Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Don't know why charity shops have taken to bagging up toys in groups, but £1 netted me this 1982 Dodge Commando in Pepsi livery

 

20190731_120617 by RS, on Flickr

 

And a Transit I didn't really want

 

20190731_120637 by RS, on Flickr

[sierraman]

I think they bag up the shit stuff with the decent so they don’t end up with a box full of ‘teamster’ or whatever the hell that crap they sell in Poundland is. 

[catsinthewelder]

A purple smiley Transit must be a worthwhile addition to the collection?

[bunglebus]

A bit too modern for my tastes. There's a similar cool one on YouTube though

 

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

A bit too modern for my tastes. There's a similar cool one on YouTube though

 

Well it can have a home with me if you dont want it! Let me know how much you want for it chap!

[Datsuncog]

Friday tat, anyone?

Thin pickings again today, I'm afraid - most of the stall was given over to branded bar memorabilia, so the rightful spots for diecast tat had been usurped by Bells Whisky ice buckets, Tennents beer jugs and Stolichnaya ashtrays. Disgraceful. However, it seemed to be doing a roaring trade at 8.30a.m, with the stall busier than I'd ever seen it... so clearly Market Blokey's on to a winner here.

So for lovers of small chipped cars, rather than small chipped whisky jugs, this was all there was...

Most of these have appeared before, though I thought the lethally sharp Tri-ang trucks had either been sold or else confiscated by Public Health a few weeks ago.

Not a lot to get overly excited about, to be fair - though this was a bit unusual:

Not a bad 1/43-ish rendering of a Freightliner FLA, and although I couldn't find a maker's name on it, the baseplate was stamped 'Made in Singapore'. A heavy model too, mostly diecast throughout. Pity the front bumper had gone missing, though.

The 50p tat box hadn't changed, and as per previous weeks was overflowing with unwanted 1980s Corgi truck trailers. I didn't waste my pixels, sorry!

 

I did, however, grab this in my hot little hands, having fought my way through a roving band of wee Belfast women eager to secure boxes of Coca-Cola branded glasses...

It is, of course, an Atlas reproduction of a French Dinky - made by Norev, licenced from Mattel - but it's nice.

I actually disposed of a Minichamps rendering of an Opel Rekord A only last year, but this one somehow appealed to me... I think this Dinky casting somewhat flatters the Rekord A's lines, making it look less slab-sided with a too-small glass area than its real-life counterpart.

The Minichamps version, on the other hand, went the other way and seemed to accentuate the slightly skewy proportions, which I think is why it never quite gelled with me. Also, it had whitewall tyres - and I really dislike whitewall tyres, for some insane reason.

The box art is very attractive too.

This is the fourth repro French Dinky I've picked up from the stall; sadly it was also the most expensive at a tenner... perhaps he's now seen how much these fetch on eBay.

But I do rather like this one.

[155V6]

What's he asking for the transporter,& does it have it's rear loading ramp?

[Datsuncog]

Not sure what he's after - he was so busy accepting pound coins from a flotilla of old biddies that I could barely get his attention for the Opel... at a guess, based on the other stuff there, I'd say £5-10.

I think it still had its loading ramp in place - I should have checked more carefully!

I'll take a stroll over there in a minute and see if it's still there - if it's intact, have you an upper price in mind which I could haggle down to?

[155V6]

A fiver would be good,a bit more would be ok?

[Split_Pin]

I think those Dinky repros are brilliant if they are priced at around £20 posted on ebay. They have opened the gates to me so I can own French and Spanish Dinky cars that I had only previously been able to drool over in my 'Toy Cars' book. Progress has been slow however, in the last 5 years I have only bought the R12 Gordini, Peugeot 204 and Ford Galaxie 500. I have had the Opel Diplomant, Renault 4 and 6 on my watch list for too long now!

[Datsuncog]

25 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

A fiver would be good,a bit more would be ok?

Tragically, it's the one model that's sold since this morning... bloody typical!!

Sorry for the disappointment... would a bagged and sealed Miller Genuine Draft t-shirt help to ease your pain? Cos there's shitloads of those...

[155V6]

Is it a NASCAR one?

[Lord Sterling]

On 7/28/2019 at 1:42 PM, Amishtat said:

There's probably a dozen or more little jobs I could be doing on a Sunday morning so obviously I chose to waste my time thusly. Even the dog gave me one of those scornful/pitying looks. 

 

Phew! So it's not just me then. Whenever I get a old unlooked after model vehicle, I'll give a wipe with a lightly damp cloth, wipe it over then with Mer polish and then a dry microfiber towel.

Sounds involved but it takes less than a minute.

[Datsuncog]

44 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

Is it a NASCAR one?

Sadly not even that interesting, I'm afraid - it looked rather more like one of these:

At a guess, I'd say Market Blokey's done a clearance on a closed-down pub and found all these old bits of bar accessories and drinks promo items in a storeroom...

Still, the NASCAR tees look pretty funky:

And some even have particular relevance to the AS fraternity...

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, auld_ALS said:

I think those Dinky repros are brilliant if they are priced at around £20 posted on ebay. They have opened the gates to me so I can own French and Spanish Dinky cars that I had only previously been able to drool over in my 'Toy Cars' book. Progress has been slow however, in the last 5 years I have only bought the R12 Gordini, Peugeot 204 and Ford Galaxie 500. I have had the Opel Diplomant, Renault 4 and 6 on my watch list for too long now!

I think that's exactly why I'm warming to them now, too - having forsworn collecting 'toys' in favour of accurate scale models (Minichamps, Vanguards), I've now spent the past eight or nine months accumulating Corgi, Dinky (repro) and Matchbox cars...

...and that may* be linked to finding a copy of said book in a charity shop last year.

I also want a Dinky Renault R6 quite badly (even though I have a perfectly decent magazine partwork one by D'Agostini or IXO) - there is just something about them.

[155V6]

14 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Sadly not even that interesting, I'm afraid - it looked rather more like one of these:

At a guess, I'd say Market Blokey's done a clearance on a closed-down pub and found all these old bits of bar accessories and drinks promo items in a storeroom...

Still, the NASCAR tees look pretty funky:

And some even have particular relevance to the AS fraternity...

That's a bit dull,I'll leave it then ?.Cheers for looking for the transporter ?

 

[Amishtat]

I was lucky enough to receive these earlier from a mate who was thinning down his collection and weeding out the duplicates. Can't believe how nice the Herald is. 

[sierraman]

Poor show at car boot today. Wasn’t a complete waste of time, got this Porsche 911 with the opaque windows. Mid 80’s issue I’d say. 

[Split_Pin]

Those look like earlier wheels too, similar to a late 70s Superkings.

[egg]

Today's flea market find. Might be up for re-sale, I'll see. I think Bramz has a boxed one.

[Frogchod]

A nice simple repaint

I had a real one, around 1982, rusty as fook.  A worn camshaft saw it flogged to a banger racer mate.

Model was supplied by Egg industries inc along with a free Ford galaxie

the Ford is on repaint no3

[egg]

If anyone wants that Visa, will be £3.50 posted...

Very good condition apart from some bend to the axles.

[bunglebus]

Spotted a new charity shop today and hit paydirt;

 

I'll start with the worst - a couple of Chinese no-names that I liked the castings for repainting

 

20190805_152555 by RS, on Flickr

20190805_152531 by RS, on Flickr

 

Blue version of the James Bond Corgi Lotus

 

20190805_152508 by RS, on Flickr

 

Hot Wheels Mini from before they riveted the body on;

 

20190805_152404 by RS, on Flickr

20190805_152433 by RS, on Flickr

1st of two Matchbox Mustangs - I have two but couldn't resist

 

20190805_152314 by RS, on Flickr

 

I have the orange version of this;

 

20190805_152250 by RS, on Flickr

 

I had this as a kid, but the slightly earlier one with the 5-spokes

 

20190805_152229 by RS, on Flickr

 

20190805_152109 by RS, on Flickr

 

20190805_152447 by RS, on Flickr

 

Matchbox Ford Group 6

 

20190805_152009 by RS, on Flickr

 

20190805_151914 by RS, on Flickr

 

Getting exciting now - Matchbox Muira...

 

20190805_151823 by RS, on Flickr

 

...and the Speed Kings version!

 

20190805_151738 by RS, on Flickr

20190805_151757 by RS, on Flickr

 

The Prisoner Lotus 7 - probably a wheel donor although it's a lovely model

 

20190805_151718 by RS, on Flickr

20190805_151708 by RS, on Flickr

 

2nd of two Matchbox Mustangs, and I colour I'd never seen;

 

20190805_151636 by RS, on Flickr

20190805_151701 by RS, on Flickr

 

20190805_151631 by RS, on Flickr

 

Had a couple of job lots arrive, pics uploading now

[Split_Pin]

Nice eclectic haul there!

[Burnside]

Any interest for these? 

Gama 1:43 Opel Omega 3000 in good condition. Rear bumper loose ( just needs glue not broke ) and two tyres are cracked. 

Caramara / hongwell ? 1:43 Lexus GS300. Good condition just a couple of minor marks. 

Also still have the Norev 1:43 Citroen BX I'd mentioned previously.

Would sell them for £6.50 each posted? 

[Split_Pin]

I've bought enough models this month even though I'm not really supposed to be.

Next paid around August 23rd, I'll take the Omega if you still have it?

[Sausage5000]

Does anyone remember a Matchbox series of cars that had weird 'hologramatic' wheels, that where reflective and shiny?

I'm 99% sure they were Matchbox, and they came out late 80's. The car I had may have been a Renault concept (spider?), but I can't find any information anywhere or anything related to any Matchbox cars in the 80's having these wheels.

I remember it as my bullshitting friend claimed to have a millionaire uncle who owned one of these cars in real life, and it even had the zany mirror wheels.

 

 

And while we're at it - does anyone remember the emergency vehicles you could get (Matchbox again I'm sure of it), where you pushed it down against the wheels and a siren noise and lights came on?

[blakey79]

6 minutes ago, Sausage5000 said:

Does anyone remember a Matchbox series of cars that had weird 'hologramatic' wheels, that where reflective and shiny?

I'm 99% sure they were Matchbox, and they came out late 80's. The car I had may have been a Renault concept (spider?), but I can't find any information anywhere or anything related to any Matchbox cars in the 80's having these wheels.

I remember it as my bullshitting friend claimed to have a millionaire uncle who owned one of these cars in real life, and it even had the zany mirror wheels.

 

 

And while we're at it - does anyone remember the emergency vehicles you could get (Matchbox again I'm sure of it), where you pushed it down against the wheels and a siren noise and lights came on?

Laser wheels

 

[Sausage5000]

Yes!!

It was a Peugeot Quasar.

 

[155V6]

42 minutes ago, Sausage5000 said:

Does anyone remember a Matchbox series of cars that had weird 'hologramatic' wheels, that where reflective and shiny?

I'm 99% sure they were Matchbox, and they came out late 80's. The car I had may have been a Renault concept (spider?), but I can't find any information anywhere or anything related to any Matchbox cars in the 80's having these wheels.

I remember it as my bullshitting friend claimed to have a millionaire uncle who owned one of these cars in real life, and it even had the zany mirror wheels.

 

 

And while we're at it - does anyone remember the emergency vehicles you could get (Matchbox again I'm sure of it), where you pushed it down against the wheels and a siren noise and lights came on?

 

Matchbox & Majorette both made cars with sirens & lights