Shite in Miniature II

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

 

These boxes are the annoying variety which offer no accommodation for the door mirrors once stuck on - so the luckless collector gets a Sophie's Choice of gluing the mirrors on and accepting it can never again go back into the packaging, or forego the mirrors and have annoying great holes in the casting all the while it's on display.

 

 

 

To over come the problem of stuck on mirrors and old style boxes I have used a craft knife to cut the inner plastic packing mouldings to accomadate the mirrors.

 

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

 

And lastly, this little oddity:

A European base spec Consul left hooker, complete with a sheet of assorted number plates from various different countries.

Also, much dust.

Weirdly, the grille and wheels depicted on the box are not at all the same as what's attached to the model.

Most peculiar.

They all come like that sir. When making the box art they sometimes use a pre-production sample.

Best Granada to me is the Purple Velvet version with its great contrasting seats. Very '70s.

The European series was very short lived and consisted mainly of old Corgi Classic castings in new colours.

One of the best was the Saab 96 in beige

Which was later reissued in a hard box with a new number plate but still the original reference number VA 07700.

[flat4alfa]

31 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

There were two other Crestas - two-tone pink

Not for me thanks, but you could put that one aside for the other Eddy, as it matches the outfit:

[bezzabsa]

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

A quick sprint round the other stalls revealed that there was nothing visibly new elsewhere - Colin's Irish Tat stall had the same stuff as last week, while Larry's Independent Traders had nothing at all with wheels.

I was a bit surprised, as I thought something might have remained from last week, especially the dearer stuff - though cutting across to Alan's Emporium of Eternal Optimism revealed why:

Ah, he's had Larry's remaining stock.

Yep, that's still £10 each.

And £2 on the Majorettes and Matchbox (and the Pixar Cars):

Thanks, but nah.

how much was the pixar Bini??? if its under £5 can you grab it next time plz (if its still there ) 

[Datsuncog]

5 minutes ago, bezzabsa said:

how much was the pixar Bini??? if its under £5 can you grab it next time plz (if its still there ) 

Think it was probably £2 as well - will have a look next week for you!

[bezzabsa]

Just now, Datsuncog said:

Think it was probably £2 as well - will have a look next week for you!

cheers muchly....I have correct paint for my Bini and an airbrush  

[MiniMinorMk3]

Here's my final instalment of the UT catalogue series.

This time it is 1998, and the biggest change is that it is not in the Pauls Model Art/Minichamps style. By the way, I have not scanned the full catalogue as it now runs to 44 pages including covers.

Contents page shows that the range has grown.

Z3 in more colours and the Z3M has joined the range

E36 M3 in various guises

Corvette has joined range and Caprice now in 3 variations of police.

F355 now in yellow

New Cossie colours and a road WRC version. The Expedition model must have been huge.

New Mercedes models

Some new 911 colours and types

The competion car range also expanded and included remote control 1/18 scale models...

and 1/24 scale plastic kits

Here's the full range for 1998. Also note that all the models have new reference numbers which do not follow the Paul's Model Art/Minichamps style.

 

I will be having a dig around my ephemera and will scan some other catalogues, which may be of interest, in the near future.

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, bezzabsa said:

cheers muchly....I have correct paint for my Bini and an airbrush  

If it is the roof rack and luggage you are after, the model is Kiel Motorray from Cars 3 (2019)

[eddyramrod]

58 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Not for me thanks, but you could put that one aside for the other Eddy, as it matches the outfit:

I'm hoping you meant me....

@Datsuncog: At those prices, I'll take any-and-all PA Crestas, Ford Granadas or mk3 Zephyrs please.

[danthecapriman]

Another Greenlight 1/64 today!

Chevy C70 ‘Kodiak’ tipper. Lovely detail on this too. Tipper section would probably look a bit better weathered to take that plasticky look off but I do like these.

[sierraman]

I have a spare Volvo 240, yours for what I paid £2.40 plus postage?

[danthecapriman]

28 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I have a spare Volvo 240, yours for what I paid £2.40 plus postage?

Ooh, yes please! Do you want me to settle up or do you want to do a swap… I’ve got a little box going here with odd bits and bobs in it as I’ve been cleaning the loft out!

[sierraman]

14 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Ooh, yes please! Do you want me to settle up or do you want to do a swap… I’ve got a little box going here with odd bits and bobs in it as I’ve been cleaning the loft out!

Ooh let us know what you’ve got! 

[danthecapriman]

7 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Ooh let us know what you’ve got! 

🤣 I’ll PM you this evening with a few pics!

Most of it is stuff I’ve found while doing the last clean out of boxes in the loft so hasn’t seen daylight in 20 odd years! 

[bunglebus]

I actually unboxed something, shock horror 

I definitely didn't buy both the ones they had, and open the one with a damaged card with the idea of making a new base for it. Oh no.

I like that it still has the flat four hanging out the back, might need some serious reduction gears to turn those monster meats!

[Datsuncog]

My head's all pickled today.

First I forgot to take a picture of the view from the doorstep this morning; then I forgot to post a customary wrap-up pic before leaving this afternoon.

It's been quite a long week.

But, behold:

Not so much a day for utter tat, in the best tradition - but there were some interesting items at a fairly reasonable price, I hope you'll agree!

I'll decant these into their assorted tat boxes when I get a chance - everything's somewhat jumbled at present, as the renovations rumble on, with beds in the kitchen and clothes in the sunroom and tat in the... bath, I think.

So, despite assorted tribulations - it's good when Tat Friday still comes through.

Happy Friday, kids.

[bunglebus]

Race Day set in Smyths - no Capri though

[bunglebus]

Boot sale bargains 

[bunglebus]

On 8/28/2023 at 10:17 PM, quicksilver said:

I've got a couple of Roadsters and the pre-facelift ForTwo in red and blue but didn't know they did a facelifted version too. Not yet found the ForFour or Crossblade going cheap though.

Guy still had them- £1 for the three

[Tenmil Socket]

11 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Boot sale bargains 

Nice!

[eddyramrod]

34 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Boot sale bargains 

 

23 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Nice!

I'd go further than that!  I'd say Bloody Nice!  What's the grey one, far left?

[Spottedlaurel]

44 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Boot sale bargains 

Does the Transit come with a figure and accessories like the Mk2 version?

[Tenmil Socket]

16 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

 

I'd go further than that!  I'd say Bloody Nice!  What's the grey one, far left?

Sierra Sapphire 

[bunglebus]

The Saph is a Schabak bought for @andrew e. I'll let him reveal it but here's the back - lovely Regency Red Sapphire that reminds me of my dad's same colour GLS

[Jon]

I reckon the later issue of the Mk1 Dinky Transit was the best looking one. Less play value than the earlier version but proportionally much more accurate.

The Mk2 version is also good, just a smidge too chiselled at the front. 

Lovely stuff, regardless. Hope you got a fair deal, @bunglebus!

[155V6]

So I gathered together all the Corgi Junior transporter trailers with drawbars.I did cheat slightly ,as the 5th & 6th trailers don't have rear hooks.

There was only one type of car that I had enough of to fill them                                                                                 

Not easy to get the whole thing in one picture,so here's a couple of closer ones

[quicksilver]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Guy still had them- £1 for the three

Bargain, and I'll happily give them a new home.

Here's my collection as it currently stands. It looks like they changed the colours each year and facelifted the ForTwo alongside the real one, and the red ones I think are from the first year. One of the Roadsters has a damaged roof so I might try converting it to the open-top version, and the fire service ForTwo is a mod inspired by one a real UK brigade had (for publicity, not actual firefighting - imagine calling 999 to deal with an inferno and that turned up!)

 

In other miniature shite news, I went to the market this morning but didn't find anything interesting, just the usual infestation of Days Gone everywhere. The going rate for mint and boxed is £2 each or 3 for a fiver but still not a sniff of interest.

[RoadworkUK]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Boot sale bargains 

Oooh that XR4i. 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, 155V6 said:

There was only one type of car that I had enough of to fill them

The good old infinite variation Corgi Juniors. Think I have more Regals than anything else, but the SDI, Sierra and US Van are up there too, around 15 of each

[bunglebus]

Here are a few bits seen at this morning's boot sale. There were also a handful of the Shabak dealer promotional Fords, Scorpio, Sapphire and Escort namely. Pics didn't come out great of those

[bunglebus]

Here's what I bought. In a change of pace, I only actually acquired three cars for myself, plus the little Smarts - and this which I thought someone might want for 50p?

It's a Tinstoys KaK, pullback. It was pretty minging inside and out so it's been apart for a bath already

Everything else is mint and boxed - starting with one of the Majorette Model A vans that's definitely not copied from the Matchbox version.

Next up, one of two Matchbox Superking XR4is that the guy had, box was better on this so I handed over £8 and ran away

On another stall with no other diecast whatsoever was this. I had an idea he was going to ask £20, so I countered with £15 and got it for £17. I definitely prefer the later casting with the single rear door and no ugly slider on the driver's side