Shite in Miniature II

[danthecapriman]

19 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Doing a bit of detail work on the new Mini casting, wasn't happy with the wheels but they're I think the second smallest size Mattel do, and seem to be available as those disc ones, 3 spokes or 5 spokes, that's it. Best looking ones I could find were on the Custom Civic, so that came apart

Which reveled another hidden secret, RC car on the back shelf

Mini interior got absolutely pointless detail you can't see once it's together 

And so

Gold bars just about visible

Might checker the roof? Mabe

Mini looks great. I like a bit of extra interior detail/paint, even if you can’t see it that much. A full interior re-colour always makes a big difference too.

What do you do with all the vehicles you take to bits for the wheels and parts?

[junkyarddog]

Picked this wheel-less Corgi juniors Batmobile up last Saturday at the market. 

Felt sorry for it.

HOLY MAKEOVER BATMAN!!

Decided to get Metallic Grey rather than black,some red sharpie details and a coat of clear later we have this.

You like Adam West as Bat man Smoll Eddy?

"Think I need an Eartha Kitt M8"

(Oh yeah,the Bat antenna is a result of drilling though the casting🙄)

 

[Datsuncog]

Horrid day.

But I took a rather cold and damp spin through the market, just for jolly. 

Tat Stall actually had some tat, for a change! 

Not a wild amount, though. 

Mostly railway scale stuff - EFE, Oxford and Atlas. 

Some Corgi Trackside and a smattering of MoYs and Matchbox Dinky too - in fairness, not terrible value at a fiver. 

Reproduction Hornby Dublo models were a new one on me. 

Vitesse DS on inflatable balls (per a contemporary promotional photo) is one I recall from my model shop days - no bugger wanted them then either, and I think we struggled to get shot of them at a fiver back in 1996 or so. 

Big Bburago bus was also one unfamiliar to me. 

Weird Code 3 Corgi Classics Leyland Tiger Cub in 1/50 scale - redone as a burger van, for some reason? 

Good to see, but nothing to really tickle me today. 

A stroll across to the Irish Tat Stall revealed a Vanguards XR2i in white, which did generate a lot of WANT in me but at £37 it was staying on the shelf today. 

Colin on the stall had a few Tamiya plastic kits, unexpectedly. 

And the Norev Torino and Charger were quite appealing too... 

They kinda looked a little smaller than 1/43 scale though. Or maybe it was just my tired eyes. 

Some Hot Wheels Premium twin packs were nice, but not for me either. 

He says he'll order up some more Matchbox Collectors series cars too - they're selling well for him, but he's very little left. 

Some of the other antiques stalls are still knocking out stray diecast here and there. 

Oh, hullo... 

Ah. Goodbye. 

Alan had a little more out on his 50p Tat Tray, though... 

Actually quite a few recent Hot Wheels amongst the dross. 

But I either had them already, or they were a bit too far gone for my liking. 

So in the end I settled for a coffee and a cinnamon bun to give my morning a bit of a zing

PRO TIP: don't let them put your frosted bun in a plastic bag, or else you'll end up with a baldy bun and a frosted bag. 

And you don't want that. 

Happy Friday, kids! 

[Datsuncog]

Also: Cash Converters need to make a concerted effort to get their staff off the crack pipe:

£12 for a Bburago you can still buy off the shelf in Home Bargains for something like £4? 

Yeah, nah. 

These Matchbox are still on sale, some six months after I first clocked them in May. Escort Cabrio is good, though pity the Golf's box is torn. 

At £19 a go, I daresay they'll be here a while yet. 

It wouldn't be quite so insulting if they didn't still have the £5 price sticker from the model shop in Smithfield stuck on the bottom... 

[Datsuncog]

Oh, and a tat box from @155V6 also landed earlier in the week - just got to open it today.

Dunno why I didn't pick up the Ryu Asada memorial Subaru SVX when it was current; but good to finally have it. 

I owned the Hot Wheels K.I.T.T. before (along with a number of other Screen Time releases, like the Back To The Future DMC-10, Scooby Doo Mystery Machine, and Homer's car from The Simpsons) but foolishly sold them all. So, great to have this one again! 

The Matchbox '55 Cadillac Fleetwood is a lovely casting, and not one I've owned previously. 

Fantastic, thanks so much!

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, danthecapriman said:

Mini looks great. I like a bit of extra interior detail/paint, even if you can’t see it that much. A full interior re-colour always makes a big difference too.

What do you do with all the vehicles you take to bits for the wheels and parts?

I've got several boxes (the 72 car Hot Wheels ones funny enough) full of donor cars and project cars, as well as various tubs full of wheels, glass, engines etc etc. 98% I'll probably never use but now and again I find just what I need. Got an unusual interior colour Draguar here that needs an engine, worked out today it's the same one use in the Speed Kings Cougar/Charger, so I've got spares

[bunglebus]

57 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

At £19 a go, I daresay they'll be here a while yet.... 

Shame, as that Quantum Golf is quite a hard one to find - probably about the eBay price I'd say

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

Some Hot Wheels Premium twin packs were nice, but not for me either

I don't remember that Corvette set, it's either old or new, time for research 

*edit* 2024 apparently 

[Tenmil Socket]

21 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Shame, as that Quantum Golf is quite a hard one to find - probably about the eBay price I'd say

I was going to say I hadn’t seen that Golf before. 

[sheffcortinacentre]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Some more diecast oddities and weirdos have come my way today, I was on Vinted the other morning and someone had listed a load of interesting stuff. What do you think is in here?

I'll come back to that. First off all, one of the weirdest Matchbox vehicles you're likely to come across, a Zoomie Balloonie Mean Motha, and the first entirely complete one I've found. Looking forward to terrorising the cat with this one later

Hot on the heals of the US only 57 Chevy, a US only Model A

I'm sure I can tidy it up a bit. This one's much nicer anyway

There was also this lovely Laser Wheels Merc

This was listed as a Matchbox, but is definitely a cheeky Mira copy

Didn't do quite as well with this Majorette Golf, it looked like a tidy original 

But it's been masked and resprayed 

Newish Maisto 57 promotional is an interesting one, with better wheels treatment to go with  the pearl paint it would look really class. Screwed on base means tinkering is easy

The Matchbox Collectible, any guesses? I bet it wasn't this

Mad isn't it? Never seen the Dinky 59 in anything but the standard colours, this looks like its crashed into an 80s McDonald's 

Only seen ballonies in the catalogue & never seen the 59 caddy.

[bunglebus]

That an a naked one are all I have 

 

[eddyramrod]

Today I was able to collect my box from @155V6!  I don't know when it actually landed at my Parcel Depot but now it's in the boot of the Omega.

So here's the box, above; and below is how it was packed (beautifully)...

And these are the contents!

Every one of them nicer than I expected.  Very happy, 5* seller.

[Spottedlaurel]

This week's HWs:

And more excitingly, a few more of those Tomica Premiums:

They really are very nice things for £10 or so each (one or two were a bit more).

All have some form of opening feature, bespoke wheels and working suspension.

Even pop-up lights on some of them, operated by a little lever underneath.

[sierraman]

11 hours ago, bunglebus said:

That an a naked one are all I have 

 

Are those the VW Camper wheels?

[FakeConcern]

1 hour ago, Spottedlaurel said:

 

 

And more excitingly, a few more of those Tomica Premiums:

They really are very nice things for £10 or so each (one or two were a bit more).

All have some form of opening feature, bespoke wheels and working suspension.

Even pop-up lights on some of them, operated by a little lever underneath.

Those Tomicas look really nice, I had to look them up to check the scale and if they'd been 1/43 I'd definitely be buying the Supra!

[Spottedlaurel]

1 minute ago, FakeConcern said:

Those Tomicas look really nice, I had to look them up to check the scale and if they'd been 1/43 I'd definitely be buying the Supra!

They are very nice, and coming just in an old Superfast-style box they're easy to store and/or display.

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, sierraman said:

Are those the VW Camper wheels?

Narrow Superfasts certainly, as fitted to various things of the era. although there are a surprising number of different diameters etc to be found when you're after the correct ones for a project!

[danthecapriman]

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

Those Tomicas look really nice, I had to look them up to check the scale and if they'd been 1/43 I'd definitely be buying the Supra!

I was thinking the same. I don’t do small scale ones though unfortunately.

Really lovely models though @Spottedlaurel 👍    
The only Tomica I’ve had that I can remember was a Mercedes, which was an older one, but it was a mile ahead of most of its competitors in the small scale(s). Really well made, great detail etc.

[bunglebus]

Decided to checker the roof of the Mini

As you can see, I also found it some race numbers. It did start off as 3, but like an idiot I then masked it up and the tape pulled the decals off!

37 being Paddy Hopkirk's number, 7 was the next choice. Both "good" numbers for me anyway.

Somehow this very shiny Darda buggy survived its journey here in a thin aspirin box!

[danthecapriman]

Dodge pickup is now blue. 
I pre warmed the casting and the paint and it’s worked fine.

Good tester for the shade of blue too. I’m calling that good for US Airforce blue. Despite it actually being a Naval colour.

Had a quick play with my little diorama too!

[bunglebus]

This one's had a long hard journey, I bought this at the end of September off Vinted, and it never arrived. For some reason it went back to the seller, eventually getting there on the 11th of November, at which point it was already broken. She re-sold it to me for a pound on the 15th, and it finally got to me today! The reason for the breakage is clear, just a jiffy bag

Shame, as the KS Toys Golf is pretty rare with the roof rack intact

A bit of glue later and it looks a bit better

I have a spare Golf so the pillar damage isn't the end of the world, but I may still try and fix it.

In other news, having spent years looking for and eventually finding a perfect green Superkings Volvo, of course a boxed one came up for the same price...

[morrisoxide]

50p finds.

Minty Golf with surfboards!! Novacar Espace and what looks like a Carlton?

[Datsuncog]

Mail call yesterday brought forth these two beauties:

Thanks Rich! Absolutely delighted with the pair of them. 

Your box is on its way too, btw! 

[Hertz]

Gave the collection a polish whilst putting up the decorations. Always make me smile this lot. Only 18 days to go folks!

 

[ambassador84]

20 hours ago, morrisoxide said:

50p finds.

Minty Golf with surfboards!! Novacar Espace and what looks like a Carlton?

Welly Opel Omega/Vauxhall Carlton. Probably unique in this scale.

[FakeConcern]

A small local toy fair today which can be a bit hit or miss. Today it was a hit for me.

Seller number 1

Amazing to see a Gama Calibra again for a good price, hopefully I can use this one as a template for some windows on the one I got last time. 1/36 Corgi Rolls £8, Saico, Type R £5, Norev Pug 309 £6, Gama Vauxhall £8, Gama M1 £6. He let me have the lot for £27.

Scrap Corgi Buick and Citroen £3 for the two.

A year or so ago I bought a Dinky Austin Westminster from this seller and he had some more today for cheap (£2 each) so I got two, both different colours from the one I have already and added in the Dinky Cunningham for another £1.

While I was chatting to the seller, the chap next to him joined in and I asked about a few of his and bought a Saico Impreza £3 Previa £1, Corgi 205 in interesting package and plain white £2 and a tiny V70 for £1. I was about to pay when he offered the Corgi 1/36 Mercedes to make it up to £10, yes please!

A book to make me want lots oif stuff I can't get £10

Then I went back to the seller with the Westminsters and looked at two I usually wouldn't be interested in, but when he said £20 for the pair I looked properly and decided they were actually very nice. I remember as a kid turning over the page with the Corgi Classics in my catalogue really quickly, but offered £15 for them and here we are!

Not sure why I'm so pleased with them really

Here's everything

[AndyW201]

I wasn't really  in the mood to go chasing diecast while shopping this weekend. What I did see was nothing new, more Matchbox in Tescotainer but still no Celica. Bloody annoying as that was the one that I really wanted out of that case. Problem is, so does everyone else seemingly, cant even get one cheaply on AliExpress. Didnt even waste my time and fuel traipsing over to Smyths either.

I did have a mail call though. Probably have to be the last diecast purchase until Christmas as I've got a couple of items put away.

Yeah, I'm not expecting this to be everyone's cuppa, to be honest it's a bit modern for even my tastes, but it's still a Merc in miniature, and I do love a nice dealer packaged model. And the packaging on this is quite special.

So its a model of the facelift W213 E Class. (I actually had to look up the model code. My interest in Mercs kind of wanes after the early 2000s... 😆). Merc dealer models have traditionally tended to be from either Minichamps or Herpa, this one though is by iScale. The only other model I have by them is an Opel Astra OPC coupé and it is a fantastic wee thing, so I had high hopes for this one.

It didn't disappoint, it's actually a very well detailed model. It's the AMG-line version so has big blingy alloys and extra body bits, along with the sports grille, which is captured very well.

Front and rear detailing are to the usual premium standard, at least as good as Minichamps.

Hard to capture, but interior detail is also high, including the LED clocks and multimedia display,

With an eBay voucher code, it came out at about £12 plus postage, which I don't think is bad for a premium quality 1/43 dealer model. I hate to think how much these were going for in the posh glass cabinets, in the MB showrooms!

[RoadworkUK]

3 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

A small local toy fair today which can be a bit hit or miss. Today it was a hit for me.

Seller number 1

 

Cor, that Norev 306+3 is lush.

(everything else you picked up is pretty handsome, but the 306 is glorious)

[Hertz]

5 minutes ago, RoadworkUK said:

Cor, that Norev 306 is lush.

(everything else you picked up is pretty handsome, but the 306 is glorious)

The 309's nice as well 😜

[RoadworkUK]

59 minutes ago, Hertz said:

The 309's nice as well 😜

My mind is still full of 306 ever since parting with ours. I'm driving a 306 to work tomorrow (its actually an electric Vauxhall Grandland)