Shite in Miniature II

[eddyramrod]

3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

The second film used the MY 1980 turbo.  Did they sell that '79 as a Bandit II car?  I thought they sold it as the Kill Bill car?

Different wheels, extra detailing on arch lips, etc, 

[Not that it really matters]

To be honest I don't know.  This one was just listed as "a black Firebird" and was close enough for me.  Likewise my Christine was just "a red Plymouth" and again , was good enough.  I actually hadn't spotted the differences in the Kill Bill car!

[bunglebus]

Have to check if they used a 57 or a 58 Plymouth for the Christine model - supposed to be a 58 but you can spot 57's in the film - lower grille under the bumper is the biggest clue. This is a 57 with single headlights but twin bezels

This is a 58 (in the proper Fury colour for that year)

The tail lights are different too but harder to spot

[bunglebus]

Anyway - felt well enough to venture out today, nothing of interest in the charity shop or Asda but had a delivery of mostly Majorettes awaiting my return

First up, dodgy coloured but complete Maharadja 

Next, Saab turbo which seems to be quite uncommon. Also has some toot on the parcel shelf

Cat decided to investigate at this point

911 does not have the sticky out wheels often seen on this casting

But the TR7 does

Larger 1:35 scale Toyota was a new one on me

Came with this Renault which doesn't float my boat

Lastly, Impy Road Masters Imperial with a bit of unwanted pink customisation

most of which came off

[flat4alfa]

In the book, Christine is a 1958 four-door sedan Plymouth 'Fury' in red

But in reality it would have been a Belvedere not a Fury, if a four-door sedan body.  Fury were only two-door hardtop body in Sandstone White, as shown above

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

In the book, Christine is a 1958 four-door sedan Plymouth 'Fury' in red

But in reality it would have been a Belvedere not a Fury, if a four-door sedan body. 

Steven King referred to Christine as a Fury, so two-door - but also mentions her having rear doors at one point in the book. Presumably he goofed about the doors and used artistic licence about the colour. He made a good choice though, they don't look half as menacing if they're not red.

[bunglebus]

Anyway back to arrivals - Speed Kings Lightning completes this set

 

 

[flat4alfa]

5 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Steven King referred to Christine as a Fury, so two-door - but also mentions her having rear doors at one point in the book. Presumably he goofed about the doors and used artistic licence about the colour. He made a good choice though, they don't look half as menacing if they're not red.

Yes it mentions the hitch hiker opening a rear door to get in.  So, it could have been a four-door hardtop after all and not necessarily the sedan body

The goofing is likely because Stephen King apparently started writing the book in the middle. When he first started writing Christine, she was going to be a Bel Air.  So Christine would have looked more like this (but 'Bel Air' doesn't sound half as menacing either!)

Definitely is a MY 1958 though: 'Hurt my back in the spring of '57,' he said. 'Army was going to rack and ruin even then. I got out just in time. I came on back to Libertyville. Looked over the rolling iron. I took my time. Then I walked into Norman Cobb's Plymouth dealership - where the bowling alley is now on outer Main Street - and I ordered this here car. I said you get it in red and white, next year's model. Red as a fire-engine on the inside. And they did.'

Christine is not played by a Fury in the film after all, as it and its stunt car doubles were played by Belvederes and Savoys in Autumn Red (18 of them!), and for close up shots given the 150mph speedo and Fury trim items.  Fury was too rare a model by 1983, a limited edition performance model at that, being the most expensive Plymouth that year with a total production of 5,303

[bunglebus]

"My asshole brother bought her back in September '57. That's when you got your new model year, in September. Brand-new, she was. She had the smell of a brand-new car. That's just about the finest smell in the world..."

[flat4alfa]

37 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

That's just about the finest smell in the world..."

...aww you stopped there!  Go on, what's the next line?  ?

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

The goofing is likely because Stephen King apparently started writing the book in the middle.

It's possibly also relevant that King wrote 'Christine' during a phase of his life when he'd developed quite a significant alcohol dependency - so maybe there were times when the model spec escaped him, rather.

In his part-memoir, On Writing, he recalls wryly that he hadn't even noticed that he'd switched the novel's narrator two-thirds of the way through, until someone happened to mention it to him about ten yesr later... it starts off as a story being told by Dennis, then wanders off into an omniscient third-person narrator after Dennis is hospitalised, before cutting back to Dennis again for the epilogue.

Great book, though like most Stephen King novels, it's best read when you're about 14  - and the film adaptation wasn't quite up to snuff...

[sierraman]

Tat Friday ex @Datsuncog Monteverdi Hai has donated its doors to an otherwise good but door less model. 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

It's possibly also relevant that King wrote 'Christine' during a phase of his life when he'd developed quite a significant alcohol dependency - so maybe there were times when the model spec escaped him, rather.

In his part-memoir, On Writing, he recalls wryly that he hadn't even noticed that he'd switched the novel's narrator two-thirds of the way through, until someone happened to mention it to him about ten yesr later... it starts off as a story being told by Dennis, then wanders off into an omniscient third-person narrator after Dennis is hospitalised, before cutting back to Dennis again for the epilogue.

Great book, though like most Stephen King novels, it's best read when you're about 14  - and the film adaptation wasn't quite up to snuff...

I'd never noticed that - the first SK novel I read (at younger than 14 by a few years) having been bought it after seeing part of the film somehow. Both quite surprising when I look back as I wasn't usually allowed access to "adult" material!

It was all about the car for me, although it did lead me to be a lifelong reader of his books.

[antony denman]

tat thursday renault was a abslute pain all after market parts dident fit,had trim windscreen down,bend front bumper in the middle to fit,blue tac back grill in,it was nightmare,capri was easy in two minds to matt black bonnet,.detail both off them,

[eddyramrod]

Yellow suits them!

[sheffcortinacentre]

Next line is "except for pussy"

[eddyramrod]

I've had some of mine in the caustic bath today.  It's removed the Humbrol but not the original paint.  Have to give them another soak.  One thing I did do today was grind the cast-in lettering off the Ecurie Ecosse transporter using my not -a -Dremel.  Some more soaking over the weekend and they should be ready for primer on Monday.

[Noel Tidybeard]

aw rite you slaaag your nicked!

oops i did it again

had one as a set with a rangey & hughes 500 chopper that got "modified" to non polis then presumably binned by the mother some time later

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, antony denman said:

tat thursday renault was a absolute pain all after market parts didn't fit,

Capri was easy in two minds to matt black bonnet

Yes to the black bonnet I reckon - where were the parts from? Awaiting a Steve Flowers order myself

[Datsuncog]

17 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I'd never noticed that - the first SK novel I read (at younger than 14 by a few years) having been bought it after seeing part of the film somehow. Both quite surprising when I look back as I wasn't usually allowed access to "adult" material!

It was all about the car for me, although it did lead me to be a lifelong reader of his books.

I didn't notice the narrative disjoint at the time either... though the first I'd ever heard of Christine was an article in a dog-eared copy of Classic American magazine which, bizarrely, had been something of a fixture in my optician's waiting room since I was about ten...

Every year, before the usual rigmarole with lenses and eyecharts, I'd eagerly flick to the same segment about the restoration of one of the many cars used in the film, incorporating tantalising stills from the movie... I was pretty devastated when the optician retired and the practice became an identikit chain, and presumably the classic copy of Classic American from 1989 (I think) was binned in the transition...

I managed to find a secondhand copy of the novel AND a Dinky Plymouth Plaza taxi at the same jumble sale when I was 13 or 14, which seemed fairly serendipitous - I'd started reading Stephen King and James Herbert stuff a year or two earlier, and devoured anything I could find from either of them. I don't think I saw the film until I was nearly 20 though, catching it late on ITV one night. For schlocky fun, it's hard to beat...  and now I'm getting a craving for a miniature replica...

  

15 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Next line is "except for pussy"

Very true.

[antony denman]

6 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Yes to the black bonnet I reckon - where were the parts from? Awaiting a Steve Flowers order myself

off ebay model supplies.diddyoo0.ame3000.also ordered off facebook 

[antony denman]

8 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

Yellow suits them!

cheers eddie last off it,just had enougth in can do both cars,looking in to modeling air brush kit,but just easy with rattle cans.

[bunglebus]

6 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Now I'm getting a craving for a miniature replica...

Modelmatic just got in some Christine replicas, but I think I'd rather make my own

You can get Moochie's Camaro too

[eddyramrod]

The Camaro isn't Moochie's, it belongs to Buddy Repperton.  (I couldn't remember his name, I had to look the film up on IMDB!)

[bunglebus]

Yes of course! I need to read the book or watch the film again

[Datsuncog]

Well, it wouldn't be Friday without some tat, now would it?

With last week's missed opportunity of the Dinky Corsair still haunting me, I was sure to be up and out extra extra early today... So much so, that whenever I arrived Market Blokey still had everything in its crates.

I skipped about for a bit, taking a few pics and generally making a nuisance of myself...

Mostly stuff we've previously encountered in here...

And likewise in here.

1/24 Panda's still here!

Other stuff was just dumped on the table, waiting to be set out properly.

So, I went for a wander round the rest of the market while he was getting himself sorted.

Not much of note, this week - Charity Stall a bit meh, unless you like Days Gone...

Jaguar XK140 and police MGB both missing bumpers and mirrors and stuff, though 1/24 Vauxhall (Opel?) VX220  was interesting.

Then, after a swift belt of coffee, back into the fray...

[bunglebus]

11 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Red/yellow Corvette in the first pic (as quoted), Zodiac in the second (if cheap) look interesting - I only need the Zodiac as a door car donor

There's also a 911 in the first quoted pic I don't recognise

[flat4alfa]

 

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Are the chassis' on the Scalextric Metros intact?

[Datsuncog]

So, once the wares were properly out on display, what did this week have to offer?

Old stuff up top was looking like this...

All a bit bashed, sadly... Buicks and Superior Ambulance probably the best; all the others somewhat ratty. Corgi Classics Morse Daimler suffering mirror loss but otherwise not too bad. He was asking a tenner each last week, but hopefully less today as most of these are restoration grade at best.

Further down the stall...

Some tinplate, some boxed stuff, that triple pack of Super GT...

And then on the lower deck:

Some Atlas stuff, a boxed Siku skip truck and Britains tractor add-on.

More stuff was still being added as I snapped, hence that Fiat Panda showing up, and also what I presume to be the glider trailer off the Corgi Prelude I picked up a month or so ago - but quite yellowed, and with the tow hitch snapped off. Nah.

Panda is... not all that great for the £10 asking, to be honest. Steering wheel AWOL too.

But if you really really like it, hit me up...

To the extreme right of the stall, in danger of falling off...

General Lesney, Corgi and a couple of Days Gone and MoYs...

But stay! That Polistil Jaguar XJ12 is still here!

Still no grille, and still no tail lights or rear number plate.

Hmmmm.... £10 still on this. Salty, or no? I know there was some discussion on this the other day, but now I'm hesitant... if anyone's willing to take it on, I can see if it's still there...

And then, heading round the back, there was more space to see what's in the other box...

Let's go round in a clockwise fashion:

Some ok Lesney (including another KW Dart tipper)...

Farming stuff, and some fairly knackered Corgi Le Mans style racers.

Corgi Inter City Commuter has busted glazing, sadly. Datsun 240Z Rallye missing its headlights; Superkings Nissan X270 concept car a bit worn; Dinky Land Rover fire appliance not bad but has those rubbishy late 70s nylon wheels.

Sand Cat buggy not too bad; GMC cement trucks (three of the buggers) also ok, though some better than others. Corgi boat trailer looks like a repaint, seems to have been gold originally. Couple of Huskys are incomplete (MkX fire chief car missing bumper corners; Ford camper missing its camper bit).

Which leaves only the 50p tat box to take a rake through...

Customary recent Hot Wheels, mixed with some ok 90s Matchbox, plus a smattering of ropey Lesney and Corgi Juniors, and not forgetting a sprinkling of some random Majorettes and MC Toys stuff, and a dash of obligatory no-name rubbish...

 

So there we have it! I may go and take another peep, just in case anyone's brought in any more French Dinky wonderousness while I've been frantically tapping away... more to come!

[Datsuncog]

21 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Red/yellow Corvette in the first pic (as quoted), Zodiac in the second (if cheap) look interesting - I only need the Zodiac as a door car donor

There's also a 911 in the first quoted pic I don't recognise

Will toddle over and see what's what with the Dinky project cars... 
There's at least two 911s in the first pic; a bashed Lesney in black and a wide-wheel Majorette in dark metallic red... If it's the Majorette that's tickled you, then you may be in luck...

5 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Are the chassis' on the Scalextric Metros intact?

They are - though one's missing its motor. Think he wants a fiver each, though will check if you're interested!

[155V6]

What's he asking for the Siku skip truck?