Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Also finished the Packin'Pacer I got a few weeks ago

Did quite a lot of interior detailing, you can just about see the fire extinguisher 

[MiniMort]

A few months back I bought a 70s Matchbox of a Mk1 Capri. Sadly I never took a photo of what it was originally like, but it was effectively a rougher version of this. 

Well, a few months of not getting round to it, some cellulose thinners, a spray can and some acrylic paints later... 

Obviously it's not perfect by any means but I'm relatively pleased with it. 

[bunglebus]

Looking good 🙂

Think I've got a Hot Rocker lurking in my project box

[Remspoor]

Now those pesky relatives have gone and we can get the house back to normal I can access the photos of my old die-casts which are on my laptop.

Saab 96 by Dinky.

 

[bunglebus]

That's nice. Getting harder to find stuff like that for reasonable money now.

I think I might have to re-do the paint on the roof of the colour trial Shovel Nose, it matched nicely until I lacquered it.

Felt really odd putting a freshly painted part in a bag full of screws and bashing it about to replicate the wear too!

[155V6]

A few new bits this week.

Tuesday night was the local toy fair,not too much there but I found this Majorette Safrane

The livery reminds me of an promotional ashtray which used to live at my parent's house about 50 years ago,I think it may still be there 😂

This Corgi Woody Woodpecker car is something I've been after for a while,but the ones I could afford on eBay were usually basket cases

Then today,I came home to this small lot of Corgi Rockets

I already have most of them,but was really pleased to get the lime green XJ6 as it seems quite rare 😁

 

[Jon]

Watcha fellas, long time lurking but not much doing by me here on these pages. Busy with work and other things but you all know the score.

Anyway, thought I'd show you what I've been up to in the last while. I went to a couple of retro fairs a couple of weeks ago and apart from bagging a part completed Hornsea Cinnamon coffee set:

Which I was able to complete, since I'm a Hornsea hoarder:

(Bonus extra cup - I later found another saucer in a saucer pile in the cupboard...)

I found and bought this hapless chap, for 50c (25p):

Apologies for unwittingly art-wank image, it was really hot yesterday and I couldn't see my phone screen. 

Here's also what it looks like:

from the first shot, you can see the axles were all rusted up and from the others, that there was barely any paint left.

I had an idea to make a down and dirty 'resto', to test whether I was actually into that kind of lark, safe in the knowledge I couldn't make it any worse. I also wanted to use what I already had, to save any needless expenditure on a 25 pence folly.

First up, drill off the rivet head to get it into component form:

Then I bathed the chassis and axles in a water based rust converter. After a couple of hours, I was impatient and didn't wait for the suspension torsion bar thing to fully clean, so sanded back the bits that contacted the axles and gave a light oil. Knocked the wheels free from the axles, sanded and oiled and job's a good'un - it free wheels and doesn't squeak.

Couldn't find any paint stripper then remembered how good spilt brake fluid is at stripping paint when you don't want it to, so chucked the body in a jar of manky old fluid I had sitting on a window sill in the garage. No idea why I hold onto such crap but yesterday was it's useful day, so bravo, past lazy me.

Polished the body whilst watching a YouTube vid at lunch time, so it looked like this:

Looked better in person and was lovely and smooth.

Then I stopped taking photos and gave it a couple of coats of cheap bronze spray paint, followed by a couple of layers of equally cheap lacquer this morning and here's what I came up with:

I lacquered the glass after cleaning it with Jif but it's pretty cracked and generally crappy anyway, so it's better but still not good.

I'll admit to a couple of fish eyes in the paint and I've already chipped it after I dropped it on the carpet just now but I wanted to see if I enjoyed the process or not - i.e. can I be chuffed to do it better next time.

Jury's out on that one but it kept me sane in the last 24 hours, between bouts of boring adult tasks.

[MiniMort]

I can completely relate to the paint related issues. My first time spraying a diecast it looked like a really crap banger racer. Still I guess it's all about perseverance if you're interested, but you should be pleased with the BMW - it looks amazing! 

[Amishtat]

2 hours ago, MiniMort said:

I can completely relate to the paint related issues. My first time spraying a diecast it looked like a really crap banger racer. Still I guess it's all about perseverance if you're interested, but you should be pleased with the Fiat - it looks amazing! 

EFA

[myglaren]

[MiniMort]

40 minutes ago, Amishtat said:

EFA

Haha FFS I looked at the front end and thought it looked very BMW-ish. I'm gonna be thrown out of Autoshite now aren't I? 

[bunglebus]

6 hours ago, Jon said:

here's what I came up with:

Nice.

Have you got good eyes and/or a magnifying glass? A bit of time with a small brush or toothpick and some paints detailing the lights, handles etc makes a world of difference.

[bunglebus]

The guy I got some 3D printed wheels from a while back also sent me some replacement surfboards for the Matchbox MK1 Golf. Only just got around to painting and fitting them

[bunglebus]

I had a bit of a mad dismantle/strip session recently hence lots of cars getting finished in a short space of time.

This will be the last for a little while as I'm struggling for custom wheels for Superkings size cars now. 

You might remember I acquired a second early Matchbox camper with the fuel door casting 

Well I thought it deserved a resto, so no detailing or getting rid of casting lines for this one

[bunglebus]

The Carawhite did a good job on the Datsun Glo Racer

 

[Stanky]

Hopefully this is the right place to put these - mods please delete if not, or move elsewhere? Anyway, I'm clearing more tat out and have these for sale, prices a bit lower than equivalents I found on ebay

#1 - 1:64 Maisto Ferrari 250 GTO. Mostly good condition, but a couple of paint chips on the rear spoiler - £2

#2 - 1:59 Matchbox Mercedes Benz 500SL 1990. Mostly good condition with some marks on the paint but no visible chips - £4

#3 - 1:57 Matchbox Vauxhall Astra GTE/Open Kadett GSI 1985 police car livery. Quite a bit of chipped paint - £4

#4 - 1:57 Matchbox superfast #62 Chevrolet Corvette 1979. Some chipped paint but remarkably good condition - £6

#5 - 1:62 Matchbox VW Transporter 1987 Ambulance livery. quite a bit of chipped paint - £4

#6 - 1:62 Hot Wheels Ferrari 458 Spider. minimal paint damage - £4

#7 - 1:43 Bburago Ferrri 456GT. Quite a bit of chipped paint - £3

Prices are ex postage, I've not checked this yet but probably £3 or so per car, less if you buy a few/all of them. If they prices are miles off then make me an offer.

[bunglebus]

Every now and again a Redline slips through the net and lands on my mat, today it's one of the original 16 cars from 1968, the Beatnik Bandit

Along for the ride was a Matchbox Dodge Dragster with unbroken grille 

[junkyarddog]

Pink base too👍

Did the early VW Camper come with the yacht decal?

[bunglebus]

15 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Pink base too👍

Did the early VW Camper come with the yacht decal?

No - they deleted the fuel flap so they could apply the decal, so the ones with that casting are quite unusual. I've been keeping my eye out for them, a reasonable one just went for £15, I did find another in a job lot but sat on my hands, I don't need another one!

[sutty2006]

Local “entertainer” shop. Found a box of hotwheels, still can’t find Sierra but got this Merc, winning. 
 

had to buy this next one for young’un, obviously. 
 

[Remspoor]

Bedford TK Sheet glass carrier, by Budgie. Lost the plastic sheet which were used as glass a long time ago. It would seem it was only produced  from 1964 for 2 years

Ironically it needs a new windscreen glazing.

[bunglebus]

^ very unusual. Budgie stuff is nowhere near as common as Dinky or Corgi, especially their commercial vehicles. 

I have a horsebox and that's it

Leyland Hippo 

[Datsuncog]

I had a Budgie Leyland Hippo coal lorry, using the same cab and chassis as the horse box - a nicely proportioned wee thing. It was a childhood jumble sale find, although I sold it on a few years ago.

Never even knew about that Bedford TK (?) glass lorry before - very nice.

Great to see there's still stuff to be discovered!

[andrew e]

Who doesn’t like faded seaside shop stock? Mooching in Mazarrón this morning. Sadly the Mrs said no to the 1/24 Simca’s 😁

[sierraman]

Seaside resorts always seem to have a toy shop full of ancient stock. 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, andrew e said:

Blimey, how much is that in English groats?

[andrew e]

Less than £5 probably…. Like I said I got the melts ice stare off the wife 😂

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Blimey, how much is that in English groats?

Says £6 on the sticker, that was in 1994 though so allowing for inflation... call it £15. 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, andrew e said:

Less than £5 probably…. Like I said I got the melts ice stare off the wife 😂

Should have told her it was for a FRIEND

[Remspoor]

A pair of Vauxhall Victor estates by Matchbox.