Shite in Miniature II

[OM646]

2 hours ago, EML said:

Unknown brand of Mercedes T1 tow truck, very high chance of Chinesium manufactured. Extra shite  points for a cracked front screen

Pretty sure that's Hongwell. I owned one of those tow trucks and a van version of it that opened the rear barn doors

[bunglebus]

Today's arrival is far from mint, but I don't recall seeing a Majorette Renault 17 before. I really love these, such a futuristic shape for their age

 

Three(!) exhausts

I definitely need to line this one up with the Matchbox effort, they're even the same colour

 

[155V6]

I just saw the HW British Horse Power cars in my local Town Centre Sainsbury's

These are the cars in the set,they didn't  have the Mini or the Mclaren though 🙁

 

 

[Split_Pin]

Seven flipping quid in Tescos ^^

Finally found a red 850, will go nicely with an identical but 1/24 scale Tamiya kit version I built in 1995.

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Three(!) exhausts

It's because they ran a two-stroke triple.

Renault also fitted that engine into the Estafette vans for the Coastguard service

 

/ went into Meghan Markle mode there, sorry.

[Split_Pin]

Illustrates why Majorette are my favourite  small die cast producer. The MB 17 is turd-like in comparison!

[flat4alfa]

6 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

There's also the Corgi Major Ford H-Series Holmes Wrecker...

...but it could be classed as a rescue vehicle, could it not?

January 31, 2020.

The day Market Blokey sold that to you for £15 - I still can't believe it.

Doesn't it look fantastic!  Can I buy it for £20?

[flat4alfa]

On 3/7/2021 at 8:36 PM, flat4alfa said:

doubles I didn't know I had were found

Arghhh

[flat4alfa]

Had a delivery

A non-working oddball custom box van arrived

Body is die-cast, no branding, says Made in Hong Kong.  Approx 1:36 if based on something real.  Any ideas?  

Got the motor working

Oiled up the AWD running gear

Gave it a new battery

It now does this !

The flickering head lamps are meant to do that too - it's part of the mechanism.

 

[andrew e]

That’s a VW LT all day long surely?

In other news this thread broke me and I bought some HotWheels whilst shopping 🥳

 

Then I remembered I sold the other 2 Land Rover 90’s I had last week!

[bunglebus]

52 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Arghhh

I too have two

Actually there was a third but I got rid of one of the identical ones (or put in the project box)

 

 

[155V6]

Just seen this lot on Facebook,if only we knew someone in Essex who liked this sort of thing 😉https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/265958025026780/?ref=facebook_story_share

[bunglebus]

36 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Had a delivery

A non-working oddball custom box van arrived

It's die-cast, no branding, says Made in China.  Approx 1:36 if based on something real.  Any ideas?  

Got the motor working

Oiled up the AWD running gear

Gave it a new battery

It now does this !

The flickering head lamps are meant to do that too - it's part of the mechanism.

 

VW LT. Got one the other week but I don't think mine does anything, Much prefer yours!

 

[bunglebus]

12 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

Just seen this lot on Facebook,if only we knew someone in Essex who liked this sort of thing 😉https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/265958025026780/?ref=facebook_story_share

I think I'll pass - even with that unusual Evel Knievel dragster

They're all just too broken - you'd probably make your money back on the Transit alone, even with a knackered side door

[flat4alfa]

Cor!  I must have missed that one.  Yours has opening rear doors.  What's inside?

I thought LT early first series too, but grille is too thin.  Just spent a bit of time looking up similar Spanish Ebros and Spanish Jeeps from the seventies but all come back to the LT.

Porthole window ....on just one side ...is interesting

[flat4alfa]

6 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I think I'll pass - even with that unusual Evel Knievel dragster

They're all just too broken - you'd probably make your money back on the Transit alone, even with a knackered side door

I think the 'convertible' Green Hornet will get a fiver too.  Did you see all the other stuff she has too?

I like the TR7, Green Hornet, Transit and the big sucking thing missing from the Dinky road sweeper back here

[andrew e]

The Imp looks salvageable too (if anyone buckles, hit me up!)

[flat4alfa]

I asked on a deal on the trash along along with the Commer and Mini Marcos

[155V6]

The plastic LT? van reminds me of these

[flat4alfa]

35 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

The plastic LT? van reminds me of these

Body, suprisingly, is die-cast, not plastic.

Yes, that one too, which is why I went down the equivalent EBRO road after looking up early MB100, discounting the light units front and rear and wanting my life back

To be fair, the fella in Hong Kong back in 1983 charged with getting the model drawn very likely never saw any in real life and had a couple of photos to work from

[flat4alfa]

13 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

I asked on a deal on the trash along along with the Commer and Mini Marcos

Deal offered has come back refused.

[sheffcortinacentre]

7 hours ago, EML said:

Unknown brand of Mercedes T1 tow truck, very high chance of Chinesium manufactured. Extra shite  points for a cracked front screen

Seem to recall being sold in cararama packages.

[flat4alfa]

Hong Kong like-LT Van was got for £7 offer.  Weak moment - but could see it had a mechanism to task and I don't have a pub to visit any more.

The seller seems to focus on much pricer Dinky and sixties-era Corgi, so asked about what else he might have similar, and this lot arrived in the box too ...FOC !

Which was generous.  Or maybe just felt sorry for me.

Dolly likes the Saico 1:32 wacky Renault Sport Clio despite its screen and the 'TT-101' 1:34 Beetle with opening things.  The Mercedes 1931 SSKL is plastic and marked 'SM' with a leaping deer logo ; The Lancer is Hongwell ; the Beetle roofless cabrio is Welly.

There was also a 1:43 R/C Aston Martin by Toy State in there too.  Will post on that later if can get it working.

[bunglebus]

I used to have that exact same red Beetle.

My LT is exactly the same body as yours, nothing opens. Blankest of blank base

Mine cost an eye-watering 99p as part of this lot

[Amishtat]

More unpacking.. 

[MarvinsMom]

5 minutes ago, Amishtat said:

More unpacking.. 

hmmmm, Princess, Rover 75, mark 2 Jaguar, Mini...........

[OM646]

So, i got this as a birthday surprise, a 1/87th scale Mercedes-Benz Citaro with some custom decals

[Datsuncog]

4 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

January 31, 2020.

The day Market Blokey sold that to you for £15 - I still can't believe it.

Doesn't it look fantastic!  Can I buy it for £20?

Sorry - this one's in the Not For Sale cabinet!

Unless a mint and boxed one shows up on the stall for £30...

Still a few replacement bits needed from Steve Flowers; one hook, one weight, the air horns, and door mirrors.

But it is magnificent.

[flat4alfa]

10 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

one hook, one weight, the air horns

Isn't that a line in a song?

It's a line in a song in my head now

[NorfolkNWeigh]

It’s Market Tat Friday for me.

This little care package of stuff @Datsuncoghas kindly accumulated and stored for me, arrived today.

The bigger SL is perfect and unmarked, it’ll make the others on the Corgi shelf jealous. The SD1 has a back window and the proportions look a bit better than the Dinky one I’ve got.

But the 240Z is the best, because I’d forgotten all about it.

I might dig out my R17 and dodgy Chines R15 to do a “ Who did it worst with that Renner.

All in all well chuffed, roll on Belfast Market coming back.