Shite in Miniature II

[egg]

Who ever picked something shit like the disc Harrow...

 

I think because of parents or other relatives who worked in farming, that's surely why my uncles had 'em.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

[Lord Sterling]

Whilst out in Bridgnorth, I popped o to town for a small nostalgic walk around like I used to do about 10 years ago. As I did I spotted an 'antiques' shop located on the right-side of the museum. I walked upstairs and they had a mother-load of model cars. Mostly boxed Superkings stuff. There were a couple of boxes of mixed stuff which I picked up these:

 

 

The Morris Minor is the one I really wanted. The other 2 were a bit 'meh' but of some interest to me anyway. The keyring is a heavy gold painted block with ADH 703G which presumably spells out someone's number plate. Can't find it on the .gov website. All cost me a couple of quid.

 

On the way back to the car I came across a shop that I must visit:

 

[bramz7]

 

Back at the Soviet reproductions. The NSU is apparently an Ro8....I assume the 0 was unavailable.

[Felly Magic]

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Pornography!

[Datsuncog]

Who ever picked something shit like the disc Harrow...

Heh, I had the disc harrow.

 

I think Drum has it now...

[mercrocker]

Have to say it wasn't my favourite Dinky but I still have my disc harrow.......

 

 

 

 

Yes I know you wouldn't harrow and rake hay at the same time - he is just trying to get rid of the pesky fox.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Have to say it wasn't my favourite Dinky but I still have my disc harrow.......

 

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Yes I know you wouldn't harrow and rake hay at the same time - he is just trying to get rid of the pesky fox.

Seeing your muck-spreader ( ooh missus!) made me realise that they must have got 20 years out of that casting, assuming the 1970 one is the same, just different wheels, because I've got my Dad's from 1951, somewhere.

 

The Champ's another nice little earner.

[mercrocker]

Yep military and farm stuff got very long-legged!   

 

Muck spreader 1949-1973 including re-numbering and the Champ lasted 1954-71....

[bramz7]

 

Cleared through my 1/64 collection today and don't want these ones anymore. It's a mix of duplicates and stuff I don't really like.

 

£20 sound okay? Not sure about postage costs...

 

Includes Majorette CX, Audi 90, 924, 245, R5, 260Z.

Hot Wheels Chevy Citation X2, Dodge Aries etc

 

27 items in all. Mostly stuff with light to medium wear.

[doug]

 

 

Young nephews were visiting today so gave me an excuse to dig out my old cars.

 

[Felly Magic]

It has been another day in Paradise here as my Fair Dinkum Sminkypinkybangbang Ford Falcon has arrived, exhaust fell off as I took it out of the box, bloody Fords LOL

[MorrisItalSLX]

exhaust fell off as I took it out of the box

[Felly Magic]

G'day here is the Fair Dinkum Ford Falcon. Bonza. Bizarrely some knock off Lego from Home Bargains has an Aussie address on.

 

 

 

[Split_Pin]

I ordered this back in mid December and it arrived today. Listed as having defects with pictures on the listing to illustrate, this clearly isn't the same car as it has no visible flaws.

 

It's flipping spectacular.

 

I am so glad it came today to distract me from broken Rovers.

[MarvinsMom]

now that is glorious.

 

are you changing you user name to "David Vincent"?

 

no?

 

i'm disappoint........

[Junkman]

It was the same with mine, it was advertised as faulty, but I couldn't find one.

I meanwhile replaced mine with an original. I find those Atlas repops oddly soulless.

[Split_Pin]

At £16.82 this will have to do. My budget doesn't stretch to an original.

[MarvinsMom]

when there are Atlas re-issues on the flea-bay for £50, that is damn cheap.

 

i know.

 

i've been looking!

[eddyramrod]

Ebay prices are heart-stopping.  I'm sure the market is artificially high.  Is anyone actually selling for these prices?  They make my prices look like scrap money!

If I wanted to, I could list most of my 1/18s on ebay and if they did sell for the prices I see, I could afford a chauffeur, never mind about worrying about work ever again!  But I don't want to.  Just listing the few I've listed in my Sale thread is painful.  I really don't like getting rid of stuff.

I'd love one of those Galaxies and I wouldn't care if it was original or Atlas, but the prices are obscene.

[egg]

Fees and postage don't help. Every £1 Lesney becomes £4.99 (£2.95 postage + 50p ebay fee + 37p PayPal)

[Junkman]

Some further American plastic kittery has been obtained.

 

 

[Junkman]

Also some Dinky from their period of gay abandon. They must have known that this is not sustainable.

Anyway, I was extremely lucky since these usually go for big money.

 

 

 

 

[RayMK]

G'day here is the Fair Dinkum Ford Falcon. Bonza. Bizarrely some knock off Lego from Home Bargains has an Aussie address on.

 

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I love the double decker in the background.

[Split_Pin]

Also some Dinky from their period of gay abandon. They must have known that this is not sustainable.

Anyway, I was extremely lucky since these usually go for big money.

 

 

 

 

I wish I'd kept mine now!

[MarvinsMom]

oh some hot Pacer action there, you sir, are a proper TEASE!

[Junkman]

Do you realise how shit that kit is?

[MarvinsMom]

i remember having a couple of MPC kits as a nipper. well i think it was MPC. 

 

or was it AMT?? i dunno!

 

the kits were an original corvette and a Model A Ford rot-rod.

 

as i remember the kits went together really well,and they rolled really well as they had a solid rod axel like a diecast car, but the decal sheet suppiled was utter shit.

 

when i put them in the warm water the decals sorta gave off a creamy-cloudy gink into the water.

 

other than that it were really nice to build. and the 'vette especially had loads of different "custom" parts you could add if you wished. roll-over hoops, sortta headrest bits, chrome wheels, bonnet scoop, the whole nine yards.

 

needless to say, i used the lot!

[Junkman]

I only collect them to save the fucking Oceans.

[Ghosty]

This is the single best Hot Wheels I've ever seen. Completely standard Skyline R33 GT-R, no silly wings or anything (an R32 casting has existed in the past but it was widebody with a plastic rear wing).

It's from a Nissan series consisting of this, a stock R32 (I have 2 of those), a 300ZX, and new colours of the R34 casting (already exists, I have the Gran Turismo one) and S30 Fairlady Z (boring). I'm sort of surprised they didn't do a recolour of the 180SX casting - I got an Advan liveried one of those, it's very nice.

 

I've also discovered there's a Super Treasure Hunt version of the white Civic EF in this year's range.

Going to have to find one of those now