Shite in Miniature II

[AndyW201]

Still not buying diecast! Especially after the Merc just about scraped it's MOT and left me with a fair list of advisories to work through. ('Engineered like no other car in the world...').

But a recent birthday gave me the usual diecast-buying free pass. I've been after this one for ages but the prices of Vanguards models has just gone silly lately, with the usual deluded fools thinking that just because Corgi raised their prices on 2022 releases, then they can ask £40-£50 for older releases that have been gathering dust in stockrooms for the last 5 years or so.

Hmm, nice Cortina, another S model as well.

Hmm, interesting.

Yes, this one is a rendering of a genuine Jeff Uren-built 3.0 Savage, thought to have been the only conversion on a Mk4, and as tested by racing driver, engineer and motoring presenter John Miles for Autocar in 1979.

It's pretty accurate to the real thing, details like the extra driving lights and aftermarket Minilite wheels are present.

At the rear, only the badge gives the game away. Interestingly, this is the second Cortina S with a 3.0 litre engine modelled by Vanguards, the other being the Grass green South African 3.0S version.

The stripes and S logos are nicely done,

And this variant, thankfully comes from the period when Corgi started to at last feature a bit of interior detail, with the Cadiz stripes on the S. Although the real car at the time of the road test report apparently had a leather interior, so I'm not sure just how authentic it is!

While not being a completist (!), I'm glad to have this one now, as the S is my favourite Cortina variant, and this one now completes the Vanguards set,

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

I used to have the same corgi one with that PNO546R registration. Was missing one of the fog-light inserts so it looked as if it had one eye.

[sheffcortinacentre]

59 minutes ago, AndyW201 said:

Still not buying diecast! Especially after the Merc just about scraped it's MOT and left me with a fair list of advisories to work through. ('Engineered like no other car in the world...').

But a recent birthday gave me the usual diecast-buying free pass. I've been after this one for ages but the prices of Vanguards models has just gone silly lately, with the usual deluded fools thinking that just because Corgi raised their prices on 2022 releases, then they can ask £40-£50 for older releases that have been gathering dust in stockrooms for the last 5 years or so.

Hmm, nice Cortina, another S model as well.

Hmm, interesting.

Yes, this a rendering of a genuine Jeff Uren-built 3.0 Savage, thought to have been the only conversion on a Mk4, and as tested by racing driver, engineer and motoring presenter John Miles for Autocar in 1979.

It's a pretty good rendering, details like the extra driving lights and aftermarket Minilite wheels are present.

At the rear, only the badge gives the game away. Interestingly, this is the second Cortina S with a 3.0 litre engine modelled by Vanguards, the other being the Grass green South African 3.0S version.

The stripes and S logos are nicely done,

And this variant, thankfully comes from the period when Corgi started to at last feature a bit of interior detail, with the Cadiz stripes on the S. Although the real car at the time of the road test report apparently had a leather interior, so I'm not sure just how authentic it is!

While not being a completist (!), I'm glad to have this one now, as the S is my favourite Cortina variant, and this one now completes the Vanguards set,

 

One rumor is that it was Jeff's own car.

[sheffcortinacentre]

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Postie brought something earlier...

Early indications were... alarming, though.

But thankfully, all inside was just fine.

Yup, it's the latest from the lads and lasses at Corgi Model Club.

With a foldy-out box thing.

Now, in all honesty I'm not that much of a fan of the E-Type 2+2, finding it a bit humpy compared to the sleek lines of the original fixed-head coupe.

But it is very nicely done, with 'opening everything' and a few nice touches like the detailed dash and spoked wheels.

The engine, although not quite up to modern standards, is a nice stab at the legendary V12.

Good survivors must be scarce, given the fragility of the wing mirrors and exhaust system.

So not maybe one I'm wild about - but very nice all the same.

Straight six cough cough.

[sierraman]

9 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

One rumor is that it was Jeff's own car.

Doesn’t sound as if it survived sadly.

[bunglebus]

12 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

While not being a completist (!), I'm glad to have this one now, as the S is my favourite Cortina variant, and this one now completes the Vanguards set,

While I'm normally more "toys" than "models", I'd really like one of those. Bet they don't do Jupiter red with chevron cloth...

[bunglebus]

1:18 Bburago 356 for £10?

[AndyW201]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

While I'm normally more "toys" than "models", I'd really like one of those. Bet they don't do Jupiter red with chevron cloth...

Sadly not. They did a Jupiter red Ghia though with black roof. Might not take much to make an S out of it.

[AndyW201]

15 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

I used to have the same corgi one with that PNO546R registration. Was missing one of the fog-light inserts so it looked as if it had one eye.

Same with mine! I bought it as spares or repairs with mirrors missing and both fog light inserts gone. Luckily there was a guy on eBay at the time selling Vanguards spares packs and just happened to have packs for the Cortina S with a pair of black door mirrors, wipers and fog lights, so the model and the bits to fix it cost me about £7, which I thought wasn't bad.

[AnnoyingPentium]

4 minutes ago, AndyW201 said:

Same with mine! I bought it as spares or repairs with mirrors missing and both fog light inserts gone. Luckily there was a guy on eBay at the time selling Vanguards spares packs and just happened to have packs for the Cortina S with a pair of black door mirrors, wipers and fog lights, so the model and the bits to fix it cost me about £7, which I thought wasn't bad.

Mine needs all of those as well. I've also got a missing headlight from my rally liveried Mk2 Escort.

[bunglebus]

Weather's no good for painting but I remembered I was supposed to be making a base for this Hot Wheels Monster Beetle. So I did.

I'll give it a coat of silver once it stops raining

[155V6]

I called into Sainsbury's on the way home.They haven't had any Hot Wheels mainlines for over a week,so I'm hoping to find a new box soon.No luck today,but I did see that the Car Culture models they had were on offer

[Remspoor]

Corgi Imp. naturally missing the rear window. I do have the suit case, (see a previous post)

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 15/03/2022 at 19:10, sierraman said:

Was that the same casting that had Whizwheels fitted? 

no that was a series 3 v12 mine was a splendid metalic lemon lello

[bunglebus]

What got me excited in this £2.50 charity shop bag?

[tom13]

11 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

What got me excited in this £2.50 charity shop bag?

G-wagon Ambulance or fire?

[bunglebus]

50 minutes ago, tom13 said:

G-wagon Ambulance or fire?

There is one, yes

And a Graffic Traffic Ferrari F40, not found any of the Specials range before

Also a KY Porsche 928 for my oddballs collection 

McDonald's Hot Wheels Flame Rider

Plus a blackwall era Peterbilt cement mixer 

But no - what got my pulse racing was this Maisto MK2 Granada

These seem to command quite a few pennies on eBay, I'm slightly ashamed to admit I just bid £10 on a job lot just because it had the same medical colours one in it - and got instantly outbid.

Happy days

[bunglebus]

Had a hunt around for the F40 in its packaging

Going by the stickers, I'd say it was this version

[sierraman]

I had that set! Still got them albeit covered in pen. 

[Remspoor]

Trailers:

Matchbox Bertram

Matchbox Meteor Sportsman.

Dublo Dinky horse box.

Matchbox Pony trailer. (Looks like it appeared in a James Bond film)

Matchbox Transporter Trailers x2.

[155V6]

7 hours ago, bunglebus said:

 

But no - what got my pulse racing was this Maisto MK2 Granada

These seem to command quite a few pennies on eBay

Banger Racing modellers go mad over them,there's a guy on a Facebook group selling a few of the grey version,mint in boxes for £20 each

[bunglebus]

Someone on FB said he knew someone that had 1000 of them brand new, bought the last of his stock

[155V6]

That's crazy 😂

I've got a few of the Red Cross version,plus these

Also,this one I painted as a Banger a few years back,and the green copy which is slightly smaller

There's the Dempsey & Make peace version too,but no idea where that is 

[bunglebus]

4 hours ago, 155V6 said:

That's crazy 😂

I've got a few of the Red Cross version,plus these

Also,this one I painted as a Banger a few years back,and the green copy which is slightly smaller

There's the Dempsey & Make peace version too,but no idea where that is 

Wow, I've only got the blue MC with GRANADA graphics that Amishtat found a while back, they aren't easy to find. That green one was also discussed on FB, and may predate the Maisto/MC (which are originally the Rainbow Toys Dempsey and Makepeace casting). It would be interesting to see the green one (a Yatming it's thought) alongside an MC/Maisto.

Other versions include white with green crosses, and a pink/red version - a colour changer! I believe your dark green (which appears to have the Rainbow Toys style wheels) is also one of these. It changes to yellow. Lastly, a police car

 

[RoadworkUK]

16 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Matchbox Bertram

Matchbox Meteor Sportsman.

Those are absolutely gorgeous.

[bunglebus]

Today's tiny arrivals are a Budgie Rover P4

I have tried removing the black but whatever Junior used is tough stuff.

Next is a new brand on me, a Conrad Polo in 1:43 scale

No dashboard so is neither RHD or LHD

Fiddling about with a few cars in the outhouse, I got this nice Husky T1 platform truck recently but the front of the base was broken so no bumper

Found a donor with broken off suspension tabs, a bit of precision* chopping and gluing and Bob's your uncle

[Jon]

Ooh, that Polo's nice!

I've got a Conrad or two but they're mostly direct copies of Gama models. In fact, I think a boxed Gama Passat had Conrad stamped on the base, so they're copies of each other but not sure which came first.

Nice castings, though.

[Remspoor]

Land Rovers:

Dublo Dinky, which was sold with the orange horse box in my last post.

Matchbox version.

BenBro Version

Matchbox Safari  version (x2)

Husky Forward Control. I have the tilt for this.

Finally Corgi Recovery (very damaged).

[bunglebus]

That Dublo one must be quite unusual, it's normally only the Morris van and pickup or the VW split screen I ever see for sale.

Land Rover seem to be quite well represented in die cast, I'm sure I have or had quite a few - Corgi Juniors for one

[Dick Cheeseburger]

I picked up this little Lesney 'Players' No5 red bus amongst a larger haul a while ago. I'd not really given it a second thought until reading more about the history of Lesney Matchbox in a book kindly received from @Datsuncoga couple of months back. 

Does anyone know a bit more about this model? I'm trying to put a rough year on it and am assuming 1950s. I wonder if it's earlier though? The axles are crimped at one end- when did Lesney stop doing this? I'm guessing value is minimal as it was sold in droves and is fairly playworn. 

Any ideas?