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    danthecapriman got a reaction from andrew e in Shite in Miniature II   
    Last few days has seen a bit more done to various models.
    FG recovery truck has been converted to rhd. Quite easy to do on this one, just a bit of messing around to get the steering column out of the floor on the other side. Just need to sand that big lump of moulding flash off the instrument cluster!

      
    Lada Riva got painted in authentic Lada Adriatic blue!

      
    Which strangely dried overnight darker!? I wish it’d have stayed the lighter colour.

    Sierra estate is now in Ceramic blue. It looks brighter on the photo than it really is, but I hope the grey trims etc help tone it down a bit! 
    Im pretty sure this shade must have faded quite a lot with age, as it seems to have a slightly purple-ish tinge to it on real cars. But I suppose the paint is going on 40 odd years old on them now!

     
    Dodge RAM pickup is being put back together. 
    I did the bumpers in molotow pen chrome and the grill unit in silver paint as that’s normally in that duller painted plastic silver on real ones. Cab back wall is painted too. I’ve had to paint the inside of that black as it’s made from clear plastic and you get lots of light bleed through it if the suns on it.


     
    Dinky Volvo has had its wheels refitted and new tyres. Wheels are Dinky Transit wheels.


    Ford F100 is about ready for being put back together. Hard to photograph this and get the metallic sparkling from it but you can just about see it in places. 
    I had to paint the cab twice! Had it sat on the side while I was painting the Sierra, shook the can of blue to mix it and the nozzle must have been on loose and a jet of the blue paint and propellant shot out and landed directly on the F100 cab side! Being fresh paint it melted and went funny. I was mighty pissed off I can tell you. Lots of words that rhyme with ‘duck, ducking and hunt’ were said…


     
    Converted a few interiors to rhd too ready to refit.

     
    And stripped one of those cheapy DelPrado mk1 Capri’s which came from some collection or another. 
    These aren’t actually too bad with the old paint gone. Originally they’re in a horrible gun metal grey colour. Why they picked that colour for these is anyone’s guess as it really doesn’t show off a Capri’s shape at all. A Capri wants bright blues, greens, reds, yellow etc etc not dull boring dark grey! 
    I think with a bit of extra detailing and a better colour paint job it’ll look just fine!
    No prizes for guessing what colour this one will be getting! 
    A clue is: I conveniently already have a can of it…

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    danthecapriman got a reaction from FakeConcern in Shite in Miniature II   
    Last few days has seen a bit more done to various models.
    FG recovery truck has been converted to rhd. Quite easy to do on this one, just a bit of messing around to get the steering column out of the floor on the other side. Just need to sand that big lump of moulding flash off the instrument cluster!

      
    Lada Riva got painted in authentic Lada Adriatic blue!

      
    Which strangely dried overnight darker!? I wish it’d have stayed the lighter colour.

    Sierra estate is now in Ceramic blue. It looks brighter on the photo than it really is, but I hope the grey trims etc help tone it down a bit! 
    Im pretty sure this shade must have faded quite a lot with age, as it seems to have a slightly purple-ish tinge to it on real cars. But I suppose the paint is going on 40 odd years old on them now!

     
    Dodge RAM pickup is being put back together. 
    I did the bumpers in molotow pen chrome and the grill unit in silver paint as that’s normally in that duller painted plastic silver on real ones. Cab back wall is painted too. I’ve had to paint the inside of that black as it’s made from clear plastic and you get lots of light bleed through it if the suns on it.


     
    Dinky Volvo has had its wheels refitted and new tyres. Wheels are Dinky Transit wheels.


    Ford F100 is about ready for being put back together. Hard to photograph this and get the metallic sparkling from it but you can just about see it in places. 
    I had to paint the cab twice! Had it sat on the side while I was painting the Sierra, shook the can of blue to mix it and the nozzle must have been on loose and a jet of the blue paint and propellant shot out and landed directly on the F100 cab side! Being fresh paint it melted and went funny. I was mighty pissed off I can tell you. Lots of words that rhyme with ‘duck, ducking and hunt’ were said…


     
    Converted a few interiors to rhd too ready to refit.

     
    And stripped one of those cheapy DelPrado mk1 Capri’s which came from some collection or another. 
    These aren’t actually too bad with the old paint gone. Originally they’re in a horrible gun metal grey colour. Why they picked that colour for these is anyone’s guess as it really doesn’t show off a Capri’s shape at all. A Capri wants bright blues, greens, reds, yellow etc etc not dull boring dark grey! 
    I think with a bit of extra detailing and a better colour paint job it’ll look just fine!
    No prizes for guessing what colour this one will be getting! 
    A clue is: I conveniently already have a can of it…

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    danthecapriman reacted to w00dy in Shite in Miniature II   
    Been out of the die-cast game for a bit, but I've made a couple of recent additions.





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    danthecapriman got a reaction from Remspoor in Shite in Miniature II   
    Last few days has seen a bit more done to various models.
    FG recovery truck has been converted to rhd. Quite easy to do on this one, just a bit of messing around to get the steering column out of the floor on the other side. Just need to sand that big lump of moulding flash off the instrument cluster!

      
    Lada Riva got painted in authentic Lada Adriatic blue!

      
    Which strangely dried overnight darker!? I wish it’d have stayed the lighter colour.

    Sierra estate is now in Ceramic blue. It looks brighter on the photo than it really is, but I hope the grey trims etc help tone it down a bit! 
    Im pretty sure this shade must have faded quite a lot with age, as it seems to have a slightly purple-ish tinge to it on real cars. But I suppose the paint is going on 40 odd years old on them now!

     
    Dodge RAM pickup is being put back together. 
    I did the bumpers in molotow pen chrome and the grill unit in silver paint as that’s normally in that duller painted plastic silver on real ones. Cab back wall is painted too. I’ve had to paint the inside of that black as it’s made from clear plastic and you get lots of light bleed through it if the suns on it.


     
    Dinky Volvo has had its wheels refitted and new tyres. Wheels are Dinky Transit wheels.


    Ford F100 is about ready for being put back together. Hard to photograph this and get the metallic sparkling from it but you can just about see it in places. 
    I had to paint the cab twice! Had it sat on the side while I was painting the Sierra, shook the can of blue to mix it and the nozzle must have been on loose and a jet of the blue paint and propellant shot out and landed directly on the F100 cab side! Being fresh paint it melted and went funny. I was mighty pissed off I can tell you. Lots of words that rhyme with ‘duck, ducking and hunt’ were said…


     
    Converted a few interiors to rhd too ready to refit.

     
    And stripped one of those cheapy DelPrado mk1 Capri’s which came from some collection or another. 
    These aren’t actually too bad with the old paint gone. Originally they’re in a horrible gun metal grey colour. Why they picked that colour for these is anyone’s guess as it really doesn’t show off a Capri’s shape at all. A Capri wants bright blues, greens, reds, yellow etc etc not dull boring dark grey! 
    I think with a bit of extra detailing and a better colour paint job it’ll look just fine!
    No prizes for guessing what colour this one will be getting! 
    A clue is: I conveniently already have a can of it…

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    danthecapriman got a reaction from hennabm in Shite in Miniature II   
    Last few days has seen a bit more done to various models.
    FG recovery truck has been converted to rhd. Quite easy to do on this one, just a bit of messing around to get the steering column out of the floor on the other side. Just need to sand that big lump of moulding flash off the instrument cluster!

      
    Lada Riva got painted in authentic Lada Adriatic blue!

      
    Which strangely dried overnight darker!? I wish it’d have stayed the lighter colour.

    Sierra estate is now in Ceramic blue. It looks brighter on the photo than it really is, but I hope the grey trims etc help tone it down a bit! 
    Im pretty sure this shade must have faded quite a lot with age, as it seems to have a slightly purple-ish tinge to it on real cars. But I suppose the paint is going on 40 odd years old on them now!

     
    Dodge RAM pickup is being put back together. 
    I did the bumpers in molotow pen chrome and the grill unit in silver paint as that’s normally in that duller painted plastic silver on real ones. Cab back wall is painted too. I’ve had to paint the inside of that black as it’s made from clear plastic and you get lots of light bleed through it if the suns on it.


     
    Dinky Volvo has had its wheels refitted and new tyres. Wheels are Dinky Transit wheels.


    Ford F100 is about ready for being put back together. Hard to photograph this and get the metallic sparkling from it but you can just about see it in places. 
    I had to paint the cab twice! Had it sat on the side while I was painting the Sierra, shook the can of blue to mix it and the nozzle must have been on loose and a jet of the blue paint and propellant shot out and landed directly on the F100 cab side! Being fresh paint it melted and went funny. I was mighty pissed off I can tell you. Lots of words that rhyme with ‘duck, ducking and hunt’ were said…


     
    Converted a few interiors to rhd too ready to refit.

     
    And stripped one of those cheapy DelPrado mk1 Capri’s which came from some collection or another. 
    These aren’t actually too bad with the old paint gone. Originally they’re in a horrible gun metal grey colour. Why they picked that colour for these is anyone’s guess as it really doesn’t show off a Capri’s shape at all. A Capri wants bright blues, greens, reds, yellow etc etc not dull boring dark grey! 
    I think with a bit of extra detailing and a better colour paint job it’ll look just fine!
    No prizes for guessing what colour this one will be getting! 
    A clue is: I conveniently already have a can of it…

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    danthecapriman reacted to AndyW201 in Shite in Miniature II   
    Thanks to the hot tip on here, I've just nipped down to the local Lidl. As expected the bin was fairly well rifled through, so no Quattro or yellow Civic alas, (the two I was most after), but there were still a few worth having,

    Autoshite-themed surfboard on this version of the Landy,







    Don't normally go for the motorbikes or mopeds, (although I do quite like the Honda Cub casting), but I did like the look of this Vespa,


    Nice to see the Alfa in a road going colour scheme

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    danthecapriman got a reaction from Surface Rust in Shite in Miniature II   
    Last few days has seen a bit more done to various models.
    FG recovery truck has been converted to rhd. Quite easy to do on this one, just a bit of messing around to get the steering column out of the floor on the other side. Just need to sand that big lump of moulding flash off the instrument cluster!

      
    Lada Riva got painted in authentic Lada Adriatic blue!

      
    Which strangely dried overnight darker!? I wish it’d have stayed the lighter colour.

    Sierra estate is now in Ceramic blue. It looks brighter on the photo than it really is, but I hope the grey trims etc help tone it down a bit! 
    Im pretty sure this shade must have faded quite a lot with age, as it seems to have a slightly purple-ish tinge to it on real cars. But I suppose the paint is going on 40 odd years old on them now!

     
    Dodge RAM pickup is being put back together. 
    I did the bumpers in molotow pen chrome and the grill unit in silver paint as that’s normally in that duller painted plastic silver on real ones. Cab back wall is painted too. I’ve had to paint the inside of that black as it’s made from clear plastic and you get lots of light bleed through it if the suns on it.


     
    Dinky Volvo has had its wheels refitted and new tyres. Wheels are Dinky Transit wheels.


    Ford F100 is about ready for being put back together. Hard to photograph this and get the metallic sparkling from it but you can just about see it in places. 
    I had to paint the cab twice! Had it sat on the side while I was painting the Sierra, shook the can of blue to mix it and the nozzle must have been on loose and a jet of the blue paint and propellant shot out and landed directly on the F100 cab side! Being fresh paint it melted and went funny. I was mighty pissed off I can tell you. Lots of words that rhyme with ‘duck, ducking and hunt’ were said…


     
    Converted a few interiors to rhd too ready to refit.

     
    And stripped one of those cheapy DelPrado mk1 Capri’s which came from some collection or another. 
    These aren’t actually too bad with the old paint gone. Originally they’re in a horrible gun metal grey colour. Why they picked that colour for these is anyone’s guess as it really doesn’t show off a Capri’s shape at all. A Capri wants bright blues, greens, reds, yellow etc etc not dull boring dark grey! 
    I think with a bit of extra detailing and a better colour paint job it’ll look just fine!
    No prizes for guessing what colour this one will be getting! 
    A clue is: I conveniently already have a can of it…

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    danthecapriman got a reaction from Spottedlaurel in Shite in Miniature II   
    Last few days has seen a bit more done to various models.
    FG recovery truck has been converted to rhd. Quite easy to do on this one, just a bit of messing around to get the steering column out of the floor on the other side. Just need to sand that big lump of moulding flash off the instrument cluster!

      
    Lada Riva got painted in authentic Lada Adriatic blue!

      
    Which strangely dried overnight darker!? I wish it’d have stayed the lighter colour.

    Sierra estate is now in Ceramic blue. It looks brighter on the photo than it really is, but I hope the grey trims etc help tone it down a bit! 
    Im pretty sure this shade must have faded quite a lot with age, as it seems to have a slightly purple-ish tinge to it on real cars. But I suppose the paint is going on 40 odd years old on them now!

     
    Dodge RAM pickup is being put back together. 
    I did the bumpers in molotow pen chrome and the grill unit in silver paint as that’s normally in that duller painted plastic silver on real ones. Cab back wall is painted too. I’ve had to paint the inside of that black as it’s made from clear plastic and you get lots of light bleed through it if the suns on it.


     
    Dinky Volvo has had its wheels refitted and new tyres. Wheels are Dinky Transit wheels.


    Ford F100 is about ready for being put back together. Hard to photograph this and get the metallic sparkling from it but you can just about see it in places. 
    I had to paint the cab twice! Had it sat on the side while I was painting the Sierra, shook the can of blue to mix it and the nozzle must have been on loose and a jet of the blue paint and propellant shot out and landed directly on the F100 cab side! Being fresh paint it melted and went funny. I was mighty pissed off I can tell you. Lots of words that rhyme with ‘duck, ducking and hunt’ were said…


     
    Converted a few interiors to rhd too ready to refit.

     
    And stripped one of those cheapy DelPrado mk1 Capri’s which came from some collection or another. 
    These aren’t actually too bad with the old paint gone. Originally they’re in a horrible gun metal grey colour. Why they picked that colour for these is anyone’s guess as it really doesn’t show off a Capri’s shape at all. A Capri wants bright blues, greens, reds, yellow etc etc not dull boring dark grey! 
    I think with a bit of extra detailing and a better colour paint job it’ll look just fine!
    No prizes for guessing what colour this one will be getting! 
    A clue is: I conveniently already have a can of it…

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    danthecapriman got a reaction from Tenmil Socket in Shite in Miniature II   
    Last few days has seen a bit more done to various models.
    FG recovery truck has been converted to rhd. Quite easy to do on this one, just a bit of messing around to get the steering column out of the floor on the other side. Just need to sand that big lump of moulding flash off the instrument cluster!

      
    Lada Riva got painted in authentic Lada Adriatic blue!

      
    Which strangely dried overnight darker!? I wish it’d have stayed the lighter colour.

    Sierra estate is now in Ceramic blue. It looks brighter on the photo than it really is, but I hope the grey trims etc help tone it down a bit! 
    Im pretty sure this shade must have faded quite a lot with age, as it seems to have a slightly purple-ish tinge to it on real cars. But I suppose the paint is going on 40 odd years old on them now!

     
    Dodge RAM pickup is being put back together. 
    I did the bumpers in molotow pen chrome and the grill unit in silver paint as that’s normally in that duller painted plastic silver on real ones. Cab back wall is painted too. I’ve had to paint the inside of that black as it’s made from clear plastic and you get lots of light bleed through it if the suns on it.


     
    Dinky Volvo has had its wheels refitted and new tyres. Wheels are Dinky Transit wheels.


    Ford F100 is about ready for being put back together. Hard to photograph this and get the metallic sparkling from it but you can just about see it in places. 
    I had to paint the cab twice! Had it sat on the side while I was painting the Sierra, shook the can of blue to mix it and the nozzle must have been on loose and a jet of the blue paint and propellant shot out and landed directly on the F100 cab side! Being fresh paint it melted and went funny. I was mighty pissed off I can tell you. Lots of words that rhyme with ‘duck, ducking and hunt’ were said…


     
    Converted a few interiors to rhd too ready to refit.

     
    And stripped one of those cheapy DelPrado mk1 Capri’s which came from some collection or another. 
    These aren’t actually too bad with the old paint gone. Originally they’re in a horrible gun metal grey colour. Why they picked that colour for these is anyone’s guess as it really doesn’t show off a Capri’s shape at all. A Capri wants bright blues, greens, reds, yellow etc etc not dull boring dark grey! 
    I think with a bit of extra detailing and a better colour paint job it’ll look just fine!
    No prizes for guessing what colour this one will be getting! 
    A clue is: I conveniently already have a can of it…

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    danthecapriman got a reaction from sheffcortinacentre in Shite in Miniature II   
    When I was little I had road mat for my toy cars.
    It wasn’t one of those new fandangled ones though made out of carpet or whatever, it was like a thick polythene sheet with the roads and buildings all printed onto it. 
    Obviously it disintegrated many years ago but I’ve never seen one since, or even a picture of one. No idea who even made it.
    Anyone else seen or remember them?
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    danthecapriman reacted to bunglebus in Shite in Miniature II   
    Burnin' 280 has had a good soak in hydrogen peroxide next to the window, much less yellow now



     
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    danthecapriman reacted to bunglebus in Shite in Miniature II   
    This set is lovely

















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    danthecapriman reacted to egg in Shite in Miniature II   
    New arrival, the earliest version of the MB wreck truck (55-58), which normally suffers from loss of the jib because it literally just clips in, whereas on the slightly later model they integrated it with the axle. Pleased with this one.



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    danthecapriman reacted to bunglebus in Shite in Miniature II   
    Had a right result in Smyths this morning - spotted a new set of premiums

    Someone had put them out in place of the reduced Jay Leno sets, I knew full well they wouldn't be £9.99. Just mentioned it at the till so they wouldn't have problems and she decided to honour the price, should have been £24.99! 
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    danthecapriman got a reaction from MiniMinorMk3 in Shite in Miniature II   
    When I was little I had road mat for my toy cars.
    It wasn’t one of those new fandangled ones though made out of carpet or whatever, it was like a thick polythene sheet with the roads and buildings all printed onto it. 
    Obviously it disintegrated many years ago but I’ve never seen one since, or even a picture of one. No idea who even made it.
    Anyone else seen or remember them?
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    danthecapriman got a reaction from FakeConcern in Shite in Miniature II   
    I remember making my own extensions by drawing and colouring in bits of cardboard and paper to make it even bigger. 
    They probably looked like absolute shit of course, but it enabled me to fill the room eventually with little roadways!
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    danthecapriman got a reaction from bunglebus in Shite in Miniature II   
    When I was little I had road mat for my toy cars.
    It wasn’t one of those new fandangled ones though made out of carpet or whatever, it was like a thick polythene sheet with the roads and buildings all printed onto it. 
    Obviously it disintegrated many years ago but I’ve never seen one since, or even a picture of one. No idea who even made it.
    Anyone else seen or remember them?
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    danthecapriman got a reaction from eddyramrod in Shite in Miniature II   
    No it wasn’t that one. I’ve never seen that one either though.
    Mine was like a little town with buildings and car parks etc etc.
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    danthecapriman reacted to Jon in Shite in Miniature II   
    This one?

    Currently for sale here (but not cheap!):
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354917947701
    Came as part of the Corgitronics Leyland truck set, which IIRC had a couple of interchangeable covers for the rear trailer and a clicker thing, to make it turn, or something.
    Certainly, I remember playing with the mat and truck (both my older brother's), with Yorkie liveried box on the back and although the clicker still existed, it was long defunct.
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    danthecapriman got a reaction from eddyramrod in Shite in Miniature II   
    I remember making my own extensions by drawing and colouring in bits of cardboard and paper to make it even bigger. 
    They probably looked like absolute shit of course, but it enabled me to fill the room eventually with little roadways!
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    danthecapriman reacted to eddyramrod in Shite in Miniature II   
    I'm a generation older than you Dan: I had printed cardboard sections that I could put together to make a road layout, with fold-up shop fronts to line the streets thus created.
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    danthecapriman got a reaction from FakeConcern in Shite in Miniature II   
    When I was little I had road mat for my toy cars.
    It wasn’t one of those new fandangled ones though made out of carpet or whatever, it was like a thick polythene sheet with the roads and buildings all printed onto it. 
    Obviously it disintegrated many years ago but I’ve never seen one since, or even a picture of one. No idea who even made it.
    Anyone else seen or remember them?
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    danthecapriman got a reaction from Nibbler in Shite in Miniature II   
    Got the Lada filler rubbed down, primed and wet flatted off.

    Rubbed the filler down on the Sierra estate too. The roof was easy and went well but the front bumper was a pain in the arse. I got it very close to perfect then the front edge chipped! 
    I think the filler Im using is going funny. It’s dregs in the bottom of a tin and I think it’s started to dry out and not mixing well. 
    After a second coat it seems fine.
    Ive given it a good wash off in soapy water since the pic and it’s looking good enough to prime now. 



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    danthecapriman reacted to bunglebus in Shite in Miniature II   
    Here we go, three of a kind. I think Hot Wheels did it first, followed by Johnny Lightning, with Corgi bringing up the rear.
    Twin engined Beetles were certainly a popular idea in the 70s, even if they couldn't possibly have actually worked in the real world.

    And the modern version of the JL. It's completely different.

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    danthecapriman reacted to chancer in Shite in Miniature II   
    Nice wee haul from Smyths this evening. Not bad for a fiver 
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