Shite in Miniature II

[Dick Cheeseburger]

9 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Again, 50p each or three for a pound here too.

Number 17 please 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

6 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

More modern Matchbox, plus Hot Wheels (and a random Tomica and Siku). 50p for one, three for £1.00.

Still more to come!

5,6,7 pliz

[sierraman]

35 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Funny you should mention that... Let's get started (though best to be aware it may be a bit stop-start, getting all these up - as I've a feeling MrsDC wants to get some stuff done today and won't be best pleased if I'm just tippy-tapping away at my phone every time she looks up).

First up : today's Tat Box haul, courtesy of Alan's Emporium. All available, at 33p each.

And looking more organized...

Just gonna hoof the pics up, with text to follow later.

Torino now taken!!

More to follow, from the Tat Archive!

I’ll have the marker penned iso Grifo and of course the monterverdi hai. 

[sierraman]

33 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Lesney stuff first: all at 50p.

Challenger #2 taken!!

Or three for a quid!!

More Matchbox coming (once I've hung the washing out).

Intercity commuter please

[sierraman]

24 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Again, 50p each or three for a pound here too.

Fiero taken!!

Mercedes w124 and the 15cv please. Sod it I’ll have the Nissan 300ZX as well to fix up. 

[Datsuncog]

Board the Fifth:

And there's more... Still 50p each, or 33.3333333(R)p each if you fancy three or more.

No-name tat here, for the most part - plus some Corgi waifs 'n' strays.

No-name Mercedes 207D Mobile News Van, that's not a straight Chinese copy of the Matchbox MB68 News Truck but is plainly 'inspired' by it; and another No-name Ford Transit for Canadian peelers (actually a really nicely done model).

(**BOTH TAKEN!!**)

No-name Ford Econoline, and No-name Jaguar XJS that's comedically short

No-name (but believed Welly) No. 98610 Jeep CJ-5; and quite a nice No-name (Welly) No.98381 Maxda RX7 FC - never seen another FC in this scale.

(**MAZDA SOLD!!**)

MC Toy (Maisto) Audi Quattro, with more than a passing resemblance to Matchbox's version... and a No-name No.6017 Mini Cooper.

(**QUATTRO FIRED UP AND READY TO GO TO A NEW HOME!!**)

Welly No.52257 VW New Beetle Cabrio with Cat B rollover damage; and Welly No.52318 Audi R8 V10 - good wheel donors for a project, maybe?

(**BOTH TAKEN!!**)

No-name Scania conventional tractor unit (plastic HO scale); No-name, and no clear real-life equivalent SUV type vehicle - maybe based on a BMW X5, perhaps?

(**SCANIA TAKEN!!**)

Kinsmart MINI Cooper R52, with working pull-back motor; No-name Chrysler PT Cruiser panel van

(**BINI AND CHRYSLER SOLD!!**)

Corgi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII with pull-back motor; Corgi Renault Trafic van missing a back axle; Corgi Ford Transit Mk2 dropside pickup

(**LANCER EVO SOLD!!**)

More Husky/Corgi stuff incoming, tat fans!

[Datsuncog]

Board the Sixth:

Corgi and anticedents... Again, three for a quid.

Husky Buick Electra Police Car; Husky Jaguar Mk 10 chromeplate - both missing bumper bits, inevitably.

Husky Bedford TK Skip Truck - one complete, one[ spares or repairs (OMG BOGOF); Husky VW Type 2 elevator van minus rubber band but otherwise very good [**VEE-DUB OFF TO A NEW HOME!!**]

Husky Ford F350 Wrecker Truck without boom; Corgi Juniors Whizzwheels Ford F350 Camper without its camper body (hours of fun playing compare and contrast with both castings here)

Corgi Juniors Whizzwheels Willys Jeep, with driver AWOL; Juniors Whizzwheels Ferrari 512S; Juniors Whizzwheels GP Beach Buggy.

Corgi Juniors Whizzwheels Mercedes C111; Juniors Mercedes Benz 500SL (Made in GB)

(**Mercs both SOLD!!**)

Juniors Citroen Dyane; Juniors Range Rover Police (according to the base) but this Vigilant would have come with the Coastguard playset.

(**Coastguard Rangie Sold!!**)

Juniors Leyland Terrier Shell Tanker with an interesting fungal culture going on; Juniors Buick Regal police cruiser with rattle-tastic light in the interior.

De-Bondified Juniors Lotus Esprit (true - when the Bond franchise was lost, Corgi's submarine Lotus tooling was modified to make this plain road version); Juniors 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Cabrio (Made in Singapore); Mercedes 500SL (Made in China).

(**WHITE MERC SOLD!!**)

Big stuff next!

[bunglebus]

#10 Corgi Merc and #13 coastguard Range Rover please

[Datsuncog]

Board the Seventh (and last):

Priced individually, all this lot.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang resto project: £4

(**SOLD!!**)

Dinky No.150 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith project - £4

[**SOLD!!**]

Dinky No. 131 Cadillac Eldorado - £4

(**SOLD!!**)

Matchbox Battle Kings K-108 M.3. A.I. Half Track Armoured Personnel Carrier- 50p

[**SOLD!!**]

Corgi Farm Trailer - 50p

No-name MF 037 tinplate Datsun 240Z Fire Chief, friction drive with working motor - 50p

[**SPOKEN FOR!!**]

Corgi fighter aircraft - can't remember exactly what it is now, but I traced the exact one and it was some limited edition thing that was going for daft money online. This is missing its landing gear and a few missiles, though. 50p.

Matchbox Superkings Bedford TM skip trucks, 50p each. Different roof castings, weirdly.

[**ONE ON THE LEFT SOLD!!**]

Matchbox Superkings K-32 Farm Trailer and load (originally supplied with matching Unimog) - 50p

Corgi Breakdown Truck - 50p

(**TAKEN!!**)

Possibly Hongwell Merc towtruck - missing its lifting gear. 50p

(**SPOKEN FOR!!**)

No name VW Passat B3 - 50p

(**SOLD!!**)

Hot Wheels 'Crew Carrier' Mack R-Series rig - 50p

(**ALSO SOLD!!**)

And lastly...

Siku No.1610 Scania low loader - 50p

(**SOLD!!**)

Phew! Heading out now, so knock yourselves out and I'll do the admin later on...

[andrew e]

I’d happily give Chitty, the Yellow Cadillac and the Siku low loader a new home 👍

[Lord Sterling]

Picked another cheap 1.18 car. A Peugeot 207 by Norev.

The detail in it is quite nice. Not exactly immense but perfectly acceptable. Its the same colour as my own 407 which I guess is some sort of weird bonus on its own way.

I picked this up cheap as it has a missing wing mirror (I glued one back on) half an aerial which doesn't look out of place on a modern car and missing tail light cover. Not easy to find but to make one shouldn't be a massive task, just need to find red-tinted plastic cover sheeting, cut tail light and glue on.

[DoctorRetro]

@Datsuncog

I'll have the following if available please. 

Bososoku hot wheels purple 

White Caddy? Ambulance 

Hot wheels yanks 10,11,12,13

Red no name Lancer and purple pt cruiser

Whatever the last white Corgi is

No name Passat. 

 

Thank you! 

 

[bunglebus]

A right mixed bag of arrivals today, first up the harder to find Police version of the Majorette VW bus with mesh windows (and still has its tailgate)

Next, Tomica gullwing Merc

Lastly a little Husky Thunderbird

[Spottedlaurel]

Week off work, finally getting round to some model building. Looking to finish this Cedric off by the end of the month, as I've had no completions yet in October.

Quite a bit of work went into this front end, realised I'd missed some chromework when I looked at this photo (like it needs some more).

Quick trial-fit:

Just this lot to put together now:

After a quick Countdown break, back to the shed I go.....

[outlaw118]

Looking at getting an orange Focus ST for bro for Christmas; Minichamps 1:43's are changing hands at £50 upwards, but theres a Burago and a Welly on ebay, both £25, Burago is 1:43 Welly is 1:34. I know nothing about Welly models, are they any good? Yhe Burago one appears to have generic RIMZ on which is a bit shit...
Links for your references Sirs:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WELLY-FORD-FOCUS-ST-ORANGE-1-34-DIE-CAST-METAL-MODEL-NEW-IN-BOX-SHOP-DISPLAY-MOD/264910458115?hash=item3dade4cd03:g:wasAAOSwk5pfJfqq

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bburago-Ford-Focus-ST-MKII-Orange-Scale-1-43-10cm-Diecast-Model-New-Box-Burago/203128085501?epid=1005511335&hash=item2f4b609bfd:g:BX8AAOSwEOhfedJ8

[RoadworkUK]

22 minutes ago, outlaw118 said:

Theres a Burago and a Welly on ebay, both £25, Burago is 1:43 Welly is 1:34.

Must say that £25 for either of those seems a bit on the OUCH side.... (Edit: looking at the Welly vendor's other listings he looks to be a proper chancer)

Deffo the Welly for the win, though. I've been pleasantly surprised by Welly stuff; they cover some amusingly obscure subjects – the Mustang SVO among things. And 1:34 is a far more impressive (if a bit odd) scale than 1:43

Might be worth a risk getting one from Poland for half the price? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WELLY-FORD-FOCUS-ST-ORANGE-1-34-DIE-CAST-METAL-MODEL-NEW-IN-BOX/174278735631?hash=item2893d2770f:g:jWYAAOSwJzpcZFbb

 

[outlaw118]

Nice one - had put the "UK only" filter on it, to weed out the Chinese stuff that probably won't be here before Easter.

Order placed with Mr Poland, cheers.

[bunglebus]

Found a late arrival lurking on the doorstep. Maybe now I can stop buying them?

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Could I also have this pair and the hotwheels rig please chap. When you get chance could you let me know the damage (including the few I'd previously reserved) and I'll pay the tab - time to settle the debts! 😄

[flat4alfa]

9 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I couldn't get the motor for the steering working 

Post a pic of motor as I have several from the era and fittings were common 

[andy18s]

So following on from the cheap Subaru SVX AliExpress post,I sort of fell down a hotwheels rabbit hole

These arrived today,substantially cheaper than any uk supplier could sell for

Sourced from more than 1 seller as the Audi and Lancia are pretty much sold out,aprt from Ebay sellers who want £15+

 

[flat4alfa]

6 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

[flat4alfa]

All three of those if still there, thanks

[quicksilver]

7 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

And there's more... Still 50p each, or 33.3333333(R)p each if you fancy three or more.

No-name tat, for the most part.

These two and the Mercedes commancentre for me please

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, andy18s said:

So following on from the cheap Subaru SVX AliExpress post,I sort of fell down a hotwheels rabbit hole

These arrived today,substantially cheaper than any uk supplier could sell for

Sourced from more than 1 seller as the Audi and Lancia are pretty much sold out,aprt from Ebay sellers who want £15+

How much were they if you don't mind me asking?

[Rover414]

@Datsuncog - Realtoy Subaru Impreza, and from the no name set VW Beetle (10), Audi R8 (11), Mini (14) and the RX7? (6) if they're available please.

[Datsuncog]

Phew! Cheers for all the diecast requests from yesterday's sales page - just going through all the posts now and moving things into the appropriate boxes.

Will advise everyone once I'm done, to confirm orders/ totals as requested!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

Phew! Cheers for all the diecast requests from yesterday's sales page - just going through all the posts now and moving things into the appropriate boxes.

Will advise everyone once I'm done, to confirm orders/ totals as requested!

If still available, could I have the Beetle convertible,  the green Whizwheels SL and the extreme camber yo! Renault 17, please? 

[DoctorRetro]

@Datsuncog

Please can I add (requested by Dominic) 

BMC1800

Challenger with bent roof

Yellow plastic focus

Tomica Lancer police

No name Audi Quattro, R8 and Mini. 

Did you see my previous requests? 

[Datsuncog]

On 10/30/2020 at 12:36 PM, Jon said:

Corgi 15, Lesney 16 and Siku 9, please!

Blue Torino, Red Dodge and Merceredes Polizei.

No problem - those are now set aside for you!

On 10/30/2020 at 12:37 PM, Amishtat said:

Can I dibs the Amazon if nobody else has please? Free

You sure can - may be waiting a wee while, mind! Planning on providing some proper pics soon of this one.

On 10/30/2020 at 12:38 PM, Dick Longbridge said:

Number 17 please 

Freeman Inter-City Commuter? Sure thing.

On 10/30/2020 at 12:39 PM, Dick Longbridge said:

Number 17 please 

Pontiac Fiero - no worries.

On 10/30/2020 at 12:40 PM, Dick Longbridge said:

5,6,7 pliz

Both 4x4 Beetles and the scary police wagon? Sold.

On 10/30/2020 at 12:51 PM, sierraman said:

I’ll have the marker penned iso Grifo and of course the monterverdi hai. 

Not a bother - will get those set aside for you!

On 10/30/2020 at 12:53 PM, sierraman said:

Intercity commuter please

Ah, that one was already claimed further upthread, I'm afraid - though I already have a (slightly better) Commuter already set aside in your box from the summer.

On 10/30/2020 at 12:55 PM, sierraman said:

Mercedes w124 and the 15cv please. Sod it I’ll have the Nissan 300ZX as well to fix up. 

Good stuff - will get those popped in with the rest.

 

More confirmations to follow (ancient laptop's proving a bit slow today)