Shite in Miniature II

10,166 · June 7

10 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

That stumpy plastic BMW E30

I wondered who has this now?

Why?

8 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

@FakeConcern won this veritable feast of diecast.

Having recently decided I'm only colllecting Corgi/Dinky sized toys I was thinking of roffling that box again with the Corgis removed and a few extra bits and bobs added. The Lone Star Impys would be included as well as that orange Stumpy BMW . Would there be any interest?

38,706 · June 7

I was rather interested in the Lone Star Impys, so it's a resounding YES from me.

10,166 · June 7

7 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

I was rather interested in the Lone Star Impys, so it's a resounding YES from me.

Well that's one ticket I can sell!

I just need to teach the cat to choose a number, is that right?

41,355 · June 7

Oh my, hasn’t TAT FRIDAY changed signifiCATly

They never did Adidas Gazelles in that colour. Maybe they should.

41,355 · June 7

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

Why?

Because it’s plastic and would be unique* and great idea* fitted with one of these. Not that the Wife would agree.

41,355 · June 7

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

The Lone Star Impys would be included ~~as well as that orange Stumpy BMW~~ . Would there be any interest?

Well, yes. Was a bit gutted last time as I wanted those Lone Stars. Even though already have similar examples, but the lust is strong. Because, twat.

38,706 · June 7

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

I just need to teach the cat to choose a number, is that right?

Yeah, something like that...

Don't do what I did, though.

Very mess, much confuse.

41,355 · June 7

Now that’s dediCATion 😁

50,076 · June 8

Didn't come home with a lot this morning

50,076 · June 8

Bit of a curve ball 1st courtesy of @dan95x

95% complete and disassembled despite undrilled rivets!

Boot sale stuff consists of a couple of MB VWs

A tidy Hi Trailer

Unusual Holden

Pop-up camper with glow in the dark bits

And a Premier Collection 56 Ford Pick-up

Don't quite know why I decided I wanted these two Lone Stars

Or this Crescent

But the Dinky's rather nice. Don't know much about this particular one, mechanism to release the trailer is neat though

Looks like one of those precariously loaded vehicles you see headed for Africa

41,355 · June 8

50,076 · June 8

Maybe I should have picked up the third car to complete this 3 pack - lady said she had the torch somewhere

The Dune Buggy just struck me as very cheaply made though

Glow test:

50,076 · June 8

Hirohata Merc Super Treasure Hunt coming to shop near* you soon

* on the same planet

4,487 · June 8

So today a huge parcel arrived!

Doing my best @eddyramrod and protesting “I won it in a roffle dear” I *think* she believed me…. so I found a knife!

BLOODY HITCHHIKERS 🤣

Check this little lot out! Bloody fantastic! Hat tip to @Datsuncog for the excellent roffle and usual quality packaging. But whats this? A bonus Corgi Consul, a proper sweet little thing it is too! Cheers Tim 👍

4,487 · June 8

If you were in the roffle for the above, I have an announcement!

50,076 · June 8

2 hours ago, andrew e said:

lOnE sTaR fIrEnZa?

38,706 · June 8

4 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

lOnE sTaR fIrEnZa?

Tragically, no, not this time...

But there were a couple of other bits and pieces I found, that I'd forgotten you'd asked me for - with the additional Corgi Cubs in my last parcel from you, I think we're all squared up!

41,355 · June 8

26,179 · June 8

I have no idea how it happens, but somehow I've managed to get some model time lately. So, in my last box from @FakeConcern there was a Corgi Chevy Impala taxi: early issue with the one-piece bodyshell. So I stripped it and set about correcting something that's always niggled me about this model. It's the "flat-top" body, which on the real car is a pillarless four-door. Corgi chose to model it with all the windows up, which is fine, except they then cast in some very heavy B pillars. They're probably supposed to represent the frames that edge the actual windows, but at this scale, why would you? They're much too heavy and make it look like a sedan, which has a completely different roofline. So I cut out the pillars and even filed away the horizontal rail above, giving the side windows a much more pleasing aspect.

Why paint it black? Because one of my friends in the American Auto Club North West has a black flat-top, because he was so smitten by a real one he saw as a kid that when he retired, he just had to have one. He's now had it at least 15 years and it's an absolute credit to him. This model will now go in the Personal cabinet, which not only includes cars I've owned, but also cars my friends and family have owned.

And now to Corgi Juniors, and a Renault Trafic van from @danthecapriman. This is for the Film/TV collection, you may recognise it...

Zak Dingle's tasteless two-tone van from Emmerdale, of course.

And then the Hero Car (to use the modern parlance) from a very old TV series. But it was the Hero Car for only one episode, in which it was gratuitously wrecked, before being replaced by the car most viewers would remember.

Yes, it's a Hillman Hunter, the Corgi rally car of course. Another Dan treasure, this one was aching for some sort of restoration. So I stripped it, filled in the various holes, painted it blue... and now it's Eddie Shoestring's car from the BBC series. Mostly he had a red Cortina estate, but this is his previous ride.

38,706 · June 8

Crumbs, I well remember Eddie Shoestring's Cortina estate but I've no recall of his Hunter... must have missed that episode!

Good that someone's around to keep a miniature record of all these things!

23,955 · June 8

Great work @eddyramrod! That Chevy looks brilliant without the pillars.

I can also confirm, that Hunter was an absolute mess before! I think it was clearly someone’s favourite toy way back when, and it’s been played with! A lot!
Looks fantastic in the blue road car style👍

12,888 · June 9

Yesterday's 1:1 car show and autojumble had much more to offer than the toy fair the previous weekend, I could have bought far more than this lot:

Star buys were probably these two for £1 each:

Another seller had a Siku Citroen SM, but they wanted £10.

Great to get such a tidy example of one of the big Majorette trucks, with a rather fancy horsebox.

I have a couple of 3dr Majorette 5s but the 5dr has somehow evaded me until now. Solido version goes nicely with the random French things I have in 1/43.

Catalogue not cheap at £5, but it marks what they had in the range in the year I was born.

Good to see the garage I got last weekend as it should be. Quite a bit I'm missing.

And on the subject of garages....

This was very nice, but I couldn't justify spending that much.

50,076 · June 9

52 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

I have a couple of 3dr Majorette 5s but the 5dr has somehow evaded me until now

Me too! Still trying to track one down

23,955 · June 9

1 hour ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Yesterday's 1:1 car show and autojumble had much more to offer than the toy fair the previous weekend, I could have bought far more than this lot:

Star buys were probably these two for £1 each:

Another seller had a Siku Citroen SM, but they wanted £10.

Great to get such a tidy example of one of the big Majorette trucks, with a rather fancy horsebox.

I have a couple of 3dr Majorette 5s but the 5dr has somehow evaded me until now. Solido version goes nicely with the random French things I have in 1/43.

Catalogue not cheap at £5, but it marks what they had in the range in the year I was born.

Good to see the garage I got last weekend as it should be. Quite a bit I'm missing.

And on the subject of garages....

This was very nice, but I couldn't justify spending that much.

I love those two service station sets! I could have played with those for hours as a kid! Never seen that JoyToys one though.

The catalog is interesting too, is it just me or are the wheels drawn in very similar style to the old Hot Wheels blackwall style?!

50,076 · June 9

19 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

The catalog is interesting too, is it just me or are the wheels drawn in very similar style to the old Hot Wheels blackwall style?!

That's exactly the market Lesney were aiming for, Hot Wheels had taken the toy car industry by surprise and so they were fighting back with the likes of Superfast and Corgi Whizzwheels

41,355 · June 9

Artwork inside too

6,175 · June 9

Here's what I got at Shepton mallet toy fair today,always early bird it,the pleasure of walking round with no crowds,finding any good stuff that's not been snaffled and leaving as the huge queue snakes around outside is worth it.

I have a thing for mechanical horses and scammell scarabs,so that's another one to the collection,the acadiane was £1 and the same colour as one my dad had so had to get that.The ant is to replace one I had as a child that's long lost,happy with that for £6, and particularly pleased with the Anker Trabi,I had been after one for some time,a barkas also on the want list,this was a whopping £12 and is very lovely

50,076 · June 9

Today's finds

61,337 · June 9

I picked this up from the local toy fair a couple of weeks back

In a kind of madness, I decided to opt to remove the overpaint using various mild abrasives rather than a full restore

These close-up pics reveal that you could go on forever removing tiny paint fragments

However, to be honest it's now pretty much as good as the one I already have on the left...

50,076 · June 9

Bit of a mixed bag today, lots of choice but all the good stuff was at less than bargain prices.

50p for this even as a donor is alright though

However I got my pants pulled down here - first box I started rummaging in was absolutely full of correct era Matchbox, bought far too many tatty ones and gave an extra £2 for this - only realising later it's got a couple of rather glaring faults...