Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

3 hours ago, Jon said:

From memory, the Passat Polizei wagon and R5 took some finding and I've a feeling the Passat never left Germany, as it was always the toy I'd be looking for but could never find

What, this one?

 

20200814_122648 by RS, on Flickr

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, 155V6 said:

What's the orange bay window bus? Looks like a matchbox with the plastic roof missing...but it also doesn't - guessing it's a Siku?

[155V6]

9 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

What's the orange bay window bus? Looks like a matchbox with the plastic roof missing...but it also doesn't - guessing it's a Siku?

Yes,Siku

[Jon]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

What, this one?

 

20200814_122648 by RS, on Flickr

Aye, that's the one. I've no solid memory of mine ever making it back to the UK, so I think I lost it somehow. Being an older casting with skinny wheels, it was one of my favourites, even though I much preferred ordinary cars to emergency vehicles or liveried vans. On the one hand, I liked to make up my own mind what the 'job' of my cars was when playing with them but I'm now wondering if that was a precursor to my work-shy adulthood?! Sure, I make a wage and work is all encompassing when it arrives but the work finds me. I'm certainly not a networker and I do value my downtime, so don't often worry when the 'phone stops calling...

Can anyone else derive any psychological flags from their childhood toy collections?!

[bunglebus]

Well I can remember fitting big wheels under the back of my Matchbox VW camper when I was at junior school, already into VWs and hot rods. Still into them and messing about with toy cars.

[Sudsprint]

Lost the other Scammell Handiman tractor unit... the Ferrari is struggling under the load..

[Amishtat]

9 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

Have you got plenty spare tyres? I have quite a large amount of smooth dinky tyres if you need any. 

That'd probably be pretty handy, thank you! I haven't any tyres at the moment, been meaning to get a Steve Flowers order together but I understand he's dealing with a bit of a backlog. 

[eddyramrod]

23 hours ago, Sudsprint said:

Lost the other Scammell Handiman tractor unit... the Ferrari is struggling under the load..

You'd be better putting the Riviera under the trailer!  401 V8 will easily have enough torque.  Meanwhile, that's exactly the Scammell I need for mine.

[DoctorRetro]

6 hours ago, Jon said:

 

Can anyone else derive any psychological flags from their childhood toy collections?!

No, I don't think so. I only remember my dad and I painting a few cars in a matt black paint he had.... 

... wait a minute... ?

[sierraman]

I had a few of those Siku, the 750il and the Jaguar XJ40. Both really solid models. Can’t off hand remember where I got them from, what retailers stocked them? The ones I had were definitely bought new, in the days you could buy Matchbox anywhere both the local Post Office and the Newsagents on our Estate sold them. I can remember going in and getting a Laser Wheels Rover 800, I’m assuming these were more expensive than the regular ones as I didn’t have many of them. 

[155V6]

Some more small scale transporters,this one is made up of two recent car boot finds

Not sure if these Maisto trucks have the right cars,I know the red one doesn't

 

[flat4alfa]

[Sudsprint]

 

12 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

It looks like woke diversity wasn't too much of an issue in those days

[sierraman]

When I was a kid I was fixated with scrapyards, so much so I had a box full of broken ones to make a scrapyard from, always in the same spot in the living room. 

[flat4alfa]

Just now, sierraman said:

When I was a kid I was fixated with scrapyards

Do you wear oily rigger boots as an adult?

[sierraman]

12 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Do you wear oily rigger boots as an adult?

No I’m not a fan of riggers, they’re clumpy to walk in and when you are grinding shit finds it’s way down the sides of the boot on to your feet. 

[Amishtat]

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

I thought it was going to rain too but nothing so far. The same could also be said of this morning's boot sale, plenty of stalls but very disappointing for the amateur tathunter. Had to get round a bit sharpish on account of time constraints and very nearly left empty handed before finding this in a tat box at the eleventh hour. One of these graced a recent Tat Friday and piqued my interest rather, as I hadn't come across one before. A fair degree of camber each end and no bonnet gives it a slightly gasser look, at least in my eyes. Glazing, interior and tailgate are all present and correct so it didn't seem unreasonable for a quid. The front end makes me think of a Moskvitch with these slightly too-big headlamps. 

[bunglebus]

A few Asda finds in the secret unmarked box off the top shelf. It is a bit like porn I suppose

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Amishtat said:

A fair degree of camber each end and no bonnet gives it a slightly gasser look, at least in my eyes. 

That would actually make a great Gasser! Mine is too nice to mess with really

[bunglebus]

4 hours ago, 155V6 said:

Not sure if these Maisto trucks have the right cars,I know the red one doesn't

Here are the ones I've got, as they were packaged

DSC_0011_zps7aepine1 by RS, on Flickr

DSC_0002_zps4lis6vgb by RS, on Flickr

DSC_0003_zpsbepy4ycl by RS, on Flickr

DSC_0008_zpsbsi7ht6c by RS, on Flickr

DSC_0006_zpsqiynhfll by RS, on Flickr

DSC_0004_zpsvuh36rbv by RS, on Flickr

[155V6]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Here are the ones I've got, as they were packaged

DSC_0011_zps7aepine1 by RS, on Flickr

DSC_0002_zps4lis6vgb by RS, on Flickr

DSC_0003_zpsbepy4ycl by RS, on Flickr

DSC_0008_zpsbsi7ht6c by RS, on Flickr

DSC_0006_zpsqiynhfll by RS, on Flickr

DSC_0004_zpsvuh36rbv by RS, on Flickr

Thanks,I saw some in Asda a while back but it was one of those periods when I was trying not to buy too much ?

[155V6]

Today's charity shop find.The box is a bit battered,but the model doesn't look played with.

 

[bunglebus]

Wow. Did they know what they had?

[155V6]

11 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Wow. Did they know what they had?

I paid £4.50 so possibly not

[bunglebus]

Absolute bargain!

I acquired this Dinky Corvette, and much to my annoyance scratched the screen getting it out of the packaging 

[RoadworkUK]

Wow. That Siku. Wow.

[flat4alfa]

I’ll pay £9 for that Siku !

that doubles your money

and that’s swearing

[flat4alfa]

SAVIEM BREAKS DOWN SHOCKER

BEDFORD saves the day

Rule Britannia, etc

[Bren]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Absolute bargain!

I acquired this Dinky Corvette, and much to my annoyance scratched the screen getting it out of the packaging 

I remember a boy on my street having this in the 70's. The rear is much more square than the actual car.

[155V6]

I just noticed that the mirrors are missing from the crane,I might take it back ?

I was looking for something to lift with it,all I could find was a Transit door which @bunglebus kindly sent me a couple of weeks ago.

It was lifted out of the delivery van

Then it was loaded into the pickup,to be taken to the body shop,along with the Transit.The body shop is very slow sometimes,so it might be a while until it gets done