Shite in Miniature II

[sierraman]

1 minute ago, eddyramrod said:

Mine keeps telling me they're all going in a skip.  I've told her time after time that I'm leaving them to the Lakeland Motor Museum, and she just says no, they're going in the skip.  Mean cow.

I don’t understand why they are like this. I think it’s the thoughts of someone who doesn’t have any hobbies of their own so can’t understand the concept of taking pleasure in something. 

[hennabm]

1 hour ago, Amishtat said:

It's not something I'd ever given any thought to either.. In the absence of Tat Wednesday owing to parsimony on my part, I gave the Corgi Bedford a clean and let it dry in the sun. 

Ahh memories, thank you. I used to have the exact same combination. The cab I found was interchangeable with the TK and I used to to pull the car transporter and the excavator trailer as well, at times.

Looking good there, Amishtat.

[eddyramrod]

1 minute ago, sierraman said:

I don’t understand why they are like this. I think it’s the thoughts of someone who doesn’t have any hobbies of their own so can’t understand the concept of taking pleasure in something. 

I completely agree, that's exactly what it is.  I can't understand why she can't see the pleasure they give me.

[sierraman]

4 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

I completely agree, that's exactly what it is.  I can't understand why she can't see the pleasure they give me.

Bollocks to them, keep enjoying what you do. Don’t let the bastards grind you down! 

[junkyarddog]

Picked up this playworn but otherwisedecent Matchbox Renault 17 at the weekend. 

Had a quick look online at Renner 17's to help decide it's future look.

Quite pleased with how it turned out. 

Pictured here with a mint original one. 

You like it Smoll Eddy?

"Nice colour for a froggy mota M8"

[bunglebus]

I seem to be getting a trailer obsession. This is my latest arrival 

Which means I can recreate this

[flat4alfa]

I told the wife there must be £5k -worth of unmade models, diecast, slot cars, ‘classic’ car parts, etc so she wouldn’t skip, but would still see it as a mammoth task and probably let someone greasy grab the lot in bulk just to keep her head straight.  She just doesn’t have the patience to make money 

[bunglebus]

5 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

That's a much better look for my favourite Renault design. Is the black masked or done by hand?

[junkyarddog]

Masked and sprayed,the given a coat of clear.

[Bren]

9 hours ago, sierraman said:

It’s not something I’d ever actually thought of, I’ve not got a will in place as I’ve not got any big assets to take care of but I’d like to think the 2000 strong Matchboxes went to someone equally as tragic as me ?

My eldest has his eye on mine. No doubt to be converted into papa johns vouchers when I am gone.

[Remspoor]

11 hours ago, Amishtat said:

It's not something I'd ever given any thought to either.. In the absence of Tat Wednesday owing to parsimony on my part, I gave the Corgi Bedford a clean and let it dry in the sun. 

I have or maybe had ( that needs to be confirmed someday) I also had a milk tanker which was white and blue. Plus a car transporter again with the same tractor unit.

[Bren]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I seem to be getting a trailer obsession. This is my latest arrival 

Which means I can recreate this

The caper cart. Christmas 1977.

[Amishtat]

 

27 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

I have or maybe had ( that needs to be confirmed someday) I also had a milk tanker which was white and blue. Plus a car transporter again with the same tractor unit.

I do have the transporter too but not in as nice condition. Didn't know about the milk tanker, I'll have to keep an eye open for that. 

[MarvinsMom]

10 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

Mine keeps telling me they're all going in a skip.  I've told her time after time that I'm leaving them to the Lakeland Motor Museum, and she just says no, they're going in the skip.  Mean cow.

i should get my  affairs in order and get a will sorted out.

but fortunately kerry knows that the toy trains and old toy cars all have some "value" though frankly they would end up getting sold.

most likely to a trader cos trying to sell them on piecemeal would just be a total pain in the arse, and take forever!

as nice it would be to keep the collection together there isn't anything ultra rare, valuable or interesting included, just an accumulation of common models of common cars and trains, some really nice and some not so nice.

but i like them. alot.

[Frogchod]

Yep, looks like a C6. 

[bunglebus]

Separate chassis Corgi DeTomaso Mangusta needs a dip in the stripper but is complete

Windowless organ donor for the orange Flying Beetle - hope I can straighten the wing

[Remspoor]

18 hours ago, Amishtat said:

 

I do have the transporter too but not in as nice condition. Didn't know about the milk tanker, I'll have to keep an eye open for that. 

I just hope your aunt takes the hint that you would like this collection. If not do you want us all to write to her and ask if she will donate them to you and keep the collection in the family?

[Amishtat]

Oddly enough I've come across individual pieces of that set here and there at boot sales and the like in the last couple of years and found them quite resistable.. I'm going back again tomorrow so let's see what else comes to light. 

[MarvinsMom]

oh tat day friday, the highlight of the week.......

 

[Volksy]

The bitter cress and moss are now taking over. 

 

[Datsuncog]

Tat Friday is in motion, fear not...

[bunglebus]

Dammit I'm driving most of today, bagsie the Corgi Minissima

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

Tat Friday is in motion, fear not...

[Datsuncog]

Ok then... a Friday morning when it's not absolutely chucking it down - that's a surprise, for starters.

Managed to get a decent run through from Carrick, so was through the market gates bang on 8 today. Some traders were still putting the finishing touches to their stalls, so I had reasonable confidence that I'd not be left to gaze in horror from a few paces away as bargains galore were snatched up.

Although, for all my zeal, initial impressions were middling, to say the least...

Leaving aside all the Days Gone and MoYs at the front, we're mostly back to those bashed Atlas police and Stobart models with no acrylic boxes from two or three weeks back - though there was some new tinplate stuff, mind.

Mazda RX7 was nice, it's just that I can't get massively excited about racing cars compared to the standard road versions. Ex-Vanguards castings licenced by Atlas are all a bit knackered with lights and mirrors absent, doubtless because they've been cleared off a shelf in some old giffer's dining room cabinet and heeled into a bin bag, en route to the tat stall.

Atlas touring car partworks also in evidence, at £5 each.

Tinplate stuff is quite interesting, but just not quite my bag. This police car resembled a Capri notchback saloon, going by the front end treatment, the twin 'air intakes' in front of the rear wheels, and hockeystick curve over the rear arch arch. Should have photographed it while I had it out of the box, it was actually quite nice. £15, though.

Ferrari-esque GT cars possibly late 60s/early 70s; kinda incredible they've survived in their packaging for 50 years or so.

Enquiries revealed that the boxed Bbuarago Mk2 Escort had sold last Friday. Booooooo.

But, there were some new arrivals up top, too.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the (mostly) bashed-up Corgis from last week are still there, at a tenner each.

Rockets are still there, too, at £30 for the box. Dunno why he doesn't just pop them out at £3 each.

Super GT triple pack are Universal era but Made in England - some of the last of the line, then.

More early Lesney were also to be seen, plus a few other oddities (which I couldn't resist, but more of them later):

This big Corgi AA set did tempt me, but £25 with a tatty box seemed quite strong.

There was also a 50p tat selection!

Turned out of their box for better rummaging, these are the diecast from a fortnight ago - mainly 1960s and 70s Lesney in not-great shape, though some diamonds in the rough too.

Most of these are a bit banjaxed, though the Dodge breakdown truck is ok under the extra paint.

Big Banger is missing its engine, Mini suffering a few woes but casting still fine.

Remaining Skybusters also a bit ill-looking.

Vanpire in sub-par state was still about:

BMW CSL had decent paint, but a sadly squished roof. Door donor?

Not sure if there's much in here that's above average, but I take an odd comfort in these just being here.

So, with a few small purchases made, I wandered on round the other stalls...

One of the general tat stalls had these, but since the proprietor is given to somewhat optimistic pricing, I didn't stop to enquire.

But the Charity Stall was laden; chiefly, it seems, with those knackered EFE and OOC buses that Market Blokey has been trying to flog for the last few weeks.

At £4 each, the pricing is perhaps heading in the right direction, but still seems a wee bit expensive.

But, as I stood there snapping away, Charity Fella started handing over more diecast, asking if I'd set them out on the stall for him...

Mmm, more like it.

Think this is a 1/24 Bburago, in an odd homebrew box:

Oh yessss...

OOOOF.

Well, it didn't take long before I was handing over more money...

Seemingly everything's £4 or so.

Yes, the Bburago racing Escort was picked up, and is available. Not particularly minty, but at £4 it's not too bad, I reckon. Let me know if you fancy it!

He also had an 8-track player in amongst the general tat, too.

So, there we have it... apologies for the length of time this has taken to post up, but a combination of a dying phone, a shonky Mozilla update that now inserts random capital letters, plus the vagaries of the forum's editor display means I've been tapping away now for a solid hour and a half here, with mounting frustration as picture uploads fail and the text cursor repeatedly pings back up to the top of the post... so I'll go and try to calm my tits by taking a final tour just in case anything of note has popped up...

[junkyarddog]

Has the intrepid Autoshite miniature tat hunter gatherer had a mishap today then?

Missing my hit.

Edit:Just as I hit send the tat gods smiled,and all is well with the world....for the next few minutes anyway.

 

[Split_Pin]

Ooft, I will take the Bburago Escort please Tim!

[sierraman]

Bloody hell a Buddy L!

[MarvinsMom]

shame that the little matchbox mga seems to have lostits driver.

thats gotta be an unusual and rare thing!

 

[Split_Pin]

I know, I think I have one of those generic pickup trucks with the opening bonnet deep in the loft somewhere.

[Datsuncog]

8 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Ooft, I will take the Bburago Escort please Tim!

Thought you might - I'll pop that one aside for you!

6 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Bloody hell a Buddy L!

Yup, two Chevrolets (with working steering)

... plus a Kenworth wrecker which is similar to one I owned, but had completely forgotten about.

But I'll not tempt you further down the slippery slope!

There were also these newly arrived boxed Dinkys on the Tat Stall - nice stuff, pretty good but not pristine - and not massively cheap at £30 each.

Unless anyone's feeling flush?