Shite in Miniature II

[vulgalour]

Satin black bonnet - CHECK

Undesirable colour - CHECK

 

 

Apparently, the dents down the driver's side look like deer strike.  At least, according to a friend of mine whose truck suffered three deer strike before having to go into early retirement.  So I'm sticking that in the story for this thing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colour is Ford Forest Green, the nearest I could find to that dark metallic green that Dodges of the era came in.  I'm not ordering specially mixed Dodge paint just for this kit.

[egg]

Thanks to a Frenchman in that French France, my latest Saviem has a grille

 

[egg]

119 bond cars have just come in to my local(ish) mini shite shop. If you are interested, see here.

 

https://www.facebook.com/minnisbayhiddentreasures/

 

[junkyarddog]

Satin black bonnet - CHECK

Undesirable colour - CHECK

 

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Apparently, the dents down the driver's side look like deer strike.  At least, according to a friend of mine whose truck suffered three deer strike before having to go into early retirement.  So I'm sticking that in the story for this thing.

 

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Colour is Ford Forest Green, the nearest I could find to that dark metallic green that Dodges of the era came in.  I'm not ordering specially mixed Dodge paint just for this kit.

That needs some red oxide patches,and at least one panel painted a different colour too.

[Split_Pin]

Dinky had really lost the plot by the late 1970s!

[sierraman]

For a very brief time to keep trademarks they issued some Matchboxes branded as Dinky, I think the others were a Toyota Supra and a Golf. Sometime round the early to mid 80’s.

[Amishtat]

All stripped, new pillar in place and almost primer time.

[junkyarddog]

One battered,and repainted Matchbox Wolseley 1500.

 

 

A quick trip to Eddys motors for a swift blow over.

 

 

"Looks great Eddy"

 

"Makes me look huge M8"

 

[sierraman]

Managed to pick 2 matchboxes up in the new Poundland type shop. Audi RS6 and a really detailed Nissan Leaf. Anyways the kids are happy with them after a temporary spell with Hot Wheels.

[junkyarddog]

Another regular wheels lesney repaint.

 

 

 

"You like it Smoll Eddy"?

 

"Very Rock n Roll M8"

[vulgalour]

I finally got the T-bird to a point that I could prime it to see just what I'm dealing with.  It's not bad, all things considered, and very salvagable.  Next stage will be filler and lots of fine sanding to sort out the minor damage and defects all over.

 

 

 

 

I'll be going white and gold 60s custom on this one because that allows me to explain away some of the damaged and missing bits.  Had the kit not cleaned up so well, there was a very different route for it that I was seriously considering.

[vulgalour]

The Monaco too has an update.  All the base colours are now down.  To help make a bit more sense of the 'deer strike' dents, I repainted the front wing on the same side in different colour.  the mask line for this is correct, the front panel on these is separate so the split is vertical behind the bumper end.  The trunk lid wasn't going to be mismatched until I had a glue mishap putting the rear bumper on and managed to lift some green paint with my thumb.  It was easier to paint it to match the front wing than in the original green, so that's what I did.  I like to imagine both panels came off another car, perhaps the original trunk lid on this one rotted out in that way they do and the replacement was too cheap not to buy at the same time as that wing.

 

 

 

 

[DoctorRetro]

Love the thought that goes in to these, I'm impressed

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I've got some railway scale resin luggage for my little Morris. Now decisions about whether to paint and glue it on?

 

 

Or a double load like this?

 

[vulgalour]

Stick a bit of paint on them and don't glue them in, you can shufty them around between stuff then and use them for little displays and photographs.  Where did you get the crates from?  They look pretty good.

[junkyarddog]

Next under the knife is this daubed Lesney Victor.

 

 

Fill of dirt,seen some serious puddle action over the years!

 

 

Here it is in all its miniature glory,modeled here alongside the inimitable smoll Eddy!

 

 

"This to your liking smoll Eddy?"

 

"Very fond of the GM brand M8"

 

[egg]

Stick a bit of paint on them and don't glue them in, you can shufty them around between stuff then and use them for little displays and photographs.  Where did you get the crates from?  They look pretty good.

 

Thanks, here you go. He does other variations.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/crates-assorted-for-00-gauge-4mm-20-per-pack-resin-cast/222910430292

[Frogchod]

Damn it Egg.

You've made me spend money.

Again.

[egg]

One of the main functions of AS appears to make each other spend money!

[DoctorRetro]

Just bought some paint stripper... Watch this space...

[Amishtat]

Getting there.. These things always take longer than you think. (Esp. when you're a lazy bastard)

[stuboy]

Im not massively knowledgeable of usa motors but reconised this, seems well made, and heavy and thought cheap at 9.99 at tk maxx

[vulgalour]

Not been in the mood to work on the Monaco so it's T-bird update time.  Today I learned that white is incredibly forgiving and gold is not.

 

 

 

 

I had considered a proper Watson style paintjob and then realised I'm not brave enough for that.  Instead, I'm going to make use of the car's existing body lines to keep it simple while looking really complicated.  It's going to be very different to the other kits.  I feel like I need to display it on a piece of white fur.

 

[rainagain]

I've just won this on ebay to replace the damaged chassis in one of my kid's class 08, does anyone know what I could use to strip off the black paint from the body?

[DoctorRetro]

Try nail polish remover wipes.

 

I managed to take a layer of paint off a car and leave the coat underneath untouched.

[andrew e]

An odd purchase from the orient - a Tomica Taxi - but check this £5 bargain out - a solitary single opening door!

 

 

That is the box it came in too, no packing just some double sided tape...

[vulgalour]

That makes a lot of sense.  When you see those taxis in videos and whatnot, you never really see the other doors opening.  Slightly disappointed that it doesn't have fragile easily broken wing mirrors.

[junkyarddog]

Another repaint, lesney Mercedes coupe.

Painted with a brush,but now chipped again.

 

 

Time for a refresh.

 

 

"Wotcha reckon smoll Eddy?"

 

"Very classy M8"

 

[junkyarddog]

Picked this up last Sunday at a autojumble.

Made by Taiyo in Japan,it's a 1960's tin plate motorised Volkswagen.

 

Of course it didnt work,but some tinkering and a replacement motor got it to move.

 

Gave it a good clean,lube and polish and it trundles around the table quite happily.

It has a clever mechanism underneath that stops it going over the edge.

I won't paint it as I quite like it as it is.

 

 

 

"Fill her up please smoll Eddy"

 

"You taking the piss M8"

 

[egg]

That decent French chap who supplied the Saviem grille also supplied reproduction wing decals for my Norev Simca Rallye. Not waterslide quality, but still very kind!