Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Never one to miss an opportunity, a breakdown in a small Scottish town means time to explore. Junk shop has many Days Gone and £10 buses if that's anyone's bag

There are a few interesting things, not quite sure I want to spend £5 on this boxed Land Rover set

Transporter and cargo are tidy but I didn't ask the price. Did find one item with no sticker and scored it for what I had in mind. I'll be here a little while if anyone sees anything they need...

[bunglebus]

So here's what I picked up for £3.00

[egg]

24 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

not quite sure I want to spend £5 on this boxed Land Rover set

Sold prices are £8 on ebay + postage, so could be a few coppers in it if you decide not to keep it...

[bunglebus]

Sod it then. I'm stuck here anyway

plastic looks hazy but I think it's mainly dirt.

Norevs, Corgi Ferarri and transporter are tempting but not enough to give them a new home

[junkyarddog]

Picked up this nice Matchbox Ford Zodiac down the market this morning. 

"Umm, you'd best take a look at this side M8"

Ah,shit!

😂

 

[flat4alfa]

Did a buy on the 'bay.  Shouldn't be doing that sort of thing.  Grr...  had been doing so well, too.  But was all chirped after winning that roffle for the 1:1 scale car lift.

So, this morning the nice POST MAN (I'm missing POST LADY I hope she is ok) delivered a box containing:

1) An Airfix HONDA RA273 slot car in its original 1960s box.  Lid is crumpled, but might respond to a bit of heat?  This car has eluded me for a couple of years now either the original Scalextric (pricey) or Airfix (even scarcer), so nabbed it as was listed as spares/repair.  The repair bit thankfully is just down to the MISSING HEAD.  But I have a RED HELMET HEAD in stock to match the car colour scheme.  These old Airfix cars have steering operated by the slot guide, so gr9 opposite lock effects.  Am pleased the mirrors, roll-bar, tail pipes etc are intact, as usually broken or lost.  If you can find one in the first place.  Should clean up well enough.

Ok it's toy, and not a great model - but so what, I've got a thing about the V12 RA Hondas.  They didn't do too well, but the sound they make is immense.

No.7 is the 1967 John Surtess number for the British GP, which is even better.  But Surtees wore a white helmet.  Oh dear.

 

2) also in the box to share the (free) postage offered by the vendor was this 1:23 (!) Polistil Porsche 924 Turbo.  I know @bunglebus had his eye on this so I made his mind up for him.  It's enormous, 1:23 being about right it seems.  Also stamped 1981.  Looks pretty tidy with stickers intact, and that red is a bit special.

Disappointed to find one tyre is missing.  Vendor did not show that side...  I've raised the point with him.

Not found if this was a genuine livery yet. 

[bunglebus]

1 minute ago, flat4alfa said:

I have a RED HELMET 

1 minute ago, flat4alfa said:

also in the box to share the (free) postage offered by the vendor was this 1:23 (!) Polistil Porsche 924 Turbo.  I know @bunglebus had his eye on this so I made his mind up for him.  It's enormous, 1:23 being about right it seems.  Also stamped 1981.  Looks pretty tidy with stickers intact, and that red is a bit special.

Disappointed to find one tyre is missing.  Vendor did not show that side...  I've raised the point with him.

Not found if this was a genuine livery yet. 

 

1: you can get ointment for that

2: yes I did have my eye on it - nice, hopefully a wheel will turn  up

[RoadworkUK]

Today's "why did I buy this?" episode is a strange one.

I was in a charity shop in Felixstowe, desperate for diecast, when I saw a silver Ford Galaxy glinting at me.

Quite a weird one.

It's a 1/64ish Mk1 Ford Galaxy by Realtoy, but fashioned into a keyring, and with an unfamiliar "Peterkin" logo on the roof.

Presume some kind of corporate promo thing along the lines of the once-ubiquitous fluffy bugs.

Anyway. It was a quid, so I bought it. Not the worst casting in the world, even if it does have orange headlights.

And if you want one, the shop in Felixstowe is amply stocked.

EDIT:

Mystery solved. Well, partly, anyway. Turns out that the rooftop logo on these Galaxies is the previous logo of Peterkin UK, a toy manufacturer and importer based in Leicester

Their website is currently under reconstruction. It appears that, among things, they import a fair amount of Chinese diecast rammle of the sort you see in seaside gift shops etc; (pull-back-and-go Citroen 2CVs, that kind of thing). Presumably Realtoy is / was one of the brands they deal with, and these keyrings were some kind of freebie they gave out as promo ware.

Quite how a dozen or so of them made it to a charity shop in Felixstowe is anybody's guess.

[Amishtat]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Sod it then. I'm stuck here anyway

plastic looks hazy but I think it's mainly dirt.

Norevs, Corgi Ferarri and transporter are tempting but not enough to give them a new home

What town did you get stuck in? I have  one of those transporters here if anyone wants one. 

[sierraman]

Haven’t updated until now as been busy with capping a well off (don’t ask...) 

Managed to pick up most of what I needed except the MR2 at Tesco. Don’t know if that’s not part of the batch that was in? Fiat 500, Caprice amongst others

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, Amishtat said:

What town did you get stuck in? 

Haddington. Nice little town thankfully, seeing as we were there from 11.30 to 18.30, finally getting a taxi back to Edinburgh for a hire car. Now en-route back to Essex, probably 3am by the time we've dropped off my boss's son on the way

[DoctorRetro]

[morrisoxide]

My Dad picked me these up whilst looking for birthday gifts for the younger members of the family.

They also had a few Iron Mask Skylines, but my Dad knew I had that one from mainline. 

£2.50 from Toytown (Is that a chain or just a local shop?)    EDIT: Chain but mainly up North.

[bunglebus]

£2.50? They were £7 in Smyths 

[DoctorRetro]

11 hours ago, morrisoxide said:

My Dad picked me these up whilst looking for birthday gifts for the younger members of the family.

They also had a few Iron Mask Skylines, but my Dad knew I had that one from mainline. 

£2.50 from Toytown (Is that a chain or just a local shop?)    EDIT: Chain but mainly up North.

I want that Skyline!!!!!

 

[bunglebus]

My blue HW Drag Bus monster truck arrived

Along with the cars I hadn't found from the Satin and Chrome series

[bunglebus]

The Bacardi LR and boat set responded well to cleaning, took several wet wipes which looked absolutely disgusting afterwards. Don't know where it had been stored but there was none of the cigarette/cigar smoke odour that often greets me when I open a delivery of old cars

You can even see a DNA sample trapped in the paint from some long-ago factory worker

 

[DoctorRetro]

Littlun has started a project...

 

[eddyramrod]

Scrapheap Challenge!

[155V6]

This Matchbox Grafffic Traffic RS200 was all I got from the car boot this morning

It's cleaned up a bit,but I'd like to try & get all the marker pen off,any ideas?

I also got these two from Poundland.The '55 Chevy is a nice casting with chrome bumpers,but the black parts are all plastic

[bunglebus]

1 minute ago, 155V6 said:

I'd like to try & get all the marker pen off,any ideas?

I also got these two from Poundland.The '55 Chevy is a nice casting with chrome bumpers,but the black parts are all plastic

Wet wipes, surgical spirit or apply dry-wipe marker then wipe it off.

I like that Maisto

[junkyarddog]

Found some new stuff today.

Smoll Eddy is itching to put some rubber tyres on the Volvo,I'm not sure I should let him.

 

[bunglebus]

56 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Smoll Eddy is itching to put some rubber tyres on the Volvo,I'm not sure I should let him.

Black 5-spokes off a Matchbox for T5-R looks. That's what I'll be doing when I find the yellow one.

That Datsun wagon is sweet, one of my favourite castings at the moment

[Split_Pin]

Found the version with the lights down so now I have both. Damn Matchbox for making a sneaky variation.

[bunglebus]

On 5/13/2021 at 2:36 PM, Datsuncog said:

Just had a look back; @andy18s had asked me to keep an eye out in the tat boxes for such an item, probably 1yr+ ago now.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-MATCHBOX-VEHICLES-KENNEL-TRUCK-ALVIS-VOLKSWAGEN-FORD-BY-LESNEY-/274805642203?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286

[flat4alfa]

I've got here my childhood Alvis Stolly stripped back to metal

Can't see myself getting it finished

No plastic top though by Brian Flowers has those

[Burnside]

I managed to score this playworn  majorette Peugeot 206 off eBay, for just £3 Inc postage.

I don't need it, as I already have 2 in my collection. My plan is to hopefully repaint it, as a b'day gift to my friend to replicate his current 06 206 Verve. 

Handily I have the correct shade of met grey, from when I previously repainted a tailgate handle for it. Just a case of getting chance/ space to paint it now.

Pic of a similar 206 Verve.

An while I was on eBay. I also won this MB Rover Sterling. It's a replacement for my original one from childhood which is sadly mia.

At some point, I plan to give this one a repaint too in a different shade.

[tom13]

Got these for my boy today. 

 

[morrisoxide]

11 hours ago, DoctorRetro said:

I want that Skyline!!!!!

Yeah I should have gone to get that one myself. It was week or two ago, but I'll keep an eye open for you.

19 hours ago, bunglebus said:

£2.50? They were £7 in Smyths

Blimey I wouldn't have spent that on one! I bet that's why they wound up in other shops for less.

[Split_Pin]

14 hours ago, Burnside said:

I managed to score this playworn  majorette Peugeot 206 off eBay, for just £3 Inc postage.

I don't need it, as I already have 2 in my collection. My plan is to hopefully repaint it, as a b'day gift to my friend to replicate his current 06 206 Verve. 

Handily I have the correct shade of met grey, from when I previously repainted a tailgate handle for it. Just a case of getting chance/ space to paint it now.

Pic of a similar 206 Verve.

An while I was on eBay. I also won this MB Rover Sterling. It's a replacement for my original one from childhood which is sadly mia.

At some point, I plan to give this one a repaint too in a different shade.

The Sterling is a great model. I remember when it first came out and how realistic I thought the glass area was. It was also an exact replica of my parent's neighbours example E538NMS.