Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

5 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

How do you detach the chassis?,I can't get mine apart & I don't want to break it 🤔

I can't actually remember but here's a pic if anyone wants to explain. Mine's buried in the project box somewhere

 

[flat4alfa]

There's a catch at the very end of the front of the chassis part

Push back towards the axle.  The whole lot slides back and it prises out

Take self-congratulatory pics and post on here to celebrate the end of an ordeal

[flat4alfa]

@Datsuncog Do you have an original Thompson Mongoose of the big Corgi variety?

[bunglebus]

I had a couple of deliveries today, with some interesting bits within

Spotted the Hot Wheels X-Racers Mini in among a job lot. There's a clear version, and a green - both only came in 5 packs and command surprising coin for a single car.

It's also the earlier version where you could remove the body

Found a few more Blackwalls

This is a right oddity, going by the wheels I thought it was one of the micro size HW, but it's the same as a normal one. Never seen this before that I know of

This Matchbox Supervan is the Turbo 2 version (if you couldn't tell). Need to find it some tyres

Road Blasters 280ZX

I have one of these Aviva Snoopy Honda things, but I've been keeping an eye out for another to evict Snoopy from and customise

The same seller had this for 99p, which was a cheaper way to buy the missing wheel from my @Datsuncogsourced one than buying just the wheels off eBay. 

 

[flat4alfa]

Crikey 99p how do you do it

Can I have another of the wheels to get my near-identical three-wheeler Camaro back up and sitting straight?  Saying that, I also need the other wheels for the Hillman Rally job too!

Looking forward to the BUNGLEBUS CUSTOMS CORGI CAMARO with massive blown BBC engine sitting proud out the hood, along with the Adams Dragstar wheel set, all set in an alternative Pro-Street homage to the Sunoco Penske car - it will be brill 😎  Especially if it retains the hidey hidey lights 

[bunglebus]

I could do all of the above I suppose - donor had 4 wheels but only two good tyres. I do have another set of golden jacks wheels for something else - again 1 tyre short. Think I got them for the P6 but they are the ones for the Corvette IIRC.

Donor Camaro has also lost a door card and the seat backs. Think you can get the door cards off Steve Flowers (as well as the windscreen/hood).

[andrew e]

Some cracking finds there, 99p!!! Sierraman there’s not often a post where I’d want everything in the post, but you have nailed it there! Top bombing!!!

[bunglebus]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

This is a right oddity, going by the wheels I thought it was one of the micro size HW, but it's the same as a normal one. Never seen this before that I know of

Hot Wheels is the Gulch Stepper, based on the Dodge Rampage - I can see that if I squint a bit.

Here's the Honda Vamos in its Tomica Guise

[Datsuncog]

14 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

@Datsuncog Do you have an original Thompson Mongoose of the big Corgi variety?

Nope, not yet - a boxed one showed up on the market stall last year with a £20 tag, and although the (original) box was excellent the model inside was quite chipped, so I didn't bother...

Quite looking forward to the next Model Club issue for that reason, though I'm not sure if they're going to ship it with the box flattened - I don't see how they'd get it to fit into their usual mail packaging otherwise.

[155V6]

A few finds from 2 car boots this morning

The pink Jensen is something I've been after at a reasonable price for a while,so very happy with that.The same seller had a Corgi Juniors Ironside van which was very nice,but he wanted £20 for it which was too rich for me.I was watching one on eBay yesterday,but I missed the end of the auction & it went for just over a fiver,so a bit gutted about that.

The rest came from one seller,quite happy with £2.00 for those 😁

 

[D.E]

Another charity shop find:

[mitsisigma01]

Saw in a shop window... guess the price? 

[Split_Pin]

£100?

Only the recovery wagon would interest me even a bit.

[mitsisigma01]

@Split_Pin send me half of that and I'd deliver it as well! 

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, D.E said:

Another charity shop find:

Twin pack that was, would have come with a boat on a trailer IIRC

[andrew e]

Had a good and rather VFM meet up with @bunglebus at the Rayleigh toy fair. Even though he scoped the prime tat I snared a few he’s missed 😂

A nice selection from the £1 trays

A slip….. I bought a Bugatti type 35 yesteryear 😳 I know but £2, it’s so delicate!

This Audi Quattro late Superking is lovely bar the missing spotlight, but in a livery I’d not seen before either, mine for a £1!

 

[Justwatching]

1:18 scale DeLorean by Sun Star. Not new; I've had it at least 15 years. Recently retrieved from storage and dusted off for display. 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, andrew e said:

Had a good and rather VFM meet up with @bunglebus at the Rayleigh toy fair. Even though he scoped the prime tat I snared a few he’s missed 😂

It's all your fault for mentioning it was on - there's one in Chelmsford next month, and if I see the £20 Polistil Rover SD1 there I reckon it'll be coming home with me. Just couldn't bring myself to spend literally all the money I had left on it!

Still, I picked up a few other bits to keep me amused, just waiting for the pictures to upload to Flickr...

[andrew e]

Highlight today was this Vitesse Cinquecento Trofeu - the one make rally challenge that green-lit the launch of the Cinquecento sporting, and effectively Arbarths rebirth. (I think I have the Pam fort somewhere). All complete bar a mirror and needing a light scrub another fantastic £1 spent, all @bunglebus fault as I was pushing him spend money not me 😁

Detailing is fab for a 1/43 let alone one from the mid 90’s.

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, andrew e said:

Had a good and rather VFM meet up with @bunglebus at the Rayleigh toy fair. Even though he scoped the prime tat I snared a few he’s missed 😂

A nice selection from the £1 trays

A slip….. I bought a Bugatti type 35 yesteryear 😳 I know but £2, it’s so delicate!

This Audi Quattro late Superking is lovely bar the missing spotlight, but in a livery I’d not seen before either, mine for a £1!

 

That's a damn good haul!

[sierraman]

2 hours ago, andrew e said:

Had a good and rather VFM meet up with @bunglebus at the Rayleigh toy fair. Even though he scoped the prime tat I snared a few he’s missed 😂

A nice selection from the £1 trays

A slip….. I bought a Bugatti type 35 yesteryear 😳 I know but £2, it’s so delicate!

This Audi Quattro late Superking is lovely bar the missing spotlight, but in a livery I’d not seen before either, mine for a £1!

 

The brown body 911 is actually one of the more scarce varieties.

[bunglebus]

Let's have a look at a few things that didn't come home with me;

Corgi set was very lovely

I'd not seen this Matchbox set before, and at that price I think he'll have it a while

I reckon @flat4alfawould have liked this one

and this, which was well over £100. Should have opened the bag and found out who made it

[andrew e]

Finally the last few pickings! Was anyone after the Pepsi two, or has anyone got the matching  transporter?

Now this is wonderful (or cack as my wingman scoffed) Chinese Transit, but is it Transit or a Russian GAZelle Transki??? It’s crap enough to be either 😁 Siku Hanomag was worth £2 of anyone’s money.

[bunglebus]

Mine is red, and therefore faster

[bunglebus]

So what you really want to know about is my visit to Sainsbury's and Smyths this afternoon. 

Sains had the 1/4 Mile Kings for £3.25, including lots of Bugattis 

Smyths had them for £3.00. None are interesting to me, I thought the Bugattis would have been snapped up

[bunglebus]

But they did have some new mainlines

 

[bunglebus]

Oh yeah, the toy fair. It was like every Tat Friday and boot sale rolled into one. I don't know if it's because it's the end of the year, but there were boxes and boxes of tatty toys going for a pound to pennies - like 5 for £1 in one case. I can't possibly show them all cos you'll think I'm mad, but here's some that are worth sharing, starting with the smaller stuff

Matchbox Merc 300E in German Police livery

Astra seems to be one of the harder ones to find

For a casting supposedly not sold in the UK, these turn up fairly regularly. Going in the custom box

M1 bought mainly as the rear lights haven't fallen out like my other silver ones

Pretty good Lambo pulled from a 50p tub

There's always a lonesome onesome

I stretched to a whole pound for this Refrigerator Truck

Regular Wheels Mercedes Coach is quite a delicate casting, the roof has suffered slightly but it's not bad

Setra Coach is in great shape though

Another 50p refugee, early Cougar with steering

Ooh, a red Seafire!

That'll go nicely with the white one then

I've been chasing a Snow-Trac for a while, every time I spot one in a job lot they get expensive. This was in the 5 for a pound box

I have no idea who made this Renault 30, it's awful. I love it

Got this lovely blackwall Mustang for a pound

Now this was worth rummaging through a 50p box for - Majorette Motor 911

And so was this - I've never set eyes on a Corgi Electro Rockets before

These Majorette buggies always lose their roofs, so I snatched this one before it could happen

BRB with the bigger stuff

[bunglebus]

 Sticking with VWs, ADAC Polo is a great find, think I paid £2.50 for this

Which is expensive compared to £2 for this Corgi Firebird, all there bar the screen and one door card, just full of dust. First Corgi I've found with the red wheel centres

Another Corgi, complete bar tyres

Same make, different era. @andrew econvinced me I needed this Range Rover. It could use some chewing gum to keep the lower tailgate closed!

For a moment I thought this was a Corgi too, but it's a Matchbox with a jaunty repaint

This thing is hefty. Matchbox K-39 Snorkel

A much better Martini K-7 than my current one

And its close relative the K-21 Tractor Transporter. I was chasing one of these on eBay that was local to me but the price went mad. A pound for this one!

Further digging in the £1 Matchbox commercials box scored me another Avis A Series

And a Super Kings Scammel Contractor. Grille and tow hook just as missing as the other one I own of course

Back after the break with stuff in boxes

[bunglebus]

This is up there with best bargain of the day. I almost missed it as the seller mostly had modern "models", but in a box with a £5 sign was this. Wallet couldn't come out fast enough!

Making the box liner and interior the same colour wasn't a great idea. Car is mint if a little dusty

Tucked away in a corner, by a stand selling model trains, was a box containing these Majorettes in a promotional livery for a local paper. For ten pence each.

These two still have the sprue joining the rear doors

Now these weren't cheap cheap, but I like these Kidco produced Dinkys - I couldn't go home without two still on cards

I certainly wasn't complaining about £2 for this Matchbox split

So there ya go, fun was had, money was spent and more cars joined my collection. There's another fair next month, and it's in my town. I'd better start saving...

[Split_Pin]

Hey @bunglebus that's that's fantastic haul. I love the Renault 30, I wonder who made it?