Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

19 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Is that whole tub full of VW shaped diecast??

Yep, it was full to the top. The stuff still in it is the usual Chinese pull backs, money boxes, belt buckles etc that get given to anyone who expresses a vague interest in air cooled VWs. There are some big Bburago New Beetles in there and some other stuff worth selling on

 

[bunglebus]

Here's a selection of the "keepers"

Siku

Corgi

Green Caravelle - obviously doorless, replacements are available. I have one complete one and one with a door missing

This is worth what I paid for the box alone, and as a bonus is in better nick than the one I customised recently 

Matchbox

One of several Hot Wheels I didn't have

This is the only pity. Schuco bug is missing a door

Matchbox 

Corgi

Majorette 

Very tidy Matchbox 

Part two coming up

[bunglebus]

More Hot Wheels, two of which I'd not found before 

A pair of decent Matchbox T3 ambulances

Box says Hongwell/Cararama, base says Brekina

Think this is also Cararama

Corgi race support pickup. No tools in the bed

Another very pleasing find. I have one of these but it's very loose from being transformed too many times, and is missing the gun - but does have its bumper

These also have to be worth the price of admission - have you seen how much Micro Machines go for?

These are priced at £10 each on the box

Not sure the make on this, or if I want to keep it...

...but this is definitely staying

Much better than the rusty one I repainted years ago.

There are more but I think I've covered the more interesting ones

[sierraman]

Those T2 Ambulances go for decent coin on eBay if you’ve a surplus. 

[bunglebus]

I've got them all except the black version. I will be very busy on eBay for the next few weekends I expect!

[sierraman]

Definitely, I need to do this with the duplicates I’ve ended up with over the years. 

[junkyarddog]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Yep, it was full to the top. The stuff still in it is the usual Chinese pull backs, money boxes, belt buckles etc that get given to anyone who expresses a vague interest in air cooled VWs. There are some big Bburago New Beetles in there and some other stuff worth selling on

 

Is that silver pick up a Husky?

Unusual repaint on that Dragon Wheels too.

Nice haul.

[bunglebus]

9 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Is that silver pick up a Husky?

Yes, it's bare metal but has had the rear wheel arches enlarged.

The look has a name but I can't remember it

 

[flat4alfa]

I had that very same Tonka Green Buggy.  There is a photo of me playing with it in Mum's album.  Must have been ~1975

[flat4alfa]

Be quick!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154501588689

[bunglebus]

18 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

I had that very same Tonka Green Buggy.  There is a photo of me playing with it in Mum's album.  Must have been ~1975

Funny how the mind plays tricks, the last one was yellow

It was the smaller one that was green

[TheOtherStu]

5 hours ago, sierraman said:

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

Never seem to see job lots come up near us. 

I dunno about Bunglebus, but when my kids were little, car boots were the place to go.

Saw lots of boxes like this and we'd always let the kids pick a car or two. Quite honestly though, if you'd offered them a tenner for the box, they would have bitten your arm off.

[bunglebus]

49 minutes ago, TheOtherStu said:

if you'd offered them a tenner for the box, they would have bitten your arm off

A tenner? That's double what I paid!

I was offered a huge box of cars at the boot sale recently for £20, I probably could have split them up and made a profit but I really couldn't be arsed to carry them around and find space for them somewhere.  I'd say 70% of the VW box will be going up for sale

[sierraman]

I’ve got 90% of what I’m looking for with Matchbox, so it’s likely 90% of what I’d buy I’d have already got. Missing quite a few of the 1/36 Corgi so concentrating picking the ones I’m missing up on eBay. 

Obviously when Tesco was stocking new Matchbox I was picking those up but likewise that seems to have petered out. Even the singles they don’t refill now. 

[D.E]

Whoops, just won this box at the local auction! Wanted it mostly for the Speed Kings SM.

[junkyarddog]

Some nice bits in there,

That caravan still has it's tow hook intact,the regular wheels Ford Prefect isn't that common either.

[morrisoxide]

I was going to wash the car but it looked like rain, so out came the air brush.

When I was younger I couldn't wait to put freshly painted cars back together. I would get finger prints in the paint and make a mess of them and get annoyed, so they turned into rat rods or rusty wrecks. 

[bunglebus]

Those earlier versions of the 32 Ford are a nice find, looking forward to seeing them finished 👍🏻

[TheOtherStu]

10 hours ago, morrisoxide said:

I was going to wash the car but it looked like rain, so out came the air brush.

When I was younger I couldn't wait to put freshly painted cars back together. I would get finger prints in the paint and make a mess of them and get annoyed, so they turned into rat rods or rusty wrecks. 

Do you use an airbrush for these? They look amazing.

[sierraman]

14 hours ago, D.E said:

Whoops, just won this box at the local auction! Wanted it mostly for the Speed Kings SM.

The other surplus stuff should eBay nicely. 

[morrisoxide]

2 hours ago, TheOtherStu said:

Do you use an airbrush for these? They look amazing.

Thanks. Yes I use a Airbrush with Pebeo brand acrylic paint from Hobby Craft, thinned down with Asdas own screen wash. Then two coats of lacquer on the Volvo and Galaxie.

Someone on here was using the same set up and I copied, I can't remember who? The metallic seems the correct scale. 

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Those earlier versions of the 32 Ford are a nice find, looking forward to seeing them finished 👍🏻

It's actually the new casting with the clumsy looking rivet/air filter cut off.

[WillCarter]

Sorry, these were meant to go up days ago, but you know... life and stuff. Let me know if there's anything you fancy, offers welcome, you know the score.

Russian Taxis - £2 each or £8 the lot. 

Volga Ambulance - £2

Lada Taxi - £3

Hot Wheels Skyline 2000 GTR - £5

Hot Wheels Datsun Pickup - £1

Husky Ford Zephyr (Repainted) - £2

Lesney Ford Zephyr - £2

Matchbox Flying Bug - £4

Matchbox Mini Haha - £4

Matchbox Volkswagen Ambulance - £2

Matchbox Opel Diplomat - £2

Matchbox Cougar Villager - £2

Matchbox Volkswagen Golf - £1

Zastava 750 - £4

Bburago Ferrari 250GT - £5

Corgi Mini Van Circus - £7

Corgi Mini Van Police - £5

[eddyramrod]

4 hours ago, sierraman said:

The other surplus stuff should rehome on here very nicely. 

EFA

And to think, it's not many months ago I was flogging off old Lesneys for 50p, how times change!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

1 hour ago, WillCarter said:

Sorry, these were meant to go up days ago, but you know... life and stuff. Let me know if there's anything you fancy, offers welcome, you know the score.

Russian Taxis - £2 each or £8 the lot. 

Volga Ambulance - £2

Lada Taxi - £3

Hot Wheels Skyline 2000 GTR - £5

Hot Wheels Datsun Pickup - £1

Husky Ford Zephyr (Repainted) - £2

Lesney Ford Zephyr - £2

Matchbox Flying Bug - £4

Matchbox Mini Haha - £4

Matchbox Volkswagen Ambulance - £2

Matchbox Opel Diplomat - £2

Matchbox Cougar Villager - £2

Matchbox Volkswagen Golf - £1

Zastava 750 - £4

Bburago Ferrari 250GT - £5

Corgi Mini Van Circus - £7

Corgi Mini Van Police - £5

Could I claim both Zephyrs, the Diplomat  and the T25 Ambo, please ?

[WillCarter]

Just now, NorfolkNWeigh said:

Could I claim both Zephyrs, the Diplomat  and the T25 Ambo, please ?

You certainly can mate, drop me a PM and with your address etc and we'll go from there.

[sierraman]

14 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

EFA

And to think, it's not many months ago I was flogging off old Lesneys for 50p, how times change!

True! The prices offered on eBay etc has pretty much ended my interest in using it as a means to build my collection. £50-60 for a box of broken rubbish seems the norm now. Corgis on the other hand have dropped a bit. 

[eddyramrod]

6 minutes ago, sierraman said:

True! The prices offered on eBay etc has pretty much ended my interest in using it as a means to build my collection. £50-60 for a box of broken rubbish seems the norm now. Corgis on the other hand have dropped a bit. 

It's beginning to look like my days of ebay are over anyway now, but I agree, prices are spiralling way beyond any sense.

[D.E]

That was... a bit more than expected. If the auctioneers would take better photos instead of "here's a picture of a box full of cars, good luck!" maybe they would get higher bids. Oh well, I won't complain. In a more orderly fashion, and some highlights:

I am quite happy with the SM! Except for a bit of damage on the front bumper it's unscathed.

I expected this 220 SE to be a Dinky, but it isn't. Gama, West-Germany.

Shouldn't this MoY Leyland have decals and a different type of wheels?

Guisval Modulo.

Corgi Motorway Express Coach. I am normally not a collector of buses but this thing is nice, will probably keep this as well.

 

[bunglebus]

This is why I like finding hidden gems in job lots, like this Efsi 911

[bunglebus]

I remember various colours of Scooby but hadn't clocked a grey one before. So I bought it