother's version. I loved the orange, too but what a shame that Matchbox didn't knock out a few more colours or better still, make a panel van.

 

The interior of this one is 'Grotbags' Skin' green and as such, so is the tow bar. I'd not seen one with this colour interior before - I'm sure the one I played with back in the day had a yellow interior/tow bar. I did actually have a mint/boxed one of these replete with plastic crate and black metal base/grille, bought in the nineties during my teenage 'all things Transit' collecting stage but alas, it was sold in 2010 along with pretty much all the stuff I collected. And now look at me!

 

What I liked most about these Corgi Juniors X1/9s is that they often came in jazzy colours but I never had one quite so jazzy back in the day. At circa 50p, I wasn't going to let this one remain in the plastic tub I found it in, even if I wish that Corgi had downscaled the casting a smidge so they could put the small wheels on instead. Same goes for the Juniors TR7, yet the Juniors Range Rovers came on small wheels. Respect true scale, Corgi! Like Skizzer, I think I too was a slightly boring and annoying child to be around.....

 

Anyway, the above were incidentals, as the reason for visiting was to pick up a model I'd won from the shop's Tradme page:

Now, I'll freely admit that my collection assemblage of tut focuses mostly on period castings but some of these Corgi Vanguards castings of a few years back were really nicely done and I managed to pick this one up for the start price of £4.50ish, which also helps!

 

I'm not sure if the raised rear is correct or not but it's safe to say that most weren't like that by the end of their lives. I like attention to detail - the bumpers look excellent, for instance. Some decals may be a little too large and the number plate font is an honest attempt but slightly off, though that really is nitpicking. The guy at the shop was using low online start prices to try and shift some stock, which backfired in this instance, so he's knocked that game on the head. I'll admit that I have since bought another Corgi Vanguard from him (at more realistic prices but still favourable compared to Ebay), so watch out for that exciting installment at some point!

 

 

 

[Datsuncog]

Great to have you back and firing on all cylinders, Jon!

Some fantastic models in this latest batch (not that the last lot were too shabby or anything) - the Mk2 Astra was quite a score at that money, even if it's unlikely to happen again.

Agree with you on the Matchbox Transit - raising the dropsides would have made for a much more pleasing model, while a panel version would have been blimmin' amazing.

 

[egg]

Is there anywhere over here I could score one of these without paying ebay prices? Ta.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAJORETTE-CITROEN-2CV-2019-Serie-Vintage-253A-2/283649184310

 

[bunglebus]

8 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Went out to find (an open) Post Office

Found this in a ‘local precinct for local people’ charity shop in that there angry Watford

10p each

felt guilty so rounded it up for the donation pot

Did I do ok?

I did find a Post Office in the end

That's a steal! Love the Majorette 5, what's the red large scale one?

[bunglebus]

Also...it's Friday!

[sierraman]

Wonder if he’ll do a Black Friday esque type event. ‘All diecast 10p each between 10 and 12pm’

[Datsuncog]

Friday it is... but a different kind of Black Friday, I'm afraid.

For there may well be tiny tat at the market, but lamentably I am not anywhere near the market.

Instead, I have fun with wallpaper, radiators and laminate flooring to be getting on with...

As Fridays go, it's looking so very black...

?

[155V6]

3 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Friday it is... but a different kind of Black Friday, I'm afraid.

For there may well be tiny tat at the market, but lamentably I am not anywhere near the market.

Instead, I have fun with wallpaper, radiators and laminate flooring to be getting on with...

As Fridays go, it's looking so very black...

?

Don't you need to pop out to get some more wallpaper paste? ?

[barrett]

11 hours ago, egg said:

Who made this then?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2420450434845132/

 

That's a Joustra. They did really charming tinplate toys in the 1950s and moved to plastic in the mid '60s. Lots of large scale French tat. I think there was a merger/connection with Mont Blanc, which also made large scale plastic cars. Probably worth £35 even looking a bit rough, as they're very rarely seen in the UK