Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, junkyarddog said:

I found this today.

Strange looking Land Rover.

That's a Dodge Charger on the wrong card.

Premium model too,never seen an error on the more expensive versions before.

Decent find! Looks like the blister matches the car, so the wrong card got loaded into the machine.

I like that

[junkyarddog]

9 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Decent find! Looks like the blister matches the car, so the wrong card got loaded into the machine.

I like that

I very nearly left it there,they are quite pricey 😂

[155V6]

No cars today,but I did pick up this Matchbox Suzuki RG500 as ridden by Barry Sheene.

 

It's quite a crude model,& is missing a couple of  decals,but I was happy for 40p.

I used to have loads of 1/18 bike models,but sold them.I did keep a Suzuki TL1000S though,as I had a real one.Now it has the RG500 for company

[sierraman]

Check out how much those Superkings motorcycles go for on eBay.

[bezzabsa]

@eddyramrod you still looking for an SD1??

this is from a seller i've just bought a combo from, I paid £19 delivered, where UK seller wanted £40+... 3 days from bid to receiving it too..

This is a bit more though!!

w.ebay.co.uk/itm/153058255443?hash=item23a2fba253:g:BFIAAMXQILVS

[eddyramrod]

That looks lovely!  However, that very fact makes it too good for my purposes.  I want one for not just Code 3-ing, but Frankensteining.

I'm not above such things, I have form, as they used to say on The Sweeney.  In fact I'm partway through making a Volvo 740 estate out of a Corgi Junior saloon and a Mercury Sable sedan out of a Matchbox station wagon.

I'm still in need of at least two Vanguards mk2 Cortinas to convert to 4-door, and a Vanguards 100E for the same purpose.  They do, of course, need to be ridiculously cheap, by which I don't mean a fiver posted (that would be too much!).

[bicycle repairman]

in norwitch visting my ederdly mother staying at my sister house,in one off the shops was this chevy impala i thought it was to dear at £15 my sister bought me it for xmass bless her,i won cortina at a very good price,i got another dinky hongkong model a corvair got another one some were with boot or engine lid as engine at the back lol,

[bunglebus]

That Cortina is lovely 

[bunglebus]

Only one interesting toy turned up today - despite being fond of a Cougar, I didn't have one of these

Well I did but it was a tatty one I customised and I wasn't very happy with.

[andy18s]

On 11/30/2021 at 6:53 PM, RoadworkUK said:

This is unbelievably excellent.

OH MY GOD can you even imagine the state of my trousers if I received this for Christmas as a lad?

(or an adult).

Fortunately, it being on an auction site outside eBay (link) means I'm not going to bid on it.

Or.......

[Split_Pin]

13 minutes ago, andy18s said:

Or.......

I've got that in Police spec. The 2 pegs on the bootlid should hold a walkie talkie.

I've had it since I was 4 and I remember opening that big box for it at my granny's house one Christmas. How it survived in mint condition I'll never know. The wiring is toast though.

[barrett]

On 11/30/2021 at 9:21 PM, RoadworkUK said:

FYI, barrett doesn't collect toy cars.

okay, they are literally covering every inch of flat surface now. They're overflowing, in fact - here's my current view sitting at my desk

I'm still not ready to admit anything though!

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, andy18s said:

Or.......

 

I'm sure there was one of those at the boot sale in the summer, bloke said everyone picked it up but didn't buy it. I picked up and didn't buy it, never saw  it again

[bunglebus]

On 13/06/2021 at 07:59, bunglebus said:

Giant RC Merc with a few missing bits £2

Is this the same?

[RoadworkUK]

I'm still not ready to admit anything though!

I don't collect car brochures or books.

[RoadworkUK]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Is this the same?

Both of those look to be early '80s Nissan Cedric hardtops as opposed to Mercs:

[Split_Pin]

100% definitely W123 Coupes.

Here is mine, pics quickly ripped frpm my Instagram

 

[RoadworkUK]

Lol (as the kids say these days).

Yes. Positively screams W123 in every detail.

[alcyonecorporation]

5 hours ago, barrett said:

okay, they are literally covering every inch of flat surface now. They're overflowing, in fact - here's my current view sitting at my desk

I'm still not ready to admit anything though!

Jonathan fucking Meades, the pound shop Roland Barthes of sociology. 

[Jon]

Well, if we're doing our 'toys and books/ephemera, here's my effort. 

The highbrow end of the bookshelf, full of tomes to retire to a quiet corner with and ponder their significant rhetoric.

[barrett]

48 minutes ago, alcyonecorporation said:

Jonathan fucking Meades, the pound shop Roland Barthes of sociology. 

I bloody love Meades. "Brighton is a tainted ideal as much as a physical entity".

Aside from him, I bet I'm the only person who has The Disaster Artist next to Robbe-Grillet...

8 minutes ago, Jon said:

The highbrow end of the bookshelf, full of tomes to retire to a quiet corner with and ponder their significant rhetoric.

CRABS! Is that a horror book or a survey of crustaceans?

[RoadworkUK]

Extraordinary. I've packed them away now, but my bookcase had the Young Ones book, Fast Show Book and TV GoHome arranged in the exact same order.

"Never mind the Sex Pistols, here's our bollocks"

(etc).

[Jon]

37 minutes ago, barrett said:

CRABS! Is that a horror book or a survey of crustaceans?

It's this literary masterpiece:

 

Guy N. Smith was certainly the literary North Norfolk Digital radio presenter of his day:

 

I've still not read this but I hope it's as much of a zinger:

[sierraman]

Sounds like the inspiration for Garth Marenghi.

[Split_Pin]

Aaaannnywayyy.... Diecast.

It's Friday.

I will be having a substantial purge of diecast in the New Year, once the festivities are out the way (not this one though)

[andy18s]

11 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

100% definitely W123 Coupes.

Here is mine, pics quickly ripped frpm my Instagram

 

Have some more pics. It was up for £30ish iirc

[Split_Pin]

I don't know what to do with mine. It's a bit big to display.

Apart from the wiring it's in great condition.  Due to its size I think it would make quite a nice addition to a museum or something. Or maybe to someone who collects exactly this type of retro toy. I'd rather that then propel it into the void by selling it.

Until then it will stay in my loft, it's nice and dry there.

[Datsuncog]

Took a bit of a mosey into the market, on this dark morning...

The diecast drought continues, somewhat. This was all there was  of interest on the main stall today:

Matchbox 5-pack seemed to be some sort of Hallowe'en-themed set; not one I'd seen before on these shores.

And this was the only other motoring-related highlight to be found;

So, not really a lot to get in a flap about. He seems to be mainly stocking books and diddly-dee Irish souvenirs these days, more's the pity.

But, other than my desire to procure a bag of cherry scones, I was there to see if a certain might-be Minichamps Toyota MR2 was still knocking around over on the Charity Stall, a few aisles away... and there followed an amusing pantomime where I could see the damn thing, upside down at the back of the stall with other rubbish stacked on it, but I couldn't get near it as the whole frontage was crowded with assorted giffers (maskless) buying bags of past-date dog food and dusty glass vases...

Like flies round shite.

I know, I'm no better. 

Eventually some of them had the decency to bugger off, and I was able to swoop in...

It then took me a while to attract the stallholder's attention to get a price for the thing.

I raised it up towards him... he took it from me, turned it over, squinted at it, frowned, furrowed - like he was assaying a piece of fine gold - before pronouncing his valuation.

"One-fifty."

Well, alright then. I'd been concerned he was going to be looking more than a fiver for it, so I handed him some shrapnel from my back pocket, and toddled off towards the bakery stall, quite happily.

£1.50 an ok price for you, @TheOtherStu?

If you want to PM me your address, I'll get that wrapped and on its way to you!

As you can see, it's very dusty and the door mirrors are AWOL - but despite being roughly loaded in and out of assorted tat boxes for the best part of a month and a half, it doesn't seem to have sustained any serious paintwork or glazing damage.

I also suspect this would have been fitted with a raised hood, originally?

Minichamps have had a very reasonable stab at the interior detailing - sure, there's better out there these days, but given the age of this model it's not bad at all.

CONFIRMATION.

Phew. Excitement, hey?

I'm off for a scone.

Happy Friday, kids - and a special shout-out to @flat4alfa; hope to see you back on the thread before long, fella.

[TheOtherStu]

That sounds like some huge achievement! Thank you so much.

I've pinged you a PM.

[Spottedlaurel]

Last weekend I got the ex-Woolworth shelves assembled, which meant I could finally do this:

 

Since taking these photos the bottom three shelves are now rammed with brochures and magazines (which I don't collect either).

After a bit of drought during the house move, I managed to complete one in the week:

Mutant Leopard/Skyline mash-up, for a "racecars in disguise" community build on another forum.

 

 

They fitted together remarkably well.

In other news, I'm heading back to the charity shop this morning and will see what's left from last week.