Shite in Miniature II

[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]

  On 02/12/2021 at 21:13, Split_Pin said:

100% definitely W123 Coupes.

Here is mine, pics quickly ripped frpm my Instagram

 

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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.

[bunglebus]

That's a lot of kits! Mind you I reckon my collection takes up a similar amount of space

[Spottedlaurel]

  On 04/12/2021 at 09:53, bunglebus said:

That's a lot of kits! Mind you I reckon my collection takes up a similar amount of space

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I haven't counted them, there must be about 300. At least they're light.

Odd additions keep arriving:

The Mazda is an older Tamiya kit.

BTW, charity shop visit was achieved and the Dinky Jaguar was purchased!

[bunglebus]

I'm amazed it was still there, obviously not too many tiny tat enthusiasts in your neck of the woods. Usually they get snapped up to make these

£80 + post to you sir

[Justwatching]

1970 Dodge Challenger in 1:64 scale by Auto World. 

[bunglebus]

A couple of new mini motors have turned up today. Courtesy of @flat4alfais this Tyco era Matchbox 300ZX

Also along for the ride was this unknown tinplate

Main event was the Lucky copy of the Gruesome Twosome though

In another package were; a very sharp Matchbox RX7

a Playart Corvette Stingray

And a tatty but complete Zylmex Wheeties van

 

[junkyarddog]

Think I have one of those vans somewhere!

[bunglebus]

It's one of the harder ones to find. I wish I had the skillz and tech to make decals, paint is easy enough but the stickers aren't something Steve Flowers knocks out!

[Spottedlaurel]

  On 04/12/2021 at 12:14, bunglebus said:

I'm amazed it was still there, obviously not too many tiny tat enthusiasts in your neck of the woods. Usually they get snapped up to make these

£80 + post to you sir

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Crikey! This one was certainly less than that.....

It desperately needs some way of pushing the wheels further out into the arches.

All the older Dinky stuff had gone, so if there are other enthusiasts around I know what they're focusing on and they're welcome to them. When I selected the Jaguar plus a Majorette at the counter they brought out a 3 for £1 box. Nothing too exciting in there, the MF tractor was my main choice and the incomplete but tidy trucks to make up the amount.

Anyone know who made the tractor? There are no markings that I can see.

[bunglebus]

  On 04/12/2021 at 20:56, Spottedlaurel said:

It desperately needs some way of pushing the wheels further out into the arches.

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Plans were once afoot along those lines

But that one was just the body with no base, donated to me by...someone on here 155V6. My memory isn't what it was. It ended up going onto yet another member possibly to spend its days whizzing around as a slot car after I found a complete one - but I still wanted one to have a play with but not turn onto yet another Steed clone

[junkyarddog]

The MF tractor is made by Matchbox. 

[PhilA]

1:18 scale '32 Ford from a garage sale. Missing a few bits so I decided to see if it makes a good hotrod:

I think I'll hop it up! 

Phil

[bunglebus]

That's a great base for a hot rod, I've a 1;43ish one in the pile waiting to get the treatment

[Tenmil Socket]

My eagerly awaited parcel has arrived! Any guesses to what it might be?

[bunglebus]

I keep thinking Corgi MK1 Polo but it's not quite right.

Just found some new bits in Entertainer, they've finally ended the 3 for 2 on Hot Wheels 

[junkyarddog]

Scored this in Tesco today.

😊

[bunglebus]

Definitely keeping an eye out for the Crapi.

I had a mooch around Basildon, seemed like Entertainer and Home Bargains had taken delivery of 2022 Hot Wheels at some point but there were only a few left.

Still, there were some interesting ones, starting with these in QD

It's a bit of an oddity, Mattel have been releasing special sets like this for a few years, chrome/black, gold/black etc but for some reason did two different sets in orange and blue, the first set didn't sell well so trying to find the second has been impossible. They had loads of them, including the Porsche I really wanted - but only #1-5 out of 6 in the set. 6 is a boring casting anyway so not losing any sleep over it. 

These were the 2022 mainline I found

I know the Tooned Golf isn't to everyone's taste but I like it. 

 

[Tenmil Socket]

  On 06/12/2021 at 10:49, Tenmil Socket said:

My eagerly awaited parcel has arrived! Any guesses to what it might be?

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The NEW Ford Escort!

Won it for £10. Need some C batteries to test it.

How does this ‘sonic’ malarkey even work?

[TheOtherStu]

  On 06/12/2021 at 18:49, Tenmil Socket said:

The NEW Ford Escort!

Won it for £10. Need some C batteries to test it.

How does this ‘sonic’ malarkey even work?

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Basically, the car goes along under its own steam. Click it and it reverses, whilst turning. Click it again, and it goes straight forward again.

It was for those of us who couldn't afford a proper remote controlled car.

[Tenmil Socket]

  On 06/12/2021 at 18:57, TheOtherStu said:

Basically, the car goes along under its own steam. Click it and it reverses, whilst turning. Click it again, and it goes straight forward again.

It was for those of us who couldn't afford a proper remote controlled car.

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Sorry, what I meant is, how does the car recognise the click?

[TheOtherStu]

  On 06/12/2021 at 19:09, Tenmil Socket said:

Sorry, what I meant is, how does the car recognise the click?

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Witchcraft 😂
I think it's one of those simple 70s electret microphones. IIRC, there was always a strange bit about all the sonic cars.

[bunglebus]

I had one that worked like that - it will also respond to clapping. Mine was a black single seater I think

[PhilA]

  On 06/12/2021 at 13:30, junkyarddog said:

Scored this in Tesco today.

😊

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Almost bought this one. Surprised to see it here, but Walgreens often have some really surprising models in. 

Last one was a VW Santana, before that, a Trabant.

[Split_Pin]

I've got a Range Rover with the same clicker. You can have fun seeing how many noises it will respond to.