Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Stumbled across this site with a selection of old trade catalogues

https://www.parrygamepreserve.com/features/catalogs/

Quite a few interesting ones among them, spent a while lusting over the Kenner M.A.S.K stuff (there were loads I was unaware of), and spotting the prototype Matchbox cars among the final production versions - MK2 Golf GTI for example

There's some Schaper ones too, idly browsing looking for Five Winders and remember I have a Stomper Beetle

Can't be worth anything surely?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364339301271?hash=item54d4508b97:g:Ri0AAOSw2O1kqDKS&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4Fqeje0948hyIJyllxypOlzkprc183OUK0aNyfLmjUzDVdbsOa1FrE2JgHlKvIhklzhDF0lBfDbcWdlPkruTzjwtx0Sh9d6tpybmgX6k%2FZsFDusau%2FO1o3r8e7P%2FK5nPLsD%2FTp66v3c2vXeDH5nbCJhavhzj4v%2BoMAXTfj%2FDvLIeQ9oY892qK69W1%2By%2FIOw4%2ByF4qNRrQ67XFSYVbn7spT9knA20CbDBOt0Uh3UM%2FlNY9bpb5tBcAHD6K60IF5ml4nFgzXDa3nX3%2F3MWc8VYFRABf2Tpt1l9bHHHsJeten0X|tkp%3ABk9SR9S745GKYw

Fuuuuuu.....

[bunglebus]

Outdoor boot sale is still on. Not especially busy as you might imagine but I picked up a handful of bobs

Plastic petrol pump is available for 50p should anyone want it

Matchbox Drott Excavator is the only one of today's finds I'd not owned before 

I like the separate plastic lettering on these fire engines and can't resist a complete one

One day I want to restore/repaint one of these Cadillac ambulances, this one is complete with good glass unlike most

Found this under the table, has one tiny chip which probably happened as a result. Also an oddly melted tyre - unusual though

Pantera looks great from this angle but has been left somewhere damp giving it unfortunate corrosion on the other side

Custom Maxi with Beetle engine

Why is this Fandango sitting at a strange angle?

Cos it's still got the guides attached from being used on a track

Forgot to test the glow windows!

Tidy enough 4x4 Open Back Truck

Only a few Corgis today, decent GT70

And a clean SD1. I'll bet I've got an identical one already! 

Army drab D Series looks to have been on maneuvers 

[bunglebus]

Put in an opening bid on these and won them too

The silly sausage packed them in a bag rather than a box, so the already UV damaged blisters suffered in the post. Did mean I could free the '53 Chevy from its sarcophagus without feeling guilty I suppose

[MiniMinorMk3]

The Holidays are Coming...

[bunglebus]

Not a bad rendering of a Mexibug, although I don't remember seeing one with a roof quite like that!

Hot Wheels Proton looks pretty good under the paint, no nasty casting lines or rough bits. A little bit of sanding and it'll be ready to paint in a nice shade of ........

[andrew e]

Got to be gold or pale metallic green?

[bunglebus]

I don't actually know yet. In my head they're usually white - looking at Wiki they had a very limited selection of colours available

[danthecapriman]

The last one I worked on was a pale gold. Nice colour on it actually. It had a brown interior I think.

[eddyramrod]

2 hours ago, andrew e said:

Got to be gold or pale metallic green?

Ours was the pale green metallic.  Willow is its name.  Interestingly* soon after buying the car we bought a pale green leather suite, and guess what that colour was called?  Willow.

[sierraman]

Needs those old style wheels that Matchbox use as well. A Proton owner wouldn’t have had flashy alloys fitted. 

[FakeConcern]

This morning at Brighton Marina boot fair I only saw a few very overpriced Corgi and Vanguards so nothing there for me, however I bought some overpriced toys at the vintage market at the race course. I almost baulked at telling you what I paid as it is a bit embarrassing as I didn’t especially want any of them and I know I need to reel my addiction in a bit haha!

First at an actually not too hard to swallow £3 knocked down from £4 is this Dinky Rolls. Strange that it has suspension, but no interior.

Next at an exorbitant £8 knocked down from £10 is this nice little Dinky Anglia.

The period stickers for tax, running in etc sold it to me...

Lastly one I didn’t even know existed and starting at £20 but knocked down to £15 this Spot On E Type

Looks a bit strange with the opening bonnet, but the raised details for door and boot shuts

I think it looks clumsy compared to my original childhood Corgi

Like the number plate though!

[egg]

toy fairs next year down south

[egg]

57 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

Lastly one I didn’t even know existed and starting at £20 but knocked down to £15 this Spot On E Type

Absolute bargain!!

[FakeConcern]

48 minutes ago, egg said:

toy fairs next year down south

Thanks for this, the only toy fairs I've seen or been to are these as suggested by @barrett

https://www.modeltoyauctions.co.uk/news/2022/11/2023-toyfair-dates-december-2022-update/8BF7A4F9D59D89705A7A53C2886D325E/

So we'll see which of those you posted we can get to.

46 minutes ago, egg said:

Absolute bargain!!

Really? I looked at ebay sold (after I got home) and it didn't seem that great a deal and I don't like it as much as I want to, I must just be hard to please haha!

[danthecapriman]

59 minutes ago, egg said:

toy fairs next year down south

Midhurst isn’t too far from me. I might make more of an effort next year, assuming I’m still down this way by then.

[eddyramrod]

I remember having a Spot-On E-Type from new.  It suffered at my little hands, gaining the weight of several coats of Humbrol (as so many did) and losing its bonnet, which of course is a big chunk of the car's identity.  Unsurprisingly I lost interest in it after that.  I don't even know if I still have it; if I do, it's buried in a box somewhere.

I'll have to see what I can find in terms of northern toy fairs, won't I?

[MiniMinorMk3]

A couple more links for Toy Fairs

For those in the North East

Upcoming Events – Northern Toy Fair (northerntoyfairs.com)

Nation wide events (this link used to be a lot better) run by Collectors Gazette and Diecast Collector

Events - Collectors Club of Great Britain (collectors-club-of-great-britain.co.uk)

[MiniMinorMk3]

The Holidays are Coming...

[Datsuncog]

On 08/12/2023 at 14:29, eddyramrod said:

@Datsuncog Amazingly, there's a Yesteryear I might want, if it's going to be in the £2 box!  The Crossley RAF tender; I think there might also have been a breakdown version, so both if possible please. 

Don't think I've seen any MoY Crossleys lately, not in RAF colours or breakdown flavour anyway... but will keep a look-out.

This Guisval Crossley brewery wagon did show up earlier in the year, though.

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Also, please tell me you picked up that big AA Land Rover (Corgi?) because I can rehome that too.

No, sorry - the late 90s reissue LWB SIII was a bit ropey paint-wise and the rear door was missing, so I left it.

 

15 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

Lastly one I didn’t even know existed and starting at £20 but knocked down to £15 this Spot On E Type

Looks a bit strange with the opening bonnet, but the raised details for door and boot shuts

I think it looks clumsy compared to my original childhood Corgi

Like the number plate though!

This example was on for £20, and sold, at the market back in February:

I agree that it's maybe not the finest rendering of the E-Type... but I still reckon you weren't too badly stung for £15.

[egg]

13 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

Really? I looked at ebay sold (after I got home) and it didn't seem that great a deal and I don't like it as much as I want to, I must just be hard to please haha!

This one was £24 including postage - and think yours is better...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115982780123

Or £26.50 posted for this one.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195974949760

I think you'd be getting your money back at least!

[danthecapriman]

Quick roundup of stuff I’m working on at the moment. I’m struggling to find my paint jars & tins though so anything needing brush painting is sat waiting on me finding them.

So instead of doing nothing, Savoy had the window frames done in gold, as the real cars had them body colour, usually. Did the interior in its tan base colour too. Steering wheel etc need picking out in different colours and I might do a second tan tone on the seat centres.

 

Ex Bond partwork Ford Econoline stripped and given its first colour coat. It’s going two tone.

Stripped one of the Sierra’s too. Lovely looking casting these. Just needs a few areas filling and sanding.

Opened up the Jeep that came the other day too. Lovely looking model. I think these are my favourite American pickup trucks tbh. The 60’s Gladiator version is the one I like most.

[flat4alfa]

13 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

I remember having a Spot-On E-Type from new.  It suffered at my little hands, gaining the weight of several coats of Humbrol (as so many did) and losing its bonnet, which of course is a big chunk of the car's identity.  Unsurprisingly I lost interest in it after that.  I don't even know if I still have it; if I do, it's buried in a box somewhere.

It's here with me.  Stripped and primered, but still sans bonnet...

[andy18s]

This arrived last week.

1/24 magazine model and is a nice little piece.

Just need to get the Mrs to Cricut some Opel Blitz seat decals for me to finish the interior ..

Fits in nicely with some of the other Opels.

[bunglebus]

For a long while I couldn't find a Hot Wheels redline Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, so I bit the bullet and bought one off eBay. Now I keep spotting them in job lots - this one just arrived 

One does at least have a different colour interior 

[FakeConcern]

8 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Don't think I've seen any MoY Crossleys lately, not in RAF colours or breakdown flavour anyway... but will keep a look-out.

This Guisval Crossley brewery wagon did show up earlier in the year, though.

No, sorry - the late 90s reissue LWB SIII was a bit ropey paint-wise and the rear door was missing, so I left it.

 

This example was on for £20, and sold, at the market back in February:

I agree that it's maybe not the finest rendering of the E-Type... but I still reckon you weren't too badly stung for £15.

Blimey, that does make mine look a bargain!

8 hours ago, egg said:

This one was £24 including postage - and think yours is better...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115982780123

Or £26.50 posted for this one.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195974949760

I think you'd be getting your money back at least!

I looked at these on my phone and thought they looked ok, but now I've seen them on the laptop I can see mine is much nicer!

Thanks both of you for making me feel better about this or maybe it just reasures me that it's ok to keep buying tat without knowing what I'm doing haha!

[flat4alfa]

On 06/10/2023 at 07:25, bunglebus said:

(Hot Wheels Roller)

Nope not got that or the Lone Star.

Two months later, you have four of the blighters!

[flat4alfa]

Only got the one back here.  There will be no more.

Which reminds me to sort out the screen for the Lone Star Silver Cloud.  Got two of those, one is rough which donated the boot lid. 

Seemed to be scarce to me - only ever seen them in red - surprisingly they did have a long run: 1967 to 1976 yet didn't suffer 'Project Drive' wheels / sealed opening things era   

[Tenmil Socket]

I paid for a job lot off eBay last night, buy it now.

Any 'gems' amongst them (these weren't my era so not fully clued up on them)?

[bunglebus]

The Lone Stars and purple Matchbox Pontiac for a start!

Red Superfast Ford GT is less common than the white reg. wheels, good to see the roofrack in place on the green Fiat

[Tenmil Socket]

4 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

The Lone Stars and purple Matchbox Pontiac for a start!

Red Superfast Ford GT is less common than the white reg. wheels, good to see the roofrack in place on the green Fiat

Any real value to them?