Shite in Miniature II

[sheffcortinacentre]

That team transport looks great.

[bunglebus]

The C-800 would go rather nicely with the one from the Ford race team collectors set wouldn't it..?

[WillCarter]

Been slowly moving into and renovating a new house over the past couple of weeks, which means bags and boxes which have been sealed for a while are gradually being opened. Thought this scruffy, but appealing little oddity which unexpectedly fell out of a bag might appeal to a few of you.

1/64-ish Seat 1200 by Mira. I think this is the only Mira model I own, and I'm honestly not sure where I found it, but once I've got a bit of a display set up again I'll make sure it gets a good spot.

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

Here's a few random diecasts, resin casts and white metal models.

NEO Opel Kapitain

NEO Volvo P1800

BOS (Best of Show) VW Santana

Gems and Cobwebs Humber Super Snipe

Mark 43 Datsun Fairlady 240Z

 

Rob Eddie Volvo 164

Auto Art BMW 2002 tii

Auto Art BMW M535i

Auto Art MG MGB roadster an GT

 

 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, WillCarter said:

I've got a couple 

[junkyarddog]

I've got one.

Quite a cool car,Boca Negra is the local name for them.

[stuboy]

Treated my self... 1/18

[Spottedlaurel]

Little haul from a visit to Bury St Edmunds today, most of these came from a real toy shop and the Thunderbird was from a nearby Tesco the other evening:

These were from the recently relocated Starlings Toymaster. They had most of the anniversary range in stock, but sadly missing the Skyline. Quite a few from the Moving Parts range and a couple of freshly opened boxes of the boxed Matchbox. Despite it being really busy a chap came and pointed out some others which he was pleased to have available - HW Premium, Jurassic Park and others.

Poundland had more of the Moving Parts range, but none that appealed to me and I'd already spent a bit on materials in a real model shop.

[bunglebus]

47 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Little haul from a visit to Bury St Edmunds today, most of these came from a real toy shop and the Thunderbird was from a nearby Tesco the other evening:

They had most of the anniversary range in stock, but sadly missing the Skyline. 

That's quite unusual, I had to resort to ordering online to get that second wave of the 54th anniversary series - and it was the Skyline that turned up on its own without the others initially!

[AnnoyingPentium]

Yous all seem rather bright folk... can yous identify the brand of this? A snippet from a photo taken in 2005. I know it's a Toyota somatorother, but I'm wondering if anyone knows who'd have made such a casting around this time? Ta.

[bunglebus]

Jada? Purely a guess based on the style

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 09/11/2022 at 18:19, bunglebus said:

Got this poor beaten up Tonka bug in the post. Going to test my skills trying to sort this one out

 

 

 

ahh a "twinkle toes"

as kids me & sis had one each- hers was orange twinkle toes, mine lime green "side winder"

[bunglebus]

4 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

ahh a "twinkle toes"

as kids me & sis had one each- hers was orange twinkle toes, mine lime green "side winder"

I thought you meant those were your nicknames for your toys but no

WANT

[AnnoyingPentium]

47 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Jada? Purely a guess based on the style

I think you might be right. Cheers man!

[MiniMinorMk3]

11 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

I think you might be right. Cheers man!

[MiniMinorMk3]

Some Minichamps Opels

Rekord P2

Rekord A

Rekord Coupe

Rekord C Wagon

Rekord C Coupe

Kadett A

Kadett A Caravan

[Dick Cheeseburger]

38 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Kadett A

 

Love that. What sort of ££ do they fetch?

[bunglebus]

45 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Some Minichamps

I reckon you must have as many models as I have toy cars. Where/how do you store them?

[MiniMinorMk3]

5 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Love that. What sort of ££ do they fetch?

Some comedians on Ebay think they are worth £100, some value them at £40-£50. If you are prepared to wait one might turn up in an Ebay auction and you could get a bargain.

I think they are worth £20-£30.

[MiniMinorMk3]

Just now, bunglebus said:

I reckon you must have as many models as I have toy cars. Where/how do you store them?

A lot of what I am posting up are models that have come and gone. I have a 10x10 foot spare room which is about 4 foot deep in boxes, you can just open the door and get into the room and shift the odd box around. I probably have about 2,500-3,000 1/43rds, and about 500-600 Mini models.

I've been collecting for almost 40 years, starting with VW models, then Porsche, then Ferrari, then anything Italian, then BMW etc etc. I have changed my collection and what I collect over the years. One of the biggest collections I sold off were the 200+ F1 Ferraris I collected during the Schumacher era. I was trying to get at least one from each year, even resorting to building 1/43rd kits to fill the gaps.

I stopped buying a couple of years ago and am slowly selling them off. Most have spent their time with me in cardboard boxes not seeing the light of day. I have very few on display as trying to clean them is very hazardous to the small parts, and it doesn't matter what sort of cabinet they are in, they still get dusty.

[Remspoor]

Coming soon in Lidl. Hot Wheels. Here in Spain they are 7.99€ for 5 vehicles.

[bunglebus]

Anyone seen a Corgi Juniors Binz ambulance with opaque windows before?

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Anyone seen a Corgi Juniors Binz ambulance with opaque windows before?

Yes I have one I think 

[bunglebus]

I thought it might be one of the Hot Wheels era ones but can't find much about it

[Datsuncog]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Anyone seen a Corgi Juniors Binz ambulance with opaque windows before?

I'm pretty sure they all came with opaque windows - I don't remember any that had an interior fitted, or see-through windows.

I'll have a look for mine tomorrow (assuming I still have it) - think it has black opaque windows, and I've owned it since the mid-80s.

[bunglebus]

All mine have heavily tinted but still see-through windows

[sierraman]

Some did have some very opaque blue windows. 

[bunglebus]

On 11/11/2022 at 11:30, Datsuncog said:

Ah, cool - I'll be keeping an eye out locally for that W123 wagon in black, looks pretty nice.

Found another - card's a bit bent but if you want it?

[MiniMinorMk3]

Some Minichamps Fords

Mk1 Capri

Mk1 Cortina

Escort Mk1

Cossie

Taunus P5 Saloon, Coupe and Turnier

[Datsuncog]

On 11/13/2022 at 8:58 PM, bunglebus said:

Anyone seen a Corgi Juniors Binz ambulance with opaque windows before?

 

On 11/14/2022 at 2:00 AM, Datsuncog said:

I'm pretty sure they all came with opaque windows - I don't remember any that had an interior fitted, or see-through windows.

I'll have a look for mine tomorrow (assuming I still have it) - think it has black opaque windows, and I've owned it since the mid-80s.

Turns out I was wrong - mine has the same opaque blue windows too, not black.

Since the emergency light on top is formed as part of the glazing unit, I can understand why blue glazing was used - either translucent or opaque. But not black.

From memory (already shown to be fairly unreliable, admittedly) this was part of a blister-packed set of three (or maybe five?) emergency vehicles, c.1987 - so pre-Mattel ownership. The base says it's made in GB.

A quick flick through the big Bill Manzke book shows:

1-E Mercedes-Benz 220D Ambulance, October 1977 to 1983 (Mettoy era)

No interior, rear windows have frosted effect, black plastic base, Whizzwheels.

Five variants - some have an all-white or all- cream body with circular Red Cross stickers on the bonnet and front doors, others have the lights and bumpers mask sprayed in silver. One listing has purple tinted glazing, rather than blue.

 

J 167 Mercedes-Benz 220D Binz Ambulance 1986 (Corgi Toys Ltd era)

White body, no graphics, opaque light blue windows. Some came with Red Cross tampo print - possibly as part of a gift set.

Some later '80s variants have a red roof and blue translucent windows.

(As shown above)

 

90390 Auto-City Mercedes-Benz Ambulance, 1992 (Mattel era)

Several variations, all with blue tinted windows: some white with red tampo printing to sides and roof;

others with orange printing to bonnet and sides.

I don't believe the Merc ambulance casting survived past 1996 - the point when the Corgi Juniors/ Auto-City line was absorbed into the general Hot Wheels range.

Still, 18 years isn't a bad innings.