Shite in Miniature II

[RoadworkUK]

1 hour ago, Lord Sterling said:

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:

That'll be me heading straight over to eBay, then; it'll go nicely with the Tinned Lancia Lybra I liberated from Datsuncog's Diecast Emporium 

[flat4alfa]

I have the Dialogos too, not boxed though

There is a photo earlier in this thread

 

[bunglebus]

3 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

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

 

 

Green Gus' Gulper, Wild Honey, red fire engine hot rod and red/pink Mercury Cougar drag cars are easily worth £3 if you find them again!

[bunglebus]

Apparently this is an Australian issue catalogue, certainly some of the model names and colours seem to differ from the UK

 

Matchbox 1986-87 01 001 by RS, on Flickr

Matchbox 1986-87 02 001 by RS, on Flickr

Matchbox 1986-87 03 001 by RS, on Flickr

Matchbox 1986-87 04 001 by RS, on Flickr

Matchbox 1986-87 05 001 by RS, on Flickr

Matchbox 1986-87 06 001 by RS, on Flickr

Matchbox 1986-87 07 001 by RS, on Flickr

Matchbox 1986-87 08 001 by RS, on Flickr

Matchbox 1986-87 09 001 by RS, on Flickr

Matchbox 1986-87 10 001 by RS, on Flickr

Matchbox 1986-87 11 001 by RS, on Flickr

Matchbox 1986-87 12 001 by RS, on Flickr

Matchbox 1986-87 13 001 by RS, on Flickr

Matchbox 1986-87 14 001 by RS, on Flickr

Matchbox 1986-87 15 001 by RS, on Flickr

Matchbox 1986-87 16 001 by RS, on Flickr

Matchbox 1986-87 17 001 by RS, on Flickr

[AndyW201]

Another one that was bought a while ago, finally gets a bit of display time,

 

Bit different to my usual stuff I show on here, but I am quite a perv when it comes to 70's BL tat, and I've always been an admirer of the old P6.

This is one of the el cheapo Corgi 60th anniversary editions. A few Vanguards castings were borrowed for the anniversary, the Rover, Escort MK1 Mexico, Morris Minor and MK1 Mini-Cooper. All came in special boxes, reminiscent of the good old early Vanguards sleeve boxes, with a metal lapel badge, all for £14.99.

Naturally, all the Escorts were snapped up and can be seen on eBay for roughly 2 or 3 times the original price but the other 3 can still be had cheaply. I got this one for £14 posted.

For an old Lledo-era Vanguards casting, it doesn't look too bad, making the transition from series 1 to series 2 pretty well, especially liking the egg crate grille with the V8 badging. Can't grumble with the 50 shades of brown colour scheme, either. Only grumble really is with the wheels, obviously they're meant to be 3500S trims but they're far too big. An interesting detail is on the boot lid, where Corgi have gone to the trouble of tampo printing a blanking plate, representing where a boot mount spare would have been previously fitted. Nice to see a County Durham reg number as well.

 A nice addition to my BL/ARG/MGR /Not-Shit Vauxhall section of the display unit, which is admittedly mostly Allegros! (A hangover from the days I owned the real thing, I set out to own all the Vanguards Allegro variants.) It will sit well next to the lairy yellow MGZT.

 

 

 

[Jon]

Hi all,

Sending a post on my phone to show what I found yesterday for the princely sum of 5 for £4, or thereabouts.

I've no idea how to edit the photos and words together, so I'll write my guff and hopefully the images will be somewhere in the post.

Anyway, as you can hopefully see, I bagged a couple of the seemingly elusive Hotwheels 850 touring cars! The SIII Land Rover was bought for my nephew and the Honda Jazz and gold van were bought as interesting filler, to make the numbers up.

Attached (hopefully) are some hastily taken close-ups of the Volvo. If any bar the Landie are proving to be difficult to source in the UK, place dibs and I can bring them with me when I come back to visit next year.

Sent from my SM-G398FN using Tapatalk

[AndyW201]

In other news, I managed to snag these two yesterday from a seller on FB,

The SVX is a must-have and the BINI countryman will go nicely with my recently purchased R53 Cooper.

(Of course this probably means that now Tesco will be groaning with them, at half the price I've just paid...)

[bunglebus]

Funny enough Tesco does have shelves groaning with Matchbox, a full display box plus this hiding behind

 

20191208_124141 by RS, on Flickr

 

Unfortunately it's more of the Trekker/Banana/Mini case. They are now £1.00 though

 

 

[egg]

There's a MB unboxed W123 estate for £3.20 (or best offer) posted here, if someone still needs one...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MATCHBOX-CARS-various-years-Unboxed-Mercedes-W123-Wagon/274126895049?hash=item3fd33c77c9:g:i0kAAOSwNhNdu1Xw

[Spottedlaurel]

4 hours ago, RoadworkUK said:

That'll be me heading straight over to eBay, then; it'll go nicely with the Tinned Lancia Lybra I liberated from Datsuncog's Diecast Emporium 

Langleys in Norwich had a load of those tinned Lancias (and Alfas) earlier this year.

[eddyramrod]

On 12/8/2019 at 10:13 PM, AndyW201 said:

the other 3 can still be had cheaply. I got this one for £14 posted.

How long has £14 been cheap?  Does not compute!  Lovely-looking model though, I have some of the 2000 but really need a 3500 or two.

[flat4alfa]

Could not find, so re-enacted some hot Lancia action

[flat4alfa]

4 hours ago, Jon said:

place dibs and I can bring them with me when I come back to visit next year.

DIBS!

[RoadworkUK]

13 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Langleys in Norwich had a load of those tinned Lancias (and Alfas) earlier this year.

Good old Langleys! I always pop in if I'm passing (sadly rare) just in case they've got a stack of 1:18 AutoART models going cheap. They did, once, which is how I own a 007 FYEO Esprit. Way out of my price range now.

[flat4alfa]

On 11/14/2019 at 5:01 PM, Datsuncog said:

So, on a happier note than before, maybe - I also managed to score this US-release from the model shop.

I heard it whisper: "please sell me to Flat 4 Alfa"

[Datsuncog]

Nah, you wouldn't want it... the box flap is torn.

?

Although if I manage to score an exact version of my childhood Chevy 4x4 - with the black base and broader orange stripes - then I'll certainly keep you in mind...

Now, getting back to this three Chevy van castings thing...

[Datsuncog]

On ‎12‎/‎6‎/‎2019 at 7:12 PM, sierraman said:

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

Nice selection; quite the gymkhana you've got going there!

I had a further trawl through my Charlie Mack reference book, and my orange cab/chocolate body/ white drop-down door (just like yours on the far right of the pic) is variant #25; no more rare than any other colour combo.

Never worry, I still like it just as much!

 

On ‎12‎/‎7‎/‎2019 at 3:52 PM, egg said:

@Datsuncog found this for me in Belfast

It now has the appropriate plastic pieces!

Fantastic to see it all back together again - wonder how many years it's been since that little thing was complete? Those plastic tellies couldn't have stayed with the van for long, I'd guess.

Lesney really did make the best little choking hazards.

 

On ‎12‎/‎8‎/‎2019 at 1:35 PM, Frogchod said:

Some new arrivals...

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

Ohhhhhh…. now that is rather wonderful. I don't really do larger scales, but that's a honey alright.

When I sold my rotten 1:1 version for spears or reapers eight years back, I promised myself that I'd own a decent XM estate one day.

But now the decent ones are all white room money, so looks like I may find solace where I can...

 

On ‎12‎/‎8‎/‎2019 at 4:01 PM, Lord Sterling said:

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

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. 

Hey hey, good to see you back here!

They're good value, those Lancias.

Whoever's selling them isn't making much coin... you're paying less than if you'd been buying them from off me two years ago via Home Bargains, once postage is thrown into the mix!

[FakeConcern]

The three models purchaced from @Datsuncog arrived today, beautifully boxed and individually wrapped, thanks so much, very pleased A* seller, would buy again etc.

Also it was bonus to find the Se7en had a screen as I thought it was missing...

I was in a junk shop in Hastings today and spotted these, just in case anyone is interested...

Also I wondered if this was one of the models discussed earlier in this thread, not really my thing so I'm not sure...

Also picked up the little set of Matchbox petrol pumps for £3  which I am very pleased with...

[egg]

Buckled on the Chevy Caprice now they are a quid...

[sierraman]

Bought this lot today on the market. 50p each, the Sierra is absolutely mint, the black and silver Tanzara is badged Midnight Magic, supposedly a USA only issue. How it ended up here who knows?!

[bramz7]

46 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

The three models purchaced from @Datsuncog arrived today, beautifully boxed and individually wrapped, thanks so much, very pleased A* seller, would buy again etc.

Also it was bonus to find the Se7en had a screen as I thought it was missing...

I was in a junk shop in Hastings today and spotted these, just in case anyone is interested...

Also I wondered if this was one of the models discussed earlier in this thread, not really my thing so I'm not sure...

Also picked up the little set of Matchbox petrol pumps for £3  which I am very pleased with...

I'd be up for the dinky transit ambulance, the Matchbox mercedes and the shell tanker just visible behind too, as I had a well used one as a child.

[Tenmil Socket]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

Bought this lot today on the market. 50p each, the Sierra is absolutely mint, the black and silver Tanzara is badged Midnight Magic, supposedly a USA only issue. How it ended up here who knows?!

Nice Sierra...

[egg]

Guy on Facebook selling quite a lot of cars. @TheDoctor territory in Rochford, Essex.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/753932168445615/

[Spottedlaurel]

18 hours ago, RoadworkUK said:

Good old Langleys! I always pop in if I'm passing (sadly rare) just in case they've got a stack of 1:18 AutoART models going cheap. They did, once, which is how I own a 007 FYEO Esprit. Way out of my price range now.

Just found the photo I took:

By chance, I think we're heading up to Norwich tomorrow. Will try and take a look to see what they still have.

[Datsuncog]

7 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

The three models purchaced from @Datsuncog arrived today, beautifully boxed and individually wrapped, thanks so much, very pleased A* seller, would buy again etc.

Also it was bonus to find the Se7en had a screen as I thought it was missing...

Hey, glad they arrived with you safely!

Yes, the original Lotus was indeed missing its windscreen... but then I found a more intact one in the market tat box the other week, so popped that one in the box instead. It's a smidge bendy-over, but maybe straightenable?

Windscreen-free Lotus is therefore still available...

[eddyramrod]

That's service!

[sierraman]

Little known but fairly useless fact. The Matchbox Tanzara was actually based on a real car, it was based on the British Leyland Zanda concept.

 

http://www.carstyling.ru/en/car/1969_austin_zanda/

[Datsuncog]

2 hours ago, sierraman said:

Little known but fairly useless fact. The Matchbox Tanzara was actually based on a real car, it was based on the British Leyland Zanda concept.

http://www.carstyling.ru/en/car/1969_austin_zanda/

That's fantastic - I never knew anything about that, and it's an early Harris Mann 'wedge' design too.

Right enough, there's more than just a hint of TR7 about the front end...

I've been much less down on all these krazy Superfast fantasy cars since I started learning that many of them were real-life styling concepts from major manufacturers, and low-volume kit cars...

Every day = school day.

 

Still trying to work out why the front end of the Woosh 'n' Push looks just like a Maxi, mind...

[flat4alfa]

It looks nothing like a Maxi!  The sump is too high.

[flat4alfa]

18 hours ago, egg said:

Buckled on the Chevy Caprice now they are a quid...

Went last night and they're cleared out.