Shite in Miniature II

[Tenmil Socket]

49 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Crescent, quite nice but I'll probably sell it sooner or later

Yes indeed

Only other smol Corgi was the topless Range Rover 

Other finds include Harry Pothead's Anglia

The only thing I bought at the second boot sale was a battered Miura. Paid more to get in!

Superfast wheels are way too tall, but I reckon this Galaxie could look good with the custom treatment 

Tidy Opel

I think I have the correct horse box to go behind that black two pack Golf from the other week - but just in case...

R5

Unusual livery Breakdown Truck - name is printed, rather than cast, on the base

Laser Wheels 'bird

And a Prairie dog

Different version of the Zee Toys EXP

Weirdest, and therefore best find was this Norev

ERTL police cruiser

Another Tail Dragger 

Some Majorettes 

Caravan for @FakeConcern if he'd like it

Big boys include a Corgi Pullman limo

Beast Carrier 

And another transporter. I just whack these on eBay for a small profit

Escort for sale?

[bunglebus]

4 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Escort for sale?

I think you normally rent them

[junkyarddog]

Today's show finds.

Norev mini jet Mercedes Ambulance. 

Husky Studebaker Ambulance.

Dinky Victor FB Ambulance. 

Wasn't my intention to buy 3 Ambulance diecast vehicles,it just happened.🙄

Next is one of my favourites,a Dodge dragster in slightly unusual Orange Peel livery.

Next is a Plod Dinky Mk4 Zodiac.

Lastly this Spot on  MGA.

Crap windscreen aside it's in reasonable condition. 

 

[Noel Tidybeard]

i like the victor ambo

[bunglebus]

I've not seen boss man for quite a while, but he left this in the van for me

Several nice blue card Hot Wheels inside, including these two for @bramz7

I got these, they're in great shape

But there were a couple of bonus bits I didn't know about

I have a good boss 😁 

Although I think he's bought that Sierra instead of the blue XR4i for @Tenmil Socket sorry...

[bramz7]

Great, thanks! I'll send payment over asap, send me a pm with the details. 

[sheffcortinacentre]

The ertl cruiser ( Pontiac Bonneville)is sometimes in dukes of hazard sets I think & gold version smokey & the bandit

[bunglebus]

They usually look like they've been used in the Dukes of Hazzard 

Gold ones fare better it seems

 

[FakeConcern]

Toy fair in Worthing today and as usual I managed to buy a load of shite most of it not that cheap, but oh well...

First for £5 each, but he let me have 5 for £20 which was ok

The Camaro is by Franklin Mint, not seen one before and it is a bit too scale model rather than toy. I like the two Dinky yank tanks and have never had either until now. I have a Dinky Land Crab already, but this will be good to repaint. The Cambridge I got as it's better than the one I have already.

I thought it was a Matchbox Yesteryears when I first saw it as the base looks very like the Cudas I recently got (and have moved on to readers of this thread).

The opening doors and bonnet kind of push it to a toy so I'll allow myself to keep it unless @eddyramrod or someone else particularly wants it

The same seller had these for £2 each

The Marina has a perfect shell, but missing other bits and I think I have one with broken A pllars so should make up a good one. The Cortina will get a repaint and different wheels (not sure what yet) as it's complete apart from that. Often these are silly money even when quite broken. I've never seen an Auto Pilan Javelin before, shame this has a missing door, engine and glazing but is interesting anyway

Another of my favourite sellers had these for £2 each and I couldn't resist another Corgi transporter haha. The two Zephyrs should make one good one and I've never had a Dinky Herald before. I got the Dinky SD1 thinking @eddyramrod would want it, but luckily he doesn't as it's really nice!

The same seller had these as well, Triumph 1300 £7, Transit £4 and Herald £1. I intend to civvy the Transit as I already have a nice rozzer one from @danthecapriman which replaced the one I had as a kid.

The 1300 is lovely, not seen one for anything like as cheap before and I was amazed that the Corgi Hreald still has the bonnet attached...

I may have paid too much for all of these, but got carried away! Crapi has missing headlamp and side vent £10, Victor missing interior and glazing (how?) £5 and 356 is a bad repaint £5.

never mind I like them anyway, not sure what I'll do withe the 101, but the 356 will bet painted and the Crapi will join the two purple examples with the earlier wheels I have already

As we came into the fair i spotted this 1/18 Mini, I have quite a few different Minis, but not this one and I wasn't sure what it was. The seller wanted £10

On the way out it was still there and I looked at it again, but I could see Mrs Concern looking very disapproving. I was also pretty sure the wheels are wrong,

I liked it anyway, but was about to walk away when Mrs Concern offered £8 and it was accepted! I think having done search that it's Motormax

Mrs Concern didn't get much for herself

whereas I got

[sutty2006]

On 29/06/2024 at 18:20, bunglebus said:

Got a boxed one

And others that have seen active service, all in this livery for some reason

 

Nice!!! 
 

weirdly our light blue cop car has a blue light bar, instead of red. It’s broken, but oddly can’t find another with a blue light bar. 

[FakeConcern]

Has anyone used this site for spares?

https://diecastrecoveries.org.uk/

I've never heard of them and usually use Steve Flowers, but it came up when seaching fo some obscure parts.

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

Has anyone used this site for spares?

https://diecastrecoveries.org.uk/

I've never heard of them and usually use Steve Flowers, but it came up when seaching fo some obscure parts.

I’ve not no but they’re a sight dearer than Flowers

[danthecapriman]

14 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

Toy fair in Worthing today and as usual I managed to buy a load of shite most of it not that cheap, but oh well...

First for £5 each, but he let me have 5 for £20 which was ok

The Camaro is by Franklin Mint, not seen one before and it is a bit too scale model rather than toy. I like the two Dinky yank tanks and have never had either until now. I have a Dinky Land Crab already, but this will be good to repaint. The Cambridge I got as it's better than the one I have already.

I thought it was a Matchbox Yesteryears when I first saw it as the base looks very like the Cudas I recently got (and have moved on to readers of this thread).

The opening doors and bonnet kind of push it to a toy so I'll allow myself to keep it unless @eddyramrod or someone else particularly wants it

The same seller had these for £2 each

The Marina has a perfect shell, but missing other bits and I think I have one with broken A pllars so should make up a good one. The Cortina will get a repaint and different wheels (not sure what yet) as it's complete apart from that. Often these are silly money even when quite broken. I've never seen an Auto Pilan Javelin before, shame this has a missing door, engine and glazing but is interesting anyway

Another of my favourite sellers had these for £2 each and I couldn't resist another Corgi transporter haha. The two Zephyrs should make one good one and I've never had a Dinky Herald before. I got the Dinky SD1 thinking @eddyramrod would want it, but luckily he doesn't as it's really nice!

The same seller had these as well, Triumph 1300 £7, Transit £4 and Herald £1. I intend to civvy the Transit as I already have a nice rozzer one from @danthecapriman which replaced the one I had as a kid.

The 1300 is lovely, not seen one for anything like as cheap before and I was amazed that the Corgi Hreald still has the bonnet attached...

I may have paid too much for all of these, but got carried away! Crapi has missing headlamp and side vent £10, Victor missing interior and glazing (how?) £5 and 356 is a bad repaint £5.

never mind I like them anyway, not sure what I'll do withe the 101, but the 356 will bet painted and the Crapi will join the two purple examples with the earlier wheels I have already

As we came into the fair i spotted this 1/18 Mini, I have quite a few different Minis, but not this one and I wasn't sure what it was. The seller wanted £10

On the way out it was still there and I looked at it again, but I could see Mrs Concern looking very disapproving. I was also pretty sure the wheels are wrong,

I liked it anyway, but was about to walk away when Mrs Concern offered £8 and it was accepted! I think having done search that it's Motormax

Mrs Concern didn't get much for herself

whereas I got

Lovely haul there again!

That 101 is another that seems to go for good prices on the Bay, I’d say at a fiver it’s worth that all day long! 
Its condition and price would make it a good candidate for a custom job… not that often you get chance to do that to them because everyone seems to want £££shitloads for them.

[FakeConcern]

7 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Lovely haul there again!

That 101 is another that seems to go for good prices on the Bay, I’d say at a fiver it’s worth that all day long! 
Its condition and price would make it a good candidate for a custom job… not that often you get chance to do that to them because everyone seems to want £££shitloads for them.

I agree about the 101, but for now I'm intending to get the glazing from Steve and find an interior donor that's close enough to look ok. The paint is not that bad so it can stay like it is until I decide to do this

It's another one I've never seen IRL before so I snapped it up!

[danthecapriman]

8 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

I agree about the 101, but for now I'm intending to get the glazing from Steve and find an interior donor that's close enough to look ok. The paint is not that bad so it can stay like it is until I decide to do this

It's another one I've never seen IRL before so I snapped it up!

I’ve got one here somewhere, not one I’ll be messing around with though as it’s quite nice.

Didn't they only do them in that red or the pale yellow. Don’t think there were any others? 
It’s a nice model though so it’s a bit of a shame if they didn’t release any other colours.

[FakeConcern]

Dinky and Corgi generally only did one or two colours of most models I think.

Funny as a kid I wasn't aware the Dinky 101 existed, most of my toy cars were Corgi, I imagine the local toy shop only stocked them and not Dinky, Spot On etc. I have some of each from childhood, but I think they were either holiday spending money or presents from relatives.

[bunglebus]

I know, no one else cares about the Field Car - but look at this upcoming livery

 

[sutty2006]

@bunglebus

 

Circus containers 👌

 

 

[sierraman]

40 minutes ago, sutty2006 said:

@bunglebus

 

Circus containers 👌

 

 

Should have a Daf Tractor unit on the front. 

[sierraman]

9 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I know, no one else cares about the Field Car - but look at this upcoming livery

 

I like that. I’ll look forward to seeing that sometime in 2027! 🤣

[sutty2006]

20 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Should have a Daf Tractor unit on the front. 

Not necessarily!

 

 

[sierraman]

Ah I’m mixing it up with this one… 

[bunglebus]

3 hours ago, sierraman said:

Ah I’m mixing it up with this one… 

That's the one I found half of the other week,  hence picking up those small containers - that aren't actually part of the set...

[Datsuncog]

15 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

Funny as a kid I wasn't aware the Dinky 101 existed, most of my toy cars were Corgi, I imagine the local toy shop only stocked them and not Dinky, Spot On etc.

Yeah, Dinky were weird and a bit snobby because for a long time they would only sell through 'Approved Stockists' - usually prestigious department stores or large toy shops which undertook to carry the full range and provide suitable window display space. Smaller independent toy shops, or places like newsagents and general stores which might have carried some toys, weren't allowed to carry Dinky.

I'm not sure at what point this policy ended, but it might have been why you couldn't find Dinky locally!

[danthecapriman]

Some more code 3’s/customs or whatever you want to call them from me.

I started this one on the weekend. Bond collection Chevy BelAir. Not what people immediately think of when you say Chevy BelAir but it’s the final outing for the BelAir name which by the 70’s had become the base model of full size Chevy sedans similar to the higher spec Caprice and Impala.

I got this one very cheap because of its condition. The display card sleeve was missing, chrome on bumpers peeling off and the base screws were incredibly rusty and hard to get out. I suspect it’s been stored somewhere damp for a long time to get like that but it makes for a cheap repaint candidate!

   
Did the usual strip down and respray into BMW deep sea blue metallic.

Also sprayed the Austin A55.  
Decided on two tone because I enjoy making things difficult for myself! The masking up for the turquoise was a pain in the arse!

It's not as bright as it looks in the pic! Masking worked well thankfully so I’ll let it harden off then start on the bright trims.

[sierraman]

Mid job on this… for the uninitiated it’s going to be a Gran Canaria Taxi like I remember travelling in as a kid. Need to make an antenna and find a way of putting Taxi on the doors. Plus a roof sign. 

[FakeConcern]

Excellent work @danthecapriman love the A55 especially! looking forward to see more and also the taxi of @sierraman.

Today I went to the Brighton Toy Museum for the 2nd time and it was still really interesting...

Obviously I took loads of pics, but here are a few to give a taste

They had some for sale in the shop too a couple of Beetles I didn't recognise, anyone know what they are?

terrible pics, soz

I bought this Corgi Consul missing the front wheels (now trying to remember if I have some spare early Corgi wheels) for £2 and Mrs Concern bought the pink Matchbox caravan

Consul is a mechanical version

Spotted this Saint XJS remote control in Snoopers

and this display in a shop we passed, anyone know what the Corolla GT model is?

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

anyone know what they are?

I think that's a Maisto - I recognise the other, modernish Chinese jobbie

Roof chop and open deck lid are giveaways

 

[sierraman]

Finished. Apart from the roof sign…

[RayMK]

I have had this Polistil Citroen CX for ages.  Several years ago I was experimenting with suitable back drops - this one is in fact a tea tray with an appropriate Frenchness.  At the time, I was not satisfied with the result.  I've just rediscovered the attempt amongst my photo files and thought 'What the hell. Why not post it.'