Datsuncog's Heaps: Sept 2023 - Another Year's T-Met Exemption Certificate...

[Datsuncog]

Rightyho then...

 

The weekend was mostly spent levering off the shonky doorframes I fitted in a rush seven years ago, giving me many hours of chiselling, scraping and sanding to curse my earlier laziness... MDF stop bars attached with Gripfill proved, in retrospect, a very poor DIY decision and a right old ballache to remove...

 

 

New actual timber bar attached with nails has proved significantly quicker and more accurate (albeit noisier) to attach, so now we have new non-warped doors in new non-shonky frames, and the doors close again.

 

Nice.

 

But amidst all the splintered fibreboard and paint flakes in my eyeballs, time was also made to take some more diecast snaps.

 

Some of the following have not been posted previously; many have been posted up but in less-than-ideal group pics. So they're getting their own posts now, and priced to clear.

 

As before, all prices are inclusive of UK postage. If you just want one, that's cool - but if you're after a couple of models, discounts will apply to reflect the reduced postage (it's the same price whether I'm posting one model or ten, by and large - worth bearing in mind!).

 

So here we go again with Part 2 of the Great Diecast Clearout!

[Datsuncog]

Big stuff first.

 

****SOLD!!!*** Here's a Tonka Jeep Cherokee.

 

 

 

 

(1/43  MB Dinky Sherpa Sport for scale - not sure the Jeep's actual scale but it's probably about 1/20 or thereabouts)

 

Not in bad nick, though the grille and wheels have regrettably also benefited* from the Datsuncog Silver Pen school of hyperdetailing.

 

May well come off with thinners, mind.

 

£6 posted.

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** 1/18 Bburago Porsche 356B, white.

 

 

 

Missing a tail light, I'm afraid. This has been loose for a long time, so there's a chip or two here and there but still nicely displayable.

 

£6 posted. Less in a multiple purchase!

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** 1/18 Revell 1956 Ford Thunderbird, in turquoise-blue.

 

 

 

I hung onto this one for much longer than my other 1/18s (mostly disposed of around 2010) as it had been a gift from my folks after the 11+ results came out in February 1991. But... I think I'm ready to pass it on now.

 

Such detail, so wow.

 

 

£8 posted.

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** OMG BARNFIND $$$$

 

1/18 Maisto Mercedes 300S cabrio, in truly authentic barnfind (well, shed) condition.

 

 

 

Read: tatty, scratched, broken, bits missing, looking very sorry for itself.

 

 

PATINA YO!

 

 

Can someone do anything with this?

 

£5 posted.

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!!*** 1/18 Maisto Mercedes 280SE cabrio, in white.

 

 

 

 

Well, this is much more like it - properly stored in its box and looking all the happier for it.

 

£12 posted!

[Datsuncog]

***SOLDSOLDSOLD!!!!*** 1/18 Solido Mini Cooper S, green with (yellowy) white roof.

 

 

 

 

Despite being in a series of attics for the past 21 years, the white plastic bits on this Cooper have gone somewhat yellowy; not sure whether there's a quick fix for this or not. Still a nicely proportioned model; LHD and French plates for bonus oddness.

 

£10 posted!

 

Yes, the n/s headlight does like to fall off a bit. This is inevitably what happens when you get Frenchmen modelling BMC chod.

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** 1/18 ERTL American Muscle 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS454

 

 

 

 

Probably the model that held my childhood 'best car' title for longest.

 

I'm still not 100% sure I want to get rid of this one, but I'm fed up not having anywhere to display it properly. No matter where I put it, it looks wrong. So I think it's best for it to find a new collection to be part of.

 

 

Such a wonderful shape...

 

These do seem to make reasonable coin on Ebay, though this one's not quite mint (missing door mirror, for one thing).

 

£25 posted!

[Datsuncog]

****SOLD!!*** 1/18 Revell Opel Manta GT/E

 

 

 

 

I obtained this one at a significant discount as it arrived in my local model shop (and former workplace) damaged in transit - the baseplate had broken and the centre section was still screwed to the packaging, while the shell and all the other bits were banging around loose inside the box.

 

I superglued the baseplate, and put it all back together again, before displaying it for many years. But it was a far from invisible repair.

 

 

There's some surface marks to the roof based from its original, eventful journey, and the aerial has gone AWOL. But it's still a nice model, and I daresay could be polished up nicely.

 

Again, these seem to attract reasonably substantial pricetags on internet auction sites.

 

 

£25 posted is likely to be the cheapest you'll see one of these! Discount applies for multiple purchases, obvs...

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** 1/25 Polistil Citroen 2CV6, in fetching pink

 

 

 

More toy-like now, but still rather charming, is this little pink Cit.

 

£5 posted.

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** 1/24 Bburago Mercedes 500 SEL

 

 

 

This one's lost a headlight, and also the number plate sticker.

 

Custom project?

 

£4 posted!

 

***** THAT'S IT FOR THE 1/18 AND 1/24-ISH STUFF *****

 

Older 50s/60s/70s/80s Corgi/Dinky etc to follow...

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** Dinky Supertoys #972 - 20 Tonne Lorry Mounted Crane (Coles) - Orange/yellow

 

 

 

 

 

A really nicely chunky toy, missing a few tyres and a hook but pleasantly displayable as is - or decent basis for a restoration?

 

Jib and hook crank handles seem to work ok.

 

I'm aware that the wonders of the internet makes it super-easy to acquire playworn Dinkys for £much less than twenty years ago...

 

£6 posted!

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** Corgi Citroen DS Safari - Grenoble

 

 

 

 

Well, it's very much a resto pile job. But the lower half of the tailgate and the mechanism for the flip-down seats are still present.

 

£3.00 posted!

 

£0.50 to add it to an existing box of stuff (and you can use that metric for pretty much all the older stuff that's to follow here)

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** Spot-On Morris 1100

 

 

 

 

Bloody hell, this is a rough one. Like many real 1100s, it comes under the heading of 'brave restoration'.

 

There's not many parts you could even strip off it, to be honest, though the casting is in good enough shape and the bonnet's still there. Flexomatic suspension seems a bit wonky, though.

 

£3 posted solo; £0.50 if you want me to chuck it in with the rest of your stuff!

[MorrisItalSLX]

Spot-On Morris 1100

 

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Bloody hell, this is a rough one. Like many real 1100s, it comes under the heading of 'brave restoration'.

 

There's not many parts you could even strip off it, to be honest, though the casting is in good enough shape and the bonnet's still there. Flexomatic suspension seems a bit wonky, though.

 

£3 posted solo; £0.50 if you want me to chuck it in with the rest of your stuff!

 

Oval Racing Replica?

[Datsuncog]

****SOLD!!!*** Matchbox Dinky DY9 VW Beetle in turquoise

 

 

 

 

I was going to put that this was a 'new' one, but right enough it's 30 years old... it just so happens to have been in this state for 25 of them.

 

One of the 1980s MB Dinky series, this pretzel-window Vee Dub has clearly had a hard paper round. Could make a decent custom, mind.

 

£3.00 posted, £0.50 to add to an existing box.

 

(Note that Matchbox have managed to spell it 'Volkswagon' on the baseplate. Amateurs.)

[Datsuncog]

****SOLD!!!*** Corgi Plymouth Sports Suburban 'U.S. Mail'

 

 

 

 

I paid a model shop £5 for this in 1992, in the condition you see it in here.

 

My mother flipped her lid when she found out I'd blown over a month's pocket money on such a complete scrapper.

 

I'm sure she'll derive a grim satisfaction that my excellent* long-term investment* is now maturing, 26 years later, at £3 posted or £0.50 to add to an existing box.

 

This is why I'm no businessman.

[Datsuncog]

****SOLD**** Budgie #102 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud, in metallic pinky-plum

 

 

 

 

I think this one came to me via an older cousin. Who knows where he'd acquired it from?

 

Who's H. Seener, anyway? How come he gets models made for him?

 

So much mystery.

 

Be a part of it for £4.00 posted, £1.00 to add to an existing box.

[artdjones]

Can you stick the Rolls on my pile,please.

[Datsuncog]

^^^^ Done - thanking you!

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** Corgi Whizzwheels Citroen SM, metallic peuce

 

 

 

 

Not in the best of shapes, I'm afraid! But maybe some use to someone.

 

£4 sent to you on its ownio - or £1 to include with an existing order.

[artdjones]

I'm tempted by a couple of the 1/18 cars,but they're really too big to display unless you live in a mansion.

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** Corgi Ford Consul Classic 315

 

 

 

 

I had great intentions for this one; the idea was to restore it to resemble my grandfather's real Consul Classic.

 

I was undaunted by the fact the A-pillars were missing, and so I bought a box of Milliput and set about scraping the old paint off with a modelling knife, which went about as well as you might imagine.

 

Then I ignored it for ten years.

 

And then Vanguards released a Consul Classic in exactly the right colour as Cog Sr Sr's real one, so I went and bought that instead.

 

Remove my shame for £3.00 posted/ £0.50 to add to an order.

 

Someone. Anyone. Please.

[Datsuncog]

**** SOLD!!!*** Dinky Austin Mini Moke

 

 

 

 

I did have a really nice example of one of these complete with its hood, bonnet, steering wheel and spare wheel all in place.

 

But that sold at a car boot sale and this one didn't, weirdly.

 

Bumper end broken off. One wonky wheel.

 

Why would you want it?

 

£3 posted, £0.50 to add, absolutely free if you can supply me with a sideways plausible reason of why you'd actually want it.

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** Dinky David Brown tractor, white.

 

 

 

At least, I'm assuming it's Dinky. It doesn't appear to say so anywhere.

 

No idea where this came from; it lived amongst all my Britains farm stuff since, like, forever.

 

£4 posted solo/ £1 in with the rest.

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** Another one that's been down on the farm; Dinky Disc Harrow

 

 

 

 

At least this one hasn't (yet) suffered terminal metal fatigue, like my Massey-Harris muckspreader. Hard life, farming.

 

£3 on its own; £0.50 along with another order.

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** Dinky Plymouth Plaza Taxi

 

 

 

 

Another resto candidate; at least it's all there, even if the glazing's cracked.

 

£4 posted/ £1 added.

[Datsuncog]

***SOLD!!!*** Corgi Chevrolet Impala Taxi

 

 

 

 

As I recall, this was a jumble sale find that someone had attacked with a permanent marker, windows and all.

 

I lovingly* restored it to its former glory, as you can see.

 

FFS.

 

£3 posted/ £0.50 added!

[Datsuncog]

****WITHDRAWN - I'M GONNA FIX THIS ONE!****

 

Dinky Ford Transit - formerly Motorway Services livery

 

 

 

 

One of the 70s Transits with the revised grille and fewer opening bits than the earlier versions; this was the unhappy subject of my 12-year-old self's experiments at model restoration.

 

I found this at a toy fair at school when I was 11 or so.

 

I later bought a small aerosol of Revell red paint from the model shop, with the intention to make it all lovely again.

 

I spent hours with a modelling knife getting the old chipped yellow paint off, then sanded down the bare metal shell.

 

Then I put masking tape over the windows and wheels (hey, that's what masking tape's for, right?)

 

And I sprayed it. Very, very poorly.

 

After a few coats I peeled off the masking tape, to find a load of red paint had gone down the back of it.

 

So I unscrewed the baseplate and took the glazed section out (why the ever-living fuck I hadn't unscrewed it before painting is anyone's guess), then left the windows to sit in a jar of white sprit for a few days, to get the paint off. After all, that was the technique my father used on paintbrushes.

 

I came back a week later to find the glazing had now turned opaque and warped, while the red paint was still all over it.

 

In desperation, I took out my trusty Tamiya silver paint pen (as seen, liberally, on just about every friggin' model on these pages) and carefully* painted the windows silver, the bumpers and all, and reassembled it.

 

Then I threw it in a box and never looked at it again, cos it was RUBBISH M8.

 

Y'know, if this one doesn't sell I might be tempted to chuck it in a bucket of caustic soda, get replacement glazing and a rear door from Steve Flowers, and have a crack at doing it properly this time. It really is a decent casting, not that far off 1/43, and I'd love to have a LWB Mk1 Transit in the collection.

 

Hmm.

 

£7 posted, £4 to add to a box. Though I'm now feeling quite torn, unexpectedly.

[sierraman]

Would look really good that done as a builders van in yellow with rust and primer arches. Blue wing on it perhaps.