Shite in Miniature II

[AnnoyingPentium]

45 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Managed to swap doors across on Cortina, colours mismatch. Life imitating art etc. 

This is much like the one I had as a lad, bought it for peanuts and it went everywhere with me. Christ knows where it went.

As a result of this post, I've bought one on eBay as an early birthday present to myself (it's to arrive the day before!).

[flat4alfa]

Only realised the other day I have never had one of those Cortina MkII.  Is one going spare?

In the meantime, here is some Lone Star Fiat in mint, that is not quite mint, but still a bit mintifiable

So if you don’t want the rough one, I’ll take it on to build an ‘Impy-Flyer’.  Which would mean having working steering, a full set of opening things, headlamp jewels - but with Flyer wheel upgrade and a Flyer metallic paint job reproduction (with added stripes)

[junkyarddog]

1 hour ago, danthecapriman said:

Noted.

Why are they in bathroom!?😅

Because he lost his rubber ducky🤣

[155V6]

9 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Because he lost his rubber ducky🤣

It's good,but it's not right 😂

[danthecapriman]

Are these wheels a thing on the Matchbox Sierra??

This one was in that big box collection but I’ve never seen wheels like that on one?

[flat4alfa]

LASER WHEELS

Probably* on a Sierra  they have Ford Tax applied

[155V6]

A separate series with different liveries

[flat4alfa]

Is the SAAB missing from that photo?

[155V6]

Looks like it,Rover Sterling too

[danthecapriman]

2 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

A separate series with different liveries

Learn something new everyday! 
I’ve already got the bronze Corvette in the pic and that’s got these laser wheels, I never knew it was a separate series. Just thought it was something for that particular car.

[sierraman]

I’m just missing the Volvo and the Lamborghini from the lasers 

[Split_Pin]

I had that green Sierra as a kid aswell as a nice saab 9000 however that appears to be from an earlier run.

[bunglebus]

Updated list from Corgi Model Club

These things aren't cheap but they're so nice, it's hard to know what to do. So far I've just let my subscription run and had every car, but some appeal to me more than others. It's not causing me a problem financially but that money could also pay for original die casts that interest me instead.

[Bren]

A late christmas present came today. Owned this before - in junior school.

[MiniMinorMk3]

Some Spot-Ons from my Mini collection

Can you guess which one is restored (not by me)?

Red van at on left has Corgi Wheels

 

[Split_Pin]

Those are great. I like that the restored ine has the correct NI numberplate. I hope to get more Minis from that era this year. I have owned and sold a few, some of which I should probably have kept!

[bunglebus]

I had a couple of deliveries today. This one is a bit of an oddball...

But there is a problem 

I knew about the missing tailgate, maybe I recreate something, probably more chance of that than finding another one - however a thread I found on Planet Diecast suggests it's a Dinky copy by Summer, so I may try and cannibalise one of those.

It came with some other pull-back motored vehicles

The next three arrived together although from two different sellers, which is quite a pleasing coincidence;

Now I'm sure I've mentioned enough times my interest in the Impulse copies of the Sand Digger - but a few days ago I discovered not only what the range was, and its name;

I also found one for sale, with what appears to be a copy of the Mini Pick-up inside 

I'd still like to find the van to go with the Sand Digger though

[FakeConcern]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Some Spot-Ons from my Mini collection

Can you guess which one is restored (not by me)?

Red van at on left has Corgi Wheels

 

I had a few Spot On models and liked them, but never even knew they made a Mini, let alone  a van! Lovely...

 

Edit; @MiniMinorMk3 I have found where I posted my Minis

https://autoshite.com/topic/10758-shite-in-miniature-ii/page/853/?tab=comments#comment-2275611

About half way down the page and again near the bottom....

[MiniMinorMk3]

41 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

 

Edit; @MiniMinorMk3 I have found where I posted my Minis

https://autoshite.com/topic/10758-shite-in-miniature-ii/page/853/?tab=comments#comment-2275611

About half way down the page and again near the bottom....

Some nice old pieces there.

[flat4alfa]

7 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Updated list from Corgi Model Club

These things aren't cheap but they're so nice, it's hard to know what to do. So far I've just let my subscription run and had every car, but some appeal to me more than others. It's not causing me a problem financially but that money could also pay for original die casts that interest me instead.

I jumped over the Lotus F1, the Bentley and the Thunderbird.  Then cancelled at the Aston Martin, mainly because of finances but also because I was duplicating what I already have as originals.  I told myself it would be better to just restore/tidy what I have!  This was only when they decided to sell individually and outside of the exclusive subscription plan though.  Subscription business models that are solely mail-order worry me.  To be fair, I feared the business would collapse at the Aston Martin release which was shortly after the negative experiences appeared - see Trustpilot 'Ice Cream Van Scam' for example.  I also learned the fella behind the firm was Atlas Editions UK who went into liquidation leaving many subscribers out of pocket.

I do pop onto the Facebook page and the main website now and again though to take a look.  Some of the choices I don't quite understand.  Not just from a personal favourite viewpoint, but why they would choose less-profitable issues?  Example: why the Oldsmobile Sheriff and HQ Staff Car when the main market of interest for those would be the USA?  It's a UK-only subscription series and they are also not able to ship individual sales outside of the UK.

However, it's great that a British business has continued to be successful.

[flat4alfa]

I have two incomplete Corgi Astro and want to make a good one out of them.  Does anyone have the seats spare?  Not worried about the pair of figures.

The intention is to paint as the actual car from 1967.  The car lives on today as part of the GM Heritage Collection

[bunglebus]

Rockets version

I do like the bigger one though, don't think I have any spares but it would be a good one to customise

[bunglebus]

Saw these in the charity shop, wooden bodied oddball is badged as Lundby - and £25 😐

[bunglebus]

Complete one on Etsy for £66 + post from the Netherlands 

Or you can have a complete red one off eBay for £20 freepost

Or a blue one from the US of A

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

why the Oldsmobile Sheriff and HQ Staff Car when the main market of interest for those would be the USA? 

I'm not sure if you can get a subscription, but there is a USA website now that sells the cars and gumph like T-shirts. I think prior to that you could flog the UK supplied cars at a fair markup

[flat4alfa]

17 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

wooden bodied oddball is badged as Lundby - and £25

Dolls House collectors do like to spend.

Last year we sold my wife's childhood Lundby bits and pieces, many incomplete and worn, for quite a sum

[flat4alfa]

5 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I'm not sure if you can get a subscription, but there is a USA website now that sells the cars and gumph like T-shirts. I think prior to that you could flog the UK supplied cars at a fair markup

Well that's good news.  I wondered if it was a separate distributor, but it isn't.  Same UK firm BLUE 14 (D2C) LTD operating it out of Southampton:

Corgi Model Club USA, Unit C, Empress Park, Empress Road, Southampton, SO14 0HH. UK.

Therefore my observation is null and void! 😊

[MiniMinorMk3]

I'm not a fan of these repro collections. At first they seam to be quite good, and people chase the latest issues. But after the initial excitement has died down, and the remaining stock get pushed out from all sorts of places, the values drop like a stone, especially when it turns out they made 10,000 of each one.

I got stitched up with the Dinky reissue Mini Traveller in Green. At first it seamed had to find and was gaining value. About a year later they kept turning up at pretty much every toy auction up and down the land. Those were done by Atlas if i remember correctly.

If you do want them then my advice is wait.

[danthecapriman]

I’ve spent the day so far sorting through boxes and boxes of diecasts, I’ve got back and leg ache from sitting on the floor doing it but I’m almost there now!

here’s a few pics of some stuff from my ‘keep’ pile!

Assorted Matchbox Lesney’s. I spent about an hour with warm water and a toothpick cleaning fu**ing plastercine out of the Lincoln Continental. Sodding stuff was absolutely everywhere. Really nice car now though.

 

Older generation Lesney’s.

Husky’s.

Some odd assorted Matchbox.

 

 

 

[danthecapriman]

This is pretty cool, Corgi dragster.

 

The Ergomatic tipper is really nice. I got another one in different colours from my previous collection.

 

Superkings & Battlekings hovercrafts. Fully working too!