Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

On 01/05/2023 at 12:29, bunglebus said:

Today I have mostly been purchasing a comedy radio

 

[FakeConcern]

On Friday we went to a Market where Mrs Concern bought these for £8, a Matchbox tram and an Altaya La Route Bleue Renault 4CV, it does have the plastic top, but it need a bit of a polish. I'm not keen on models made of older cars (why I don't have any Vanguards), but the camping diorama is great for the summer house!

Today we went to a toy fair and Mrs Concern got the Corgi boat and trailer with the Dinky sign she liked for £4 and the trams I don't know what she paid. Her siter was there and they spent most of the time chatting so that's all she bought. She's going to make a Judy Garland Trolly song diorama with the trams.

My first buy was two Corgi animal cages with all parts present except a couple of tyres and a cracked roof window, plus a Big Bedford Cab all for £8. I know you don't need to know the prices, but when I read about other peoples buys I like to know so I'll tell you!

Next I found an almost mint Dinky Lotus Europa, had £20 sticker, seller wanted £10, paid £9, very happy with that

Opening bits

Paid too much £5 for this Dinky Mustang re paint with the wrong (Corgi?) wheels, I'll probably paint it myself, but looks tidy enough for now

Corgi Whizzwheels Marcos in blue, I have a yellow one and a cream one already and got pipped to Tat Friday one the other week so got this for £4 (wanted £6). It looks better than in the pic.

Norez Jet Car GS for £2, never seen one before and it's very nice

All four doors and bonnet open!

It is missing a rear light, but still...

The seller with the Europa also had a load of scrap bags for £1 each, white plastic bags made it hard to see what was in them, but I picked this

 I could see a Charger that I hoped was Matchbox King Size and it was, but no wheels, but that's ok as I want to change them anyway!

One other lucky dip £1 bag had this pile of junk

Obviously I was after this Dinky wedge

If anyone wants any of the other tat from the bags let me know otherwise there's plenty of useful bits and pieces for my projects...

Lastly on the way out picked up a King Size Javelin, Corgi Buggy and another Big Bedford with better paint, but missing the hitch for £6 the three

[eddyramrod]

Nice haul!  I can make use of that white trailer if it's going to be available.

[FakeConcern]

Just now, eddyramrod said:

Nice haul!  I can make use of that white trailer if it's going to be available.

Thanks. I'll put it in your box

[Jon]

I've a feeling @Split_Pin could take an interest in the (Bburago 1/24?) Fiat 124 rallye coupe thing from the scrap bag!

[Split_Pin]

16 minutes ago, Jon said:

I've a feeling @Split_Pin could take an interest in the (Bburago 1/24?) Fiat 124 rallye coupe thing from the scrap bag!

Yes I would indeed! I have a very borked one from my childhood but it does have most of the bonnet present, bar a small corner. Weirdly the boot and bonnet were plastic on these. So yes please if its available @FakeConcern!

[FakeConcern]

3 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Yes I would indeed! I have a very borked one from my childhood but it does have most of the bonnet present, bar a small corner. Weirdly the boot and bonnet were plastic on these. So yes please if its available @FakeConcern!

I had this one from new and kind of toyed with the idea of putting yellow wheels back on it, so I may do a swap first if that's ok. Pretty sure they screw together

It's also missing the steering wheel, front bumper/spot lights and some engine parts and has broken rear screen.

I think I have your address don't I?

 

[Jon]

My parents arrived on Saturday and my wife's away to work today, so the UK arrivals box sees the light of day:

Shit a brick! I'm off in!

[Split_Pin]

19 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

I had this one from new and kind of toyed with the idea of putting yellow wheels back on it, so I may do a swap first if that's ok. Pretty sure they screw together

It's also missing the steering wheel, front bumper/spot lights and some engine parts and has broken rear screen.

I think I have your address don't I?

 

That's fine I can make a good one out of the two! I'll fire you a PM.

[danthecapriman]

15 minutes ago, Jon said:

My parents arrived on Saturday and my wife's away to work today, so the UK arrivals box sees the light of day:

Shit a brick! I'm off in!

Jesus!!😆

Imagine what that looked like going through the airport x-ray scanner thing!

[Jon]

I'm about 70% through, I reckon.

Taking a break and heading out for a bit, whilst the weather's nice!

Just need time to pack it all up before Mrs_Jon gets home...

[Jon]

STOP PRESS:

New date of 27th November declared for Christmas, in small New Zealand town:

Officials yet to confirm, but early numbers suggest 120 separate items for one particularly spoilt manchild lucky, well adjusted adult.

A shiny pound for anyone who can name the lot!

[danthecapriman]

7 minutes ago, Jon said:

STOP PRESS:

New date of 27th November declared for Christmas, in small New Zealand town:

Officials yet to confirm, but early numbers suggest 120 separate items for one particularly spoilt manchild lucky, well adjusted adult.

A shiny pound for anyone who can name the lot!

You must have been a good boy this year to get that lot!

Quite a few I recognise there too, good to see them again at their retirement home on the other side of the world.

[Jon]

Yes, very lucky! Mrs_Jon totally unaware of the scale of my luckiness. She's had exposure to a veritable smidgeon, as I've swapped out a few castings on the bookshelf with some new wares. But in all honesty, she's probably not even noticed those, yet.

There's one or two duplicates but that's not bad going, over months of collecting. Inevitably, I questioned the motivation over a couple of the smaller items but they're far outweighed (literally) by some absolute gems, which I'll try and nab some photos of, at some point.

[danthecapriman]

Postie just brought me some more ill advised purchases.

Absolutely lovely IXO Granada estate. I really like these IXO models. Ok, they’re not perfect or up to the standards of NEO etc, but for the price they’re really not bad at all. Plus, they’re well put together so if you fancy repainting one it’s dead easy to do that!

 

And this was an impulse buy! I’ve never seen one before and had no idea they even made them until I spotted it on the Bay.   
Also IXO (I think?) from an Opel collection they apparently did.

I really like this! 

Now, where do I get some 1/43 scale Vauxhall emblems to replace the Opel ones!

[flat4alfa]

51 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Also IXO (I think?) from an Opel collection they apparently did.

Yes IXO.  From a partwork of 60 models

Published by Eaglemoss or Altaya depending on territory (both part of DeAgostini)

[NorfolkNWeigh]

20 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Run the cans under the hot tap and heat the cars up with the mrs' hairdryer while she's not looking. Hasn't failed me yet

Just don’t do what a mate of mine did many years ago when tarting up the arches on his Mk2 Escort.

He put the aerosol in a pan of water on the gas hob…

Luckily he wasn’t in the kitchen when it exploded, everything and I mean everything including windows etc was dark blue, the can ended up embedded in the ceiling. To say his mum was a bit miffed is an understatement.

[Noel Tidybeard]

oops i may* have spent some* monies

but there is somethink a teeney bit speshul about this "ordinary" vanguards

[AndyW201]

20 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

oops i may* have spent some* monies

but there is somethink a teeney bit speshul about this "ordinary" vanguards

Yes, they did a professional job with that one. (Snort!)

Good job on getting that one, they're quite rare now.

I had a Vanguards related purchase touch down at the weekend but I have to wait about 4 weeks now until I can play with it...

[Datsuncog]

3 hours ago, Jon said:

STOP PRESS:

New date of 27th November declared for Christmas, in small New Zealand town:

Officials yet to confirm, but early numbers suggest 120 separate items for one particularly spoilt manchild lucky, well adjusted adult.

A shiny pound for anyone who can name the lot!

Delighted (and relieved) to see that the models from St George's showed up safely in time for their epic voyage to the ends of the earth... Royal Mail was still telling me the parcel sent via your folks was undelivered as of Friday, after two weeks in transit.

What a haul!

I'd probably have an aneurism if I unwrapped that much tat on the same day.

Enjoy!

[Split_Pin]

It's great to see just how far those diecast rescued from St Georges end up. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

16 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

Next I found an almost mint Dinky Lotus Europa, had £20 sticker, seller wanted £10, paid £9, very happy with that

Opening bits

 

My version of the Lotus was black and yellow and N reg.

[bunglebus]

On 21/11/2023 at 21:55, flat4alfa said:

Oh that Mercury!

That they already have done 25 years ago

The new one in its actual colours 

[morrisoxide]

That Merc is ace, it even has the Barris logo on it.

Reminds me that I haven't posted this Merc I roof transplanted a while back.

Look away now Beetle people.

The Beetle roof fitted quite nicely.

The doors didn't line up so it was a hard top for a while. But then decided on B pillars (that you can't see in the pic) so a split pin came to the rescue.

It's painted with a rattle can of left over paint from my old Ford Ka, it has a slight metalic fleck in it.

Here's where someone tells me that Vw was worth 1 million pounds.

[junkyarddog]

I don't collect Vanguard models,but this appealed even though it's sans mirrors.

"Limited edition innit M8"

[bunglebus]

Nah just a Matchbox 62 Beetle, loads of those around. 

Very nice job on the Mercury, body mods and filling are so tedious, it annoys me enough just getting original bodies straight

[sierraman]

7 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

I don't collect Vanguard models,but this appealed even though it's sans mirrors.

"Limited edition innit M8"

Art imitating life etc... it could have had the mirrors knocked off after going down a footpath on a housing estate in Birkenhead driven by a gang of burglars, boot full of video recorders in 1991. 

[danthecapriman]

Got these today.

All the usual Bond partwork 1/43’s.

Ford Thunderbird.

Ford Crown Victoria. 
I’ll most likely be doing this one as a civilian car, you see loads of cop car versions but never normal ones in pretty colours!

 

And this absolutely lovely Mercedes 220 W115.

Im not really a Mercedes guy tbh, but that one is fantastic looking, especially given it cost less than a tenner. Pick of the group for me that one!

[Nibbler]

I just bought a new display cabinet and of course I need to fill it! So I get the same problem with storing my die-cast all over again… 

Schabak Audi V8 and DeAgostini RAF and Volga. Some DeAgostini yank-shite and a Verem Ami 6 and a Princess 1800. 

[eddyramrod]

That Cougar is rather tempting!