Shite in Miniature II

[Datsuncog]

Having a bit of a clear-out - and wondering if these might be of interest to anyone here?

Tamiya kits catalogue, from 1988 - complete, though the cover's split from the staples.

Yours for the cost of postage.

**TAKEN!!**

Giles Chapman's thoroughly entertaining potted history of the UK diecast car industry:

I got this secondhand, and it's lightly worn but otherwise very readable.

Again, available for cost of postage.

**NOW TAKEN!!**

 

Interesting little book in Italian, featuring a number of unusual models beyond the usual Dinky and Corgi:

Possibly suitable for persons who don't collect toy cars?

Also available for the cost of postage.

**ALSO TAKEN!!*"

 

Now, this one's a bit of a doorstop.

I was pretty chuffed with the Great Book of Corgi last year, and thought this would make a good companion piece. But, it's a bit different...

Plenty of great info, but it's more of a series of tables rather than a history of the brand, and there's so much military and aircraft stuff in here which doesn't really grab me - so I don't think it quite justifies its space on the bookshelf...

It's missing its dust jacket but otherwise very clean, and I paid £45 for it from eBay last year. The cheapest current listing is priced at £50.

Any interest at £20, posted?

[Dick Cheeseburger]

8 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Having a bit of a clear-out - and wondering if these might be of interest to anyone here?

Tamiya kits catalogue, from 1988 - complete, though the cover's split from the staples.

Yours for the cost of postage.

 

Giles Chapman's thoroughly entertaining potted history of the UK diecast car industry:

I got this secondhand, and it's lightly worn but otherwise very readable.

Again, available for cost of postage.

 

Interesting little book in Italian, featuring a number of unusual models beyond the usual Dinky and Corgi:

Possibly suitable for persons who don't collect toy cars?

Also available for the cost of postage.

 

Now, this one's a bit of a doorstop.

I was pretty chuffed with the Great Book of Corgi last year, and thought this would make a good companion piece. But, it's a bit different...

Plenty of great info, but it's more of a series of tables rather than a history of the brand, and there's so much military and aircraft stuff in here which doesn't really grab me - so I don't think it quite justifies its space on the bookshelf...

It's missing its dust jacket but otherwise very clean, and I paid £45 for it from eBay last year.

Any interest at £20, posted?

Could I have the Giles Chapman book please?

[Datsuncog]

You sure can!

[junkyarddog]

1000 pages of Smoll shite!

A big thank you to @Split_Pin for starting this mega odessy of grumpy middle aged men reliving their childhoods and filling every available space they have with toy cars.

😂

[Dick Cheeseburger]

13 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

You sure can!

Ta muchly!

[bunglebus]

13 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

grumpy middle aged men

I'm not grumpy!

I do fit the rest of the description though, I didn't actually have that many before I joined this bloody forum 

[155V6]

Corgi Collectors Club are doing the introductory offer with the Lotus F1 instead of the rally Mini now

[Split_Pin]

Ha look at that, 1000 pages of a joyous little corner of Autoshite!

What models do we have with 1000 in the name?

Corgi Mini 1000 and Simca 1000 spring to mind.

[bunglebus]

Morris Minor 1000? Technically this would be a 1,000,000 as it's lilac

 

[155V6]

Majorette Suzuki TL 1000S

 

[AndyW201]

Yay! I have something to post on the 1000th page.

Had to go to the local sorting office to pick up a couple of undelivered parcels. Nipped into Morrisons on the way and got a few more new Hot Wheels releases, pretty similar to bunglebus's haul.

[mitsisigma01]

First time posting of lots of small shite , apologies for what might be shite pictures . Any questions please ask ,any offers please pm . Loads to come , I'll get them done asap ...which might not be particularly quick.

I'll start with some accident and emergency shite , 

Previa ? Missing side door ,rear glass, blue lights, rear axle wonky.

Vdub t4/5 , cracked front screen, missing rear screen

Merc ... missing nsr door, back axle bent

Chevy pickup rescue truck, front axle loose ..

 

Rescue boat , appears to be complete.

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All obviously play worn /fkd ,spares or repairs.

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Snow Tracker  ,all good bar NSF wheel a bit loose .

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[AndyW201]

So, I got home with the two parcels I'd been waiting for.

First up,

More Minichamps nonsense. Mainly due to the fact that although Corgi Vanguards are my preferred choice in 1/43 prices of those  seem to have got ridiculous lately, and it seems easier to pick up cheap Minichamps models. Plus as a fan of '80s/'90s Euro (and German in particular) tin, Minichamps have a lot more subject matter available!

This is a variant I've been chasing for a while, but rarely comes up for sale. It's the E36 318iS, the follow up to the pretty legendary E30 318iS ("The baby M3 M8"). A lot of them tended to come in  2 door coupé form, but as can be seen, also as a 4 door, which I actually prefer. The iS pretty much had the show of the M3 without a lot of the go, although it was more powerful than the standard 318i

Minichamps did a good job here, again making allowances for the fact that it's a model from the mid to late '90s. The iS came with the same front & rear bumpers, side skirts and boot spoiler as the M3, all modelled nicely here.

Sadly, unlike a lot of the Minichamps Mercs, all the windows are closed on this one, so can't photograph any interior detail, but the dash and clocks seem to be done well.

Pretty happy with this one, makes a change from all the Mercs! This model reminds me of an E36 I very nearly bought some years ago, in a nice Sierra red metallic with the full M Tec kit like on this car with full M Tec half leather interior. Like an idiot I bought a W202 Merc C Class Esprit instead...  This one should display nice with the light yellow Minichamps C Class AMG I got recently.

[mitsisigma01]

Lamborghini Diablo, scratched screen,pull back windy mech FTP properly

[mitsisigma01]

VW microbus ,been lowered on front ...axle loose , pull back windy mech sticky

[mitsisigma01]

 Scrapyard special

2 z3 , both rough,

Ford Explorer, mega paint loss,

Celica, crushed, no glass , split A pillar , bent axles,

Landcruiser , mega paint loss.

All perfect for a Scrapyard scene

 

 

[mitsisigma01]

Any questions please ask ,pm offers,

More to come ... maybe tonight ...if I cba

[AndyW201]

Second package of the day,

The good old Vanguards Mk4 Cortina, a lovely model, (slightly too upright C pillar notwithstanding).

I got this one from an auction that had been running on Facebook by a guy whose uncle had died and left a large collection of Vanguards models. I bid and lost on quite a few but I was glad to win this one. Paid a bit more than I would normally pay for an unboxed Vanguards model, but it was still a metric fuckton cheaper than what people are asking for this variant mint & boxed on eBay.

This one is actually nearly mint though, everything is intact including the easily broken-off wipers, front spotlights and rear fog light. Shame it's missing it's mirrors as it's still even got the holes in the doors, indicating that they were never even fitted. (This model came out when Vanguards had  returned briefly to the yellow cardboard slide-off boxes with the mirrors off the car, in a seperate recess in the plastic insert, inside the box.) So the sad truth is there are probably the box and mirrors for this car in a loft somewhere. No biggie though, as someone has just started doing 1/43 3D printed mirrors on eBay, with a 70s Ford style variation available.

I have been chasing this one for quite a few years. I already have a few of the Mk4 S models (my favourite Mk4), and this one is a bit special, being a replica of one of the Ford press fleet PNO Cortinas , as seen in The Sweeney.

Goes nicely with the Signal yellow 2.0 S with the very similar reg number, as featured in the Sweeney 2 movie.

[barrett]

10 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Interesting little book in Italian, featuring a number of unusual models beyond the usual Dinky and Corgi:

Possibly suitable for persons who don't collect toy cars?

That's exactly the sort of thing that sort of person would be interested in. I'll PM you tomorrow, thanks!

[eddyramrod]

1 hour ago, AndyW201 said:

 

Ah, you were bidding on some of those too?  Most quickly went beyond my budget...

[Split_Pin]

That Cortina is another model I was lucky enough to get from my Mrs at the time the model came out, for just the retail price. Values quickly went a bit mental so well done for getting this one @AndyW201

[bunglebus]

Ah those 2.0S Tinas are lovely, do they do a Jupiter Red?

[Datsuncog]

40 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Ah those 2.0S Tinas are lovely, do they do a Jupiter Red?

Not as an S, though as a Ghia...

Two spotlights and a bit of black marker, and it could resemble an S with a vinyl roof though?

[Cookiesouwest]

After many years of not collecting and having sold almost my entire collection 15 yrs ago due to financial woes, I've decided to restart.

First purchase was an EFE Dennis Dart with Plaxton Pointer body in Badgerline livery.

Very dissapointed that the rear wheel was knackered. Oh well, better find another.

 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

Not as an S, though as a Ghia...

Two spotlights and a bit of black marker, and it could resemble an S with a vinyl roof though?

Dear Santa...

[barrett]

With the usual qualifications about my lack of interest, a package has arrived (horrible overcast day today, excuse the grainy pics)

It's Mercury No. 23, the Fiat 2300S. One of my favourite cars, and I think this is the only 1:43-ish metal toy of this model. There is a Norev plastic one, and the small Impy version, and the very strange Solido casting of the one-off(?) convertible version which was modelled with the hood up, giving the worst of both worlds. The Mercury is the only period, standard coupé in this size, and I'm very happy to add it to the non-collection.

It's actually fairly approximate and a little crude, but it nicely encapsulates the real thing's character. It's pleasingly rendered in the best combination for a 1960s car, grey with red upholstery. As I've said before, Mercury was definitely a rung or two below Politoys in terms of quality. It's interesting to note that this model debuted in 1964, one year before the Politoys M series was introduced, and according to Wikipedia it is thought to be the first Italian diecast with a full compliment of opening flaps

I guess when it was released it would have really cut a dash in a marketplace which was mainly made up of plastic toys, or cruder, interior-less metal toys of the type Mercury was producing prior to this. Although the proportions are a little odd, the details are nice, with separate head and tail lamps, accurate interior and a passable straight-six engine with the distinctive air box for the triple carbs. I guess I need to hunt out more Mercurys of this period, but they seem even more difficult to find than other contemporary Italians in this country, and I have never found a full breakdown of the model range for 'ticking off' purposes.

Incidentally, the 2300S is probably my greatest missed opportunity - a great example of a beautiful, exotic car which was very cheap to buy until quite recently and has now gone so crazy I'll almost certainly never have one. Although I hate Petrolicious, I love this little video of a stylish Italian gent chatting about his 'beautiful egg'. The induction noise/exhaust note combo on these is among the greatest 'car noises' ever. I'll even excuse the driving gloves.

 

[bunglebus]

Despite charging me full postage for all three of these Lone Star Impy cars, they arrived just in a Jiffy bag so the boxes have suffered. Still, it's the cars that are important so here are no.73 Stingray Fast Back, 74 Toyota Sports (2000 GT) and 76 GT Rally (64ish Corvette)

[AndyW201]

14 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

Ah, you were bidding on some of those too?  Most quickly went beyond my budget...

Mine too! I counted myself lucky to get the Cortina, though I was a mite pissed off at getting sniped in the last few seconds for the Top Hat Hillman Avenger...

[sierraman]

I had loads of those Lone Star Impy trucks, like a really generic truck in various guises. Can’t find any information about them like when they were made? Timescales etc?

[junkyarddog]

53 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Despite charging me full postage for all three of these Lone Star Impy cars, they arrived just in a Jiffy bag so the boxes have suffered. Still, it's the cars that are important so here are no.73 Stingray Fast Back, 74 Toyota Sports (2000 GT) and 76 GT Rally (64ish Corvette)

Nice haul.

Such a shame that the quality of them declined. 

Kinda like what matchbox did later with the super GT line.