Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

There's a late issue Matchbox Zodiac MK2 with windows in there - I've got one but they're unusual 

Wouldn't say no to any steering Mustang if the glass is good - the donor i found is cracked. 

£10 says the red Husky/Corgi Juniors Transit had no rear door. 

Don't reCOGnise this 

Unless it's a repaint of the Matchbox taxi

[andrew e]

Congratulations on beating the nemesis @Datsuncog AND a sausage soda bap!   

[flat4alfa]

19 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Don't reCOGnise this 

Unless it's a repaint of the Matchbox taxi

https://matchbox.fandom.com/wiki/Austin_Metropolitan_Taxi

[bunglebus]

While DC is sorting out his goodies, here are some group shots of some of the Corgi Juniors that seem to have endless variations 

Volvo 245 - favourite is the rally support with roofrack

Range Rovers - favourite is the non emergency devices flat roof

Rover 3500 - favourite has to be the ex-flat4alfa pencil sharpener 

Vans - 15¾ of these including the weird narrowed one. I like the black flamed one best

Dazzling monochromatic display of Carreras. Plain white with red interior is top of my list

Plenty of MK2 Transits. I like the Abschleppdienst one best

Not so many of these Merc busses - "burnt" blue one is my preference here

So many Sierras. Yellow, red interior, brown base wins on oddness alone 

The Regals, I wonder how many variants there are as I know of three bases and three body types without anything else. I rather like the Taxi version as the roof sign and passenger dept. divider is clever

I also have several MK3 Escorts. I didn't include the Corgi branded convertible with comedy police lights on the roof. Not actually a big fan of FWD Escorts but I suppose the XR3I should win

*edit* bugger just found a green one hiding elsewhere 

Ones I didn't picture include 8 Ranchos, 8 Mustangs, 6 Dyanes and 6 Fiat X1/9s, 7 Jag XJSs...

[FakeConcern]

@Datsuncog

Matchbox/Lesney turquoise Fiat with missing luggage from roof rack

Cararama Mini Pickup

Red transit if it's some kind of camper van (for summer house)

 

Please

 

Edited February 17, 2023 by FakeConcern
Added another want

[bunglebus]

13 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

Red transit if it's some kind of camper van

I reckon it's a Husky Martin Walker camper

[flat4alfa]

Just now, bunglebus said:

I reckon it's a Husky Martin Walker camper

You can see the door are missing I think

[FakeConcern]

Would still like it please.

[Datsuncog]

So - what was scooped from the priority green lane?

These.

 

Old-ish passenger vehicles - the MK2 Zodiac has a fair bit of paint loss and a broken towbar, but happy to set it aside for @flat4alfa

**TAKEN!!**

Corsair isn't in bad nick either - allowing for a chewed-off towbar - and I'd like to give @andrew e first dibs on this one, following a shameful episode two years ago where I managed to lose his tat box by posting it to the wrong address, leading to the total loss of all contents - including a similarly pre-loved Lesney Corsair.

So if you're still interested, dude - this one's available.

**AGREED!!**

 

Hillman Minx is in reasonable fettle with some paint loss but no casting damage, and is also available at £3.

**SOLD!!**

 

Minix Austin A60 Cambridge has a small chunk of sill knocked off on the nearside, but is otherwise good.

I had a small Minix collection a while back, now passed on, but never had the Cambridge - hence going a bit grabby-hands.

Available at £3.

**ALSO SOLD!!**

 

This Rockets Capri is evidently the one that hit The Nemesis in the feels.

The paint's rather pockmarked and the rally stickers long gone, but it seems complete and original otherwise.

Could do with a jolly good clean, mind.

It's not a white 007 version, so not apparently worth eleventy squillion quid, which is why I'm content to pass it on for the £3 paid to whoever fancies it.

**SOLD!!**

 

It's lucky I'm not a betting man...

On 2/17/2023 at 11:17 AM, bunglebus said:

£10 says the red Husky/Corgi Juniors Transit had no rear door

Of course it doesn't.

One of Steve Flowers' bestsellers, I'd say.

Proper Husky version too...

Huh?

I've been robbed.

On 2/17/2023 at 11:43 AM, FakeConcern said:

Red transit if it's some kind of camper van (for summer house)

Happy to set this aside for you, dude!

(Though I must stress it did cost £3, not 15p. Inflation, hey?)

**SOLD!!**

 

This fat-wheels Superfast Dodge breakdown must be a pretty late one.

I've a decent regular wheels example already, so this is kinda surplus - it just looked quite nice.

Hook is intact, though some minor wobble in the front axle.

Available at £3.

**SOLD!!**

 

The Ford I've previously owned and then sold - now regretted, hence this is one for the more permanent part of the Cog Collection.

The base is remarkably shiny still.

 

The Jeep is one I had a very ropey example of in the past - sadly it's not the super-rare version with the green interior.

The opening doors feel really quite fragile - so I can see why they usually turn up missing one or both.

This one's fairly good, all things considered - and available at £3.

EDIT - **SOLD!!**

 

Lastly, the Major Pack GMC Fruehauf hopper wagon - no second trailer and slightly bent axles, but for £3 it'll fill a gap in the collection. A keeper, for now.

So - with requests made, I'll head back over now...

EDIT: Updated to reflect agreed sales!

[flat4alfa]

Minx! Please 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

The Rockets Capri and the blue Cambridge please if nobody else has claimed them.

[flat4alfa]

Rockets Capri please 

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

@Datsuncog

Lomax please

Binz skinny wheels

Any Bedford CA even that rolled one

Thames Trader recovery

Austin J2 Pick-up

 

 

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

@Datsuncog

Cararama Mini with rear estate car windows please

Husky VW blue pickup bed one

Tiny orange Lesney cement mixer ERF

Lesley Merryweather fire engine with non bent Ladder

Lesley Zephyr mk2

Lesney Ford Prefect 100E

COMMER MILK FLOAT

Will see what I can manage to find (and how far my overdraft can be abused)

46 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Wouldn't say no to any steering Mustang if the glass is good - the donor i found is cracked. 

I think the glass and wheels were all good - just the paint was a bit tatty.

20 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

@Datsuncog

Matchbox/Lesney turquoise Fiat with missing luggage from roof rack

Cararama Mini Pickup

Red transit if it's some kind of camper van (for summer house)

Please

Will see what's still there!

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Minx! Please 

Can certainly do you another Minx - or would you prefer this one to the slightly more worn £2 one from last year?

1 hour ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

The Rockets Capri and the blue Cambridge please if nobody else has claimed them.

Indeed!

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Rockets Capri please 

Ooosh! Just pipped by Richard, I'm afraid!

 

It's all go here, I tell you.

See that? That's the fixed rictus grin of a man who didn't get a late-release Zodiac Mk2 with windows.

[bunglebus]

Late Dodge Wreck Truck please

Rockets Capri is very cool but I was too busy putting all the Corgis away!

However - you bunch of enablers reminded me a few weeks ago about the Majorette hot rods, of which I had the yellow Willys (don't worry, the doctor said it will clear up on its own). 

Couldn't find one of them but this popped up on eBay instead 

[Split_Pin]

All my DanBoxes©️ seem to arrive on a Friday which is a splendid way to start the weekend.

I'm really pleased with this lot. I have the Police MK1 Escort but the civvy version is the one I've been after. The Range Rover is superb,  all complete and just a bit of paint wear which is how I like them. The only other Corgi LR I have is a very early green 109 with a tinplate base. There appear to be some differences in the castings too which I'm sure have been covered before. This one is lovely, I'm sure I can get a hook and string from somewhere.

I thought the Mercedes was Matchbox at first but its a Corgi which is what attracted me to it. I think this is part of a range of new castings which were released around 1989 and are quite uncommon. I never managed to find any when I was a kid so they can't have been made for long. From memory there was this, a Ferrari 348TB (or was that just in 1/43 scale?) and a BMW 850.

Happy weekend diecast shiters!

[flat4alfa]

8 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

However - you bunch of enablers reminded me a few weeks ago about the Majorette hot rods, of which I had the yellow Willys (don't worry, the doctor said it will clear up on its own). 

Couldn't find one of them but this popped up on eBay instead 

That one of them yes

Never find one with the bonnet piece if out of it's box 

 

[bunglebus]

My Willys was complete...

[Datsuncog]

Right right right... much purchasing, much sorting, much photographing... updates to follow shortly.

Stand by!

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

My Willys was complete...

That's because you have a good doctor

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Ooosh! Just pipped by Richard, I'm afraid!

Would @NorfolkNWeigh be up for a 50% mark-up on the Rockets Capri while it's still warm?  Asking for a friend 

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Can certainly do you another Minx - or would you prefer this one to the slightly more worn £2 one from last year?

Forgotten there is one already in the CogBox...!

Rightly so, someone else should get to have this new one

[Datsuncog]

Well, just after 12 I skedaddled back over to the forum of diecast dreams clutching a scrap of paper in my hot little hand.

The task was large. The stakes high.

The market was also rammed. Like, unbelievably busy.

Of course. It's bloody half-term. Kiddiwinks all over the place.

The stall was swarming with fairweather tat-hokers; the kind who don't turn up at 8am on a sleety January morn.

Amateurs.

Eventually, I squeezed myself between several giffers and managed to get my hand in a tat box or two.

My priority was to grab as many from the list as I could manage, so I wasn't able to take pics beforehand. But availability was largely good, and before long my cup runneth over...

And, once the frenzy had died down, and many ticks ticked...

I had another look round the stall.

Most of the Saico Minors had gone, bar the Traveller, and there seemed to be fewer MoYs than earlier...

And then my eyes went out on stalks.

On the flatbed back of the mahoosive wooden lorry were...

Yup, Spot-Ons.

A load of Spot-Ons.

Not in tremendous condition, it's true - but still.

There they were.

Big Bentley was BIG.

It's hard to overstate just how much presence these models have, and how much more substantial they feel than their Corgi and Dinky counterparts.

Zephyr Six was looking a bit worse for wear, with an A-post coming adrift and bumper damage, but still a cracking big thing with the opening doors too.

Cresta was lovely; possibly the best of the bunch, condition-wise.

The plastic bumpers and grille look like they've been touched up a little, but the whole effect is still very pleasing.

Flexomatic suspension was very soft - and I can't discount the possibility that this has been taken apart at some point in the past, as the base seems a little loose and I can't quite decide if the posts have been drilled and re-peened.

Mini van has definitely had a bit of work done, though not necessarily to the very best standard...

Hi-rider yo?

Deffo some drilling and repainting going on here.

Land Rover S2 109 pickup is nice without being too playworn - though I find it difficult to get very excited about this casting as I already have broadly similar Corgi and Dinky models.

Less detailed baseplate leads me to think this is one of the last, from 1966-67 (but I'll check my book when I get home).

This Jaguar XK'E' (interesting that Triang used the US naming) it's also a bit down-at-heel, though a new tyre would help a lot.

Opening bonnet, though the engine detail is surprisingly crude - not a patch on the Corgi version of the E-type coupe.

I forgot to snap a pic of that, though.

Finally, the big Blower Bentley is substantially rendered in plastic rather than metal, but still pretty detailed for all that - only the spare wheel seems to have gone AWOL; the outboard handbrake, separate exhaust and windshield seem to have survived just fine.

Phew.

This is the kind of stuff that takes my breath away, kinda.

£20 each. Oof.

There was much hand-wringing before I left the market for the day...

[Split_Pin]

I'd say only the Cresta was worth £20, the other around £15 and the Mini a fiver.

Just my happeneth worth though.

A good day at St George's nonetheless!

[flat4alfa]

Yes Cresta

[sierraman]

The zephyr, all the parts are obtainable from Steve Flowers, for probably about £10 you could have that looking new. 

[Datsuncog]

So what came back with me, I hear you cry?

A substantial load for @flat4alfa, that's what...

Ambulances, CA vans in varying states of decrepitude, the Thames wrecker, the Merryweather with ladder, the Commer milk wagon, Husky VW pickup, (another) J2, and the little Hongwell Mini estate.

The small ERF cement mixer had gone, unfortunately, and despite an extensive search I couldn't see a Ford 100E anywhere.

Adding to the other lot (but minus the spare Minx) gives us a total haul of this lot:

Good news for @FakeConcern too, as the Fiat and Mini pickup were still kicking around:

So that's quite a nice trio to add to your Majorette C4!

Sad times for @bunglebus, as the steering Mustang seemed to have already been taken.

Still, hopefully the Dodge Wrecker will help dry your tears!

Brace of ancients for @NorfolkNWeigh too:

The chip from the base of the sill can be (slightly) better seen here:

But bumper corners and base are all perfect.

I'll leave you two to fight it out over the Capri - a quick squizz online indicates that a fiver can net one as good or better, so it seems there's plenty for everyone.

Lastly... well, despite triggering an avalanche of lively texts from my banking app, I couldn't quite resist this:

Seemingly you lot reckon the same!

I owned one of these before; a truly trashed jumble sale refugee picked up around 1992 for 20p, with missing everything and virtually none of its grey paint remaining.

I meant to restore it, but never did, and sold it in 2010 - for 50p, I believe.

Yup.

150% mark-up.

TYCOON YO.

So - though it's unlikely I'll keep this one long-term, I'd like to spend a bit of time getting to know it before passing it on.

Registrations of interest will be noted at this juncture, 

So! Is that it for today? Did the forces of good win, and justice prevail?

Well, Sneaky Sunak got nowt this morning except Jeffrey Donaldson's sour oul bake carping at him across a table, while maybe The Nemesis had to make do with the Mustang (possibly) to dry his eyes.

So I'm gonna call it a win.

Happy Friday, kids.

[flat4alfa]

Yes please in the line for Cresta

[flat4alfa]

5 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

So! Is that it for today? Did the forces of good win, and justice prevail?

IT'S BEEN EMOTIONAL.

[Datsuncog]

On 2/17/2023 at 3:35 PM, Datsuncog said:

Well, Sneaky Sunak got nowt this morning

OR DID HE?!?!?

This ain't over.