Shite in Miniature II

[Split_Pin]

I'm going going up in my loft tomorrow to repatriate my 1/43 models with their outer cards. They are a range of brands, some Minichamps, Norev, plus a batch of Russian diecast (the proper heavy, shonky ones and not partwork items).

My plan was just to stick them up on Marketplace as a job lot as that's worked quite well in the past. I can put up a list somewhere on here if anyone's interested?

[FakeConcern]

10 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I'm going going up in my loft tomorrow to repatriate my 1/43 models with their outer cards. They are a range of brands, some Minichamps, Norev, plus a batch of Russian diecast (the proper heavy, shonky ones and not partwork items).

My plan was just to stick them up on Marketplace as a job lot as that's worked quite well in the past. I can put up a list somewhere on here if anyone's interested?

I'm always interested in any 1/43...

[bunglebus]

Sounds intriguing, especially Russian weirdos

[Split_Pin]

Rightso I'll put a list up. They will be cheap 😀

[Lord Sterling]

A rather belated Chrimbo set bought for me by Ma_Sterling. As I worked over Christmas, I didn't have time to pop over. So....

2 x Morris Minors, 1 Police and 1 60 years of Corgi.

1 x Jag police car. Now. I didn't have the heart to tell Ma that I'd already had a Jag police car that I bought in Pêle-Mêle in Brussels. 

1 x Rover 75 V6 Contemporary. This is the latest model 75 that Corgi are producing and am glad to have it to add to my collection which I think is complete now (I also have the Schuco one)

1 x Vauxhall Astra GTE 😎 I've always wanted that model, although they aren't exactly out of my price range, it's justifying the cost. But I've got one now.

[FakeConcern]

Toy fair today

Cheap tat, no idea on the make, but quite nice £1 each. Not sure why I got two...

50p each for parts

Zlymax Toyota £2 and Corgi Polo I didn't want £1

Seller asked £5, but took £4 as he was packing away, he was outside and it was drizzling...

Seller wanted £10 which I said was out of my price range as I wanted it to chop up and started to walk. Got it for £4

Started at £20 and ended at £15

I really like plastic Norev

Tomica Dandy Beetle 1302 in great shape

I like lots of opening bits

Has spare in the boot too!

Dinky Beetle with the older rubber tyred wheels

The engine cover is still attached as well

I've bought lots of Spot Ons from this seller. He wanted £25 for the P1800, £5 for the Politoys XJ12 in an indeterminate scale and £5 for the Dinky Mini. I pointed out he'd had them all for ages and knocked the Jag down to £2 then let me have the lot for £25.

Which was nice...

Opening bits!

Everything

 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

43 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

Toy fair today

Cheap tat, no idea on the make, but quite nice £1 each. Not sure why I got two...

50p each for parts

Zlymax Toyota £2 and Corgi Polo I didn't want £1

Seller asked £5, but took £4 as he was packing away, he was outside and it was drizzling...

Seller wanted £10 which I said was out of my price range as I wanted it to chop up and started to walk. Got it for £4

Started at £20 and ended at £15

I really like plastic Norev

Tomica Dandy Beetle 1302 in great shape

I like lots of opening bits

Has spare in the boot too!

Dinky Beetle with the older rubber tyred wheels

The engine cover is still attached as well

I've bought lots of Spot Ons from this seller. He wanted £25 for the P1800, £5 for the Politoys XJ12 in an indeterminate scale and £5 for the Dinky Mini. I pointed out he'd had them all for ages and knocked the Jag down to £2 then let me have the lot for £25.

Which was nice...

Opening bits!

Everything

 

If you fancy sacking off that Dinky Beetle at any point...

[FakeConcern]

23 minutes ago, Dick Cheeseburger said:

If you fancy sacking off that Dinky Beetle at any point...

Not at the moment, but I'll keep you in mind.

I do have a restored Speedwheels version which is quite nice, except the engine cover falls off.

https://autoshite.com/topic/10758-shite-in-miniature-ii/page/1757/

I think I paid £8 if you want that one.

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Dick Cheeseburger said:

If you fancy sacking off that Dinky Beetle at any point...

I was bidding on a lot of junk but with a nice one of those recently, it got into the teens so I gave up - I have a decent one anyway!

The Tomica looks great too, not one I've got my mitts on yet. There's a picture of one and the mad Rolls-Royce grille version in the catalogue I have

[Dick Cheeseburger]

47 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

Not at the moment, but I'll keep you in mind.

I do have a restored Speedwheels version which is quite nice, except the engine cover falls off.

https://autoshite.com/topic/10758-shite-in-miniature-ii/page/1757/

I think I paid £8 if you want that one.

Thanks for the offer but tend to buy original paint ideally.

[bunglebus]

3 minutes ago, Dick Cheeseburger said:

Thanks for the offer but tend to buy original paint ideally.

How do you feel about Dinky Action Kits? Both original paint and kid paint all in one!

 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

15 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

How do you feel about Dinky Action Kits? Both original paint and kid paint all in one!

 

Thanks chap but the Dinky 129 Bug caught my eye with the earlier wheels and paint with a lovely patina to it. I'm on a strict no more buying, self-inflicted ban currently so shouldn't really be looking at this thread anyway! 😅 

[MiniMinorMk3]

4 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

Toy fair today

Tomica Dandy Beetle 1302 in great shape

It's not a 1302, it's a 1200LE. The last of the European built 1200 Beetles has the big square bumpers and the football rear lights. I've probably had about 10 pass through my hands in the orange. I got my first one in St Martins Accessories back in 1992.

 

4 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

I've bought lots of Spot Ons from this seller. He wanted £25 for the P1800, £5 for the Politoys XJ12 in an indeterminate scale and £5 for the Dinky Mini. I pointed out he'd had them all for ages and knocked the Jag down to £2 then let me have the lot for £25.

Which was nice...

 

That Dinky mini is unusual, red ones normally have a black roof. All mine do.

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I was bidding on a lot of junk but with a nice one of those recently, it got into the teens so I gave up - I have a decent one anyway!

The Tomica looks great too, not one I've got my mitts on yet. There's a picture of one and the mad Rolls-Royce grille version in the catalogue I have

Tomica also did one with what I think is a 1937 Ford grille

[Spottedlaurel]

Quite a bit to report with Christmas gifts and recent trip out to toy fair and shops.....

Presents. There are one or two duplicates but particularly good to get the full set of Majorettes and the latest Datsun 510. I already had the Cefiro, so.....

May end up doing the others as Majorette packaging takes up a lot of space.

All from the same seller at the toy fair. Mainlines were 2 for £5 which saves me the hassle of trying to find them, and it was good to get things like the green Fiesta and Moving Parts 280ZX.

Other toy fair purchases. I was fearful there wouldn't be many traders but it was OK. Most of these are pretty obvious. Aston is by Majorette but not from their peak years....

No-name Previa has a pull-back motor and lots of opening parts.

Studebaker in a tat box but nice to see with tailgate and sliding roof still intact.

 

Green Fiesta number two of of the day, by Guisval. Would be happy to let this one go to anyone who feels their life won't be complete without it.

I should probably give more consideration to late 1970s and early-mid '80s Matchbox. Historically my MIB-ish Superfast collection stopped at 1977-78 but after the wacky stuff they went back to some nicely done standard road cars.

Popped into shops on the way home, firstly Smyths.

Alfa had mysteriously found its way into the Sainsbury's bin but had an Argos barcode. Shame I didn't realise I'd already bought one at the toy fair....

The rest came The Entertainer in Norwich, with the Cefiro for Miss SL's BF. They had the usual table and numerous boxes of HWs but it looked like they'd already been well picked-over (probably by the chap I bought from at the toy fair?!).

[Split_Pin]

@Spottedlaurel I'd be interested in the Guisval Fiesta please!

[bunglebus]

Dammit!

[FakeConcern]

Some nice finds there @Spottedlaurel! I particularly like the Previa...

[Tenmil Socket]

14 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

Toy fair today

Cheap tat, no idea on the make, but quite nice £1 each. Not sure why I got two...

50p each for parts

Zlymax Toyota £2 and Corgi Polo I didn't want £1

Seller asked £5, but took £4 as he was packing away, he was outside and it was drizzling...

Seller wanted £10 which I said was out of my price range as I wanted it to chop up and started to walk. Got it for £4

Started at £20 and ended at £15

I really like plastic Norev

Tomica Dandy Beetle 1302 in great shape

I like lots of opening bits

Has spare in the boot too!

Dinky Beetle with the older rubber tyred wheels

The engine cover is still attached as well

I've bought lots of Spot Ons from this seller. He wanted £25 for the P1800, £5 for the Politoys XJ12 in an indeterminate scale and £5 for the Dinky Mini. I pointed out he'd had them all for ages and knocked the Jag down to £2 then let me have the lot for £25.

Which was nice...

Opening bits!

Everything

 

I’d be interested in the £1 Polo please.

 

[FakeConcern]

13 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I’d be interested in the £1 Polo please.

 

OK I'll stick it in with the others, I'm pleased for it to go to a good home.

[neil72]

A couple of recent finds, the dumper truck is Spanish, the FSO looking car has no make

[warch]

On 29/12/2024 at 14:45, sierraman said:

Britains did one IIRC. I think most of the standard Ford Tractors were built in Basildon? 

Yeah the smaller models were (and still are). The bigger tractors came from factories in Belgium and the States. Iirc Ford were happy to supply partially complete tractors minus front axles and other bits to modifiers for 4wd conversions. Incidentally Matchbox did a fairly decent model of County rival (also Ford based) the Muir Hill back in the 70s.

[MiniMinorMk3]

55 minutes ago, neil72 said:

A couple of recent finds, the dumper truck is Spanish, the FSO looking car has no make

 

FSO looks like it might be one of these remote control cars.

Rewind To 1980s: Polonez

The text is Polish

CZĘSTOCHOWSKIE
ZAKŁADY
ZABAWKARSKIE
CZĘSTOCHOWA
ul. KAWIA 4/16

Which translates to 

CZĘSTOCHOWA TOY FACTORIES
CZĘSTOCHOWA
ul. KAWIA 4/16

[MiniMinorMk3]

15 minutes ago, warch said:

Yeah the smaller models were (and still are). The bigger tractors came from factories in Belgium and the States. Iirc Ford were happy to supply partially complete tractors minus front axles and other bits to modifiers for 4wd conversions. Incidentally Matchbox did a fairly decent model of County rival (also Ford based) the Muir Hill back in the 70s.

That should have a snow plough on th efront

 

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, neil72 said:

the FSO looking car has no make

Yes it is meant to be a FSO Polonez.  As the front wheels are straight, likely it is the friction motor one with fixed steering?

Brand is CZZ.  Brand naming under Soviet times tended to be the initials of the town / factory.  Czestochowa is a city in southern Poland.

Does it have a friction flywheel motor or the remote controlled one?   If its the latter and you don't want it, I d like to get it up and working again

Approx 1:18 scale, tin plate interior you can see in your photo.  There should also be a tinplate base

[sierraman]

57 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

That should have a snow plough on th efront

 

Some have a snow plough on the front others had a digger implement on the back. 

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, neil72 said:

A couple of recent finds, the dumper truck is Spanish

 

How weird, I unearthed my one yesterday and stuck it on eBay

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256766036492

[bunglebus]

Had a mooch around Basildon today but didn't find anything especially interesting. However lots of things were waiting for me when I got home. Most of these were cheaply obtained on an auction site that isn't eBay!

Couple of older Hot Wheels 

And a wheel donor 

Thought this Majorette was an unusual colour, should have clocked from the wheels it's a repaint

One day I'll paint a Monte Carlo light blue to go with one of my Herbie diecasts

A112

No junk in the trunk unfortunately 

A few Matchbox 

BMWs with and without towbars

Sone nice premium versions

Three of which are World Class

New members of Number Plate Club

I keep finding Tyrone Malone variations 

The whole reason I ended up on the site in the first place was falling down a rabbit hole thanks to @MiniMinorMk3 finding an unusual Easy Rider. This one has a yellow fuel tank and forks, mainly because the chrome has worn off the latter

[bunglebus]

That's not all though. This fantastic Polistil bit of kit was an eBay win

Can anyone spot the factory error?

Detail is absolutely lovely 

I also bought a very tidy Matchbox fastback

Visa from Norev has a wicked stance as the axles have come adrift 

Corgi Fire Chief Capri normally has a white bonnet

Yet another SD1 variation

Datapost Escort

Binz Ambulance in a new livery 

And a Fina promotional Morris Million

AliExpress and Temu parcels were in the mix, starting with a couple of boxed Matchbox 

This one was in my not-eBay pile

More far East goodies

Including the Fiesta, yay!

Continental, this has been a really hard one to find

Lastly, the ladders for the custom work van arrived, I think these are better than the first one I tried to get. Just got to give them a quick coat of silver

[Tenmil Socket]

7 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

That's not all though. This fantastic Polistil bit of kit was an eBay win

Can anyone spot the factory error?

Detail is absolutely lovely 

I also bought a very tidy Matchbox fastback

Visa from Norev has a wicked stance as the axles have come adrift 

Corgi Fire Chief Capri normally has a white bonnet

Yet another SD1 variation

Datapost Escort

Binz Ambulance in a new livery 

And a Fina promotional Morris Million

AliExpress and Temu parcels were in the mix, starting with a couple of boxed Matchbox 

This one was in my not-eBay pile

More far East goodies

Including the Fiesta, yay!

Continental, this has been a really hard one to find

Lastly, the ladders for the custom work van arrived, I think these are better than the first one I tried to get. Just got to give them a quick coat of silver

Love the Polo… is the factory error 2 fuel fillers?

[bunglebus]

No, the round bits are vents for interior air I believe, filler cap in right side quarter panel.

Error is rear bumper (or at least the end caps) are upside down