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Went to the boot sale this morning, very little of interest really but I did get a couple of things. I'm not a huge fan of this casting but already had a scruffy but intact white/red example bought with the intention of using its chrome strip and wheels elsewhere. Dug it out the other day and was having second thoughts as it's not bad really. Its fate is sealed now I've found this. The hounds have made a break for it and I don't blame them, it must get pretty warm in the back. Other than that it's pretty good, someone took care of this. 

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Alright here's today's haul. Starting with a rather lovely Tomica Toyota (Crown?) Ambulance that I thought was worth £2

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This lot was from the first stall I stopped at, and I went back for a second look later and grabbed a couple of bits I'd missed. Not quite as cheap as I would have liked but as I bought quite a few I felt I could haggle a bit. Most of these don't often show up outside of eBay either

Yatming:

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Delicate opening tailgate has survived

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Proper metal base Universal Studios van

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Norev Mini Jet Tablot

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And Renault 18

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This must be quite an early Majorette caravan? It would also make a great camper body for my Lone Star Transit...

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Onto Zylmex. A pair of these Datsun estates

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This was the first thing I saw, and rejected for having no doors...

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...then found this one

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Think I have this but as it was there!

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Tatty Rockets Aston does at least have the wheels and plastic part of the base intact

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Revin' Rebel isn't perfect but replaces a lost childhood favourite

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Not seen this Site Engineer Range Rover before

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This came from another stall, again one I have but I reckon it could look good with new paint

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Another from elsewhere, sold to me as a pair but although the colours look the same, wheels and scale say not, despite the mechanism of locking the trailer to the tractor appearing to be correct - anyone?

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Every single time I've been to this boot sale since it opened, the same seller has had this Majorette, every time I've picked it up and put it back as she wanted £3 for it. This week it was £2 so it came home. Quite a clever mechanism inside for pushing the "rubbish" out etc

 

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Lastly, this one was a bit of a win. A whole table full of "collectors" models in perspex cases, and a couple of cheap no name cars hiding at the end - and this Sunnyside SS-903 Porsche 928. Got to be expensive though? 50p. Win.

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So here's the contents of the 50p box...

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When Junkman visited today he pounced on the doorless Jeep and the green bus.

And in descending order, the £5, £2 and £1 content...

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Herr Junk took away the green and orange transporter in his haul.  Everything else is still available.

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Post Lady has been 😎

Thanks to a tip-off on the Miniature Ebay Tat thread, I now have a very tidy Norev 'Mini-Jet'  Alfa 6 (in a blue too!), to slot into the previously-owned cars shelf of the real-life Alfa Sei I saved from doom some years ago and got back on the road

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Never seen another.  Thought this would run away, but it didn't

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Being a Norev it wears a French plate, this one from Department 69: Rhône

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Tiny Tom likes the opening things

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Dashboard and centre console are surprisingly modelled too

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Twin headlamps make it a first series, whereas mine was a second.  But no matter, there is very little in the way of alternatives.  The real car now lives with a collector in Yorkshire

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Cheers to @bunglebus for the tip!

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2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Please say that wasn't a Ballade....  

Looks like a 505 that does. 

What were they knocking the diecast out at or was it one of those ‘all different prices m8, just pick what you like then we’ll come to an agreement’ Cue a price resembling a Chicago phone number... 🤣

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5 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Please say that wasn't a Ballade....  

Possibly - but as he was after £5 each on the bigger stuff I didn't really look at any of it. Next to it was a Corgi Unimog with most excellent suspension  - but too broken to consider. Now I want one

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I've got to try and track down the Roadkill/Roadkill Garage episodes with the Dodge Rampage in, so I can try and make my replica a bit more accurate. I did try just taking the tampos off the new Hot Wheels casting but it didn't work, so got a repaint and some artificial aging, plus removal of the towbar, not to mention the trike that was in the bed!

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I mentioned earlier about the Fire Chief version of the Matchbox Dodge Monaco wagon.  Of course today I realised I actually have one!

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I suppose I need the yellow one now!  And a fairly decent beige one, and a couple of run-down Fire variants to paint as police cars.  Dear me, this could get frighteningly expensive!

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21 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Post Lady has been 😎

Thanks to a tip-off on the Miniature Ebay Tat thread, I now have a very tidy Norev 'Mini-Jet'  Alfa 6 (in a blue too!), to slot into the previously-owned cars shelf of the real-life Alfa Sei I saved from doom some years ago and got back on the road

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Never seen another.  Thought this would run away, but it didn't

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Being a Norev it wears a French plate, this one from Department 69: Rhône

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Tiny Tom likes the opening things

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Dashboard and centre console are surprisingly modelled too

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Twin headlamps make it a first series, whereas mine was a second.  But no matter, there is very little in the way of alternatives.  The real car now lives with a collector in Yorkshire

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Cheers to @bunglebus for the tip!

I think the Alfa 6 is one of my all time favourites, it was so typically Italian, 6 carburettors ffs! They knew that it was only going to sell to Italian Government members but they went on and made it regardless. Hopefully it still survives! 

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It was supposed to be sunny today so I could take nice pictures of stuff. I finished the Guiloy Taunus, it's a bit of an odd casting when you're used to Matchbox etc, the dash is part of the main body but the headlights, grille and centre of the bumpers are part of the base. Nice door card detail though.

 

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The doors were a pain, they just don't fit well and chip the paint when opened, so you'll have to take my word for it that I painted the door cards to match the interior. I thought beige was a good choice for a Cortina Taunus

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Late arrivals for Tat Wednesday! 

Found another of the cartoon-like Polistil cars, 2CV

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Another strange Polistil - 1:55 Lancia Beta but looking like it might be a key car, not seen this before

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A clean, late issue Corgi Renault 5

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a few others came along for the ride, Majorette '57

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Matchbox trailer which I think is another two pack item

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a very tidy Turbo Fury

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and a clean Merc SL but missing the hood

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1 hour ago, sierraman said:

Candidate for a Super GT reshell is this RS2000. Problem is the windscreen, how will I get all this gold shit off? 

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Carefully. My preference would be sanding and polishing, you can try caustic (but not too hot bearing in mind it will make the water hotter when you add it), or DoT3 brake fluid. I've heard people swear by sterilising fluid or oven cleaner. There are loads of methods out there but I just don't like chemicals as sometimes it ruins the clear plastic irreversibly.

This was already sun faded but brake fluid made it go dark brown

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And my early Corgi Mangusta now has frosted glass. Luckily Steve Flowers does replacements

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1 hour ago, sierraman said:

The body is bent but everything is there. I have a wheel less Super GT shell, use the metal base, glass and interior from the first one. Wheels? I don’t know what, I’ll play that by ear. 

I always feel a bit guilty painting them when they’ve gone 40 odd years with the original paint. 

They can live another 40 years once they're renovated. I quite like the GT base as it has working suspension, either way paint the valances to match

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Or use the GT glazing for that "gangsta" look

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Or be really subtle and put Superfast glass and interior in a GT

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