Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Boot sale was busy but didn't find huge amounts of stuff - partly as I seem to have acquired my own nemesis, twice he was looking in the boxes I wanted to check out, and had a bag full of goodies already.

Still, got one past him when he looked up to ask how much the cars were, and I swiped something out of "his" box while he wasn't looking. 

There were bargains to be had of course

The seller with the 2CV door was where I first encountered my foe rooting through a box of cars. When he'd finished I had a look and most were pretty beaten up and broken. I pulled out a dozen or so in acceptable condition or worth restoring, and asked how much. "Paand each or six for a fiivaa". Yeah no. Put all but two back. He had the better stuff on the table, asked about a pretty decent Starsky and Hutch Torino - £10. No ta.

Full report of what I did find shortly

[bunglebus]

The last few weeks seem to have been quite commercial-heavy, grabbed three different era Matchbox trailers

A couple of DAFs

And a pair of Scammels

Another Scammel but a dumper

And another dumper - these fantasy casting didn't used to appeal but they're growing on me. I really like the ratchet mechanism operated by pushing the fuel tank in, that raises the bed in stages on a cam

Another fantasy casting but from Corgi, High Speed Van was too tidy to leave behind

I'm pleased with this - there's a seller I've mentioned before with some nice stuff but overpriced, he had this trailer that goes behind the Mod Tractor for £4 last week. Different seller sold me this...

...and a pretty decent Gus's Gulper for £4

Cossie is a big battered but hopefully will make a good donor, or could be repaired with a tatty XR3i for the glass and dash

This was something I've not seen before - Sunnyside. Looking on Google there should be a grille over the pull-back motor

 

A couple of Lintoy dragsters

Back shortly with the smaller stuff

[bunglebus]

Pleased with this very tidy Datsun 128X for £1

One of the two I bought out of the expensive tat box, Hot Wheels Army funny car

Cosmobile was only 20p

As was the police Astra GTE

This is what I snatched while my fellow tat-gatherer wasn't looking

Bora is nowhere near as tidy as last week's one

Finally, the other car I couldn't leave from the expensive tat box. I had to clean out some disgusting white ooze from the bed, but I didn't have a Baja Bouncer in my stash

 

[155V6]

These are my finds from this morning

I did think I'd found a couple more boxes of decent stuff to look through,but the stallholder had just bought them from someone else 🙁

[sierraman]

Did go to a car boot, nothing to report, only spot was a Matchbox Rover 3500 but at £3 it was staying there. 

[Amishtat]

I just couldn't be arsed.. Sorry Burnside, there'll be next week 

[Bren]

Sunnyside looks like a pininfarina modulo.

[bunglebus]

I believe it is. That canopy arrangement is great

[flat4alfa]

On 6/6/2021 at 12:15 PM, bunglebus said:

This was something I've not seen before - Sunnyside. Looking on Google there should be a grille over the pull-back motor

I've got one of those somewhere, although smaller Corgi Juniors I think.  There was also a Guisval 1/64 effort too.   Been wanting to find one out of the Superior Racers series for a while, not only because 1/36-ish, but they did four concepts rarely modelled, if at all.  But not found any, so have been able to keep off the slippery slope.

And why?  Because the four concepts were real things.  Here is the Ferrari PF Modulo in its proper colour scheme, with our dearest Gabriella sporting an suitably matching outfit

The others to collect* are the 1978 Dōmu Zero ; Michelotti's 1971 Matra Laser ; Bertone's 1976 Alfa Romeo Navajo

Gabriella warned that you can have too much PULL BACK ACTION

[flat4alfa]

10 hours ago, bunglebus said:

A Scammel but a dumper

And another dumper - these fantasy casting didn't used to appeal but they're growing on me. I really like the ratchet mechanism operated by pushing the fuel tank in, that raises the bed in stages on a cam

Guess what you're in luck

I have the matching Fantasy Tank Tranporter cab here, along with BasicKings wheel version of the Scammell Contractor. And the Corgi J PV Modulo

To go into the box of hopeful bulk swap for the Dinky Jaguar XJC body shell thingy 😗

[Split_Pin]

That Modulo is pretty ace. I recall marvelling over that picture above which was in my 'Superbook of Cars' together with a Ford 'Coin' Car concept.

[Datsuncog]

14 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Been wanting to find one out of the Superior Racers series for a while, not only because 1/38-ish, but they did four concepts rarely modelled, if at all.  But not found any, so have been able to keep off the slippery slope.

The others to collect* are the 1978 Dōmu Zero ; Michelotti's 1971 Matra Laser ; Bertone's 1976 Alfa Romeo Navajo

Gabriella warned that you can have too much PULL BACK ACTION

Ah, interesting.

That might explain the provenance behind this odd littleTat Stall refugee from all the way back in March 2019.

Long gone now, of course,  but I'll keep a look-out for any others that might pop up in future.

EDIT: Just noticed that the SS-908 'Trans-Am Pontiac' from the same range appeared to have been in the same tray too - just to the bottom left of the pic.

Here's the pair of them, a week or two earlier. Also looks to be a black Trans-Am in the mix too.

Ah, the good ol' days...

[bunglebus]

9 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Fantasy Tank Tranporter

Ah that's what it belongs to - I was going to have a Google of the three trailers last night. 

I'm not hugely into lorries and the like, just can't leave old stuff behind when I spot it for £cheap

Anyone know what the regular wheels and Superkings ones were part of?

*edit* Superkings K-92A Helicopter Transporter

And the King Size is this

And I bought this last week!

 

[bunglebus]

Boom.

I love the little features and mechanisms on old toys like this. Lifting the fuel tanks releases the trailer

[Noel Tidybeard]

i made an enqiry with Corgi as to whether they were oing only 60's stuff for the club

i got a reply:

Hello Rob,

 

Thank you for your email and interest Corgi Collection.

 

We are aiming to introduce approximately 30 models for the series, but we are yet to finalise numbers as this is a brand new collection!

 

Please find below a list of the some of the models that will be part of this collection,

 

Mini Monte Carlo with roof rack

Volvo P1800 Saint Car Roger Moore
Porsche Carrera 6 – in rare dark blue livery

Lotus Climax F1 Car

Landrover Breakdown

Mustang Fastback Coupe – Competition in White / Red livery

Ghia Racer with separate De Tomaso Chassis

Bentley Continental
Ford Thunderbird open top with suspension 

Jaguar 4.3 litre E Type

Mercedes 300 SL

Mini Traveller Surfing Roofrack

James Bond Aston Martin DB5

Cadillac Superior Ambulance 

Batmobile

Oldsmobile Sheriff Car

Triumph Herald Hard Top in blue / white two tone livery

VW Beetle East African Safari

Ford Thunderbird – Bermuda Taxi

Citroen DS Rally Car

Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Customised Racer in Yellow

Public Address Vehicle

Man from UNCLE Thrust Buster Oldsmobile ’88

James Bond Toyota in white

Beetle German Police Car

Chevrolet Corvette Stingray

Marcos with opening doors

Buick Riveria

MGA

Studebaker Golden Hawke in blue livery

 

I hope that this information is helpful.

 

With kind regards

 

Rachel – Blue14 Brand

[bunglebus]

Perfect for transporting old scrap to the bridge

 

[sierraman]

Wouldn’t those type trailers have had a detachable rear wheels that pulled away so you could access the low loader.

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

i made an enqiry with Corgi as to whether they were oing only 60's stuff for the club

i got a reply:

Hello Rob,

Thank you for your email and interest Corgi Collection.

We are aiming to introduce approximately 30 models for the series, but we are yet to finalise numbers as this is a brand new collection!

Please find below a list of the some of the models that will be part of this collection,

Mini Monte Carlo with roof rack

Volvo P1800 Saint Car Roger Moore
Porsche Carrera 6 – in rare dark blue livery

Lotus Climax F1 Car

Landrover Breakdown

Mustang Fastback Coupe – Competition in White / Red livery

Ghia Racer with separate De Tomaso Chassis

Bentley Continental
Ford Thunderbird open top with suspension 

Jaguar 4.3 litre E Type

Mercedes 300 SL

Mini Traveller Surfing Roofrack

James Bond Aston Martin DB5

Cadillac Superior Ambulance 

Batmobile

Oldsmobile Sheriff Car

Triumph Herald Hard Top in blue / white two tone livery

VW Beetle East African Safari

Ford Thunderbird – Bermuda Taxi

Citroen DS Rally Car

Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Customised Racer in Yellow

Public Address Vehicle

Man from UNCLE Thrust Buster Oldsmobile ’88

James Bond Toyota in white

Beetle German Police Car

Chevrolet Corvette Stingray

Marcos with opening doors

Buick Riveria

MGA

Studebaker Golden Hawke in blue livery

 I hope that this information is helpful.

 With kind regards

 Rachel – Blue14 Brand

That's interesting - some really nice models planned, although there's maybe a few cop-outs with the same casting offered up twice, with different paint and decals (Stingray, Thunderbird, Olds 88, Beetle, possibly Land Rover).

Going back to the Facebook group, Blue14 Brand seemed to have put the Batmobile on some of their early promotional ads, only to later retract it because it appears that Corgi no longer holds the necessary licence to produce it. I wonder if they managed to get that sorted out?

Cheers for the info!

[bunglebus]

9 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

a few cop-outs with the same casting offered up twice, with different paint and decals (Beetle)

Personally I'm quite pleased to see both versions of the VW reproduced, although they're the same casting there are enough differences for it to be worth it. Quite a few parts in those with opening boot/bonnet and working steering. I bet they don't do left and RHD though!

I've seen on FB someone comparing an original Mini to the current release, new one is slightly longer so they're not a copy of the original castings

[flat4alfa]

9 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

That might explain the provenance behind this odd littleTat Stall refugee from all the way back in March 2019.

Long gone now, of course,  but I'll keep a look-out for any others that might pop up in future.

After some wasted life digging about, it seems they were re-released/rebranded by Polistil too.  Something along the lines of Rindei by Polistil.

This is the Alfa Navajo, stamped just SS-905

With panel gaps to die for, they have opening things

This is the 'Rindei by Polistil' effort

[Datsuncog]

13 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I've seen on FB someone comparing an original Mini to the current release, new one is slightly longer so they're not a copy of the original castings

That's right; they're all apparently completely new castings which are very similar, though not identical, to the originals.

I'm sure the original Mini tooling was long since worked to death after punting out a million or so examples, in addition to being messed about with for conversion to Whizzwheels in the early 70s, while doubtless modern diecast production moulds allow better, faster, more reliable manufacture.

It seems the decision to fake-age the waterslide transfers on both the Monte Carlo Mini and The Saint's Volvo has been a bit controversial, though - the marketing firm behind it says that there was a lot of debate on whether the new Corgis should look like excellent examples of the original production run, or if they ought to look like brand-new items.

I'd sooner they resembled the toys as they would have appeared new from the toyshop in 1966, rather than how they'd look if they appeared with a reserve of £££ at auction today - but it seems that's not the majority view.

They really are lovely little replicas, though - and I'm quite excited at the thought of the East African Safari Beetle, especially if it's complete with charging rhino...

[Noel Tidybeard]

in my email i asked if the morris marina coop & mk3 tinacorner were possible

[bunglebus]

4 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

I'm quite excited at the thought of the East African Safari Beetle, especially if it's complete with charging rhino...

I was going to say the same! I'm not a cardboard collector so don't normally worry about boxes, but the original for the Beetle is rather nice. We'll see 

[Noel Tidybeard]

@dollywobbleryou probably don't want to show this to Carly

https://www.fazsdiecast.co.uk/collections/schabak-ford-dealer-models/products/ford-escort-mk5-blue-schabak-1-43-scale-new-old-stock

or this

https://www.fazsdiecast.co.uk/collections/schabak-ford-dealer-models/products/ford-escort-mk5-burgundy-schabak-1-24-scale-new-old-stock

nope, not even with % off 😉

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Blue14 Brand seemed to have put the Batmobile on some of their early promotional ads, only to later retract it because it appears that Corgi no longer holds the necessary licence to produce it. I wonder if they managed to get that sorted out?

Scalextric obtained the Warner licence for this 2021 release:

But Corgi Collector's Club cannot get the licence to reproduce the Batmobile die-cast after all, they say.  That is interesting as both brands are part of Hornby:

Oh the excitement.  So Blue 14 DTC aren't anything to do with Corgi after all either.  So I have ordered two COUNTERFEIT REPRODUCTION Corgis! 😄

[flat4alfa]

Talking of which this arrived today

So thought I would buy a few more, but:

Computer says no.

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

After some wasted life digging about

It gets worse.

The castings were also made in Japan and released as Nakajimas

Worth* stupid money too

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303771528847

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353520360806

Trying to work out what that red one in bottom right corner is now

[Noel Tidybeard]

faz's diecasts shop has just gone tits up

Only one step left!
To finish setting up your new web address, go to your domain settings, click "Connect existing domain", and enter: www.fazsdiecast.co.uk

[Noel Tidybeard]

let's hope it's only a glitcheroo 🥴

[flat4alfa]

18 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

faz's diecasts shop has just gone tits up

Looks to be they forgot to pay the domain registrar 

Posted on on Insta and FB pages within the last few hours though, so maybe just shutting the website down?  Quite why you would do that, I don't know