Shite in Miniature II

11,875 · September 1, 2023

I have a Transco Gas Land Rover and compressor , mine doesn't take a battery, just a sticker picture of an engine under the compressor panels :-(

10,309 · September 1, 2023

Anyone like Hotwheels but think there weren't enough cars in a 5-pack?

43,553 · September 1, 2023

Who's peekin' out from under a stairway
Calling a name that's scratching the air
Who's bending down to give me a headache
Everyone knows she's HUSKY

Who's tripping down the streets of the city
Scowlin' at everybody, she sees
Who's reachin' out to ruin a moment
Everyone knows she's HUSKY

And HUSKY has stormy eyes
That flash at the sound of lies
And HUSKY has wings to fly
Above the clouds (above the clouds)

Above the clouds...
(Above the clouds...)

Doo da da doo da doo da doo doo doo...

12,296 · September 1, 2023

Nothing very exciting for you lot, but I suppose I must be easily satisfied. Went to the market at Hailsham in the rain, well drizzle really, but there was just one seller left in a nice 740 Ovlov who described himself as "the last fuckin' man standin"...

Went to the junk shop over the road where I didn't buy a job lot of Days Gone for £25...

So went on to Burgess Hill and the Rocking Horse Emporium.

Lots of MIB Corgi & Dinky that were lovely, but out of my price bracket. Also this lovely 1/18 Sun Star Elan (sorry for the terrible photo) also out of range.

However we just came away with some cheap tat

I've been looking for a decent Corgi Monkeemobile to give Mrs Concern for her birthday, but kept getting out bid on ebay. This wasn't a bargain at £20 and is missing Mickey Dolenz, but still pretty pleased with it. The Welly caravan (looks to be a cheap copy of the Corgi one) and the Matchbox refreshment trailer were both also for Mrs Concern, while the scrap Marcos and VW recovery are for me. How does she always end up with more stuff?

28,796 · September 1, 2023

I wish mine would! Maybe then she wouldn't shout at me when my next box arrives!

12,296 · September 1, 2023

2 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

I wish mine would! Maybe then she wouldn't shout at me when my next box arrives!

Build a summer house?

28,796 · September 1, 2023

I would, if there was any chance of fitting one into my tiny back yard!

27,264 · September 1, 2023

2 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

I would, if there was any chance of fitting one into my tiny back yard!

Get yourself a PO box!
That way the Mrs will never see the postman delivering your ill gotten gains, and you can simply empty your PO box into the car boot and smuggle them indoors when she’s gone for a bath or on the can etc!!😆

5,540 · September 2, 2023

On 9/1/2023 at 10:41 PM, danthecapriman said:

Get yourself a PO box!
That way the Mrs will never see the postman delivering your ill gotten gains, and you can simply empty your PO box into the car boot and smuggle them indoors when she’s gone for a bath or on the can etc!!😆

For most of my diecast purchases now, I get them sent to my mother's house! I then go up and retrieve them at the weekend when the Mrs is at work. GR8 for marital harmony...🤣

11,913 · September 2, 2023

42,630 · September 2, 2023

13 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Goes well with your orange Corgi 241 Land Rover!

...unless you now want to sell the orange one?

I don't even know if I still have the orange one any more - a lot of stuff was disposed of last year before the house move, and I've already lost track of what was kept and what went.

Once this stage of the building work's complete, I might be able to get a few display cabinets set up - and finally have a trawl through my boxes to see what I have...

45,048 · September 2, 2023

18 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk #211M found!

The mechanism was oiled and freed and works well, scooting across the table in a pulse-jet type of way. Must find some more of those motorised Corgi, I wonder what others were released

And for the event, the Dinky Atlas 1955 Studebaker Commander and Franklin Munt 1953 Studebaker Commander popped by to celebrate. Enya sang a song or two.

Actually to be fair the Franklin is a very nice model and I might do a few more photos, if anyone is interested.

Brooklin did the Commander

First version was pale green, made from 1990 to 1994.

In 1994 the colour was changed to pale blue with a white roof. This lasted until 2001.

There was also a few limited runs and specials. Thi spolice version was a run of 750 pieces.

12,296 · September 2, 2023

On 6/1/2023 at 8:35 PM, Jon said:

Here's a variation that news to me - were you aware of this one @bunglebus?

Released in 1996, according to the seller. I know other older castings were re-released by Corgi in the 1990's but this one passed me by.

Photos lifted from the auction, for posterity.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/4157521088

Is there a definitive list of re-releases, anywhere? Off the top of my head was the Land Rover 109, Mercedes truck, Transit tipper, Mercedes Bonna ambulance and US fire engine, in the commercial line.

Incidentally, it seems the crane bucket saw 35 years of service, debuting initially with the Jeep FC 150, in February 1961.

Here's mine (would love the lamp post and man it came with!)

Lamp post aquired..

On 6/2/2023 at 11:47 AM, FakeConcern said:

I saw a lamp post in a junk shop in Brighton the other day, didn't ask how much it was though. If it's there next time do you want me to pick it up for you?

I thought with SE England tax £15 wasn't bad for a hard to find 60 year old scale model

On 6/3/2023 at 12:23 AM, Jon said:

If it was a Corgi one (not sure how you'd tell?!) and a couple of quid, then yes please! But no rush/journeying out your way, as my yearning for a 60 year old piece of plastic should not be on anyone's priority list!

It is a Corgi, how do I know

I really like it and I'm happy to keep it if @Jon doesn't want it, but also happy to post it as really I got it for you.

Also in Brighton, I saw this nice model (tin plate maybe?) diner in a shop in North Laine.

And in Snoopers where I got the lamp post I saw this Dinky transporter which I didn't know existed

It was more money than I'm happy to pay, but now I'm interested..

Also saw this Dinky Austin Westminster, never seen one before and I'd like one as my dad had a real one when I was small and it was the first car I travelled in at over 100mph (on the Thanet Way).

43,553 · September 2, 2023

How much was Dinky Transporter? I've seen them playworn with the trailer for £100 so if it was cheap enough I would have it please

43,553 · September 2, 2023

I've got a Dinky Westminster A95 back here

Might do a photo shoot Austin theme thang with the A55 Corgi I think

12,296 · September 2, 2023

1 minute ago, flat4alfa said:

How much was Dinky Transporter? I've seen them playworn with the trailer for £100 so if it was cheap enough I would have it please

I'm not sure as the label was partly obscured and badly written, but I think £53. I also think I should have bought the Westminster that I think was £8 as that's pretty cheap. However I don't know when I'll be in Brighton next though.

10,166 · September 2, 2023

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

Lamp post aquired..

I thought with SE England tax £15 wasn't bad for a hard to find 60 year old scale model

It is a Corgi, how do I know

I really like it and I'm happy to keep it if @Jon doesn't want it, but also happy to post it as really I got it for you.

Ooh, that's a lovely piece of kit - and excellent memory! Like you say, I doubt you've paid over the odds for such an unusual accessory but if it's OK, I'll have to pass. Do you have a Jeep to go with it? They're on the more ubiquitous/affordable scale and are a neat little model. I've had to stop myself bidding on numerous ones, for this reason, though I keep an eye out for a conveyor belt version.

If you're at all feeling burdened with the purchase, then let's revisit in a couple of months, as my folks are bringing out many, many items with them, leaving them with criminally underweight baggage on the return flight, so I thought I'd do a for sale thread and get some stock exchanged. I may be able to fully/part swap!

12,296 · September 2, 2023

1 minute ago, Jon said:

Ooh, that's a lovely piece of kit - and excellent memory! Like you say, I doubt you've paid over the odds for such an unusual accessory but if it's OK, I'll have to pass. Do you have a Jeep to go with it? They're on the more ubiquitous/affordable scale and are a neat little model. I've had to stop myself bidding on numerous ones, for this reason, though I keep an eye out for a conveyor belt version.

If you're at all feeling burdened with the purchase, then let's revisit in a couple of months, as my folks are bringing out many, many items with them, leaving them with criminally underweight baggage on the return flight, so I thought I'd do a for sale thread and get some stock exchanged. I may be able to fully/part swap!

I was kind of joking as the lamp post was only £2 (not sure I'd really pay £15) so if you want it that's the price. I'm happy to hold onto it until someone can take it to NZ for you, my sister lives in Auckland and will be over next year. However if you don't want it after all I'm really happy to keep it.

10,166 · September 3, 2023

My funds can very easily stretch to £2! Certainly be very rude of me not to take it off your hands at that price. I'll be in touch!

45,048 · September 3, 2023

16 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

Lamp post aquired..

I thought with SE England tax £15 wasn't bad for a hard to find 60 year old scale model

It is a Corgi, how do I know

That's the lamp post from GS14

45,048 · September 3, 2023

Random shot from the interwebs. Those look like Lone Star Impys to me

45,048 · September 3, 2023

63,130 · September 3, 2023

2 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

That's the lamp post from GS14

Has the worker just been electrocuted!?

5,540 · September 3, 2023

27 minutes ago, egg said:

Has the worker just been electrocuted!?

I think he's the construction worker from The Village People...

42,630 · September 3, 2023

Surprise delivery arrived yesterday morning while I was away out at the builders' yard...

Couldn't really get away with pretending this was from Amazon, and not sure my protestations of innocence were fully believed...

I was genuinely stumped about what this might be, but a quick peek inside brought some enlightenment...

Well knock me down with a feather - it's a big ol' heap of Corgi Cubs; eleven of them to be exact.

Which strike me as extremely similar to some of the recent @bunglebus discoveries.

Uncannily familiar, some might say...

Thanks so much for these, dude!

I'll add these in with my other Cubs finds, give them all a bit of a tidy, and with any luck my brother and SIL won't be too appalled at me gifting forty year old toys to their darling offspring...

I mean, they'd stopped using lead in paint by then, right?

The sticker variations on the post vans did kinda amuse me:

And Royal Mail wonders why it has difficulties retaining staff...

The racers are a casting that I didn't even know existed until I started digging into this forgotten/ ignored range quite recently.

The super-simple construction where the base also forms the air scoop, the interior, the lights and a contrast to the cast-in No.7 makes a lot of detail out of very little manufacturing effort.

The blue-base example has had the Corgi Cubs lettering blanked out, which makes me wonder if this was one of the toys made for Mothercare, which - like Corgi's exclusive M&S range - was seemingly reluctant to display the original manufacturer's name on the products sold on their shelves.

I'm actually quite excited to go through these, as briefly comparing the castings with one another has already thrown up some significant differences in these toys where I'd assumed they shared some common parts, but nooo...

So there's more to come on these, if you can possibly stand the excitement.

3,048 · September 3, 2023

21 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Surprise delivery arrived yesterday morning while I was away out at the builders' yard...

Couldn't really get away with pretending this was from Amazon, and not sure my protestations of innocence were fully believed...

I was genuinely stumped about what this might be, but a quick peek inside brought some enlightenment...

Well knock me down with a feather - it's a big ol' heap of Corgi Cubs; eleven of them to be exact.

Which strike me as extremely similar to some of the recent @bunglebus discoveries.

Uncannily familiar, some might say...

Thanks so much for these, dude!

I'll add these in with my other Cubs finds, give them all a bit of a tidy, and with any luck my brother and SIL won't be too appalled at me gifting forty year old toys to their darling offspring...

I mean, they'd stopped using lead in paint by then, right?

The sticker variations on the post vans did kinda amuse me:

And Royal Mail wonders why it has difficulties retaining staff...

The racers are a casting that I didn't even know existed until I started digging into this forgotten/ ignored range quite recently.

The super-simple construction where the base also forms the air scoop, the interior, the lights and a contrast to the cast-in No.7 makes a lot of detail out of very little manufacturing effort.

The blue-base example has had the Corgi Cubs lettering blanked out, which makes me wonder if this was one of the toys made for Mothercare, which - like Corgi's exclusive M&S range - was seemingly reluctant to display the original manufacturer's name on the products sold on their shelves.

I'm actually quite excited to go through these, as briefly comparing the castings with one another has already thrown up some significant differences in these toys where I'd assumed they shared some common parts, but nooo...

So there's more to come on these, if you can possibly stand the excitement.