Shite in Miniature II

[junkyarddog]

They are fantastic,

I was lucky enough to find one at a car boot for the sum of £5.00.

not as nice as yours though,it's missing the rear luggage compartment cover.

 

Have you tried a battery in it yet?

The side indicators should flash as it's pushed and steered.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

They are fantastic,

I was lucky enough to find one at a car boot for the sum of £5.00.

not as nice as yours though,it's missing the rear luggage compartment cover.

 

Have you tried a battery in it yet?

The side indicators should flash as it's pushed and steered.

I'm really pleased with mine for sure. Reckon I need another to add to the collection. I've tried a battery in it, but nothing happened. The base unscrews, so I'll take it apart and see if the connections are corroded.

[mercrocker]

Often with this era of Dinky and Corgi battery stuff you will find that the modern metal-cased cells are a fraction too short.   Try  pushing a screwdriver blade in between the + terminal and that end of the holder to "bridge" the gap and generally tighten up the fit.   Nearly all of my die-cast boot sale purchases have responded to this and worked well.   Except, I have to say, for the Vega Major.   So far....

[Split_Pin]

I have a BMW 2000 TI Lux with the indicators but so far I have failed to make it work. Tried everything but to no avail. I'll try the screwdriver trick.

[RoadworkUK]

I have a BMW 2000 TI Lux with the indicators but so far I have failed to make it work. Tried everything but to no avail. I'll try the screwdriver trick.

 

A 2000 BMW? That'll need £129+VAT worth of diagnosis, and they're fully booked until Monday week.

[DVee8]

I picked these up today,for a whole £2.00

[eddyramrod]

We're positively drowning in bargain* Rolls Royce resto projects!

[sierraman]

Bought a Matchbox Nissan Skyline (the original type from the early 70's) today in the Poundland. The stuff they are bringing out is immense, better than the stupid shouty advertised nonsense from Hot Wheels. Fortunately I'd steered Sierra jr in the direction of Matchbox...

 

On a side note I found Matchbox Smash and Crash in my parents loft the other week. Probably the reason a great deal of my stuff I had when I was a kid was chipped to fuck!

[Split_Pin]

I don't have any new MB stuff but they have some nice releases. There's a blue Volvo that I'm after.

[sierraman]

The V60?

[Split_Pin]

Yes that's the one! It's a cracker.

[155V6]

There's a (59?)Chevy Station wagon to look out for as well 

[Junkman]

I think the Chevy is an ASDA exclusive.

Which means I have to venture to one of those temples of consumerism.

I fucking hate that.

[sierraman]

Yes that's the one! It's a cracker.

Yes, they'd got one in Poundland today. A polestar blue one.

 

They Asda only Ines could be worth a trip, the Tesco only MB38 Mercedes 300SE in silver in the 80's was similar offer. A good one is worth £30-50 these days.

[sierraman]

Car boot haul from Sunday. 20p for the bin lorry and it's immaculate!!

 

Galaxies was 20p as well.

[Split_Pin]

I've got that bin lorry, had it since I was a kid. Berliet cab and Jack Allen Collectomatic body, it's ace.

[RoadworkUK]

I have it too, in blue and orange.

 

In other news, this finishes on eBay in an hour:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/391704965259?roken=cUgayN

 

 

Although I have the Solido 1:18 XM and it would make a great bedfellow, I don't reckon I'll be bidding.

 

Less than £20 posted at the moment, though.

 

EDIT: A mild bidding frenzy appears to be breaking out,

[junkyarddog]

Sunday find.

 

 

 

 

A few chips in the paint,but otherwise in good shape.

[Spottedlaurel]

I have the bin lorry too, in that maroon and yellow. It's survived the years in my toybox and then my son's very well.

[Split_Pin]

I have it too, in blue and orange.

 

In other news, this finishes on eBay in an hour:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/391704965259?roken=cUgayN

 

 

Although I have the Solido 1:18 XM and it would make a great bedfellow, I don't reckon I'll be bidding.

 

Less than £20 posted at the moment, though.

 

EDIT: A mild bidding frenzy appears to be breaking out,

Well worth a punt IMO especially boxed. Mine sits very well with my XM, in fact one can't really be without the other.

[RoadworkUK]

It finished at just less than £26 posted. To be honest that example deserved to go to somebody who really wanted it. It's too good an example for me. If one comes up sans box I'll jump at it. I bought my XM in Trago Mills of all places while on a Cornish Holiday when I was 12. I ditched the packaging while I was down there.

[sierraman]

Sunday find.

 

 

 

 

A few chips in the paint,but otherwise in good shape.

They used to do an variant of this in a short lived range called 'Big MX' where they all had a feature that could be worked by a drill type thing. The Ford tractor unit like you have was sold with a little factory type thing and you winded the tractors on to the back of the trailer.

[junkyarddog]

Picked up this little french fancy too.

 

 

 

 

[Split_Pin]

I love these old Majorette cars with the skinny tyres. I have this one too, ace little thing.

[sierraman]

I've got that in green. Those old majorettes really were a cut above everything else.

[Split_Pin]

Lamps and cast on badges in the correct font a speciality!

[sierraman]

Funnily enough I was clearing out some stuff my dad gave me a while back and found some Holts Amber Lamp paint as used in France to give the sort of Tungsten effect on lightbulbs

[Split_Pin]

Hope you kept it!

[sierraman]

No, it's dried up ðŸ™

[Bren]

Picked up this little french fancy too.

 

 

 

 

Had this in the late 1970's - made a table out of card and put it in the boot.