Shite in Miniature II

[Jon]

I'll pass on the Dinky TK at a tenner, simply as I have to draw the line somewhere. Not to say it's pricey, but it's priced enough to make me think twice!

A bit of chipping down if you happened to do a bulk buy, then I'd very likely say yes, though...

[FakeConcern]

Budgie truck is WE Series Morris

Someone on TDW posted about it recently

[flat4alfa]

The Budgie Breakdown Tender is a mid-fifties Morris WE

 

Not got one of those and it does have a charm about it…

[Datsuncog]

Delving further into the box revealed repaints of more racing nature:

Dinky Riley RM and Jaguar XK120 coop.

Prepped for the Mille Miglia - or the banger track?

Corgi Aston DB4 a bit more restrained, and with the aluminium hubs blacked in:

Rally Zephyr Farnham, anyone?

Red paint as well as blue on the glazing unit suggests that this has worn a few different colours over the years,

Looks to be an ex-police version, going by the remains of the roof light and the wing-mount aerial.

But this - this - is surely verging on folk art:

Early single-piece shell Corgi Chevrolet Impala, wearing a unique paint job.

Hot Rod!

And - hang on, does that say 'The Gay Devil' on the side?

Yes. Yes it does. On both sides.

Well, okay.

Different era, I guess...

Also, 'Hells Ange' (presumably no room for the 'L' - unless that's a reference to the driver?)

'Greasers' also in the mix there, and something else on the trunklid I can't quite decipher. 'Sand Rigger' or something?

Honestly, this is almost worth a tenner. I can just imagine some local kid sitting with the finest brush they can find and all their little pots of enamel paint one evening, trying to replicate something seen in a magazine or a comic or on a tiny black and white screen.

Some representation of American cool, deviancy, delinquency even.

Something a bit Jimmy Dean, a bit Marlon Brando, a bit Peter Fonda.

A bit... Gay Devil.

Yeah.

There's just something about this, it's so great.

[flat4alfa]

He does really want a tenner for the ESTASHONK does he?

[flat4alfa]

The Gay Ange Devil needs to be submitted to the Tate Modern!

[Datsuncog]

This Britains Bedford S (?) dropside lorry was also new to me:

Quite small scale. And surprising detail showing the AWD transfer case and props.

Axles were very on the wonk, mind.

Some more smol things were also in evidence - early Lesneys, unknown tinplate trams or something, and - is that a Charbens 'Old Crock' in blue?

No maker's name on it, anyway.

More Dinky Devons:

And then a racing Devon, minus an A-post - the scrutineers won't like that - plus an A90 Atlantic that looks like it may have been in the Atlantic:

Jolly repaints of a Dinky Ford Woody and Packard were also in evidence:

Civvie-spec Riley to go with the rally custom job, too.

Someone's had quare fun doing these, for sure.

[RoadworkUK]

A tenner is the new fiver, and not just on matters of tat.

[Datsuncog]

6 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

He does really want a tenner for the ESTASHONK does he?

He does.

Fiver, absolutely. But I'm not seeing a tenner's worth, disappointingly.

Next week could be a different story, mind...

[bunglebus]

Boxed Matchbox Model A and Caravan might be worth a tenner each to someone if they're minty. Think I'll give it a swerve though.

For some reason that Budgie tow truck is calling me but there are similar or better ones on eBay for the same money

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, RoadworkUK said:

A tenner is the new fiver, and not just on matters of tat.

Seemingly so!

Though he had much better stuff out at a fiver only two weeks ago, so - I think it just depends what he's paid for them. This might have been a rather dearer job lot from the auction than he'd hoped, just to get some new stock in... Or maybe he didn't twig from the auction pic that they were mostly kiddy repaints, and went in a bit high with his bid.

Either way, the die has been cast... and found wanting.

[Datsuncog]

On 6/30/2023 at 9:39 AM, bunglebus said:

Boxed Matchbox Model A and Caravan might be worth a tenner each to someone if they're minty. Think I'll give it a swerve though

Ah, funny you should mention those...

Yes, these excited me a bit when I clocked a load of Matchbox-branded packaging - all jumbled up in a heap.

But setting them out neatly revealed... they were mostly duplicates.

And sadly, they're not mint.

Dunno how they've retained their boxes while also being quite heavily played with.

First release packaging marked as 'new', as well as later boxes without the lettering, both available for the Model A.

Didn't check the condition of all the Model As, though, as it's not really a model I've a great deal of interest in.

Though, at a fiver each, they're slightly better value maybe?

[sierraman]

Those old Model A are as desirable as an old shoe. I think you’d struggle getting any more than a couple of quid tbh. 

[Datsuncog]

Other newer stuff was mainly the same as last week:

Mainly 1990s Corgi Classics.

Pushing it, at a tenner - but then, most of these I have/ had, so there's limited desire here for me.

Irritating that the Transit Wrecker's missing its box inner, though.

Very late Classics release Ford Pop, with additional detailing to wheels and lights:

Don't remember a  Riley Elf/ Wolseley Hornet in the Corgi range, mind.

I know Vitesse modelled them in 1/43, which later morphed into mail-order only Matchbox Dinky releases - but a Corgi version draws a blank from the ol' diecast memory bank.

Also, an example of the excoriated Mini Cooper from last week's discussion:

I was kinda tempted, after ragging on them so hard, but no... not at this money.

More similar stuff was found in a box under the stall, too:

And yet more Lledo stuff and the like:

But that was kinda it... for a fiver, I may have happily filled my boots with many of these but... I think they're just a bit spendy at £10 a throw.

[flat4alfa]

The Britains Bedford S-Type is a scarce one.  Well In don’t recall ever seeing one one, at the smaller scale I might have assumed a Budgie

Looks pretty good too, aside from wanky axles 

1:55 maybe?  

 

[Datsuncog]

But look - gotta run here, but will be back with more later!

[TheOtherStu]

I'd really like the Euro 96 one (as per earlier in the week), but it was on the £3 table last week?

 

[flat4alfa]

47 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

and - is that a Charbens 'Old Crock' in blue?

No maker's name on it.

 

Charbens 'No.4 FORD 1907'

[Noel Tidybeard]

is that a nice blue merc sec?

[Noel Tidybeard]

what surprised me about the ford airborne is the top half looks cream in some photies but is light green

[Datsuncog]

49 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

The Britains Bedford S-Type is a scarce one.  Well In don’t recall ever seeing one one, at the smaller scale I might have assumed a Budgie

Looks pretty good too, aside from wanky axles 

1:55 maybe?  

I'd say even smaller than that, say about 1/65 scale?

Hard to get a sense of scale from the pics, but I don't think it was more than 3" long. Smaller than the Budgie Leylands, for sure.

[Datsuncog]

34 minutes ago, TheOtherStu said:

I'd really like the Euro 96 one (as per earlier in the week), but it was on the £3 table last week?

I was disappointed (and a little surprised) not to see the Euro '96 Bedford O van on the table with the others - but then I twigged it was still in a box of overstock behind the stall along with some of the others.

So I picked that up for you, and yup - £3 paid!

[MiniMinorMk3]

15 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

A pleasant arrival yesterday morning:

The latest installment from Corgi Model Club - the #420 Ford Thames Airborne Caravan.

 

 

14 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I've not had that yet but I've had an email to say the Police Beetle has been dispatched.

I understand CMC decided to chose the rarest colour, it does look nice but I've never seen one either, mines the colour of pond scum

 

They've cocked up on the colour their, the green was never that green.

[Datsuncog]

37 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Charbens 'No.4 FORD 1907'

Aha, that's the very one!

Dunno what's happened to the wheels, though.

Not really my bag, but an unusual one all the same.

32 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

is that a nice blue merc sec?

Nope, it's a fairly mediocre Merc 350 sadly... possibly alright for a fiver, but I wouldn't have fancied going much higher. Quite a bit of chipping to it.

By means of a flashback, this is what a £10 version from the same stall looked like in 2019...

Think this one ended up with @NorfolkNWeigh, ultimately.

It was very clean indeed

[TheOtherStu]

12 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

I was disappointed (and a little surprised) not to see the Euro '96 Bedford O van on the table with the others - but then I twigged it was still in a box of overstock behind the stall along with some of the others.

So I picked that up for you, and yup - £3 paid!

Thank you so much
No hurry in sending, but I'm happy to start sending you some moolah.

[Datsuncog]

Just now, TheOtherStu said:

Thank you so much
No hurry in sending, but I'm happy to start sending you some moolah.

No worries! Will ping you over a PM shortly, thanks!

[Noel Tidybeard]

sorry i meant sl- sec is the superkings one

[Noel Tidybeard]

3 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

 

They've cocked up on the colour their, the green was never that green.

seemingly corgi wanted a nice metalic green but current paint technology couldn't deliver so cmc did it how it was suposed to be

[Datsuncog]

8 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

 

They've cocked up on the colour their, the green was never that green.

Seems that there was a fair bit of variation over the years in the green shading - CMC had this to say a few weeks ago...

So they're admitting it may not be the same shade as many originals; instead they're reimagining it as Corgi might have produced it.

I kinda like the colour, I have to say - and it'll contrast against my purple & pink original.

[MiniMinorMk3]

13 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Seems that there was a fair bit of variation over the years in the green shading - CMC had this to say a few weeks ago...

So they're admitting it may not be the same shade as many originals; instead they're reimagining it as Corgi might have produced it.

I kinda like the colour, I have to say - and it'll contrast against my purple & pink original.

Sounds like waffle to me.

I have only ever seen the green ones in that pale olive shade. It was never  done in the Mini Magnifique green, which the reproduction version is very close to.

 

 

PS Someone is making a quick profit

Corgi Toys Model Club 420 -Ford Thames "Airborne" Caravan - 2023 Reissue | eBay

Corgi Toys Model Club 420 -Ford Thames "Airborne" Caravan - 2023 Reissue | eBay