Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

19 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

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...

Does it have to be boxed, or will blister pack do?

[egg]

14 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Went last night and they're cleared out.

Well if you want an unboxed one, you know what I'm going to say...?

[flat4alfa]

No I have two Caprices, sorry wasn't clear

They are cleared out of all MB stock.  Including 5 packs.

There is however a Banana car that's found itself into the HW tray.

[sutty2006]

I happened to find myself in smyths toy store locally looking for the 850 touring car but found this. It’ll do I suppose. For a quid fifty. 

[Datsuncog]

5 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Does it have to be boxed, or will blister pack do?

Nope, doesn't really need any packaging- though a box is kinda nice - it just needs to be a factory fresh version of my bashed-up one!

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

Nope, doesn't really need any packaging- though a box is kinda nice - it just needs to be a factory fresh version of my bashed-up one!

Right, so perhaps if a nice clean example of MB68 ‘Racing BF Goodrich’ was sent to your door, it might be persuasive enough for MB68 ‘Motorsports’ to be popped into the current cogbox, minus its generic MB68 empty box if need be?

[RoadworkUK]

21 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

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.

Goodness me!

Of that lot, I reckon it's the 166 I'd most struggle to leave on the shelf.

[flat4alfa]

There’s more 166 on that shelf

...than there are on the roads!

[Spottedlaurel]

14 minutes ago, RoadworkUK said:

Goodness me!

Of that lot, I reckon it's the 166 I'd most struggle to leave on the shelf.

I went into both branches of Langleys, none of the tins were left in either shop. I'm pleased they have the secondhand shop for old kits and diecasts, but there was nothing there that took my fancy this time.

[FakeConcern]

21 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

That's service!

It certainly is! Thanks again! @Datsuncog

[Datsuncog]

14 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Right, so perhaps if a nice clean example of MB68 ‘Racing BF Goodrich’ was sent to your door, it might be persuasive enough for MB68 ‘Motorsports’ to be popped into the current cogbox, minus its generic MB68 empty box if need be?

Well, I suppose that if a hypothetical MB68 with BF Goodrich tampos were to mysteriously arrive at a putative door then, for the sake of argument, it might suffice to cause the Motorsports version to hop from the 'keep' box to the 'sold' box...

...hypothetically speaking, of course...

[vulgalour]

Last month I got some new arrivals, what with everything going on at this end, I didn't get around to photgraphing them until now.  Thanks to Mike for these, made for a great little birthday present.

Well, except for the fact that I now have a yet another Field Car.  It's not in bad shape, that said.

I enjoy these more fanciful offerings from Matchbox.  For some reason, I've always found this green hovercraft much harder to find than the white one.

My second Alfa Carabo, this time in a much less lurid colour combination.

I've been able to expand my modest Kingsize/Superkings collection too kicking off with an all time favourite.  Shame it doesn't have the bullion trolley with it, but then they never do.  Combination lock on the rear door works and none of the knobs have been chewed, which makes a change.

I didn't know they did this hovercraft in this scale, nor that it has Rolamatics type innards so when you push it, the radar dish and the propellor both rotate.  I like this one a lot.

Hooray for weirdness!  Missing the tracks, as usual, and with wibbly wobbly back axles, this Adventure 2000 is prime restoration/customisation fodder so I'm looking forward to getting stuck into it.

I'm guessing this is a re-release of an earlier set, it's not one I've seen before and I know Matchbox did release a good number of vehicles in this boring olive drab for military playsets.  Overall, it's in reasonable shape, even the tow hook is still there and the axles aren't mangled.

I did have a red non-rally one of these which I think I sold.  It's a nice enough model but one that I'll probably sell on at some point.

Last item is this long Transit with a missing door.  Not sure what I'm doing with this one yet, again it's a nice model, well detailed and proportioned.  I'm tempted to turn it into a White Arrow delivery van, just need to find a replacement door to do it.  Or maybe I'll just find a door in the wrong colour, do a bit of decal removal and weathering, and make it look like a privately owned ex-Datapost van.  World of possibilities with this one.

[Frogchod]

Simca is done.

Before and after pics...

 

[sierraman]

Picked up the Hot Wheels Skyline in Japanese Police livery and the black CRX. Quite liking their JDM issues at the moment. No Volvo 850 though

[Tenmil Socket]

Do these all have the same security code? A couple I've looked at had the same number on the base...

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, vulgalour said:

For some reason, I've always found this green hovercraft much harder to find than the white one.

Hello there, green Hovercraft

Meet your lighter-skinned sister.  Complete with the trodden-on conversion

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, vulgalour said:

I didn't know they did this hovercraft in this scale, nor that it has Rolamatics type innards so when you push it, the radar dish and the propellor both rotate

They also adapted the casting into the Battle Kings 'Hover-Raider'.  I've had this since I was a lad, Mum gave it to me for a Christmas.

Dinky also did a 'rola-matic' SR.N6 as well.  It's slightly larger and heavier, with its die-cast base, alloy wheels and rubber tyres.  Opening front door hatch too.  My fave.

But the question remains - WHICH WILL WIN THE RACE ?

[vulgalour]

For a minute there I got FAR too excited at the prospect of Rolamatic Scaletrix racing hovercraft.

[flat4alfa]

3 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

For a minute there I got FAR too excited at the prospect of Rolamatic Scaletrix racing hovercraft.

Truth is, that was why I bought it: I knew a Dinky would be screwed together and was going to motorise it.  What I didn't expect was for it to arrive in such great condition so I had to leave it as is.

Searching for a tatty but working order donor to do the daft hover slot idea.  It is rather heavy though

[Datsuncog]

59 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Searching for a tatty but working order donor to do the daft hover slot idea.

I'll keep a weather eye out... I'm sure I've seen a couple of scruffy ones in among the tat boxes.

[egg]

2 hours ago, Frogchod said:

Simca is done.

Brilliant. Nice to see it looking good

[155V6]

I got this copy of a Majorette pickup from eBay ages ago

The real one is my favourite Majorette ever

The copy is nearly identical bodywise,but has a plastic base with no maker's name

Anyone know anything about it,or seen one before?

[flat4alfa]

Can't help with the answer

But what did strike me was the quarter-light window that's not on other Dodge D-Series casting variations such as this Fire Brigade one

Sorry I should have cleaned it before poking a lense in its face

[bunglebus]

6 hours ago, vulgalour said:

I enjoy these more fanciful offerings from Matchbox.  For some reason, I've always found this green hovercraft much harder to find than the white one.

 

 

 

Try finding the Adventure 2000 one in flat green with the black base....

[flat4alfa]

On 12/6/2019 at 6:33 PM, Tenmil Socket said:

Thought that looked similar to my old Majorette 'Fourgon VW'

Had this one since a lad - bought it in France in 1981 (first ever holiday 'abroad'). 

 Quite why they chose a decal in Dutch I don't know.  But I do know that this particular Dutch phrase was the first Dutch I ever learned!  I thought it was German.

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Siemens. In a class of its own

 

[155V6]

26 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Can't help with the answer

But what did strike me was the quarter-light window that's not on other Dodge D-Series casting variations such as this Fire Brigade one

Sorry I should have cleaned it before poking a lense in its face

I never noticed that before.Also,just looking at some of my pickups(I must have about 80),the early ones have the rubbing strip right along the side,the later ones don't have it on the door.Plus some have the hole for the snowplough in the base,some don't.

[155V6]

Love the Siemens VW,that's one variant I haven't got.

[bunglebus]

22 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Thought that looked similar to my old Majorette 'Fourgon VW'

Had this one since a lad - bought it in France in 1981 (first ever holiday 'abroad'). 

 Quite why they chose a decal in Dutch I don't know.  But I do know that this particular Dutch phrase was the first Dutch I ever learned!  I thought it was German.

 

Good to see it retains its tailgate - a lot are broken or missing

20191005_131419 by RS, on Flickr

20190901_194439 by RS, on Flickr

Anyone else notice the deleted belt line molding on the panel van version? It's still there on the rear quarters but nowhere else

[155V6]

9 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Good to see it retains its tailgate - a lot are broken or missing

20191005_131419 by RS, on Flickr

20190901_194439 by RS, on Flickr

Anyone else notice the deleted belt line molding on the panel van version? It's still there on the rear quarters but nowhere else

I had to look at mine,and you're right.But the plain orange version has got it.

[Noel Tidybeard]

did someone say 50p 1100?