Shite in Miniature II

[sheffcortinacentre]

4 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

That's true.

Anyway, I went into Hobbycraft tonight and the store manager didn’t even known what Plasticard was 😂😂

So I'll maybe just carry in with the 14 meantime until it arrives from somewhere online.

I find nowadays staff at all levels don't have a clue re what the company they work for does, all they know is how to sell stuff.

[Spottedlaurel]

Not very up-to-date reportage from last weekend......

Saturday morning autojumble and show:

Bought a few things from this seller before. Slight mark-up on what they would have been originally, but he seems like a decent chap and they're all things I'd have struggled to find myself. He was the source of the Speed Graphics Civic and Corgi 911s I got for @bunglebus

 

Randoms from various stalls, I think only the red Mercury wagon cost me any more than £1.

[sierraman]

6 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

I find nowadays staff at all levels don't have a clue re what the company they work for does, all they know is how to sell stuff.

See Halfords…

[Spottedlaurel]

Then onto the Sunday morning toy fair just outside Ipswich. This had bonus @trigger content, when I saw him by chance and got a look at his Mk2 Cavalier (and ever-improving Escort Cabriolet). Also, by neat coincidence, the P-reg Dolomite he owned a while back was parked at the toy fair.

Corgis, I think all 50p each.

Majorettes, all 50p each apart from the 127 at £1. Excalibur and Ferrari F1 are new to me.

Randoms. Diddy Rav4 and Land Cruiser came from a model train stall, Pajero seems to be similar scale. Larger Land Cruiser and terrible 300ZX no-brand Chinese, and the Impreza by Maisto. Thought that might find a home next time I have a stall selling kits etc at the local Japanese car meet.

Toyotas, Mazda and Merc were £2, remainder 50p each.

Then onto shops:

Multipacks from Asda, rest from Smyths. The Toyota truck/off-roader set wasn't something I knew about so a nice bonus, shame they didn't have the Land Cruiser 80 from the series but fortunately that's been located for me.

 

260Z was the main point of interest in the Majorette set, I'm not sure if they've ever released it separately (I haven't seen it, even in France). Compare and contrast with their older 2+2 version (slightly smaller scale).

And finally, an arrival from @bunglebus in the week.

[Datsuncog]

I happened to be passing the charity shop again yesterday and this time I had a handful of small change, so I went in...

The others had gone, but this one was still in the basket - so I nabbed it.

The towing hook's a little bit chewed, and there's some rustiness around the axles, but if anyone fancies taking this Chevrolet wrecker on at 20p do let me know!

[ambassador84]

11 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I've got a bit of a mad work schedule at the moment, so I've not been home to look through my newest goodies until tonight.

Starting with Hot Wheels, the Mrs was kind/silly enough to intercept Entertainer's latest delivery via video call while I was away, and came home with a large stack for me, although this Porsche was one I found in Home Bargains on Tuesday 

Taking of which, the new colour 911 keyring was located

As well as the Mustang Funny Car

Nice purple Dodge

And a bit of a bonkers Mazda

GR86 in a kind of orangy bronze

Stripey Viper

And Ford GT

I'm not a Ferrari kind of guy, I suppose this one's significant after Mattel's long break from having the licence for them - but I don't think I'll be keeping it

Most of the fantasy stuff doesn't excite me, but I quite like the styling of the Madfast, reminds me of both jet dragsters from the 70s and fantasy Matchbox of the same era 

Mattel Dream Mobile looks really good in red to celebrate 80 years of the company - not an easy one to photograph though

Gordon Murray in a new colour

As is the Mustang in a classic black

The paint on the Mercedes is nuts, absolutely love this

Miura also looking good in black and gold

But this looks even better. I've been itching to find this 635

Head and tail lights are part of the window unit, so customising it should give great results 

However this one's staying exactly as it is!

Well done to your missus for finding that ever elusive Ferrari! I was at a The Entertainer store on Tuesday as I "was passing" and hoping it was their delivery day. The good news was a delivery was due imminently. The bad news is that there were already at least 6 middle aged men clearly on the spectrum and having never heard of personal hygiene waiting for the new Hot Wheels. I didn't fancy hanging around!

[danthecapriman]

8 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

I find nowadays staff at all levels don't have a clue re what the company they work for does, all they know is how to sell stuff.

See also: management of companies. They’re career managers. They’re not people who have learned about that company and started at the bottom of it on the ‘shop floor’ then worked their way up. That’s how it should be done. 
We had some useless twat who was the manager of a carpet company get a high up management job at the place I worked at - wtf does a carpet shop manager know about how to run an electricity company!?! He couldn’t even wire a plug! 
After a few incompetent decisions and a load of money wasted he was sent on his way after upsetting another manager.

 

Back on subject…

I got this yesterday. 
Another one of those SAVA Austin J4’s.

[bunglebus]

8 minutes ago, ambassador84 said:

Well done to your missus for finding that ever elusive Ferrari! I was at a The Entertainer store on Tuesday as I "was passing" and hoping it was their delivery day. The good news was a delivery was due imminently. The bad news is that there were already at least 6 middle aged men clearly on the spectrum and having never heard of personal hygiene waiting for the new Hot Wheels. I didn't fancy hanging around!

Yours if you want it 

[bramz7]

Dibs on the Ferrari if @ambassador84 doesn't want it, please. 

 

Found another TH at Morrisons this week.

 

5 so far this year, not terrible.

[ambassador84]

27 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Yours if you want it 

 

27 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Yours if you want it 

Thank you.

I'm off to Spain today for a week and if I'm not successful over there I'll take you up on your offer 😀😀

[barrett]

12 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

We went into Arundel for a coffee and looked in the junk shops, some nice stuff today, but didn't buy any...

I think I can probably guess, but what shop was that? I see a cheeky Pilen 204 which isn't something that comes up very often. Pricing all over the place there but the R17 seems like a decent price.

[flat4alfa]

10 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

I find nowadays staff at all levels don't have a clue re what the company they work for does, all they know is how to sell stuff.

Because all they have experienced is minimum wage and zero prospects 

[MiniMinorMk3]

12 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I'll come back to that delivery shortly, but first a different one - Matchbox Dinky Porsche 356. I'm not tempted to try and find all of this series, but they are nicely made things, and I've never had my mits on this one before

 

 

I got on of those when they were first issued. It was far better than the 356 Speedster that was part of teh Corgi Classics range. Those Matchbox Dinky always seemed to be well proportioned. 

[bunglebus]

43 minutes ago, bramz7 said:

5 so far this year, not terrible.

Morrisons don't give a shite about the packaging clearly, I had one of those security tags stuck on the front/top of the Matchbox 8 packs. If they get nicked it's usually without the card anyway!

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, sierraman said:

See Halfords…

https://uk.indeed.com/cmp/Halfords/reviews?ftext=rota

[sierraman]

11 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

https://uk.indeed.com/cmp/Halfords/reviews?ftext=rota

I can’t see them lasting, the car parts side is virtually gone. They are still obviously doing the fitting bulbs sketch, I did see the other week one of their ‘experts’ doing something involved looking around replacing a battery. I would not have confidence in them getting something like that right, they’re basically just kids playing at it that’s done a fucking day course. 🤣

[bunglebus]

I honestly don't know how they've lasted, they didn't know their arse from their elbow in 1998 when I started there, and the employees seem to agree it's still the same now if I speak to them. Plenty of other ex-Halfords staff have similar stories @Datsuncog

[danthecapriman]

16 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I honestly don't know how they've lasted, they didn't know their arse from their elbow in 1998 when I started there, and the employees seem to agree it's still the same now if I speak to them. Plenty of other ex-Halfords staff have similar stories @Datsuncog

The garage I used to work in was part of a shared unit with Halfords. A long time ago it used to be the Halfords garage workshop. Because Halfords was next door we had a trade account with them but also occasionally helped them out with the fitting if they struggled.

I have never seen such incompetent ‘fitters’ in my life! They were all just untrained kids doing a part time job between college courses. Many were nice enough people but they certainly had absolutely no idea what they were doing with cars. 
One good thing they kept doing though was opening up the cases of Halfords tools out of the shop cabinets so they could use the tools on the fitting work, but they were so slack they constantly kept leaving the tool sets out in the car park! 
In the end we stopped taking them back inside for them and kept them! It didn’t seem to matter though, which is strange considering those sets must be £100 or so a time! 
Given how complex cars are now there’s no way I’d trust them on one.

[Noel Tidybeard]

rabbit hole discovered, fallen down, ordered

https://uk.corgi.co.uk/products/screen-stars-ford-capri-mk2-20s-diamond-white-jaguar-xj6-series-2-silver-cc91992

[MiniMinorMk3]

4 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Back on subject…

I got this yesterday. 
Another one of those SAVA Austin J4’s.

I thought, is that an Oxford? A quick web search tell me it is an IXO/Altaya model. Here's another version that has some excellent shite connotations. Found for sale in Brazil.

Sava J4 Austin Servicio de Competición SEAT 1:43 Ixo Models – Totalcar Miniatures

San Miguel version can be found on Ebay.

The SAVA was facelifted and rebranded as a Pegaso.

SAVA J4 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[MiniMinorMk3]

What's coming from Vanguards in the next few months. Spoiler alert, 13 new Vanguards are being issued, of which 11 are Fords.

 

[danthecapriman]

34 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

I thought, is that an Oxford? A quick web search tell me it is an IXO/Altaya model. Here's another version that has some excellent shite connotations. Found for sale in Brazil.

Sava J4 Austin Servicio de Competición SEAT 1:43 Ixo Models – Totalcar Miniatures

San Miguel version can be found on Ebay.

The SAVA was facelifted and rebranded as a Pegaso.

SAVA J4 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yep, IXO/Altaya casting. I don’t think anyone else does the J4?

SAVA built them under license in Spain, early ones were near as damn it identical to the BMC originals. After BMC/Leyland stopped making them SAVA/Pegaso put their own front end on and carried on selling them.

The San Miguel float version, I’ve got too in addition to 3 or those standard panel vans.

[danthecapriman]

In other news,

Home sweet home!🥳

Loads of organising and messing around to get here but I’m just about done building and organising the shed. 
Paint booth is good, definitely a lot less stinky after painting with it on. It’s an awkward size though. Too big to sit on the bench the other way around how I’d prefer it, but never mind. Extractor outlet should have come out the top ideally. Exhaust tube is attached to the wall so I can put it out the window when in use. 
Fitted some storage trays on the wall in front of the bench too.

It feels like an eternity since I’ve been at this point!

[bunglebus]

After building that shed, a folding spray booth shouldn't be too much of a challenge?

[danthecapriman]

23 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

After building that shed, a folding spray booth shouldn't be too much of a challenge?

Possibly a project for another day. 
I’ve used it a bit more this afternoon, aerosol cans only for now, and it’s very good, but you do have to be careful with how far you spray otherwise the sweep of the can can spray outside of the booth! Not so bad with small models, but bigger things can be a bit awkward. 
I’ve got an airbrush and compressor somewhere too which will go nearby when I dig it out.

That old oven tray is going to be used for paint stripping!

[bunglebus]

Had a job in London today, so diverted to a Smyths on my way home. Initial disappointment as I found a Fast Wagons Volvo pack with no car - but then found one that hadn't been stolen 

They had some of the other in the set too, the Mercedes caught my eye as the paint is rather nice

I needed fuel on the way home, and called into a Tesco that's always absolutely terrible for finding toys. But not today

There was most of the new mix too, although the real goodies like the 635, Ferrari and the Mercedes SEC were already gone. However there was a bit of top shelf eye candy

Oh yeah

Really wasn't expecting that. When I got home there were a few parcels waiting for me, this was a rather pleasing eBay find

Those naughty boys and girls from Mira at it again with a Gruesome Twosome copy - it even has both engines!

Along similar lines, a Hot Wheels Mebetoys Silhouette 

Don't think the original has a spare wheel in the back though

Lastly, found another Siku Caddy. Not quite as nice as the silver one but I'm not complaining 

[155V6]

A couple of bits from the last couple of weeks

Siku Mercedes bus & Majorette caravan

Plastic LR,I'm another one who doesn't collect these 😄

Corgi D Series to go with one of the transporter trailers from the raffle I won a while back

Matchbox Sandcat picked up for @bunglebus

Weird stretched VW Ambulance,50p if anyone wants it?

Lastly a 1/18 Escort for the collection of cars I've had in real life.I just need to remove the tampos or transfers

 

 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, 155V6 said:

Weird stretched VW Ambulance,50p if anyone wants it?

Hell yes 

[AndyW201]

As mentioned earlier, the new Vanguards releases were released today. The Mrs will be happy as she is not going to have to do any shopping for father's day, anniversary or Christmas presents for me now!

The long awaited Mk2 Fiesta tooling has been released, the XR2 has so far only been available as an expensive resin Neo release, so I've already got this one on pre order,

But that's not all! Check out this  bit of base level loveliness,

Plus, with the Monogram Caledonian MG ZT, a Jupiter red Mk2 1300 Sport and that Minder twin pack, there are  quite a few there that I fancy but sadly, restraint has to be showed...

[Metal Guru]

6 minutes ago, AndyW201 said:

As mentioned earlier, the new Vanguards releases were released today. The Mrs will be happy as she is not going to have to do any shopping for father's day, anniversary or Christmas presents for me now!

The long awaited Mk2 Fiesta tooling has been released, the XR2 has so far only been available as an expensive resin Neo release, so I've already got this one on pre order,

But that's not all! Check out this  bit of base level loveliness,

Plus the Monogram Caledonian MG ZT, a Jupiter red Mk2 1600 Sport and that Minder twin pack.

Bloody hell...

Ford Maritime blue. They must have ran out of seas and oceans to call their deep blue by then. I remember having a Baltic blue Fiesta , the year before it was Atlantic blue. Must have been the easiest job at Fords then, thinking up paint colour names.