Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

I found some less Common catalogues on eBay so I'm trying to get them scanned. Three are large format Corgi, A4 but printed across two pages as A3 - I don't have a scanner that size unfortunately 

Here's the first

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

The last batch from Tuesdays auction consists of a bunch of Husky models.

Guy truck.

Guy tanker with remnants of Shell decals

Ford Camper truck, US stylee.

Ford Camper Van, UK stylee

Pity about the rear door going missing.

Jag Mk X, ready for the banger track.

The scale of the Jag is a bit small when compared to the Citroen Safari.

Not too much wear on the Citroen.

I never knew that Huskey did a Ferrari 250 LM.

Shame the rear window has been attacked.

This one is a Corgi Junior.

It's not in bad condition.

And look who was hiding inside.

Finally we have a Hong Kong Deora in Aqua.

I like it when a Red Line turns up in a box of tat.

The surf boards are long gone and the matte black paint on the bed has been scrapped off a bit.

There's a bit of wear on the wheels and some slight bending of the axles.

 

[bunglebus]

21 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

The scale of the Jag is a bit small when compared to the Citroen Safari.

That's because you have the small Jaguar with the plastic base, and the big Citroen with the metal base!

Nice score on the redlines, it's good when they fall into your lap 

[bunglebus]

Thought I'd update on TRU in Smiths 

It's a bit like that game where you have items on a tray, cover them up and remove one to then work out what's missing. Think I was in here a month ago and it looks the same

[ambassador84]

23 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Thought I'd update on TRU in Smiths 

It's a bit like that game where you have items on a tray, cover them up and remove one to then work out what's missing. Think I was in here a month ago and it looks the same

Absolutely abysmal!

[MiniMinorMk3]

I've done a bit of research on the No Sunroof Volkswagen Custom I got the other day.

It's been enjoyed.

Rear axle is bent, but it does look like a VW that has had it's spring plates adjusted for a drag stance.

Wheels show a lot of wear.

Hong Kong on the base, but then all Non Sunroof Custom VWs were built there. Also they were only sold in Europe, mainly in Germany and the UK.

No using the NCHWA Price Guide

NCHWA Redline Central: 1968 Redline Price Guide

And the NCHWA Condition Guide I have come up with this value.

NCHWA.com Redline Condition Calculator

I find it hard to believe that it will be worth $165, but even if it was graded at 1 NCHWA suggests that it would be worth $55.

So it was on to Ebay UK to see what is currently on the site.

I bet this one will be on Ebay for a while.

This one is better than mine, but already at £25

This one is slightly worse than mine and has an opening bid of £5

I'll check back in a few days to see what the two auctions made. For now I will be keeping it as I have decided to start a collection of tat box Red Line Finds. Casting my mind back to 55 years ago I can not remember exactly which Red Lines me and my brother had, but I do remember a Deora, a Custom Firebird and a Custom Eldorado. 

[Datsuncog]

Very nice - I had a Custom VW which was a little rougher than yours, probably picked up at a school fete or car boot sale in the early 1990s.

I didn't even realise it was particularly rare, so it just lived in the giant brew bucket where I used to store all my playworn diecast.

I moved it on a few years ago as part of a job lot clearout - think it went to @bramz7 in the end?

[Datsuncog]

What a terrible photo! The Hot Wheels job lot in question.

I think this is the only pic I have of my Custom VW - right at the back, behind the very pink Baja Bug.

[Datsuncog]

Actually, turns out I did take a (slightly) better pic.

 

My youthful fun with a Tamiya silver paint pen hasn't done the wheels any favours, that's for sure.

[bramz7]

Yes I did end up with that Beetle, I sold it on eBay for some reason and it did go for triple figures. But I wish I'd kept it now.

I still have the Commodore, Citation and Aries wagon though. 

[sierraman]

I have a green one with a sunroof somewhere. I cannot remember seeing any of these glorious looking Corgi Kwik Fit sets though? 

[danthecapriman]

I had a green one of those custom beetles without sunroof. It was a hand me down from a cousin I think. It got passed on to my cousins kids with most of my other toy cars years back which means it’ll be landfill by now unfortunately.

If anyone fancies a dig for it, head on down to wherever the rubbish goes in Doncaster!😄 

Annoying isn’t it when you get rid of things that later end up being valuable.

[MiniMinorMk3]

One for the Corgi 1/36 fans was in my Wednesday lot, the very long running Rolls-Royce Corniche.

This is a 1990s Made in China edition, which is part of a series for collectors to collect.

Still has the original bit of paper to say that it is a licenced product.

The colour reminds me of Ford Oyster Gold.

Cream interior is a bit dull. I would prefer a nice ox blood to contrast with the gold.

Wood effect sticker on dash.

Nothing in the boot.

Seats go forward to let passengers into the back. Also note that this is not mint and boxed due to the small paint chip below the rear window.

Engine detail is good with most of the stuff in the right place.

 

[ambassador84]

Since joining this site a few weeks ago I've been frantically working my way backwards through all the posts getting a feel of the place and what people enjoy collecting etc... I've actually got as far back as late December 2020! I know low end Chinese stuff is very much a love hate thing with collectors, unfortunately I'm the rare one who revels in such miniature shite 😅

Whilst looking for through all the Chinese diecasts at a Spanish Tedi discount store recently I felt compelled to buy this larger scale Cement Truck even though I only usually buy diecast trucks which are approximately 1:87 in scale.

Made by Donbful it appears to be based on an old Mercedes-Benz NG and is actually rather nicely detailed for it's low price point.

[sierraman]

10 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

One for the Corgi 1/36 fans was in my Wednesday lot, the very long running Rolls-Royce Corniche.

This is a 1990s Made in China edition, which is part of a series for collectors to collect.

Still has the original bit of paper to say that it is a licenced product.

The colour reminds me of Ford Oyster Gold.

Cream interior is a bit dull. I would prefer a nice ox blood to contrast with the gold.

Wood effect sticker on dash.

Nothing in the boot.

Seats go forward to let passengers into the back. Also note that this is not mint and boxed due to the small paint chip below the rear window.

Engine detail is good with most of the stuff in the right place.

 

Like the tide mark of underseal on the valance. 🤣

[ambassador84]

Anyone who shed a tear when Yatming closed their doors back in 2013 can wipe your glass eyes as their spirit lives on in a thousand different copies 😉

In actual fact most of Yatmings back catalogue were snapped up by Lucky Diecasts and are still produced to this day.

Feisu thought they would copy Yatmings ultra cheapo low end 1:64 line with predictably dire results but somehow I can't leave them behind whenever I see them doing battle with the likes of HTI Teamsterz and Zuru Metal Machines for peg supremacy in your local discount retailer. 

This believe it or not is meant to be an R230 generation Mercedes SL......

[RoadworkUK]

45 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

One for the Corgi 1/36 fans was in my Wednesday lot, the very long running Rolls-Royce Corniche.

I have that set! Well, most of its contents... not sure what happened to the weird badge thing (and I never was quite sure what you were supposed to do with it anyway). My Corniche has two-tone paint, though. Lovely model/toy.

[MiniMinorMk3]

37 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Like the tide mark of underseal on the valance. 🤣

Rear valance is the same.

[ambassador84]

Brand new reissue of their geriatric VW Buggy. Your five Euros buys you a bit of exclusivity, novelty and nostalgia though maybe not collector grade quality, fixtures and fittings!

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Nothing in the boot.

No lizard?

 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, ambassador84 said:

Brand new reissue of their geriatric VW Buggy. Your five Euros buys you a bit of exclusivity, novelty and nostalgia though maybe not collector grade quality, fixtures and fittings!

Yes please. Roof looks a lot like the Majorette one, wheels are similar too

 

[ambassador84]

23 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Yes please. Roof looks a lot like the Majorette one, wheels are similar too

 

I'd never noticed the wheel similarities before.

[bunglebus]

Second of the three Corgi catalogues I bought, again A4 size, with the background images across two pages

 

[bunglebus]

What seems like an absolute age ago, I ordered this Hot Wheels sELECTIONs Drag Bus. It finally arrived, and is very shiny indeed

My personal preference for these RLC cars is for them to come in the display case like the Kawa Buga Beetle, so you can have a proper look at it and put it back afterwards. Apparently some collectors insist Hot Wheels have to be on a card, nowt queer as folk eh?

[bunglebus]

Definitely another Volkswagen delivery day today. Next up is another Midnight/Zodiac Toys, MK1 Golf GTi

Unusually this one was suffering from a reaction between the rubber tyres and plastic wheels, plus a saggy arse. Fortunately I had a spare set of metal wheels, and I clipped the pull-back motor into the base properly while it was apart

Third of the hat truck was this lovely condition African Safari beetle, a nice find just after the tidy Polizei one the other day

What exactly does that metal pin thing on the right do? I've never worked it out and I've had a few of these in bits. I thought it might help open the bonnet when you push down on the car but it doesn't seem to

This one's a right hooker, so goes very nicely with a similar condition leftie I got not so long ago

[bunglebus]

Lastly, a little job lot of Matchbox - mainly for this set

There were a couple of others in there including these two, customised with what looks like the stickers you used to get with a VHS tape to number them

Tidy enough Mercury police car was also along for the ride. Nice to see Matchbox worked out how to have blue police lights and clear glass, most of the time it seems you get blue glazing in emergency vehicles instead 

Park Lane badge detail 

[Split_Pin]

13 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Definitely another Volkswagen delivery day today. Next up is another Midnight/Zodiac Toys, MK1 Golf GTi

Unusually this one was suffering from a reaction between the rubber tyres and plastic wheels, plus a saggy arse. Fortunately I had a spare set of metal wheels, and I clipped the pull-back motor into the base properly while it was apart

Third of the hat truck was this lovely condition African Safari beetle, a nice find just after the tidy Polizei one the other day

What exactly does that metal pin thing on the right do? I've never worked it out and I've had a few of these in bits. I thought it might help open the bonnet when you push down on the car but it doesn't seem to

This one's a right hooker, so goes very nicely with a similar condition leftie I got not so long ago

The underbonnet pin thing always confused me on my Polizei  one as well.  I also originally thought it was to help open the bonnet but I'm guessing it's where the steering mechanism connects together between the 'wheel'and the steering rack. I briefly thought it was something to do with ease of assembly so the 2 parts connected together after the model is put together by slinding the pin down inside the body. I reckoned it would be a bit fiddly  trying to marry up the base whilst also trying to connect the steering. But the later models like the learner driver had no opening bonnet so how would they assemble that then? A nice wee mystery!

[bunglebus]

I haven't got pics of one in bits, but I think I found four (!) in various states while going through my projects box. I'll have to disassemble one and show how it goes together, maybe someone will explain what that mystery pin actually does!

[bunglebus]

Terrible pics but my local auction house has some cars coming up - and once again I'm busy and can't attend

https://chelmsfordauctionrooms.co.uk/general_auction/general-auction-listing/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJBoj5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHc-D3JL3TpIUgBy-m1UWHE7bNuYRrfltwMH7_C3UKvGDrh11VtDEuqSyfg_aem_fA8Zs3bvthcPoGKwzsgomw

 

[bunglebus]

Went in Sainsbury's yesterday, offer on 5 packs

But they didn't have this new one I was after

Good selection of Majorette and sister company Jada

Smyths had a bit of a restock, mainly F&F silverlines