Shite in Miniature II

[155V6]

Here's mine.I only paid a fiver for it.But that was in about 1986,& it's missing a tyre from the roof

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, 155V6 said:

Corgi Rockets lot ending in a couple of hours.Has some bits from the Wall of Death set,including the Capri 😎

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Corgi-Rockets-No-2079/333726359706

 

...Did you get it?

[bunglebus]

As if by magic, this appears on eBay. It's a fake, but a good fake

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264877295637

 

[Split_Pin]

I always felt that these Hunters sat too low, especially for a rally car. The ride height jacked up looks more accurate.

Great little model though, a civvy version would have looked great. Hunter badges on the doors are nice. I loved to spot these as a lad in the early 1980s as they were quite old by then. If I'd known there was a model of them I'd have got very excited. My friends mum had one and I recall the handbrake lever was on the offside and not between the seats.

Here is mine. It's not in great condition. Can you buy the missing pieces?

[bunglebus]

35 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

It's not in great condition. Can you buy the missing pieces?

 

Steve Flowers says...yes

 

[155V6]

8 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

...Did you get it?

I didn't bid,I've already got the Capri 😉

[eddyramrod]

23 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

 I loved to spot these as a lad in the early 1980s as they were quite old by then.

Way to make me feel old!  I had 3 in the early 80s, all bought at old-banger money, and they were a pretty good class of old banger too, especially the 1969 Sceptre that came last, in 83-4.  SWF 87H (I'm good at this!) which followed two Minxes, LTC 385F (red, 1500) and HWM 916F (white, 1725 auto)

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These are all the Corgi rally car!

[Split_Pin]

Those are great! Just how I remember them looking at that time.

[eddyramrod]

Thank you!  That's exactly how they DID look, I was driving them complete with odd doors etc.  The red one was a trade-in at a garage where I used to work the pumps; the white one came from the local paper; the Sceptre was a trade-in at Ginger McCain's and had been used in training the racehorses on Southport beach.

[ETCHY]

15 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Two important documents arrived today. One was my degree absolute, the other, more important one was this;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodness me I want one of those fat-arched XJCs. Maybe not with the Daytona spoiler that the illusion caused torn page has given the one on page 6 though

 

Thats cool i got that catalogue when it came out (god i feel old).

I could never figure out what the special feature the little diagram with the bloke on was describing on Steeds Jag ??

[Datsuncog]

17 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

According to the big Charlie Mack book of Matchbox, the metallic pink Road Dragster is indeed a lesser-spotted variant. Worth about double what a plain red one might fetch, when mint and boxed, apparently... though in this condition, at this price point, it's probably a bit moot...

 

17 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Hadn't even noticed it was a different colour, nice find

Colour variation is more noticeable in real life; but pics kinda show the difference between yesterday's find and the more usual one from my toybox...

[bunglebus]

37 minutes ago, ETCHY said:

Thats cool i got that catalogue when it came out (god i feel old).

I could never figure out what the special feature the little diagram with the bloke on was describing on Steeds Jag ??

Criminal is supposed to fall away from the car as if Steed has given him a right hook, but there are no mechanisms in the known cars to do this - think he just falls over due to having one foot off the ground

I'd love to know if any of the Leyland liveried ones survived, with the vents (?) on the boot

[andy18s]

Worth anything?

Seller is only asking for offers.

[155V6]

I had one of those Dinky XJ12C's,bought from a local market after Dinky went bust.It came in bubble wrap,I also got a Rover SD1 from the same stall.

I don't think I liked the Jag that much,as the wheels ended up here

& the front spoiler ended up here

I thought the rest of the car was long gone,but when I was looking for the orange transit above,I found this

No idea where the base went though.

[155V6]

A couple of arrivals yesterday

I bought this Atlas Renault Estafette as it reminded me of the one my Dad had in the late '70s.It's pretty much the same colour too,apart from not still having Hot Dogs & Hamburgers written on the roof from it's previous life 😂.

Dad's plan was to convert it into some sort of camper,but he never got it on the road.We did spend weeks stripping off some of the many layers of paint,but that was as far as it went.It sat in the front garden for a couple of years,& I think he cut it up in the end 🙁

 

The other one I got was this 1/76 ish Ford Puma

These seem quite hard to find,this is missing the headlight lenses but is otherwise in good condition.

[ETCHY]

2 hours ago, 155V6 said:

I had one of those Dinky XJ12C's,bought from a local market after Dinky went bust.It came in bubble wrap,I also got a Rover SD1 from the same stall.

I don't think I liked the Jag that much,as the wheels ended up here

& the front spoiler ended up here

I thought the rest of the car was long gone,but when I was looking for the orange transit above,I found this

No idea where the base went though.

The Dinky Jag Coupe definitely looked better in the catalogue..

[hennabm]

5 hours ago, ETCHY said:

Thats cool i got that catalogue when it came out (god i feel old).

I could never figure out what the special feature the little diagram with the bloke on was describing on Steeds Jag ??

Looking at the Dinky catalogue reminded me. In the TV times around the launch of the crane multikit, there was a competition to name the bridges pictured. The prize being the crane multikit. I only went and won one. That added to the army and highway kits I already had.

[DoctorRetro]

Isn't it funny how really mundane diecasts are often really expensive? I mean mundane cars in real life. I went looking for a Corsa C! 😵

There was one for 98 quid! Screw that. I didn't want one that bad.... 

 

[ETCHY]

16 minutes ago, hennabm said:

Looking at the Dinky catalogue reminded me. In the TV times around the launch of the crane multikit, there was a competition to name the bridges pictured. The prize being the crane multikit. I only went and won one. That added to the army and highway kits I already had.

How cool is that !

You still got it ?

[Amishtat]

Tat Saturday (Taturday?) here with the arrival of this pair from the splendid Mr Ramrod. Thanks ever so much Eddy, they're beautiful! I definitely* haven't been sitting here at the kitchen table admiring the details for the last forty minutes or so.. The dashboard and wheel on the Thunderbird is just a delight. 

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, 155V6 said:

I found this

No idea where the base went though.

Want to part with it?

[155V6]

57 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Want to part with it?

Don't see why not 😉

[sierraman]

2 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

Isn't it funny how really mundane diecasts are often really expensive? I mean mundane cars in real life. I went looking for a Corsa C! 😵

There was one for 98 quid! Screw that. I didn't want one that bad.... 

 

When you can buy a 1:1 scale one for a similar amount I’d agree with you. 

[bunglebus]

Screenshot from a VHS tape, posted onto YouTube about a collector of Avengers tat...

 

And

Also looks like they fully intended to make the Leyland version - the "Steed" one in a 1978 Meccano trade catalogue shows it with the castings on the boot (fans on the real car I think)

And 

Note lack of boot spoiler

[sierraman]

I had read somewhere after they closed Dinky they managed to rescue a lot of the prototypes etc. 

[AndyW201]

4 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

Isn't it funny how really mundane diecasts are often really expensive? I mean mundane cars in real life. I went looking for a Corsa C! 😵

There was one for 98 quid! Screw that. I didn't want one that bad.... 

 

 Tell me about it. My taste in models never veers from the mundane and I've had quite a job getting hold of some Vauxhall models. The prices some people want for stuff like Vectras and Zafiras is unreal. I've been hunting for a Schuco Astra MK4 for ages but I'm not prepared to pay £40-£50 for one...

I was lucky enough to grab one of those Minichamps Corsa Cs for a tenner years ago at a trade stand at a touring car event at Croft racetrack, when I owned the real thing. That guy on eBay asking £98 asks piss take prices for everything, either he's on drugs or has been told by the missus to get rid of them,

"Look love, they've been on eBay for ages, but nobody seems to want to buy them..."

[eddyramrod]

If she's anything like mine her next line is "so take them to the tip then." 😥

[Split_Pin]

Any diecast listing on eBay that starts ’WOW EXTREMELY RARE' are all from the same  seller and are to be 100% avoided.

[AndyW201]

Hmm, despite a self imposed diecast ban, I appear to have won a piece of Minichamps gilt-edged shite on eBay tonight at a very reasonable price. Can't wait to get hold of it!

[eddyramrod]

18 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Any diecast listing on eBay that starts ’WOW EXTREMELY RARE' are all from the same  seller and are to be 100% avoided.

It'll also be a blatant lie.  Within minutes you'll have no trouble finding a dozen or more listed at half the price!