Shite in Miniature II

[bicycle repairman]

your cat lovely looks like he or she is intrested in what you are doing i miss all my cats i had just plain cute

[AnnoyingPentium]

16 hours ago, 500tops said:

This weeks 'haul' 😂

I had one of those Omegas years and years ago!

[Justwatching]

Had a mooch at the Oswestry Train Fair this morning and picked up an Austin Atlantic in 1:76 scale by Oxford Diecast. 

[sierraman]

At a car boot. Someone just had a go at me for ‘picking all the old ones’. What a cunt!!!

[morrisoxide]

Woop!

[bunglebus]

22 minutes ago, morrisoxide said:

Woop!

Dammit just come out of Tesco, Hot Wheels were restocked but nothing new, no new Matchbox 

[Lord Sterling]

A couple of purchases by me:

Firstly 1/18 Mercedes C36 AMG:

Now, some of you may remember correctly that I have posted this up very early on in this thread many years ago, it was posted along with a 1/18 black Peugeot 605. The only issue is, when I went to dig those cars out of my Mum's loft, I couldn't find it, along with 605, an Audi A6 estate and a 1/18 'Senna' Mercedes 190. I cannot think for the life  of if me who'd nick them. Both Mum and sis never went in the loft. The only people who ever did was myself, and some workmen some years back when the loft was being insulated and even then I took everything down before anyone went in the loft.

Anyway, I'm building my collection back up again, I've got a 1/18 Peugeot 605 and Mercedes C36.

This Merc C36 isn't in too bad in condition compared to worse examples going for more money.

Mercedes 190e Corgi:

Until relatively recently I hadn't realised that Corgi had made a normal 190 as the ones I'd seen were the bodykitted ones.

When this arrived, both axles had popped out of their holders and the black paint on the door rubbing strips and handles had worn off. Plus it had marks on the front screen and roof, so clearly previously used as intended as a toy.

I drilled out the front rivets carefully not going in too far and managed to prise the base off. I carefully bent the base around where the axles are normally held in place as this opens the plastic acle holder to help pop them back into place. 

The bending of the plastic base had nearly taken its toll as the rear part was ready to tear away but thankfully I'd got the axle back in before any further damage was done.

I clipped the base back on and took a black tipped pen to the rubbing strips and handles. 

Now it rolls properly and looks more original. 

[junkyarddog]

Today's finds.

[bunglebus]

I picked up this Dinky Porsche 914 a while back, I have a nicer one so it went in the project pile

Now, Dinky chose lovely cars to recreate in miniature, but I have to say their quality control was a bit hit and miss. This thing was really rough under the paint. Still, I got most of the lumps and bumps smoothed out and found a set of wheels off a newer 911. I really like a red interior with silver paint so colour choice was easy

[Split_Pin]

Holy shitballs the Kadett made it over here! Want!!

[AnthonyG]

A couple of recent charity shop finds - 

Dinky Packard Clipper, very happy getting this for £4:

and a Karrier Chipperfield Circus booking office van for £3:

The place with the Karrier van had a massive box full of stuff in packets, so will have to keep on eye on what they put out. Some  boxed Corgi Chipperfield stuff from the 1990s was already on display, but you had to go on EBay for it. Can’t be doing with that nonsense. 

[sierraman]

Did pick this rather lovely Caribbean Blue Rover SD1 for 50p

[AnnoyingPentium]

Does anyone have any RealToy VW Golfs (the Mk5 ones) kicking about? I'm looking for a couple.

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, sierraman said:

Did pick this rather lovely Caribbean Blue Rover SD1 for 50p

I must have a dozen different Corgi SD1s, and I don't have blue with a red interior 

[bunglebus]

Boot sale #1 completed, time to go to the toy fair while the Mrs stalks boot sale #2

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Boot sale #1 completed, time to go to the toy fair while the Mrs stalks boot sale #2

Sounds like a full time job this! 🤣

[mitsisigma01]

Anyone want a Corvette,

1/18 , opening doors and bonnet

Bnib, but clear plastic window missing.

No idea what postage costs but £10 posted to normal parts of the UK

[RoadworkUK]

18 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

A couple of purchases by me:

Firstly 1/18 Mercedes C36 AMG:

That UT W202 is well bought. They usually change hands for ££££

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

Sounds like a full time job this! 🤣

Trying to be a bit selective - there were a LOT of die casts at the toy fair but prices were a fair bit higher than I'm used to. Think I got a fairly sensible haul

[Nibbler]

Yesterdays find. A Galanite Saab 96! 

[155V6]

58 minutes ago, Nibbler said:

Yesterdays find. A Galanite Saab 96! 

Someone on a Facebook.group.has a load of those for sale,there's a Volvo Amazon & some other nice stuff in there

[bunglebus]

I am not collecting Galanite! But I don't have the Beetle in any of those colours...

[bunglebus]

Let's have a look at some small cars. There were loads of Matchbox at the toy fair but not much for under £1 and most at £3-5. Found one guy with a big box of various makes at 3 for £2 and dug out some pretty clean examples 

At the boot sale I found a load of mostly tidy Super GTs

Thought this Guiloy Merc was worth 50p even with less than the ideal number of wheels 

PG Tips giveaway Lotus is one of the harder ones to find

Kelloggs Pop Mazda has a slight glazing problem

Very bright Majorette 

And a solitary Hot Wheels colour changer

[bunglebus]

Bigger stuff;

These all came out of 50p tubs

Others were £1

Picked up a Tonka at the boot sale, saw an identical one for the same price at the toy fair but with a broken bumper

Not quite sure about this tin plate car, it's a bit battered and I'm not convinced it's very old either

I seem to recall at least one of you has one of these Tomy Triumph police cars?

This last I grabbed for a mate who has a few in similar scale - including an identical one as it turned out. Modern 1:18 and Chinese but absolutely mint for £2

[bunglebus]

Lastly some still-carded items

And a few pics I took at the fair and boot sale

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

2 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Now that's to my tastes.

[andrew e]

Some great finds there @bunglebus

[Split_Pin]

I would take that big yellow Mercedes home and LOVE it! Except it looks like it will be priced at a million pounds.

[bunglebus]

23 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I would take that big yellow Mercedes home and LOVE it! Except it looks like it will be priced at a million pounds.

I expect so from that seller - his stock doesn't move fast

[barrett]

Latest arrival, another one ticked off the wantlist. It's Mebetoys A46 Alfa Romeo Junior Zagato, of course!

A perfect example of the sort of thing I like. Weird subject matter, high-quality casting, very rare in the UK. This is a first series version, released in 1971. Later models were slightly simplified with the distinctive plastic rear bumper becoming part of the casting, a very approximate cast-in engine and slightly less detailled interior.

This early one has a great engine

and a very accurate interior

Seen here with its close rival, the Fulvia coupe, also by Mebetoys

This is another of those oddball cars which was modelled by a handful of companies. There is the large-scale plastic Ankar version, the Mebetoys and also a Solido. The Solido is a delight particularly at the front - it perfectly reproduces the real thing's most distinctive feature, the plexiglass front end, with individual jewelled headlamps behind a plastic panel. Always keeping an eye out for one of these but they don't come up often at an affordable price. (stolen pic)