Shite in Miniature II

[egg]

Well done DC, top work as always.

I'll reserve the beige rolls please if that's ok.

[155V6]

Lidl have some Hotwheels this week,5-packs for £4.99,& single cars for £1.49.

[flat4alfa]

40 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

 

The London-Sydney Rally Hillman Hunter Arrow.

Paint and glazing are still reasonable, though the stickers have been lost to time.

Stickers here

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Corgi-302-Hillman-Hunter-Rally-car-Sydney-To-London-decal-set-only-with-referenc/372544163125

[Datsuncog]

41 minutes ago, Rover414 said:

Thanks! To be fair the National is a bargain, rare to see them below 15 quid anywhere I know.

Yeah, there were at least two big boxes of buses there this morning - sad to say, but most likely a deceased estate.

I guess if Market Blokey's bought them cheap as a job lot, he'll happily punt them out at £5 each if he's making a quid or two on each one.

By his own admission, he knows nothing about them!

If you're interested in diecast buses, I'll take better pics next time there are some in - generally I haven't bothered, as I didn't think there was so much interest here. Not a bother!

 

7 minutes ago, Amishtat said:

Um.... Dibs on the Hunter please! 

Sure thing. I thought it might appeal! ?

 

7 minutes ago, egg said:

I'll reserve the beige rolls please if that's ok.

You surely can - will set that aside for you.

Just scruffy enough to justify a repaint, should you wish to go down that route...

[Datsuncog]

Oh, and just to throw it out there - if anyone wants to take on the £5 Dinky NSU Ro80 from the other week (and try to get the lights working), you're more than welcome:

[bunglebus]

Nice haul, cheers for the '57s. I polished up the plastic piston cover bit on my piston popper with a bit of fine wet and dry then the wooden floor polish trick that all the Youtube guys suggest. 

I had a few awaiting my return this morning;

 

20191122_125011 by RS, on Flickr

20191122_124948 by RS, on Flickr

20191122_124824 by RS, on Flickr

20191122_124745 by RS, on Flickr

20191122_124751 by RS, on Flickr

20191122_124702 by RS, on Flickr

20191122_124635 by RS, on Flickr

20191122_124502 by RS, on Flickr

20191122_124423 by RS, on Flickr

20191122_124355 by RS, on Flickr

 

The yellow 240Z has some extra red added by some little tinker, hopefully meths will remove it.

Binz is sadly missing its tailgate.

One of the  Road Dragsters will donate its engine to my much cleaner charity shop version.

Got to stop accumulating Mod Rods!

[Rover414]

Always interested in any buses that come up as sometimes find bargains where ebay seems to lack these days! Is the beige Rolls available? Could be interested in that as well.

[Datsuncog]

6 minutes ago, Rover414 said:

Always interested in any buses that come up as sometimes find bargains where ebay seems to lack these days! Is the beige Rolls available? Could be interested in that as well.

Afraid @egg just pipped you to the Rolls, but I can keep an eye out for another one - they seem to crop up reasonably often. Ditto the buses!

[egg]

@Rover414 happy for you to take the rolls as you already have a box on the go with DC

[flat4alfa]

NSU please put my name on

[flat4alfa]

30 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Oh, and just to throw it out there - if anyone wants to take on the £5 Dinky NSU Ro80 from the other week (and try to get the lights working), you're more than welcome:

you meant this one, right?

[Datsuncog]

Yup, that's the one! Will set it aside for you, thanks!

[flat4alfa]

You don’t  have to stop fondling it just yet

No rush for it (them)

It looks like another ‘Cog Box’ is being put together

[flat4alfa]

“Ken !!”

”What ?”

”Get down from there, NOW !”

"Sorry, Dolly"

[Split_Pin]

Opened the 2nd Bini I got and sorted the pillars out. Looks much better now.

And, fuck it, I also opened one of the JPS Europas because it's Friday. Its a very nice little model indeed and I warmed to it as soon as it was out of the blister.

[flat4alfa]

Right, that’s it..

I can’t bear it any longer..

All of you, out of the blisters.

Set yourselves FREEEEE !

 

/ shudder

 

[cms206]

DC it was me who was after VWs (... to make British Airways air start units, if I can be arsed at some point). Also looked like a Greater Glasgow Atlantean bus there?

I'm sure I've asked you for stuff before which I've forgotten about as usual, so tally up whats due and I'll fire over pennies before I forget again!

[egg]

Like split pin, I found the Merc readily available again in Tesco, so got another and unboxed it. Now, how to remove the decals?

[Amishtat]

Gentle use of t-cut? 

[sierraman]

I’ve a spare one. Was tempted to turn it into a taxi? 

[flat4alfa]

You can’t remove the decals. Because feminism.

[flat4alfa]

I’VE FOUND MY OWN TAT STALL !

Hitchin market 

50p chod box’s too!!  50p??  In Hertfordshire!!?

[flat4alfa]

Wife got narked after the first five minutes. By ten, there was a stomping off.

As a consequence I might* just park her in Next and dash back to Chod-up

[matt79]

1 hour ago, egg said:

Like split pin, I found the Merc readily available again in Tesco, so got another and unboxed it. Now, how to remove the decals?

Gently rub a cotton bud dipped in non-acetone nail varnish remover over the decals & they should disappear!

[DoctorRetro]

Today's hot wheels additions. 

One for me... 

I already had its twin.. 

And one for the littlun

 

Many thanks go to my long suffering girlfriend who bought them for us even though I'd walked away from the aisle and given up shopping.

B&M on a Saturday is no good for an anxiety ridden bloke and a 7yr old with the collective attention spans of an ADHD goldfish. 

We sat in the car and listened to the Gorillaz instead. 

 

[flat4alfa]

Hitchin Tat Stall Chod-on results are in

Everything here I was after in one way or another

[egg]

Great stuff.

Anyone got a siren light for a Galaxie please? Cheers.

[Split_Pin]

Picked up a HW 944 today, there were two. The Entertainer is a good place to go, it was rammed with Hotwheels cars. One member of staff even cracked a case for me however I don't think the 850 is with us yet.

[egg]

anyone spotted an HW Alpine A110 lately?

[flat4alfa]

57 minutes ago, egg said:

Great stuff.

Anyone got a siren light for a Galaxie please? Cheers.

It needs more than just the red light though!

I’d normally say treat it as a donor as your a-pillar will not gain an MOT

But there are aftermarket collections of lights on sprue for a couple of quid

Even better, get a flashing red LED and fit a 3v Lithium cell in there. I might even give you one of my spares

/ I’ll go now