Hitting the motherload!

[The Creative Explorer]

I know I've been absent for a while, but still manage to build from time to time. Not much as I hoped, but I get around. I am still working on the Kubelrod and hope to present a update soon.

In the meantime, I am trying to get my business up and going. One of the things I do is participate in bankruptcy-auctions and do some buying and selling.

A couple weeks ago, I got notified of a toystore auction, while there was not much modelling related items in the auction, it did had some interesting lots.

Luckily, it was a very quiet auction and there were hardly any biddingwars, therefore I got lucky and with 2 or 3 lots, I actually hit the motherload. Those 3 lots combined are worth retail more than €2300,00 or $3075,00. I got those for less than 10% of what is worth!

Let me share some pictures of what i got:

A nice display box (metal), meant for storefronts, I think it belonged to Siku cars. It will be a nice showcase for shows.

A Castle, not my forte, but I am thinking of building it for fun, doing something else than my cars

The ISS, came with the castle, will be sold again

A Mini Countryman, came together with the Rolls and London taxi. Not sure what I am going to do with it.

I already have 2 of these Rolls Royces, maybe a nice custom?

And the well-known reissued London cab, part of me wants to keep it, part of me wants to part with it

Up to the more interesting lots, A miscelleanous box, got it for €16,00 has weathering sticks from Tamiya, glue, modelling wax, tools, primer and it came with....

...These fences, A lot of them, might be nice for displays and diorama's.

And then I managed to get a hold of a complete store display full of KS metals, here we go scratchbuilding!

But, the best for last. I also managed to get the store supply of Evergreen, more than 140 of those small bags and more than 60 of those larger plates, I can't possbily have any excuse to mess up my scratchbuilding now! hahaha, I am very happy with the last 2 lots, those are worth so much and I got them for so little, it will last such a long time too.

Edited September 17, 2013 by The Creative Explorer

[Marcus M. Jones]

sweet! even though i can't see the pics of what you got.

[sjordan2]

Yes, that's a motherlode.

[berr13]

I'd arm wrestle you for the Evergreen load. That's a great haul of stuff you can find all sorts of uses for. Good job!

[peter31a]

As you say the K&S and Evergreen are worth the price of admission alone. The Mini Countryman is pretty cool too. Congratulations on your haul!

[Guest]

Cool. Want to part with the Rolls and taxi?

[crazyjim]

Very nice, Erik.

[cobraman]

Nice haul.

[Tom Geiger]

Wow! That's a lifetime supply of Evergreen and K&S metal! I'd be happy to get the Mini and London Taxi too.

[Eshaver]

Hummmmmmmmmmm, I wundas how many service station dioramas I could get out of this pile ???????????

Edited September 17, 2013 by Eshaver

[slusher]

Great haul...

[Darbo]

Great score, must of been your lucky day!!!!

[1930fordpickup]

Your lucky day .

[Tony T]

Nice score!

[The Creative Explorer]

Thanks guys, I am so thrilled with it. I don't need to buy any of that stuff for a while now Evergreen is kinda spendy compared to what you get, but quite essential for scratchbuilding. Now I can do whatever I want and not be held back by budget problems

[Dr. Cranky]

That's a lot of styrene, NICE!

[Dave Van]

All a great score....but that pile of Evergreen.......drool......

[Luc Janssens]

All a great score....but that pile of Evergreen.......drool......

Indeed, my dad and I once bid, on an almost full display rack of evergreen on an estate action of the former Dutch business partner of Verlinden...and we won!

Also at a fraction of the real worth.

My dad is putting is to good use....like on this 1/24 scale WWII GMC and the project he's working on now...

[DrewCfromSC]

nice to get that once in a lifetime find! I too had a similar experience of a closed down Western Auto store. It had old store stock back into the 1930s. Bought as much as I could! Thanks for sharing this, it brought back memories for me.

Drew

[Custom Hearse]

Nice haul! That castle is gonna be a cool build!