Shite in Miniature II

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, RoadworkUK said:

Sometimes you just have to give something a home, and that's how I came to rescue this Britains JCB Telehandler.

Spotted on a high shelf in a Brighton charity shop, it must have belonged to some giffer's collection. It's not perfect; it's lost part of the windscreen guard and the gems for its headlights, but everything works, and the paint and - amazingly - paper stickers are intact.

Three quid.

I had that as a kid, mine sat in my window, those old Britains were really sensitive to UV degrading the plastics so mine literally fell apart! IIRC it would have come with different buckets, a pallet and some straw bales. 

[Split_Pin]

2 hours ago, RoadworkUK said:

Sometimes you just have to give something a home, and that's how I came to rescue this Britains JCB Telehandler.

Spotted on a high shelf in a Brighton charity shop, it must have belonged to some giffer's collection. It's not perfect; it's lost part of the windscreen guard and the gems for its headlights, but everything works, and the paint and - amazingly - paper stickers are intact.

Three quid.

Old Britain's stuff is just great isn't it? Perfectly scaled as I'm sure you'll agree.

Most of my items fell apart but the 'Leyland' (Iveco) milk tanker has survived in perfect condition, which I got from a local newsagent in 1986. The best thing about it are the realistic wheels and tyres. It's a great model.

[sierraman]

1 minute ago, Split_Pin said:

Old Britain's stuff is just great isn't it? Perfectly scaled as I'm sure you'll agree.

Most of my items fell apart but the 'Leyland' (Iveco) milk tanker has survived in perfect condition, which I got from a local newsagent in 1986. The best thing about it are the realistic wheels and tyres. It's a great model.

I had a few of those, a kid on our street had the big flat bed type one with a Maggy Deutz sticker on. The unpopular Autoway tackle commands some serious money. 

[Split_Pin]

@barrett I won that Pilen Chrysler you suggested, thanks man

[Split_Pin]

11 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I had a few of those, a kid on our street had the big flat bed type one with a Maggy Deutz sticker on. The unpopular Autoway tackle commands some serious money. 

I thumbed the catalogue for about 2 years before I got one! The roadworks range was the best as it was the most relevant to stuff I saw every day.

[sierraman]

47 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I thumbed the catalogue for about 2 years before I got one! The roadworks range was the best as it was the most relevant to stuff I saw every day.

The range they offered was epic, everything from a basic Ford tractor to twin rear wheeled and specific farm implements. They got a bit cheap though as they went into the mid 90’s, the Discovery model was awful. I’ve had loads of the Land Rovers over the years, the older ones you could take apart. I sold mine a few years ago, I had the Massey Combine which was quite fragile, you got the impression they were what quite wealthy kids of farmers would have had! I don’t know how we came by them because looking at the prices we wouldn’t have paid that for them. 

[junkyarddog]

Picked this up today.

A really good casting for a generic model.

Dimachinni Veloce 😂

Did a wheel swap,added some spotlights and some red tape across the rear panel.

Pleased with that.

[Tenmil Socket]

4 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Some more Pilen action.

Some more Mini colour/box variations

And a couple of Volvo 480s

 

I wonder if the original Mini is the most modelled car across different manufacturers ever?

[sierraman]

5 hours ago, andy18s said:

Hungary you say?

Do you still see the Bulgarian Matchbox for sale in the shops over there?

[MiniMinorMk3]

46 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I wonder if the original Mini is the most modelled car across different manufacturers ever?

I think the Porsche 911 probably holds that accolade. The amount of racing versions is mind boggling.

If it's just road cars then the VW Bug has to be the most modelled.

[bunglebus]

^I was going to say Beetle.

On a quick work trip to Paris and back. No die casts purchased but a few on the shelves that might be interesting. Expensive though

[Split_Pin]

I was told by my wife not to buy the A Team one as Santa is watching but I really want the Knight Rider car now!

The Beetle and camper look similar to the Lego versions which have now disappeared from the shelves  I wonder if the license has been swapped over to Playmobil?

 

[155V6]

5 hours ago, sierraman said:

I had a few of those, a kid on our street had the big flat bed type one with a Maggy Deutz sticker on. The unpopular Autoway tackle commands some serious money. 

I've got that one,bought from a car boot when I couldn't find anything else.The mixer came in a lot from FB Marketplace,& is badged as a Mercedes

[Spottedlaurel]

5 hours ago, sierraman said:

The range they offered was epic, everything from a basic Ford tractor to twin rear wheeled and specific farm implements. They got a bit cheap though as they went into the mid 90’s, the Discovery model was awful. I’ve had loads of the Land Rovers over the years, the older ones you could take apart. I sold mine a few years ago, I had the Massey Combine which was quite fragile, you got the impression they were what quite wealthy kids of farmers would have had! I don’t know how we came by them because looking at the prices we wouldn’t have paid that for them. 

I had some as youngster, still got most of it. Some ended up in Master SL's toybox, but I kept some back like the orange Fiat tractor and big Chafer sprayer.

I started off buying him Britain's stuff, but the quality wasn't as I remembered and I swapped over to similar scale Siku (much of which is interchangeable with Britain's).

[NorfolkNWeigh]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

^I was going to say Beetle.

On a quick work trip to Paris and back. No die casts purchased but a few on the shelves that might be interesting. Expensive though

Interesting that all the boxes  even the Majorette stuff are in English.

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, 155V6 said:

I've got that one,bought from a car boot when I couldn't find anything else.The mixer came in a lot from FB Marketplace,& is badged as a Mercedes

Those are ace! I now recall my pal had a cattle truck which was badged as a 'Ford' and had headlamps on the grille sticker. Presumably it was meant to be a Cargo. Still a great toy.

[andy18s]

4 hours ago, sierraman said:

Do you still see the Bulgarian Matchbox for sale in the shops over there?

No it's all the modern stuff for sale in any shops.

Anything that is considered "vintage" is priced accordingly. 

[Split_Pin]

That's the same packaging that my Cortina has. There should be an image ofnthe old 'Playtrack' on the back.

[barrett]

9 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

You're probably the man to ask. Do you know if the Pilen Mini is an inherited casting, or is it Pilen's own? I'm trying to figure out the origin of all the 'classic' Pilen models of the 1970s and collect the original castings. I don't have one of these, or any other Mini models to comapre it to.

I did ask here before but not sure we managed to come up with a definitive answer

[Tenmil Socket]

This Range Rover RC kit is very tempting! Take a look through the pictures.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004426881715.html?spm=a2g0o.ppclist.product.54.34f0YdQVYdQVOm&pdp_npi=2%40dis!GBP!￡53.38!￡35.77!!!!!%40211b443e16704024961913983ea551!12000029146969432!btf&_t=pvid:2d77258f-6326-4fe1-8ad4-76198bb59684&afTraceInfo=1005004426881715__pc__pcBridgePPC__xxxxxx__1670402496

[bunglebus]

5 packs and Sikus in Lidl

[bunglebus]

And these at home - MK3 is remote control but has had the wires cut off - anyone recognise it?

Guisval Lambo Marzal is unusual...

But squished and lacking 25% of its wheels. Nothing to lose attempting to fix it though

Lastly this code 2 Edocar Golf is very unusual 

[Tenmil Socket]

40 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

And these at home - MK3 is remote control but has had the wires cut off - anyone recognise it?

Guisval Lambo Marzal is unusual...

But squished and lacking 25% of its wheels. Nothing to lose attempting to fix it though

Lastly this code 2 Edocar Golf is very unusual 

The Escort looks very similar to the Nikko Turbo Pursuit 

[MiniMinorMk3]

16 hours ago, barrett said:

You're probably the man to ask. Do you know if the Pilen Mini is an inherited casting, or is it Pilen's own? I'm trying to figure out the origin of all the 'classic' Pilen models of the 1970s and collect the original castings. I don't have one of these, or any other Mini models to comapre it to.

I did ask here before but not sure we managed to come up with a definitive answer

I think the Pilen is based on the Corgi Mini Magnifique. 

You can just about see the old casting line on the Pilen front wing, it is more pronounced on the Corgi

The Pilen has the same two representations of the Cooper S type twin fuel tank caps seen on the Corgi

The Pilen dash looks like a modified version of the Corgi

The seats are identacle

The engines look the same

The only real difference is the bases

And interesting factoid, the Pilen features at GT badge on the grille and 1275GT on the boot lid. This is not a mistake. Authi, who built Minis under licence in Spain, had a 1275GT model that was built using the round nose Mini, and not the Clubman.

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

5 packs and Sikus in Lidl

 

 

A couple of Sikus in the collection, from the 1990s

and a bonus Corgi Junior Metro

 

[sierraman]

The Siku Minis always looked like they’d had a cover sill badly welded over the top. 

[bunglebus]

Entertainer's delivery today is a 2022 F case and these 51st anniversary cars, which I suspect have been stuck in a container looking at the dirt on the card - these are several years old

[sierraman]

Have the Entertainer took over Tesco’s toy aisle? I’d heard various reports about their contract with Matchbox coming to an end this year?

[bunglebus]

I've heard about it but hasn't happened anywhere I've been - popped into 3 this week, one in Kent had the B case, as did Smyths funny enough. 

[bunglebus]

Deliveries! 

Starting with a few Super GTs

Staying with Matchbox, a couple of tidy ones...

And a rarity! Midnight Magic is not a common sight over here

I also got a much better Glo Racers Sizzlin ZX as mine has quite bad UV damage

Obligatory glow test

Moving on to other makes, a Hot Wheels 'vette

No-name Ford/Mercury wagon is I think a copy of Yatming

Schaper Five Winders are a bit of an acquired taste, quite like the MUSTANG etched into the screen on this fox body though

Finally, this cute little Polistil R5. Quite similar to the Matchbox version to my eye

Steering column doesn't look very ergonomic though