Shite in Miniature II

[Datsuncog]

Those Fords are seriously lush... the model shop I worked in as a Saturday job, twenty-odd years back now, sold some Schabak and Gama - we had a fair few Escorts and the like, as shown above.

But yeah, they were pricey - much more than the Corgi Classics and Vitesse that formed the bulk of my collection at the time - despite the detailing and shut lines on those opening doors and bonnets being more comparable to Corgi and Matchbox toys.

To put the final nail in the coffin, they were 'moderns' - and my teenage self was interested in classics, not Mk3 Granadas.

Course, I'm now looking at the Schabak stuff pictured and idly wondering how much a kidney might fetch on the black market...

[Amishtat]

I recall having a 1:43 Audi 100 estate in a pale metallic blue, would that have been Schabak? Must have a look around for that. Moving the Cosworth earlier revealed this forgotten at the back of the cabinet.

Which makes me wonder where the rest of my Buragos will be,there was a pale green BMW 6 series, a white and blue Rancho and a blue Land Rover. There was a Citroën Traction as well but that was expertly* repainted when I was about thirteen and nobody wants to see that.

[Amishtat]

I remember wanting the Rolls Royce Camargue they did, then seeing one a couple of years ago and finding it curiously resistable.

[Amishtat]

This was right at the back in the shadows. This is from about 1988.

I'd entirely forgotten this in the bottom of the box but uncharacteristically of me I appear to have looked after this.

[sierraman]

I remember wanting the Rolls Royce Camargue they did, then seeing one a couple of years ago and finding it curiously resistable.

Seen a few at car boots over the years always fancied repainting one.

[sierraman]

I remember wanting the Rolls Royce Camargue they did, then seeing one a couple of years ago and finding it curiously resistable.

Seen a few at car boots over the years always fancied repainting one.

[Amishtat]

Some my classic tyre stuff

[Amishtat]

An excuse to get everything out. "I'm just dusting the cabinet out dear"

[egg]

This arrived from France today. Needs a deep clean (far dirtier than the photos suggest), new doors (which I believe might be available - in the right colour - unlikely) and maybe some replacement stickers. Hashtag norevproject.

 

I believe this to be the livery of Lyon.

 

[Amishtat]

And now for something completely different. A model of the Queen Mary constructed by an old boy in Suffolk during the sixties using cocoa tins cut and shaped to fit. It's quite a piece.

Sorry for the thread derailment

[egg]

No need to be sorry  . Wow.

[Junkman]

This arrived from France today. Needs a deep clean (far dirtier than the photos suggest), new doors (which I believe might be available - in the right colour - unlikely) and maybe some replacement stickers. Hashtag norevproject.

 

I believe this to be the livery of Lyon.

 

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOREV-ANCIEN-LOT-DE-PORTES-POUR-AUTOBUS-SAVIEM-SC10U-VARIANTE-IVOIRE/253341709117

 

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOREV-ANCIEN-AUTOCOLLANT-CARAMBAR-POUR-AUTOBUS-SAVIEM-SC10U/253338504408

 

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOREV-ANCIEN-AUTOCOLLANT-BENCO-POUR-AUTOBUS-SAVIEM-SC10U/253338499254

[Split_Pin]

If you find the white and blue Bburago Rancho, hooe that it's in good condition as its seriously rare. I have the common green one.

[Amishtat]

Am I right in thinking that it came with windsurfing kit stuck on it? Or is that just a figment of my imagination?

[Datsuncog]

On 8/10/2018 at 1:44 PM, Amishtat said:

Am I right in thinking that it came with windsurfing kit stuck on it? Or is that just a figment of my imagination?

Apparently so!

Never even knew Bburago did a 1/24 Rancho. Every day's a school day, etc.

For a car that was never a particularly common sight on the roads, it's incredible how many contemporary manufacturers decided to model a Rancho. Corgi and Matchbox (both small and large scales) and Solido are just the ones I know about.

[Amishtat]

Even if I can find it it won't look as good as that.. Pretty sure all the roof rack gubbins went missing decades ago as did the skis from the roof of the 6 series

[155V6]

Apparently so!

 

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Never even knew Bburago did a 1/24 Rancho. Every day's a school day, etc.

 

For a car that was never a particularly common sight on the roads, it's incredible how many contemporary manufacturers decided to model a Rancho. Corgi and Matchbox (both small and large scales) and Solido are just the ones I know about.

Siku too

[bramz7]

Just been paid, so fancy splurging some £££ on some desirable diecast. Is there any decent FB groups I can join to peruse? 

 

Really into older stuff now, so any 70s/80s/90s stuff, in particular Mebetoys, Politoys, Polistil, and such like. 

[Split_Pin]

I don't buy from FB Diecast groups any more because they are full of scammers. Ebay or here are my only 2 sources now.

[bramz7]

Fair play, eBay it will remain.

 

I've found a few NL and Italian sellers who have some incredibly tantalising stock. The postage is a killer mind. Heck, I have even found the Rancho photographed above...

[Datsuncog]

On 8/10/2018 at 2:29 PM, 155V6 said:

Siku too

Bugger me, so they did.

Siku were real rarities round my neck of the woods; usually I could only pick them up on holiday in England. I had a few secondhand ones from a swapmeet and they were some of my favourites (VW Passat B Kombi; VW T2 Bay Crew Cab; Audi 80).

I must peruse my 1980s Siku catalogues more closely.

[Datsuncog]

On 8/10/2018 at 2:31 PM, bramz7 said:

Just been paid, so fancy splurging some £££ on some desirable diecast. Is there any decent FB groups I can join to peruse? 

Really into older stuff now, so any 70s/80s/90s stuff, in particular Mebetoys, Politoys, Polistil, and such like. 

 

On 8/10/2018 at 2:33 PM, Split_Pin said:

I don't buy from FB Diecast groups any more because they are full of scammers. Ebay or here are my only 2 sources now.

Yeah, I'd my fingers burned with Facebook groups a few years back. My own fault, just being far too trusting!

Seems that Ebay remains the default choice, pretty much.

[egg]

Bramz - I've managed to buy two Norev's from LBC, but on trust - money upfront...

 

Has anyone used an Escrow service?

[egg]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOREV-ANCIEN-LOT-DE-PORTES-POUR-AUTOBUS-SAVIEM-SC10U-VARIANTE-IVOIRE/253341709117

 

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOREV-ANCIEN-AUTOCOLLANT-CARAMBAR-POUR-AUTOBUS-SAVIEM-SC10U/253338504408

 

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOREV-ANCIEN-AUTOCOLLANT-BENCO-POUR-AUTOBUS-SAVIEM-SC10U/253338499254

 

Thanks - I wonder if Michelin stickers are available? Haven't found any.

[Junkman]

Bramz - I've managed to buy two Norev's from LBC, but on trust - money upfront...

 

Has anyone used an Escrow service?

 

Yes. For a 2.5 Million deal. Not for some warped plastic rubbish.

[egg]

Lol !

 

Indeed, my policy is don't gamble with what you can't afford to lose anyway.

 

I know one of the Junkman rules is 'you can't deal with the French' and I while I believe the rule to be fundamentally true, I've also noted that the two sellers have been unfailingly polite and attentive, obviously trained in some nice grand ecole or something.

[sierraman]

Missed out on a Siku Nissan 300zx other day, turns out they go for like £15.

[junkyarddog]

Lurking in the shed is my real Mk2 Capri Ghia.

It needs love and attention(I have started collecting parts)

But rather than do real work I decided to make a replica(of sorts) out of this battered Majorette

 

 

[Junkman]

Lol !

 

Indeed, my policy is don't gamble with what you can't afford to lose anyway.

 

I know one of the Junkman rules is 'you can't deal with the French' and I while I believe the rule to be fundamentally true, I've also noted that the two sellers have been unfailingly polite and attentive, obviously trained in some nice grand ecole or something.

 

 

My experience is that once you have reached an agreement with a Frenchman, he is unfailingly reliable in fulfilling his part of the deal and often even puts a freebie on top.

It's that reaching an agreement part that sucks.

 

 

[Amishtat]

Initial search for the 1:24 Buragos has drawn a blank but I did come across some other forgotten stuff in the shed

The other Corgi Classics Mk. 2 Jaguar

and one of the first Matchboxes I can remember having (circa 1983)