Shite in Miniature II

[andrew e]

So Tomica willpower went out the window whilst out for a stroll I have a feeling I might buckle again before I leave Singapore...

 

Daihatsu Copen in full autoshite metallic blue rinse with beige seats - the roof pops off too!

 

 

Nissan Leaf which is quite a smart little thing:

 

[MarvinsMom]

Grandson arrives and his dad's old cars come out once again!

me dad's parents had something similar, a bag full of old toy cars that i and the other grand kids used to play with when visiting.

 

the only one i remember is this, well not this one cos this is a library pic..... but a Bedford OB car transporter

 

i wish now that i had made sure that i got it after Fred died.he passed nearly 30 years ago now and i assume that it had been my fathers, originally.

 

most of what was in the bag was fucked, but the one of these was, as i remember damn near mint. 

 

rather annoyingly, we went to the steam fair at Scampston a couple of weeks ago, and an old boy was selling one of these in really clean, bright condition, with its loading ramp for £30..... stupidly i didn't have any money on me, so had to leave it be. 

 

the only other thing i remember for definate in the bag of toys was one of these, this time a Bedford TK low loader

this must have been Graeham's cos it a 60's wagon, the OB is one from the 50's and there is i think 12 years between him and me Dad. i should have made sure i got this too but it got away, prehaps one day i'll get one to add to the fleet. maybe....

[Felly Magic]

Old photo, but I have one of these again back in my fleet, bizarre numberplates and wrong hand drive wipers for this right hand drive Alpine SX

 

[Felly Magic]

Well I've properly addressed the issues of the Alpine, with wrong wipers etc, now it also sports Geordieland plates, and I snapped it with it's bastard child commie cousin

 

 

 

And the new signage on the diorama to reflect my fleet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Frogchod]

Todays haul of miniature shite:

Warthburg is a deviation from my normal Citroen persuasion but my Dacia pick up was feeling lonely.

[155V6]

A few recent car boot & charity shop finds.Really pleased with the Corgi Rockets Volvo,especially for 35p.The 2 cars with it are a Seat Malaga & Mercedes 500 SEC,both by Guisval.

The long wheelbase Transit is a Lledo,the logos are for the Basingstoke Canal Society.

The Majorette Renault Express is the 1st plain one I've seen.

 

The 2CV van came from a garage sale.It's missing a headlight & a piece of the rear bumper.One rear door is glued shut,& the other is loose,but if anyone wants it,it's yours for the cost of postage.

[Felly Magic]

Todays haul of miniature shite:

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Warthburg is a deviation from my normal Citroen persuasion but my Dacia pick up was feeling lonely.

 

I would like one of the Bedford TKs from that series of artics, plus of course the Burpa and CF campers, got the campers on my ebay watch list, but they aint cheap! 

[Frogchod]

There were some CF and Sherpa campers there.

30 euros, so , yes, not cheap.

[Felly Magic]

AAAAAARH I've just seen that French partwork has done a right hand drive mk1 Transhit dizzle coachbuilt CI camper, HNNNNNNNNNNGSPAFFFFFF, much wantage

[Frogchod]

Like this one ?

[matt79]

Just a thought.....have any of you guys used any websites (not including ebay) to sell diecast models?

I have a large collection of models I want to shift, mostly 1/43 scale (some are older / rare models and include a large amount of 'code 3' police models). I used to sell models regularly on ebay about 10 - 15 years ago but I would rather avoid selling on ebay if possible (with the higher fees & idiot buyers the site seems to attract these days), although I realise it probably has the largest 'audience' for selling.

Has anyone had success using Facebook or other sites for selling models?

Thanks,

Matt

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Anybody want any or all of these ?

2x Matchbox 308s

1 Corgi 308 Spider ( Spyder?)

Damaged Matchbox Capri.

Damaged Corgi X1/9

Hotwheels Eldorado missing bonnet.

Pair of Match on boats

Matchbox truck thing bent axles and missing radar or gun or something.

 

None of them of any interest to me , so up for free, otherwise likely to get binned as a sacrifice to show household management how sensible* I can be not keeping any old shit!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

[egg]

Just a thought.....have any of you guys used any websites (not including ebay) to sell diecast models?

I have a large collection of models I want to shift, mostly 1/43 scale (some are older / rare models and include a large amount of 'code 3' police models). I used to sell models regularly on ebay about 10 - 15 years ago but I would rather avoid selling on ebay if possible (with the higher fees & idiot buyers the site seems to attract these days), although I realise it probably has the largest 'audience' for selling.

Has anyone had success using Facebook or other sites for selling models?

Thanks,

Matt

 

Pop them up on here, Datsuncog did ok with his mega sale earlier in the year. I use ebay when necessary.

[MarvinsMom]

^what he said.....

 

this site is i think the perfect arena for selling old diecasts, so long as you don't go wanting daft money for them, 

 

cos, deep down we are all skinflints!

[davocano]

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Oooh, Rola-matics Badger!

[mercrocker]

Anybody want any or all of these ?

2x Matchbox 308s

1 Corgi 308 Spider ( Spyder?)

Damaged Matchbox Capri.

Damaged Corgi X1/9

Hotwheels Eldorado missing bonnet.

Pair of Match on boats

Matchbox truck thing bent axles and missing radar or gun or something.

 

None of them of any interest to me , so up for free, otherwise likely to get binned as a sacrifice to show household management how sensible* I can be not keeping any old shit!

 

I would give a home to the Hotwheels Caddy.   If you are willing to post, of course, which I would gladly refund....

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I would give a home to the Hotwheels Caddy.   If you are willing to post, of course, which I would gladly refund....

Send me your address and I'll post it, just put a quid in a charity collection tin sometime , then I can kid myself I've given to charity!

[mercrocker]

Thank you.  I will cheerfully do so.  There is a kiddy-related tin at work... 

 

PM sent.  

[Noel Tidybeard]

oh noes conrad has passed over the haunted rover gauntlet!

 

the fappin wheel fell off! lol

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Luggage has been restored to the Citroen thanks to Model Supplies as normal....

 

 

 

[artdjones]

 

I bought the Messerschmitt in a museum called Traumwerk which houses Hans-Peter Porsche's Tin Toy Collection.

Also a gigantic HO model railway which incorporates elements from German,Swiss and Austrian Railways.Herr Porsche is a grandson of the original Professor Porsche.Traumwerk is in Bavaria near Berchtesgaden.

 

Here are a few samples of the cars in the museum:-

 

The most impressive items were the ships.

 

The warships have the slight element of caricature that can make tinplate more attractive than an exact scale model.

[Datsuncog]

On 9/16/2018 at 7:20 PM, matt79 said:

Just a thought.....have any of you guys used any websites (not including ebay) to sell diecast models?

I have a large collection of models I want to shift, mostly 1/43 scale (some are older / rare models and include a large amount of 'code 3' police models). I used to sell models regularly on ebay about 10 - 15 years ago but I would rather avoid selling on ebay if possible (with the higher fees & idiot buyers the site seems to attract these days), although I realise it probably has the largest 'audience' for selling.

Has anyone had success using Facebook or other sites for selling models?

Thanks,

Matt

As others have alluded to, I found myself in a very similar situation earlier this year.

I looked around elsewhere (Catawiki etc) but most specialist/collectable auction sites outside of eBay seem to only want higher-end stuff (Catawiki asked for a minimum value of 80 Euros for each piece listed by new sellers, which was far beyond the stuff I was looking to shift). But I was really put off eBay selling, for the same reasons as yourself. I shifted some through various Facebook groups for model collectors but, inevitably, fell prey to scammers; although the Toy Shite group was (is) much better, attracting a few of the fine folks from here.

I'd love for there to be a site for diecast as exists for vinyl collectors - Discogs, which is both a wiki catalogue and marketplace for recorded music, including rare variants etc. But I don't believe any such site yet exists.

So yes, I just posted up the models I wanted to sell on here (I used my own cars thread, but I imagine this thread would be just as good if not better) and managed to find buyers for nearly all of them.

For the sake of quick sales, I used eBay to find an approximate value, then knocked a bit off as shiters' discount. Initially I used 'including postage' as a draw, but ended up cutting my own throat a few times by pricing the model less than the postage, so I wouldn't recommend that! Since most folk wanted more than one model, it makes more sense to weigh the contents of the desired box of delights all together, and obtain a postage cost accordingly. Knocking a bit extra off for multiple purchases seemed to go down well here, too.

That's just my tuppen'orth, but If I can assist any further, do ask!

[Felly Magic]

I could not resist that Transit camper, and I've boughtificated one from a UK seller, that one is going to go bloody stupid I bet, like that Altaya Onion did, that was a model I sold for a nice 'cup of tea', doesn't happen much, also got more cheapos coming in, but one will be going out as a RAOK to a shiter, and good friend

[egg]

Ok folks, how do you hold you models in place when painting? I've just done another one, was crouching over cardboard on the floor, and thought there must be better ways than this? Also, as it also led to another imperfection.

 

I've seen this...

 

 

and this...

 

 

or this....

 

 

Any tips or advice welcomed as normal.

[matt79]

As others have alluded to, I found myself in a very similar situation earlier this year.

 

I looked around elsewhere (Catawiki etc) but most specialist/collectable auction sites outside of eBay seem to only want higher-end stuff (Catawiki asked for a minimum value of 80 Euros for each piece listed by new sellers, which was far beyond the stuff I was looking to shift). But I was really put off eBay selling, for the same reasons as yourself. I shifted some through various Facebook groups for model collectors but, inevitably, fell prey to scammers; although the Toy Shite group was (is) much better, attracting a few of the fine folks from here.

 

I'd love for there to be a site for diecast as exists for vinyl collectors - Discogs, which is both a wiki catalogue and marketplace for recorded music, including rare variants etc. But I don't believe any such site yet exists.

 

So yes, I just posted up the models I wanted to sell on here (I used my own cars thread, but I imagine this thread would be just as good if not better) and managed to find buyers for nearly all of them.

 

For the sake of quick sales, I used eBay to find an approximate value, then knocked a bit off as shiters' discount. Initially I used 'including postage' as a draw, but ended up cutting my own throat a few times by pricing the model less than the postage, so I wouldn't recommend that! Since most folk wanted more than one model, it makes more sense for everyone to weigh a box  of delights and obtain a postage cost accordingly. Knocking a bit extra off for multiple purchases seemed to go down well here, too.

 

That's just my tuppen'orth, but If I can assist any further, do ask!

 

 

^what he said.....

 

this site is i think the perfect arena for selling old diecasts, so long as you don't go wanting daft money for them, 

 

cos, deep down we are all skinflints!

 

 

Pop them up on here, Datsuncog did ok with his mega sale earlier in the year. I use ebay when necessary.

 

Thanks for the info guys, all I have to do now is sort them all out now & hopefully get a few listed on here soon! I have literally hundreds of models in my old collection, some I will keep for sentimental reasons, but most can be moved on - I haven't displayed them for years & they have just sat in storage under the bed in the spare room & in the loft so its time to part with them (I dread to think how much money I spent buying them all).......

[matt79]

Ok folks, how do you hold you models in place when painting? I've just done another one, was crouching over cardboard on the floor, and thought there must be better ways than this? Also, as it also led to another imperfection.

 

I've seen this...

 

 

and this...

 

 

or this....

 

 

Any tips or advice welcomed as normal.

 

When I was stripping & repainting diecast models (I used to make code 3 police models) I made a stand out of an old wooden shelf about 3ft long (for the base) then drilled 4 holes and attached dowel rods glued vertically into the base to act as stands for the models being sprayed. I used a blob of blutac on the top of each dowel stand to hold the model in place for spraying.

[Felly Magic]

I use disposable cups and an old cardboard box as a spray booth, last model I sprayed up was over 2 years ago now though, and I used the bathroom with the extractor fan on and window open, I let the models dry on a radiator

[hennabm]

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I bought the Messerschmitt in a museum called Traumwerk which houses Hans-Peter Porsche's Tin Toy Collection.

Also a gigantic HO model railway which incorporates elements from German,Swiss and Austrian Railways.Herr Porsche is a grandson of the original Professor Porsche.Traumwerk is in Bavaria near Berchtesgaden.

 

Here are a few samples of the cars in the museum:-

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The most impressive items were the ships.P1050091.JPG

 

The warships have the slight element of caricature that can make tinplate more attractive than an exact scale model.

 

It's all Marklin stuff he uses for the layout. He has a huge collection as well.

 

Most of the museum is also Marklin stuff including all the toy kitchen stuff and ships.

 

The lighting in the layout area I was told cost over 100k Eurodollars at the time.

 

A great place to visit for car or train people.

[Spottedlaurel]

Ok folks, how do you hold you models in place when painting?

 

I've always used the bent wire coat-hanger technique. In conjunction with gloves, after I spray-painted my hand orange and realised how difficult it was to remove many years ago.

 

1:24 Tamiya Renault 5 Turbo Kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

I then find it easy to move the model around and get a good coverage of paint, I start with it upsidedown and work around to the top. A bit of tape helps hold it in place, and then I use the hook to hang it upsidedown so I suppose that helps keep the dust off it when drying.