Shite in Miniature II

[AnthonyG]

Someone put up some post office/national mail service vehicles earlier, so I thought I’d include this recent find: 

Vitesse Mercedes 170D, from an antique place in Weobley Herefordshire. For a antique place, quite affordable at £4! 

Made in Portugal so I am assuming 80s/early 90s. 

Interestingly (to me anyway!) the swastika in the Deutschmark Reichpost logo is actually an ‘X’ - looking on Wikipedia,  reproduction of this symbol is illegal in several countries, not least Germany and Austria. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

Talking of models with swastikas, I once sold one of these RIO Mercedes models on ebay, and was amazed at what it made.

 

A few months later I had found another, so listed it, hoping to get a similar result, but it was removed by Ebay for cause offence.

Another model that I have a few of over the years is this Mercedes W125 race car.

 

When listing either of these models now I retouch the pictures to cover the black part of the insignia and just put a note in the description that says it has insignia that might offend. Not had any removed since.

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, AnthonyG said:

Someone put up some post office/national mail service vehicles earlier, so I thought I’d include this recent find: 

Vitesse Mercedes 170D, from an antique place in Weobley Herefordshire. For a antique place, quite affordable at £4! 

Made in Portugal so I am assuming 80s/early 90s. 

 

That's an early Vitesse from around the mid 1980's. They did quite a few Mercedes 170V models in various liveries.

Frankfurt Fire Service

Reichpost

Swiss PTT

Bally Arola

Suchard

Ambulance

[bunglebus]

15 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

it was removed by Ebay for causing offence.

I had similar problems selling 70s Mayfair magazines. No rhyme or reason to which ones

[flat4alfa]

I had a Confederate flag pulled.

However, as a relist but with the words 'South Army Flag' used instead, it ran without a hitch.  So I assumed it was the word, rather than image recognition

[flat4alfa]

10 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Did Majorette offer much else in this 1:36 "3000" series? The stallholder had another 4x4 of some sort, something American as I recall.

1981/2 Chevrolet [K5] Blazer in 1/36 by Majorette

[Spottedlaurel]

Back to plastic today, finished this one off:

 

Quite a bit of work and some parts swapping to make it look like an original UK version. It started off like this:

 

[155V6]

36 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

1981/2 Chevrolet [K5] Blazer in 1/36 by Majorette

There's a few more

[bunglebus]

11 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Did Majorette offer much else in this 1:36 "3000" series?

As well as the Blazer above, I have these

1:32 limo that one of you lot bought off me

[155V6]

2 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

As well as the Blazer above, I have these

 

I forgot about the Limo got one somewhere.Plus a few more variants of the (Ford?) van/ambulance

[Datsuncog]

I had this 1/32 Majorette Chevrolet Bel Air:

Passed it on a few years ago - despite being used only very gently, one of the wheels cracked and fell off...

Think there were a few others in the 'Legends' range too.

[155V6]

8 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

I had this 1/32 Majorette Chevrolet Bel Air:

Passed it on a few years ago - despite being used only very gently, one of the wheels cracked and fell off...

Think there were a few others in the 'Legends' range too.

There's a 1963? Corvette,an early Mustang,& a 1930s Ford Hot Rod

[sheffcortinacentre]

7 hours ago, 155V6 said:

I had that set,it was called Stock Car Smash Up over here

There were also a couple of different sets that friends had

I had the top two sets.

[bunglebus]

15 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

There's a 1963? Corvette,an early Mustang,& a 1930s Ford Hot Rod

I had the yellow Willys - I'd like to find some of these

[sheffcortinacentre]

3 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Talking of models with swastikas, I once sold one of these RIO Mercedes models on ebay, and was amazed at what it made.

 

A few months later I had found another, so listed it, hoping to get a similar result, but it was removed by Ebay for cause offence.

Another model that I have a few of over the years is this Mercedes W125 race car.

 

When listing either of these models now I retouch the pictures to cover the black part of the insignia and just put a note in the description that says it has insignia that might offend. Not had any removed since.

Is that heir flick's staff car?

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

I had the yellow Willys - I'd like to find some of these

Had the set, some as doubles.  Sold all away in a fit of slippery slope remorse but kept back one Willys and motorised the '57 Chev.

All were put in this thread somewhere. 

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

As well as the Blazer above, I have these

1:32 limo that one of you lot bought off me

I have a suspicion the orange Blazer and the Range Rover came from over this way...

But I do know the Limo came to here via Pandamonium ...and is still here!  Will dust off in the morning.  Can't say it's the nicest model, to be fair.  Had ideas for it but they came to nothing as ...the grille and bumper look so comedy

[flat4alfa]

22 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Other postal oddities include this Stratos

Trying to work out the make on that one.

Wheels looks familiar

Bought this one from seller in Holland.  Is it same logo?

[bunglebus]

7 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Is it same logo?

Mine's like two jelly babies. I've seen the logo before but it's not easy getting names from them

[MiniMinorMk3]

On the subject of 4x4s, Matchbox collectibles did a small series of Great 4x4s

1945 Jeep CJ2

1946 Dodge Power Wagon

1948 Land Rover

1961 International Scout 80

1966 Ford Bronco

1969 Chevrolet Blazer K/5

[sierraman]

I had loads of the bigger Majorettes, couldn’t find a home for them so I gave them my nephew who seems to like them. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

14 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Back to plastic today, finished this one off:

 

 

That does look stunning.

[flat4alfa]

14 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Back to plastic today, finished this one off:

Looks really good!

Do not put on tower block

[flat4alfa]

On 1/15/2023 at 10:27 AM, Spottedlaurel said:

"Rocky III" by Ertl, with no mention of it being a Maserati Quattroporte.

That ERTL Quattroporte III seems to be very scarce this side of the Atlantic.  Well done on that one!  Hai quattro porte, non ho quattro porte, sono geloso!

I can't think I have ever seen one and a quick swoop on eBay UK confirms the unavailability...  needs more investigation I think!  So they cast a Quattroporte but the base just states Rocky III, is that right?  They didn't use the casting anywhere else? 

Went over to IMCDB and saw it actually was a thing in the film (not seen it for many years) and not just some marketing ploy:

And why?  Because the actual car has always intrigued me, along with the similar period Biturbo.  Through 11 years production, Quattroporte III amounted to 2155 units in total.

Not a car that was modelled very much!  Even in this (pretty thorough) thread there seems to be no mention until now?

There have been 1:43 Neo Models, Leo Models and Kess which are £100+ pricing and recent.  But none in-period by Polistil, Bburago or Mebetoys, which is surprising.  Probably leave that expertise to someone else like @barrettI think though.  So will just leave the current ~£60 Minichamps example here:

 

Rocky guidava quattro porte!

[Volksy]

On 1/14/2023 at 11:35 PM, junkyarddog said:

I have the same set,never tried to see if it it works,or a least i don't think I have

That was my favourite toy as a kid. Will keep my eye out for another set!

[junkyarddog]

40 minutes ago, Volksy said:

That was my favourite toy as a kid. Will keep my eye out for another set!

I actually saw another set at a boot sale about 18 months or so ago,It wasn't complete so left it.....

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

 

There have been 1:43 Neo Models, Leo Models and Kess which are £100+ pricing and recent.  But none in-period by Polistil, Bburago or Mebetoys, which is surprising.  Probably leave that expertise to someone else like @barrettI think though.  So will just leave the current ~£60 Minichamps example here:

 

Cheaper alternative to the Kess, NEO and Minichamps offerings is this Edicola. Part of a Maserati partwork.

EDICOLA MAS100YCOL044 Scale 1/43 | MASERATI QUATTROPORTE 4.9 1983 GOLD MET (carmodel.com)

Politoys/Polistil only did the Series 1 Quattroporte

[Tenmil Socket]

23 hours ago, bunglebus said:

 

Well waddya know

If there was any doubt about the SS-909 being related to the Dinky, I think this confirms it. The guy on Planet Diecast was also adamant it's a Summer, but I thought SS numbers were Superior or Sunnyside

Only differences are mods to fit the pull-back motor, glass colour, dash/steering wheel and a crap plastic spring for the doors on the copy (not even sure it's a copy, more like a modified version from Dinky's moulds)

I thought the wheelbases looked quite different but then realised the Dinky base is elevated!

[danthecapriman]

Got my new replacement tow pin for the Corgi Carrimore transporter.

Its a very good fit! Very very tight into the trailer, had to knock it fully home with a small hammer but it should be tight so it doesn’t fall out or stay in the tractor. 
 

Now the ‘bitsa’ transporter is one again!

I may try giving the green a rub with some spirits to see if it’ll come off and leave the original blue behind. If not it’s repaint time.

Playtime!!😁

[bunglebus]

34 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

I thought the wheelbases looked quite different but then realised the Dinky base is elevated!

Yes I took the photo at a funny angle as the light wasn't very good.

Got this bigger version of the ERTL A-Team van today, with pull-back motor

So I dug out its companions in 1:64 - ERTL and Kidco