Datsuncog Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 7 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Look into my eyes, not around the eyes - you want the two Scammels! If I hadn't just bought one on Friday, I could have been tempted into the crane truck! The home-made hook on yours is a nice touch, though. That blue K-14 Freight Liner is nice, mind... ah, go on then! Put it aside for me, thanks! bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Corgi Ford D-Type, haulin' scrap. The low-loader trailer's a really nicely-made piece of kit; still kicking myself over letting the matching white Ford go! Burnside, Amishtat and Sudsprint 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 1 hour ago, bunglebus said: Here's the stuff I got for myself, a few from the trader and some out of 30-50p boxes I have a few of these Mercurys, but these are likely better than my existing ones 20200719_122611 by RS, on Flickr 20200719_122525 by RS, on Flickr 30p Sand Cat because the cat's head usually goes AWOL 20200719_122655 by RS, on Flickr Rockets off the trader's stall 20200719_122713 by RS, on Flickr 20200719_122743 by RS, on Flickr Along with a nice Tincorner 20200719_122851 by RS, on Flickr Shabby RS2000 was probably not the best choice from his stall, but I had this one, with the trailer and glider as a nipper 20200719_122913 by RS, on Flickr Yellow Golf seems to be less common than the other colours - surfboards AWOL as usual 20200719_122925 by RS, on Flickr Regular wheels Stude was too nice to leave behind 20200719_122952 by RS, on Flickr Back to the cheap stuff, FAB 1 is utterly ridiculous but can accompany my Tomica one 20200719_123027 by RS, on Flickr These poxy trucks seem to follow me home, but I do need this one to fix the red #6 Ford Pickup that is currently grille-less 20200719_123059 by RS, on Flickr Found a good body for my Majorette Sterckeman caravan that goes with the K70 I bought recently. This one has a broken hitch 20200719_123122 by RS, on Flickr Ooh, metal base Husky MK10 Jag for 30p! That must mean the bumpers are intact... 20200719_123200 by RS, on Flickr 20200719_123208 by RS, on Flickr ...bugger. No-Name Chinese E30 20200719_123255 by RS, on Flickr Not come across this Zylmex before, Pug 405 rally slag 20200719_123415 by RS, on Flickr Are they all keepers? If not, mk2 'Tina catches my eye... Also working on sourcing a clean, green Mercury estate with the same wheels as yours but with a plain roof and with dogs in the boot if you are selling any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 13 minutes ago, Dick Van Diesel said: Also working on sourcing a clean, green Mercury estate with the same wheels as yours but with a plain roof and with dogs in the boot if you are selling any. Think the dags only come with the 1:64 cars, and there are several versions of those to chose from. Haven't got any spare at the moment Talking of different versions of the same thing Datsuncog, Burnside, Sudsprint and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Yes, there was a Corgi Rockets Jensen Interceptor (No.906) lurking in there too. NFS, for now (though dibs can be placed now for any future offloading) Dibs Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 @Datsuncog Marcos XP is exactly the one I had as a child. I must have it if it's available. Also would like the black van... Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 The chap driving the bobsleigh isn't a henchman; that's Blofeld himself, in his Telly Savalas disguise. The yellow sedan is a 1977 Dodge Monaco, extremely popular with American police departments, and taxi operators. Sudsprint and Datsuncog 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 5 hours ago, bunglebus said: Corgi Merc secured - this is the same seller Amishtat buys from at the Wednesday boot sale. He's not going next week but has all these 1:64 at £4/3 for £10. Many of them are in really good condition, although I did see a crushed MB RS2000 that I'd rejected in a 50p box elsewhere among them Ooh! I spy a tidy looking MB Skoda 130LR. Four squid seems fair for that, looking at what they seem to be going for on eBay currently. Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 8 hours ago, warch said: I wish! I don't think there is anything I don't love about that design, especially the radar dish purloined off the roof of a frigate. Isn't the driver a bit undernourished though? Change of wheels, change of figure and it looks plenty better and more like the real thing warch and BL Bloke 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW201 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 8 minutes ago, flat4alfa said: Change of wheels, change of figure and it looks plenty better and more like the real thing Looks like something from Bob Jankel's drawing board off the mid'70's! flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 1 hour ago, AndyW201 said: Looks like something from Bob Jankel's drawing board off the mid'70's! Five years before Jankel’s Panther 6 too Designs such as this one were more Reg Hill than Gerry Anderson eddyramrod and AndyW201 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 7 hours ago, bunglebus said: this is the same seller Amishtat buys from at the Wednesday boot sale. He's not going next week but has all these 1:64 at £4/3 for £10. If either of you need to make up the £10 weight, I fancy the deeper green Mercury Cougar Villager pretty please @Amishtat @bunglebus bunglebus and Amishtat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 5 hours ago, flat4alfa said: Just got back from big car boot Didn’t even break into a note I’M CURED !! I spent more on the £2 entry fee than I did inside Hot Wheels Mopar was 10p Corgi Manta 400 that had been through a bush backwards was 50p Corgi (?!) funny face van presumably to do with the Disney Cars franchise even though I don’t recognise it, was also 50p Cured. AndyW201, Burnside and Amishtat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Popped into poundland Burnside, Datsuncog, AndyW201 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 7 hours ago, bunglebus said: Corgi Merc secured - this is the same seller Amishtat buys from at the Wednesday boot sale. He's not going next week but has all these 1:64 at £4/3 for £10. Many of them are in really good condition, although I did see a crushed MB RS2000 that I'd rejected in a 50p box elsewhere among them Yes, I recognise those plastic crates. Couldn't go last week owing to time constraints so I'm definitely up for some Wednesday morning tat bothering. Which probably means it's going to rain like a horse pissing on a flat rock.. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 All this talk of Mercury Commuters has reminded me of this. Normally it lives on a shelf in the kitchen, slightly off scale but not terribly so. Everything else in the second picture is from a previous Tat Friday bonanza. andrew e, MarvinsMom, bunglebus and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Hey @Datsuncog could I add the small yellow not-a-taxi Dodge and the Husky Merc to my tat pile, if that's ok? I promise to actually stump up the cash and pay, as surely I've the longest outstanding account! I don't even want to know what other gems lie within, lest it spoil the surprise... Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 34 minutes ago, Amishtat said: Amishtat, you are really going to shout great plan thief !!! In a minute ? BL Bloke, eddyramrod, Amishtat and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 So I shrunk myself to Smol Eddie size and popped down the auctions earlier, (all egged on buy a meet with @bunglebus earlier). A load of PX’s had just rolled up... and off it seems. Cars were made of stronger stuff in the 70’s it seems, I also thought only Citroen AX’s had plastic tailgates - but no Renault got there first ? Towbar’s always a bit of a worry - probably been dragging a double axle or an Ifor Williams pig wagon. “Never raced or rallied” too according to the auctioneer - I have my doubts, they definitely look like playground skid marks (or at the very least skirting board damage). I reckon the last one is Gordini - it’s got red seats Smol Eddie ? bunglebus, Sudsprint, Datsuncog and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Excuse the dirty matchbox above - I never used to wash my hands much in junior school that’s vintage grime ? RoadworkUK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Still down the (virtual) auctions, the next lot was much more my style - Cordoba Beige Capri II ! The flat bed was pretty funky too - despite the space age looks it has a commer low compression lump from a “Space Van”. At least the Capri was a 1.3 Was genuinely fair nick, sills were good but the back seat appeared to have marble or action man weapon damage. No prop so I’d guess front wheel drive. Sadly it didn’t sell (I NO WAT THESE R WORTH M8) so the seller dragged it home with his new purchase from the other auction hall: Sadly that was knackered too and threw a rod 50 yards past the key office. The only course of action - could the Space Van’s 47 horse power (with a 3 speed auto out an Avenger) tow it back...? Could it manage a little bit more...? HURRAH ? Datsuncog, AndyW201, BL Bloke and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 42 minutes ago, andrew e said: So I shrunk myself to Smol Eddie size and popped down the auctions earlier, (all egged on buy a meet with @bunglebus earlier). A load of PX’s had just rolled up... and off it seems. Cars were made of stronger stuff in the 70’s it seems, I also thought only Citroen AX’s had plastic tailgates - but no Renault got there first ? Towbar’s always a bit of a worry - probably been dragging a double axle or an Ifor Williams pig wagon. “Never raced or rallied” too according to the auctioneer - I have my doubts, they definitely look like playground skid marks (or at the very least skirting board damage). I reckon the last one is Gordini - it’s got red seats Smol Eddie ? "Yer missin' a blue un M8" Datsuncog, Burnside, andrew e and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Think the silver one is missing some decals DSC_0080_zpsccglunr5 by RS, on Flickr andrew e, Burnside and Split_Pin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 8 hours ago, Datsuncog said: And then, a bit of a basket case – a No.64 MG 1100 Say 20p, as spares or repairs? Yes I’ll take that DOG BASKET CASE.... to do a Doggie transfer to a Mercury Villager That way I can achieve a Matchbox doggie wagon one-two-three: Merc Commuter-Merc Villager-Olds Vista Cruiser So a Villager can join this party as a slight ‘code3’ along with the genuine MG and the Majorette Cherokee that arrived recently Then the MG 1100 remains can lose its front bumper as well and become MG RALLY MAN I can hear the wife packing my bags right now Burnside, morrisoxide, Datsuncog and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 A cheap Ebay purchase this week. For some reason the 2+2 shape almost works better on the Dinky and Corgi toys than in real life. Nowhere near mint but a nice model. Does anyone know where you can get Dinky numberplates (I am missing the front ?) eddyramrod, Datsuncog, MarvinsMom and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 I bought these for my Zodiac and I was very happy with them https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dinky-164-Ford-Zodiac-number-plate-paper-stickers-only/372179679294?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 These are the only yellow and white ones I can find https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dinky-188-Jenson-Interceptor-number-plate-paper-stickers-only/372179680788?hash=item56a7a33e14:g:Lp0AAOSw0UhZzfnl Or you can get custom ones made https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/custom-made-number-plates-decal-choice-scales-and-types-idea-code-3s-/352605295066?var=&hash=item90cf0722b8 Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 9 hours ago, flat4alfa said: [Corgi Rockets Jensen] Dibs I thought I might be hearing from you on that one! 9 hours ago, TheDoctor said: @Datsuncog Marcos XP is exactly the one I had as a child. I must have it if it's available. Also would like the black van... No bother - now set aside with the others! 5 hours ago, Jon said: Hey @Datsuncog could I add the small yellow not-a-taxi Dodge and the Husky Merc to my tat pile, if that's ok? I promise to actually stump up the cash and pay, as surely I've the longest outstanding account! I don't even want to know what other gems lie within, lest it spoil the surprise... Sure thing; both now added. And fear not, you ain't actually the longest outstanding... 3 hours ago, flat4alfa said: Yes I’ll take that DOG BASKET CASE.... to do a Doggie transfer to a Mercury Villager That way I can achieve a Matchbox doggie wagon one-two-three: Merc Commuter-Merc Villager-Olds Vista Cruiser So a Villager can join this party as a slight ‘code3’ along with the genuine MG and the Majorette Cherokee that arrived recently Then the MG 1100 remains can lose its front bumper as well and become MG RALLY MAN I can hear the wife packing my bags right now Good stuff - I'll be interested to see how that pans out! Now moved from one box to t'other. Jon and Sudsprint 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 I bought a tuf tots Corvette and promptly snapped the tow hook off. It came without wheels and axles. So it got a resto and a superglued tail... Why? Because @Datsuncog sent me a tuf tots speedboat! Tenmil Socket, flat4alfa, Split_Pin and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 That's just lovely! So glad the boat and trailer have gone from overlooked tat-box detritus, to heading off on adventures once again - cracking job on the Corvette, that. ^^ This is the box I found them in - plastic soldiers, broken yo-yos and dried-up felt tip pens galore... egg, Burnside, andrew e and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 22 hours ago, Dick Van Diesel said: Are they all keepers? If not, mk2 'Tina catches my eye... I'm keeping it - but I do have a not-quite-as-good one I was about to put on eBay? £2.00 + P+P if you're interested Burnside and Sudsprint 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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