Shite in Miniature II

[Datsuncog]

41 minutes ago, Christine said:

Anyone need a door for i think a Ford D lorry  ?

 

31 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Yes please!  I have borked on on same side

Most convenient!

It's held together with screws on the base, so should be an easy resto M8 once it touches down chez Alfa.

[Christine]

Well i'll be fucked ...good job i saved it .

[flat4alfa]

Excellent!

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, Christine said:

If you see an Elan body ...i've only got the chassis !,

Only got the one, a complete one here. 

Will keep eye out though.

[cms206]

One I wasn't aware of... seen Maisto and MC Toys rebranded as Chad Valley, but Corgi?

I'd have been over the moon with this set at aged 10.

 

Fuck who am I kidding, I'd still be overjoyed at 36... though not at 50 quid.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404515826112?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=i5EPYI21QNq&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=vs0eftcbrhy&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[Datsuncog]

^^^ That's really nice. Can't be a common find in that condition!

I think Woolworths' buyers were pretty wide-ranging... I had a couple of Chad Valley car transporter playsets from the early 2000s made by Hongwell.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Obviously blaggers had used the mk10 Jag.

I need one of those hot wheels zakspeed Capri's the likelihood of finding one round here is low.

[eddyramrod]

3 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

That white Range Rover beyond the caravans, the one that went to a Barrymore pool party had rear end adjustment.  What is it?  Looks like plastic kit

That's because it is.  It's the old Heller 1/43, done to represent Mike Gambit's RR from The New Avengers, LOK 537P IIRC.  It's been kicking around in various boxes for years, I dragged it into the light to fix it up.

[Spottedlaurel]

Actually found some things worth buying in local shops:

Don't usually bother with 5-packs, but I hadn't previously seen this Nissan set. Found it at Sainsbury's (not cheap!) along with the Majorette Volvo, the sort of random car they do well and which seemed to link nicely with their old 245. They also had the Sierra Cosworth, Porsche 944 and Mercedes in the Car Culture range, but at £9 each I left them.

Mazda and silly F&F Skyline were at B&M, the latter range down to £3.99 each. They had 5-packs down to £6 each, but there were none there that tempted me (mercifully I didn't see the Nissan set there at the price, otherwise that would have been a little annoying).

Local Morrisons had a good range of the Majorette 5-packs at £10 each (half price), but at most there was only a couple in each that I really wanted and they take up a bit of space. I think I saw the HW 5-packs also at 50% off, so £5 each, but again none that I felt the desire to buy.

There's a little toy and train fair on tomorrow down at Needham Market, got some decent stuff there before, but family life dictates I can't get to that one.

[Jon]

Got caught in some rain the other day, whilst replacing some fence palings and doing general boundary fence fixing.

Just reward for this natural break in a rare bout of productivity meant that I allowed myself with a quick mini shite photo sesh, until it dried up.

I hope @AndyW201 doesn't mind me doing a somewhat gratuitous reveal of this Vanguards Nova I'd almost forgotten I'd picked up for him:

Thought a check backdrop was a fitting tribute to the seat inlays seen in the Chevette HS, a spiritual precursor to the Nova.

 

Contents within. 

 

Panicked slightly at the presence of only 1 door mirror but then I remembered that passenger mirrors would've been optional in earlier Novas.

 

Collector card present.

 

Nice bit of info here on the factory Sport model. These had a reputation of being super lairy but 117bhp sounds a bit of a letdown. Only 2 theoretical bhp more than my Visa! I guess my Cav SRi is about the same power but 2 models bigger, so maybe it was a bit of a weapon, in hindsight.

 

Brushed the hob off again to act as a studio, as I was inspired by my current screen saver on my phone:

 

 

It's certainly a nicely rendered effort, for sure. I'm trying my darndest not to be irked by the post-2001 Charles Wright font plate but the displeasure force is strong, tbh.

 

The decals are lovely and crisp and it's nice to see details like number plate lamps, which could've been easily overlooked. 

 

Here's my homage to Andy's Vanguards interior shots. Not easy to pick up freehand with a phone, whilst trying to light the interior!

 

Maybe a bit monochrome but that slabby dash does remind me of my brother's old Nova 1.2, which seemed exceedingly fast for a 1200. Perhaps the 1300 Sport was gruff, then. Just shy of 100bhp/litre!

 

 

I'm guessing this is an underslung spare, which the rally Nova didn't have of course, with its spare in the back. A hangover from other Nova castings, I guess. But you can't grumble in this instance of 1000 editions.

 

Finally, a bit of artwank, for good measure:

 

This should hopefully be with you early next year, Andy!

[quicksilver]

I haz CogBox from @Datsuncog

A mixed bag here - a scratchbuilt bus, an Oxford Diecast transporter missing its ramps, Cararama Merc A-class and BMW 5-series, and a plastic Kinder Surprise Smart ForTwo.

The bus is the unmistakeable handiwork of Bill Day but with something I haven't seen from him before. He normally used pre-coloured blue or red plastic for seats but this has embossed brick-effect plastic to give some texture.

I think it's modelled on the two East Lancs-bodied Leyland Olympian coaches (B101/2 PHC) supplied to Eastbourne Buses in 1985, back in the days when most council bus fleets still had a few coaches for local citizens to hire, but in a fictional livery.

That Smart car didn't look the same as the ones I had. Let's take a closer look.

Yep, that's an entirely new and slightly bigger moulding to represent the second-generation ForTwo. Both really nice little models and far better than anything I ever got in a Kinder egg when I was a kid.

[MiniMinorMk3]

Last lot of Capris

Trofeu have produced various Mk1 RS models.

One of my faves is the Minichamps RS3100. This also comes in various liveries and in 1/18th scale for those with big shelves to fill.

[155V6]

@sheffcortinacentre,I dug out the Mustang.It's tatty,but complete.The rear suspension is a bit low,but it does screw together so should be easy to fix.I never realised before,but the whole roof is plastic on this one as well.

Yours for the cost of postage if you want it

[Tenmil Socket]

I’ve just been in this shop and bought a few things. I’m currently in Wetherspoons passing time whilst I wait for my car having new tyres fitted.

Let me know if you’re interested in anything and I can pop back in when passing.

 

[Tenmil Socket]

[Tenmil Socket]

Here’s my hoard

 

This is the shop

 

[flat4alfa]

Looking at some of the tags, pricing is quite sensible

[Tenmil Socket]

2 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Looking at some of the tags, pricing is quite sensible

He does good discounts. The Matcbox were priced at £6 each I paid £20 for 5. Like you say, it’s only a few pints in the pub!

[bunglebus]

Do you remember what this was?

[Tenmil Socket]

4 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Do you remember what this was?

A Matchbox something?

[sierraman]

Alfa Carabo Super GT? 

[bunglebus]

I went around two boot sales today, didn't come away with much from the first one - paint was 50p a can and a colour I sent ages looking for when I was restoring a Flying Beetle

Second boot sale I bought nothing - until the very last stall when this happened 

I bought the entire tub

[flat4alfa]

48 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Do you remember what this was?

It was stamped Super G.T. BR 21/22 on the base and no longer referred to as ALFA CARABO

BR stood for 'Budget Range' and the two numbers for the livery styles

Production 1986-88

[Dick Cheeseburger]

16 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

It was stamped Super G.T. BR 21/22 on the base

It was no longer referred to as ALFA CARABO

Production 1986-88

BR stood for 'Budget Range' and the two numbers for the livery styles.

I thought MB had stopped UK production by this point?

[flat4alfa]

Production was in both countries, which is why there are such a wide range of colours, tampos and wheel styles to collect

[bunglebus]

I'm gonna need a while to catalogue this lot, but I've made a start.

Lego Mercedes tanker is either worth £50 or £5 depending whose eBay listing you believe

Dinky Moke is not a bad find

Corgi trailer comes as part of RingDing's circus, behind a Land Rover and somehow involving an elephant 

Jeep FC complete with elevator thingy

Lovely Corvair

Simca 1100 in controversial chrome finish

[eddyramrod]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

I went around two boot sales today, didn't come away with much from the first one - paint was 50p a can and a colour I sent ages looking for when I was restoring a Flying Beetle

Second boot sale I bought nothing - until the very last stall when this happened 

I bought the entire tub

I should bloody think you did!  That tub was practically my childhood in one lift!  Good find, there's nothing like that up here.

[bunglebus]

Weirdos next. Marchon Tune-Ups 57 Chevy came out of a charity shop on the way home. Got a matching Mustang somewhere 

I know this is a Volvo 760 'cos it says so on the stickers - base is a wealth of further info (i.e. says nothing at all)

Fake Hairy Hustler from Golden Wheel, featuring strangely bulbous windscreen 

A fake Maisto (I think that's what we decided last time) if @FakeConcern wants it

Plus another Smart for whoever it was wanted the last lot!

[flat4alfa]

Odd that in the entire production in three countries, the Carabo casting by Matchbox was never produced in the colour of the real thing - that gives the model its name in the first place.  'Carabo' is named after ground beetles the Carabidae

Corgi had a good go

As did Mattel

The closest Matchbox got was a flat green on a Super GT, but never on the original 1971-77 production

Even the Brazilian factory licence

[flat4alfa]

22 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Simca 1100 in controversial chrome finish

That in very good condition for one of those.

I'm in the 'I like the Corgi Chrome paint production' camp