Shite in Miniature II

[Split_Pin]

£8.07 from AliExpress.

1:24 scale and makes a Lada-like engine noise.

It was sent wrapped only in some very thin black plastic, so the box was utterly fuqquered.

Love it though 😂

[paulplom]

4 hours ago, Christine said:

That police volvo goes 'whoop whoop,  stop  this is the police !'   really loud  ,   when you press down on it .  The postman musta been puzzled !   

Do you want it back? Sounds like you miss it.

[paulplom]

6 hours ago, MAF260 said:

How much for the 2 Hot Wheels at the back please?

I'd rather send you the lot if you pay for postage.

[Christine]

No ta ! Eddie would , coz police! 

[MAF260]

6 minutes ago, paulplom said:

I'd rather send you the lot if you pay for postage.

Would you mind pricing up the postage please and I can then decide. I'm sure I can pass on anything I don't want to keep. Thanks.

[Spottedlaurel]

From today's visit to the small toy fair in Norwich:

 

Almost inevitable that after not being able to find a Chrysler 180 for years another one should turn up. Rather lurid salmon pink! SEAT 128 3P by Mira is a nice thing.

Husky Transit has its tailgate - I can see why they're often missing, it's quite delicate. Also a mystery blob of foam inside it.

Plus these from a visit to Smyths.

[bunglebus]

20 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Husky Transit has its tailgate - I can see why they're often missing, it's quite delicate. 

It's because they're held in by the glass, which cracks in the corners, releasing the tailgate. Even if you find a replacement it won't stay on

[FakeConcern]

@paulplomIf you want to post the lot to me (let me know how much) and I'm happy to keep what I want then distribute the other bits to whoever wants them. How about that as a solution?

[bunglebus]

3 hours ago, RayMK said:

@bunglebus More out of curiosity rather than want,  what is :

?

Your guess is as good as mine! Probably a copy of a Hong Kong tinplate 

[Tenmil Socket]

I picked up 2 job lots earlier from the shop but the seller had already contacted me explaining they’d sent me someone else’s too and it was some kids birthday present. They could have used better packaging!

Below is what I’m keeping… the 205 is terribly wonderful!

 

The rest will be going on eBay unless there’s something you’re interested in then PM me.

 

The below is free…

 

[RayMK]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Your guess is as good as mine! Probably a copy of a Hong Kong tinplate 

Potentially pricey!! 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335343715876?chn=ps&_ul=GB&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&google_free_listing_action=view_item

[eddyramrod]

@Tenmil Socket could you put the grey Saab aside for me please?

[bunglebus]

It's been a busy day today, so let's have a look at what I found. Starting with an eBay win

It came with a fairly decent Corvette

Late Jeep from the boot sale

Clean Land Rover

50p Revin' Rebel

Tidy Stretcha Fetcha

I'd like to do a custom Draguar, this one has decent glazing

SM isn't too bad

This was a good pick, late big arch Continental 

Clean DAF

Pleased with this Majorette Volvo too

This one amused me, who remembers the Boddingtons adverts that poked fun at oh-so-serious efforts from the likes of Calvin Klein? Interesting to see the famous ice cream van recreated

Last Majorette is this orphaned trailer

Tatty Corgi short oval racer

Clean Capri

And the first of two gold Eldorados today

Here's the other, by Lone Star 

MC Toys 928 is so obviously a Matchbox facsimile 

Zylmex Porsche 910

And the infamous "Fire Bird Transan"

This one's a bit of a head scratcher - does that say Road Champs on the base?

Guisval Fiesta is one of the late, plastic base efforts, and obviously missing a couple of semi-vital components. Might do as a donor though, and at 25p who's complaining?

This Tomica Midget cost four times that

Kidco Lockups, unlocked and with all tyres

Another oddity, 80s Transformer, think it's G1 Grove, can't work out how it actually transforms yet

This one has no branding at all, kinda makes me think of Lucky though?

Last bike, and again unidentified - Avon tyre must be a clue

Next up, the Outspan Orange! I had a go in one of these when I was a kid - from Oxford Diecast of all people 

Vitesse Trabant is more appealing than some of the efforts I've seen over the years

Dinky Moke

And lastly this stupid limo, which seems to be a rip off of the Majorette Cadillac. It has four opening doors, sliding sunroof, pull back motor and a ridiculous drag racing rake

[bunglebus]

An adventure into Basildon after the boot sale netted me this one, a subtle recolour I nearly missed

Here's the previous version 

What a crazy thing to do, same packaging, wheels, graphics, yet dark blue instead of black.

The Entertainer had a full set of Hot Ones, so I got the remaining six. The paint on these really glows

[bunglebus]

Lastly, I collected this Guisval from the Post Orifice on my way home. According to the seller, he bought it new, and clearly looked after it 

[sheffcortinacentre]

2 hours ago, RayMK said:

Potentially pricey!! 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335343715876?chn=ps&_ul=GB&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&google_free_listing_action=view_item

It's on the tip of my tongue, think it's a ripoff of a frisky or something.

The gold drag bike might be by Britain's, I think I had a larger friction one ( with a pair of small wheels under the centre).

[Tenmil Socket]

14 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

@Tenmil Socket could you put the grey Saab aside for me please?

No problem but it has 1 tyre missing if that changes your mind?

[eddyramrod]

Not a worry.  Thank you   I'm sure we'll have enough for a box soon!

[Tenmil Socket]

6 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Not a worry.  Thank you   I'm sure we'll have enough for a box soon!

There’s a Morris Minor van and a Ford Anglia too, both are Saico.

 

[eddyramrod]

Yes I spotted those.  Thank you for the offer, but I don't have room to work in 1/32.  Accommodating all my 1/43s is getting exciting enough!

[junkyarddog]

Couldn't help but feel sorry for this kid paint Honda N600 from the local car boot sale. 

A quick scrub later,and thankfully the paint came right off.

Result😎

[danthecapriman]

Well, that took a damn sight more filing and cutting than I was hoping but…

We now have the makings of a Transit minibus! 
I marked the new windows out using the existing ones in the side doors and photos/drawings as a guide, then drilled loads of holes all around the inside of the marks. Then joined the dots with a tiny razor saw. 
Filing it out afterwards back to the marked lines, which took ages. I could have used the dremmel but didn’t trust it, at least by hand you have more control. 
I’ve added seats in rows inside the back too. Only major thing left to do is decide on what I’ll do with the rear door.

[loserone]

What Renault is in this ball?

https://www.vinted.co.uk/items/6976673733-retro-renault-advertising-bouncy-ball?referrer=catalog

 

[EyesWeldedShut]

4 minutes ago, loserone said:

What Renault is in this ball?

https://www.vinted.co.uk/items/6976673733-retro-renault-advertising-bouncy-ball?referrer=catalog

 

 

Beefy Clio for the S1600 series maybe?
Vel Satis yellow taxi would be cooler.

Better pictures on this link
https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/collection/2951884285

[warch]

 

It seems the old Corgi Classics range, which comprised 1:50 scale models of lorries and 1:43 scale models of cars and vans is the new Models of Yesteryear, i.e. quite nice diecast models of brightly coloured commercial vehicles from 'the good old days' which were collected by giffers and disposed of after they died. They're now worth sod all due to market oversaturation. (see also model trains, EFE buses and probably those Oxford Diecast cars as well). 

This ebay impulse purchase (cost me a fiver plus a couple of quid postage) is a model of a Foden FG which were introduced in the late 40s. I quite like old lorries and managed to see a real one of these at the Shrewsbury Steam Rally last weekend. I especially like the 2 stroke diesel engines they fitted in these and later models during the 50s and 60s.   

The actual model is lovely, no moving parts sadly, but nicely detailed and satisfying chunky. It came with all the bits including two unpainted plastic figures, a driver and obligatory British jobsworth (bald, storeman's coat, clipboard) and slightly redundant limited edition certificate (these had huge production runs). The load is a nice feature as well.

An interesting printed detail on the fuel tank relates to the fact that lorries were limited to a glacial 20mph until iirc 1957 when the limit was raised to 30mph. 

[SilverMachine]

1 hour ago, warch said:

 

It seems the old Corgi Classics range, which comprised 1:50 scale models of lorries and 1:43 scale models of cars and vans is the new Models of Yesteryear, i.e. quite nice diecast models of brightly coloured commercial vehicles from 'the good old days' which were collected by giffers and disposed of after they died. They're now worth sod all due to market oversaturation. (see also model trains, EFE buses and probably those Oxford Diecast cars as well). 

This ebay impulse purchase (cost me a fiver plus a couple of quid postage) is a model of a Foden FG which were introduced in the late 40s. I quite like old lorries and managed to see a real one of these at the Shrewsbury Steam Rally last weekend. I especially like the 2 stroke diesel engines they fitted in these and later models during the 50s and 60s.   

The actual model is lovely, no moving parts sadly, but nicely detailed and satisfying chunky. It came with all the bits including two unpainted plastic figures, a driver and obligatory British jobsworth (bald, storeman's coat, clipboard) and slightly redundant limited edition certificate (these had huge production runs). The load is a nice feature as well.

An interesting printed detail on the fuel tank relates to the fact that lorries were limited to a glacial 20mph until iirc 1957 when the limit was raised to 30mph. 

thats a nice model, although i didnt know they were 'limited' to 20mph, you can see why they still used horses to pull the dray locally! as a kid i was always fascinated by the neon stars on some of the pubs - now i know they were on the scottish and newcastle pubs, being relativley close to them here. vaux never had anything as eye catching! but camerons had a lion which  was nice and i think is the only brewer still going in there original location? or did they stop and restart a few years later....? im sure there was a while that you couldnt get strongarm easily anyway!

[danthecapriman]

2 hours ago, warch said:

 

It seems the old Corgi Classics range, which comprised 1:50 scale models of lorries and 1:43 scale models of cars and vans is the new Models of Yesteryear, i.e. quite nice diecast models of brightly coloured commercial vehicles from 'the good old days' which were collected by giffers and disposed of after they died. They're now worth sod all due to market oversaturation. (see also model trains, EFE buses and probably those Oxford Diecast cars as well). 

This ebay impulse purchase (cost me a fiver plus a couple of quid postage) is a model of a Foden FG which were introduced in the late 40s. I quite like old lorries and managed to see a real one of these at the Shrewsbury Steam Rally last weekend. I especially like the 2 stroke diesel engines they fitted in these and later models during the 50s and 60s.   

The actual model is lovely, no moving parts sadly, but nicely detailed and satisfying chunky. It came with all the bits including two unpainted plastic figures, a driver and obligatory British jobsworth (bald, storeman's coat, clipboard) and slightly redundant limited edition certificate (these had huge production runs). The load is a nice feature as well.

An interesting printed detail on the fuel tank relates to the fact that lorries were limited to a glacial 20mph until iirc 1957 when the limit was raised to 30mph. 

They are lovely models, I’m not sure they’re anywhere near as bad as the Models of Yesteryear though😄

My biggest problem with them is the choice of scale! Why on earth pick 1:50 FFS!? Then do the cars in 1:43! So you can’t display/play with them together because of the size difference! 
Or is it just me with OCD about it.

That scale thing has pissed me off about Corgi trucks for years. They do some really lovely trucks and absolutely loads of British ones but all in that bizarre scale. 
When I started doing the 1:43 collecting and custom builds I sold all mine. Some do still have a bit of value to them. There’s one lone survivor here:

I need to glue the bumper back on actually! 
I don’t know if I’ll keep it or not tbh as it’s not 1:43, although it is one of my favourite trucks which is probably why it’s still here.

[warch]

20 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

They are lovely models, I’m not sure they’re anywhere near as bad as the Models of Yesteryear though😄

My biggest problem with them is the choice of scale! Why on earth pick 1:50 FFS!? Then do the cars in 1:43! So you can’t display/play with them together because of the size difference! 
Or is it just me with OCD about it.

That scale thing has pissed me off about Corgi trucks for years. They do some really lovely trucks and absolutely loads of British ones but all in that bizarre scale

I was thinking more in terms of the collecting demographic whereby they were bought en masse by people who would expect them to increase in value. 

Corgi Classics did market stuff of two different scales, frequently in the same box, so you'd get a lorry and a van together for example. I prefer things to be the same scale. Interestingly the old Corgi Landrover (introduced in the 1960s and derived from an earlier version) they rehashed for this range is about 1:50 scale.

In fairness WSI, Tekno, Solido etc also do trucks at 1:50 so it is a recognised scale especially in Europe. The really odd thing is that as these scales are derived from railway scale standards that British O gauge is apparently about 1:43 scale, whereas US O gauge is more like 1:48, but most US truck models are 1:43 (?). 

 

[danthecapriman]

29 minutes ago, warch said:

I was thinking more in terms of the collecting demographic whereby they were bought en masse by people who would expect them to increase in value. 

Corgi Classics did market stuff of two different scales, frequently in the same box, so you'd get a lorry and a van together for example. I prefer things to be the same scale. Interestingly the old Corgi Landrover (introduced in the 1960s and derived from an earlier version) they rehashed for this range is about 1:50 scale.

In fairness WSI, Tekno, Solido etc also do trucks at 1:50 so it is a recognised scale especially in Europe. The really odd thing is that as these scales are derived from railway scale standards that British O gauge is apparently about 1:43 scale, whereas US O gauge is more like 1:48, but most US truck models are 1:43 (?). 

 

I’m not sure where 1:50 came from to be honest. It does seem more of a European thing that Corgi just got into.

The annoying thing (for me!) is that if you want cars 1:43 has most things covered. But if you want trucks you’re screwed if you want British stuff. Likewise buses. There’s a few off the shelf ones available but not much at all. Lots of the O gauge railway modellers do actually use Corgi 1:50 trucks but it does stand out as being too small. There’s not a huge amount of choice though unless you start chopping things up and building your own. Although I suppose it does give me something to do!

Corgi are still doing the range of 1:50 trucks and buses but I don’t think it’s called Classics anymore. They do a lot of more modern vehicles now. It must be popular as there’s a huge cottage industry making accessories, spares and code3 parts for them.

[warch]

14 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

I’m not sure where 1:50 came from to be honest. It does seem more of a European thing that Corgi just got into.

The annoying thing (for me!) is that if you want cars 1:43 has most things covered. But if you want trucks you’re screwed if you want British stuff. Likewise buses. There’s a few off the shelf ones available but not much at all. Lots of the O gauge railway modellers do actually use Corgi 1:50 trucks but it does stand out as being too small. There’s not a huge amount of choice though unless you start chopping things up and building your own. Although I suppose it does give me something to do!

Corgi are still doing the range of 1:50 trucks and buses but I don’t think it’s called Classics anymore. They do a lot of more modern vehicles now. It must be popular as there’s a huge cottage industry making accessories, spares and code3 parts for them.

I have seen a few 1/43 scale trucks I'd quite fancy, especially those IXO partwork ones.

I mean check out this awesome Pegaso 'Chinese Six' fire service type vehicle.