Shite in Miniature II

[Remspoor]

Nothing about the base change here.

https://matchbox.fandom.com/wiki/Datsun_126X

[Remspoor]

Matchbox Jaguar XK140

GT 40

FIAT 1500

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

Nothing about the base change here.

https://matchbox.fandom.com/wiki/Datsun_126X

Wiki is useful but doesn't really detail all the changes and variations. There are some sites that do but don't seem to get updated very often such as http://www.cfalkensteiner.com/ChFHomepageIndex.htm and https://www.vintagebritishdiecasts.co.uk/1index/xx175series.htm

Worryingly that first doesn't seem to be showing anything, that was a great list if variations and pre-pro cars

[bunglebus]

Early boot sale was strangely empty, half the normal size for some reason. Only came back with £1 worth of cars and an ancient Badger airbrush for £5

[bunglebus]

Well the later boot sale was also very undersubscibed, only bought this.

[sierraman]

I had that in white. 

[AnnoyingPentium]

Been meaning to share these for some time...

205 GTI

Yella Golf

Roland Garros 205

Got a few others I'll need to photograph. They're... somewhere.

[Remspoor]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

ancient Badger airbrush

Thanks pal I had one of those when I was younger. 😁

Straight out of the box it never did work that well for me. Maybe I could have  done with the intent to show me how. I am looking forward to reading how you get on with it.

[warch]

Been waiting for this to be released for ages, the Oxford Diecast Austin Champ.

The Champ was very much a product of post war military thinking, which was an attempt to commonise their wheeled vehicles to reduce issues with spares availability. This was achieved by equipping everything with variations of the Rolls Royce B Series engine in 8, 6 and 4 cylinder flavas. The Champ was fitted with the 2.8 B40 engine which had a useful 80hp. The engine components were shared across all versions however. 

Rover however managed to piss on Austin and the Ministry of Defence’s chips by wheeling out their new cross country motah which outperformed it in trials, which in those  days comprised vehicles loaded  with straight faced men in suits and ties driving over bumps at speed. The MoD decided to go with both the Champ and the Land-Rover in the end, but not before testing a sort of hybrid vehicle which featured the engine from the former shoehorned in the latter. 

The massive Rolls Royce engine went well and could crack 80mph, and thanks to the design of the gearbox had 5 forward and 5 reverse gears. It was effing heavy which made it very nose heavy to the detriment of cornering and off road ability.

The Champ always felt like a nearly vehicle for me, my dad owned one and half shares in another. In all honesty the Landrover was the superior design, but I’ve always loved the Champ for its brutal slightly derpy looks and because they’re so unusual.

[Bren]

I was 50 last Thursday. My brother bought me this -

I had the junior one when I was little. My parents never really had the money to buy me the likes of this in the late 70's.

[warch]

9 minutes ago, Bren said:

I was 50 last Thursday. My brother bought me this -

I had the junior one when I was little. My parents never really had the money to buy me the likes of this in the late 70's.

I much prefer the 70s original sets with the plastic figures to the metal ones in the 90s rerelease. Happy Birthday for last week, what a lovely present.

[Bren]

2 minutes ago, warch said:

I much prefer the 70s original sets with the plastic figures to the metal ones in the 90s rerelease. Happy Birthday for last week, what a lovely present.

Thank you. I have the re issue - kojak as well - they look cheap by comparison.

I remember getting taken to Woolworths after infants school one day in 1977 - I picked the corgi 369 hughes police helicopter. Got home to find my then three year old brother had picked kojaks' car. He got a bag on when he saw my helicopter - no idea why as the kojak car was much better.

[sierraman]

Happy 50th @Bren. 

I had a Badger air kit as well, could never get it working just right, aerosols always seemed much more convenient. Didn’t they come with a propane cylinder? 

[MiniMort]

A trip to the Newark Autojumble paid off today!

Managed to score almost all of these for 50p each! 

[sierraman]

Almost never find anything worth buying in the charity shops apart from this for 25p. The back suspension has collapsed, the metal bar that retains it has fell off so I’ll need to drill the base to refit it. Did cross my mind to repaint it but the shell is really tidy. 

[bunglebus]

3 hours ago, sierraman said:

Didn’t they come with a propane cylinder? 

Might have been but it's been punctured. Came with the same adapter I bought to connect it to a normal air line

[bunglebus]

1980 Amt Matchbox model kit for £10 

[Datsuncog]

On 7/15/2022 at 6:14 PM, eddyramrod said:

If you really want an UNCLE Olds, I can spare one, it won't be dear. 

Cheers Eddy - I think the replica Sheriff Olds will do me for now! Display space for models in the new place is, sadly, non-existent - all my diecast is crammed under the bed, and I don't see that changing anytime soon... so I'm having to be quite selective in what's acquired!

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It did seem a bit of an odd choice to me, as the studio mostly used Mopar products.  Corgi was making an Imperial convertible (much more accurate choice) and Black Beauty which was also Imperial-based; surely something could have been cobbled up?

It really is; I can only presume that Corgi figured they could cheaply alter an older existing casting to make the 'Thush-buster', and by 1966 were thinking of phasing out the Olds Super 88 from the main range. The Imperial was a newer casting, so possibly they didn't want to start messing with its tooling, and assumed that kids wouldn't notice?

[Datsuncog]

Lunchtime laptop companion on The Hottest Day Of The Year (TM):

Oxford Diecast 1/43 Volvo 130 Series 'Amazon', in pale green. From more arctic climes.

Quite a nicely detailed thing; just a pity that Oxford don't seem to put these larger scale sorts of models out very regularly; their monthly newsletter seems mainly to showcase paint variations of Minis and Land Rovers. But their website still details some unusual 1/43 models worth having, not least the Jensen Interceptor and Datsun 240Z.

Nice to have a UK spec example for the collection, and the green interior really zings.

Underside not too shabby either.

Details like wipers are plastic rather than photo -etched metal, and while the quality's maybe not quite up there with Vanguards, it's also a bit less expensive too - £25 will net you one from the Oxford website.

[bunglebus]

Anyone fancy IDing this from some crap eBay screenshots? 

[AnnoyingPentium]

Just now, bunglebus said:

Anyone fancy IDing this from some crap eBay screenshots? 

Pug 504/505?

[eddyramrod]

Yes, it's a 504.  Norev, perhaps?  Can't read the baseplate.

[Justwatching]

1981 Mercury Grand Marquis Colony Park in 1:64 scale by Greenlight. 

Has an opening tailgate and tow hitch. Not had any of their campers or trailers. Yet. 

[155V6]

[andrew e]

WINNA!!!

[Datsuncog]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Anyone fancy IDing this from some crap eBay screenshots? 

There's not a horse box in the job lot, is there?

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

There's not a horse box in the job lot, is there?

No, it's a right mixed bag of mostly junk. Just wondered if that was worth getting

[Split_Pin]

In my own experience that era of Norevs are very difficult to sell so I therefore assume not worth a great deal. I'd be more attracted to the Dinky version although I think that might be a saloon.

[Datsuncog]

I do love an estate - but I'm happy enough with my Altaya model of an Argentinian 504 Rurale...

Not an original toy, but it'll do me alright.

[Datsuncog]

Just a plug for @Roverageous new diecast endeavour:

May be of some interest to the folks on this fair thread?

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