Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

11 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

I enjoy having models at both ends of the condition scale in the collection. 

 

9 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

I've also realised that the boxes and packaging are nearly as important to me as the models themselves

I  reckon the secret is to buy what you enjoy, not just as an investment. If you can't help but smile when you cast your eye over your collection,  you're probably doing it right.

I have some boxed cars, but I think I view the box as just protection for the car inside, they don't have any nostalgic value for me as I honestly don't remember what my childhood cars looked like in the toy shop, I just remember playing with them.

Stuff in blister packs frustrates me as I don't want to destroy the packaging but I do want to have the car in my hand rather than looking at it through a window. Toys were meant to be played with, those ones never were.

Some of the best finds for me are cars that have been clearly loved and looked after, but with their fair share of chips and marks. If they're really bad I get to enjoy re-doing them and making them unique.

Value only matters to me when I want something that is in demand, I can't bring myself to pay large amounts of money for a toy car, I collect what I like not to make an investment. 

Having said that, I have bought a couple recently that were way more than I'd normally spend, just because they don't come up for sale often.

[Datsuncog]

Sky = hazey shade of winter.

And it's Friday, so...

New arrivals.

Zing.

And ding.

So, what have we?

Quite a few unboxed and very dusty Corgi Classics, some Bond vehicles, later Matchbox MoYs (1990s), Matchbox Dinky in boxed and unboxed, plus a handful of Solido and New Ray, topped off with plenty of Corgi's Original Omnibus Co buses.

Let's take a closer look...

Main table was looking like this; all at a fiver a throw.

Pistachio green 60s Thunderbird and Dodge fire jeep thing are by Solido; Bel Airs in police and fire liveries are Corgi Classics, as is the Jag XK120 (missing front bumper, annoyingly) and the LWB fire service Land Rover.

SWB Land Rover with fire ladders is a MoY version; I think they were mail-order only by the mid-90s.

Yellow Merc Sprinter is by Siku; while the pink Caddy, Tucker and Buick Skylark are all by Matchbox Dinky.

Fairlane with driver and Chevy Nova police car are Bond partwork items. I think the GPO Anglia van is by Oxford.

Some Lledo Vanguards here: both early type (Dub vans, Morris LD150) and 1/43 variety (Rover P4, A35). Range Rover is Solido, Peugeot postal van in the foreground is a Corgi Classics I've never seen before. British Rail Noddy van is by Oxford.

Corgi SWB Land Rover and Minors curiously cheap and undetailed - some kind of budget range, like the Motoring Memories stuff? Not Classics, anyway - plain base, no suspension. Older Vanguards mixed in, plus a Classics Bedford CA.

New Ray Pontiac GTO still boxed, likewise the Altaya(?) Bel Air, and odd little Syrena 102. More Solido Rangie action, then a Corgi Type 2 VW.

Bus-wise, there's plenty to titillate at a fiver a go:

Daimler Roadliner with Plaxton body is a new one on me; but then my bus knowledge is minimal.

Bigger buses, too:

And yes, more cars too on the second table:

Top one is an Oldsmobile 88, I think - then a '78 Caddy, and a '57 Ranchero.

There were also some small Hongwells, but a child who looks worryingly like me thirty years ago rocked up and bought them all.

Some big tinplate stuff, too.

And, for the true connoisseur...

Other DGs available.

Forever available.

My chief Nemesis was in attendance; but he just bought a few dusty Mini vans and chrome Land Rover.

No loss.

So! A good selection, it has to be said, though not so much to make me dive for my wallet (though it's probably not unrelated to a week of being slightly too successful on eBay with the Corgi listings - which has maybe made me a bit less gung-ho with the cash this morning).

No older stuff this week, and no tat box either. And that 1/18 DeLorean was indeed sold last week

For the sake of doing a thorough job, I moseyed off to do the rounds of the rest of the market:

Paddy was still showing off his masterful stock display skills.

The Charity Stall was just as I left it last week; no new arrivals today, I'm afraid.

Ford badge was quite nice, mind.

Alan's Emporium was low on stock too: the stallholder (Alan, I'll presume) lamented that there's nothing much new, as he often gets his stock from car boot sales when he's over in England. That hasn't been happening of late. I sympathized.

So... If buses are your bag, then it could be a good week for you - but I managed to leave empty-handed, for the first time in a long time.

But! I'm having to head into work to sort out a network drive, so if there's anything that grabs you, do let me know and I may be able to head back over at 12 to procure...

Until then, happy Friday kids!

[Tenmil Socket]

Do you know how much the Ford badge was @Datsuncog?

[NorthernMonkey]

These four, the Parrys, Shearings, Stagecoach and the one underneath (Blackpool transport?) would be greatly appreciated 🙂

 

 

 

Especially the Stagecoach midibus and the Shearings Plaxton as I’ve driven both of them 😂

[NorthernMonkey]

In fact, if you do get the chance to get over, I’d have the Stagecoach single decker too as I’ve piloted one of those as well... 🤣

Much obliged 😉👍

 

[flat4alfa]

I hope you swept-up those Days Gone right in front of Nemesis Man.  That way he will get the message about the imminent jump in market value and clear-out the stalls of them before you arrive next week. 

[sierraman]

I love on those Days Gone By bollocks they’d have a Model T Ford advertising something like Snickers. I remember as a kid my grandparents having a Model T Shredded Wheat van, thinking back when we cleared the house out when they’d passed away it went straight in the bin. 

[flat4alfa]

7 minutes ago, sierraman said:

it went straight in the bin. 

Sacrilege!

[flat4alfa]

https://www.facebook.com/LledoandDaysGoneModelsCollectorsGroup/

[sierraman]

1 minute ago, flat4alfa said:

Sacrilege!

No fuck it, I was never that bothered about it but it’s how it was held in such high esteem as being one of only 30,000 produced as a collectors item. For the crime of being self delusional it went in the bin, which in hindsight I regret as if I’d had the foresight I’d have squashed it flat in the vice.

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Do you know how much the Ford badge was @Datsuncog?

Probably no more than a few pence, I wouldn't have thought - interested?

1 hour ago, NorthernMonkey said:

These four, the Parrys, Shearings, Stagecoach and the one underneath (Blackpool transport?) would be greatly appreciated 🙂

 

 

 

Especially the Stagecoach midibus and the Shearings Plaxton as I’ve driven both of them 😂

Will try my best to nab those five for you!

[RoadworkUK]

Crikey!

Is the Corgi yank Peter Pan coach a fiver? If so (and if it isn't just metal shards rattling around a tidy box) I'll leap at that.

Also the Oxford - London Plaxton Excalibur and Eastern National (Plaxton Pointer?) if I'm not way, way too late.

Ta!

[eddyramrod]

10 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

i got out biddeded in the end and i weren' going too high on one with paint damage

No worries, I've just seen what it sold for, which was way over what I would have paid anyway.

[bunglebus]

23 minutes ago, sierraman said:

No fuck it, I was never that bothered about it but it’s how it was held in such high esteem as being one of only 30,000 produced as a collectors item. For the crime of being self delusional it went in the bin, which in hindsight I regret as if I’d had the foresight I’d have squashed it flat in the vice.

If I win the lottery I'm buying every one I can find, then I'll be thinking of creative ways to destroy them. Once they're rare they might be worth something

[sierraman]

1 minute ago, bunglebus said:

If I win the lottery I'm buying every one I can find, then I'll be thinking of creative ways to destroy them. Once they're rare they might be worth something

Spend your days stamping on them. 

[Datsuncog]

9 minutes ago, RoadworkUK said:

Crikey!

Is the Corgi yank Peter Pan coach a fiver? If so (and if it isn't just metal shards rattling around a tidy box) I'll leap at that.

Also the Oxford - London Plaxton Excalibur and Eastern National (Plaxton Pointer?) if I'm not way, way too late.

Ta!

Not sure - might be a tenner on the Peter Pan one! But OOC stuff was all a fiver. If you've an upper price in mind on the Yank bus, let me know and I'll see if I can get it for you; likewise, I'll see if I can grab the smaller two as well.

[bunglebus]

2 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Spend your days stamping on them. 

Blowing them up with fireworks, melting them in acid, running them over, chucking them in the sea, smashing them with a club hammer, putting them through a metal shredder, I'm sure I can think of more.

I wonder how many I could fit in a car squisher at the breakers?

[Tenmil Socket]

RC Golf update:

Slow progress as I broke all of the cutting discs for my rotary tool. I have however managed to get the steering mechanism how I wanted it.

I crudely hooked it up to a power source to see if it worked. It's not self rectifying as well as I would have hoped. I did include a spring to assist with this but it's not strong enough although all the parts are dry so a little moly grease may help? 

I've also started to strip the body and have decided on the colour for it.

IMG-0408.mov

 

[RoadworkUK]

3 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Not sure - might be a tenner on the Peter Pan one! But OOC stuff was all a fiver. If you've an upper price in mind on the Yank bus, let me know and I'll see if I can get it for you; likewise, I'll see if I can grab the smaller two as well.

Yeah, I could stretch to the heights of fifteen quid, but only because I now have a sudden magpie "Shiny things" urge. A tenner would be far better, of course.

eBay going rate wobbles between £4 and £thaaasands.

Cheers.

 

[Tenmil Socket]

22 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Probably no more than a few pence, I wouldn't have thought - interested?

 

Yes please @Datsuncog if your going...

[flat4alfa]

On 11/9/2020 at 11:04 PM, Burnside said:

EDIT, just found this plod version of the Suzuki Samurai on ebay if anyone interested! 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Matchbox-Police-EM-14-Suzuki-Santana/303755207487?hash=item46b938a33f:g:YoIAAOSwqmxfpH9i

I had no idea they are so rare - there are none others listed.  A paint pen on the few chips and it would be grand

[Amishtat]

The Eastern National single decker if it's still there please! 

Edit: Didn't see RoadworkUK's post! That'll teach me to read the thread properly.. 

[Rover414]

Probably a bit late, but if that Wallace Arnold decker is still there I'd have it.

[bunglebus]

Here's one of the more expensive purchases I alluded to earlier

Doesn't seem to have been played with going by the paint and base, but the stickers are all peeling. Hopefully a careful application of glue will improve things. I'm still going to do something with the body I have, I very much doubt replacement decals are available 

[Datsuncog]

7 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Yes please @Datsuncog if your going...

Obtained! For tenpence.

8 hours ago, NorthernMonkey said:

These four, the Parrys, Shearings, Stagecoach and the one underneath (Blackpool transport?) would be greatly appreciated 🙂

 

 

 

Especially the Stagecoach midibus and the Shearings Plaxton as I’ve driven both of them 😂

The Parrys triple-axle was gone, I'm afraid, but I think  I managed to nab the others for you.

He was already packing up when I arrived over, so I had to guddle a bit through the boxes; they weren't where I last saw them. 

Pics later!

5 hours ago, Rover414 said:

Probably a bit late, but if that Wallace Arnold decker is still there I'd have it.

Not sure if it was still there or not - but I'll have a look next week for you!

7 hours ago, RoadworkUK said:

Crikey!

Is the Corgi yank Peter Pan coach a fiver? If so (and if it isn't just metal shards rattling around a tidy box) I'll leap at that.

Also the Oxford - London Plaxton Excalibur and Eastern National (Plaxton Pointer?) if I'm not way, way too late.

Ta!

7 hours ago, RoadworkUK said:

Yeah, I could stretch to the heights of fifteen quid, but only because I now have a sudden magpie "Shiny things" urge. A tenner would be far better, of course.

eBay going rate wobbles between £4 and £thaaasands.

Cheers.

 

Peter Pan picked up for a fiver, in the end - dusty and missing mirrors, but otherwise looks intact. Pics to come later! The other two OOCs also procured.

He also showed me another boxful that he hadn't put out this morning - so with any luck they may be there next Friday morning too, if there's any interest?

Unfortunately, I've now got to scoot back to work, but hopefully more japes to come later!

[NorthernMonkey]

Brilliant! Let me know how much I owe you when you get the chance including postage and I’ll fire over the funds.

I’ll have the Wallace Arnold coach next week as well please, if it’s there.

[flat4alfa]

39 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Here's one of the more expensive purchases I alluded to earlier

I bet it was!  Did Christmas come early?

[bunglebus]

12 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

I bet it was!  Did Christmas come early?

Christmas is now cancelled cos I can't afford it. One more special find due in the post any day

[flat4alfa]

4 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

One more special find due in the post any day

Oh goody goody a Friday guessing game!

Guess #1:  Corgi Mazda B1600 in Tarmac livery?

[eddyramrod]

#2: Corgi 1961 Oldsmobile in the very limited light beige?