Shite in Miniature II

56,741 · September 19, 2021

On 03/09/2021 at 20:48, eddyramrod said:

Oh bugger! I wish I'd known, I'm in need of a Tex Dinoco (I think that's his name); the gold Cadillac. He's a Coupe deVille, 75 or 76 so slightly younger than Huggy, but I'm sure I could work out a satisfactory conversion. If anybody sees one at tat-box prices, I want it!

Aliexpress

42,903 · September 20, 2021

I'll send this one up to Eddy

39,640 · September 20, 2021

Hopefully by the time I’m back home the Araldite will have dried on the axles of my Matchbox MB9 RS2000 Sierraman cabriolet...

39,640 · September 20, 2021

Worked quite well I think. Was a bit of a pain in some respects, you can’t swap axles easily on these so had to file out the clamps and use Araldite.

56,741 · September 21, 2021

Just returned from a quick* local* mission to collect a few* VW toys. Gonna take me a while to catalogue this lot

39,640 · September 21, 2021

I’m sure this diecast buying is a full time job for you! 🤣

Never seem to see job lots come up near us.

25,076 · September 21, 2021

Is that whole tub full of VW shaped diecast??

Never seen one of those early green Matchbox transporters with the doors intact yet!

56,741 · September 21, 2021

19 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Is that whole tub full of VW shaped diecast??

Yep, it was full to the top. The stuff still in it is the usual Chinese pull backs, money boxes, belt buckles etc that get given to anyone who expresses a vague interest in air cooled VWs. There are some big Bburago New Beetles in there and some other stuff worth selling on

56,741 · September 21, 2021

Here's a selection of the "keepers"

Siku

Corgi

Green Caravelle - obviously doorless, replacements are available. I have one complete one and one with a door missing

This is worth what I paid for the box alone, and as a bonus is in better nick than the one I customised recently

Matchbox

One of several Hot Wheels I didn't have

This is the only pity. Schuco bug is missing a door

Matchbox

Corgi

Majorette

Very tidy Matchbox

Part two coming up

56,741 · September 21, 2021

More Hot Wheels, two of which I'd not found before

A pair of decent Matchbox T3 ambulances

Box says Hongwell/Cararama, base says Brekina

Think this is also Cararama

Corgi race support pickup. No tools in the bed

Another very pleasing find. I have one of these but it's very loose from being transformed too many times, and is missing the gun - but does have its bumper

These also have to be worth the price of admission - have you seen how much Micro Machines go for?

These are priced at £10 each on the box

Not sure the make on this, or if I want to keep it...

...but this is definitely staying

Much better than the rusty one I repainted years ago.

There are more but I think I've covered the more interesting ones

39,640 · September 21, 2021

Those T2 Ambulances go for decent coin on eBay if you’ve a surplus.

56,741 · September 21, 2021

I've got them all except the black version. I will be very busy on eBay for the next few weekends I expect!

39,640 · September 21, 2021

Definitely, I need to do this with the duplicates I’ve ended up with over the years.

25,076 · September 21, 2021

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Yep, it was full to the top. The stuff still in it is the usual Chinese pull backs, money boxes, belt buckles etc that get given to anyone who expresses a vague interest in air cooled VWs. There are some big Bburago New Beetles in there and some other stuff worth selling on

Is that silver pick up a Husky?

Unusual repaint on that Dragon Wheels too.

Nice haul.

56,741 · September 21, 2021

9 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Is that silver pick up a Husky?

Yes, it's bare metal but has had the rear wheel arches enlarged.

The look has a name but I can't remember it

42,903 · September 21, 2021

I had that very same Tonka Green Buggy. There is a photo of me playing with it in Mum's album. Must have been ~1975

42,903 · September 21, 2021

Be quick!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154501588689

56,741 · September 21, 2021

18 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

I had that very same Tonka Green Buggy. There is a photo of me playing with it in Mum's album. Must have been ~1975

Funny how the mind plays tricks, the last one was yellow

It was the smaller one that was green

September 21, 2021

5 hours ago, sierraman said:

I’m sure this diecast buying is a full time job for you! 🤣

Never seem to see job lots come up near us.

I dunno about Bunglebus, but when my kids were little, car boots were the place to go.

Saw lots of boxes like this and we'd always let the kids pick a car or two. Quite honestly though, if you'd offered them a tenner for the box, they would have bitten your arm off.

56,741 · September 21, 2021

49 minutes ago, TheOtherStu said:

if you'd offered them a tenner for the box, they would have bitten your arm off

A tenner? That's double what I paid!

I was offered a huge box of cars at the boot sale recently for £20, I probably could have split them up and made a profit but I really couldn't be arsed to carry them around and find space for them somewhere. I'd say 70% of the VW box will be going up for sale

39,640 · September 21, 2021

I’ve got 90% of what I’m looking for with Matchbox, so it’s likely 90% of what I’d buy I’d have already got. Missing quite a few of the 1/36 Corgi so concentrating picking the ones I’m missing up on eBay.

Obviously when Tesco was stocking new Matchbox I was picking those up but likewise that seems to have petered out. Even the singles they don’t refill now.

22,523 · September 21, 2021

Whoops, just won this box at the local auction! Wanted it mostly for the Speed Kings SM.

25,076 · September 21, 2021

Some nice bits in there,

That caravan still has it's tow hook intact,the regular wheels Ford Prefect isn't that common either.

6,219 · September 21, 2021

I was going to wash the car but it looked like rain, so out came the air brush.

When I was younger I couldn't wait to put freshly painted cars back together. I would get finger prints in the paint and make a mess of them and get annoyed, so they turned into rat rods or rusty wrecks.

56,741 · September 22, 2021

Those earlier versions of the 32 Ford are a nice find, looking forward to seeing them finished 👍🏻

September 22, 2021

10 hours ago, morrisoxide said:

I was going to wash the car but it looked like rain, so out came the air brush.

When I was younger I couldn't wait to put freshly painted cars back together. I would get finger prints in the paint and make a mess of them and get annoyed, so they turned into rat rods or rusty wrecks.

Do you use an airbrush for these? They look amazing.

39,640 · September 22, 2021

14 hours ago, D.E said:

Whoops, just won this box at the local auction! Wanted it mostly for the Speed Kings SM.

The other surplus stuff should eBay nicely.

6,219 · September 22, 2021

2 hours ago, TheOtherStu said:

Do you use an airbrush for these? They look amazing.

Thanks. Yes I use a Airbrush with Pebeo brand acrylic paint from Hobby Craft, thinned down with Asdas own screen wash. Then two coats of lacquer on the Volvo and Galaxie.

Someone on here was using the same set up and I copied, I can't remember who? The metallic seems the correct scale.

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Those earlier versions of the 32 Ford are a nice find, looking forward to seeing them finished 👍🏻

It's actually the new casting with the clumsy looking rivet/air filter cut off.

September 22, 2021

Sorry, these were meant to go up days ago, but you know... life and stuff. Let me know if there's anything you fancy, offers welcome, you know the score.