Shite in Miniature II

[Datsuncog]

56 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Wonder where matey gets them, house clearances? Jumble sales? Charity shops?

Think it's mostly from house clearances and the like - certainly a lot of the stuff looks like it's just been pulled out of a garage. Oil cans, tins of ancient polish, Haynes manuals for Mk1 Cavaliers...

I think there's a weird ecosystem going on whereby someone must do the actual clearance, and different traders at the market then buy various things from them.. there are stalls that mostly sell second-hand china, cookware and ornaments; others that do second-hand books, others still jewellery. My matey does mostly toys, CDs, random superseded household stuff (like mangles and washboards) and postcards.

Also, quite often when I'm browsing the stall someone shows up with a box of Days Gone or similar that belonged to some deceased family member, looking to sell them. They're usually politely told that they just don't sell... and these often then turn up at auction instead.

It's a funny one.

[egg]

Bit modern for me, but my uncle bought me this Norev over from France. 35 years ago he bought me a radio controlled Fiat Ritmo. Plus ca change.

[Split_Pin]

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Of course it's incredibly sporty - it has 'MOTORSPORT' on the side!

As any fule kno (especially fules who hang around the Ripspeed aisle in Halfords) £10 of self-adhesive graphics beats £1,000 of engine mods, every time...

I love the headlights as well - leaving them out on the later 'smiley' version of the Transit was a big mistake. It just looks 'right'.

 

The model shop I used to work in stocked Brooklin and Lansdown models, and I was also in disbelief of the sheer weight... there were one or two diecast plutocrats who used to come in and buy them (generally retired judges, interestingly), but the rest just sat there, year after year...

I had a Somerville Rover P5 about 20 years ago. I recall these sorts being advertised in Popular Classics in the very early 1990s, when the only affordable British model cars were from a (then) small range from Corgi.

So if you wanted a mint condition 50s or 60s BL, Rover or Rootes Group model those were often your only option over an expensive Dinky. Thankfully my mum taught me how to restore model cars so cheap careworn Dinky and Corgi were a viable option to me.

Vanguards must have blown them out the water.

I found my Rover strangely soulless and as you alluded to, they were a bit giffer.

I'd definitely love to own a Rootes model like the one above or a Maxi though. They are pretty interesting.

[155V6]

@Datsuncog I'll have the Porsche to go with my others,could you start a box for me please?

[Tenmil Socket]

Nice !

[sierraman]

A bit late to the party but here’s my Bedford horseboxes. 

[sutty2006]

Mrs sutty came home from a work related event at the NEC today with this. For me. Massive win. 

[Split_Pin]

Keeper! And the Mrs too!

[flat4alfa]

Crikey

all my Mrs brings home is complaints

[junkyarddog]

http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/212062/free-scalextrics

 

Some free slot car stuff up for grabs on the blue forum.

[Jon]

More Trademe trawling for interesting things netted this:

 

 

A 1/43 plastic Norev Simca Chambord - I think that's a fancy name for a Vedette. It's a little bit mucky in places and also lightly warped but it has retained its double aerials above the fins and its tow bar too - I'm not sure if these were sold separately but I have seen images of interesting Norev trailers and caravans but I think the likelihood of finding one in NZ would be very slim indeed. This now brings up my total of plastic Norevs to 3 (the others being a violet coloured Panhard and a light green Renault 30) and I bagged this one for less than £10 delivered, which I think is a fair price for something so old and fragile.

 

 

Have a bonus whimsical, colour coded shot after rooting through a 1980's advertising industry magazine - the irony is not lost on me that this is something this Norev won't be suffering from!

[egg]

Sometimes that 'ground in' dirt on Norevs can be improved by autosol metal polish believe it or not. Nice car.

@Jon more pics for you.

[Snipes]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AOSHIMA-B24024-N-Gauge-Building-Kit-1-24-Toyota-Carina-ST191-Castrol-Btcc-1994/163856112409

Two problems here; I'm pretty useless with kits and 2; but not as useless as TTE were when it came to racing Carina Es in 1994.

[flat4alfa]

17 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Some free slot car stuff up for grabs on the blue forum.

Cheers for sorting this

I’ve put my name down

Anyone passing, or live near Bristol?

[flat4alfa]

11 minutes ago, Snipes said:

Two problems here; I'm pretty useless with kits and 2; but not as useless as TTE were when it came to racing Carina Es in 1994.

That’s only one problem then ?

GIB

[Datsuncog]

21 hours ago, egg said:

Bit modern for me, but my uncle bought me this Norev over from France.

Heh, that's not a million miles from my childhood Vitesse 2CV, with that humpy boot bustle... the Vitesse came with a rolled-back roof and snazzy tartan seats, iirc.

Hurray for uncles who 'get' shiters...

[egg]

He lives in France, and happy to do Norev hunting for me - but it's kind of difficult to give exact parameters of what is worth getting or not...I think he paid €12 for this - which seems about right.

The box came with it- and it is part of a Hachette 'collection 2cv' series from 1994 I believe.

An ebay seller here is selling a load of the associated magazines:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/norev-hachette-specification-collection-Citroen-2CV-comes-without-miniature-/153344144071?_trksid=p2385738.m4383.l4275.c10&var=453246946303

Norev did so many 2cv variations though, I get a bit confused.

[bunglebus]

A few new HW have landed

 

20191207_153517 by RS, on Flickr

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And a couple of charity shop specials - larger two are Del Prado and probably cost more than 50p new...

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[egg]

@Datsuncog found this for me in Belfast

It now has the appropriate plastic pieces!

[flat4alfa]

Brad the Fire Chief rang to say his beloved Caprice was missing its red roof light cover

Anything suitable in the spares boxes, he wondered?

[flat4alfa]

Gerald, duty manager at the airport has let the search light get pinched off the roof of the HCB Angus.

It was plastic and silvered. Fitted to the forward part of the black roof section. It could be rotated too

[flat4alfa]

Barry, who bought-in the Chubb for the airport fleet, was disappointed to find the Corgitronics circuit board and battery cell compartment have been omitted from this release! Well I never!

If a suitable donor is found, I’ll pass the message on. Thanks 

[Bren]

The caprice is a nice model and expensive boxed.

[Tenmil Socket]

23 hours ago, Snipes said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AOSHIMA-B24024-N-Gauge-Building-Kit-1-24-Toyota-Carina-ST191-Castrol-Btcc-1994/163856112409

Two problems here; I'm pretty useless with kits and 2; but not as useless as TTE were when it came to racing Carina Es in 1994.

In the sellers shop categories you'll find 'Bum Slots'... ?

[sierraman]

Matchbox are in the ‘one below’ shops. It’s the Q case apparently that missed the Tesco shelves. Blew £5 all at once on them for the kids but I’ve got to send them off to Father Xmas first...?

[Frogchod]

Some new arrivals, the LNA and Dagonet were chepies from ebay.

The 1/24 XM came from my local bar tabac.

 

[Frogchod]

In other news the Simca from Egg industries has been a sod to get a good paint finish.

Attempt number three today using health and safety approved* paint baking technique.

[bunglebus]

This just landed, scans coming later

 

20191208_142743 by RS, on Flickr

 

In the mean time, here's the donor for the ex-Donald Duck buggy

 

20191208_115007 by RS, on Flickr

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Turns out there are detail differences in the bases, Beach Hopper has a tittle tab at the front of the base which locates into the body, got to come off. Also found the DD body is a bit thicker in the sides so stops the base and interior going in nicely. I could have ground the inside of the body but it can be seen, so as I have to mod the base anyway I'll file it down until it fits.

These are Beach Hopper and Baja Buggy bases, DD buggy is plastic

 

20191208_120804 by RS, on Flickr

 

Miss Postie had brought me some early Xmas presents, I'll start with the shite that always comes with buying job lots

 

20191208_114731 by RS, on Flickr

 

MB trains and metal Chinese planes. Not interesting to me

 

20191208_114657 by RS, on Flickr

 

Thought this was an ERTL but it's a cheap plastic job. Wheel donor.

 

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Honestly, what the hell is that supposed to be? Think the guys at Welly had dropped a bit of acid that day

 

20191208_114505 by RS, on Flickr

 

Hot Wheels Good Humour truck? Nope

 

20191208_114512 by RS, on Flickr

 

A real one;

 

20180506_091933 by RS, on Flickr

 

20191208_114334 by RS, on Flickr

 

Summer Toys Merc, sadly grille-less. Things get a bit better from here on, not a bad Stretcha Fetcha;

 

20191208_114159 by RS, on Flickr

 

Humbrol-enhanced Ford Fairlane police car;

 

20191208_114127 by RS, on Flickr

 

Got a couple of window donors/resto candidates after buying the broken one out of Oxfam the other week;

 

20191208_114113 by RS, on Flickr

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Now this is one I hadn't seen before, Zylmex Mini, looking very much like a Matchbox Racing Mini. I'll dig one out for comparison soon

 

20191208_114016 by RS, on Flickr

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My searches for the Sand Digger copy led me to a couple of Bulgarian versions;

 

20191208_113719 by RS, on Flickr

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Had a good AS tip off about the plastic Sand Digger copy, one should be landing on my door mat in the next few days...

 

 

 

 

[Lord Sterling]

Suuuuuup!!!!

Been spotting and buying some miniture tat of late. Yesterday as a stauntered outside I came across a local antiques emporium who had these outside:

At over £3 each or 3 for £10 I can't say I was overly interested.

I did however spot this on eBay and at just under £4 delivered I stuck a bid in and won:

It's a 1/43 model of the Lancia Dialogos concept from 1998:

The Solido model don't really seem to sell for much more than what I paid for it. There are a few others about for around £5 etc... but I'm happy. Theae seem to be kind of models that sit in glass cabinets at Lancia specialists. 

[sutty2006]

22 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Brad the Fire Chief rang to say his beloved Caprice was missing its red roof light cover

Anything suitable in the spares boxes, he wondered?

So much want