Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Having to compromise between getting dirt off and trying not to ruin the stickers

 

[sierraman]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Not tea bag

I can remember having one of those in a box of tat I kept at my Grandmas. 

[andrew e]

This thread is a bastion of Honesty @Datsuncog these “Tat market gems” really are disgusting 😂

Luckily I’d just finished my lunch when my postie arrived 😁

The plan is to bag the dirt and cryogenically freeze it, so when technology improves I can bring the previous owner back to life and ask him what he was playing at 😂

 

Cheers Tim, these are just the tonic I need at the moment 👍

[flat4alfa]

[bunglebus]

Last one

[Alessi P]

Nothing special this one, but I do like it

[bunglebus]

15 hours ago, bunglebus said:

[bunglebus]

I'm sure you're bored of my grubby Dinkys now, so here's a few bits I just found in the charity shop.

Swamp Rat must have been appropriate during the Vietnam era, not so much now

Phat wheel Majorette 911

I must have a bunch of these Camaros awaiting the treatment now

[flat4alfa]

Post Lady has been again...

A 1970s remote control truck, modelled on the Kenworth W900 series, to get going again.  The 'Martini' stickers are saveable as I'm a sucker for old 70s 'liveries'. 

Also a 'Ford Coupe 1932' from the Majorette 1:32 Hot Rods range.  More likely a '33 or '34 I think with that grille and wheelbase, though.  Typically missing its hood, but it means the set is complete and I can stop being bothered about them.  Will organise a car meet later.

Brand is that one that is an Aladdin lamp, name escapes me. 

At the very least for the fiver there is a gearbox and motor in there I can breathe life into while I sing East Bound and Down.

 

Also some little ones to make up the box weight, ones that have alluded until now:  MB Fisker Karma ; HW Cadillac Emiraj ; MB Dodge D200 in that MB livery only sold in multipacks ; HW AMC Javelin AMX in that take on the '71 Trans Am winner Penske car colour scheme

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Standing by for Tat Sunday!

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, andrew e said:

This thread is a bastion of Honesty @Datsuncog these “Tat market gems” really are disgusting 😂

Luckily I’d just finished my lunch when my postie arrived 😁

The plan is to bag the dirt and cryogenically freeze it, so when technology improves I can bring the previous owner back to life and ask him what he was playing at 😂

 

Cheers Tim, these are just the tonic I need at the moment 👍

Hey, glad they all showed up safely, and just as horrendously manky as they were when they departed this fair isle... enjoy your scrubathon, they absolutely need it!

[bunglebus]

It's tat central here today. First three sets were from the same seller - open blisters but mint cars. The Adventure Wheels (Maisto) was a set I bought at Asda years ago when they were current, but I left with the ex-wife along with all the other 57 Chevy stuff I bought...

This one is slightly annoying as I've had several and sold them, then decided I wanted to do a red one after we discussed then recently 

[Datsuncog]

27 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Crumbs, I remember having both those sets, c.1986 - from 'The 50p Shop' in Clandeboye Shopping Centre, just round the corner from us.

I distinctly remember the Stratos and the Esprit coming in the same pack, and may still even have them in my big box of loose Matchbox-scale stuff.

I think my Charger may have been a different colour though (sadly long lost, so I can't check) - but I much preferred its dished wheels to those on my ERTL General Lee.

Nicely found!

Here, have a bonus pic of Clandeboye Shopping Centre, with its car park chock-full o' chod.

I know I must have had these around 1986, cos the entire shopping complex burned to the ground in 1987, when a fella welding some doors in the delivery bay got his sparkly stick a bit too close to the toilet rolls... Made a helluva racket; I'll never forget the popcorn-like sound of thousands of food cans bursting in the heat...

[flat4alfa]

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Brand is that one that is an Aladdin lamp, name escapes me. 

Brand is New Bright

Still going today

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Also a 'Ford Coupe 1932' from the Majorette 1:32 Hot Rods range.  More likely a '33 or '34 I think with that grille and wheelbase, though.  Typically missing its hood, but it means the set is complete and I can stop being bothered about them.  Will organise a car meet later.

That's the ZZ Top Eliminator. Want.

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

Crumbs, I remember having both those sets, c.1986

Both Welly as far as I can tell - no doubt sold to be repacked to various brands, a bit like cheap electronics on Wish today

[Remspoor]

On 5/26/2021 at 5:49 PM, flat4alfa said:

Good point.

POST LADY is back.  She handed me this

I had one of those GT40 Computer cars. Somehow it just did not get much attention from me.

Hard to make it go in a  path I wanted to in the space I had. Did not work very well on the carpet mat I had in the bedroom. (No fitted carpets in those days.)

 

[AndyW201]

Some buyage today!

First off, mail call from our very own @eddyramrod. These were mainly the new Matchbox editions I was after, sadly our local Tesco is a steaming vat of weasel piss when it comes to diecast, so thanks to Eddy for bagging them for me.

But, at last, our local Morrison's have got some new case stuff in,

I do like the recent Civic Koop casting, looks a bit more subdued in black. The side view reminds me very much of a Rover Tomcat.

 

Another recolour for Ken & Mary's Skyline. And so the hunt now begins for the matching yellow R35 to make the Then & Now pair up...

And my find of the day,

One of the Chrysler Horizon's more glam cousins!

Nicely rendered trike in the back. Takes me back to my motorbike-toting Holden 'ute' I had as a little 'un.

A tad frustrating though as I know the yellow Volvo, Audi RS2 and Mercedes W124 are also in the same case, will have to keep a close eye on the clipstrips!

[DoctorRetro]

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, AndyW201 said:

Definitely getting a couple of those so I can replicate another Roadkill vehicle 

[Amishtat]

Is it Tat Friday? 

[Datsuncog]

Tat Friday is here...

And there's old stuff!!

£5 each on the Corgis and Matchbox here!

Some are very clean...

Tenner on the Land Rover and horsebox; £20 on the Bedford OB Transporter.

And the 50p box is back!

And there's buses, and ambulances, and all sorts...

More detailed pics to come, but I doubt the Corgis will hang around for too long, so give me a shout if there's anything that grabs your attention!

Some photo editing happening now...

[Amishtat]

Jag, Mini and Mercedes Coupe if you're still there please! 

[egg]

Nice one. What's this?

[egg]

It's a Thomas the tank engine horrid lorry - please can I have that DC - or take for yourself if it's 50p as they are £3-4 on ebay.

[Datsuncog]

15 minutes ago, Amishtat said:

Jag, Mini and Mercedes Coupe if you're still there please! 

Secured!!

6 minutes ago, egg said:

It's a Thomas the tank engine horrid lorry - please can I have that DC - or take for yourself if it's 50p as they are £3-4 on ebay.

Sure thing - it's in a pretty battered state, but I'll grab that for you!

[Amishtat]

Actually, twenty isn't too bad for the Bedford transporter with the ramp still there. If you haven't left yet could you grab that please? 

[bunglebus]

Could I have the cream/green Bentley please?

[Datsuncog]

Crumbs, what else is here?

Some interesting stuff, and cheap. I'll just throw up some pics quickly, and come back and edit text and whatnot later.

Lots of Corgi's 'Nine Double Nine' collection from the early 2000s - £10 each on these, mint and boxed - many look unopened.

Quite a few of these Daimlers, in various health authority liveries.

Local OOC stuff - also £10 a throw.

Loose steam wagons, too - including Sentinels, which may appeal to devotees of @JimH's thread.

£5 on the big 'uns, £2 on the Days Gone.

Very little on the other stalls - other than some maybe-interesting Hot Wheels.

£1.50 on these.

More tat box pics to come!