Shite in Miniature II

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

 

This dealer edition Volvo 480 was pricey at £8 and will go in my C30 collection. Pressing down on the front opens the lights, I did take a pic but my hand was so grubby I deleted it!

Says AHC on the base and apparently made by Auto Pilen which is why it's so nice...

 

I've had red 480...

and metallic grey 480 Turbo in regular Pilen boxes.

I've not had them in an AHC box...

or the Dealer type box.

[Spottedlaurel]

Results of yesterday's visit to the toy fair and a few shops up in Norwich:

Matchbox and Majorette from Sainsbury's, HWs from Tesco. Latter still had a fair few packs of Matchbox 5-packs at £5 Clubcard price, but all older ones (and in a completely different place to the toy section).

Also visited Smyths, Range and Asda, but nothing of major interest to me there.

Toy fair assortment:

Mercedes/caravan combo as discussed here just recently. Caravan missing its door, but tidy otherwise.

Visa was just £3, goes nicely with the other 1970s/80s French 1/43s I seem to be accumulating. I don't remember the Ro80 and the Pontiac was picked up as it's doubtful I will ever get a MIB example at sensible money.

It has a little bit of front axle wobbliness and some paint chipping, but will sit nicely on the shelf with others of the same era that I haven't yet found in boxes.

NSU doesn't appear to have had a V4 transplant. The lilac paint is a little bright.

As I was spending my birthday money it was appropriate that the Pontiac was the same age as me.

[Surface Rust]

11 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

I saw one of these repainted and missing the windows this morning, they wanted £8 so I left it

I'm not a big Hot wheels fan, but this Mirafiori rally set

and this Cuda set are really great!

I'll quickly update some fake projects here...

Mini Pickup was wiped down with isopropyl and the new paint seems ok now so left to harden up

Made a plasticard left hand door for the Mini Countryman, it's ok, but I may use the door from the van I got this morning

This is the Saab I was going to use the Aero wheels for

Any Saab experts on here? I've painted the Aero kit dark grey as they always look like that to me while the other plastic bits look black. Am I right about that or are they all the same colour irl? Hard to tell in photos and most are the later big bumper sloped front version 900 as well.

I repainted the body kit on my 900 aero many years ago and I'm pretty sure they were an anthracite colour.

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

I'll be looking for that retro set.

Nice score on the Superfast Pontiac too

[danthecapriman]

2 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Results of yesterday's visit to the toy fair and a few shops up in Norwich:

Matchbox and Majorette from Sainsbury's, HWs from Tesco. Latter still had a fair few packs of Matchbox 5-packs at £5 Clubcard price, but all older ones (and in a completely different place to the toy section).

Also visited Smyths, Range and Asda, but nothing of major interest to me there.

Toy fair assortment:

Mercedes/caravan combo as discussed here just recently. Caravan missing its door, but tidy otherwise.

Visa was just £3, goes nicely with the other 1970s/80s French 1/43s I seem to be accumulating. I don't remember the Ro80 and the Pontiac was picked up as it's doubtful I will ever get a MIB example at sensible money.

It has a little bit of front axle wobbliness and some paint chipping, but will sit nicely on the shelf with others of the same era that I haven't yet found in boxes.

NSU doesn't appear to have had a V4 transplant. The lilac paint is a little bright.

As I was spending my birthday money it was appropriate that the Pontiac was the same age as me.

Nice haul there. Pontiac is always a good find in either colour! I like the Visa too.

 

Happy Birthday btw!

[bunglebus]

Just come back from the two boot sales with a bulging bag of goodies;

Bburago Celica is a bit big for me, but I liked it

Corgi Mini has had a jaunty repaint and was only a quid, if anyone wants it?

...and that's it!

[alcyonecorporation]

Yo, these weren't dealer specials but Winter Olympics 1992 specials produced by Solido (it says Albertville 1992 on the door). 

I was in (nearby) Tignes while the Winter Olympics took place in Albertville - and they were in every bloody shop. Renault was the official manufacturer, supplying Espaces, Clios and Express vans in white Albertville '92 livery. These were a low effort merchandising shit-out for Solido, and probably did OK. I got the Clio and an unrelated piste-basher model (which I can't find). 



Here's mine 32 years later. 

These are the boxes they would have come in; these now sit on my shelf in Peebo. I think I paid £15 for the lot. 

[andrew e]

I was in Albertville 2 weeks ago, it was raining, and mostly shut - I bought a Welly Renault 5 there though 😁

Still traces on the winter Olympics, quite a few petal statues in the surrounding aera too.

Top buying @FakeConcern some proper bargains! Transcontinental is a BEAUTY @Spottedlaurel

[Hertz]

Still after these 2 Burago 1:24 models if anyone can keep an eye out at boot sales or toy fairs please! Not perfect un boxed condition ideal (cheap) Finders fee paid.

[Hertz]

I have been looking out for one of these large Livarno Cabinets that were sold from Lidl a few years ago for a while. Ideal to house my 1:18 large scale models and it was only £10 from marketplace.

 

[FakeConcern]

5 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Just come back from the two boot sales with a bulging bag of goodies;

Bburago Celica is a bit big for me, but I liked it

Corgi Mini has had a jaunty repaint and was only a quid, if anyone wants it?

...and that's it!

Yes plz for the jaunty Mini!

4 hours ago, alcyonecorporation said:

Yo, these weren't dealer specials but Winter Olympics 1992 specials produced by Solido (it says Albertville 1992 on the door). 

I was in (nearby) Tignes while the Winter Olympics took place in Albertville - and they were in every bloody shop. Renault was the official manufacturer, supplying Espaces, Clios and Express vans in white Albertville '92 livery. These were a low effort merchandising shit-out for Solido, and probably did OK. I got the Clio and an unrelated piste-basher model (which I can't find). 



Here's mine 32 years later. 

These are the boxes they would have come in; these now sit on my shelf in Peebo. I think I paid £15 for the lot. 

That's really interesting thankyou for posting. I'd worked out it was Solido, but didn't know why it didn't say so on the base!

19 minutes ago, Hertz said:

I have been looking out for one of these large Livarno Cabinets that were sold from Lidl a few years ago for a while. Ideal to house my 1:18 large scale models and it was only £10 from marketplace.

 

That looks the part!

I need to get/make some more display shelves for my tat.

[FakeConcern]

Toy fair today

Expensive but nice Dinky VW KG because of the one Bunglebus showed us (yes, it is his fault!) and Corgi Elan because I like them £24 the pair (blimey!).

Very faded paint on both

much brighter underneath

Dinky El Camino £5 because I've wanted one for a while and they usually go for even more than that and Corgi Lambo I want for an ongoing project

El Camino needs a good clean and Lambo complete apart from headlight sparklies

I've been looking for another Dinky Mini Clubman to make my other real life 1275GT, but not found any and one I bid on with broken windows , scuffed wheels and no paint went for £10 +post! So I got this for £10 (he wanted £12)

Quite tidy and i'll be a shame to paint it really, also this has sparkly lights

The seller was a lovely chap and I got chatting, he has a Jensen CV8 and wrote this book I bought for £5 from him

Had a quick flick through it and it's pretty interesting, but doesn't seem to have Mini Cooper in it, I could only find Broadspeed fastback. next time I see him I'll ask for my money back!

 

Next a mixed bag of tat for £5!

Lastly a seller I've boaght from before, most people don't seem to try to haggle with him and he drives a hard bargain. This Saico 1/43 C30 was £14.99, but we went back and forth when I noticed the tailgat spoiler wasn't on properly so I paid £11. I took it bits to fix the spoiler and just as well for thnis thread as the second base screw was under the exhaust and I remembered Dan maybe saying that was a thing.

I'm now thinking of starting a miniature tat detailing channel...

Came up quite well

I may paint in the black roof on the VW and remove the numbers on the Elan, or I may not...

[bunglebus]

Very nice Ghia - much better than mine

 

[danthecapriman]

Some beauties there @FakeConcern you do really well at these fairs!

Those Dinky ElCamino’s are great looking models, it’s a pity though so many of them seem to have broken roof pillars. You can kind of see why though.

Very nice haul👍

[Lord Sterling]

Went to a 'brocant' (car boot) in Namur and spotted some of these:

The first lot with the Citroëns were very tempting, I kind of wished I had got a few more. He even had one of those Majorette sets "Black Edition" with a 190e etc... for 10€. I should have got it but have bills to pay back in the UK 😡

The Solidos were nice but slightly over-priced and annoyingly many were "code 3" fire service vehicles.

I did however come away with this small haul:

I really liked the Renault 5 "Auto Bild" just more out of curiosity than anything, I'm fully aware that it's just some cheap diecast given the pic of the wheels on the other cars on the packaging, but still. I also really liked the C5 estate as I have a few Norev models. The Berlingo van was nice and unusual and the Fiat van was a nice curiosity made by "efsi" in Holland. The seller had a load of them.

[sutty2006]

Evening folks. I need some help!

 

I went into my dads loft tonight to pick up some of my old toys for my son. First up is this old garage. It’s very cleverly bolted to a section of wood with some roads painted on. I remember painting them when I was a kid! But the garage has seen better days. Can anyone identify it or has a broken one I can rob some parts off to fix it up? A long shot I know, but you never know! 

 

next up, what we called “French roads” is a majo kit pavement setup thing. I loved these as a kid, but there are some bits missing. 
 

 

 

 

all stored in an Indian .303 ammunition box. 

[sierraman]

2 minutes ago, sutty2006 said:

Evening folks. I need some help!

 

I went into my dads loft tonight to pick up some of my old toys for my son. First up is this old garage. It’s very cleverly bolted to a section of wood with some roads painted on. I remember painting them when I was a kid! But the garage has seen better days. Can anyone identify it or has a broken one I can rob some parts off to fix it up? A long shot I know, but you never know! 

 

next up, what we called “French roads” is a majo kit pavement setup thing. I loved these as a kid, but there are some bits missing. 
 

 

 

 

all stored in an Indian .303 ammunition box. 

I had those as a kid! They were great. 

[sutty2006]

6 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I had those as a kid! They were great. 

Going to save them for when he’s a little older, there’s some on eBay but not much. 

[bunglebus]

39 minutes ago, Lord Sterling said:

I really liked the Renault 5 "Auto Bild" just more out of curiosity than anything, I'm fully aware that it's just some cheap diecast given the pic of the wheels on the other cars on the packaging, but still.

Looks suspiciously like the Welly one to me

 

[sutty2006]

I also found these in a leather suitcase that’s been locked as long as I remember. Dad must have cut the locks off recently because they could never find the keys. These were just a small portion of what’s in there. 
 

 

[bunglebus]

33 minutes ago, sutty2006 said:

Can anyone identify it or has a broken one I can rob some parts off to fix it up? A long shot I know, but you never know! 

Not 100% but parts of it looks like this one by Blue-Box

[sierraman]

The best one used to be a Hot Wheels Stow and Go. I still have mine, the back legs are fucked but it’s still an ace set, my youngest things it’s great when we get it out. She has my folding Motorcity set I bought second hand in the 90’s and she’s played it to death. 

[sutty2006]

11 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Not 100% but parts of it looks like this one by Blue-Box

Yeah that’s the one! Can’t find it anywhere but I’ll keep my eyes open for another. 

[Datsuncog]

15 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

So I got this for £10 (he wanted £12)

Blimey, I paid less for my real one!

(In 1997, granted)

[Datsuncog]

On 13/04/2024 at 16:20, bunglebus said:

I wish they'd make things as accurate as possible, like the replacement of the "Ain't no Saint" name on the Volvo P1800 Gasser. They had full permission to recreate the real car so why change things?

May have been some sort of pesky licencing issue workaround - if the licenceholders of The Saint name and imagery wanted royalties off Mattel to reproduce the exact wording and logo on the  gasser, then I can imagine the toy designers deciding to change it to look similar but generic.

Intellectual Property law is frustrating - there's nothing stopping me from painting ELVIS in big red letters on the bonnet of the Corolla and driving around town, but if Mattel then decided to make a model of it to sell, then the Estate Of Elvis Aron Presley would likely become very interested very quickly...

[FakeConcern]

9 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Blimey, I paid less for my real one!

(In 1997, granted)

The one I got is in better nick though!

[Datsuncog]

I'll not argue with that... 😆

[cms206]

Have we had this yet? Coming this year to a Matchbox retailer near you soon.

[Lord Sterling]

So, now I've got some actual time to myself, I went here:

Pêle-Mêle is a kind of bohemian/hipster second-hand bookstore. They also do other stuff like games consoles, model cars and trains, music etc...

EDL! (No, not those twats 🤣)

It's also a great place to get model cars.

Of course, I had to do a buyage (prices still on the cars/boxes)

Also, bought these the other day:

I've yet to go to the store where there is a load of 1/18s. I doubt I'll be buying anything though (or at least l, I hope not, I've got fuel and food to buy.

[sutty2006]

25 minutes ago, cms206 said:

Have we had this yet? Coming this year to a Matchbox retailer near you soon.

Mk2 fiesta and mk2 golf cut n shut?