Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Thought I'd have a look at the Tomica and Welly airport stair cars, 100% the same casting with very minor changes

 

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[bunglebus]

Also had these arrive

 

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There's some lovely stuff in the Siku catalogue, although there aren't that many castings - just different versions of them

[DoctorRetro]

Got a sneaky* view of what's coming for Xmas.. 

[bunglebus]

Spotted a few new ones today - not for me though

 

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[egg]

Ah ok, next round of stock coming in? I might pick up the Alfa if I see it.

[DoctorRetro]

Also got this, but it's a candidate for the Lego thread... 

[Split_Pin]

I'm on the lookout for the Alfa and the R53 Mini Cooper S.

No sign of any new MB in Tesco though.

[Datsuncog]

31 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I'm on the lookout for the Alfa and the R53 Mini Cooper S.

No sign of any new MB in Tesco though.

Haven't seen the Alfa anywhere yet myself, but there were a fair few R53s in the dump bin at my local store - if you're stuck, happy to nab one on your behalf!

[bunglebus]

There were 5 Minis in my store but they soon went

[Split_Pin]

9 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Haven't seen the Alfa anywhere yet myself, but there were a fair few R53s in the dump bin at my local store - if you're stuck, happy to nab one on your behalf!

Cheers chap yes please!

[DoctorRetro]

Alfas and Minis at Southend Tesco, can try to pick up if anyone wants. 

 

[Lord Sterling]

Bought these some weeks back because I'm a Vectra C fanboi:

Added with a Mazda 6 bought for a couple of quid owing to its condition, it was very dusty when I got it but I cleaned it up, its rear spoiler, wing mirrors and roof ariel and perspex case are missing as well:

[Split_Pin]

Nice!

I have an early saloon prefacelift in that launch colour they did, kind of a yellow/gold hue, and a facelift BTCC example I got from TK MAxx some years ago. I'd like to find a road-going facelift example like yours though.

[Lord Sterling]

1 minute ago, Split_Pin said:

Nice!

I have an early saloon prefacelift in that launch colour they did, kind of a yellow/gold hue, and a facelift BTCC example I got from TK MAxx some years ago. I'd like to find a road-going facelift example like yours though.

Cool. Got any pics. I'm in the Vectra C fanboi mode at the moment so anything related to that is of interest to me.

[Split_Pin]

They'll be somewhere! Will have a look.

Like the Mazda 6 too - been looking for one at £notsillymoney

[AndyW201]

There's a guy on eBay (mx5partsworld) doing a load of those Opel dealer models for less than a tenner. He's got that Vectra OPC/VXR, the Vectra wagon, even a Meriva OPC!

[egg]

£1 charidee shop pick-up. Corgi. Same price to you if you want it? A few paint dings. Postage will be £3 though...

 

[C1am]

I picked this up at a car boot sale. It's a "Summer" (Volvo 164) made in Hong Kong, not a make I previously knew. History  here:

https://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/2101-summer/589929-summer-diecast-production-history-wip.html

The front view looks like an automotive version of Skeletor.

 

[eddyramrod]

3 hours ago, egg said:

£1 charidee shop pick-up. Corgi. Same price to you if you want it? A few paint dings. Postage will be £3 though...

 

Can I claim this please?  I have a small sub-collection of RNLI models, this will fit nicely!

[flat4alfa]

Many thanks to MorrisOxide.

I have been gifted a MERC W123 WAGON 

I can sleep a little easier now !

This place, etc.

[Datsuncog]

Heh, I used to have one of those Volvo 164s... it is surprisingly charming, despite its myriad shortcomings. That front end really is quite odd - hadn't made the Skeletor connection before, but now I can't stop seeing it...

A few other Summers in my collection were a Lamborghini Countach and some sort of 1930s tourer thing... I think they might have all gone off to live with 155V6?

[bunglebus]

I got a Summer Jag XJC on Sat, it's up there ^ somewhere

 

Spotted a job lot locally including a couple of cars I hadn't seen before or were on my want list;

 

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Missing a headlight and engine cover sadly

 

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Two more of these joined my current one so I'll keep the nicest. All the Matchbox have the steering wheels

 

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Also two of these - how they've still got the plastic engine cover grilles I don't know, both pinged out while I was playing with looking at them

 

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Casting flash still left on the wheel - missing a tyre and none of my spares are right

 

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This was the one I really wanted - only produced for one year. A badly overpainted one with the wrong wheels just sold on eBay for nearly as much as I paid for the whole job lot

 

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Some other bits landed on the doormat - these Hot Wheels Vanagons are very hard to find at sub-eyewatering prices normally

 

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Mint. Amazing for half a century old.

 

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Yatming Ford wagons

 

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Finally, Majorette generator trailer

 

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[C1am]

29 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Two more of these joined my current one so I'll keep the nicest.

If they're Mercurys I have a saloon version. 

That Marina is superb!

 

[bunglebus]

I have that saloon - should have said but all the job lot cars were Superking size, yes they're the Mercury Commuter. Never seen the Marina or Bond before

[eddyramrod]

I have both; not from new but long enough that their origins are lost in the mists of time.  The Bond is unmolested, and orange as I remember the real ones.  The Marina has been repainted to match the coupe I had in 1983.

[Datsuncog]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I got a Summer Jag XJC on Sat, it's up there ^ somewhere

Ah, yes - I had that one too! Here it is with the rather unhappy-looking Countach.

Slightly peculiar front end treatment, but quite a nice thing all the same.

Proportions are actually pretty decent...

...though the weirdest damn propshaft I've ever seen.

I think this green thing on the right is also a Summer - can't quite remember now.

Looking through last year's sales pics, I'm not seeing the Volvo 164 in there - so now I'm wondering if I kept it after all? Hmmm...

 

That's a cracking haul you've landed, by the way! Early Superkings really are lovely, and well done on scoring a decent Charger.

[Datsuncog]

17 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

On 10/29/2019 at 10:00 PM, Datsuncog said:

Haven't seen the Alfa anywhere yet myself, but there were a fair few R53s in the dump bin at my local store - if you're stuck, happy to nab one on your behalf!

Cheers chap yes please!

Bloody typical, nipped into Tesco this evening "to get some bananas" and all the Binis had gone! There were at least three there on Monday, and still loads of everything else in there bar the W123 wagon. Sorry about that!

My extensive search of the dump bins did however turn up a pair of Alfa Giulias though, so will set one aside if you've had no luck elsewhere.

Anyone else fancy the other one?

[Sudsprint]

4 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

 

 

Looks more like a Sunbeam Venezia to me..

4 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

 

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[Split_Pin]

5 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Bloody typical, nipped into Tesco this evening "to get some bananas" and all the Binis had gone! There were at least three there on Monday, and still loads of everything else in there bar the W123 wagon. Sorry about that!

My extensive search of the dump bins did however turn up a pair of Alfa Giulias though, so will set one aside if you've had no luck elsewhere.

Anyone else fancy the other one?

Yes please chap! Thanks for doing that, I'll fire you a PM shortly.

[bunglebus]

6 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

the weirdest damn propshaft I've ever seen.

 

Brilliant, I hadn't noticed that!

 

Mine's in good condition all told

 

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