Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, 155V6 said:

@bunglebus didn't some early Corgi Juniors use the Husky base with the name removed,& Corgi Juniors stuck on a sticker?

Also,have you seen the original version of the Maisto Baja Bug is still available in Poundland in metallic red?

Sounds about right, an interesting hybrid by the look of it.

And 

 

[Amishtat]

I didn’t expect to just come across one of these in a local junk shop but the chap does diecasts at reasonable prices so he's usually worth a look if I'm passing. It's a little scruffy but I don't care, it's a lovely model and one I'm pleased to have.. Definitely not furtively papped in the canteen.. 

[Split_Pin]

The Corgi 16 is well proportioned, definitely my favourite version. I was so excited to get the Tour De France issue from a Swapmeet in 1990 as I loved these cars at the time, which were firnly in their old banger phase by then. A few more followed like your example which I sold some years ago but the TDF one has remained.

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Yes, I don't have the Norev 16, but I also prefer the Corgi. Here is Norev's attempt

However, some of the newer Norev castings do seem to do it better.

[warch]

I now have quite the collection of Hotwheels. It gives me something to do when I'm near a Tescos or Entertainer or B&M. My only self imposed rule is that I must only buy them 'in the wild' not off ebay or whatever because that would be unsporting. 

I was made up when visiting Welshpool B&M that they had the notoriously tricky to find (thanks to online resellers) Lolvo 850. I also bagged a Mitsi EVO (pictured)… The grille looks a bit naff all one colour but at £1.50 apiece I was more than happy.

[Amishtat]

That'll teach me to read the last couple of pages properly before posting.. Egg, the place I went today had the Corgi Heinkel, sort of orangey colour and touched up (quite well) with Humbrol in places but really quite presentable at eight quid. Can go back next week if it appeals?  He also had a gold French Dinky Peugeot 504 for the same price, nice presentable example I'm sort of thinking I should have bought. Definitely wish I'd taken my phone in with me.. 

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@Amishtat - thanks for thinking of me, but that's about the same as the online price posted to me.  But if you see a cheaper one....

[Datsuncog]

7 hours ago, quicksilver said:

It's no good trying to resist the lure of the tat box any longer! Could I lay claim to the Majorette generator, green Discovery and Budgie crane truck (5-6, 6-12 and 7-12)? Also, if this yellow MAN and the battered EFE Harrington are still in the box o' tat next time would you mind hoiking them out for me, thankyouplease?

Those three all set aside for you - and I'll certainly have a look for the Harrington and the MAN on Friday, no bother1
 

7 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Can I have;

Board 1, #18

Board 2 #14

And the Buick, why not!

Don't worry too much about discount, but if you could put them in my reserved box that'd be great

Black Chevrolet Corvette and red Dodge Dakota... you surely can, plus the Riviera and all. Nice one!

[eddyramrod]

On 1/29/2020 at 9:21 PM, Spottedlaurel said:

As an aside, how does anyone else display blister pack HW and Matchbox? 

I have vertical rows of nails in the wall at strategic points; also in the sides of wall cupboards, bookshelves etc, with the blisters hanging from the nails.  They overlap, so the only one you can see in its entirety is the top one, but that's ok by me.

[barrett]

12 hours ago, Amishtat said:

  He also had a gold French Dinky Peugeot 504 for the same price, nice presentable example I'm sort of thinking I should have bought. Definitely wish I'd taken my phone in with me.. 

This one?

If so, I would be quite interested at £8. That's a really rare model. There is an Atlas version, and a later one with no opening bits, neither of which I am interested in - but if it's one of the original Spanish-built ones with the opening bits.... yes please

[junkyarddog]

Found a Volvo 850,it can go with the rest of my station wagon collection. 

You like it Smoll Eddy?

"Prefer the Vista cruiser M8"

I do have a spare Volvo if anyone out there has the new hot wheels Alpine A110 to trade?

 

[Amishtat]

2 hours ago, barrett said:

This one?

If so, I would be quite interested at £8. That's a really rare model. There is an Atlas version, and a later one with no opening bits, neither of which I am interested in - but if it's one of the original Spanish-built ones with the opening bits.... yes please

No, it's a greener gold than that with no opening features that I recall, fairly horrible plastic wheels and a sticker of a black panther or something on each front door. If it had looked at all like the one in your picture I'd have bought it there and then on general principle, that's lovely. 

[flat4alfa]

22 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

First come, first served!

Ok for the F4A CogBox:

TANZARA

CHINESE RIVIERA

BEDFORD CF

Please

[flat4alfa]

18 hours ago, 155V6 said:

I've got quite a few I don't want,so will be doing a Datsuncog-style clear out in a few days.

The Alfa GTV is by Guisval.

Bags the GTV if it is to be re-homed

Please

[Datsuncog]

16 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Ok for the F4A CogBox:

TANZARA

CHINESE RIVIERA

BEDFORD CF

Duly noted! Will move them across to your box later, thanks!

[bunglebus]

Went in loads of shops yesterday, no new Hot Wheels. Happened to be in town today and went in B&M again for something else - 

 

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[Amishtat]

 I went back for some extremely shoddy photographs, the Heinkel and Peugeot aren't as nice as I thought though. Dayglo Corgi Capri appealed until I noticed a-pillar damage. 

[sierraman]

Oh god the dreaded card tags! 

[MarvinsMom]

oh me, oh my....

a Corgi Consul classic, chevy impala, olds toronado, corvette c3, bond bug.....

so much wantage, so little monies

 

[Amishtat]

45 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Oh god the dreaded card tags! 

I know, but this time I don't regard his pricing as unreasonable. Almost everything in those pictures is between £6-15. Not boot sale money, granted, but not ridiculous. 

[155V6]

6 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Bags the GTV if it is to be re-homed

Please

Sorry,the GTV is staying.

[flat4alfa]

58 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

Sorry,the GTV is staying.

And so it should ?

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

Oh god the dreaded card tags! 

When I see Tags 

I think - ‘perennially for sale’

I think it’s intentional  ? 

[Amishtat]

I may have picked up a couple more for the resto pile. 

 

[Split_Pin]

That's a Solido 505 BTW, not a patch on the Dinky one.

Thanks @Datsuncog I received my very finely packaged box of cars today. Really cheered me up after the hellish few days at work I have had. I got a right load of those HotWheels steering rigs, they work great. I'm also looking forward to sorting the Renault 5. I'll probs leave the paint alone and just straighten the roof and remake the glazing using something suitable. If only I had a spare Ferrero Rocher box.......

 

[bunglebus]

44 minutes ago, Amishtat said:

 

 

I've got one of those that I started doing up about 4 years ago, it's in primer but the casting marks are dreadful. The base forming the wheelarches bugs me, as do the too-shallow doors. I still like it despite its faults

 

Just realised Corgi updated the reg, probably each year to make it look "new"

INJ really bugs me too. At least yours has a legit registration 

[flat4alfa]

My AutoTat list of want for February:

MB Mini Ha Ha, resto ok if engine in place 

MB SuperKings Gus’s Gulper, resto condition ok if complete and ok glass

1/32 built/unbuild Airfix/Matchbox/Revell etc models, on the cheap, any condition even ruined

Guisval Mustang with big fantasy motor

1:1 scale DeLorean, cheap & tatty but has MoT. I Jest.

A minty Hot Wheels Chevy or GMC, 1970s Van 

Scalex tinplate Aston Martin DB2, any condition

Startex tinplate Sunbeam Alpine, any condition

Scalextric Maestro, any condition

A pint of Gold Top, and a yoghurt

[MarvinsMom]

11 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I've got one of those that I started doing up about 4 years ago, it's in primer but the casting marks are dreadful. The base forming the wheelarches bugs me, as do the too-shallow doors. I still like it despite its faults

but best of all those dinky escrots are screwed together, so no rivets to drill out!

[Amishtat]

On closer inspection you're both right.. Look at that flashing at the end of the roof gutter and you can't un-notice the door/sill gap. Still, looks to come apart pretty easily. 

[Amishtat]

Decided to put the Cortina on display in the back room, displacing a heavily playworn Mk. X Jaguar on the transporter. In so doing, the lamp was doing a fine job of Transoliteing the Riviera and Rover 2000.