Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

55 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Let Mr Bunglebus have the Silhouette base as they ought to go together

After all he’ll build something better out of the spares

 

Cheers - I have got a 3-wheeled Silhouette somewhere so that may come in handy!

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, vulgalour said:

 

@bunglebus - Kingsize Model T Firetruck, Ford GT40 (gulf scheme), Thunderbird floppytop, Holden pick-up/motorbike carrier (red), fox body Ford Mustang (red), Racing Mini (multicoloured), Corgi Jensen Interceptor, Hotwheels black Ford hot rod, White pick up, All the Cadillacs

 

 

Could I be greedy and add the brown corgi beach buggy with the yellow interior too please?

[Austat]

One of my recent purchases, a 1/43 scale Fiat Panda. I stopped collecting diecast stuff a while ago but this was a bargain at $5 AUD (around 2.50 quid). 

Condition is pretty good with a little bit of bubbling on the door bottoms (how realistic), and comes with the unused sticker sheet.

I'll look out for some more stuff from this series when I can:

[Split_Pin]

That panda is ace. What was with the sticker sheets at that time? I could never work out why some of the stickers were applied and some weren't. Was it some bean counter way upstairs who had calculated a tiny saving in labour at the factory? Bburago and Polistil did it too.

I may have made your job a tiny percentile harder though as I have the Volvo 343 which bought from ebay in 2006. Delivery was from Australia but I had to have it!

[bunglebus]

That's from Mattel's take over of Mebetoys, originally just rebranded but then moved into new castings. This is an early Hot Wheels one 

[Austat]

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

That panda is ace. What was with the sticker sheets at that time? I could never work out why some of the stickers were applied and some weren't. Was it some bean counter way upstairs who had calculated a tiny saving in labour at the factory? Bburago and Polistil did it too.

I may have made your job a tiny percentile harder though as I have the Volvo 343 which bought from ebay in 2006. Delivery was from Australia but I had to have it!

I guess it was a way for the kids to personalise the cars, so that they could choose which stickers to put on, or have none at all and keep it stock.

Do you have any photos of that 343?

[sierraman]

Was it not only me that wanted them unstickered? Built a Bburago 190E kit years ago, came with all the stickers but needless to say I wanted it proper road going poverty spec. 

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/matchbox-rolls-royce-silver-shadow/174206048104?hash=item288f7d5768:g:BScAAOSwJrlePrgz

The debatable 'amber' window rolls. 

It never realised a premium as it can never be confirmed that the window plastic is either sun faded or actually amber. I got one years ago to see for myself and the glazing is in fact amber under the roof but the colour doesn't appear consistent through the moulding. It's a weird one and mainly only affects these gold coloured issues. The listing above is 4 quid posted and an hour left.

 

[egg]

New Norev arrival. Must be 70s!

Nice stance!

Headlights and grille would originally be chrome, but will probably leave it as is.

[Noel Tidybeard]

oh cock how much do i want a mk1 trumpet 2000 ??

[flat4alfa]

^ I’m glad you wrote it that way around

[DoctorRetro]

Bit more work on the Alpine*

[Split_Pin]

5 hours ago, Austat said:

I guess it was a way for the kids to personalise the cars, so that they could choose which stickers to put on, or have none at all and keep it stock.

Do you have any photos of that 343?

I'll get a few later as its on my shelf at home.

[Amishtat]

3 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

oh cock how much do i want a mk1 trumpet 2000 ??

What, a real one or a model?  I know of a 1/1 scale example locally which might be available 

[DoctorRetro]

Tesco are doing Matchbox 5 packs 2 for 8 quid

[flat4alfa]

WOT !!

I paid £7.50 for the Fiat 500L set last week!

[AndyW201]

Crikey! Down I go to Tesco tomorrow. Wish the W123 wagon came in the 5 pack, may see how much the 8 packs are and finally get one with the Merc in. Seems the only way I'll get one!

[bunglebus]

7 hours ago, BoggyMires said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/matchbox-rolls-royce-silver-shadow/174206048104?hash=item288f7d5768:g:BScAAOSwJrlePrgz

The debatable 'amber' window rolls. 

It never realised a premium as it can never be confirmed that the window plastic is either sun faded or actually amber. I got one years ago to see for myself and the glazing is in fact amber under the roof but the colour doesn't appear consistent through the moulding. It's a weird one and mainly only affects these gold coloured issues. The listing above is 4 quid posted and an hour left.

 

 

There's one in the centre of the job lot I bought recently, as well as a darker gold one on the left

 

20200229_141610 by RS, on Flickr

[bunglebus]

A nice pile of cast off toys awaited me today;

 

Polistil MK1 Golf in about 1;36 scale

 

20200307_185546 by RS, on Flickr

 

Not into models of Routemasters (I like the real thing) but this Zylmex has found a new home

 

20200307_185502 by RS, on Flickr

 

Lovely Siku Hannomag

 

20200307_185425 by RS, on Flickr

20200307_185439 by RS, on Flickr

 

Yet another Matchbox type 3 VW, must do a custom one out of all the good bits I have. Bodies without cracked pillars are uncommon

 

20200307_185340 by RS, on Flickr

 

And another Kennel Truck - I keep buying donors but they're all too nice. This has the steering chassis, another reason it can't be a grille donor

 

20200307_185302 by RS, on Flickr

20200307_185324 by RS, on Flickr

 

I now have regular, Superfast and late Superfast versions

 

Regular wheels Lincoln Continental is missing a windscreen - I have found a product that can make "glass" without disassembling but it's not pennies

 

20200307_185153 by RS, on Flickr

 

Superfast Dumper Truck

 

20200307_185123 by RS, on Flickr

 

And DAF

 

20200307_185039 by RS, on Flickr

 

Pipe Truck

 

20200307_184936 by RS, on Flickr

 

Another Zylmex - Cooper Maserati

 

20200307_184816 by RS, on Flickr

 

Maisto Buick "LeSarre" (that's what it says) Stock Car

 

20200307_184725 by RS, on Flickr

 

Zylmex Ford LTD and Corvette

 

20200307_184657 by RS, on Flickr

20200307_184620 by RS, on Flickr

 

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Can't say I've noticed a darker shade before, I've still got a few of these, mainly purple I think. Going back a few years I done a massive variation project on the srn hovercraft and then the atlas dump and skip trucks. Variation hunting becomes obsessive. I was surprised to find that some models have several consistent variations where as others literally have none! 

I reckon that the amber window is a poor quality material in a particular batch.

[bunglebus]

If you really want to down a rabbit hole of variations, have a look here

 

http://www.vintagebritishdiecasts.co.uk/1index/xx175series.htm

 

and here

 

http://www.cfalkensteiner.com/Matchbox/ChFMatchboxIndex.htm

 

I'm not obsessed by it but if I find I have two different ones they both end up staying in my collection

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Yeah there's a couple of my pictures on Christians site. 

[bunglebus]

Tried a new local bootsale, in a car park today. Pretty small but still found some gems;

 

20200308_104201 by RS, on Flickr

20200308_104127 by RS, on Flickr

20200308_104110 by RS, on Flickr

20200308_104020 by RS, on Flickr

20200308_104011 by RS, on Flickr

20200308_103926 by RS, on Flickr

20200308_103940 by RS, on Flickr

20200308_103834 by RS, on Flickr

20200308_103906 by RS, on Flickr

20200308_103753 by RS, on Flickr

 

All looking much nicer after a bath too

 

[155V6]

A couple of finds this morning.I used to hate the Corgi fantasy vehicles,but they're growing on me.

The F1 Stock Car was bought just because it's got Thunderbirds graphics on it & I liked it ?

The Escort came from Tesco,they also had loads of Matchbox,but all old stuff.Shame,as they're 3 for 2 at the moment.

[plasticvandan]

Went to another toy fair with my dad this morning,wasn't as good as last week,tho my dad got a dinky car transporter and a few resto projects.Im looking for mechanical horses and scammells scarabs and didn't find any...if anyone in here has any old ones they would sell drop me a line!

[quicksilver]

Some assorted recent arrivals, old and new.

Tuf-tots Decap is the closest I'll get to owning a real one

Decap by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Old skool Fords from Oxford Diecast with no added scene tax

Capri sun by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Escort vehicle by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Harvest Gold Maxishite. Oxford have had three attempts at this colour and they're all different.

Beige Maxi by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Collecting the Harvest by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Pretty decent Husky Zephyr estate. Broken bumper (TADTS) but glazing and tailgate are intact.

Husky Zephyr by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

And to go with it, Oxford's Zephyr saloon

Zephyr 6 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

I bought a second Oxford Zephyr as a wheel donor for the Husky so I had some fun and made this, straight from the pages of Custom Car magazine in the 1980s.

Custom Zephyr by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Custom and standard by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Finally got hold of an elusive Cararama Ford Puma.

Ford Puma by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

As a bonus, it came in a two-pack with this Focus. Pity Carabanana decided to model the rally version rather than a normal one.

Ford Focus by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

And finally, some of the Tomytec Car Collection in 1/80 (Japanese HO) that come in sealed boxes and are intended to be collected like trading cards. Lovely models but rare in the UK. I'd never heard of a Toyopet Masterline or a Prince Clipper.

Toyota Crown by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Datsun 240K by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Toyota Crown by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Datsun 240K by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Toyopet Masterline by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Toyota Hiace by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Toyota Hiace by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Toyota Hiace by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Prince Clipper by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Brown Crown by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Crowning glory by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

[155V6]

Love the Puma,is that the one that was on eBay last week & I forgot to bid on?  ?

[quicksilver]

42 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

Love the Puma,is that the one that was on eBay last week & I forgot to bid on?  ?

Quite likely. If it's any consolation I forgot to bid first time round and it ended with no bids. Someone else bid on the relisting so I had to pay a bit more

[DoctorRetro]

Slapped some paint on the ChryslerSimcaTalbot thingy. It's not my best work, but it's passable. 

[Tenmil Socket]

Is that some sort of foodstuff behind it?