Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

4 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Ahhhh....  so it was you that picked it up!  I was trying to do a deal with the seller a good few weeks back but I was being tight and he was being ignoring.

I've been watching it for a while, sold a few bits so decided to go for it. Looks better than in the listing.

3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Found another to bother us.  Anyone got one of these?

I have one (and I've been watching that one on eBay), mine is missing a wheel centre so I'm pondering getting a better one.

[DoctorRetro]

No matter how well you do, there's always someone who did it better. 

Posted on Facebook, apparently this started out as a standard Norev one too

[barrett]

Don't beat yourself up. That is a Norev, but it's one of the modern castings, which is significantly more detailed than the '80s one! Other than the wheels and transfers that's not so different from how it started out...

[bunglebus]

On 5/29/2020 at 4:34 PM, Datsuncog said:

To that end, I'd certainly be interested in a comparison of that Novacar Caprice with Majorette's own offering, as I always wondered if it was a straight copy...

Here ya go

 

20200603_175135 by RS, on Flickr

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20200603_175144 by RS, on Flickr

20200603_175230 by RS, on Flickr

20200603_175213 by RS, on Flickr

 

Looks like a direct copy with slight mods to the roof light and no opening doors

[bunglebus]

So, big Zylmex. I have posted these before but here's what I have;

 

K702 Superspeed

 

20191012_102613 by RS, on Flickr

 

K703 Super Drag

 

20200412_171617 by RS, on Flickr

 

K704 California T with some missing bits

 

20200428_170144 by RS, on Flickr

 

K705 Electra

 

20200602_180817 by RS, on Flickr

 

K706 Brute

 

20190925_104340 by RS, on Flickr

 

K707 Tyrell Ford F1

 

20200109_122826 by RS, on Flickr

 

[bunglebus]

Had a few odds and sods arrive, not sure whether this Corgi SD1 is meant to have the lights detailed, but it also has no glass except in the tailgate. Hasn't been apart

 

20200603_175727 by RS, on Flickr

 

Matchbox jeep is, I think the final version of the earlier one with the split windscreen

 

20200603_175823 by RS, on Flickr

 

No-name MK3 cabrio is quite nicely made

 

20200603_175846 by RS, on Flickr

 

This is the smaller of the two Husky Monkeemobiles, someone's done a pretty good job of repainting it. I'd like the large one but they go for big bucks

 

20200603_175918 by RS, on Flickr

20200603_175913 by RS, on Flickr

20200603_175922 by RS, on Flickr

 

I also got a load of the mini Hot Wheels, these are great as they seem to be in the same colours as 80s blackwall releases, so I can display them with the 1:64 versions. I won't post them all but here's a few

 

20200603_175939 by RS, on Flickr

20200603_180052 by RS, on Flickr

20200603_180137 by RS, on Flickr

20200603_180350 by RS, on Flickr

20200603_180449 by RS, on Flickr

 

 

[DoctorRetro]

Got to thinking, how many Citroens do I have, and then, how many French cars do I have. The answer is surprisingly few. 

Here they are:

Got to have a Matra Rancho. 

Pair of Clios, Mk1 and 2, both Bburago

Corgi Renault Traffic, Majorette Twingo, Matchbox 11, Hot wheels Alpine. I'm surprised there aren't more French hot wheels models. 

2 Majorette XMs, Corgi Dyane and a Maisto 2CV

Peugeot 205,206,205 T16 and Citroen SM

OO gauge CX and 2CV

 

I nearly forgot! Renault Safrane

 

[Spottedlaurel]

57 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Had a few odds and sods arrive, not sure whether this Corgi SD1 is meant to have the lights detailed, but it also has no glass except in the tailgate. Hasn't been apart

Just had a look at mine which is the same blue colour, no painted lights on that one (nor silver bumpers). But it does have a full set of glass.

[bunglebus]

8 minutes ago, TheDoctor said:

Maisto 2CV

 

...which is I think the old Corgi casting, also used by MC Toy

 

20190902_124605 by RS, on Flickr

 

But did they re-use this when they did the Kellogg's cars or make a new one?

 

20200529_194617 by RS, on Flickr

20200210_123052 by RS, on Flickr

 

[bunglebus]

4 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Just had a look at mine which is the same blue colour, no painted lights on that one (nor silver bumpers). But it does have a full set of glass.

I have these ones with glass except in the tailgate (probably fell out) and no light detail

 

20200425_105253 by RS, on Flickr

20191111_150702 by RS, on Flickr

 

And this one with a full complement of glass. As this era Corgi weren't exactly the greatest for detailing, I reckon it's a previous owner's improvement

 

20200430_141624 by RS, on Flickr

 

[155V6]

6 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I have these ones with glass except in the tailgate (probably fell out) and no light detail

 

20200425_105253 by RS, on Flickr

20191111_150702 by RS, on Flickr

 

And this one with a full complement of glass. As this era Corgi weren't exactly the greatest for detailing, I reckon it's a previous owner's improvement

 

20200430_141624 by RS, on Flickr

 

I've never seen a Rover with those late-type wheels that the plain white one has?

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Had a few odds and sods arrive, not sure whether this Corgi SD1 is meant to have the lights detailed, but it also has no glass except in the tailgate. Hasn't been apart

Do you need glass?  I have the daft pencil sharpener one and it won't miss it

[bunglebus]

10 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Do you need glass?  I have the daft pencil sharpener one and it won't miss it

? pencil sharpener?

[bunglebus]

22 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

I've never seen a Rover with those late-type wheels that the plain white one has?

It's one of the versions where they were so ashamed they didn't even put Corgi on the base

 

20200425_105331 by RS, on Flickr

[flat4alfa]

9 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

Ps. Don't search the Internet for toys with two speed motors..

I didn't, but your comment made me think of these.  Asking for a friend.

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

? pencil sharpener?

Yes. 

Well, it is better than that - it is an 'eater' 

I think this was also a pricey antique fair 'whim' purchase...   I have a habit of not walking away from this sort of thing.  Much to my wife's annoyance.

Would swapz for massive Zylmex Hot Rod remnants. 

[bunglebus]

Well that's a new one on me! Don't have any Zylmex spares though...

[flat4alfa]

Would swapz for massive Zylmex Hot Rod remnants in the future

[andy18s]

On 5/31/2020 at 6:47 PM, crad said:

here's some more of my shelf tat

a rather battered matchbox ovlov 760 , had this one since I was very small

majorette renault safrane, possibly as rare as the cars themselves were over here

matchbox rover sterling with epic rimz

siku vw passat mk3, my favourite shape- I have quite a few siku models from going over there a lot as a child as I have family over there, although this was found at a toy fair in the UK iirc. an excellent* colour choice as well

majorette escort mk5? fastback? coupe? 3 door? not sure what this shape is called. it appears to have been painted over by a previous owner judging by the lights and the fact that behind the doors there is yellow paint.

matchbox Honda Element, picked up in America as a child I think. I have a vague memory of being driven around in one of my dad's colleagues example when we were there once.

two corgi rockets, although without the thingy to lower and raise the ride height, and with rather battered paint. the Jag I've had for a very long time.

and a blingtastic majorette merc SL. an extremely tasteful* paintjob.

@Datsuncog the trabants are maisto castings. funny you should say that about the yellow one, I've had that probably 10 years longer than the other three!

 

Are you selling the Escort?

[DoctorRetro]

@flat4alfa, I found where that engine was from...

[flat4alfa]

Sorry. At least we now know it is a generic Mattel

[flat4alfa]

This arrived recently

Colin the Cowboy had a make-over specially, as it was none-other than the Hot Wheels PACKIN' PACER from 1977. 

What is it packing?  A rear engine, that's what.  

And what with those trumpet exhaust pipes, I'll bet it made a right din

Any more Packin' Pacers in the AS archives?  It seems to be an uncommon model if the bidding war was anything to go by

[loserone]

21 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

All this talk of fast pull back cars... 

Did anyone have the twin engined ones, where the blue FWD engine was slow and the red RWD engine was fast? I had a blue vw golf... 

[DoctorRetro]

57 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Sorry. At least we now know it is a generic Mattel

Do you want the rest of it? ?

[DoctorRetro]

16 minutes ago, loserone said:

Are there any you would let go? 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Any more Packin' Pacers in the AS archives?  It seems to be an uncommon model if the bidding war was anything to go by

Oh yes - mine's blind in one eye

 

20200319_184308 by RS, on Flickr

20200319_184227 by RS, on Flickr

 

 

[flat4alfa]

11 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Oh yes - mine's blind in one eye

I was surprised to find a plastic base on this model

If it had been a metal base, it probably wouldn’t be peripheral-vision deficient...

[flat4alfa]

Bit of a late breakfast this morning

 

Right, now into a biscuit or two, as it’s almost elevensies after all

 

Oh.... hang on !

 

It’s a delivery from Eddy Flowers Tat Supplies !

[junkyarddog]

Had this quite a while,

Mira Seat 1200 sport.

Been attacked by a black marker,a quick search online suggests that is was originally a NSU design.

Quite a cool little car.

You like this one Smoll Eddy?

"Foreign muck M8"

[Richard_FM]

I've a bit guilty of using markers & tip-ex to repaint my toy cars when they started to get shabby,