Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Popped into a charity shop I found recently. Several Real Toy as well as Hot Wheels visible

More overpriced vintage ones in the cabinet

[flat4alfa]

21 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

More overpriced vintage ones in the cabinet

I wouldn't say they were though

The Bedford RL still has the rear deck cover, well worth a fiver.

Dates from 1958

[TheOtherStu]

So I've persuaded Mrs TOS that we should have a shelf in our study (we both work from home) dedicated to....

"Cars I've owned, wish to own, or wish I could afford (within reason)"

I already have a couple of MR2s, a GR Supra, the current Milk Float incarnated and one or two others.

So following on from my watch on eBay of minty Jensen Interceptors, I will also be looking for mint:

Lancia Delta Integrale (preferably with Rally livery)

Mitsubishi Evo 8

Mk1 MR2

60s Mustang Fastback

Volvo P1800 coupe

Mk1 Golf GTi

VW Karmann Ghia

1960s Mercedes SL

1960s "Hakosuka" Skyline GT-R (I'm aware this might be pushing it - I've never come across one).

That'll do for now... I know i have great taste in cars of course.

[flat4alfa]

4 minutes ago, TheOtherStu said:

So I've persuaded Mrs TOS that we should have a shelf in our study (we both work from home) dedicated to....

"Cars I've owned, wish to own, or wish I could afford (within reason)"

I already have a couple of MR2s, a GR Supra, the current Milk Float incarnated and one or two others.

So following on from my watch on eBay of minty Jensen Interceptors, I will also be looking for mint:

Lancia Delta Integrale (preferably with Rally livery)

Mitsubishi Evo 8

Mk1 MR2

60s Mustang Fastback

Volvo P1800 coupe

Mk1 Golf GTi

VW Karmann Ghia

1960s Mercedes SL

1960s "Hakosuka" Skyline GT-R (I'm aware this might be pushing it - I've never come across one).

That'll do for now... I know i have great taste in cars of course.

Scale?

[bunglebus]

P1800 is fairly easy. Brand new from Corgi 

There are originals too of course, or 1:64ish in Rockets/Whizzwheels favours

[TheOtherStu]

16 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Scale?

Yeah, so this is a problem. Some stuff I have is 1:64. However, my MR2s are 1:43. The Jensens are also 1:43, so I suppose that.
but I've a feeling it will limit me with some of the more difficult items.

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, TheOtherStu said:

So I've persuaded Mrs TOS that we should have a shelf in our study

Yeah it starts like that...

Then this time next year...

[flat4alfa]

51 minutes ago, TheOtherStu said:

Yeah, so this is a problem. Some stuff I have is 1:64. However, my MR2s are 1:43. The Jensens are also 1:43, so I suppose that.
but I've a feeling it will limit me with some of the more difficult items.

Everything you have listed is available new or used, in both those scales

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So I've persuaded Mrs TOS that we should have TWO shelves in our study, one for each scale

EFA

[TheOtherStu]

3 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Everything you have listed is available new or used, in both those scales

EFA

 

She didn't say no when I laughed about it...

Sadly, don't have the room for the storage units above. When we moved to our current abode last year, I persuaded her to move to 4 bookcases from our then 8. I don't think me starting a miniature car collection will end well

[bunglebus]

Popped into Entertainer to see if they got any Hot Wheels on their delivery - no mainlines but they had an unmolested box of Boulevards, so I grabbed the two that seem to vanish as soon as they hit the shelves

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, TheOtherStu said:

1960s "Hakosuka" Skyline GT-R (I'm aware this might be pushing it - I've never come across one)

Tomica and Greenlight releases in 1:64 above are well-regarded.  But most easy to find would be Hot Wheels in 1:64, plenty of colour schemes to choose from here.

Why stop there?  A page or two back there is a set with a Hakosuka AND a Japan Skyline AND a Kenmeri. 

Available today in your local Smyths toy shop 

Then get started on the 1:43 

 

[TheOtherStu]

1 minute ago, flat4alfa said:

Tomica and Greenlight releases in 1:64 above are well-regarded.  But most easy to find would be Hot Wheels in 1:64, plenty of colour schemes to choose from here.

Why stop there?  A page or two back there is a set with a Hakosuka AND a Kenmeri AND a Japan Skyline.  Available today in your local Smyths toy shop for 25 of the King's Pounds.

You're going to get me in trouble
I'm going to need to make a proper list and keep it on my phone. Then join you lot as a middle aged fella sneaking around toy shops.

[flat4alfa]

2 minutes ago, TheOtherStu said:

Then join you lot as a middle aged fella sneaking around toy shops.

You'll need to wear the uniform, of course:

And quit the deodorant.

[MiniMinorMk3]

2 hours ago, TheOtherStu said:

So I've persuaded Mrs TOS that we should have a shelf in our study (we both work from home) dedicated to....

"Cars I've owned, wish to own, or wish I could afford (within reason)"

I already have a couple of MR2s, a GR Supra, the current Milk Float incarnated and one or two others.

So following on from my watch on eBay of minty Jensen Interceptors, I will also be looking for mint:

Lancia Delta Integrale (preferably with Rally livery)

Mitsubishi Evo 8

Mk1 MR2

60s Mustang Fastback

Volvo P1800 coupe

Mk1 Golf GTi

VW Karmann Ghia

1960s Mercedes SL

1960s "Hakosuka" Skyline GT-R (I'm aware this might be pushing it - I've never come across one).

That'll do for now... I know i have great taste in cars of course.

Lancia Integrales are easy to find, 

Vitesse did road a rally versions, later versions are better. Also look out for the sister brand Skid.

IXO are good for detail and quite cheap.

Matchbox Dinky did the '67 Fast Back in Met Green of White.

 

And casting was revived by Matchbox Collectibles

Also from Matchbox Collectibles is the 1970 Boss

Mk1 Gti by NEO

Detail Cars

Cabrio by Detail Cars

Cabrio by Minichamps

 

Volvo P1800 and P1800 ES by Minichamps. These are available in various colours

British Built P1800 by NEO

'60s SL by Minichamps. This comes in various colours and with soft top and hard top

And is this the Nissan GTR you are after. This is by Kyosho, They also do race versions

All the above are 1/43rd scale.

[TheOtherStu]

Ah, now we're talking

I can see this becoming an obsession 🤣

My Dad had this exact car. None of the double lights nonsense.

[bunglebus]

I also rescued a solitary black Matchbox from the charity shop

Which is something I make a bit of a habit of. This came out of another shop in Basildon a few months ago, it was so shabby I didn't bother posting it.

I thought I might as well tidy it up, so it came apart and the glass got a bath in peroxide to get rid of the yellowing. Wheels were replaced with modern Matchbox ones and the suspension spring tweaked to lower the front.

Body got a coat of black and that was supposed to be it - but it wasn't very interesting so I thought a little dusting of pink pearl might liven it up a bit. Well!

[sheffcortinacentre]

Just been in Asda  wow 4 hot wheels on the shelf to box no sign of a new box up top, why do I bother?

[flat4alfa]

5 hours ago, TheOtherStu said:

Ah, now we're talking
I can see this becoming an obsession 🤣

It can be yes

This could be you (or me!) by next Thursday

[andrew e]

Plenty of Hotwheels in John Lewis - don’t zoom in on the price if you are of a nervous disposition…

[flat4alfa]

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Never knowingly oversold

 

[bunglebus]

35 minutes ago, andrew e said:

Plenty of Hotwheels in John Lewis - don’t zoom in on the price if you are of a nervous disposition…

That's about what Hamleys wanted for one when I was trying to find the gold Lotus for a mate

[flat4alfa]

 

Pegaso, Pegaso 

Oh how my heart yearns for you

oh, my Peggy

my Peg-a-so-ah-oh

Oh, well, I love you gal

and I need you

Peg-a-so.

 

[Datsuncog]

7 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

This could be you (or me!) by next Thursday

We're all walking a fine line here...

[Datsuncog]

Blimmin' tech woes.

Still - it's Friday and we're here (for now), so a little later than planned...

[flat4alfa]

[Datsuncog]

Still, a nice morning for it.

Little bit hazy, and a pleasant 17°C showing on the Corolla's external temp display just after 7am.

The stall was fully set-up on my arrival, depriving me of a chance to dibs the diamonds before they hit that well-worn green plywood.

But it was ok - as seemingly it was nearly all just last week's stuff.

Some 1/18-ish stuff up top didn't seem familiar, but then it's easy to lose track...

Maxi Mégane by Anson was quite appealing, though.

Think the 911 is a Tonka Polistil.

Found the shonky Oxford transporter still kicking around...

And realised that I hadn't put it back together properly last week:

Yeah, that's better. Though I think there's still a loading ramp missing at the back, annoyingly.

Shiny Corgi OOC 'Millennium Edition' Duple Metsec Dennis still seeking a forever home.

Siku Unimog in good nick - don't think it's all that old.

Corgi Cooper Maserati with steerable wheels and a leaning driver was pretty cool, though.

CORTINABOMB still here too.

More F1 antics from Marx as well.

The Super Kings Scammell Dumper is pretty much mint.

Which reminded me that I'd inexplicably forgotten to buy the very-good-bar-a-grille Scammell Log Truck last week:

Well, that was silly of me. Of course I should have bought it... maybe it was the heat, or just the excitement. Either way, it's not here this week, more's the pity.

U.N.C.L.E. Olds missing a searchlight and bonnet decal, but otherwise decent enough for a fiver:

'Gunfire' mechanism still working fine after fifty-odd years.

I'd have put good money on this quite decent Bond Aston to have sold by now.

Ejector seat mechanism and rear screen shield both work fine, though the guns/front overriders arrangement doesn't seem to retract. Bit of a gap between body and base could be causing that, though the front rivet is tight and undisturbed - factory flaw?

On the topic of Astons, this Norev DB5 is still here too, with rather more accurate lines and wheels than the Corgi character toy:

It's in decent nick too - probably a magazine partwork model. I believe @TheOtherStu was enquiring about it last week - it's not bad value at a fiver, I'd have said.

Had this Corgi 'Cars of the 50s' Mercedes 300 SL been silver, I'd have nabbed it as atonement for a childhood version which I wrecked.

Some wear to the silver bits, but a spot of Molotow should sort that.

Big Jaguar MkVII is by Atlas, not Oxford as I first thought.

Quite nice.

Brace of Corgi breakdown Transits quite appealing too.

The front of the later recovery wagon version is much better modelled than the earlier LWB van version - though it's hard to see behind the nudge bar.

Original Lesney releases are just so tiny.

This tractor's a Hornby Dublo, though.

So yeah - I mean, there's still plenty of delights to tempt, and I did spend an awful long time debating the merits of a hookless Corgi Land Rover breakdown truck... but ultimately decided I'd just be buying for the sake of buying, rather than cos I actually wanted any of the items offered...

So I sloped off to see what else there was to be seen.

[flat4alfa]

3 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

This tractor's a Hornby Dublo, though.

How much is that Duplo?

[flat4alfa]

4 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Found the shonky Oxford transporter still kicking around...

And realised that I hadn't put it back together properly last week:

Yeah, that's better. Though I think there's still a loading ramp missing at the back, annoyingly.

How much is that Shonksporter?

I still like it

[TheOtherStu]

5 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Still, a nice morning for it.

Little bit hazy, and a pleasant 17°C showing on the Corolla's external temp display just after 7am.

The stall was fully set-up on my arrival, depriving me of a chance to dibs the diamonds before they hit that well-worn green plywood.

But it was ok - as seemingly it was nearly all just last week's stuff.

Some 1/18-ish stuff up top didn't seem familiar, but then it's easy to lose track...

Maxi Mégane was quite appealing, though.

Think the 911 is a Tonka Polistil.

Found the shonky Oxford transporter still kicking around...

And realised that I hadn't put it back together properly last week:

Yeah, that's better. Though I think there's still a loading ramp missing at the back, annoyingly.

Shiny Corgi OOC 'Millennium Edition' Duple Metsec Dennis still seeking a forever home.

Siku Unimog in good nick - don't think it's all that old.

Corgi Cooper Maserati with steerable wheels and a leaning driver was pretty cool, though.

CORTINABOMB still here too.

More F1 antics from Marx as well.

The Super Kings Scammell Dumper is pretty much mint.

Which reminded me that I'd inexplicably forgotten to buy the very-good-bar-a-grille Scammell Log Truck last week:

Well, that was silly of me. Of course I should have bought it... maybe it was the heat, or just the excitement. Either way, it's not here this week, more's the pity.

U.N.C.L.E. Olds missing a searchlight and bonnet decal, but otherwise decent enough for a fiver:

'Gunfire' mechanism still working fine after fifty-odd years.

I'd have put good money on this quite decent Bond Aston to have sold by now.

Ejector seat mechanism and rear screen shield both work fine, though the guns/front overriders arrangement doesn't seem to retract. Bit of a gap between body and base could be causing that, though the front rivet is tight and undisturbed - factory flaw?

On the topic of Astons, this Norev DB5 is still here too, with rather more accurate lines and wheels than the Corgi character toy:

It's in decent nick too - probably a magazine partwork model. I believe @TheOtherStu was enquiring about it last week - it's not bad value at a fiver, I'd have said.

Had this Corgi 'Cars of the 50s' Mercedes 300 SL been silver, I'd have nabbed it as atonement for a childhood version which I wrecked.

Some wear to the silver bits, but a spot of Molotow should sort that.

Big Jaguar MkVII is by Atlas, not Oxford as I first thought.

Quite nice.

Brace of Corgi breakdown Transits quite appealing too.

The front of the later recovery wagon version is much better modelled than the earlier LWB van version - though it's hard to see behind the nudge bar.

Original Lesney releases are just so tiny.

This tractor's a Hornby Dublo, though.

So yeah - I mean, there's still plenty of delights to tempt, and I did spend an awful long time debating the merits of a hookless Corgi Land Rover breakdown truck... but ultimately decided I'd just be buying for the sake of buying, rather than cos I actually wanted any of the items offered...

So I sloped off to see what else there was to be seen.

That Aston Martin is truly beautiful and does seem a bargain at a fiver.
Whilst I'm after an SL, like you, that red paint doesn't do it any favours.

[RoadworkUK]

How much is on the 1:18 McLaren F1 in Gulf colours? Looks like it's by UT Models