Shite in Miniature II

[sierraman]

1 minute ago, barrett said:

Blimey. Would it be terribly cynical to pre-order this just in the hope that prices will go mental as soon as they're released? Seems like you can't even preorder some colours on the manufacturers website as they're already gone!

https://minimerc.co.uk/model/11651/ford/taunus-cortina/ford-cortina-1600e-set-of-4-colours

How much extra over the £189 do you reckon you could squeeze from someone on eBay? 

[barrett]

2 minutes ago, sierraman said:

How much extra over the £189 do you reckon you could squeeze from someone on eBay? 

If you buy all four they're just* £174 each... not sure how, as it seems like they've not been released, but this guy is trying for £325 for a gold one

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234702541658

which... might not be beyond belief when they're all sold out??? Dunno, if you could turn £700 into £1000 it'd be worth it I reckon

[sierraman]

2 minutes ago, barrett said:

If you buy all four they're just* £174 each... not sure how, as it seems like they've not been released, but this guy is trying for £325 for a gold one

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234702541658

which... might not be beyond belief when they're all sold out??? Dunno, if you could turn £700 into £1000 it'd be worth it I reckon

I’d stick them up at £500 each, someone would pay it. 

[barrett]

I've never heard of this 'Cult' outfit before (as I'm really not interested in modern model cars) but they've deffo got the shite market sown up

Not sure how many typical Marina owners would shell out £200 for one of those, but they do look nice.

I'm sure they're wonderful quality, handmade etc but to my eyes I just can't see that much difference from your bog-standard 1:24 partwork type model which costs £20 or whatever, which is more a reflection of how good modern model cars have got in recent years rather than anything against these Cult jobbies. For example:

[WillCarter]

I've only seen one Cult model in the metal (resin?) which was the Land Rover Discovery and I have to say that they're absolutely spot on. But then they should be for £200.

[DVee8]

Does anyone like Corgi or Hotwheels/Matchbox, make a Fiat 500 Abarth?

[bunglebus]

Hot Wheels do a modern 500

and an old one

Matchbox do a modern too

None are listed as an Abarth as such

Found this 1:24 Motor Max which doesn't look stupidly expensive

https://diecastmodelcentre.co.uk/products/fiat-500-abarth-r3t-diecast-toy-car-2009-white-1-24-scale

[DVee8]

Out of stock at the moment.

[bunglebus]

I've been playing with this

1 Matchbox Beach Buggy

2 Kinsmart Chevy pickup - Jon

3 Matchbox Mercury Cougar

4 Lone Star Foden Tilt Cab - junkyarddog

5 Matchbox Baja Buggy

6 Corgi Sunbeam Imp

7 Matchbox Ford G.T.

8 Matchbox Safari Land Rover

8a Majorette Alfa Romeo 75 - Junkyarddog 

9 Matchbox Stake Truck

10 Cararama MGB

11 Corgi 345 MGBGT

12 Matchbox Mack Dump Truck

13 Matchbox Mack Dump Truck - Jon

14 Matchbox DAF Tipper Container Truck

15 Matchbox Volkswagen 1500 Saloon

16 Matchbox Dodge Wreck Truck

17 Matchbox (Ford) Grit-Spreading Truck

18 Matchbox (GMC) Refrigerator Truck

19 Matchbox Lotus Super Seven 

20 Matchbox Volkswagen 1600 TL

21 Corgi Land Rover 109 WB

22 Matchbox 8 Wheel Crane

23 Corgi Juniors Leyland Terrier

24 Matchbox Commer Bottle Float

25 Matchbox Mercedes Scaffold Truck

26 Corgi Juniors Ferrari 512S - Morrisoxide

The rest I'm struggling with, 4 and 13 are especially annoying as I recognise them (and 2 which is fairly modern). 26 is a right stinker that might be Hot Wheels but I can't see enough of it to work it out

[sheffcortinacentre]

3 is a mid 50's Chevrolet pickup.

4 is a foden truck.

[junkyarddog]

4 is a Lone star Foden truck.

You've also numbered two of them 8.

One being a Majorette Alfa Romeo, the other Matchbox land rover😂

[bunglebus]

2 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

3 is a mid 50's Chevrolet pickup.

I think it's a GMC rather than a Chevy - I'm sure I've seen the casting before but can't ID it

[Jon]

13 is a Matchbox Mack dump truck

 

[Jon]

45 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I think it's a GMC rather than a Chevy - I'm sure I've seen the casting before but can't ID it

Looks like a Kinsmart 1/64 Chevy Stepside truck to me:

https://www.toywonders.com/www.toywonders.com/ProductCart/pc/Kinsmart-Chevrolet-Stepside-Key-Chains-1955-1-64-scale-die-cast-model-car-Asstd-p534.htm

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

I've been playing with this

1 Matchbox Beach Buggy

2 

3 Matchbox Mercury Cougar

4 Lone Star Foden Tilt Cab - junkyarddog

5 Matchbox Baja Buggy

6 Corgi Sunbeam Imp

7 Matchbox Ford G.T.

8 Matchbox Safari Land Rover

8a Majorette Alfa Romeo 75 - Junkyarddog 

9 Matchbox Stake Truck

10 Cararama MGB

11 Corgi 345 MGBGT

12 Matchbox Mack Dump Truck

13 Matchbox Mack Dump Truck - Jon

14 Matchbox DAF Tipper Container Truck

15 Matchbox Volkswagen 1500 Saloon

16 Matchbox Dodge Wreck Truck

17 Matchbox (Ford) Grit-Spreading Truck

18 Matchbox (GMC) Refrigerator Truck

19 Matchbox Lotus Super Seven 

20 Matchbox Volkswagen 1600 TL

21 Corgi Land Rover 109 WB

22 Matchbox 8 Wheel Crane

23 Corgi Juniors Leyland Terrier

24 Matchbox Commer Bottle Float

25 Matchbox Mercedes Scaffold Truck

26

The rest I'm struggling with, 4 and 13 are especially annoying as I recognise them (and 2 which is fairly modern). 26 is a right stinker that might be Hot Wheels but I can't see enough of it to work it out

You've literally just made the world's best Advent calendar (Boxing Day not included)

[bunglebus]

6 hours ago, Jon said:

Looks like a Kinsmart 1/64 Chevy Stepside truck to me:

https://www.toywonders.com/www.toywonders.com/ProductCart/pc/Kinsmart-Chevrolet-Stepside-Key-Chains-1955-1-64-scale-die-cast-model-car-Asstd-p534.htm

That's so annoying, I thought Kinsmart too but Google only brought up larger scale ones.

Just #26 left now

[andrew e]

26 is a back right?

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, andrew e said:

26 is a back right?

I think so - but the red paint in the recesses might be a red herring

Looks kinda like a Corvette but can't find any that look like that, there looks to be a circle on the rear like a spare wheel bump but it isn't a Stutz Blackhawk either 

There's a spat type thing behind the wheelarch that might be a clue too

[sierraman]

Looks like a Corgi Bertone Runabout to me. 

[morrisoxide]

Is 26 a Corgi Juniors Ferrari 512s?

I have one somewhere I couldn't remember what it was to google it.

Edit pictures from the web

[junkyarddog]

Certainly looks like it to me.

[bunglebus]

Yes! Glad you worked it out as I was about to start looking at all the Hot Wheels on Wiki from about 1970 onwards - it was the colour making me think that

[bunglebus]

If I get a chance I might do another one - found this pic online

Looks easy at first but there are some curve balls in there too

[bunglebus]

Right, have a crack at this. I've not numbered the green thing to the right of #19 as I don't think there's enough to ID it - prove me wrong

1 Matchbox Setra coach - Quicksilver

2 Husky Guy milk tanker - Quicksilver

3 Matchbox Superfast 15 Fork Lift Truck

4 Matchbox Superfast 17 The Londoner

5 Matchbox Superfast 7 Ford Refuse Truck

6 Siku 0826 Flugfeldlöschfahrzeug - quicksilver

7 Majorette Fiat 127 - Andy W201

8 Matchbox 30 Beach Buggy

9 High Speed W15 Ford Zakspeed Capri

10 Matchbox Foden cement mixer - Quicksilver

11 Matchbox Badger - Sierraman

12 Welly BMW X5 - Andy W201

13 Matchbox Superfast Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow - Andy W201

14 

15 Majorette Saviem

16

17 Corgi Juniors Whizzwheels GP Beach Buggy

18  Matchbox Freeman Commuter - Quicksilver

19 Lone Star Impy Roadmaster Ford Transit LWB Breakdown Truck  - Datsuncog

20 Corgi Juniors Whizzwheels Porsche Carrera 6

21 Matchbox Superfast 35 AEC Merryweather Fire Engine

22 Matchbox Superfast 23 Volkswagen Camper

23 Matchbox 48c Dodge Dumper Truck

24 Zee Toys D115 Lamborghini Diablo

25 Lledo Days Gone Bedford O-type - Quicksilver

26 Matchbox Datsun 126x

27 Husky Guy coal truck - Quicksilver

28 Matchbox Superfast No.II Sleet N Snow/Matchbox Superfast 5 U.S. Mail Truck

29 Matchbox Superfast 55 Faun Dump Truck

30 Matchbox Superfast Lotus Seven - Andy W201

31 Matchbox Superfast 19 Road Dragster 

32 Matchbox Superfast 15 Volkswagen 1500 Saloon

33 Matchbox Superfast 23 Volkswagen Camper

34 Welly Mercedes R230 SL - Andy W201

35 Polistil MG20 Mini Minor

36 Racing Champions..?

37 Lledo Days Gone '39 Chevrolet panel van - Andy W201

38 Husky Citroen DS Safari - Quicksilver

39 Corgi Juniors Monkeemobile - Quicksilver

40 Matchbox Super Kings Scammell Heavy Wreck Truck (K-2) - Datsuncog

41 Matchbox Superfast 48 Pi-Eyed Piper 

42 Dinky? Routemaster - Quicksilver

43 Majorette No.248 Dune Buggy 

Bums, there's a Matchbox 65 Claas Combine Harvester above #5 too

[sierraman]

11 is a Badger

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

I was about to start looking at all the Hot Wheels on Wiki from about 1970 onwards

That's what I spent this afternoon doing...

[Datsuncog]

48 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I've not numbered the green thing to the right of #19 as I don't think there's enough to ID it - prove me wrong

Suspect the green thing is a sliver of an Oxford Diecast Bullnose Morris van:

No idea about any of the rest, though...

🤥

[Datsuncog]

Oh alright then - #19, very late example of the Lone Star Impy Roadmaster Ford Transit LWB Breakdown Truck.

One of my all-time favourites!

[bunglebus]

Round of applause for DC, well played sir

[Datsuncog]

Love a challenge, me!

And fair play to @morrisoxide for guessing the Corgi Ferrari in the original pic - I was sure it was a Hot Wheels too. Excellent diecast spottage skills!