Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

14 minutes ago, Amishtat said:

Whilst having a break from adult shit (aka hiding) I did what I've been meaning to do since DC's parcel arrived last Friday and had a windowsill Forward Look gathering upstairs in the back room . Yes, I am that sad... 

57 Plymouth is lovely, if only they'd released a two-door to paint red with a white roof

[Amishtat]

Been keeping my eyes open for a scruffy one to repaint but that's the absolute last colour scheme I'd go for.. It'll be black with a primrose roof like the Cold War motors Plaza when/if it happens. 

[155V6]

5 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Thanks.  I've got some Realtoy but they are proudly stamped with the brand name

And none of the wheels styles match

The Alfas you have,I have carded,the red one came from Toys R Us

I've also got these loose ones,they all say Made in China on the base,except for the white one

The white one has Edocar on the base

It came in this box

Back of the box shows the other DTM cars which they used to sell in Toys R Us 

Then there's these Track Stars which I think came from Australia years ago

There are others,I saw some I didn't have on eBay last year.

[155V6]

6 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

MONDAY JOHNNY LIGHTNING PLAYING MANTISES

Anyone into Johnny Lightning?  And just what is a Playing Mantis anyhow?  Toys that bite a mans head off?

1970 Plymouth 'Cuda and 1969 Plymouth Barracuda

Had these to for almost twenty years, not sure where from.

Superb detail

Will say the paint on these is very durable.  I had them kept loose in a box!

That is all.

I've got a few,found them in the same box as the Alfas I just posted.There is a bit of a theme to most of them 😁

[OM646]

Back to 1:24 land, today i picked for 7 euro this partwork Fiat 600D

[bunglebus]

That looks nice, what make is it - and can we see the front plz?

[OM646]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

That looks nice, what make is it - and can we see the front plz?

Sure! 

I don't know what is the make although I've already read somewhere about it being made by IXO. It's published by Salvat.

 

 

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, 155V6 said:

The Alfas you have,I have carded,the red one came from Toys R Us

I've also got these loose ones,they all say Made in China on the base,except for the white one

That's what I have then.  Made In China and nowt else.  Thanks.

 That Purple/Gold Dorcy scheme looks fancy, along with the TS3 Stars one.

[stuboy]

Factory fresh...lol

[Datsuncog]

16 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

Had a delivery this weekend. Another one that passed me by when it was launched, dropped in price when it wasn't too popular and is now hard to get for reasonable money.

Something that seems to be happening to a lot of Vanguards lately, well a lot of diecast, really...

So, it's the rare non-Cosworth version of the Vanguards Sapphire, in GLS flavour, which is one of my favourite Sierra variants. I always tend to favour the mild sporty variants of a car rather than the balls out hottest version. The Astra SR rather than the GTE, the Escort 1600 sport to the RS, the 205 XS to the GTi etc. I always liked the way the Sierra GLS looked, with its grey lower half, red bumper stripes, sporty wheel trims, driving lights, and it's captured well here.

Just a shame they modelled the facelifted GLS rather than the earlier model which had one of the best wheel trim designs of all time.

Back in the day, I drove H531 BDM, a white Sapphire for a local taxi firm. Though it said LX on the boot, it was in reality a base Classic version with the 1.6 pinto, no leccy windows or central locking. But what made it cool in my eyes was that it had been pimped up with red bumper and side moulding stripes and the above wheel trims, so it at least looked the part. I later got upgraded to J576 FTS, a late model 1.8 LX then K253 MWS, a last of the line Azura with the injected 1.6 CVH. The ultimate for me though was when I went to another firm and got given J567 GAG, an immaculate grey late model GLX Turbo diesel. All Sapphires weirdly, a hatch would have been better for taxi work, but generally, in our town, the majority of Sierra taxis were Sapphires.

So this model is a nice trip down memory lane. For a while I've been eyeing up the cancelled-run black GLS versions that have been on eBay for a while, but this one popped up while I was browsing and had a couple of bids, then won. It was a bit more than I usually like to pay for a second hand Vanguards, but still a fair bit less than the Buy It Now price other sellers have them up for. And it's mint. Even the normally fragile cardboard outer box has survived generally unscathed and the model doesn't look like it's ever been out of the case. Until now...

 

Can't believe I've been after this model so long. It dates from one of the many rebrandings from around the Corgi takeover, when the models were divided into collections by Marque, with a seperate collection for Police vehicles. 2005, blimey, where does the time go?

Lledo still on the plinth at this time.

One main criticism with this model is, "Come on Corgi, where the feck are the red stripes????" which are a main visual part of the GLS spec. Especially as the black version got them!

Great treatment on the front end though, the headlights, the grille and the correct bumper with the driving lights.

And again at the rear. Great badging, and fantastic looking tail lights, they really show up how nasty the tail lights look on the latest XR3i model with their locating pegs on show. Liking the number plate font too. The big bore tailpipe gives the game away that this version shares the Cosworth's baseplate.

Always liked the rear detail in this Sapphire casting, with the speaker detail and correct rear headrests.

Nice three spoke wheel, as I remember on the high spec Sierra versions.

More sharing with the Cosworth, as this has the Recaro style front seats, which the real GLS didn't have.

And what looks like the Cossie side skirts too...

It's lairy relative wanted to get in on one of the  photos....

The Sapphire really is lovely; I managed to get one on release, and it's definitely a favourite. Great casting, superlative details, and a nice reminder of something once-common that just seemed vanish overnight. Nice pics, excellent write-up!

10 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

MONDAY JOHNNY LIGHTNING PLAYING MANTISES

Anyone into Johnny Lightning?  And just what is a Playing Mantis anyhow?  Toys that bite a mans head off?

1970 Plymouth 'Cuda and 1969 Plymouth Barracuda

Had these to for almost twenty years, not sure where from.

Superb detail

Will say the paint on these is very durable.  I had them kept loose in a box!

That is all.

Might have a few Johnny Lightnings lurking... not as many as I once had, but a few. 

Great detail, just was never really sure what to do with them!

[flat4alfa]

@Spottedlaurel

Have I managed to get hold of a built Eidai Grip Kit?

Underneath it states EIDAI CORPORATION

Takes two AA cells and the motor drives a cog on the axle.  It flies!

It was a 99p mis-listing.

I did tell the seller what I thought it was, but they didn't bother to change the listing to suit.  So presumably no-one else knew what it was and didn't bid

While taking the underneath photo, the motor kicked into life!  Small switch in the cut-out at bottom  is a bit loose and span the wheels in photo!  It has life to it, granted.

[bunglebus]

What do you get if you cross this

With this?

This:

Rather pleased with this one, glass is pretty scratched but I'm sure another donor will appear eventually. The excellent Black Square decals from the original Racing Mini really finish it off

[bunglebus]

Also had some more tidy Matchbox arrive. Crane Truck isn't very exciting but it's in nice condition

I have quite of few of these but not many in as nice condition. I'd like a tidy white version if anyone spots one

The fading is a real shame here, as the pink Road Dragster is quite a rare beast

Not the tidiest, but at least this SL still has its roof and windscreen intact

I learnt the other day that there are early and late versions of the 3.0 BMW, this is an early one before they reinforced the door hinges

 

Not found the green Superkings 911 yet, but I did gain the Superfast one

I always remember having a couple of these when I was a kid in two different shades of blue

 

[junkyarddog]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

What do you get if you cross this

With this?

This:

Rather pleased with this one, glass is pretty scratched but I'm sure another donor will appear eventually. The excellent Black Square decals from the original Racing Mini really finish it off

I really like that.Nice work.😊

 

[bunglebus]

By chance I noticed three Premium Hot Wheels dumped in with the normal ones in Tesco. Shame the others in the set were missing

 

[flat4alfa]

Post lady returned.

£6 job lot of old Corgi arrived

And another Rover.  Rover this time has the earlier wheel style and still has the load cover.  Needs a good scrub.

[OM646]

My two 1:24s together. The IXO Fiat 600D and the Bburago R5 Turbo (which says TURBO on the side and TURBO 2 in the rear. What in the world?)

[bunglebus]

47 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Post lady returned.

£6 job lot of old Corgi arrived

And another Rover.  Rover this time has the earlier wheel style and still has the load cover.  Needs a good scrub.

Mangusta and MK1 Cortina are nice. You just need some tyres

[sierraman]

Is there any new Matchbox in Tesco?

[bunglebus]

I've been finding a few, I've posted up any that I've bought

[bezzabsa]

3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Post lady returned.

£6 job lot of old Corgi arrived

And another Rover.  Rover this time has the earlier wheel style and still has the load cover.  Needs a good scrub.

Love that Mk1 Cortina woody!!

[flat4alfa]

It’s a bit of a twisted wreck sadly but it was never going to be great for beer money

Wanted a reasonable early Mangusta (tyres are the easy bit) and didn’t have the Volvo or Cortina either. Was surprised to win the bundle 

 

[Datsuncog]

8 hours ago, bunglebus said:

What do you get if you cross this

With this?

This:

Rather pleased with this one, glass is pretty scratched but I'm sure another donor will appear eventually. The excellent Black Square decals from the original Racing Mini really finish it off

Phenomenal work! That looks better than either of the originals. Very, very nice. Molotow chrome pen for the lights?

[bunglebus]

Yep, they're unbeatable for chrome. They actually came out fairly round for once too

[Datsuncog]

Well blow me down, looks like we may have ourselves a (very small) Tat Wednesday...

What's inside, I hear you gasp in anticipation?

Well, it's some of the bits 'n' pieces I'd asked the fella with the shop in Whitehead to set aside for me waaaay back before Christmas, but I didn't get a chance to collect before Lockdown III kicked in (which, like Smokey And The Bandit III, is quite tedious, involves very little Burt Reynolds, and quickly outstays its welcome). 

Sadly, not everything requested was still available (and I'm particularly regretful about a boxed early-80s Corgi Trucks Mercedes Tanker), but after a contactless handover involving collection from a porch, here's what was lurking within...

Oooh.

The excitement is killing me.

It's been waaaay too long.

Bang! Tat ahoy!

For @bunglebus, there's a very clean Husky VW T1 luggage elevator truck with original (if slightly perished) rubber band.

The pair of Dublo Morris vans are certainly well-patina'd, though online prices remain surprisingly strong even for examples in this condition.

There's also a boxless but otherwise excellent Range Rover P38 from the Bond partwork series, for @Lord Sterling

Some gun-totin' villains seem to be included here, too.

Sadly, the Ladybird car books were indeed only postcards showing the cover.

Happy to set this one aside for you, dude!

 

So, the rest of the box contents are for... me.

The Lesney King Size S&D refuse truck is another of those from the cracking late-1960s range. It's not in brilliant nick, paint-wise, but the tipping mechanism is functioning, if a little worn. Aside from a tyre that's gone AWOL, it's complete. Would I have paid a fiver for this at the market, simply as one I don't yet have? Y'know, I might have done. So it's a keeper for now - but I'll be looking out for a cleaner one.

The Lesney Superfast Cement Truck and Hendrickson tractor unit were snaffled because they were only £1 each, and seemed in ok nick.

The Cement Truck, in particular, seems to always be missing its drum so I think that's why I added this to the list. It's had a fair bit of use, but is complete and decent enough. The fragile horns on the Hendrickson are undamaged too.

I'm happy to hold onto both of these, but if anyone fancies them, give me a rattle!

The Corgi Classics Scammell Highwayman Tanker in Crow Carriers trim is one I kinda wanted back in my mid-90s model shop days, but the big articulated trucks were pricey enough (more than a day's wages) so the only one I ever had was the Siddle C. Cook Highwayman flatbed - for which I swapped a load of mint boxed 1980s Corgis (including an MG Maestro). I then smeared superglue all over the Scammell trying to attach the door mirrors, and put it away for 20 years in my rage. Hello, regret.

I may have simmered down a little since then, so this is nice to see. Dunno if it's a long-term keeper, but it was about half its new price so I think I did alright...

Am I heading in a commercial-oriented direction here? Sure looks like it...

Happy Wednesday, all!

[Lord Sterling]

Yes please @Datsuncog how much incl p+p?

[Datsuncog]

1 minute ago, Lord Sterling said:

Yes please @Datsuncog how much incl p+p?

PM incoming!

[flat4alfa]

20 hours ago, bunglebus said:

That is fantastic!

[flat4alfa]

Matchbox promotional trade flyer 1971

 

[flat4alfa]

Matchbox US magazine advertisment 1976