Shite in Miniature II

[RayMK]

G'day here is the Fair Dinkum Ford Falcon. Bonza. Bizarrely some knock off Lego from Home Bargains has an Aussie address on.

 

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I love the double decker in the background.

[Split_Pin]

Also some Dinky from their period of gay abandon. They must have known that this is not sustainable.

Anyway, I was extremely lucky since these usually go for big money.

 

 

 

 

I wish I'd kept mine now!

[MarvinsMom]

oh some hot Pacer action there, you sir, are a proper TEASE!

[Junkman]

Do you realise how shit that kit is?

[MarvinsMom]

i remember having a couple of MPC kits as a nipper. well i think it was MPC. 

 

or was it AMT?? i dunno!

 

the kits were an original corvette and a Model A Ford rot-rod.

 

as i remember the kits went together really well,and they rolled really well as they had a solid rod axel like a diecast car, but the decal sheet suppiled was utter shit.

 

when i put them in the warm water the decals sorta gave off a creamy-cloudy gink into the water.

 

other than that it were really nice to build. and the 'vette especially had loads of different "custom" parts you could add if you wished. roll-over hoops, sortta headrest bits, chrome wheels, bonnet scoop, the whole nine yards.

 

needless to say, i used the lot!

[Junkman]

I only collect them to save the fucking Oceans.

[Ghosty]

This is the single best Hot Wheels I've ever seen. Completely standard Skyline R33 GT-R, no silly wings or anything (an R32 casting has existed in the past but it was widebody with a plastic rear wing).

It's from a Nissan series consisting of this, a stock R32 (I have 2 of those), a 300ZX, and new colours of the R34 casting (already exists, I have the Gran Turismo one) and S30 Fairlady Z (boring). I'm sort of surprised they didn't do a recolour of the 180SX casting - I got an Advan liveried one of those, it's very nice.

 

I've also discovered there's a Super Treasure Hunt version of the white Civic EF in this year's range.

Going to have to find one of those now

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Also some Dinky from their period of gay abandon. They must have known that this is not sustainable.

Anyway, I was extremely lucky since these usually go for big money.

 

 

 

 

Does that have a bonnet release inside? According to that 1970 catalogue it should have, but I'm buggered if I remember mine having such a thing when I was 7. Although to be fair, I was pretty dumb at that age, I was convinced it was the same as both Steve McGarret's car and Frank Cannons. In my defence they were the same colour ( on a b&w telly, anyway)

[stuboy]

Woohoo very happy with this

[junkyarddog]

That's excellent!

[junkyarddog]

 

 

This is one I scratch built(poorly)Out of a Hot Wheels '73 Ford Falcon.

[MarvinsMom]

don't do yourself down!

 

thats ace! and MUCH better than anything i could do.....

[Felly Magic]

Thanks to DI Burnside of this parish, I have a Schabak Onion in Ford packaging. Cheers mate. Once my mate in Leeds sends ne down the 2 models he has, I shall have a nice little fleet, if anyone has a GAMA Cavalier mk3 hatch for sale, PM me.

[stuboy]

 if anyone has a GAMA Cavalier mk3 hatch for sale, PM me.

i only had seen red saloons

[Felly Magic]

Once again thanks to Burnside, also have a Cavalier mk3 dash to play with, may see if ut fits an Audi lol

 

[stuboy]

Once again thanks to Burnside, also have a Cavalier mk3 dash to play with, may see if ut fits an Audi lol

 

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i got this and a red escort

[Six-cylinder]

i only had seen red saloons

 

Hatchbacks are rare but I do have this blue one.

[Felly Magic]

Want LOL, even have the dash to convert it LOLOL

[Felly Magic]

I've just won a Cavalier mk3 saloon on egay, seen Vectra hatchbacks in mk3 Cav shape for over £30, feck that

[Felly Magic]

Found a white hatchback Vectra that will become a Cavalier

 

[Felly Magic]

Here we have newbie in the resto world, Time Rider doing the MBX TK tanker with a twist

 

[egg]

I bought this...just for the stretcher...



So I can do this...



Anyone want the speed king rotter (broken blue light and only half the rear bumper) before I break it?

[Jon]

Just before Christmas, I had 4 days away on a job down in Napier. As I was away from home and the usual work area, I was given cash per diems to spend but had little time/opportunity to use them, so I had a fair wodge left to keep as miniature tat-laundering currency.

 

Cue a brief trip up to Auckland the other day for work, where fortunately I had enough time to visit my favourite shop in NZ and spend with gay abandon (though I somehow emerged with cash to spare for another trip some time).

 

Having now decided to focus on 1/43 scale (with the odd 1/64, of course), here's what I got:

 

 

 

I'd seen this Solido 190 2.3 16 or whatever it is before but the body kit of these always looks a bit iffy scaled down, so I'd passed. Until now. Not a bad rendition really and nice and cheap.

 

 

 

 

This Norev Jet Car 6 Series had a sticker price that was a tad higher than I'd wished (the box is also quite tatty) but I was throwing monetary caution to the wind, so what the hey. 

 

 

 

It's equally cheaply made and unnervingly light (not really a patch on earlier Jet Cars I have) but also in very good nick and the yellow glass and headlamps really add to the final product. The colour is also quite alluring, too.

 

 

 

This Schuco 3 Series was winking at me at a greater rate than the gold Norev 6 (I think I preferred this one's box art) and they were equally priced, so I bagged this, also. I'll freely admit that I left a light blue Schuco E12 on the shelf, as all its opening parts made the finish look quite clunky; plus, I already have a Solido E12. Back to this one, I like the shape retained, even with opening clamshell bonnet, boot lid and doors. The wheels are also oodles better than those naff star efforts on later Jet Cars but after all the opening bits effort, the black plastic front end is quite dull. As is the colour -  a nice 70's green or orange would look much better.

 

 

 

Speaking of 70's colours and preferable wheels, here's a Norev Renault 15 I picked up from Trademe at a price that was palatable enough to be paid from our joint account. Seen here zipping about town with typical French reverence*.

 

 

 

And another, just because.

 

 

 

 

This was a bit of a strange one and again could've been cheaper but according to a very quick Google, these aren't easy to find: a Maxwell Ambassador. It's been modified at some point as it's now on Spot On wheels, though looking at the original wheels, it's very much an improvement in my book! Anyway, nice to have something Indian in my growing collection, which is a change from all the German and French stuff.

 

 

 

This USSR edifice was also welcomed into my mucky paw for the same reasons. I've only just noticed now that the quarter light stanchion is broken, though it looks to me like it came like that from the factory. Nice stripy Moskvitch box art, too.

 

 

 

Clearly this is a commemorative piece to celebrate those trusty capatobs reaching the number 400, so good on 'em. Sadly, the bonnet barely opens but it does stay shut in place and is still in one piece, so not to worry. 

 

 

 

This for me was the real pick of the day. I'd not been sure in the past that I'd be that interested in something in a foreign livery added to my mini fleet but then I remembered I had an Atlas Polizei Taunus, so mind changed. I'm very glad I did, as I love it! There's so much detailing and a nice hefty weight to it.

 

 

 

All 4 doors opening is a real boon though like the Dinky Mk4 Zodiac, you have to open the fronts first before you open the rears. I'd love to collect more of this sort of thing but NZ doesn't have limitless supplies of ageing 1/43s, let alone USSR stuff. I'm thinking this must have been a popular model back in the day, as I see that it's been re-issued in a possibly more accurate style (and sadly without the opening parts) but as Junkman says about Atlas Dinkies, most De Agostini stuff just leaves me a bit cold. 

 

 

 

Since the staff are always happy to do a deal for bulk buyers, I got money off the sticker prices and this 1/24 Bburago Alfa 75 chucked in gratis. Clearly this isn't a 1/43 but I have a soft spot for the more mundane Bburago 1/24 castings and I don't think I was aware of the 75 until now.

 

All in all, a good morning's shopping! 

[egg]

Quite a haul sir, and appreciate the effort that goes into the photos!

[mercrocker]

Well jel of that Maxwell Hindustan!    Maxwell used to copy-cast Corgi but that looks home-grown - the Cowley was a Series II car rather than III like that Amby.   Good job on the wheels - as you rightly say the originals are truly shit - think Zylmex that's been chewed by a dog and shat out again. 

 

 

I've just remembered the NZ-Spot On connection, too!

[sierraman]

You could make an ace hearse from that old ambulance.

[egg]

You could make an ace hearse from that old ambulance.

 

Good thinking. It's valueless as it is really, so I can't make it worse. Will give it a go. Thanks.

[Split_Pin]

Great haul. I love the original Soviet models. That Volga casting was reissued many times and they updated it with the real car to a point. I have a saloon example with a 1990s front but it retains the internal features and baseplate of the original. Its fantastically clunky, in Russian taxi livery.

 

I love the non-sporting Bburago 1/24s, I have that 75 in kit livery which is some sort of Australian rally with those terrible waterside decals.

[Felly Magic]

The set of 4 Escort and Onion by Schabak in dealer packaging.

 

[rml2345]

Ace.

I love those old Soviet diecasts as they've got loads of character and the build quality is just like the real thing, right down to the metal self destructing occasionally.