Shite in Miniature II

[egg]

Hot wheels have done the new Alpine. Has appeal for a modern, much like the real thing.

[BL Bloke]

I didn't know Hot Wheels did a Series III Land Rover so when I saw one I had to buy it, along with a couple more cars as it was 3 for the price of 2. 

DSCF0918 by timothy jones, on Flickr

I also went to Tesco's this morning in search of new Matchbox, no individual cars but I did get a pack of nine which included the Merc estate, Lotus Europa and a Golf Country Syncro among others.

DSCF0917 by timothy jones, on Flickr

 

[sierraman]

Any of this lot tickle ones fancy at 50p each plus postage. The Ford Cargos axle is a bit fucked but you could do something with it no doubt. 

[flat4alfa]

Cosmic Blues please 

[Split_Pin]

Ooh Prairie please, been after that one for ages!

[vulgalour]

Been tinkering with the Tissier and the Westminster today.  Westminster has had all the Westminster bits removed and I'm now building up the Morris elements.  The Westminster is being turning into a replica of @320touring's Morris Oxford, a task that I thought originally would be a simple repaint until I looked at just how different the Austin and Morris variants of this car actually are.  Bonnet, grille, side trim, and even rear wings are different.  Going to be a fair amount of filing to get it where I want.

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, sierraman said:

Any of this lot tickle ones fancy at 50p each plus postage. The Ford Cargos axle is a bit fucked but you could do something with it no doubt. 

 

What make's the purple E type? Could be up for that one

[sierraman]

52 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Ooh Prairie please, been after that one for ages!

I’ll add it to your parcel!

[sierraman]

18 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

What make's the purple E type? Could be up for that one

I’ve no idea to be honest, it was in a job lot of other stuff. The wheels look like Corgi but it’s got no make on the base. 

[bunglebus]

Cool can you put it aside for me please?

 

Picked up a couple of nice old Lesney VWs locally - this one seems to have had a repair where the tab holds the body on

 

20191006_164017 by RS, on Flickr

 

Its Beetle counterpart

 

20191006_164103 by RS, on Flickr

20191006_164232 by RS, on Flickr

 

Also found a guy locally who seems to be a serious toy hoarder, got another Piston Popper off him

 

20191006_170558 by RS, on Flickr

 

Which poses me a slight problem, as the one I was going to use as an engine donor is broken, and I hadn't realised

 

20191006_170545 by RS, on Flickr

 

Hopefully I can repair it somehow

[sheffcortinacentre]

Finally got chance to get some more pics of the Mk5 saloon as requested unfortunately no batteries so couldn't show with the lights working (both front & rear).

It's approximately 1:10 scale pressed steel.

[sierraman]

What make is it?

[155V6]

That's fantastic ?

[sheffcortinacentre]

Paya appears to be the brand.

Of the 4 two are boxed & this is the best one, I've seen one with a different hand set too.

Got them all from Spain via eBay in the early 00's.

[Datsuncog]

Holy moley... those Cortinas/ Taunuses are beyond amazing.

Oh, for a time machine and a return Lakerair ticket to Palma de Mallorca...

[Split_Pin]

Gosh those Cortina are fantastic!! Wow!

[DoctorRetro]

17 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Ooh Prairie please, been after that one for ages!

Dammit. 

[Tenmil Socket]

Those Cortinas are flippin' fantastic....

...goes to eBay...

[sierraman]

Paid 20p for these two wrecks today. Would it make me an absolute bastard if I broke them for parts to save more viable stuff? 

[Split_Pin]

Absolutely not man. 

[Datsuncog]

The BMC Pininfarina looks like it's missing an A-post and the roof's borked, plus appears to have been treated to one of my quality* repaints before being packed in salt.

The Rolamatics Ford has typically shonky axles and is missing its rear cover (and the lion).

I used to feel a lot more precious about Lesneys until I heard that in their heyday the London factory was knocking out six million models a week. Now, I don't know if that's entirely accurate but they did make a frankly mindboggling amount of tiny toys which were shipped all round the world.

There's still plenty of good 'uns left without worrying about modifying or salvaging scrap ones like these. Fill yer boots.

[bunglebus]

If you do, can I pinch the Rollamatic axles off the truck? Cos the one on my Piston Popper is broken, and I want to keep the pistons moving once I fit the engine into the Vantastic.

 

Talking of which;

 

There are more casting differences than I expected, engine hole is the same size but different mounts

 

20191007_173429 by Rich Secker, on Flickr

 

Body is different behind the grille

 

20191007_173359 by Rich Secker, on Flickr

 

Harder to see but the headlight/grille area are different widths

 

20191007_173806 by Rich Secker, on Flickr

 

Even the windscreens are different - I had assumed it was Mustang up to the B pillars but the apertures are different sizes

 

20191007_174053 by Rich Secker, on Flickr

 

Looks like I'll be using the Vantastic base (the body has cutouts in the sills for the side pipes anyway) and modifying it to take the Rollamatic axles

[155V6]

Will be good if you can get it to work.They got their money's worth out of that basic casting,there's the original  Mustang,the Vantastic,the Piston Popper,& the IMSA Mustang with the wide arches.

[egg]

I didn't know until this morning that the Poles made copies of some matchbox 1-75 models in plastic...

 

[flat4alfa]

On 10/6/2019 at 8:02 PM, bunglebus said:

What make's the purple E type? Could be up for that one

Tootsietoy.

  

 

Seems quite different to both the Corgi Junior and Husky dies

 

[Sudsprint]

The E Type FHC seems really hard to get right.

And at 1:43 I don't think Corgi and Jaguar quite captured the 2+2 versions.

[sierraman]

Bburago did a fantastic 1/18 one

[flat4alfa]

On 10/6/2019 at 9:00 PM, bunglebus said:

Which poses me a slight problem, as the one I was going to use as an engine donor is broken, and I hadn't realised

Hopefully I can repair it somehow

 

An even better* idea is to give it the missing 4 cylinders

Now it's a proper Mustang popping its pistons

[bunglebus]

WT...that's genius!

[155V6]

A couple more E-types.Left is (I think) Yatming,right is Zylmex