Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

  On 04/05/2023 at 14:33, Datsuncog said:

Already got one going out to AndyW201, so if anyone else is desperate for a(nother) IMSA Quattro, hit me up!

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Yes please, the one expected didn't materialise and I can't remember who it was anyhow!  Thread gets too big, shocker

[flat4alfa]

  On 04/05/2023 at 17:57, sierraman said:

What is the rarest/most desirable Spot On? 

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Wadhams ambulances rarely last until auction end

 

This must be some sort of record though, as it's not perfect nor is the box

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234892880413

Winning bid: £486.00 [43 bids]

I smell money laundromats.

[flat4alfa]

  On 04/05/2023 at 16:05, bunglebus said:

Plus a Hot Wheels Gleam Team Corvette - do I attack it with the Molotow?

Pleased to see Wiki list my pink 959 as having a very hard to find wheel variation  too

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TIL !

Gleam Team

https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Gleam_Team

cast in unique textured tinted chrome plastic. They were all released in 1992

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 04/05/2023 at 17:50, flat4alfa said:

Cor I which you'd offered it on here first!  I was outbid on those for months.  Bought a rough but complete Army one for just under £20

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It was a few years ago that I had the Tonibell, I just came across the pictures of it yesterday.

Just found the original listing of when I purchased it in 2018. I wanted the Mini Van

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 04/05/2023 at 17:57, sierraman said:

What is the rarest/most desirable Spot On? 

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Spot-On Minis are very sort after. After you add the buyers premium the new owner would have paid around £650 for their new toy.

[flat4alfa]

  On 04/05/2023 at 12:54, Datsuncog said:

It's possible that four more packs were supposed to be due for release in the second half of last year, but didn't show up - the Matchbox Wiki shows eight sets in the revamped 2021 range.

Hitch & Haul (2022) | Matchbox Cars Wiki | Fandom

There are gaps left for other releases on the '22 release page, but they're still empty except for a reference to the 'Crocodile Country' set - which has no pics, but is listed as including a generic 'Swamp Raider' 4x4 and a raft boat on a trailer.

However, there are no cross-references to this particular set on the individual model pages - so it may not have ever existed/ seen release.

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The rest of the 2022 sets missing from Fandom pages:

1/8: Archeologist Dig, Truck Camper towed Excavator Trailer and they found A DINOSAUR !

2/8: Crocodile Country, Swamp Raider towed Raft Boat and YIKES! CROCS !

3/8: MBX Surfing II, Ford Ranchero towed Travel Sleeper to the beach, it was a chilly day for sunbathing

4/8: MBX Service II, Chevy Colorado that smashed into a STOP sign

Let's not get started on the 2023 sets...

[flat4alfa]

Oh ok then, if you must

2023 Matchbox Hitch & Haul (Wave 1) sets.  All have '70 Years' logo

1/9: MBX Arctic Explorer

2/9: MBX Tree Service

8/9: MBX Ocean Rescue

9/9: Archeologist Dig (re-release, as a different number)

Five more to come!

[cms206]

Popped into a smaller Tesco in the arse end of a housing estate today while on a job - destroyed my hands free headset and needed a replacement quickstyle.

Glad I did...

[FakeConcern]

Finally I've managed to re create the Scammell Tri Deck GS20

I've fitted jewelled headlights to the P1800 and tickled in the white slightly so it looks ok.

Converting the Lancia to Whizzweels was more of a faff than I expected with lots of filing and packing out, but I'm pleased with how it turned out.

Obviously the Firebird really needs the later Teledial wheels

I got some of the wheel chocks from Steve Flowers, I thing they originally had four on each higher deck, I only got two for each deck and glad I did. Even the Capri can't be pushed over the chocks without scraping the roof, I can see why so many have been removed and lost. I'm going to take them off again on mine!

Good fun loading it up

Like in this catalogue ha

[flat4alfa]

So a yellow Marcos Volvo is true!

I saw one at weekend in Exeter antique shop for under a tenner, quickly looked it up (eBay & Google Images) but no other yellow ones were shown, so I assumed, what with the 'space' decal, that it was a home-restored one.  And left it.  Gah!

[flat4alfa]

Should have tried harder.  It was the Marcos logo.  Doh.

https://www.chezbois.com/corgi/corgi_modelpages/Marcos GT.htm

[Datsuncog]

Speaking of Marcos...

More pics that I took the other week and never bothered my arse uploading.

Yup, the April release from Corgi Model Club - arrived a week or two ago but I was pipped to the post when it came to gloating over it on this fair thread.

I came very close to asking them to skip this one, as generally speaking I'm not all that into sports special stuff - but I'm kinda glad I didn't now. It's actually very nice.

Shrunken lil driver dude is pretty hilarious, mind.

I mean, this is a model of what was already a very low car - only 60" high or thereabouts - so this guy's basically doll-sized.

Detailing is good, as you'd expect, and the opening bits are snug enough when closed. Having a cast-in window frame on the door is unexpected - not many Corgis have that, I don't think - but it looks ok, not too heavy.

Inside of door insert is also unexpected, but appreciated for the extra detail.

Did the original have some extra stuff on the base, I wonder? Like a manufacturer badge? Seems a bit smooth in places. I've no recollection of seeing an original close-up, so I don't know. I do know the CMC Porsche Carrera lacked the Porsche badge on the base which the original Corgi release had, and the DS lacked any Citroen badging altogether, so there could be some sort of licensing issue at play here as well.

100% AUTHENTIC M8

I'm still not sure why Corgi made so much effort to let their young customers know that the Marcos was fitted with a Volvo engine - other than the De Tomaso Mangusta (sold as the 'Ghia Mangusta with De Tomaso chassis', if I recall correctly), I can't think of other models in the range where the engine took equal billing on the box. Maybe Volvo insisted on it?

Overall though: nice 👍

[bunglebus]

  On 04/05/2023 at 23:38, Datsuncog said:

Did the original have some extra stuff on the base, I wonder?

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I have an original one

I'm quite a long way behind on getting these, only just had the email to say my MGB is on its way!

I could change my sub I suppose but they always arrive in the end

[andrew e]

Maybe the Volvo mentions was to cash in on the “Saint” which was the only other Volvo an 8 year old might have heard of?

[Datsuncog]

A somewhat dreich and drear old morning...

Still, where we're going we don't need... weather.

[Datsuncog]

And we're in.

Tat Stall still under construction...

But initial impressions are good, if not probably cheap...

Big Sun Star models.

Crumbs.

[RoadworkUK]

Oh good gawd. If that SunStar Merc is like, £20 or something crazy.... and you happen to have sufficient cash on the hip....

[Datsuncog]

  On 05/05/2023 at 06:50, RoadworkUK said:

Oh good gawd. If that SunStar Merc is like, £20 or something crazy.... and you happen to have sufficient cash on the hip....

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It was £55 on the Merc... and it was quickly snaffled by a rather taciturn fellow I've seen around before.

For £20, I would have had it myself!

£110 asked on the Routemaster.

EDIT: Routemaster has been Nemesis'd!!

[flat4alfa]

That Sun Star 1:18 scale Mercedes W115 retails for £150 - if you can find a stockist

[flat4alfa]

In case anyone wondered 

It's in 1:24 and RM Toys list it at £250.  But they do try it on.

[Split_Pin]

I've got  a couple of those Routemasters and they're so large that I only have space to display one at a time. They are fantastic though.

[Datsuncog]

So then.... another HUGE set of new arrivals - mostly newish, though, and not really super-cheap.

I'm just gonna fling the pics out here as I've a meeting starting regrettably shortly.

As a general rule of thumb, smaller stuff was priced at £5 and bigger stuff at £10 (though there were exceptions).

Never seen a 1/24 Majorette before.

£10 on that one.

[andy18s]

White 405 if you please.

[Datsuncog]

Unusual Playcraft Impala.

Bit warped, and missing a back bumper.

£10 on it.

Oxford Bentley Continental may be the one that was banging around its acrylic box for the best part of a month.

Heller still here.

Solido Landie missing its rear door.

PT Loser by unknown.

[flat4alfa]

@Datsuncog If the James Bond AMC Matador is a fiver yes, but not ten

[Datsuncog]

  On 05/05/2023 at 09:05, andy18s said:

White 405 if you please.

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If I can get back over at lunchtime, I'll see if it's still there!

Steerable front axle is broken on it, annoyingly, but looks like a bit of tape might fix it.

[flat4alfa]

  On 05/05/2023 at 09:07, Datsuncog said:

Unusual Playcraft Impala.

Bit warped, and missing a back bumper.

£10 on it.

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That's a slot car

[Datsuncog]

  On 05/05/2023 at 09:08, flat4alfa said:

@Datsuncog If the James Bond AMC Matador is a fiver yes, but not ten

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It was indeed £5 - I'll see if it's still there later!

I very nearly bought it for myself, but my head was turned with other things...

[Datsuncog]

  On 05/05/2023 at 09:10, flat4alfa said:

That's a slot car

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It is.

Any interest? Same range as the missed-opportunity XK140 earlier in the year.

[sierraman]

Majorette did loads of 1/24 scale for their domestic market, I had a few at one point, E-type, Cobra, Cherokee. None as far as I know were ever retailed in the U.K., the quality was a bit indifferent as well.