Shite in Miniature II

[junkyarddog]

Tidy Matchbox Mondeo with a less than tidy Probe behind!

 

 

 

[junkyarddog]

Tatty Yat Ming Ford station wagon,

and a Tomica Maserati Merak.

 

[junkyarddog]

60's 70's and 80's Matchbox.

 

[junkyarddog]

Corgi Nsu RO80. In nice shape.

 

Majorette Matra simca bagherra in battered condition.

 

[junkyarddog]

Marx wrecker truck.

Novacar Renault espace.

 

[artdjones]

I remember Lone Star stuff but had forgotten Husky.From my childhood,I mean.

[artdjones]

I just looked up Husky on Wikipedia.I remember buying the Citroen Safari which is the first photo on the article.In Woolworths main shop in Cardiff, when I was aged about 6.

[vulgalour]

When I was little, my great grandma had a tin of toy cars which effectively started my attraction to old Lesney stuff.  I remember a few had those sparkly gemstones headlights but never knew what they were, mainly because I was so little I can't remember any details beyond the headlights.  I guess they must have been Lonestars.  I can't have been more than about five or six, so it's understandable that my memory is a little fuzzy.

[junkyarddog]

Norev Renault 30TS.

 

 

 

 

 

Had to dismantle and clean this as it Was full of silt,wheels had detached from the basepate too.

Cleaned up quite satisfactory.

[junkyarddog]

Transolite Corgi Buick Riviera.

Not in too bad a shape.

A good scrub and new tyres will have it looking reasonable.

 

The Dinky Plod Ford Zodiac and Range Rover Will go in the spares box.

Although the Rangie is just missing it's bonnet.The poor Zody is terminal though.

Shell,glazing and baseplate are decent.

 

 

Was quite a weekend of diecast hunting.

[junkyarddog]

Found another Corgi Cortina estate.

Will repaint this at some point.

 

[junkyarddog]

Last one.

Corgi Renault 5 turbo.

New in box.

 

[Split_Pin]

Lovin' your work!

[Spottedlaurel]

Corgi Ford D series skip truck.

With skip!!

Very hard to find them intact.

 

I have the truck, and I might still have the skip, but I think the arms got snapped-off at some point. And it's been brush-painted matt green. Good to see one in decent nick, I'm pretty sure I can remember being bought that one and first playing with it.

[Datsuncog]

^^^ Think my D Series went the same way - came as part of a multipack, and the boom snapped off in no time. Still have the truck and the skip - glad to see at least one intact example has survived!

[mercrocker]

There was a Husky skip lorry, too.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Predictably, these lost their arms too, rapidly followed by the skip.....Although I did see my old one in a tat box the other day under the bed.   Can't find it now, though! 

 

 

 

Dinky did a nice Albion skip lorry with correctly functioning skip-drop off and tipping ability.  

 

 

 

 

Didn't ever get one of these, though....

[Spottedlaurel]

What I picked up at the Ipswich toyfair (other than snippets of conversations which generally concerned the ailments and afflictions of the traders and buyers attending in rather limited numbers).........

 

 

Bigger stuff. Fiat is by Norev, Saviem SG4 breakdown truck from Solido, missing its hook but can probably raid my son's toybox for something as he doesn't play with them any more, and the rest are by Corgi. I'm more familiar with the ambulance version of the rather angular breakdown truck.

 

 

Random small ones from Majorette and Corgi. Not sure what make the red, stepped-roof Majorette Minibus is meant to be, but it goes nicely with the contents of this.......

 

 

Bought complete with the following:

 

 

A variety of Saviem trucks.

 

 

And a bit of a mixture (with Corgi and Matchbox interlopers). I have playworn examples of some of these which were bought new on a French holiday back in 1980, good to see what they would have looked like before I started playing with them in the gravel surface of the campsite.

 

Edit; Another skip lorry there, neatly linking up with the photos above.

[Datsuncog]

That Albion's lovely - I do have a soft spot for skip trucks, weirdly... I've a nicely detailed Hongwell Cararama jobber somewhere based on an International truck, with a delicate but perfect sliding hydraulic ram and hook mechanism. Ah, the hours I could spend just dropping the skip off and then lifting it back up again...

[egg]

Have some British built shipshite. This was another childhood toy that somehow survived chez egg's parents, remains 'unrestored'.

 

Made by the Star Yacht company in Birkenhead...(70s)

 

[egg]

I got this, and now need to decide whether to spend a tenner with model supplies getting a new track and front sticker, or just 'move it on'...

 

Seeing as ones with original track are a tenner anyway!

 

[mercrocker]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MATCHBOX-1-75-49-1-HALFTRACK-REPLACEMENT-GREY-TRACKS/253512909029?hash=item3b068c00e5:g:Jc0AAOSw-vlVopOD  

 

 

Bit cheaper, and I wouldn't worry about the white star....

[sierraman]

Corgi Mazda pick up purchased for a quid...

[Datsuncog]

^^ Nice one - that's not a colourway that's familiar to me on the Mazda, and good that it's still got its tailgate. 'Brimington Pet Centre' - some sort of Code 2 promo?

[sierraman]

I think someones just lashed it up I think, its almost mint. Boxed ones go for roughly £20-30. So i'd say its a good buy at £1. They did this colour, A gold hulk one, a red one with a camper back on and a yellow motorway maintenance one. Also a 4wd blue version thats quite common. 

[Split_Pin]

I paid about 2 quid for mine which is not in as nearly as good condition as yours, although all parts are present.

 

A really oddball choice of subject for Corgi who released it in 1976 just as the full scale item was going out of production.

[Split_Pin]

Norev Renault 30TS.

 

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Had to dismantle and clean this as it Was full of silt,wheels had detached from the basepate too.

Cleaned up quite satisfactory.

I have the 20 version of this and it has no rear badge. Norev have either tried to fill in the mould or file down each and every casting by hand because you can still faintly see the 'Renault 30' script. I thought that was pretty cool ad a kid.

[Datsuncog]

That's good to know - I've the red one (without the camper back) and was aware of the Hulk, cherry picker and 4x4 versions from seeing them on the shelves at the time (and early-80s Corgi catalogues I've acquired since) - just never spied that two-tone variant, weirdly. Top buying for a quid, agreed! Wish Corgi had modelled more 70s Japanese vehicles, for sure...

[sierraman]

Yeah, really odd choice wasn't it. They did some fairly off the wall stuff like Acclaims, 505's and Preludes. The Prelude is a really rare find these days. 

[Spottedlaurel]

They did this colour, A gold hulk one, a red one with a camper back on and a yellow motorway maintenance one. Also a 4wd blue version thats quite common. 

 

I think Corgi did a nice job with the Mazda. I have a dark green Tarmac-liveried 4x4 alongside a couple of 2wd versions.

[Split_Pin]

Yes, and examples that I actually remembered, like a 100a Cherry, 120y Sunny or a big old Cedric estate.

 

I that decent Japanese model cars are quite hard to find. Hotwheels make a few such as the Datsun pickup, 180B estate and 1980s models like the EK Civic, CRX, Honda City and Nissan Skyline but theyre all very scened up with wide arches and the like. There are some very expensive 1/43 and 1/18 models as well but again these are tuning related.

 

Only Tomica and Diapet seemed ever to have made ordinary Japanese car but they are also expensive.

 

I wish IXO or someone would do a big run of these at an affordable price.