Shite in Miniature II

[sutty2006]

2 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Just these three from yesterday's boot sale, happy with them at one Euro each:

 

Haven't seen many Majorettes done like the Firebird. 205 is suffering with a snapped rollbar and slightly collapsed suspension, but is otherwise tidy. Land Cruiser my favourite of them, I have several other versions but this black one is new to me.

Majorettes are fantastic. I’ve given some of my old ones to my son. They all have working suspension, opening doors or bonnet, tow bar, good details etc. fabulous. 

[bunglebus]

Think I've only had two of those Firebirds turn up

 

[sierraman]

10 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Boot sale stage one complete 

You are relentless at this car boot game!! Sunday Mornings I’m usually in no fit state! 😂

[Spottedlaurel]

2 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

 

Aha, same graphics as mine but more yellow, the one I found is quite orangey.

[IronStar]

23 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Boot sale stage one complete 

I’m a simple man - I see Alitalia I press like / get my wallet out. 😄
 

Thank you for everything you bunch of Italian madmen. 

[Tenmil Socket]

56 minutes ago, sierraman said:

You are relentless at this car boot game!! Sunday Mornings I’m usually in no fit state! 😂

The same goes for me but this morning I woke early and went to my first car boot in ages. A waste of time really as most of the stuff was utter crap! I did find a stall selling die-cast for 5p each so I picked out 30. Some for the sheer comedy value 😂

Bought another bike too… gonna get bin bagged when I get home 🤦‍♂️

 

[IronStar]

Went to pharmacy with Mrs Star to pick up some alcohol spray and they had these

I couldn’t resist picking one up, and was very happy seeing them. Unpacked, saw that Stratos was a possibility but didn’t get too bummed out. Went to a shop, Mrs Star went to pick up some fruit in a shop next door and came back with another one for me to try for Stratos. 😄

So what did I get then?

No Stratos unfortunately. 
I’m wondering what is RD-05 based on though?

 

[Tenmil Socket]

It is my *birthday* so treated myself to a couple of storage boxes @Datsuncog

 

[bunglebus]

37 minutes ago, IronStar said:

Went to pharmacy with Mrs Star to pick up some alcohol spray and they had these

I couldn’t resist picking one up, and was very happy seeing them. Unpacked, saw that Stratos was a possibility but didn’t get too bummed out. Went to a shop, Mrs Star went to pick up some fruit in a shop next door and came back with another one for me to try for Stratos. 😄

So what did I get then?

No Stratos unfortunately. 
I’m wondering what is RD-05 based on though?

 

The bags are numbered so you can work out the contents, hidden under the seam at the back

[IronStar]

2 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

The bags are numbered so you can work out the contents, hidden under the seam at the back

Thanks! I’ll check if they have Stratos later today. In all honesty, it would be more exciting if they weren’t numbered. 

[155V6]

My finds from this morning

More pictures later

 

[junkyarddog]

I hope that Matchbox  Switch a Track is complete 😁

[155V6]

12 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

I hope that Matchbox  Switch a Track is complete 😁

No cars,but it looks like everything else is there.No transformer,these were extra,but it says you can use two 4.5 volt batteries 🤔

[bunglebus]

Is that the one from the eBay tat thread?

Spot the difference, hardly found anything at the late boot sale

[155V6]

5 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Is that the one from the eBay tat thread?

Yes,Miss_155 was off doing family stuff so I took the Puma out for the 1st decent drive it's had in over a year😁

[junkyarddog]

32 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

No cars,but it looks like everything else is there.No transformer,these were extra,but it says you can use two 4.5 volt batteries 🤔

Think I hooked my Matchbox Motorway up to a battery charger on the 6v setting.

[bunglebus]

Things seem to be quietening down at the boot sales, lots of sellers but few cars

Hot Wheels Gulch Gulper is an odd little beast, but what is is based on?

Couple more of the H.W. Matchbox copies

Two Tomicas today, Morgan and Miura

Corgi Toyota 2000 has a broken screen, but all the jewelled lights, seats, steering wheel are intact, not bad for a quid

Superfast Wreck Truck

And yet another pony trailer

Gruesome Twosome in Super GT format

Glow test

131 isn't the worst I've seen

Colour changer Buick is pretty tidy

Superchargers Toad is my best buy today

Connectables Kellogg's Beetle

And a 20p Lupo. Into double figures with these now!

[sierraman]

Those 131 seem really hard to find in mint condition. 

[155V6]

47 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Think I hooked my Matchbox Motorway up to a battery charger on the 6v setting.

That's worth a try,thanks.

There's a few transformers on eBay,but most are being sold as untested.I did think of buying one of those universal ones  & cutting the plug off.If only there was someone who was into such things, @flat4alfa ?

[Tenmil Socket]

Here’s my 5p each haul. Got home and realised I’d left a no name XR4i behind 😩

Going to keep the few that I like and add the rest to my roffle 👍🏻

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

20 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Its interesting (if your a sad bastard like me) that when you do things like these models you start noticing slight detail differences in cars. The Cortina for example, some seem to have the B/C pillar in between the windows in black yet others it’s body colour.

I had a low spec white 205 as a company car once, just like this one.

To get the GTi look...

...I stuck some black insulating tape on the door B-pillar.

The black pillar thing was always reserved for the sportier models in a cars range to try and give them a longer more aesthetically appealing look.

 

[155V6]

The cars I picked up today

Matchbox Model A vans,I wouldn't normally bother with these but they were variants I hadn't seen before

Matchbox Skoda & MR2

More Matchbox

Majorette Honda Accord & HotWheels thing

Siku Porsche 959I got home & found I already had one,but it did have a different coloured interior

 

 

 

[bunglebus]

6 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

HotWheels thing

Crack-Ups Top Bopper. Does it still work?

[155V6]

Yep

[Split_Pin]

So who knew or cared?

These 3 have the same baseplate and interior:

 

[bunglebus]

That's mad, never noticed before!

[IronStar]

4 hours ago, 155V6 said:

That's worth a try,thanks.

There's a few transformers on eBay,but most are being sold as untested.I did think of buying one of those universal ones  & cutting the plug off.If only there was someone who was into such things, @flat4alfa ?

It can be any transformer as long as voltage matches and amperage is same or higher than the original one. I assume it’s a barrel jack? Cheapest way to do it would be finding a 6v $properA transformer on a flea market and if barrel jack doesn’t fit, buy another one with jack that fits and transfer it over. Just be mindful of polarity, some have it as positive on the pin negative on the barrel, some have it vice-versa! It’s marked on the transformer as so

[FakeConcern]

Boot fair and I came home with this

I can use it under the seat on a BEA flight, useful!

This shite was in it

The seller wanted £5 each for the cars so I asked how much for the whole lot and he wanted £50. Knocked him down to £35 and then worried I'd paid too much as I'd just seen a few Corgi and Dinky

Most are not great condition, but still worth the money I think

I think I'll keep the Corgi Fire Engine as it's quite nice and maybe the Dinky one

Here are the Corgis that attracted me in the first place, I don't really want the Batmobile or the Toronado, but the rest I do. I think someone restored a Man From Uncle (Illya Kuryakin if you must know) Olds and said the button on top could be pressed in without opening the car up. Is that true, I hope so?

Scrap Dinkys, I have a pair of wheels from a Crapi that I think are the same as the Jensens

A big bundle of Lesney/Matchbox, I'll keep some and maybe put  others with the box of tat I won in a roffle and re-roffle.

A few Husky, I had all but the Anglia as a kid so I think I'll keep these

Some odd ones here

Not seen any Dinky Dublo before or heard of Champion from France

Hot Wheels fans

I knew the Red Line Custom Firebird, but had to Google Revvers

No idea how the gubbins underneath would work

Then a few bits and bobs

Any ideas what this guage/meter is @danthecapriman?

What does the contact switch on top do, DC to AC?

[bunglebus]

Some interesting bits in there, never heard of the Hot Wheels Revvers before 

Here's my Champion Ferrari P3

and Chaparral 2D

Dinky Dublo Morris pickup

and van

Plus VW T1

 

[danthecapriman]

23 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

Boot fair and I came home with this

I can use it under the seat on a BEA flight, useful!

This shite was in it

The seller wanted £5 each for the cars so I asked how much for the whole lot and he wanted £50. Knocked him down to £35 and then worried I'd paid too much as I'd just seen a few Corgi and Dinky

Most are not great condition, but still worth the money I think

I think I'll keep the Corgi Fire Engine as it's quite nice and maybe the Dinky one

Here are the Corgis that attracted me in the first place, I don't really want the Batmobile or the Toronado, but the rest I do. I think someone restored a Man From Uncle (Illya Kuryakin if you must know) Olds and said the button on top could be pressed in without opening the car up. Is that true, I hope so?

Scrap Dinkys, I have a pair of wheels from a Crapi that I think are the same as the Jensens

A big bundle of Lesney/Matchbox, I'll keep some and maybe put  others with the box of tat I won in a roffle and re-roffle.

A few Husky, I had all but the Anglia as a kid so I think I'll keep these

Some odd ones here

Not seen any Dinky Dublo before or heard of Champion from France

Hot Wheels fans

I knew the Red Line Custom Firebird, but had to Google Revvers

No idea how the gubbins underneath would work

Then a few bits and bobs

Any ideas what this guage/meter is @danthecapriman?

What does the contact switch on top do, DC to AC?

I think you did pretty well with that lot! Some nice bits and pieces in there.

Dinky Dublo are smaller scale 1:76 sized vehicles designed to go together with the old Hornby Dublo train sets in OO gauge (same size/scale).

Not sure exactly what the gauge is, but I’m pretty sure that company made electrical test equipment a very long time ago. It’s probably some sort of ancient version of a multimeter! Interesting item though, and I bet it’d look good with a clean up.