Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

Am looking forward to your matching* commemorative and boxed Corgi Metro 😋

[155V6]

17 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Am looking forward to your matching* commemorative and boxed Corgi Metro 😋

I can probably supply one,not boxed though 😁

[DoctorRetro]

42 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Am looking forward to your matching* commemorative and boxed Corgi Metro 😋

I have this ...

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

4 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Picked this up today,was about to rip it open when I spotted something. 

Anybody else see it?

Different wheels front & rear.

[RoadworkUK]

Am looking forward to your matching* commemorative and boxed Corgi Metro 

I confess, I'd quite like one. 100% for the "significant moments in the history of the Metro" angle rather than any Diana worship.

[bunglebus]

16 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Anybody else see it?

That's a good find, I like error cars. Matell's quality control seems to have improved lately, not seen one in a while.

I don't think they're worth any more than a normal one but they're fun to find

[bunglebus]

Also noticed I have something of a rarity - Matchbox Baja buggy with 12 louvres instead of 13...

 

[bunglebus]

Just a heads up, Wilko are selling Hot Wheels singles for 75p, and Asda have got 5 packs for £5.

In other news, I bought a Cambuster. It has no scoop and a couple of missing exhausts. But it has a yellow base when it should be black

I think this is similar to Gus's Gulpers and Milligans Mills getting parts mixed up on the production line - that base belongs under Bazooka.

I also got a fairly tatty Case Tractor from the same seller to go on the back of the K-17 Dyson Low Loader set I've been piecing together

[DoctorRetro]

7 hours ago, RoadworkUK said:

19 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Am looking forward to your matching* commemorative and boxed Corgi Metro 

I confess, I'd quite like one. 100% for the "significant moments in the history of the Metro" angle rather than any Diana worship.

You're welcome to mine for not a lot, I have no reason for it.

[warch]

20 hours ago, RoadworkUK said:

 

I'm no collector of royalist memorabilia. In fact I tend to ridicule it and the deranged giffers who collect it. Turns out I'm a massive hypocrite, then. Presented as a shameless cash-in on the '81 royal wedding, this edition of K-15 "The Londoner" wasn't Matchbox's finest hour in the eyes of aficionados of the brand.

 

I'm distinctly ambivalent about the royals too, apart from Prince 'wandering hands' Andrew who I am decidedly unambivalent about.

There is something quite sweet and rather old fashioned about this, especially as it dates from the era when the main market for toys in general and Matchbox cars specifically was still children. I was about 4 when Charles and Diana got married so I can't really remember much about it, although I do remember it being on the telly and on mugs and biscuit tins for years afterwards. I suspect kids at the time were much the same as kids today and probably didn't give a fuck about the wedding or the royals unless they got the day off school or something. It strikes me that this was a 40something year old marketing man's idea of what might fly off the shelves, god knows if anyone actually bought one.  

Excellent purchase cheers for sharing.

[bunglebus]

23 hours ago, bezzabsa said:

Whats the best 'newbie' airbrush to use? always looked at them, but never bit the bullet...fancy one with compressor rather than the 'bottle' sort

I've often wondered. I have an ancient one that I think is a Badger copy and it does the job. Unless I need a specific colour mix I find it easier to aim a rattle can at my cars. I would think almost anything will work if it's an occasional hobby

8 minutes ago, warch said:

I was about 4 when Charles and Diana got married so I can't really remember much about it

Me either, big fuss about it on TV etc but didn't really register. Charity shops and boot sales are always bristling with "commemorative" items that aren't worth a bean now.

[flat4alfa]

Hey @RoadworkUK check out this perfect* addition to your Royal Wedding Bus Collection

Lush

[flat4alfa]

Strike that, check out this Routemaster effort instead

[flat4alfa]

Probably not this one though

I mean, how authentic would a 1929 AEC Regent be, at that particular wedding?

[flat4alfa]

On 7/2/2020 at 2:29 PM, DoctorRetro said:

Picked up this Ambulance from Amishtat today, first job was to give it a good clean

I'm not sure whether I should do a repaint, leave as is, or do a mad custom job. 

The light will be an interesting fix, as the glass is broken ?

Evening.  Just wondered if you still have this and if so is it available?

[flat4alfa]

On 12/13/2019 at 9:21 AM, bunglebus said:

Another Superkings Charger, in need of work so in the customising box for this one

After one of these, the Matchbox SuperKings K-22 Charger.  Already have a couple of the modified 'dragster' variation, but the original has eluded

[DoctorRetro]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Evening.  Just wondered if you still have this and if so is it available?

Yep, still here. I did extensive repair work to the interior to get the light to sit in place and work too. I guess it could be available. 

 

[bezzabsa]

some nice lookers on FB.....

boxed stuff

[bunglebus]

QD, only got these two castings

[RoadworkUK]

19 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Hey @RoadworkUK check out this perfect* addition to your Royal Wedding Bus Collection

Lush

I think we're wandering into Viz commemorative plate territory here...

[RoadworkUK]

21 hours ago, DoctorRetro said:

You're welcome to mine for not a lot, I have no reason for it.

Ta very much, I'll gratefully decline for now, but I'm scheduled to drink some cider tonight...

[bicycle repairman]

19 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

After one of these, the Matchbox SuperKings K-22 Charger.  Already have a couple of the modified 'dragster' variation, but the original has eluded

here one i restored

[bunglebus]

Red Silvia located - nice detail on this one

 

[bunglebus]

On 03/09/2021 at 20:48, eddyramrod said:

Oh bugger!  I wish I'd known, I'm in need of a Tex Dinoco (I think that's his name); the gold Cadillac.  He's a Coupe deVille, 75 or 76 so slightly younger than Huggy, but I'm sure I could work out a satisfactory conversion.  If anybody sees one at tat-box prices, I want it!

Aliexpress 

[flat4alfa]

I'll send this one up to Eddy

[sierraman]

Hopefully by the time I’m back home the Araldite will have dried on the axles of my Matchbox MB9 RS2000 Sierraman cabriolet...

[sierraman]

Worked quite well I think. Was a bit of a pain in some respects, you can’t swap axles easily on these so had to file out the clamps and use Araldite. 

[bunglebus]

Just returned from a quick* local* mission to collect a few* VW toys. Gonna take me a while to catalogue this lot

 

[sierraman]

I’m sure this diecast buying is a full time job for you! 🤣

Never seem to see job lots come up near us. 

[junkyarddog]

Is that whole tub full of VW shaped diecast??

Never seen one of those early green Matchbox transporters with the doors intact yet!