Shite in Miniature II

[Amishtat]

6 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

A visit to @Amishtat today yeilded some interesting diecast tat, thank you. It was good to meet you. 

Overview 

A worse for wear, crayoned Bburago Ferrari 

Lone Star trucks

Dinky Atlantean with yellow pages livery. 'let your fingers do the walking' ooh err. 

Matchbox Mazda and Corgi cement mixer 

Boxed Porsche, I have a rough one of these somewhere. 

Some scrapyard fodder, complete with fork lift! 

And the piece de resistance... 

A 'barn find' condition Porsche in 1:18 scale. I think it's brilliant! 

Nice to meet you too! If I find any Porsche parts I'll be in touch. It's unlikely but possible.. Let me just share this picture of the Doctor helping me lower the tone of my work car park (and displaying some snazzy moves). 

 

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Remember this?

Now looks like this:

I really struggle with this sort of size now; I need two pairs of glasses to see these close enough to try and detail.  Look after your eyes, kids

Looks good to me. I have pretty great eyesight and I'd struggle doing detail that small. Funny enough the blue Camaro I posted earlier was the one I have already

[DoctorRetro]

1 minute ago, Amishtat said:

Nice to meet you too! If I find any Porsche parts I'll be in touch. It's unlikely but possible.. Let me just share this picture of the Doctor helping me lower the tone of my work car park (and displaying some snazzy moves). 

 

Ha, looks like I'm doing an Irish jig. 

I was actually walking backwards to avoid being papped, I'm not exactly photogenic ?

[bunglebus]

[eddyramrod]

I was in Tesco the other day; nothing interesting in the Matchbox box, nor in the HW.  I'll just have to keep trying.

Meanwhile, look what happened to my Corgi Lincoln limo (that I've had over 50 years) when I stripped it:

I've glued the scuttle back together, of course, and it's now painted and almost ready for reassembly.

Now, how about some more results?  You've seen these two Impalas before, but I thought it would be nice to put them together...

And here's the Dinky 63 Impala (notably a straight-six when you open the bonnet) posing with a few friends...

Windscreen on the Spot-On Healey by me, from plastic stock, as usual....

You may remember my Budgie breakdown truck, well now it has an apprentice!

For the first time in many years - several decades, even - I'm pleased with how my Dinky Packard looks!

Windscreen on this one is salvaged from a partwork Cadillac that I broke for parts.

And finally tonight, a bunch of projects going on the local transporter.

[bunglebus]

4 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Meanwhile, look what happened to my Corgi Lincoln limo (that I've had over 50 years) when I stripped it:

 

Paint stripper or caustic soda?

[eddyramrod]

Caustic soda

[Split_Pin]

I remember the Siku 190 from the catalogue well as it was quite 2 W124 like in its proportions.

Now, I recall I had a pull-back 190 in grey which was a rip off of the Superkings version. I don't think I still have it, but I will check!

[bunglebus]

8 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

Caustic soda

Ah - that'll be why then. It's OK on newer castings but I've heard of it dissolving older stuff due to different metals in the alloy. It eats aluminium for example.

[sierraman]

The first Superkings I had was the metallic blue Mercedes 190E 2.5. I got the beige Taxi spec one after. 

[Tenmil Socket]

10 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

Ha, looks like I'm doing an Irish jig. 

I was actually walking backwards to avoid being papped, I'm not exactly photogenic ?

[flat4alfa]

3 minutes ago, BL Bloke said:

Out of shot models are an AMC Pacer (r) and a Tucker 48, commonly referred to as the Tucker Torpedo (l).  

You win FIVE VIRTUAL POUNDS ! 

[flat4alfa]

12 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Ah - that'll be why then. It's OK on newer castings but I've heard of it dissolving older stuff due to different metals in the alloy. It eats aluminium for example.

Yes.  Do not put 1950s-70s turned (not cast) wheels in.  Corgi and Spot-on wheel surfaces lose a couple of mm so are ruined.  Dinky wheels e.g. FAB1 are reduced to dust.  You will know when it is happening if you see the bubbles on the surface rising from a specific spot

Older castings can have odd areas eaten away.  I have a very frilly arch on a Corgi Beetle while the rest is sound; so the metallurgy must have been sightly different there.  

[flat4alfa]

13 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

Ha, looks like I'm doing an Irish jig. 

I was actually walking backwards to avoid being papped, I'm not exactly photogenic ?

Perhaps you are pappogenic then  ?

One for the Lexicon

[flat4alfa]

On 6/15/2020 at 5:15 PM, BL Bloke said:

Tucker 48, commonly referred to as the Tucker Torpedo

By Dinky Toys - it's a rather nice model and good quality too.  Bought loose, over 20 years ago and the paint etc has stood the test very well.   I had a thing about the Tucker so was very pleased to find this, at the time I never knew it had been modelled by a 'toy-priced' manufacturer

[eddyramrod]

8 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Ah - that'll be why then. It's OK on newer castings but I've heard of it dissolving older stuff due to different metals in the alloy. It eats aluminium for example.

I hadn't thought of that, thank you.

[AndyW201]

Couple more HW 2020 finds today.

Chuffed to find this one. This is the first 2000GT I've got, it's a lovely casting. Looks like there's an Olympic themed collection in the pipeline.

[155V6]

All I found today was this ?

[Amishtat]

Weather permitting I'm off to the boot sale tomorrow.. Actually quite excited so let's hope it doesn't rain in the morning. 

[Noel Tidybeard]

OMG how gorjus is this wee beastie

i have never seen the prelude in the darker blue of the acclaim before

[Volksy]

Bit more on the 4 this evening. 

[bunglebus]

8 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

Chuffed to find this one. This is the first 2000GT I've got, it's a lovely casting. Looks like there's an Olympic themed collection in the pipeline.

 

Yes, the not-happening 2020 Olympics. I wonder if there will be a set for whenever it actually happens? Gorgeous casting too

[Spottedlaurel]

I got the Chevelle's bodyshell painted yesterday:

It needs another coat or two, but it's going nicely so far.

Poor old Fairlady is back to square one again. I think Fiat do/did a pastel blue on the 500, so that could be a source of replacement paint.

[bunglebus]

I like the Fairlady like that to be honest - great paint on the Chevelle, love a bit of yellow

[Amishtat]

That's more like it.. 

[eddyramrod]

I agree on the Fairlady.  Perfect opportunity to make a 1979 California student's old banger!  Perhaps soften a couple of tyres slightly, and paint a whitewall on just one?

 

And yes, Chevelle is looking very smart too.

[Tenmil Socket]

9 minutes ago, Amishtat said:

That's more like it.. 

I've never known a car boot to take place on a Weds?

[Amishtat]

This is unusual in that respect locally at least. Of course, despite muttering "don't just buy shit because you can" to myself almost all the way here my resolve lasted literally about twenty fucking paces... Two quid for a Corgi Thunderbird? SOLD! 

[Amishtat]

Tenner each or he'll do a deal for a few

[155V6]

11 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I've never known a car boot to take place on a Weds?

We have one on a Wednesday & one on a Thursday round here.Not sure if they're on at the moment though.