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1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Volvo into the Cog box if possible then please

Will have the Grey Merc as well if he does the pair for £6

And flying bug

And, as if by magic...

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Some small marks on both the Corgis which should polish out without too much trouble, but not very much in terms of paint loss.

The Merc floppytop is missing the hood irons on one side plus a snapped-off roof lug BUT I was able to use this deficiency to barter down to £3 each, so hopefully that's ok! Should still display nicely.

Flying Bug is in better condition than the one I encountered last week - roof wings merely bent, rather than snapped off, and both jet engines present too. Which means there must be yet another one in worse nick lurking in the depths of the tat box...

 

36 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Yes! Cheers Tim!

Please add it to my box together with the 5 door R5 (I have the 3 door one already) and let me know how much I owe you (I think I have others in my box too)

Sure thing - it's a bit fooked, but may well do as a placeholder until a better one turns up.

Will do some sums and PM you!

 

17 minutes ago, TheDoctor said:

Do I spy a Super Kings Fiat X19? 

Yep, the silver Corgi Fiat X1/9 in the under-tat box? It's not too bad, though a few spots of paint damage and a crack in one corner of the windscreen - here's a better pic from last week, when it was up top:

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There was also a fairly decent Matchbox K-31 Bertone Runabout concept car, upon which the Fiat was based, in one of the boxes - but I don't think it appears in the pics, so unless you're slightly psychic...

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(internet search pic)

Which one tickles your fancy?

13 minutes ago, TheDoctor said:

Ooh, and a Matchbox Unimog! 

Think there's a few of those Unimog snow ploughs in there - shall I pick you one up next week?

 

3 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

@Datsuncog can I nab the Holden Ute as well as the two Speed Kings you've procured? Many thanks,,,

Certainly can move the ute into your box - no worries!

Is it the Nissan 270X and Matra Murena you're after, or summat else as well?

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So, return visit yesterday afternoon...

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This is the "Green thing" that was hiding.  It appears to be some kind of rally-raid sort of truck.  Plastic body.

There is a recovery truck in the same box...

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...along with a Disco3 and a bunch of variously-scaled Binis.

Now if we go down to Matchbox/HW size...

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L-R: a 90s Crown Vic police car; Lexus LS400; Audi Quattro and a Sprinter police van, by Realtoy.

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L-R: the next generation of Crown Vic; two of an earlier generation, when they were called LTD and built on the Fox platform IIRC; a Celica; and, of all things, a Citroen Cactus!  I'm thinking of nabbing one of those LTDs for myself, I have a purpose for it.

He should be there today if anyone wants any of this.

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Charity shop 50p box was rich with interesting crap today. 

Hot wheels Corvette. 

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Another Jazz, I have 3 now! 

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OMGRATLUK Bug. 

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Majorette Pontiac people carrier

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Majorette Citroen XM. Stickers over windows, I can clean this... 

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New Ray 1:43 scale Alfa. No tyres, but I knew I had some spares... 

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Two really plasticky Dickie 1:43 cars, Mercedes e320 and Renault Megane

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Odd scale pickup, with the remains of a Bandit sticker. I've taken a few photos as it's a weird one to me... 

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As per usual, if anyone actually wants any of these, they could be available. 

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8 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

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This is the "Green thing" that was hiding.  It appears to be some kind of rally-raid sort of truck.  Plastic body.

There is a recovery truck in the same box...

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...along with a Disco3.

Thanks for checking them out. I’ll give the green rally raid thing a miss this time

The Disco, however, is identical to the one Dolly and Ken have, and it’s been a right pain keeping it reliable. This was just yesterday. The recovery company sent a very nice man out. Very, very nice man.

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Before you ask - the gearbox was already ruined

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I now have 4 of these. Picked 3 up from the Entertainer this afternoon and one I got just before Christmas.

They all have that same bit of flash under the headlight meaning the baseplate and grille dont sit 100% square

Anyway, it really annoys me when other collectors Hoover up desirable items and sell them at a profit or use them in a laughably unfair trade. So I am giving 2 of these away. 1 is for CMS206 and another is up for grabs, free. The only condition is that it has to be collected from Central Scotland. My new job means I can no longer easily get to a Post Office.

I'm keeping 2, 1 to keep sealed and the other to open.

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Sometimes, the fact that my local Morrisons are usually a good couple of cases behind on the Hot Wheels can be an advantage, as I picked up a couple today that I missed out on first time.

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I do like the HW Mk1 Escort a lot, it's a good casting, pretty accurate for the small scale,(Spoiled only by the stupid chrome interior!) I don't have them all, as they do suffer from a lot of hype and I refuse to pay the inflated amount asked by those 'enthusiasts' online, but I think I've got most. I had the white Gumball edition but the black one passed me by. Until now!

And I was excited like a small child when I found this in the bottom of the rummage bin,

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The Purple Porker at last! Not mad keen on the rims but I love the colour and the fat arse!

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It can just be seen here, but I like the roll cage fitted in this one. But I wish when HW go to the trouble of tampo printing a pair of realistic headlights, they wouldn't leave the rears blank.

And I found this earlier in a cupboard at home...

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The Mercury Cougar is another of my favourite HW castings. I don't know how I came by this one as I think it dates from about the early 2000s, and I wasn't really into HW then. It's survived well out of the packaging though, its absolutely mint, and in a gorgeous colour. Jensen has claimed it for his 'opened ' HW collection as he likes green cars, and he likes the flames on this one...

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Okay kids - so we may have another new tat source potentially opening up (albeit of a higher grade)...

This afternoon I happened to be over in Whitehead, a picturesque Victorian seaside village a couple of miles away which also has a couple of fairly niche craft/hobby/antiques shops...

Just as we were leaving, I happened to glance into the window of a shop I hadn't noticed before, billing itself as 'The Vintage Time Travellers'. Some very nice mid-century modern furniture was in evidence, set off with gleaming retro tea sets, racks of 1950s and 60s gowns - all decent quality stuff, and clearly picked with a high degree of taste and discernment.

And then I stopped, frozen.

MrsDC clearly noticed 'that' face.

"What is it?"

**stage whisper** "There's shelves and shelves of diecast in there..."

"Do you want to go in?"

"Yesssssssssssssssss..."

I think I may already have been inside before I managed to get that single syllable finished.

Ohhhhhhh...

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Well, crikey.

After a bit of drooling, and much stroking of French Dinkys, we got chatting to the proprietors.

Seems they've only been open since late last year, and Lisa seems to be running the place while Andrew formerly had a model shop somewhere in North-West Scotland, but since moving over to Norn Iron all his old shop stock is currently crammed into a storage unit/shed.

While he seems to have previously sold a lot of models via eBay, right now it obviously makes sense to have some stock out on display in the shop, just in case an inverterate diecast-licker like me toddles in.

Very wise.

So there is apparently A LOT of diecast not currently out on display.

I mentioned that I'm a member of a small but dedicated sub-forum of diecast tat afficionados, and asked if I could take a few pics to share with the group, just in case there was anything which would tickle their fancy.

This was wholeheartedly endorsed, so here you go:

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The middle shelf was what transfixed me first of all. Corkey O'Rorkey, what delights.

Many of them are, of course, correctly labelled as Atlas reproductions of French Dinkys. There were also some boxed Matchbox Dinkys, at a tenner each. Less common beige Ford V8 Pilot just visible at the bottom.

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Saviem flatbed with load is a lovely big thing. £25 asked for it. UK Dinky partworks behind not as scarce, tis true.

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Boxed Opel Kapitan, Ford Taunus Politzei, Renault R12 Gordini, Buick Roadmaster, Citroen 2CV and Ford Thunderbird all seemed to be priced between £15 and £20 each. Gorgeous Citroen Type H in 'Philips Roadshow' trim priced at £25.

Not super-cheap, granted, but if he usually sells on eBay then I've no doubt it's about the going rate for each.

But, if these could be purchased in multiples without the need for auction fees, or PayPal fees, or individual postage... well, I reckon we could maybe have a chat.

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Grey Citroen Traction Avant is by Solido, with opening bonnet wings and all. Rover P4 'Cyclops' is by Dinky; not sure if it's a reproduction or restoration.

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A trio of Atlas reissue Aston Martin DB5 DHCs,  lovely in metallic red and priced at £15 a pop.

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Corgi Land Rovers, and Dinky Bedford/Austin/Daimler commercials priced around the £5 - £15 mark, depending on condition. Oxford 1/72 Bedford TK box van right at the back in Tayto ROI livery very appealing, too.

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Monkeemobile priced at a tenner. Very restorable, and I doubt that Market Blokey would be selling something like this for much less.

The shelf below, then...

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Well, that large-scale tinplate bus is a sight to behold.

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No manufacturing marks beyond 'Made in China' - anyone know what it might be? Triple doors seem more like Hong Kong buses than UK ones.

Then, below the bus, some Matchbox commercials - mostly Ergomatics, and mostly Superfast, though some Regular Wheels in there too:

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As you can see, Dodges, DAFs and Fords from anything between £1 and £3.50 seemingly arbitrarily applied (plus a rogue Corgi Juniors Kojak Buick in there too) - but he could be open to offers, if anything appeals here?

Further down, and perhaps a little less interesting to the dedicated tat hoker: some Oxford and Corgi Classics Minor vans...

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...and then some Days Gone

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(I swear there must be some byelaw somewhere, stating that if you're selling second-hand models you must have a certain percentage of DGs in there. I know I did.)

And moving on up, just around eye level:

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Bburago, Revell and Welly stuff...

Worth a closer look at this Fiat 500, though...

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Opening everything!

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Does the name Nacoral mean anything to anyone?

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This looked old, more like a toy than a model going by its relative crudeness, and was very very heavy (more than a real one, possibly) - not so much my bag these days, scale-wise, but a very lovely thing nonetheless.

A fair few Beetles on the upper shelf, too:

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And then, moving on up to the very top, some more commercials of mixed era:

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Unboxed Lledo Vanguards Bedford and Thames box vans, with Corgi Karrier and Jeep commercials in between. Corgi Classics eight-wheelers behind.

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Corgi Classics Bedford O-Types, plus an OB Coach (?), and another Vanguards Thames Trader.

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Still more Vanguards (Thames and Bedford) with a Corgi ERF tipper, and Dinky Bedfords - with a Scammell Scarab behind.

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I think the Dinky Supertoys Foden Chain Truck is an Atlas repro - still very nice, though. Original Dinkys down below; also a Corgi Classics Scammell Highwayman tanker (I think).

Other clumps of diecast were scattered around the shop, plus other automobilia too:

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Matchbox Originals from the early 1990s - nice in their own way, of course.

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Locally liveried OOC models - such as these Citybus, and Belfast Corporation buses - are worth a packet. I remember when the Ulsterbus Tours Plaxton came out (in pre-internet days) they were changing hands for £100 at toy fairs. £30 seems not too bad.

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Another few Atlas repros, plus another Corgi Classics Bedford O-type pantechnicon.

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These little spotter books were charming at a mere £3 each.

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And quite an appealing Dinky Morris Oxford MO, hiding in a cabinet. £10 on this one too.

After yesterday's tat-splurge, I didn't come away with anything with wheels - tempted though I most certainly was  - but I felt it would be remiss of me not to let you folks have a gawp too.

The diescast guy, Andrew, has an eBay shop where he trades as 'treasures_of_transport'. You can check it out here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/treasures_of_transport/

Now, there's not much on there at the minute - which is understandable, if he's only just relocated from the Scottish Highlands, though I suspect that, like me, he may also be fed up somewhat with eBay's current structure. But worth a look, nonetheless?

He also has Facebook and Instagram accounts with the same handle, where he has more recent pics of the shop stock (and better ones than my potatocam efforts):

https://www.facebook.com/Treasuresoftransport/

https://www.instagram.com/treasures_of_transport/

It goes without saying that I'm happy to make enquiries if owt appeals here - and also arrange payment, collection and postage along with existing, or new, tat boxes... same terms as usual, folks.

As mentioned, there's A LOT of models which he still has in storage, so if there's anything you're searching for, either hit him up on Instagram like what da kidz all do these days, or I can also make enquiries on your behalf.

Knock yourselves out!

 

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Great selection and write-up there DC !

I love that Spanish Fiat (or Seat?) 500. I remember the name Nacoral from my family holidays to Spain in the '80s. (I always used to come back home with various Guisval, Guiloy, Auto-Pilen, and Mira stuff). I recognise the wheels on it because in Palma, Majorca in 1981, I picked up a 1/24- ish scale Nacoral Capri Mk1 2600GT, which had the same wheels. Like this one,

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