Shite in Miniature II

[Datsuncog]

This is where we're at, by the midway point...

The big Maisto X-Type for @Split_Pin has already been seen, but as for the others...

Dinky Supertoys Guy Snowplough is maybe a bit less common.

It's mostly complete, bar the rear tipper flap, and also needs a retaining pin to hold the 'hydraulic' ram which allows the snow blade to raise and remain in the upright position.

One of the four rivets that holds the blade onto the lifting mechanism has also failed, so it's a bit shoogly. 

The glazing has dropped down inside the cab, but it seems to be intact otherwise.

Despite these shortcomings, it's a lovely big model.

My grabby-hands say yes, but my bank balance says 'pass it on'.

Available for the £10 paid.

EDIT: SOLD!!!

Another Supertoys - this time the Bedford TK rubbish cart.

The paint and decals on this are irritatingly good, since there's a slight bend to the chassis behind the cab...

...and the rear section mechanism seems to have had a bad time of it.

But could be a worthwhile resto, or else swap the good bits from a more scuffed example?

Also available for the tenner paid.

This one's staying - for a while, anyway.

I don't normally do military stuff, but this is most lovely - the Corgi (Ford?) Quad Gun Tractor, complete with ammo trailer and field gun, is worth making an exception for.

I'll take better pics later, but this still has the plastic shells loaded into the ammo trailer!

Unreal.

The Corgi Ford Classic and Austin A40 just kinda appealed - as I have form for buying these Classics, and then selling them on.

So I might hold onto this one, as it's relatively clean and doesn't have busted A-pillars like the majority seem to.

The A40 is a repaint, and is missing its glazing so probably not worth the fiver paid, but - I kinda like it anyway.

Well then - Round 2 is upon us...

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, quicksilver said:

That's a peculiar choice of livery for a code 3. United Counties never had anything that looked even remotely like that and were a committed Bristol operator.

Wasn't sure.

But it is tidily done as was £10 at a car boot, so was happy to have it.  This also doesn't have the earlier circuitry, but strangely they still stuck the indicator lenses on the cost-drive ones.

 

I've never seen an example of the Swiss PTT post livery they did

Thought perhaps export only?  Although they did produce plenty of the PTT-liveried and much smaller-scale Duple Viceroy

[junkyarddog]

55 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I got an update from Modelmatic that he had a new batch of Car Culture releases. One especially is going to be like hens teeth so I hit the button. This will guarantee there will be hundreds of them in Smyths next week

Got those today,less the Sierra of course! 🙄

[flat4alfa]

12 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Dinky Supertoys Guy Snowplough is maybe a bit less common.

It's mostly complete, bar the rear tipper flap, and also needs a retaining pin to hold the 'hydraulic' ram which allows the snow blade to raise and remain in the upright position.

One of the four rivets that holds the blade onto the lifting mechanism has also failed, so it's a bit shoogly. 

The glazing has dropped down inside the cab, but it seems to be intact otherwise.

Despite these shortcomings, it's a lovely big model.

My grabby-hands say yes, but my bank balance says 'pass it on'.

Available for the £10 paid.

Oh that's a bit special!  

Ermm yes plea ..umm..  arghhh

[flat4alfa]

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shoogly

A what?  Never heard that before so had to do a look-up

Ah. Ok.  Shoogly.

[MiniMinorMk3]

31 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

That Maisto is quite a nice model

I used to have the Polistil 1973 Ferrari 312-PB in 1/32 scale.  Although it seemed nearer 1/30

And also the Hot Wheels 1971 Ferrari 312-PB in 1/28 scale

 

Sold them on, a pity

I've had a couple of 1/43rds

Mebetoys

Solido

And the bigger brother 512  by Super Champion

 

[flat4alfa]

Oh crikey

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958 Guy snowplough tailgate £0.95
958 Guy snowplough tailgate pin Each £0.30
http://model-supplies.co.uk/dinky_parts_range.htm

Erm yes please then

Doubt I'll ever see another

But feel free to look after it for a while longer if it helps.  The way this disastrous summer has gone, it's will probably be winter next week and you might need it for your next garden patio snow-clearing diorama

[Split_Pin]

That X type looks great, I'm pleased about that one. I'll PM you later on to settle up.

Cheers!

[MiniMinorMk3]

5 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

 

Doubt I'll ever see another

Quite a few go through Vectis each year

SEARCH RESULTS (vectis.co.uk)

[flat4alfa]

So not particularly rare or valuable after all then

But I've still never seen one, it's sort of oddball thing that would get noticed

[Spottedlaurel]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

I got an update from Modelmatic that he had a new batch of Car Culture releases. One especially is going to be like hens teeth so I hit the button. This will guarantee there will be hundreds of them in Smyths next week

Hoping to visit a Smyths on Sunday. Have pretty much given up on the local supermarkets, and Tesco now seem to have some generic diecasts instead of Matchbox.

[danthecapriman]

Picked this up the other day. 
It’s for my model railway when I eventually rebuild it after moving. 

1/76 scale Transit mk2 by Tiny City.

Theyre Hong Kong livery emergency vans, available in fire (2 versions), Police, Ambulance and an airport security van. 
I went for this fire department spotlight van as I’m going to remove the spotlight and repaint as a standard panel van later. I’ve never seen these before and I think it’s about the only Mk2 Transit available in 1/76?

Boxes are cool too!

[Datsuncog]

Right then... a successful market jaunt was followed by a trek across town to the other place...

You know the one.

But nothing too spendy - just a mop-up exercise, really.

I really couldn't bother my arse to go schlepping back through Castle Court's assorted diecast emporia as they're mostly a source of disappointment, so The Entertainer, Poundland, B&M and Poundstretcher remained undisturbed by my riffling.

Or maybe I didn't want to run into the perplexed child from B&M last week again. Once is an anomaly, twice is a pattern.

To be honest, I think I'm running out of puff today so it could be time to roll the credits...

[Datsuncog]

3 hours ago, egg said:

@Datsuncogcan I please rescue the BMW matchbox from Alan's 50p tray, it should be an easy little restore and offer back on here or re-sell elsewhere if I have to! Assuming glazing is intact. 

Boom!

2 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

@DatsuncogIf you get a chance, I'd very much like the best yellow Aston if sensible money.

Blam!

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

The Corgis, but not the play worn Dinkys as well?

The XK120 is calling me, if it's a fiver.

Zap!

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

If the green/white Astons are there still, I would like one for a fiver please.  Preferably the one with the decal still there even though the paint is more borked.

Pow!

On 8/11/2023 at 10:49 PM, flat4alfa said:

Roadblasting Mercury please next time thanks 

Honk!

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Erm yes please then

Doubt I'll ever see another

Good news!

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

958 Guy snowplough tailgate £0.95
958 Guy snowplough tailgate pin Each £0.30
http://model-supplies.co.uk/dinky_parts_range.htm

I've just saved you 30p, as the pin's still there.

#winning

There does appear to be a light missing from the roof though, which is probably why the glazing's fallen in.

So, swings / roundabouts...

[Spottedlaurel]

25 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Right then... a successful market jaunt was followed by a trek across town to the other place...

You know the one.

Do they have much in the way of 1/24 or 1/25 car kits here? Don't make a special journey, just curious.

[flat4alfa]

10 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Do they have much in the way of 1/24 or 1/25 car kits here? Don't make a special journey, just curious.

I had a peek through the back window

https://tinyurl.com/pm39sst6

[Datsuncog]

I also appear to have become weirdly fixated on trailers lately.

Which is obviously why TWO trailers was totally irresistible.

The ammo trailer has hitches fore and aft, plus opening doors:

Oh wow.

These plastic shells were jammed in pretty tightly, which is presumably how they've managed to survive for fifty-odd years.

A bit of wiggling with a pen top brought them out into the light again, for the first time in a long time.

And the gun firing mechanism appears to work.

Unfortunately, just as I was bringing everything joyously together, a librarian swept past and gave me a Hard Stare...

Ah. Ooops.

First the floor at B&M last week, now the library this week.

I'm gonna find myself CANCELLED soon enough... 

[bunglebus]

You don't stop playing because you get old, you get old because you stop playing 

[Datsuncog]

23 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

I had a peek through the back window

https://tinyurl.com/pm39sst6

You can also literally peek through the back window of the shop, should you so choose...

But yes, there are a lot of kits in there - mostly they seem to be military kits, but there's a whole mezzanine floor of kits upstairs that I've never seen - helpfully, Google has that too:

The shop owner's a bit, um, eccentric - as in, there's signs all over the place to state NO BAGS and ONLY FOUR CUSTOMERS IN THE SHOP AT A TIME and MAXIMUM BROWSING TIME 20 MINS, so I tend not to hang about. I think only ONE person is allowed upstairs at a time. 

I know I wrote a diatribe about this place a year or two ago and then deleted it in a fit of remorse because I appeared to be punching down, but yeah - it's fair to say this shop has quite the reputation locally.

I've heard from other collectors who have been arbitrarily banned from the shop, and others who have allegedly offered the proprietor outside for a scrap in the car park to settle things, so yeah - it's all going on.

Having said that, if there's anything you'd like me to look out for @Spottedlaurel then I'd be happy to have a proper look next time I'm passing!

[Datsuncog]

12 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

You don't stop playing because you get old, you get old because you stop playing 

True, but it's possible I ought to consider playing somewhere a little less public...

[Datsuncog]

Right then - how ends the day?

Bit like this.

Some unexpected delights then, and a vasty selection of other oddities and things I never knew existed.

But the wind and the rain are whistling round the old library, and I'm unaccountably weary, so I think I'm gonna call it a day. Maybe go home and flop for a bit.

But, as ever - Happy Friday, kids.

[sierraman]

27 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

You can also literally peek through the back window of the shop, should you so choose...

But yes, there are a lot of kits in there - mostly they seem to be military kits, but there's a whole mezzanine floor of kits upstairs that I've never seen - helpfully, Google has that too:

The shop owner's a bit, um, eccentric - as in, there's signs all over the place to state NO BAGS and ONLY FOUR CUSTOMERS IN THE SHOP AT A TIME and MAXIMUM BROWSING TIME 20 MINS, so I tend not to hang about. I think only ONE person is allowed upstairs at a time. 

I know I wrote a diatribe about this place a year or two ago and then deleted it in a fit of remorse because I appeared to be punching down, but yeah - it's fair to say this shop has quite the reputation locally.

I've heard from other collectors who have been arbitrarily banned from the shop, and others who have allegedly offered the proprietor outside for a scrap in the car park to settle things, so yeah - it's all going on.

Having said that, if there's anything you'd like me to look out for @Spottedlaurel then I'd be happy to have a proper look next time I'm passing!

Is it one of those places where they’re convinced you are trying to steal from them?

[flat4alfa]

5 hours ago, quicksilver said:

That's a peculiar choice of livery for a code 3. United Counties never had anything that looked even remotely like that and were a committed Bristol operator.

Reeling from the disappointment of owning a counterfeit, I went off to do some researching.

It seems United Counties ran a Bedford SB Duple Vega Coach from the previous era, here modelled by EFE

Looking up the history of ODL 51: was new to Southern Vectis in 1957 and sold to United Counties in 1967, although they only ran it for a year or so.

This 1965 AEC Reliance with Duple Northern Continental body was hired from Jeffs of Helmdon during the period 1972-73 

So, I can at least try to pretend there was a Duple Vega VAL, even if on hire!

I think I'll leave it as it is.

Also looking through the glazing, I can see the seating moulding still has the inset area for the battery cell carrier.  Maybe I'll keep a lookout for the different earlier baseplate, to retrofit the lighting circuit

[andrew e]

Cracking Tat escapade @Datsuncog I’m so pleased @flat4alfa buckled on that snow plough first 😂 It’s missed me by too!

[quicksilver]

Fair enough, there were some Northants operators who had Vega Majors so at least one probably ended up on hire to United Counties at some point. I have that model of the SB; there were two of them (ODL 48 was the other IIRC) that as you say only made a brief appearance and were very much oddballs that didn't see much use. Also good to see a Jeffs coach as they were my local operator until twice finding themselves part of groups that collapsed spectacularly, first Bowens and then an ill-fated 'rescue' by the notorious King Long.

[Zie]

5 hours ago, bunglebus said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

😟 Oh my!

If you find another could you get it for me please, no place I go does the premiums. 

[flat4alfa]

23 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

King Long

I don't think I'll go off and google that in case I get in trouble...!

 

Found out these two oddballs.  A pair of Bedford YRQ with Willowbrook bodies

And also this pair of later Leyland Leopard also with Willowbrook, but by now well into National rebranding so likely didn't have the preference/control they had before

Bonus FIAT Supermirafiori content.

[bunglebus]

32 minutes ago, Zie said:

😟 Oh my!

If you find another could you get it for me please, no place I go does the premiums. 

I'll be keeping an eye out in Smyths/Entertainer/Sainsbury's but that's going to be the first one to sell out for sure. Mind you there were a couple of Escort Cosworths on the pegs in Entertainer for about a week after I bought mine elsewhere 

I don't even like them that much, the 3 door Sierra is definitely original and best.

Today's jaunt around Basildump didn't turn up much of interest, two apparently unmolested M cases in Entertainer and dribs and drabs everywhere else. Asda had more Tune-Ups but still series two, so I've got all I want out of those

They also have various transporters

Singles had been refilled, the Golfs were gone already but I did get this

The card isn't torn - it's somehow got part of another card stuck to it.

Lastly something I've been seeing a lot of on FB recently - someone is buying 5 packs and somehow opening them, swapping cars and resealing well enough to fool most people, including me if I hadn't seen 3 or 4 others people had found (white Corvette in place of Supra).

My Mrs found another one! 

[sierraman]

What are these Super Chasers that are supposedly in the basics?