Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Entertainer have no Hot Wheels in delivery and a case of Matchbox with the same stuff in yet again. 

However Smyth's have restocked the Team Transports

[bunglebus]

Sainsbury's 

[Spottedlaurel]

  On 15/08/2024 at 11:53, bunglebus said:

Sainsbury's 

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Did you find any of those Castheads series Majorettes? I'm still wondering if I'll ever see that Cefiro again.

For those not party to this little saga, I popped into a local Sainsbury's the other night and saw the Majorette display was fairly freshly restocked. Picked up a Nissan Z and Hilux, also a Nissan Cefiro drift car in a series called Castheads which also included a Gulf-liveried Porsche 911. I left the Porsche but took the Cefiro, only it wouldn't scan and they wouldn't sell it to me.

There was also a nice Majorette Land Rover Defender 110 (late-ish old style model) complete with tin, but I elected not to go for that as they start take up a lot of space and I've still got to find a home for the French purchases.

[bunglebus]

  On 15/08/2024 at 12:47, Spottedlaurel said:

Did you find any of those Castheads series Majorettes?

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No, that's what I was looking for really. The search continues...

[Datsuncog]

  On 15/08/2024 at 11:53, bunglebus said:

Sainsbury's

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Oh, that's interesting - thought Sainsburys had given up on Matchbox altogether.

Good to see there's potentially another source of the Moving Parts range, other than just branches of The Entertainer. I must have a squizz next time I'm passing one of the bigger branches.

Very much on the lookout for a Range Rover myself.

[sierraman]

Same prices of £4.30 as well? 

[bunglebus]

  On 15/08/2024 at 13:58, sierraman said:

Same prices of £4.30 as well? 

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Yep, may have made a green purchase 

[bunglebus]

As alluded to earlier, I purchased the Moving Parts Range Rover from Sainsbury's 

For some reason my camera makes it look a brighter green than it actually is once out of the pack - pic above is about right

It's even RHD

It seems to me whenever I see a minor celebrity, I have a good die cast find. Today it was the giant hamster from the old Kwik Fit TV ad which usually lives in the local branch

And the find was this

Which as it had no price on it, was free!

[bunglebus]

I couldn't resist that Liberty Walk Team Transport set

And as I've got most of mine freed and on display, it was out with the sharp blade and off with the blister

I have mainline version from a little while back, I added a few details to mine but it's amazingly similar to this premium car

And if I'm opening that I might as well open the Baja bug too

[stuboy]

Having a tidy up and passing some cars on to my lil one to start of his own collection, this allowed me to unbox my 2 latest models racing puma and mondeo st220..

[danthecapriman]

Got a bollocking today for buying this. Arrived from France.  
Very nice it is too. UK sellers wanted considerably higher prices for these (if you could find them here) so a nice chap from France can have my money instead.

 

Bedford TK cable jointers truck is progressing well too. 
I got the decals off eBay, but they don’t like the yellow paint on the model as they hadn’t had a white layer printed under the blue, so the yellow has given them a very dark appearance. 
Still a bit to do but it’s getting close now. The cab on this one was in much much better condition than the last one I did, which made it so much easier to paint the window seals etc in.

 

Also, I found out there’s actually a casting difference in the Dinky TK’s. 
One has the indicators cast on sticking out the sides of the cab (like my yellow BT one) the other doesn’t (like my removal truck and the donor below). So far as I can find out, the tow truck version and some dustbin trucks have the indicators, the flatbeds and tippers don’t, as well as some of the dustbin trucks.

[plasticvandan]

Not cheap,but about time:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226270885633?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=xMtve33eR-i&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=2j1k2ypiSRu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[danthecapriman]

  On 16/08/2024 at 05:09, plasticvandan said:

Not cheap,but about time:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226270885633?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=xMtve33eR-i&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=2j1k2ypiSRu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

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Matrix make some really lovely models. Expensive, but impressive. I’ve got a couple of theirs somewhere.

[flat4alfa]

Crikey look at the sellers other items list 

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 14/08/2024 at 15:06, bunglebus said:

Shades of blue and a casting change

 

 

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Also there's a wheel variation, the centre one has the earlier silvery metal wheels and teh other two have the later grey plastic ones.

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 16/08/2024 at 05:09, plasticvandan said:

Not cheap,but about time:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226270885633?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=xMtve33eR-i&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=2j1k2ypiSRu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

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Those Matrix are expensive, and for a little thing like that Reliant, that's a lot.

  On 16/08/2024 at 08:44, danthecapriman said:

Matrix make some really lovely models. Expensive, but impressive. I’ve got a couple of theirs somewhere.

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I've had a few Matrix come and go. They do specialize mostly in coach-built stuff like these three estate cars

 

  On 16/08/2024 at 09:01, flat4alfa said:

Crikey look at the sellers other items list 

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That's British Heritage Models ebay shop. They sell most of the collectors ranges of expensive models. 

Shop (britishheritagemodels.co.uk)

They also have their own range of models. The only example I have had is this superb 1600E.

[Tenmil Socket]

Show and tell ask.

Does anyone know anything about this model?

I kept it back from a job lot as it looked to be of much better build quality than your typical '10 for a £1' type Made In China rubbish.

This has Dodge Charger on the base but others I've found on Google has it blanked out?

 

[bunglebus]

Welly

Quite a nice little casting I think

[Tenmil Socket]

  On 16/08/2024 at 09:59, bunglebus said:

Welly

Quite a nice little casting I think

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Yes, I do too... hence why I kept it 👍

[bunglebus]

Boss man has returned from the USA bearing goodies

[eddyramrod]

An ebay job-lot has arrived; I've posted most of it in my Diecast Sale thread.  I kept a couple back though, these are not for sale.  These are for my Gerry Anderson project: using 70s fantasy castings to make vehicles that could have been background traffic in any of the earthbound Anderson series.  I'm not restricting myself to modelling actual vehicles used, which is just as well.  So here's what I kept back:

They'll both get stripped and repainted.  I've done some already...

Including the blue truck!

And a couple of police cars I can remember.

 

[Tenmil Socket]

More pics of this please!

[Zie]

  On 15/08/2024 at 22:02, stuboy said:

Having a tidy up and passing some cars on to my lil one to start of his own collection, this allowed me to unbox my 2 latest models racing puma and mondeo st220..

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That ST220 is very very nice, I almost ordered one when they were announced and regret not doing. 

[eddyramrod]

  On 16/08/2024 at 13:24, Tenmil Socket said:

More pics of this please!

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I'll shoot some later, by all means.  It's just a Bburago 1/43 Sapphire Cosworth.  When it came to me it was plain white, and actually, not bad, but I stripped it anyway and now it's in my Film/TV cabinet as Freddie Spender's car.  I know it's not quite dark enough but I couldn't bring myself to buy another aerosol of a colour I would most likely never use again (I hate all the greys that are everywhere now and simply wouldn't choose to paint a car grey for my collection.  The only reason this one is the grey it is, is because I bought the paint to use on another TV car).  Who sent me the infamous Poo Brown Sierra?  This was in the same box.

[flat4alfa]

  On 16/08/2024 at 13:08, eddyramrod said:

my Diecast Sale thread

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I did not know

I am too late

Ahh well here is the link in case more come up

 

[Amishtat]

  On 18/05/2024 at 14:28, bunglebus said:

Back to that job lot. Bat Boat

Bat Copter is pretty cool with the rotor mechanism and winch

Tidy Batmobile, I'll have to find a trailer to go with

Complete with Bat Geezers

I had a metallic red Jag like this as a kid. White one feels somehow cheaper

Ferrari 312

Complete with Geezer

US Racing Buggy was a bit of a strange choice when most people outside of America wouldn't have known about the Baja 1000 etc

Geezers don't seem concerned though.

Is that the engine from the Organ Grinder?

Here's the big bus. What a heavyweight it is too

Spot-On Beetle is possibly the most valuable one of the bunch

Geezer agrees

I had one of these Harolds, think I swapped it with @Amishtat who doesn't seem to post on this thread anymore 

Mini is in decent shape

Another Mini, Dinky this time

Those of you with long mammaries might remember I restored one a while back. Strange to think they could have been produced together

Think this is actually my favourite out of all of them, especially as it's one I've never owned before

Bond Bug. No VW content

One of these with a spare hook

And another pinky

The ubiquitous transporter 

MB DAF commercial just needs a bit of red for Bob Marley's approval 

Corgi rozzer Escort 

Dinky double decker

Matchbox crane is sadly a three wheeler

MB ambulance is a slight disappointment. I don't mind fantasy stuff but surely this could have been modelled on something real?

Dinky Spectrum Patrol Car has a cog in the back axle and some sort of mechanism inside - but doesn't appear to do anything 

Lastly some mostly Corgi light commercial castings. Sadly these circus ones do nothing for me

FC150 grain elevator thing is pretty clever but probably not going to stay

Karrier is great though, very stylish

Someone was trying to extract £25 out of me for one of these last week

70s shag pile still in situ

Absolutely love these Commers

Not seen one with glazing in the back before

Dinky Atlas. Even utilitarian vehicles had so much more style back then

Lastly but not leastly, a good example of the VW Kombi

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Not my fault the mods on here are all cunts.

[bunglebus]

Who'd like some bare metal Matchbox?

All before and after a once over with a plastic scourer, which reveals all sorts of evils - the ambulance is especially bad

[flat4alfa]

  On 16/08/2024 at 13:08, eddyramrod said:

my Gerry Anderson project: using 70s fantasy castings to make vehicles that could have been background traffic in any of the earthbound Anderson series.  I'm not restricting myself to modelling actual vehicles used, which is just as well. 

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I have a few of these available, without loads.  Are they of use?

K-13-2 and K-114 share a cab designa and did get different number plates:  AKB 546N and KTH 683P

Also a few of K-9 Fire Tender with the 8-head V8 also shared cab design with K-12 Crane

All repainted / ready for repaint / cutting about

[bunglebus]

  On 16/08/2024 at 17:19, flat4alfa said:

Also a few of K-9 Fire Tender with the 8-head V8 also shared cab design with K-12 Crane

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Never noticed the fire engine has a Tefal windscreen 

[eddyramrod]

  On 16/08/2024 at 17:19, flat4alfa said:

I have a few of these available, without loads.  Are they of use?

K-13-2 and K-114 share a cab designa and did get different number plates:  AKB 546N and KTH 683P

Also a few of K-9 Fire Tender with the 8-head V8 also shared cab design with K-12 Crane

All repainted / ready for repaint / cutting about

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I can't turn those down, can I!  Thank you kind sir.  I seem to be turning into Derek Meddings here, lol!