Shite in Miniature II

[egg]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

My Aliexpress cars arrived, as usual they did a bang-up job of bending the cards.

No duty or VAT to pay Mr BB?

[bunglebus]

24 minutes ago, egg said:

No duty or VAT to pay Mr BB?

I think there was something added when I checked out - I was trying not to think about it too much in case I changed my mind!

[sierraman]

I do like the Gamma Berlina, especially the last ones, which must have been a bastard to shift new. I would imagine they are practically extinct now though through the PAS pump chucking the belt off or the dreaded rust?

[sierraman]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Postage depends a bit how many you buy. Crapi is £3.58 and £1.95 shipping. The Blue Shark is currently £5.73, quite a lot but not seen it anywhere else. There were other interesting ones but the prices are insane - £25 for the Mercedes. Think this Porsche is the Opening Parts model

 

Do they have any new stuff in The Entertainer? 

[flat4alfa]

9 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I do like the Gamma Berlina, especially the last ones, which must have been a bastard to shift new. I would imagine they are practically extinct now though through the PAS pump chucking the belt off or the dreaded rust?

No there are two on the forum

One Berlina, one Coupe

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

Do they have any new stuff in The Entertainer? 

Lots of Hot Wheels, not a lot else. Been keeping an eye on the Moving Parts range but it's the same ones every time. Might have a mooch around tomorrow actually 

[bunglebus]

I found another glass front CD tower, so a few alterations, Poundland silver paint and some lights and I have another display case. Fits nicely under the old one too

 

[Datsuncog]

More postal fun at Cog Central over the past few days:

Some fine diecast literature arrived, courtesy of @C1am; many thanks for these! They'll likely provide me with all sorts of fascinating facts on little-known manufacturers with which to enthral* all and sundry.

And then this somewhat alarmingly labelled envelope arrived:

And within was...

Well, blow me down - anonymous fan mail, and an Ulsterbus Coach card model!

Crikey.

I did once have one of these - I believe I acquired it from the Translink/Ulsterbus stall at a careers fair, c.1995. It lived atop my wardrobe for many happy, if slightly dusty, years - and I've no idea where it went.

I'd be genuinely interested to know who my generous mystery benefactor is, and also where on earth they managed to find this treasure. Whoever you are - many thanks!

And then, another somewhat bashed-about parcel rocked up:

 Containing...errr...

Initially I thought I'd lucked out with a double bubble delivery of triangular screwdriver bits, but a brief look through my eBay history revealed that I'd ordered two sets very late one night - and then evidently forgotten all about it and ordered another two sets a day or two later.

FFS.

Then, MrsDC emptied out the bowl of general clutter that's been stewing in the kitchen for months - containing useful* things like solitary sticky fixers, and random screws that I find in the pockets of coats I haven't worn for months - and oh look:

My original set of bits wasn't lost at all; it was right under my nose the whole time.

*sigh*

Anyone want to buy some triangular screwdriver bits?

But never mind; there's been some more hot eBay action occuring, and with any luck some interesting items should be touching down by the end of the week.

Stay tuned!

[bunglebus]

57p says you won't be able to find any of those bits when you need them

[bunglebus]

A couple of new Moving Parts in Entertainer but not for me

 

[flat4alfa]

[sierraman]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

A couple of new Moving Parts in Entertainer but not for me

 

Quite like the Raptor pick up. The Renault concept reminds me a bit of the 1985 Peugeot Quasar.

[flat4alfa]

On 11/9/2019 at 7:28 PM, sierraman said:

Hot Wheels Matra Murena 

I fished this out recently

It now looks like this

Red with a tan interior for this three-seater, resembling one I was chasing in real life a few years back, but didn't buy in the end

Detailing was a bit clumsy.  But Mebetoys's drop in casting quality and the plastic lower-half wasn't top-notch to start with

[sierraman]

12 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

I fished this out recently

It now looks like this

Red with a tan interior for this three-seater, resembling one I was chasing in real life a few years back, but didn't buy in the end

Detailing was a bit clumsy.  But Mebetoys's drop in casting quality and the plastic lower-half wasn't top-notch to start with

I like that, looks fantastic, just shows how much better things can look when it’s not got all those crappy stickers all over it and it’s depicting an actual car. 

[andrew e]

What Sierraman said 👍 I sat in one of these a few years back and it had series land rover levels of spaciousness 😂

[flat4alfa]

23 minutes ago, sierraman said:

depicting an actual car. 

Well if you like that sort of thing, how about this

Wife has this Banana Benz SLK

While Doris has this Banana Benz SLK

Made by Speedy Power in 1:32 scale

She takes it out to balmy evening BBQs 

[tom13]

I have had that ketchup. It's certainly warm!

15 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Well if you like that sort of thing, how about this

Wife has this Banana Benz SLK

While Doris has this Banana Benz SLK

Made by Speedy Power in 1:32 scale

She takes it out to balmy evening BBQs 

 

[bunglebus]

It is indeed Tatty Wednesday, so here we go;

Found another Corgi sold as a Hot Wheels, Porsche 956

I've been chasing one of these Dinky Superior Criterion ambulances for a while, usually they're missing the tailgate and/or expensive. Only problem being, by hedging my bets (well bids), I've won two...

Only other significant arrival is this Field Car in a less common colour scheme. Missing the spare tyre which is quite annoying as I just sold the common one with the spare in place. I'll have a hunt through the spares box

 

[sierraman]

Think that’s the twin pack release from the late 70’s. 

[Mad Cyril]

I tidied the garage up last weekend and it's now quite a pleasant place to be so I've made a start on this poor thing...

...that was donated by the smashing Dick Longbridge a few months back in a deal with a Spidervan that was in slightly better condition.

It's looking surprisingly promising now (roof straightened, paint stripped, new windows on order) but I need to do something about the wheels.

Any suggestions where I can lay my hands new Matchbox wheels?

 

[bunglebus]

I haven't got any the same as the original Roadblasters, but I've got loads of normal Matchbox wheels, as well as various other brands if you want a set?

[Mad Cyril]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I haven't got any the same as the original Roadblasters, but I've got loads of normal Matchbox wheels, as well as various other brands if you want a set?

Yes please, whatever you've got really.

It's going to a white Police livery like this...

...so I was hoping to get hold of wheels something like that.

I thought somebody must be flogging new ones on Ebay but apparently not.

The current wheels are 11mm diameter and the axles are 26mm long.

[bunglebus]

I'll have a look, got a big bag of stock Matchbox wheels and loads of donor cars

[bunglebus]

20 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I've won two

And here's the other. It's in surprising good condition 

And inside:

Driver had hopped out for a quick fag, trying to get him back in his seat was like doing one of those annoying Xmas cracker puzzles

I cleaned it after those last pics

 

[eddyramrod]

I have a couple of those 1961 Pontiac-chassised ambulances; one looking much as above, one a later issue with battery-powered lighting which was blue and white, but missing the rear door.  Said door is available (I must remember to order one) so at the moment it's in my shed, awaiting a further coat of blue on the lower panels.

Meanwhile, remember my Dinky Standard Atlas minibus?

Yes, this one, that I was converting into a van for the Personal History fleet.  Well now it looks like this...

All painted up and reassembled :)  I would suggest this as a candidate for Oxford Diecast to model.

Now if you know your old Dinky Toys, you'll remember this came with glazing and a vac-form red interior, with minibus seating.  I, erm.... broke the glazing while stripping it down, but I thought, that's ok, Steve Flowers will have one.  Er, no, apparently not.  Not available.  I was going to make new glazing, which I can do, I've had plenty of practice and I keep a stock of clear packaging on hand.  Then I thought, well I don't really need the interior either.  Red would be wrong, and the original vehicle was a plain van which didn't have all those seats anyway.  So I simply rolled it back to a slightly earlier era of Dinky, when they had neither.  It's now on display as you see it.

Incidentally, the glazing thing also happened when I dismantled my Dinky Range Rover (like the Atlas, owned from new).  This time I will have to make the glazing, as the RR has a lovely pale blue injection-moulded interior and a full set of opening doors, etc.  Can't get away with a rewind on this one!

[flat4alfa]

8 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Do  you have plans for the surplus one?

[flat4alfa]

[bunglebus]

22 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Do  you have plans for the surplus one?

Nope just wanted one so it's surplus to requirements now

[sierraman]

Hang on isn’t tat Friday? 

[flat4alfa]

Has our roving ambassador of Tat got into a scrap over colourful trainers?