Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

AMC Pacer please!

[sierraman]

Also the matchbox beetles if they’re still there as well. 

[sierraman]

15 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Swapping parts between various broken De Tomasos lead to having this one complete except tyres. It can wear these wheels out of the spares box until I get brave enough to do a Flowers order

 

Might have got some tyres that’ll fit that from a wreck I’ve got. I’ll put the pictures up in a bit

[bunglebus]

Thank you - hoping they're just standard Dinky stuff. Might call Mr. Flowers today

[sierraman]

Just now, bunglebus said:

Thank you - hoping they're just standard Dinky stuff. Might call Mr. Flowers today

Give me a minute and I’ll grab them out the wardrobe where diecasts spend their palliative years..

[junkyarddog]

What make is the battered windscreen less and paintless Mercedes beside the pacer Mr Cog?

[Datsuncog]

8 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Shit the bed. Grab us any sky busters that are there if they’re 50p

Weirdly, now I'm looking at them a lot aren't Skybusters - there's Corgi, Pilen and various no name Hong Kong stuff in there. A lot are also somewhat bent, and missing  wheels/canopies/bases.

Take it you're looking genuine Skybusters in reasonable nick?

[sierraman]

If possible, the QX Lear jet looks ok though? 

[Datsuncog]

1 minute ago, junkyarddog said:

What make is the battered windscreen less and paintless Mercedes beside the pacer Mr Cog?

That's a French Dinky Merc 230SL... casting looks ok, though near enough everything else missing!

[Datsuncog]

1 minute ago, sierraman said:

If possible, the QX Lear jet looks ok though? 

Missing glazing, but otherwise ok! Will grab any more or less complete ones without casting damage for you.

[junkyarddog]

3 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

That's a French Dinky Merc 230SL... casting looks ok, though near enough everything else missing!

That's my curiosity sated,thank you Mr Cog. 

I don't think I'll bother,unless it was a pound or two.

[Datsuncog]

Right kids, I'd best skedaddle here... but as well as stuff for my own collecting pleasure, a fair amount of requests fulfilled - and, as ever, more pics to come...

[sierraman]

@bunglebus are these the type you are after? 

[junkyarddog]

An unfucked Mercedes should look like this.

I think that one is too far gone,even by my low standards!

??

 

[bunglebus]

8 minutes ago, sierraman said:

@bunglebus are these the type you are after? 

The wheels look identical so yes! Thanks

[flat4alfa]

15 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Right kids, I'd best skedaddle here... but as well as stuff for my own collecting pleasure, a fair amount of requests fulfilled - and, as ever, more pics to come...

I can see the French Dinky Merc 230SL in there after all.  Did a deal?

[sierraman]

6 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

The wheels look identical so yes! Thanks

Pm us you details and I’ll stick them in the post.

[flat4alfa]

12 hours ago, Amishtat said:

I had that Burago one with "Wind" stickers.. My dad pissed himself laughing when he first saw it 

The brochure is even better

[Datsuncog]

34 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

An unfucked Mercedes should look like this.

I think that one is too far gone,even by my low standards!

??

 

 

23 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

I can see the French Dinky Merc 230SL in there after all.  Did a deal?

Heh, I did indeed - in a rare show of bonhomie, Market Blokey threw it in for a pound just to make the sale up to £20.

First dibs go to JYD who spotted it - but if it's a bit beyond his preferred resurrection threshold, then it's anyone's...

[quicksilver]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

Well, a wet and windy Friday once more, with a very quiet market this morning...

But worth the battle today, I think...

THE TAT BOX IS BACK, PEOPLE

That's right, after a distressingly long pause, normality of a sort has been restored... the usual cast of distressed Lesneys and snagged Corgis, but oh! The feeling of running one's hand through a bucket of filthy diecast was a portal to The Old Times, even if I was sure to slather myself in hand sanitizer afterwards...

I'll throw a few pics up, though you can probably guess the sort of thing that was in there:

Now, I did grab a fair few of the less trashed ones, so pics to follow later on!

 

The rest of the stall was slightly less thrilling - it seems he did well with the Bond and Atlas Police stuff last week, as there was very little left - sorry @eddyramrod!

All there was left from the Bond collection was a slightly bulbous-looking FX4 taxi, while the lightless police cars were reduced to a Mk2 Zephyr, Jag Mk2 and the Marina, none of which are in brilliant nick.

Also, modernish racing stuff.

Some of the modern commercial stuff was ok, though - @quicksilverhad expressed some interest?

Articulated Oxford stuff is incomplete, box-wise, but is also only a fiver.

There were however some of the ratty buses still around - though the sole Alexander Y-type left was in Yorkshire Traction livery, rather than a Scottish operator - any interest for @Split_Pin?

Up top, there were a few Scalextric Mighty Metros at a fiver each, plus some older farming stuff...

...and that was pretty much it, for this week's round!

I can't stick around for long today, so if there's anything there to tantalise, give me a holler!

Bah, different Stobart stuff today Nothing there to interest me I'm afraid.

[Datsuncog]

1 minute ago, quicksilver said:

Bah, different Stobart stuff today Nothing there to interest me I'm afraid.

Nah, didn't think so - they're all a bit banjaxed too, with the low loader missing a ramp, its door mirrors and exhausts.

Never mind - next week, mebbe!

[flat4alfa]

OH NO!  Headless dags!!

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Did you get Vanpire Chevrolet ?

[flat4alfa]

38 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Heh, I did indeed - in a rare show of bonhomie, Market Blokey threw it in for a pound just to make the sale up to £20.

First dibs go to JYD who spotted it - but if it's a bit beyond his preferred resurrection threshold, then it's anyone's...

516   Mercedes Benz 230SL

Clear Plastic Screen    2.50
Plastic Canopy with Cream Hood Top    4.30
Plastic Headlamps    1.60
Bonnet    0.95
Boot Lid    0.95

So £10 in parts, plus tyres.  Oh and paint.  And it still has a missing seat.  Still, I like it for a poond.

[junkyarddog]

43 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

 

Heh, I did indeed - in a rare show of bonhomie, Market Blokey threw it in for a pound just to make the sale up to £20.

First dibs go to JYD who spotted it - but if it's a bit beyond his preferred resurrection threshold, then it's anyone's...

I'll pass the dibs baton onto MrF4A if he so desires?

[flat4alfa]

That's great, although you would do a better job.  Anyhow I'm out of the market for a few weeks though.  Because of Beelzebub's temptation

[Datsuncog]

16 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

OH NO!  Headless dags!!

Did you get Vanpire Chevrolet ?

Yup, dags had clearly had a bad time of it, just like the headless Commuter they're in...

I very nearly nabbed the Vanpire, but left it cos the axles were jiggered and the tampo graphics were completely worn off... already regretting it... ?

[flat4alfa]

11 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Yup, dags had clearly had a bad time of it, just like the headless Commuter they're in...

RIP dags

[bunglebus]

"Get out Junior, and dust off the car"

[flat4alfa]

TWO Field Cars ??  Excellent.

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I was going to ask you something about the Chevrolet 'Breakdown Van', that's just reminded me

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Skybusters

Something to cover in the extensive investigative Cog Book chapters:

The Sky Busters range is not included in the 1983 Matchbox catalog.

Discuss.