Shite in Miniature II

[sierraman]

It’s bizarre how these toy fairs have better cheaper stuff than the car boot? 

[bunglebus]

12 minutes ago, sierraman said:

It’s bizarre how these toy fairs have better cheaper stuff than the car boot? 

There's plenty of £10 tatty corgis and £3-5 Matchbox as well, picked up a repainted Dinky Big Cat that had blacked out windows too - £26!

You just have to rummage through all the tat boxes to find the bargains, no seller is an expert on everything. 

Saw one of these too but again, too much money

He also had a Glo Racer BMW, but at £15...

[bunglebus]

I also bought a couple* of the Hot Wheels I found in my local shop - good job I had some extra funds today!

[Remspoor]

6 wheelers:

Matchbox Salamander. I do have the white lettering for both sides.

Matchbox Stalwart . Too much painting going on.

 

[bunglebus]

That looks ripe for resto with careful choice of chemicals on the plastic bits

[sierraman]

14 hours ago, bunglebus said:

There's plenty of £10 tatty corgis and £3-5 Matchbox as well, picked up a repainted Dinky Big Cat that had blacked out windows too - £26!

You just have to rummage through all the tat boxes to find the bargains, no seller is an expert on everything. 

Saw one of these too but again, too much money

He also had a Glo Racer BMW, but at £15...

I picked one of those up a while back but I didn’t give a lot for it, maybe £1-2? I figured the racing Corgis weren’t that desirable?

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, sierraman said:

I picked one of those up a while back but I didn’t give a lot for it, maybe £1-2? I figured the racing Corgis weren’t that desirable?

I don't think they are - I just hadn't seen an orange one before. One will turn up eventually

[quicksilver]

@Datsuncogwill remember this infamous broken Metrobus rescued from Market Blokey's Big Box of Buses. I cleaned the accumulated filth off for an immediate improvement but since then it's been sitting around while I pondered what to do about the damage.

Then at a model show last Saturday I stumbled across a complete top deck assembly for an ABC Models Metrobus on sale for £2. I really didn't ever expect to find such a thing so it was swiftly purchased and I now have a roadworthy bus that owes me less than a fiver. Yes, I've done the opposite of what usually happens in reality and put a roof back on an open-topper, and I need to fill in the hole for the side route number and do something about the livery, but it has a new lease of life now.

[bunglebus]

Postie man comes bearing gifts. A little while ago I got sent a link via PM to one of the awful Chinese VOIKOWAGENG VW LTs. Didn't buy it, because I found a Chad Valley one in the box for less! 

There was a decrepit one at the toy fair with a slightly better but still incorrect spelling of Volkswagen, but I knew this one was en route.

Same seller also had this Matchbox Corvette still in the pack

And a Yatming Merc SL

Tracked down the ambulance version of the Superkings 240, Not in as nice shape as the red one though. Still hunting the race support version...

[andrew e]

Washed up and buffed off some of my £4 each Corgis from the toy fair me and @bunglebus visited. Not everything was a bargain there, but these unpriced beauties* were with a train vendor. In the worlds easiest haggle they dropped to £4, and though must need tyres the glass is all good! Still £4 each!

Razorback Type 3 Karman Ghia

Ghia!

Volvo Marcos

MGB GT

 

Oldsmobile Tornado with pop up lights 

[sierraman]

£4 they’re a bargain. You’d pay nearly that on postage on eBay. 

[egg]

Hi folks - this has come out of my parents shed. I think I used to play with it, so at least 30-35 years in there (well, probably a previous shed!). Does anyone want to restore it for cost of postage? Main problem is one track is almost snapped. 

 

[Mine's a Leganza!]

5 hours ago, quicksilver said:

@Datsuncogwill remember this infamous broken Metrobus rescued from Market Blokey's Big Box of Buses. I cleaned the accumulated filth off for an immediate improvement but since then it's been sitting around while I pondered what to do about the damage.

Then at a model show last Saturday I stumbled across a complete top deck assembly for an ABC Models Metrobus on sale for £2. I really didn't ever expect to find such a thing so it was swiftly purchased and I now have a roadworthy bus that owes me less than a fiver. Yes, I've done the opposite of what usually happens in reality and put a roof back on an open-topper, and I need to fill in the hole for the side route number and do something about the livery, but it has a new lease of life now.

That is a Hong Kong bus to Central on HK Island. 

[quicksilver]

48 minutes ago, Mine's a Leganza! said:

That is a Hong Kong bus to Central on HK Island. 

Well, the top half is. Strangely it could be the same bus in two different stages of its life as the top deck came from ABC model 000812 of China Motor Bus fleetnumber ML22, which later became a City Sightseeing Sydney open-topper!

[Remspoor]

Construction equipment.

Dinky Coles crane. Sting and hook have been replaced but otherwise good condition.

Matchbox Fuan Crane. Rear blown apart for some reason.

Priestman Cub Excavator, by Corgi. To operate the arm it does not rely on the elastic  "cables"

Matchbox (?) Muir-Hill excavator.

Dumper: Matchbox Kingsize  Muir-Hill

Matchbox Weatherill Excavator.

Matchbox Aveling Steam Roller

 

[egg]

I didn't know a Ford Contour model existed. Not cheap though!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125021900578?hash=item1d1be2cf22:g:4CQAAOSwMXdflO1J

 

[bunglebus]

Oh look, a Cougar Dragster with the decal from the green hot rod version

It's very pink 

[155V6]

I picked this one up today 😉

[Remspoor]

Not die-cast:

Plastic F1 cars. I found the makers name but I have since lost the information.

Lola

Lotus.

Forgot the make of this red one.

 

[junkyarddog]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Oh look, a Cougar Dragster with the decal from the green hot rod version

It's very pink 

Umm,not exactly, 

That's the No70 dodge dragster, with the decal from the No8 wildcat Mustang.

The No62 Cougar is the Rat rod.

Nice find.

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, junkyarddog said:

Umm,not exactly, 

That's the No70 dodge dragster, with the decal from the No8 wildcat Mustang.

The No62 Cougar is the Rat rod.

Nice find

I knew what I meant! Gets confusing with decals on the wrong cars. I was thinking about this one when I posted earlier

 

[bunglebus]

This came along with the DODGE dragster from the other day - as with the majority of them, the rear suspension was broken. Except it wasn't, it seems the axle can escape from under the plastic suspension part, so it can be clipped back in. Worth checking if you came across this problem, I nearly chucked it in the eBay pile and it's pretty tidy

I unboxed the new Layin' Lowrider as I want to mod it a bit - and discovered Rolamatic is alive and well!

 

[Remspoor]

Matchbox Hillman Minx.

[bicycle repairman]

On 3/22/2022 at 7:40 PM, Remspoor said:

Not die-cast:

Plastic F1 cars. I found the makers name but I have since lost the information.

Lola

Lotus.

Forgot the make of this red one.

 

i have 2 in loft somewere

[sierraman]

Think I’ll drop by Tesco later, they’ve got a 5 pack in that are electric cars, the eldest is fixated with them at the moment but still just about into Matchbox. 

[richardmorris]

Redirected from the news thread, here are some of my remaining vehicle collection.

can take more pics if anyone is interested. The 1999 eagle is staying  with me but the rest can probably sell if there is call for them.

[richardmorris]

[sierraman]

50 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Redirected from the news thread, here are some of my remaining vehicle collection.

can take more pics if anyone is interested. The 1999 eagle is staying  with me but the rest can probably sell if there is call for them.

Some lovely stuff there. Do you have any prices in mind?

[bunglebus]

4 hours ago, richardmorris said:

the rest can probably sell if there is call for them.

I'd be interested in the Dinky Volvo estate and the Matchbox AMX Javelin and RS2000, possibly some of the smaller stuff too...

[bunglebus]

In the meantime, I've been messing about with this Matchbox Speed Kings Caper Cart for far too long. Finally got it good enough to lay on a few coats of metallic red and add a bit of detail.

50 shite points available to anyone who can work out where the wheels are from

I should really paint that front 'plate too...