Shite in Miniature II

[FakeConcern]

Some great finds here recently by @flat4alfa & @cms206!

A great collection of Corgi Chipperfields and the Matchbox 305 I have a couple of Norev 305s, but never seen a Matchbox one.

I went to Ford Market today and picked up these for £3, not in the same league, but ok for me

First a Corgi Super Sonics (never heard of them) SAAB 9000

In very tidy condition

A King Size XJ12, never had before

Has a splat of something on the A pillar and windscreen. Also a Lesney Morris J2 like I had as a kid and the chassis of a Corgi Mk10 Jaag ( @eddyramrod do you have one from me with a broken chassis?)!

 

[eddyramrod]

Yes I do!

And, it's in primer at the moment, waiting for me to put in a Flowers order, so Yes Please!

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Found this HW MuskTruck in Tesco just now and duly purchased for Longbridge Jr for Crimbo. Quite a nice little casting. 

[FakeConcern]

5 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Yes I do!

And, it's in primer at the moment, waiting for me to put in a Flowers order, so Yes Please!

I'll stick it in your box then unless you want it put on super emergency extra fast delivery order?

[bunglebus]

16 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

First a Corgi Super Sonics (never heard of them) SAAB 9000

In very tidy condition

They use the same type of pull back motor as a Matchbox Turbo Special - slow pullaway then they fly off. Seemingly very unloved but I've had a few

 

[eddyramrod]

In the box will do fine, thank you; a couple of weeks won't make any difference.

 

While we're here: who else is holding a box for me, and where does it stand?  It might be a good idea to get them all squared away for Christmas.

[FakeConcern]

12 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

They use the same type of pull back motor as a Matchbox Turbo Special - slow pullaway then they fly off. Seemingly very unloved but I've had a few

 

I can see my SAAB will be hitting the skirting board in the near future!

[Lord Sterling]

10 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

The Jag has revealed it's chrome finish, but it has suffered losses. 

I might go up to Hobby Time and see if I can get some glass paint to attempt restoring the original look.

Who is the by please? I wouldn't mind adding one to my collection. 

[junkyarddog]

18 minutes ago, Lord Sterling said:

Who is the by please?

It's a Corgi Junior.

That's the Rockets version.

[andrew e]

Top scores there from @cms206 and @flat4alfa  well done boys 👍

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, junkyarddog said:

It's a Corgi Junior.

That's the Rockets version.

Think chrome is quite unusual, usually they turn up in clear green over a silver base. I wonder if the colour has been stripped off

Looking closer I can see the green inside rear window area

[sierraman]

13 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Went charity shop this morning 

Saw a box, a recent donation on cabinet behind counter

Was told were throwing it out because  'can't sell 'em, as old and broken'

I looked inside

No wonder the big commercial bins out back are overflowing

So I offered a fiver donation to the charity (because, charity) and then walked out with it to sift through

One of those seminal moments in diecast hunting. Years ago at a village fete in Somerset I picked up a paste table full of 50’s/60’s Dinky/Corgi for a fiver, I was cramming the fuckers into carrier bags before someone changed their mind. Get em in the bag and in the back of the car… don’t look back! 🤣

[sierraman]

7 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Think chrome is quite unusual, usually they turn up in clear green over a silver base. I wonder if the colour has been stripped off

Looking closer I can see the green inside rear window area

No im sure they did do them in chrome. 

[Datsuncog]

12 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

While we're here: who else is holding a box for me, and where does it stand?  It might be a good idea to get them all squared away for Christmas.

I've a couple of models here for you Eddy - will check the spreadsheet and PM you later. 👍

[bunglebus]

Came home the other night to a pile of parcels

Hot Wheels Plymouth Satellite was obtained as I wanted to find the original vehicles that the "crushed" cars were based on. Sone will be harder than others to obtain!

Next up, a white metal Beetle kit in a Brekina box...

Which seems to solve the mystery of where the pre-built one came from. Still reminds me of the Budgie casting

Lovely boxed Guisval Lotus

Does seem to have an odd reaction between the wheels and tyres, which has pushed them off

ERTL releases seem to mostly consist of TV tie-ins or farming equipment, so I grabbed these two more unusual castings when they came up

Another gullwing SL from Corgi, absolutely mint too

This is an oddity, branded as Hallmark Cards, anyone know more?

Local seller had loads of Glow Racers in decent condition, did my best to only buy the lots with ones I didn't have, tempting as it was to bid on them all

Glow test!

Glow test!

Glow...well you know

Those cheeky monkeys at Mira at it again, a copy of the Matchbox Pony Trailer this time

Boxed Corgi Max Wax Beetle, probably the version furthest removed from the original African Safari 1200. Shame it was sent in a jiffy bag

Got an offer on these Matchbox Retro limited editions, there are a few others I'd like to find. I've got the Dragon Wheels one already 

Old and new - there's some additional detail on the newer ones

Finally, a bargain from Tesco, reduced to just 19p each!

Well maybe not. You can see MC Toys were chasing the Matchbox market with some very familiar looking cars!

[MiniMinorMk3]

18 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Anyway, that box content got assessed.  

What do we have then?

Excellent find that makes my £65 auction buy look expensive. As mentioned before The Chipperfields stuff is highly collectable, but there's a couple of nice early Matchbox there.

14 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

Who is the by please? I wouldn't mind adding one to my collection. 

As others have mentioned it is by Corgi. It's a Rocket.

It was originally green like the @bunglebus example, but when I removed the black marker that had been put all over it, what was left of the green finish came away to.

27 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Lovely boxed Guisval Lotus

 

Nice Lotus. The tyre reaction is quite common on Guisvals of that era, and other makes to.

Here's a Joal Miura with some reaction on the rear tyres

 

27 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

 

This is an oddity, branded as Hallmark Cards, anyone know more?

 

 

A quick web search answers the question.

It should have a ring in the roof so you can hang it in your Christmas tree.

If you scroll down this Amazon listing it appears that they are still issuing new versions featuring other yank tanks.

Amazon.com: Hallmark Keepsake Ornament 1955 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria Skyliner 2013 : Home & Kitchen

And here's a picture of all the ones issued from 1991 to 2012

[MiniMinorMk3]

I've cleaned up a couple more Corgis from my haul.

Adams 4 Engined Drag-Star. I didn't have one of these when I was younger, but I did have the Gloworm Capri, The Quartermaster and teh Wild Honey dragsters. As those were based on actual cars I've done a search for the Adams, but can not find anything.

Being boxed this just had a slight amount of dust on it that washed off quite easily.

It does have some big paint chips on the front.

And the rear sticker is damaged and stained.

Full complement of 32 exhausts.

When you push the cone shape on the front the rear bumper extends.

Not much wear on the base...

but the rear wheels are very scuffed.

The box just has a bit of wear at the corners.

Now all I need is a Power Blaster and some Whizztrack.

 

Next for a spruce up was the Beach Buggy. I had this in both red and blue back in the '70s.

Before

After

Before

After

A bit of lighter fluid helped get rid of the sticky residue from the missing flower sticker.

The reason the screen had dropped is because it has lost the steering wheel.

Bit of scratching on the base and wear the the wheel edges.

Great to have the two surfboards.

[AndyW201]

Probabaly not of much interest to most on here bit the Corgi site has a Black Friday sale on today until December 2nd. Quite a few Vanguards on offer down from £35.99 to £14.99 including the Series 2 Jag XJ/Daimler Sovereigns and VW Type 2 vans and campers which are pretty recent castings. A couple of Triumph TR5s and TR6s too including the Mimosa Yellow version with hardtop which is a nice wee thing. Did a buy myself, naturally, came out at a smidge over £18 with the postage plus I get a couple of quids worth of reward points, so not bad for a brand new Vanguards model.

[eddyramrod]

The other day on a Facebook group I spotted a listing for a job lot of decrepit old Corgis, so I pounced.  Today... 

 a box arrived!

What could possibly be in here?

Aha, my Marketplace purchase!

So this is the overview; now let's get a bit closer in.

Airborne certainly has both doors, but one is damaged.  I might be able to wrestle it back into shape, we'll see.  MGB just needs a tailgate, which I can get, and paint.  Cortina needs the brightwork moulding as well as tailgate; I've done that for another one so I know they ain't cheap.  A40 is knackered, I think.  Ferrari is missing the engine cover, which is most of the back of the car, so that'll probably go in my sale stock for pennies.  Mini Marcos just needs some wheels and paint.

Porsche means little to me, so that'll be available.  Cadillac ambulance looks rougher than it is, don't quite know what to do with that yet.  Zeph and Camaro are OK.  Oldsmobile and both Impalas are squashed, one Impala doesn't even have any roof.  Still... they have axles and wheels, which I should be able to use.  Jag only has its rear axle, so there's one rehomed already!

The Mustangs are quite good really; white one needs a door but I can get that.  There's a door card; just no door!  Toronado isn't the best.  Again, don't know what I'm going to do with it.

Not a bad collection of scrap as impulse-buys go!

[danthecapriman]

Second to last diecast delivery for me at this address today. It’s the end of an era!😄

Another slightly more unusual one. Honda Civic!

I do like these little early Honda’s, great looking cars. This one had the faded remnants of a Japanese Yen price sticker on it too so it’s come a long way at some point in the past.

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Adams 4 Engined Drag-Star

They make good engine donors

An original lives among my collection of drag cars

 

[quicksilver]

5 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Next up, a white metal Beetle kit in a Brekina box...

Which seems to solve the mystery of where the pre-built one came from. Still reminds me of the Budgie casting

 

Midget Models kits all appear to be copies of approximately OO scale 1950s toys. The few relevant Google results that aren't dwarf women or MGs include a Singer Roadster that is clearly Dinky Dublo, a Wolseley 1500 and an Austin Cambridge derived from Matchbox and one of those Beetles that is presumably a Budgie copy.

There's a sold ebay listing here that seems to include most of the range. What else do you recognise? The A95 estate is surely another Budgie for starters.

 

[bunglebus]

MEGA glow test

[danthecapriman]

23 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

MEGA glow test

Are there any other glow racers that you don’t have (yet!)?

I wonder how big the range was for them.

[bunglebus]

1 minute ago, danthecapriman said:

Are there any other glow racers that you don’t have (yet!)?

I wonder how big the range was for them.

I'm wondering the same thing! It gets complex because sometimes the same car is called different names depending on which decals it has - but not always

[bunglebus]

My boss picked this up at a scrap metal place. Thought it might be Dinky but I'm leaving towards another white metal kit now

[MiniMinorMk3]

35 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

My boss picked this up at a scrap metal place. Thought it might be Dinky but I'm leaving towards another white metal kit now

 

 

 

That's a white metal kit. Without the rest of it it is just about impossible to identify the maker as some many small manufacturers modelled the GT 40.

Also from some of the details such as the lump on the right side door roof, the two small raised parts behind the rear window and the angle of the body rear, it was probably a model of the cars that competed in the 1966 Le Mans. 

By the way, the Dinky has an opening engine cover.

[Datsuncog]

Did a bit of marketeering on Friday morning.

Suffice to say, no-one's been missing out lately.

Tat Stall had a few Corgi emergency vehicles and early release Vanguards, priced at a tenner a go.

Naaah.

Some more stuff on the table was a bit cheaper, but not significantly more desirable:

Corgi Classic box van packaged in a Mettoy-era yellow and black box was a new one on me, though:

I know it's round the wrong way, but I believe this is its original box, with correctly spaced cutaways for the wheels on the insert - but no codes or anything printed on it, though.

I'd thought the earliest Corgi Classics came in a silver-grey box, like the one to the left.

Possibly a product dating from that unhappy period following Mettoy's bankruptcy - will have a look at my old model price guides when/ if I can be arsed.

Large scale Hot Wheels Lincoln Continental from about 2006 was an oddity:

Pity the packaging was so yellow and faded.

Did pick up these two:

Siku Super 1/43 Beetle 1303 Cabrio for our resident VW licker, and a Matchbox Dinky Commer 15 CWT van wearing a Dinky Toys livery, to replace the one I rashly sold on in 2022.

Elsewhere was a bit of a joke. The Antiques Shitshow had these - decent enough pieces, but HFM??

Yeah, £35 asking for the Caprice peelermobile; £15 on the Acclaim and on the Thunderbird. £18 for the XJS.

How about 'no'?

The Giffer had these:

Again, nice pieces - especially the Tekno Scania bus - but I'm not sure a price band of £25- £40 was all that realistic here.

Even Colin at the Irish Tat stall had nothing of any great interest. The Charity Stall had a lone Corgi Leyland box truck in Coca Cola colours, but that was that.

Which basically left Alan's Emporium as the sole vendor keeping the tat dream alive:

And in fairness, he did. It was worth a guddle in his somewhat chaotic tray.

50p a throw for a Hot Wheels Premium Porsche 982 and a HW Escort MK1? Don't mind if I do.

So - slim pickings, but also good to reassure myself that I'm not missing out on anything stupendous these days...

[Split_Pin]

Seeing that Minor Traveller there - I remember feeling so uncomfortable with Corgi Classic Cars' new packaging for 1994 when they moved from the large, clear plastic boxes with a background which was often specific to the model, to the generic cardboard box. I felt that the material and decoration were cheap and twee. 

Also, after coveting the Minor Saloon, I was quite disappointed with the then- new Traveller and Convertible castings. They felt a little smaller than 1/43 and I didn't like the wood effect on the Traveller nor the side screens on the Convertible. I'm not really sure why. I recall I bought both from Wonderland Models in Edinburgh with my very first pay packet.

[bunglebus]

7 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Siku Super 1/43 Beetle 1303 Cabrio for our resident VW licker

🤨

How much was the Hot Wheels Conti? Not the easiest things to find, got one or two of the larger VW castings but they don't hang around long on eBay