Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Bagged a load of lovely Majorettes from one seller at under £1 each, plus a a couple of others here and there

Poor Mustang has received a stomping

[155V6]

That Majorette Plymouth Fury is amazing,it hasn't even got any broken lights 🤩

[AnnoyingPentium]

Oooooh I do like yon BX.

[155V6]

I only went to one local car boot this morning & came away with these

Called into a nearby antiques place on the way home & picked this Dinky Scammell

I'd seen it yesterday,but left it because of the missing front bumper.However,Steve Flowers sells reproductions,so that'll be another part to add to the list when I get round to placing an order.

[bunglebus]

9 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

I only went to one local car boot this morning & came away with these

Chrome Darda buggy! Want!

Last lot, I bought shedloads of Matchbox as they were cheap, only a few are new to me or unusual 

The white Fandango is pleasing as I only had a tatty one. Fire Chief I had but has gone AWOL. 

Forgot to include this plastic MK1 Golf cab with the VW stuff, looks like the Early Learning Centre (we think) MK3 Escort I found a while ago, but is marked Viking Plast Sweden 

Lastly this Corgi F1 has little marking on the base - part of a set of sold under another name?

[Amishtat]

First boot sale visit of the year here too this morning as we actually managed a whole 40 seconds or so when it wasn't fucking raining. Utter, utter shit. One of these Sundays I should get my arse in gear and take a look at Ayr market, it's not very far and it couldn't be any more of a waste of time and petrol than Dumfries. This was the only thing to come home with me today,it just seemed a little too nice to leave it clattering around in the 50p tub.

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

25 minutes ago, Amishtat said:

One of these Sundays I should get my arse in gear and take a look at Ayr market

It's quite gid for miniature shite. Haven't been in ages.

[bunglebus]

 

6 hours ago, Amishtat said:

First boot sale visit of the year here too this morning as we actually managed a whole 40 seconds or so when it wasn't fucking raining. Utter, utter shit. 

Scortchio down here!

I forgot the interesting/comedy items,  so here's a taxidermied stoat? Weasel? Ferret?

a cream maker

Some Scalextric 

a telly

And naked Jesus!

[sierraman]

51 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

I only went to one local car boot this morning & came away with these

Called into a nearby antiques place on the way home & picked this Dinky Scammell

I'd seen it yesterday,but left it because of the missing front bumper.However,Steve Flowers sells reproductions,so that'll be another part to add to the list when I get round to placing an order.

The Land Rover Hi-Cap is one from the Early Learning Centre, I had one as a kid. Quite scarce actually. 

[155V6]

Darda Buggy isn't that good.Missing a headlight,chrome is tarnished(might clean up),& someone has stolen the engine 😂

[w00dy]

 

I'm liking these ones in the little boxes. 

[bunglebus]

11 minutes ago, w00dy said:

 

I'm liking these ones in the little boxes. 

Where did you find that one?

[w00dy]

9 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Where did you find that one?

OneBelow, Fishponds

[andrew e]

2 hours ago, sierraman said:

The Land Rover Hi-Cap is one from the Early Learning Centre, I had one as a kid. Quite scarce actually. 

I was just about to claim that fact 🤣 I have an ELC 1-75 3 pack if anyone is after it.

[andrew e]

Lovely score on the Majorettes @bunglebus you did well 👍

[sierraman]

No diecast for me this weekend apart from a new Matchbox Ford C900 tractor unit, too busy fucking about with actual broken cars. 🤣

[Split_Pin]

5 hours ago, bunglebus said:

It's a Kees, I have found them before in both red and blue, but couldn't resist.

It's a Toyota Crown taxi - bought with you lot in mind.

Second bootsale saw me finding this

Which has grown my finds pile a bit!

That pile of diecast is a dream come true. If I found that I'd throw myself into it and make snow angel movements.

[Split_Pin]

3 hours ago, 155V6 said:

I only went to one local car boot this morning & came away with these

Called into a nearby antiques place on the way home & picked this Dinky Scammell

I'd seen it yesterday,but left it because of the missing front bumper.However,Steve Flowers sells reproductions,so that'll be another part to add to the list when I get round to placing an order.

That's a Foden S80. I had the tipper but stupidly sold it. Great model.

[155V6]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

That's a Foden S80. I had the tipper but stupidly sold it. Great model.

I knew it was a Foden as I'd been looking for the parts on eBay.No idea why I put Scammell🤪

[bunglebus]

3 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

That pile of diecast is a dream come true. If I found that I'd throw myself into it and make snow angel movements.

I went back for a second rummage, couldn't resist. He bought them as a job lot to sell on, who knows where from or how much he paid. There were plenty more I should have just scooped up at 33.3p each

[Spottedlaurel]

Lovely selection of Majorettes there.

Fingers crossed I'll be finding some at French boot sales this summer....

[Remspoor]

American emergency services.

Matchbox Caddie ambulance. x2

Matchbox fire truck. x2

Matchbox Mercury Police car.

[bunglebus]

7 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Matchbox Caddie ambulance.

Matchbox Mercury Police car.

That ambulance made it into the early Superfast era too

That Mercury must be up there as one of the most long lived castings from Lesney, with some changes it seemed to go on forever

[AnnoyingPentium]

Got these on my thread but think yous might appreciate them too... or want to buy them...

 

[Amishtat]

After yesterday's boot sale shitshow,today I found myself visiting Hawick for the first time. Not sure what was going on with the traffic but the southbound A7 was diverted through the middle of the town ,which was handy as otherwise I'd not have been sitting at the lights in a position to notice a shop window full of old diecast. Even better,there was a Sprinter-sized gap by the pavement which it seemed rude not to take advantage of. Some rather nice stuff but his prices were all over the place, I had a closer look at a tatty Spot-on 105e Anglia but he wanted thirty quid and even by my low standards it wanted bumpers and a repaint. Have a crappy pic of some of the window display,the silver thing under the gold Lincoln was a Polistil Volvo 164,which is a new one on me. Typically,it was missing bits but he still regarded it as worth forty pounds..I didn't leave empty-handed (some of you know my complete lack of willpower) but that seemed much too salty to me. The Dinky A105 was rather tempting but again rather too much for me.

 

[barrett]

I know it's pointless repeating endlessly the complaints about old-school antiques places and their lack of pricing awareness, but surely five minutes on the internet would pay dividends in terms of actually flogging stuff, rather than have it clog up your window for years and years. Meh. Anyway, those 164s are pretty common and £20 would buy you a mint boxed one if you were so inclined. Unboxed for a bit less, ie: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/POLISTIL-S20-VOLVO-164E-1-25-SCALE-MODEL-CAR-MADE-IN-ITALY-/234553629438

[Amishtat]

Without knowing any of that,it just seemed bloody expensive for what it was. And, being Polistil,of course there were bits missing. I'm not particularly into them so it's not surprising I hadn't seen one before. 

[155V6]

A box of cars was waiting when I got home today.The one I was most waiting for was this Dinky Transit

 

A bit disappointed that the front spoiler was broken,but it's not bad apart from that 😀

The rest of the cars included some Matchbox

Some Corgi

Some Tonka

& a few odd bits & pieces

 

[Datsuncog]

Unfashionably late to the MB Capri party, but finally found one on Saturday night - right at the back of the pegs in Tesco.

Not really sure what to do with it - if previous form is anything to go by, hide it in a wardrobe for a year then sell it for a quarter of what I paid - but it's nice to try my own 'then and now' comparison.

As others have said, the Superfast Capri's not really a great model in terms of proportions - but it still oozes appeal.

It's the only original mint and boxed Matchbox I still have, and it's a definite keeper.

[Remspoor]

On 5/23/2022 at 9:09 AM, bunglebus said:

That ambulance made it into the early Superfast era too

That Mercury must be up there as one of the most long lived castings from Lesney, with some changes it seemed to go on forever

I was not a lover of Superfast/wizz wheels. Even as a child I preferred the cars to be more realistic. I know that is sad.

The Mercury  is the quintessential car, as drawn by a child.