Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

9 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

1300E had rectangular headlights & spotlights pedant mode off.

Friend had one of those, in the gold colour.  Didn't have it long (this was 1987/8) and it was very rusty, too much for him and yet he was a competent welder.  Even then he could move it on quickly as the badge sold itself

[quicksilver]

15 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

1300E had rectangular headlights & spotlights pedant mode off.

Ah, I thought something wasn't quite right and that's it. That model seems to be inspired by the Vanguards 1/43 version, which does have the correct lights and 1300E wheels. Oxford do have an amazing ability to make generally good models but get them slightly wrong (the Quattro for instance with the wrong headlights for a C-reg).

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Found it, page from the 1989 catalogue

22 inches long!!  She'd hit the roof...  will have to give it a miss.

Tinplate body on the truck too.  Yet the cars are softish polymer. 

Sourced from Tonka, I wondered, but no, they had their own:

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

How did you find that?!  Good sleuthing

Is it on a catalogue page somewhere then? 

I Googled plastic matchbox car and got lucky!

[Spottedlaurel]

Another of the Tamiya buids completed:

 

 

Three down, two more to go to finish this set of replacements.

[flat4alfa]

Heller Cliclacs

I have a few of these.  Any interest?

[flat4alfa]

Corgi Rocketing.  I'm doing it wrong.

[Split_Pin]

7 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Heller Cliclacs

I have a few of these.  Any interest?

What ones do you have? 

[Split_Pin]

8 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Another of the Tamiya buids completed:

 

 

Three down, two more to go to finish this set of replacements.

Those look great. What method do you use to paint the window surrounds?

[Split_Pin]

Finished the NSX.

Please don't compare it with efforts of someone who knows what they are doing, especially the paint.

I did get all of the features to work nicely though, opening engine compartment, pop up headlights and steering.

I removed the driver's window because the 'masking tape' that I used when spraying the black windscreen border, bled everywhere. The other windows were not so bad.

[Lord Sterling]

12 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Heller Cliclacs

I have a few of these.  Any interest?

C'est quoi?  Avez-vous des photos?

[bunglebus]

Picked up a job lot locally, most important of which is this

Which completes this set

Also included were 

Late Corgi Jag policemobile

Cobra Mustang

Matchbox Gran Fury - the "no doors" version of the casting

Laser wheels version of the venerable Mercury

This Lambo is also another one that ran for years

Yet another long-lived casting is this Jeep

Talking of Matchbox Jeeps, while I was out I found these

MX5

Nissan pickup

And D200 crewcab

 

[sierraman]

The white JEEP was originally issued in the USA in 1983, then in the U.K. in the early 90’s, it’s the same casting. Funny to bring it back after all these years!

[Split_Pin]

Do you have a picture of the Gran Fury with opening doors? Mine doesn't either and I don't ever recall seeing one.

[bunglebus]

Gadzooks, is it my birthday? Some more deliveries have arrived

First up, with suspiciously Zylmex looking wheels is a Majorette Jag

Nicely preserved Corgi Escort

And a Firebird

Red Fox body to go with the one from earlier

Don't know the make of this 911

I do know the make of this but not heard of it before - Conrad Passat wearing very Audi-like wheels 

 

Next up some more Mebetoys/Hot Wheels 

Not a very popular choice of car to recreate, but Solido decided we needed a miniature Talbot Tagora, almost* as interesting as the real thing

[bunglebus]

1 minute ago, Split_Pin said:

Do you have a picture of the Gran Fury with opening doors? Mine doesn't either and I don't ever recall seeing one.

Ah - when I said no doors I meant there are no lines in the casting - I believe some have them and some don't 

[bunglebus]

16 minutes ago, sierraman said:

The white JEEP was originally issued in the USA in 1983, then in the U.K. in the early 90’s, it’s the same casting. Funny to bring it back after all these years!

Isn't the Jeep based on a pre-Superfast casting? Pretty sure it's been discussed before

1976

Then the Hot Rod

And US Mail version

[Split_Pin]

11 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Ah - when I said no doors I meant there are no lines in the casting - I believe some have them and some don't 

Never noticed that on mine, I'll have to check now! I've had it since about 1983, it came free with my Matchbox 'Playtrack'.

[Split_Pin]

15 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Gadzooks, is it my birthday? Some more deliveries have arrived

First up, with suspiciously Zylmex looking wheels is a Majorette Jag

Nicely preserved Corgi Escort

And a Firebird

Red Fox body to go with the one from earlier

Dont know the make of this 911

I do know the make of this but not heard of it before - Conrad Passat wearing very Audi-like wheels 

Next up some more Mebetoys/Hot Wheels 

Not a very popular choice of car to recreate, but Solido decided we needed a miniature Talbot Tagora, almost* as interesting as the real thing

Conrad Passat is an excellent find, love that. I also remember lusting after the Solido Tagora as it was pictured on the back of the box of the Talbot Horizon. I should have kept that one too!

[bunglebus]

2 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Never noticed that on mine, I'll have to check now! I've had it since about 1983, it came free with my Matchbox 'Playtrack'.

[Tenmil Socket]

16 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Gadzooks, is it my birthday? Some more deliveries have arrived

First up, with suspiciously Zylmex looking wheels is a Majorette Jag

Nicely preserved Corgi Escort

And a Firebird

Red Fox body to go with the one from earlier

Don't know the make of this 911

I do know the make of this but not heard of it before - Conrad Passat wearing very Audi-like wheels 

 

Next up some more Mebetoys/Hot Wheels 

Not a very popular choice of car to recreate, but Solido decided we needed a miniature Talbot Tagora, almost* as interesting as the real thing

I had one of these delivered today as part of a joblot.

[Jon]

I've got the spit of that Conrad Passat and also a contrasting Santana in metallic blue. My Passat was sold as a Gama, according to the box though, despite it saying Conrad on the base. So essentially, they're the same company.

Currently got eyes on  rather gawky looking Conrad Audi 100 (1982 aero shape) on Trademe but waiting for it to drop in price!

[flat4alfa]

On 8/21/2019 at 3:56 PM, Datsuncog said:

this Willys Jeep casting first appeared in model year 1971, styled as the MB02 Jeep Hot Rod.

^ Taken from the Charlie Cog book 

[bunglebus]

It's in my 1970 USA catalogue

Nope that's a different casting 

So it really did start as a Hot Rod casting rather than being modified from a standard one, and ran right up to 96 for the canopy version

And 1999 for the non-canopy. Quite a span!

 

Looks like today's purchase was from 1995

 

[bunglebus]

Base evolution

 

[155V6]

On 11/20/2020 at 10:29 PM, flat4alfa said:

Anyone have the facelift GMC Brigadier by Majorette?

[Spottedlaurel]

15 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Those look great. What method do you use to paint the window surrounds?

Thanks. Black (actually dark grey/anthracite) brush-painted enamel, without masking if possible. That easier when it's on a dark-coloured car, there's a bit of margin for error......

Chrome done with Bare Metal Foil, which looks good but takes a bit of patience. Some people use Molotow silver marker pen. In the past I used brush-painted silver enamel, but the Humbrol #11 I favoured 25-odd years ago doesn't have the shine it used to.

Well done on getting the Honda done.

[Split_Pin]

Cheers SL, my problem is that I no longer have a steady hand, which I have only found out in the last few months as I have taken up restoring/model building again. I am also having real trouble aiming the needle lance of the poly cement container at the area or part I want to glue. Bracing my wrist against something seems to work and there weren't any accidents!

I think you mentioned something similar about yourself a few pages back so I was kind of spurred on by your continued good results.

[Spottedlaurel]

With glue I often put it onto a separate surface then pick up what I need with a cocktail stick, a bent paperclip or an offcut of sprue material.

The latter also come in useful for stirring pots of paint.

I don't use a lot of poly cement any more, preferring superglue (or PVA for clear parts).

[flat4alfa]

On 8/21/2020 at 9:40 AM, Datsuncog said:

Dinky Plymouth has been touched in and has a minor crack in the rear screen.

Damn.  Was napping.  Should've done a bid