Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Quick and dirty wheel swap with some Real Riders I had spare 

[bunglebus]

Majorette Beetle...

...now has BRM wheels, a more period colour (and a deliberately not too shiny finish) and some detail. Interior is really nicely done with an era correct steering wheel and a suitcase behind the back seat. Of course you can hardly see all that now!

Chroming the headlight rims caused mild panic

Think it makes a great 1970s cal-looker (about three of you will have a clue what I'm on about)

Edit: sunshine!

Edited June 11, 2022 by bunglebus

[500tops]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Popped in B&M to get some BBQ supplies for tomorrow - and the J case Hot Wheels had arrived! Some are recolours but there are some excellent new castings in here too

Check these two out

Waiting on the mat when I got home was this Siku buggy - looked in Entertainer for it but they didn't have one

Having seen the Townace? I had to swing by B&M on my way home... 

 

Here's my haul:

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, andrew e said:

Litace

 

2 minutes ago, 500tops said:

 Townace

I thought it was a Space Cruiser! Jap stuff is not my area of expertise though

[AndyW201]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

 

I thought it was a Space Cruiser! Jap stuff is not my area of expertise though

So did I!

B&M tomorrow it is.

[Lord Sterling]

6 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Yes it is. Had to get a spare for customising purposes so might as well crack it open

Rear seat passenger's view could be better

Interesting. I have the earlier version somewhere like this:

[bunglebus]

41 minutes ago, Lord Sterling said:

Interesting. I have the earlier version somewhere like this:

Majorette!

I have a few including my surf bus

 

[bunglebus]

On 21/07/2020 at 12:32, bunglebus said:

Anyone fancy trying to ID this little lorry? Just says Hong Kong underneath, was silver originally

20200720_094757 by RS, on Flickr

20200720_094803 by RS, on Flickr

20200720_094824 by RS, on Flickr

Well, two years later, someone posted a picture of a clearly related one on Facebook

And helpfully, the back of the box

There is is, #9704

The poster says they were sold by/as Marx but that UD logo makes me doubt this. Who knows?

[sierraman]

Found this today, thought it was a Lone Star Impy but turns out it’s a Mini Dinky, which I’d never heard of. Supposedly is a Chevrolet Chevy, missing a tyre but at 50p I had to have it. 

[sierraman]

Norev Talbot Solara. Another 50p job. 

[Datsuncog]

51 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Found this today, thought it was a Lone Star Impy but turns out it’s a Mini Dinky, which I’d never heard of. Supposedly is a Chevrolet Chevy, missing a tyre but at 50p I had to have it. 

Quite rare, I think - they were the Hong Kong made range that suffered badly from zinc pest. As a 'premium' Lesney/ Husky/ Impy competitor they didn't sell well, and complete survivors are scare.

Well found!

[sierraman]

12 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Quite rare, I think - they were the Hong Kong made range that suffered badly from zinc pest. As a 'premium' Lesney/ Husky/ Impy competitor they didn't sell well, and complete survivors are scare.

Well found!

Yeah I ended up down a rabbit hole reading about them, half the range weren’t even released, some might have been released but then immediately canned as tiny numbers of certain models have turned up over the years. Only sold from 67-69. It has opening bonnet and boot so it would definitely be a cut above the Lesney offerings at the time.

[eddyramrod]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

Found this today, thought it was a Lone Star Impy but turns out it’s a Mini Dinky, which I’d never heard of. Supposedly is a Chevrolet Chevy, missing a tyre but at 50p I had to have it. 

Chevrolet Chevy II Nova, in fact, about 1964-5.

[Remspoor]

On 6/10/2022 at 11:48 AM, RayMK said:

I dug out an old photo of my die casts for a particular car with a rear seated driver position, as discussed recently in the Black and Whites thread.  The photo was taken in the late 1980s and turned out a bit fuzzy after scanning - the original was not great either.  Anyway, I've still got all of the items pictured. They are all safely wrapped and stored in boxes around the house. They rarely see the light of day.  I really should try to display them properly but my main display cabinet is occupied by aircraft.

 

 

You should do what I have been doing. Taken a load of photos and now have posted them here. I am nearly finished with my postings.

[Spottedlaurel]

On 6/10/2022 at 4:03 PM, junkyarddog said:

One of my favourite recent finds is this near mint Matchbox No11 Flying bug.

Quite probably one of the most bonkers castings from matchbox, quite difficult to find in good condition. 

Chuffed to find this,wasn't cheap at €5.00,but wasn't expensive either.

Flying Bug is the only Beetle I'm now mssing from my MIB-ish '70s Superfast collection. I'm curious as to what commonality there is (or isn't) between all four of them.

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Flying Bug is the only Beetle I'm now mssing from my MIB-ish '70s Superfast collection. I'm curious as to what commonality there is (or isn't) between all four of them.

£20 - box is torn but model looks mint. Let me know ASAP...

[Spottedlaurel]

On 6/8/2022 at 5:23 PM, Datsuncog said:

More teatime than lunchtime, but have a lightly playworn Matchbox No.31 Lincoln Continental, in that nice blue that seems more like tinted lacquer than paint...

Although maybe a bit underwheeled, it looks better like this than wearing Superfasts with the arches reprofiled, I reckon...

Base is still remarkably shiny, after 50+ years.

One from the Permanent Collection!

I've been pondering this one over the last few days and thought I'd dig out my Superfast version for a little compare and contrast exercise:

Box art shows an even lairier green, fortunately the actual metallic colour is a little more subdued. I imagine there must be an earlier Superfast box style as it was in the range from the outset, but this is what I ended up with.

I think this one suffers due to the higher stance more so than opened-up arches (the latter being very slight, perhaps only on the rear?). Also the sporty wheels don't really go with the Continental's styling, as at 1:1 they look better on steels with full covers. Despite having sprung suspension it's not as effective as on others, being a little too firm to satisfyingly 'boing' off the desktop. Whizzes across it nicely though - musn't lat it do a Thelma and Louise onto the tiled floor though.....

Similar casting lines evident. Front arch doesn't seem to have changed, but the rear gets closer to lining through with the top of the back bumper.

 

My base also still shiny. No slots at the axle ends.

Boot large enough for 1:64-ish golf clubs, dead bodies or WHY. Tragically unpainted and no bonus items as per Majorette.

 

[Split_Pin]

17 hours ago, sierraman said:

Norev Talbot Solara. Another 50p job. 

I have a Norev Talbot Solara but it's from the mid 2000s. I always thought it was a re-release of an old casting. Apart from having a plastic base and light lenses added, this does look to be the case.

[Split_Pin]

It looks like they updated the casting to this:

...and updated it in the mid 2000s to this:

[bunglebus]

Back from the boot sales. First one seemed like every other stall had a huge box of cars and I was a bit overwhelmed. Think I was fairly restrained...

I didn't buy this box of Meccano 

Or an ITT tape recorder identical to one my parents had...

Or any of these...

I would have loved that set, £40 is a lot of money but probably still cheaper than eBay. One day.

Folding bicycle 

Weird door stop

BRB with some highlights

[bunglebus]

First of all I have to discuss these three - how strange a coincidence is it that the very morning @Spottedlaurelmentions wanting a MIB Flying Bug, I spot this at the boot sale:

It's lovely, was nice to have it in my paws for a short time.

Next up on the list of odd coincidences, just yesterday I got some info on that possibly Marx truck that I bought years ago, today the same seller as the Flying Bug has this;

So that proves beyond any doubt they were sold as Marx. Happy days.

Lastly, I also found something in its original packaging I wanted

Love the Neet Streeter, and I didn't have this one loose or carded

[bunglebus]

Right here's some of the other bits I found. Several sellers had huge boxes of cars but at £1 each so I had to be quite selective, found plenty more at 50p or less though.

Starting with the bigger ones, grabbed this quite late Corgi 5 series as I thought one of you lot might want it?

Another Corgi is this fox Mustang 

This Mustang is Ertl though 

I'm not normally very interested in Solido but I'm guessing this is quite an old one? Lovely subject matter and appropriately soft suspension 

Not really sure why I wanted this comically bad Chinese stretch limo...

Back to Corgi, XJS has lost a rear light

And Matchbox 240Z the front bumper/spotlights. Been looking for a good black base one for ages

Paid a pound each for these tatty but complete Dinkys

Also found a few King Size Matchbox 

Lastly a Hong Kong Porsche of uncertain parentage 

[bunglebus]

In the world of 1:64 we have a few Hot Wheels including a very bright MX5

And Old Number 5 which I had as a kid

MC Toys Pug is much better than the last I found 

Plenty of Majorettes again this week, not seen the Honda before

Moving onto Corgi, Hot Rod van keeps popping up but this livery is not one I'm familiar with

Rockets. Nice

Going smaller, picked up a couple of Lone Star Tuff Tots

And a Playart buggy I'd not seen before 

Talking of VWs

Lastly Matchbox. Two different Mercury Commuters 

Yet another variation of the fork lift 

And an unusual colour of AMX

[barrett]

51 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I'm not normally very interested in Solido but I'm guessing this is quite an old one? Lovely subject matter and appropriately soft suspension 

That's a great find at a boot sale. Even has the bumper thingy intact! If you ever want to move that one on I'd give it a loving home alongside the French Dinky & Norev versions I have

[sierraman]

By coincidence I picked up an identical Majorette SL cabrio yesterday! 

[Frogchod]

More Buicks 😀

A 75 Century from a Spanish part work

And a 62 Special wagon by Goldvarg. 

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

I bought a thing...

[Remspoor]

Some more figures. These, I think, were made by Scalextric . The ones holding poles used to have flags. i never did have any Scalextric sets.

These fireman  were made by Dinky.

The hose is missing. I played with these and the fire engine I no longer have.

I also later found the 6th fireman and here he is with 2 policemen.

The motorbike rider was from a Britains Triumph. The one walking I have no clue who made him. He is made of softish plastic.

[Nibbler]

Finally, after a few weeks of not finding anything these came up. Majorette Renault Twingo, Playart Honda NS360 and Majorette Renault Safrane. I really like the Honda! 

 

[155V6]

Some finds from the weekend.I thought the green estate car was made by Tomte Laerdal,but it's made from a harder type of plastic & has no maker's name underneath 🤔