Shite in Miniature II

[mercrocker]

Blimey, well bought, sir!    Luckily its not a rear wheel needing a tyre!

[sheffcortinacentre]

Is that the blueski mobile from the blueski comrades movie?

[mercrocker]

The one with John Bulowski in it?   

[sierraman]

69b Tractor Shovel bought for a quid. Thought it was a bit pricey at first but seen worse examples going for at least a fiver on ebay

[mercrocker]

Worth a quid for the tyres, those.   Usually the bucket gets broken off too - its one of those toys that is hard to find undamaged.

[Junkman]

There are news from the wonderful warped world of Norev.

 

This is the haul from last weekend's toy fair:

 

 

 

Then I got this:

 

 

 

And this:

 

 

 

The 404 unpacked:

 

 

 

Delightfully distorted Jaaaag:

 

 

 

Ami 6 in full Paris spec:

 

 

 

Nose up Seize:

 

 

 

Mint Deuche:

 

 

 

 

Fiat 2300 k00pay:

 

 

 

Bananaed Rocca boat with pennant, screen and steering wheel:

 

 

 

Remember this disaster?

 

 

 

Well, I fixed it:

 

 

 

 

So this is the current status quo:

 

 

 

 

Also got me this piece of British heavy metal:

 

[Split_Pin]

Fantastic stuff, Ive never seen examples this early at the toy fair I used to go to.

[sierraman]

Fellow Taylor Crane owner!

[Split_Pin]

A few French additions this week and an unbranded shonky 1980s Volvo 760

 

The Murena is a HotWheels 1/43 but I think its an old Polistil issue.

[Junkman]

Fantastic stuff, Ive never seen examples this early at the toy fair I used to go to.

 

Oddly I was hitherto unable to locate any newer stuff.

The latest example I have now is the 404, which has the first version of speed wheels, which makes it what? Early Seventies?

[Split_Pin]

I would say so

[mercrocker]

That dumper truck is nice....Bernard, isn't it?   Don't think I have seen one in miniature form before.

[Split_Pin]

Yes its a Bernard TA. My Cousin had an old broken one when I was a kid and Ive always wanted a half decent one since then. It was about 70p or something so I snapped it up!

[Felly Magic]

I have some cheap Vanguards on their way, one is for spares, and the other a fixer upper, both cheap & from Hatton's. Photos when they turn up

[Datsuncog]

1/43 MiniShite earning its keep.

 

 

 

 

Well, kind of.

 

[Split_Pin]

Love that!

[Felly Magic]

I can haz 2nd hand Vanguardshite. XR2 in resale silver with tiny paint flaws, & the 30th anniversary SD1 Vitesse also in silver, has a missing rear wiper. Fester was £8 & Rover was £9. Happy with em as bound to have a wiper somewhere. Fester was bought as a spares donor. Photos later

[Felly Magic]

Time to add photos of the latest shite in Felly's ever changing mini fleet of crap. Posh packaging for the SD1 as it was done to celebrate 30 years of the V8 beast

 

 

Said SD1, no photo of the missing wiper though

 

 

Donor car Fiesta with paint faults

 

 

L@@K rear wiper now fitted

 

 

Tarted up Fester

 

 

Miseried Fester, now eith crappy seats and boggo rims, and minus it's rear wiper.

 

 

There, happy days, I've heard that Over is a bit rare too. NOICE 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MarvinsMom]

as todays mini fiddling session was a total waste of time,

 

so much so that more things now don't work, than actually do work, and even worse these are things that last week DID work, so now i have to think seriously bout getting rid of that little shit bag mini and just accept the inevitable haircut....

 

to cheer myselt up we went into Whitby to see what was about, and while there visit Alan, the purveyor of the finest* preloved diecast tat in the district.

 

i bought this

 

what you cannot see is the slightly jaunty angle on one of the back wheels cos of a bent axel (or is it trouble with the hydrogas?) and even though its well past the glory days of diecast cars (been from the late '70s) i still really like it. it rolls real nice too!

 

but i like wedges.....

 

i also bought myself this

 

another Commer, this time a Co-Op milk float to match the nasy van i bought recently.

 

this is really nice and bright, ok so it wasn't dirt cheap, but it wasn't crazy stupid expensive either.

 

i still need to get shot of that fuckin' mini though.........

[Split_Pin]

Is that the absolutely tiny wee shop on the High Street? I had a nosey in there last September when I was visiting there.

[Junkman]

Today, I'm going to explain to you - - - life!

 

Life is kind to you. Everything is in perfect harmony.

 

Life is when you receive a parcel that has real stamps on it.

 

 

 

Now.

 

If that parcel, that has real stamps on it, contains this:

 

 

 

That's life.

 

 

Life is not what the fucking EU tells you it is.

 

Life is much more than that.

[Felly Magic]

Ooh nice there JM

[Junkman]

I know.

 

Life.

 

A wonderful thing.

[Split_Pin]

That is indeed what it's all about!

[mercrocker]

Yeah, the EU.....Where Greek sellers can supply Austrians living in Britain with French chod.   Er....Weren't we doing that before politi-bollocks?    As you were. 

BTW that tango Godess is fucking lush.

[MarvinsMom]

life....

 

don't talk to me about life.....

 

[egg]

This is quite appealing, I think.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-BMW-i3-1-64-Scale-Model-Die-Cast-Model-Car-80-42-2-320-228/272807637741

 

[MarvinsMom]

Is that the absolutely tiny wee shop on the High Street? I had a nosey in there last September when I was visiting theif you 

if you mean the "curio corner" opposite the old town hall in the old town, then yes, that is the place!

[Felly Magic]

Love shops like that. Wish we had summat like that round here. Her Junkman's fleet of wonky plastic is impressive to say the least. I know there is a 1/43 scale Sherpa campervan due out in a French partwork very soon, and they've done a Commer PB campervan in the series, I deffo want to get my hands on the Sherpa, even though its a left hand drive version

[Split_Pin]

I have to say that when I visited last September there was absolutely nothing of note Im afraid. Obvs he buys and sells and its just your Donald what you get on the day!