Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Matchbox Isuzu painted to match the Mrs's old Frontera sport;

 

 

Dinky Bedford CF, now restored;

 

 

And another, now in progress;

 

 

Dinky MK1 Escort, again being restored;

 

 

Another MK1;

 

 

Solido R4 van;

 

 

And another;

 

 

Renault 5's;

 

 

Tincorners;

 

 

 

Should I unbox this Eastern Bloc beauty?

 

 

I have a lot of die cast, some 70's and some modern. Much cheaper than the real thing.

[sierraman]

This will make you sick, rummaging today through a box of shite at the Car Boot, purchased this, a Spot On Sprite. 20 pence!!!! Couldn't believe it. Decided to stick in on fleabay, it's lovely but a few quid would be nice instead.

[Split_Pin]

Flab. The. Gast. That's an amazing find.

 

My local booty is SHITE and even if an almost completely fucked Spot on model turned up the seller would almost certainly want silly money for it!

[sierraman]

Couldn't believe it. God knows how it came to be there, I'm guessing it had been given away by someone with no idea of its value.

[Felly Magic]

shit the bed, that's a score, you are guaranteed to make a nice 'cup of tea' out of that sale

[59Impala]

That Sprite is a brilliant find for only 20p! Bloody hell they were more than that new, I should know as I bought one with my pocket money back in the old days when everything was steam powered and you could leave your house unlocked etc etc. I love Spot-On models but they were hard to find when I were a lad and more expensive than Dinky or Corgi. I still have my Sprite but it's had a hard life. I'm just getting around to putting my old models in display cabinets and the Spot-On one is filling up nicely. Now if you'd like to sell me that Sprite for say 50p you'll have made a profit.

[sierraman]

In the same box...

[sierraman]

shit the bed, that's a score, you are guaranteed to make a nice 'cup of tea' out of that sale

As the lord giveth, he taketh. The Focus has its MOT tues

[sierraman]

Also purchased 50p. Majorette XM, real minter as well. Then blew a whole quid on the Plaxton Paramount.

[Split_Pin]

Went to my first Swapmeet in years today and found this Spot On Austin 1800. Unusual for fifteen quid to still have the fragile front panel largely intact. I didn't know these were made in Northern Ireland which is what really sold it to me.

[Felly Magic]

Weren't Spot On a daft scale, like 1/42.5? Close enough to 1/43 though. Would love a few in my collection, such as the Tonibell CA, but they are flippin expensive

[Split_Pin]

Yeah all resolutely 1/42 Scale regardless of subject, meaning that some of the trucks were quite large compared to Dinkys and Corgis. I need to get this side by side with my Dinky 1800 and also compare engine detail. The Dinky is certainly more robust.

[steveo3002]

shitter was full !

 

 

[MarvinsMom]

perfect for the  miniature trip to Wally World.....

[mercrocker]

Or tryin' to eat corn on the cob WITH NO FUCKIN' TEETH!

[Junkman]

Some catch:

 

 

[Junkman]

Model Car World in Germany had a 50% off sale on over the BHW.

So I whacked in an order.

 

Got me these to go eventually with my restored parking garage:

 

 

 

 

This parking garage:

 

[Junkman]

Got a few Partworks.

 

 

[Junkman]

Some 1/24 chod as well.
 
These I only got to see Eddyramrod drool:
 

 

 

 

 

"I don't believe it. It's that shitbox Dodge again!"

[Junkman]

And I furthered my 1/24 Hachette Auto Vintage collection:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Junkman]

Salvat in Spain now also tested a 1/24 series.

A few of these were released in and around Barcelona.

 

 

 

Not only am I proud like a crate full of monkeys that I managed to get one, it could well be the Black Mauritius of 1/24 scale diecasts.

[eddyramrod]

Some 1/24 chod as well.

 

These I only got to see Eddyramrod drool:

 

 

 

 

 

"I don't believe it. It's that shitbox Dodge again!"

Mission accomplished, JM.  

[DVee8]

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[Junkman]

Oof!

[Felly Magic]

And I second that oof with a fwoar lummy

[Felly Magic]

1/64 scale shite that works with electrickery (witchcraft) purcasedness from morriways for £15.99, seen on Arsemazon for £36.99! Genuine MicroScalextric, cats love it

 

[rml2345]

 

More Communist diecast picked up at a bus rally on Sunday. What these Eastern Bloc diecasts lack in quiality is more than made up in character.

[UmBongo]

I treated myself to this last week. Unusually for eBay it wasn't Buy It Now at £24.99 so I got it for a tenner.

 

The dude wrapped it in brown paper with no carton.

 

Feck knows how it made it to me intact.

 

[Split_Pin]

I had that ZIL but it fell apart with Zinc Pest. Bloody ace thing though. Replaced with with a later model which is OK so far.

[Vantman]

Could somebody identify this loft find tinplate please,there are no makers names or numbers anywhere at all. Thanks.