Shite in Miniature II

[antony denman]

1 minute ago, Frogchod said:

Another Buick. 

This time a white box Riviera. 

 

 

that nice i like it

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Ken was wondering who made off with his trailer!

So now he knows.  It's in Essex.

Another Bedford TM popped over later to catch up about old times

...and congratulate the tractor unit on finding its long lost trailer.

[flat4alfa]

On 11/30/2020 at 1:22 PM, flat4alfa said:

Remember the Dinky 'Emergency!' TV-series tie-up Dodge 'Squad 51' that just had 'Paramedic' on the base plate?  I thought it was a rare model a few weeks ago, but for some reason the market now seems swamped.  Funny how you don't notice things until.... etc.

Well, now seen a code-3 quarter-arsed effort - as a 'Chemical Unit'.

Ideas are now spinning into doing something like this 1974 International 200 Airport Fire Truck :

Because I just don't have enough bile yellow/green models in the collection.  Apologies for wasting your time.

Damn.  Shopping-in-denial arrived in the post.

Facelift front-end, as released

Gas canisters missing. 

Cheapskate interior

Perhaps a dull subject matter, but a quite tidy casting.  Perhaps dayglow bile yellow will transform it.

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 ITEM PRICE: £2.50

Box ticked.  Sleep resumed.

[sheffcortinacentre]

9 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

After weeks of being a good boy, I succumbed.

To a plastic Cortina Mk3 with a friction motor, for two of the Queens' pounds.

No brand on it, just 'Made in Hong Kong 7195'. 

In the meantime, the MM-Toys Bedford TK popped over to say hello.

The photos were poor, so doubly pleased to see it's a Cortina, not a Taunus.

Measured it, and it's accurate to 1:32 scale.  Excellent.  It's a bit brittle though.

I've got a navy blue version I think this is what the resin slot car is moulded from.

[flat4alfa]

15 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

I've got a navy blue version I think this is what the resin slot car is moulded from.

Well I never!  It does look like it was too

That's £25 saved

Now, show us your blue one!   Do you want to keep it?

[flat4alfa]

On 9/28/2019 at 11:27 PM, sheffcortinacentre said:

Being the Cortina nut round here thought I better try putting these up

Went snooping on the searchyweb and found this photo.  Up on top right?

And is that FOUR Lucky Toys big four-door ones too?

[sheffcortinacentre]

Sorry it's part of my extensive 300+ model cortina collection , I'd like to ad that one too it! Lol

Can anyone tell me why I can't ad pics anymore?

Keep getting a popup saying error 200

Please remember I'm pc thicko.

Yes that's it, yes I'm missing the red fire chief version.

 

 

 

[flat4alfa]

7 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Can anyone tell me why I can't ad pics anymore?

Keep getting a popup saying error 200

The Invision board says :

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The -200 error shows up generally when a PHP error we are unable to capture (such as "out of memory" or "max execution time exceeded") has occurred

Best try again after reducing the size of the image as it's likely a time-out

[sheffcortinacentre]

No idea/ patience how to reduce never had this before this week!?

[flat4alfa]

No trouble here, maybe you've got speed issues right now on your connection.  Might be some maintenance going on after hours

Does your blue Police Cortina have an branding stamped on the base?

[flat4alfa]

If I had a Commer

I'd Commer in the morning

I'd Commer in the evening

All over this land

 

[bunglebus]

What on earth is that plastic one?

[flat4alfa]

11 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

What on earth is that plastic one?

[junkyarddog]

"Wots in the box M8?"

Can't you tell Smoll Eddy?

"You've got my back to it M8"

1:64 Tomica cars are in it,nicely detailed they are too.

"Gisalook then M8"

"Metal base too M8"

Nice aren't they Smoll Eddy?,

I like the skinny wheels reminds me of early Matchbox superfast.

"Nice 'n easy Japaneesy M8"

[bunglebus]

Found my other Maisto (not Jada) bug. Easy mistake to make as Jada do lots of OTT stuff like this

 

[Spottedlaurel]

6 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

"Wots in the box M8?"

Nice set.

I used to have this box of Tomica Skylines:

 

I recall it cost around £80, and I ended up selling it on again a few years later for about the same amount. They'd probably be worth more now*, but they felt a bit too 'modern collectible' to me and I prefer hunting around for MIB Superfasts.

*Actually, looks like around £120 plus shipping from Japan, which I suppose isn't too bad seeing what individual ones go for.

[eddyramrod]

6 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

"Wots in the box M8?"

Can't you tell Smoll Eddy?

"You've got my back to it M8"

1:64 Tomica cars are in it,nicely detailed they are too.

"Gisalook then M8"

"Metal base too M8"

Nice aren't they Smoll Eddy?,

I like the skinny wheels reminds me of early Matchbox superfast.

"Nice 'n easy Japaneesy M8"

Full size Eddy likes those Crowns very much!

[junkyarddog]

I'm on the lookout for one of these if anybody has or sees one.

Tomica Toyota Corolla ke35/Levin.

Don't mind if it's playworn,I want to paint it to match my real one.

 

 

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

23 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

No trouble here, maybe you've got speed issues right now on your connection.  Might be some maintenance going on after hours

Does your blue Police Cortina have an branding stamped on the base?

Dunno I'll check

[bunglebus]

On 12/7/2020 at 9:14 PM, bunglebus said:

I'd love to find the Flyers version, that Impy was the first one I'd seen for sale

Oh look, only £100 each

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/292981427280

 

[andrew e]

Whoa!

[Ghosty]

WHY PETREL NOT BURN? 

CHEESOID HATE SELF

[bunglebus]

Tis DONE

I could have given this a mad paint job and new wheels but felt compelled to restore it for some reason, even the original axles that are the weakest thing ever got straightened out. I need to put a packing piece in to bring the glass up to the right height for some reason.

It's not as light a blue as it looks under the unnatural lighting. Maybe I should have painted it the same colour as my Passat 

*Edit*

Background colour was upsetting the camera, these are more true to life

 

[Datsuncog]

Well, it sure feels like we're in the bleak midwinter...

But, perhaps more significantly, the Market is ON.

I know, OMG etc.

Just follow the trail of rusty Sprinters, and there it bally well is.

Despite pessimism, the Executive did lift circuit-breaker restrictions at midnight after all, so... here we are.

Tat Stall was in situ, and my perseverance was rewarded by watching The Nemesis make off with a mint Dinky Range Rover Fire Chief.

Well, bollocks.

Especially as it was pretty much the only item really worth having off the table this morning:

Everything here priced at a fiver, seemingly, with dust at no extra charge.

Nothing older than 1983, to my eye anyway.

Corgi Classics R-R Silver Ghost is a 1985 reissue; one split tyre and mucho dust, but otherwise decent. Bedford TK Pantechnicon by EFE, I think.

Most of the 50s/60s Yank tin is by ERTL; Corgi Classics and Lledo Vanguards account for most of the remainder.

Think the Sentinel Steam Truck is by Days Gone... cream E-Type drophead is courtesy of Matchbox Dinky.

Plenty of Maisto/MC Toy pull-back stuff, presumably ex-Shell promo. Blue MGB GT on the far left also a Matchbox Dinky item; 00 gauge trucks also EFE. Big mahoosive-engine Edwardian racer thing is a Brumm job, possibly missing some bits.

Renault Trafic (which my autocorrect wants to render as 'Tragic', possibly not without justification) is a Solido item. '57 Chevy patrol car a Corgi Classics effort, based on their unusual early-80s 1/43 casting.

Yellow Cadillac V16 is by Rextoy, remember them? Solido Age d'Or sort of quality of detail, but fairly heavy (though not quite Brooklin heavy). Few chips, though.

White and yellow fire appliance with busted bumper is a late era MoY, when they were mail-order only; Kenworth Aerodyne Coca Cola arctic may also be a Lledo Promotionals item.

More MoY and Lledo fun, with a reasonable enough 1/36 Corgi 'Cars of the 1950s' Bentley R in black hiding right at the back. Cord and Duesenberg are Matchbox items also. Some more Corgi Chevys and a smattering of EFE trucks too.

Market Blokey must have seen my face crumpling into tears even behind the mask, as he rushed to proffer me a box of buses in consolation.

Plaxton Premier in National Express colours, and another Van Hool Alisee in Shearings livery - were these ones that @Rover414 had expressed an interest in, a few weeks back?

Some trolleybuses...

...and some old buses (sorry, I'm a bit rubbish at bus-identifying). Leyland?

Then a whole heap of Hong Kong buses, mostly KMB, if they appeal to anyone here?

Again, all at a fiver a pop!

Also, still-sealed Honda Fireblade in there and all.

Just to ensure a full sweep, I headed round the other stalls...

Charity Stall had nowt to offer in terms of diecast today, sadly.

Alan's Emporium was also a bit depleted; I guess there's been limited opportunity for anyone to replenish their stock lately.

He did have this mildly scruffy Corgi Renault 5 Turbo, though.

Couldn't manage to muster the enthusiasm to stump up £2 for it.

Paddy's Antiques Shitshow was still keeping the dream alive, you'll be pleased to learn.

Marginally better stock display skills on offer, but prices still as nutso as ever.

And, a newcomer to the diecast field also...

Corgi and Matchbox, both big and smol...

All sorts of Matchbox and more; Mercedes G-wagen something odd and European by a manufacturer I'd never heard of and now can't remember, but annoyingly missing its front end.

Hong Kong-era Dinky and a brace of 70s Saintmobiles...

Okay, so this is another general tat Giffer stall, and while I can heartily applaud any new diecast, this was mostly tat box stuff at antiques shop prices. Presumably Paddy helped him price them.

£4 for a Superkings GMC mixer with no cylinder or grille - when I managed to score a minter for only a pound more? Nah, mate.

He did let me know that he could do me a deal, so if there's anything you fancy, I can make enquiries... the Dinky SD1 was actually not bad, and he might do it for a tenner. Early release of the Corgi Rolls Royce Corniche was priced at £6, so might do it for less too.

Kojak Buick a bit knackered, Starsky and Hutch Torino totally banjaxed with missing A-posts and glazing.

So then... a small patch of quasi-normality, amongst a sea of end-of-year strangenesses... and if there's anything you lot are interested in, let me know and I might be able to call back over once I've sorted out some printer issues in work!

Take care, cats and kittens!

[bunglebus]

Is the yellow Corgi E Type anything interesting like a  Rocket or Growler?

 

That RC Porsche is pretty cool but if he wants £12 for a Dinky SD1 it's not going to be a bargain 

[Datsuncog]

On 12/11/2020 at 9:34 AM, bunglebus said:

Is the yellow Corgi E Type anything interesting like a  Rocket or Growler?

 

That RC Porsche is pretty cool but if he wants £12 for a Dinky SD1 it's not going to be a bargain 

Nothing too special... early wheels type Whizzwheels, though it has been stamped on and decorated with marker pen, for extra* specialness...

Porsche 917 alongside is a Growler, though.

Tinplate RC Porsche is by Nikko...

...and, surprisingly, he's only looking a fiver for it.

Interested?

EDIT: too late, I bought it anyway as others were hovering and expressing an interest! Yours if you fancy it, else I'll punt it on via other channels.

[bunglebus]

6 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Tinplate RC Porsche is by Nikko...

...and, surprisingly, only a fiver.

Interested?

EDIT: too late, I bought it anyway as others were hovering! Yours if you fancy it.

Yeah why not! Was expecting 4x that price

[Datsuncog]

Interesting, isn't it? I guess to blokes of a certain age, Dinky = high quality and valuable, while Japanese tinplate = cheap rubbishy tat.

Glad I found summat decent this morning, at any rate!

[bunglebus]

The Corgi R5 turbo nutter bastard for £2 isn't bad but I already have one, and I expect Mr. Greedy wants £76 for the Growlers Porsche. £1 at the most for that.

Bring back the 50p tat box!

[Cord Fourteener]

Christmas pressie for the 19 month old boy sorted:

MX-5, Aston Martin, apparently some American car called Trans-Am.

Jaguar and a Lamborghini.

Then there's some kind of kit car in black with red and green, a V10 hot rod, a single seat racer, maybe not scale models but believable.

A weird green mid-engined ute, something I can image MCM doing if they bought a super car and ute and welded them together, and what I can only describe as if Edd China took magic mushrooms and went on Scrap Heap Challenge, bottom right. Turbine powered skeleton styled wheeled vehicle.