Shite in Miniature II

[Datsuncog]

On ‎7‎/‎16‎/‎2019 at 11:31 PM, cms206 said:

Facebook Marketplace strikes again... 

Cor, nice haul! That Mercedes 240D in weathered rally livery is on my 'to find' list. The blue Nova's a new one on me, too. Well bought!

Just remembered, I still have a couple of market tat-box Corgi Junior Volvo estates and a Majorette Saab 900 Turbo set aside for you, from back in March... still fancy them?

If you do, I've some other stuff up for grabs at the moment - should anything else take your fancy/make the postage more worthwhile.

If not, no bother!

[cms206]

52 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Cor, nice haul! That Mercedes 240D in weathered rally livery is on my 'to find' list. The blue Nova's a new one on me, too. Well bought!

Just remembered, I still have a couple of market tat-box Corgi Junior Volvo estates and a Majorette Saab 900 Turbo set aside for you, from back in March... still fancy them?

If you do, I've some other stuff up for grabs at the moment - should anything else take your fancy/make the postage more worthwhile.

If not, no bother!

I completely forgot about those 245s and the 900! Life kinda took over... it all went a bit tit shaped for a while. Happy to take those, the Corgi 760, the battered Rover Sterling and the Maisto Granada if they're still about?

[quicksilver]

Some recent arrivals from the past couple of months. I was pleased to get hold of the Skoda 110L as this is the one that had been missing from my 1/72 Skoda collection for a long time.

Nissan Qashqai by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

BMW Z4 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Fiat Punto by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Volkswagen Golf by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Lotus Elan by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Skoda 110L by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Maroon Moggies by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

The Oxford Maxi in Damask Red

Maroon Maxi by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

This is brilliant, a conversion of the Matchbox milk float and probably about 50 years old

Cluffs Commer by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

[Datsuncog]

42 minutes ago, cms206 said:

I completely forgot about those 245s and the 900! Life kinda took over... it all went a bit tit shaped for a while. Happy to take those, the Corgi 760, the battered Rover Sterling and the Maisto Granada if they're still about?

Excellent stuff! Will pop those to one side for you, thanks!

[Tinytim]

I had to go in the loft to try and find something,  and all alone in a random box where these 3.

Which reminded me that I really must dig out the actual boxes of cars one day 

 

[bunglebus]

Nice SD1. I've been having a perv at the Dinky Corgi and Matchbox catalogues I got off eBay a while ago, and now I want a load of things I never knew existed. 

I suppose I should scan them cos there's some amazing stuff on those tiny pages.

[Amishtat]

Please do! I had some Matchbox  and Corgi catalogue in the mid eighties and I'd love to see them again 

[Datsuncog]

Well kids, it feels like it's been a  while... but we're back on the Tat Trail once again.

Nothing spectacular on the stall today though, sadly - mostly the same stuff that was here at the tail end of June. Blue Corgi Whizzwheels Land Rover 109 in good fettle did tempt me a little, mind.

1990s Corgi Range Rover in police livery had sustained damage to the A-post, and is missing its lights and upper tailgate - otherwise I'd have had it.

1970s-era Dinky diecast aircraft - Hawker Harrier, and a pair of Phantom IIs. Various Lesney Matchbox Majors to the rear, but none of them complete.

Anyone into vintage farming gear? Today's your lucky day, potentially.

In fact, you too could set up a smallholding in miniature... I believe these are Britains models, before they went plastic.

And while we're talking about Britains… who was after one of these SWB Landies, to use as a project base?

Both are fairly comprehensively fucked, so could be chopped up with no great loss to the world.

Mmm, bendy.

And moving on to the 50p tat boxes... well, some new stuff, as it happens.

Loads of late 80s/90s Corgi - the stuff that was given away with BP - and some 1970s Superfasts in various states of misery. Early Oxford Diecast promo van down the front, too - Bullnose Morris in painfully anachronistic Harry Ramsden's livery.

There were at least four green Jaaaaags in there, though the police version may have been squeezed in a vice as the rear was perplexingly droopy. None were in tip-top condition, so I left them. Yellow racer is a Corgi Rockets Porsche that seems to have had its axles and wheels replaced with ones from a MB Superfast, perplexingly. Glazing was good but the rear engine cover broken, so I left it too. Majorette Renault J4 also suffering casting damage and axle bend; Matchbox Ford Taunus wagon displaying the same paint issues that blighted my own example. Hot Wheels Crack-ups police car still functioning, but missing nearly all its tampo printing. MB Rolamatics Clipper missing its wobbly exhaust pipes.

Again, all these provoked a degree of wantage but none tickled my fancy enough to claim them. But if anyone here feels differently, I'll dander back over at 12...

More of the same - a fair few early 70s MB Superfast fantasy cars in Tat Box 2 (Mod Rod, Woosh 'n' Push, Stretcha Fetcha) but none complete. Mostly rubbish Pound shop toys in here, tbh.

Still tons of unsold Matchbox MoY on the stall, mint and boxed at £2.

Noticed this sticker on one...

Dunno what that's about - other than confirming a Code 3 manufactured outside the factory.

Possibly Matchbox International were happy enough to sell blanks, but were concerned that poor-quality finishes applied by the end user might reflect badly on them. This sticker might have been a disclaimer.

Still don't really want it, but for £2.... gnnng.

 

If there's owt anyone fancies - give me a yell!

[egg]

How much is the  MB Morris J2 T? They are always an easy resto.

[Datsuncog]

16 minutes ago, egg said:

How much is the  MB Morris J2 T? They are always an easy resto.

He's normally asking about £3 for the Lesneys on the stall itself... if you fancy it, I'll nip back over!

[egg]

Ah, probably a bit rich for me DC, if it was a quid or two...thanks!

[Datsuncog]

16 minutes ago, egg said:

Ah, probably a bit rich for me DC, if it was a quid or two...thanks!

No worries! Anyway, it wouldn't be the first time I've seen models set out on the stall for £3 (or even £5) ending up in the 50p box the following week... I'll keep my eyes peeled for you!

[Datsuncog]

I wish I could say I had more self-control. I really do.

This VW Golf, the Matchbox Superkings K-86, has long fascinated me. It's the first one I've ever actually seen in the metal, weirdly.

It's not perhaps the best Golf model - the glass area looks a wee bit too small, while the hatchback seems a shallower angle than on the real thing (and quite different from the 1-75 Superfast version, which if anything had the opposite problems - too much glazing and too steep at the back).

The rear seems particularly poorly rendered, although there's always been the problem of building a sturdy scale replica which will stand up to kids chucking it around, while also trying to stay faithful to the original design. The huge towbar and over-chunky wheels aren't helping here, in fairness.

This one's seen a fair bit of use, it would appear.

One of the most unusual features is this... a hole in the body where the fuel cap ought to be...

...because it originally came boxed together with a small petrol pump and nozzle, which fitted into the hole.

I think this is the only toy car I know of which came with such a feature - unless any of you lot know otherwise?

Without having my old catalogues to hand, I believe this white version was the second issue of the Golf - earlier ones (1981) came in black, but with the same tampo print graphics.

A fool and his 50p, etc etc...

[sierraman]

Also came with a Shell Petrol Station - the type that came aim the back of the Mercedes artic. 

[Amishtat]

Another I've never seen before 

[Datsuncog]

7 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Also came with a Shell Petrol Station - the type that came aim the back of the Mercedes artic. 

Ah yes - sorry, I was wondering about the hole in the bodywork to fit a pump nozzle, rather than the pump itself!

I really, really wanted that set, though.

Pricey, as I recall!

But, on the subject of Matchbox articulated tractor units...

[sierraman]

The one I had came with the Golf, the station and a mat. Still got it somewhere. 

[Datsuncog]

… I also picked this up.

I really like this model of the Leyland Roadrunner; launched not long after the real thing in 1984, the lines of the K120 toy are pretty good - even if it was highly unlikely this 7.5 tonner could be found pulling a car transporter trailer...

In fact, I think I prefer this as just the tractor unit, as the trailer always looked wrong to me.

It had already appeared along with the K-10 Bedford TM transporter (which annoyed me with its bizarrely knobbly tyres and out-of-proportion air hoses)

But then, the TM was an adaption of this fantasy Superking, the K-10...

PLZ NO.

Anyway, I like the wee Leyland, which enjoyed as long and varied a life in the Matchbox lineup as its real-life counterpart.

[Datsuncog]

5 minutes ago, sierraman said:

The one I had came with the Golf, the station and a mat. Still got it somewhere. 

Ah, I'm with you now - sounds excellent, don't think I've encountered that set before... you've got some cracker examples stashed away!

[bunglebus]

3 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

 

Hot Wheels Crack-ups police car still functioning, but missing nearly all its tampo printing

If there's owt anyone fancies - give me a yell!

If that's there next week could you grab it for me please?

[bunglebus]

52 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

This VW Golf, the Matchbox Superkings K-86, has long fascinated me. It's the first one I've ever actually seen in the metal, weirdly.

 

Lovely - on my "want" list

[Amishtat]

I had that blue Bedford transporter as a child, can't remember whether it came in that gift set box but it's possible as I recall having the orange BMW and a Renault 5 (possibly silver) with it. Not the Cortina though, that's one Matchbox from the era that's always eluded me. 

[bunglebus]

I will scan all of these at some point, but I took some pics for now. Matchbox;

 

I had this set as a kid;

 

20190719_105453 by RS, on Flickr

 

Cool

 

20190719_104951 by RS, on Flickr

 

1st incarnation of the Adventure 2000 set;

 

20190719_104823 by RS, on Flickr

 

And the unobtainium blue set with new casting;

 

20190719_104852 by RS, on Flickr

 

Really getting into the fantasy/Hot Rod Superkings lately;

 

20190719_104811 by RS, on Flickr

20190719_104755 by RS, on Flickr

 

There are some castings/colours I've never seen, like this Cortina - only seen gold and pinkish red before - red one looks like an S which makes me want one;

 

20190719_104438 by RS, on Flickr

20190719_103552 by RS, on Flickr

 

Never seen an RS2000 in these colours;

 

20190719_104356 by RS, on Flickr

 

Volvo with round headlights? All the ones I've seen have square

 

20190719_104259 by RS, on Flickr

20190719_104248 by RS, on Flickr

 

Ovlov came in some versions I wasn't aware of;

 

20190719_103434 by RS, on Flickr

 

I had this set

 

20190719_104033 by RS, on Flickr

 

Here's a casting I've never seen, only ever listed as a set with a caravan in various colours - on the want list;

 

20190719_104022 by RS, on Flickr

20190719_104233 by RS, on Flickr

20190719_103840 by RS, on Flickr

20190719_103650 by RS, on Flickr

20190719_103451 by RS, on Flickr

 

Another colour I've never seen;

 

20190719_103915 by RS, on Flickr

 

I had this set;

 

20190719_103756 by RS, on Flickr

20190719_103537 by RS, on Flickr

 

Had this too;

 

20190719_103138 by RS, on Flickr

 

I had several mint ones of these but sold them;

 

20190719_103257 by RS, on Flickr

 

Anyone a member?

 

20190719_103204 by RS, on Flickr

20190719_103153 by RS, on Flickr

 

Really want the model A van, they did the saloon too later, but not in my catalogues;

 

20190719_103125 by RS, on Flickr

 

Got these slightly tatty catalogues spare if anyone wants them for postage cost?

 

20190719_104715 by RS, on Flickr

 

Right, Corgi - again the Transit came in versions I haven't seen - the ambulance is awesome too;

 

20190719_103040 by RS, on Flickr

20190719_103030 by RS, on Flickr

 

I really need this Transit, never seen one!

 

20190719_103007 by RS, on Flickr

 

More Ovlov goodness;

 

20190719_103019 by RS, on Flickr

 

And I've got to find this XJC - 914 is nice too;

 

20190719_102938 by RS, on Flickr

20190719_102922 by RS, on Flickr

[bunglebus]

Picked up these two for £1 the pair locally;

 

20190719_140656 by RS, on Flickr

20190719_140716 by RS, on Flickr

20190719_140632 by RS, on Flickr

 

Porsche is a repaint and I have the Corvanne/Caper Cart already so they'll be getting redone at some point

[Sudsprint]

I love the concept of someone owning a plutocrat (racing) gold XJ and a caravan.

 

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

If that's there next week could you grab it for me please?

Sho' thing!

I had a taxi variant of this when I was little (last seen being zoomed up a slide and into a hedge c.1986), and I currently have a fire chief version in my Nostalgia Box - will certainly grab it if it's still there!

[Amishtat]

I had the gold XJ6 and caravan, bought from Eaden Lilley in Cambridge about 1988. Can I find it now though..? It definitely didn't have a black roof 

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

I will scan all of these at some point, but I took some pics for now. Matchbox;

There are some castings/colours I've never seen, like this Cortina - only seen gold and pinkish red before - red one looks like an S which makes me want one;

I love the MkIV Cortina, I think it's my favourite Superfast casting of all - I had it in the original metallic greeny-yellow colour (don't know what became of that one) and dark metallic red, which looked a bit like actual Ford Jupiter Red - I still have it, though it's unbelievably worn through living in my pocket for years (seriously, I used to bring it into exams and stuff at school).

I also had it in gold with a black double-stripe over the bonnet and roof, and in plain red (bit like Ford Rosso Red). The blacked-out grille and side strips on that trailer pack look awesome, though - one to look out for.

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Here's a casting I've never seen, only ever listed as a set with a caravan in various colours - on the want list;

I had the original set with the plain red Jaguar, but passed it on last year along with the caravan - but I'll keep my eyes peeled, if you're looking one. I also picked up a metallic blue one for Noel Tidybeard earlier this year, so they are out there (and there was a slightly chewed police version on the stall today, now I think of it)

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I really need this Transit, never seen one!

Again, I'll bear that in mind - there was one on the tat stall last year, before I started taking pics and slapping them up here.

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And I've got to find this XJC 

Tough one to find, that - I can't remember whether it was the Avengers version or the Big Cat version, but I think one of them never made it into the shops and only a handful of pre-production prototypes are known to exist. The other was only on sale for only a short time, so I gather they're pretty sought after. Still - never say never!

Dunno if that's the catalogue that also lists a rather nice looking Mk2 Granada, which also got the chop before production?

Cheers for posting those up, dude! Great to see.

[sierraman]

As far as I know the Mk2 RS2000 was never done in Castrol livery, the Blue phantom was a twin pack only. 

[Datsuncog]

And there was yet more from the depths of the 50p Boxes...

All three of these Superfasts are surprisingly clean and bright underneath, and even the axles are rather straight.

You can see from the last pic that the Lincoln Continental has originally been pale metallic green, but has been treated to a coat of red Humbrol enamel at some stage (fairly neatly done, it has to be said).

 

Eighties Matchboxes - how hard would it have been to give the Renault the number '5'?

That's just confusing, that.

Mazda later sprouted huge spoilers (like the Zakspeed Capri), to become the IMSA Mazda RX7 in blue/silver.

Odds and sods - the Corgi Transit was, I believe, one of the later petrol giveaway promotionals. Not so common with the older-style wheels, though.

I had the Majorette casting in a later version with big wheels - this one's quite nice, despite damage to the rear hatch.

Corgi Juniors 'Rough Terrain Truck' is an oddity, but I kinda like it.

 

All of these are up for grabs at 50p each, incidentally!