Shite in Miniature II

[egg]

Before and after then...don't look too closely or actually touch it!!

[flat4alfa]

What is that and would it be a good source of tyres for sixties Corgis etc

[flat4alfa]

What's that oddments box within a box

Intrigued to what oddments are that box

Might be that long lost oddment I've been searching for in the bottom of my box

[flat4alfa]

Oddments made me think -  ahh figures.

If you come across lonesome long lost figures there might be some I'm after.

From top of head:  Dinky Pink Panther driving with hand waving the air ; Corgi standing Kojak aiming the gun, with or without hat ; Batman and Robin figures big and small ;  Chitty figures big and small

 

[barrett]

I think the pink thing is Politsil RJ14 Fiat 124

[Datsuncog]

24 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Think if the big Pacer glazing is bearable for pennies I'll take it.

Main glazing unit cracked on all three sides - rear hatch glazing missing.

🤕 It's had a hard-knock life, plainly.

20 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

What is that and would it be a good source of tyres for sixties Corgis etc

That seems to be part of a bogey rig for one of the 2000s Corgi Heavy Haulage range - so tyres are maybe a bit too modern for older Corgis.

GR8 FOR TINY TUGBOATS M9

17 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

What's that oddments box within a box

Intrigued to what oddments are that box

Might be that long lost oddment I've been searching for in the bottom of my box

Oddments in there are all stuff that's been broken off various Days Gone and MoYs - fire ladders and load canopies, for the most part. Nothing old!

14 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Oddments made me think -  ahh figures.

If you come across lonesome long lost figures there might be some I'm after.

From top of head:  Dinky Pink Panther driving with hand waving the air ; Corgi standing Kojak aiming the gun, with or without hat ; Batman and Robin figures big and small ;  Chitty figures big and small

Yup, I'm always keen to look through the tubs for loose figures - I've a couple I'm watching for also, such as the NYPD officer that came with the Corgi Buick Regal police cruiser, or the attendants for the Chevy ambulance.

Other than the Steve McQueen figure that went with my Bullitt Mustang, I've yet to find any of note - but I'll keep looking!

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, egg said:

Aren't those tiny weeny Lone-Star Ford N-Series trucks ever so tiny-weeny...

So tiny-weeny, Farmer Tom looks uncomfortable

Even Tom's cousin Tiny Tom isn't that keen

1:87 seems big, 1/116 perhaps?

[sierraman]

Is the 50p Tat box still going?

[egg]

20 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

1:87 seems big, 1/116 perhaps?

Yup, 1/116 stamped on the bottom in teeny tiny letters.

[eddyramrod]

Did I just see a navy blue 1960s Fiat Multipla?  If it's 1/43 could you add it to my box please?

[flat4alfa]

12 minutes ago, egg said:

Yup, 1/116 stamped on the bottom in teeny tiny letters.

So it has!!  My eyes aren't what they were...

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

I also had half a mind to pick up the LDV ambulance for myself today, but clearly that wasn't gonna be happening either.

Don't fret - I'll send over to you the one I have here.  It came from a @Spottedlaurel tat box

Spreading the Tat Karma, like

[bunglebus]

Dammit my tat Friday warning didn't go off - if the plastic Grusome Twosome copy is there next time for >£5 I would like it pretty please

@Datsuncog

[flat4alfa]

 

23 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Dammit my tat Friday warning didn't go off - if the plastic Grusome Twosome copy is there next time for >£5 I would like it pretty please

You've already got one?

 

[Split_Pin]

Postman dropped this off this morning.

It's the only model of a facelift Cavalier I could find in a fairly basic trim like mine.

They are usually about £35 on eBay but this was £12 posted from France. It's actually from Jumajo which explains that. Both rear tyres are hanging off but apart from that it's decent.

[Split_Pin]

Fixed. Looks excellent. It has the posh rear panel though.

[Datsuncog]

On 5/14/2021 at 9:53 AM, barrett said:

I think the pink thing is Politsil RJ14 Fiat 124

The colour's right, and it does have that general Polistil vibe to it - but I'm not sure that's it, because I did have that casting and the doors don't open!

EXTREME CLOSE UP YO suggests a more tapered boot than the 124, more wrap-around rear bumpers, plus narrower c-posts and shallower arches than the Fiat. It also looks a bit longer... 

This is gonna bug me, I know it!

On 5/14/2021 at 10:32 AM, sierraman said:

Is the 50p Tat box still going?

Tragically not - though I'd be affronted if he was looking any more than 50p for the bashed-up Lesneys and Majorettes in the tub of new stuff!

On 5/14/2021 at 10:45 AM, eddyramrod said:

Did I just see a navy blue 1960s Fiat Multipla?  If it's 1/43 could you add it to my box please?

Yep, it's a Carabinieri jobber, possibly by Vitesse - will see if it's still there when I swing past in half an hour or so.

Might have picked up a few more items to take your fancy too, good sir...

[Datsuncog]

So what else was there amongst the other stalls this week?

Well, a quick squizz revealed nothing at all new, or of any specific interest within pecuniary limits, on any of the other stalls. Boooo.

Paddy, of Paddy's Market fame, apparently couldn't even be arsed tipping his overpriced wares out onto the table in its customary haphazard fashion; pretty much everything remained boxed up today.

If we were to start seeing £2 sales here, I'd be all over some of this - but sadly, pricing here remains somewhat aspirational... Since his pre-Covid customer demographic appeared to be mainly overseas tourists with a shaky grasp of currency exchange rates, I imagine these will all be here for a while yet.

 

The Irish Tat stall continues to tempt me on a low-level with Oxford Diecast Capris and Escorts, but I haven't yet been enthusiastic/ desperate enough for a diecast fix to put my hand in my pocket for these - well, not since last year when I picked up a red 1/76 Mk2 Escort on a day when Market Blokey was absent.

Where else can you score a purple 1600E Ezzy, a solar-powered dancing leprechaun and a tacky Holy Water font in the same place?

Nowhere, that's where.

 

The Charity Stall had nothing new, and was indeed now missing the Buddy L Kenworth tow truck, leaving only four incomplete Tonka trucks, a Lesney bullldozer with most bits missing, a very rough Corgi Berliet tractor unit that (I think) once upon a time pulled the Dolphinarium trailer, and that British Airways Ford Transit minibus with collapsed axles.

Anything taking your fancy?

No, me neither.

But this stall has previously been the source of some outstanding stuff, including all those Dinky Police Transits last year, so I'll continue to keep checking in here.

 

Alan's Emporium was even more bereft of diecast tat than last week - if you went looking for Matchbox this week, this was all you were gonna get:

So that was pretty much that, for this week - but nice to see some fresh stuff coming through, however knackered, as it at least raises some hopes of interesting finds yet to come.

And that's what keeps me coming back for more, week after week, a-tremble at the market gates with dry-mouthed anticipation before the clock strikes 8 - with the same hopes and dreams fluttering through my addled mind as when I would arrive at the school's May Festival, or the annual diecast swapmeet at the leisure centre, all those years ago.

I guess there's a sense of possibility that feels a bit lacking elsewhere in the world, that anything could be on the stall, ripe for the finding - and sometimes, diecast dreams do come true.

 

I haven't yet had a chance to take proper pics of the morning haul, but it's bus-heavy...

...and made up of prior requests from a fortnight ago, fulfilled with a sense of pleasant surprise.

Also some other items, most of which are already under dibs for specific Shiters...

Solido Range Rover and Welly Corrado are up for grabs, though!

For now though, work is calling and I must go, to sort out a load of shiz in the office - but I'll hopefully be able to scoot back over before lunchtime, to see if there's anything new.

Phew!

[eddyramrod]

I wonder if the mystery Polistil might be a VW K70?

[junkyarddog]

23 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

I wonder if the mystery Polistil might be a VW K70?

That what I think it is.😊

[flat4alfa]

49 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

I wonder if the mystery Polistil might be a VW K70?

I thought that too

Until I looked at an arse photo of Majorette

The arse has a boot lid downwards curve on K70

[barrett]

I think earlier versions of the 124 had opening doors (check the shut lines on this one)

 

 

But you're right, the shape isn't quite right. I thought it was a K70 at first, too, but now I reckon it's this 132

[flat4alfa]

I discounted 132 because of C-pillar

[barrett]

It's a tricky one. I might revert to K70 actually, assuming you could also get those with opening doors. I've never seen one but possibly all the early castings had them, and they all changed later on? There does seem to be a bit of variation.

[flat4alfa]

Polistil K70 does have a flatter boot lid compared to Majorette.  But filler cap is on other side.

The rear panel has a square number plate mount, so I'm still thinking an Italian

[flat4alfa]

Are we going off rabbit hole and really, with square plate mount, it could be Japanese by Tomica, Diapet, etc

[bunglebus]

3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

 

You've already got one?

 

When has that ever stopped me? This one appears to have stickers intact that my current one does not

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

When has that ever stopped me? This one appears to have stickers intact that my current one does not

Good point

Silly me, apologies - yes of course you do need two of them and that one has the intact stickers that would cost a fortune and hassle to replicate

Look into my eyes, not around the eyes...you know you want it, instead of that Dinky Jaguar XJ 5.3C Big Cat bodyshell that's languishing in a box, in the loft

[Datsuncog]

Well, bit of a jumbled day with work and whatnot, but I did manage to take a final dash into the market just after 1pm - only to find Market Blokey packing up the last of the stall.

Well, balderdash.

He did peel back the tarps to allow me a bit of a rummage in the 'car box', but sadly no Fiat Multipla was evident. It may have sold, or it may just be in another box - but, if it is, I'll hopefully nab it next week!

Further detail on the Corgi Heavy Haulage bogey - there's two dozen tyres there, people. Interested?

So, no more purchases today.

 

By the time I made it home there were other things to contend with, so - belatedly - here's what was in the bags...

With the 1/76 buses back for a repeat performance, there were a fair few requests to search for in the box, some with more success than others:

I believe @tom13 had expressed an interest in this MBE model of a Duple Metsec bodied Dennis Dragon, complete with an ad for what appears to be 'Flower Paint'?

If you still fancy it, it's yours for £2 +post fella - if not, it's for anyone who wants it.

 

I believe there was a general plea for Checkmate models from @quicksilver - how does this GZK 6100D-T grab you?

Also £2.

 

There were some nostalgia buttons to be twiddled by this York Rider Leyland National for @Jon...

Will pop this one in with the others! £2, again.

 

There had also been a general expression of interest from @Noel Tidybeard in the Bosch and Bridgestone no-name buses:

Yours if you fancy them; £2 a throw, and they seem relatively unscathed despite being flung around in boxes.

 

Moving on to the larger-scale stuff, I believe @eddyramrod had been smitten with the MoY Lincoln Zephyr last week...

The glazing seems to have gone missing, but otherwise this should scrub up ok. Also £2!

Plus, this one had also been called for by Eddy just a little bit late, way back in December - I'd already headed on when I saw the request, and then I didn't see it on the stall again.

MTech Models Nissan Cedric 'Patorol Car'

That's what it says.

Not super-detailed, but not a bad 1/43-ish rendering of the big Y33 Cedric.

The best bit: this was £5 last year, but only £2 today. Will throw these two in with your other treasures, if you still fancy them!

 

The Solido Range Rover rescue vehicle goes well with the Land Rover I scored last week; only when I got home last Friday and reviewed the photos did I realise I should have bought it too.

But here it still was, and at only £2, too.

Opening doors and RHD, surprisingly. I kinda like this, but happy to re-home it if anyone takes a shine to it!

 

Also seeking a home is this 1/34-ish VW Corrado, by Welly.

Certainly more of a toy than a model, with a pull-back motor and opening doors and boot, but not a bad rendering and a bit unusual.

Screwed-on base should make for an easy restoration, should anyone wish to re-do this in VW Dragon Green - or any other colour you might fancy.

Available to anyone who wants it at - you guessed it - £2.

(Basically, he charged me £22 for 11 models, so I'm not gonna complicate matters here.)

 

And lastly, the Lucky Toys Lonesome Onesome:

Now, the stickers are not quite complete, and in fairness @flat4alfa did request it right off the mark, having spotted it amidst the detritus - so, given the legal precedent of first come = first served, I think this one's going in the F4A box.

But, as a consolation prize, I swung by Home Bargains on my way home, and:

A set of Taxis of the World each, for @bunglebus and for @Lord Sterling

Officially licensed and all.

None of yer knock-off shit here. No siree.

But, oddly, when I took this photo a little box popped up asking if I wanted to open the QR code link...

...and when I tapped on it, my phone brought up a website shouting about counterfeit goods funding terrorism, and asking me for my location. In fright, I ejected out of the tab immediately.

DAMMIT DEEP STATE, GET OUT OF MY TAT FRIDAY

So yeah - some old, some new; and some early posts and some late posts.

Bit of everything, really.

Happy Friday!

[bunglebus]

30 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

@flat4alfa did request it right off the mark, having spotted it amidst the detritus - so, given the legal precedent of first come = first served, I think this one's going in the F4A box

Ah I missed that when I was scanning the thread earlier, desperate to catch up with the tat Friday pics. I'll have a box of Maistos as a consolation prize please