Shite in Miniature II

[FakeConcern]

14 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

FIAT: Red with black roof to match the brochure cars  http://storm.oldcarmanualproject.com/fiat18001961.htm

Mini Van:  Orange with Dunlop decals https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/auction/lot/383-1961-austin-mini-850-van/?lot=5937

Mercedes Coupe: dark blue is classy on a car like this

Viva: White suits this boxy shape, why not recreate the brochure cover car SL with the red stripe

 

Well you did ask! 😎

Great suggestions!

Fiat in red a black looks great so does the Viva in white and red, I'd forgotten they often had the stripe!

Merc would look good in black or dark blue I think

I'm not keen on orange for Mini Vans as they often were orange for some company I that's on the tip of my tongue, but I can't put my fingure on (!) so it puts me off!

Thanks

[danthecapriman]

23 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Merc would look good in black if you can do all the chrome detail.

Molotow pen/polishing bumpers if they're part of the base.

Paint can be found fairly cheaply though, usually plenty at boot sales and in those hardware/general junk shops

This!

That Merc is a lovely model, and would look ace in black with chrome detailing.

Mini is looking fantastic too!👍

[flat4alfa]

On 4/15/2023 at 8:49 AM, eddyramrod said:

While we're on page 1308...

I've owned one of those Chryslers, getting for 42 years...    

Bought on first holiday 'abroad' in northern France in August 1981, just north of Nantes.

It seems to have survived reasonably well.

I'd never seen Majorette before and became a bit obsessed.  I remember my old Dad getting annoyed that everywhere we visited I went into shops to find Majorettes.  Going into shops, searching?  I never do that sort of thing.

Anyway this was the lot bought over those two weeks.  I very likely spent all the savings and gift money combined!

I recall the Simca 1100 seemed to be the only one seen in Police livery and it was in a rotating rack.  Trouble was it was in a 'Maman Bébé' pram shop (I even remember that!) with the most expensive Majorettes we'd seen and despite my Dad trying to make me see sense for some while, all while the impatient shop keeper woman waited getting more annoyed in that French way, I still had to have it.

Funny I can remember all that, but not what I went upstairs for earlier.

[andrew e]

Peak Majorette there! 

[flat4alfa]

31 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

I'm not keen on orange for Mini Vans as they often were orange for some company I that's on the tip of my tongue, but I can't put my fingure on (!) so it puts me off!

Ah well, that's a shame.  Orange was a correct factory colour though on the commercials http://www.minipassionmini.50megs.com/pdf/Austin Mini Van Pickup 1962 1874D.pdf

Orange doesn't suit many cars, but I think a Mini can get away with comedy colours.  Remember the one in Loot (1970)

Jump to 2:22 

 

[FakeConcern]

4 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Ah well, that's a shame.  Orange was a correct factory colour though on the commercials http://www.minipassionmini.50megs.com/pdf/Austin Mini Van Pickup 1962 1874D.pdf

Orange doesn't suit many cars, but I think a Mini can get away with comedy colours.  Remember the one in Loot (1970)

Jump to 2:22 

 

I've never heard of Loot, but maybe I should reconsider as it isn't that I think orange doesn't suit a Mini as my 1st car was a Blaze orange Mini! It was more the brand that I can't remember having them that puts me off!

I admit I didn't know or had forgotten that orange was a factory colour for the Mini van

[bunglebus]

There's a factory orange Mini van in a front garden in Billericay, it's been there forever and is absolutely hanging. Funny thing is they've finally put a cover over it 

 

[flat4alfa]

Went to a different car boot sale today, as was fed up with the BIG CAR BOOT one.  But despite all the advertising, got there and it was shut.  Big hoardings still up at the roadside too.  But no.  Cancelled.  Arse.

So feeling despondent, went to the big one after all and it was packed!  Took 15 mins to get in and twice that to get out.  Was there for an hour just in the field so at least I got some exercise!  Despite the squelchy ground.

Some finds were not so bad after all, but this was all there was!

Matchbox Vauxhall Victor with its tailgate intact ; Matchbox Studebaker Lark Wagonaire, with good donor glazing for the damaged one back here

Matchbox Oldsmobile Vista with DAGS ; Hot Wheels Datsun 200 SX ; 1968 Sweet-16 Hot Wheels Ford J-car ; squished Husky Ferrari 250 for its donor cast metal wheels

Corgi Corvette Sting Ray with knocked bumpers, but I do have a donor piece somewhere

The massive Romanian BBQ tent was absent (well it is Orthodox Easter weekend), so I had a 'Mauritian' Chicken Potato Curry with saffron rice from a husband and wife stall.  It was a bit oily, but made a change.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/mauritian-chicken-curry

Got home to an annoyed wife who once again had other plans for her Sunday and was fed up with waiting around.  Didn't let her know what I had in the bag!  So we went off to do a tip run and bought her a rather tidy new bike and a new office chair from the dodgy side shop on site.  It was a bit of a palaver getting it all in the car...

Later-on, looked up the Hot Wheels Datsun and found out it's a proper 1981 first release with 'Gold Hot Ones' wheels, one of the first of the runs from the new Malaysian factory mentioned a page or so back.

Never had one of those Datsuns, typically out-bid you see.

I think I might keep an eye out for this wheel style, to convert some of the daft massive RIMZ found on so many of the Hot Wheels in recent years that trigger my inner gammon

[Split_Pin]

16 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

Yesterday I went to a Sainsbury’s  and found a full box of Hotwheels  , result. But, they were £2.30 so I controlled myself.

 

As I’m an idiot, I’m thinking of going back to get the Audi 90 racer , at least.

I did offer 2 Audi 90s up here for free that I collected Saturday but no takers. No pleasing some folk!

[sutty2006]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

I did offer 2 Audi 90s up here for free that I collected Saturday but no takers. No pleasing some folk!

I did ask for one off someone but can’t remember who. I’ll take two, then I can have one in stock and give the other to my son. 
 

I did offer the flying customs firebird and some dodgy white scrote up for grabs but no one wanted them either. These pages move so quick! I am glad I got the red versions of what I needed though!

 

[Split_Pin]

OK ideal, PM me your address and I'll fire them down to you

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

I did offer 2 Audi 90s up here for free that I collected Saturday but no takers. No pleasing some folk!

But I did respond though:

 

 

[Split_Pin]

Shit, missed it!

@sutty2006 are you OK to take just the one?

[quicksilver]

12 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

For page 1311

The Chevrolet 1311 as used by the British Army's Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) for the famous raid on the Italian airfield at Barce in September 1942

As modelled in the Matchbox plastic kit range of course. Here's one I civilianised as a lockdown project by grafting on an Airfix Opel Blitz cab.

[flat4alfa]

12 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

The Chevrolet 1311 as used by the British Army's Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) for the famous raid on the Italian airfield at Barce in September 1942

Nothing it seems in die-cast, but plastic kits are well catered for

I remember from 1970s childhood, this kit pair by Matchbox in 1:76 from the catalogues, worth quite a bit today!

A much cheaper way in is the re-release by Revell in 2007

Going up scale, there is a 1:56 by Rubicon for £20

The ultimate is likely the Tamiya in 1:35.  Some of us may recognise this one from our 1970s 1980s childhoods as well - and it is still in production!

There is also cover by the 3D print industry

 

[flat4alfa]

18 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

As modelled in the Matchbox plastic kit range of course. Here's one I civilianised as a lockdown project by grafting on an Airfix Opel Blitz cab.

Gah!  I spend to much time writing up instead of just getting it posted and you beat me to it!

Looks good!  I'm no going to have to go off and find out if Floyd Freight really existed as that colour scheme would work on a few models 

Looked up your build thread 

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

 

13 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Ah well, that's a shame.  Orange was a correct factory colour though on the commercials http://www.minipassionmini.50megs.com/pdf/Austin Mini Van Pickup 1962 1874D.pdf

Orange doesn't suit many cars, but I think a Mini can get away with comedy colours.  Remember the one in Loot (1970)

 

 

 

13 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

I've never heard of Loot, but maybe I should reconsider as it isn't that I think orange doesn't suit a Mini as my 1st car was a Blaze orange Mini! It was more the brand that I can't remember having them that puts me off!

I admit I didn't know or had forgotten that orange was a factory colour for the Mini van

The Mini Van came in a colour called Marigold in the early days.

The famous Downton Tuning company had one.

And I think you are remembering the old London Electricity Board vans from the 1980s.

 

[flat4alfa]

One for sale

https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1975-morris-mini-850-van-gyZ6Pn

Interesting spec

Quote

Morris Mini van was ordered by the London Electricity Board and built to their specifications

This specification included two spare wheels, one in the rear of the van, and one mounted behind the passenger seat.  A five gallon petrol can was mounted inside the rear and anchored with leather straps.  

The passenger door had no interior handle to discourage the carrying of passengers which was against regulations

Not sure I'd want to be that close to 5 gallons of the stuff while having a ciggy break

Even so, a hard shunt and one of your escape routes is blocked by having the handle removed...

[bunglebus]

Ex-Datsuncog Corgi Rockets GP Buggy

Is looking very bright in its new coat of dayglo orange

After an agonising wait for a new can of paint. I see my photo booth is washing the colour out a bit, it really is bright!

[flat4alfa]

46 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I see my photo booth is washing the colour out a bit, it really is bright!

Try using a satin black background in the booth for bright colours

[bunglebus]

8 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Try using a satin black background in the booth for bright colours

Like white?

That is how this now looks

White is its original colour so fairly unusual. It was also an oddity in having no glass, the rivet that retains it was unspun so this may have been a factory error.

I did feel very guilty taking an older one apart for its glass and interior, hopefully the die cast gods will forgive me

[barrett]

When I got my Spot On Alpine off the shelf the other day I was reminded it had lost a tyre, and the other three were well past their best. Ordered some of what I thought were the right size, but weren't. Second time lucky today though - before:

After:

I AM BUNGLEBUS

Anyway, I've got these going spare if anyone needs 'em? 17mm hub size iirc

[flat4alfa]

53 minutes ago, barrett said:

Anyway, I've got these going spare if anyone needs 'em? 17mm hub size iirc

 

Yes very likely please

17mm would have fitted if the Alpine had cast hubs

[flat4alfa]

17 hours ago, bunglebus said:

There's a factory orange Mini van in a front garden in Billericay, it's been there forever and is absolutely hanging

Not sure I would described that as hanging.  It's still got its sills and roof gutters, the wheels aren't deep in the arches (unlike the Downton one up the page), the door hinges are still attached to the body.  Granted, the door skin might try to pull away if you opened them

They looked like that in 1986, driving about.  That might just about be saveable?  Much is reproduced including the doors and whole floor https://www.bmh-ltd.com/vehicle-parts/mini-parts/traveller-van-pick-up-specific-panels/

Then give it the LEB logo and wear the official matching outfit while driving it.

It just might work!

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, barrett said:

Anyway, I've got these going spare if anyone needs 'em? 17mm hub size iirc

Update just in!

The Rover P5 and Armstrong Siddeley have the cast hubs 17MM

The PA Cresta back here was the perfect donor - until I saw it has the spun alloy hubs 15mm!  In my mind the Cresta was from the previous age series, as I knew the later PB Cresta had spun alloy set, being mid-sixties

[flat4alfa]

Aha!  Here's a good candidate to save the day

Budgie Wolseley used 17mm

I have here a Budgie Karrier Bantam that needs hubs tyres and a bit of axle repair.  They didn't fit their larger 22mm wheel to the Karrier (which is probably why it always looked odd) but hey, it would get it back on the road with some donor 17mm wheels from the parts bin

Then the Karrier can get back out there delivering tasty tooth rot drinks for kids

[quicksilver]

8 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Gah!  I spend to much time writing up instead of just getting it posted and you beat me to it!

Looks good!  I'm no going to have to go off and find out if Floyd Freight really existed as that colour scheme would work on a few models 

Looked up your build thread 

 

Don't bother looking it up as Floyd Freight definitely doesn't exist. It's my own fictional fleet and I chose those colours (all standard Humbrol shades) because they look good on anything, classic or modern. This Scania 770S is the fleet flagship and just a bit different from the old Chevy.

 

[sutty2006]

11 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Shit, missed it!

@sutty2006 are you OK to take just the one?

Yes no problem! 

[FakeConcern]

My stupid question for today...

Is this what I need for bumpers etc?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333678691810?hash=item4db0ccc5e2:g:hL8AAOSwXLthVuf7&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4AASvelxW45SS3sespm2OcaIUkuKqmyqKFNw0O2LM1XChvWG3rEK1NidTRgBLnST76evJvjHY451ntIc7mhwpU7mCou1bmtHA2a0OYrg4CSCQtoHxROsRGfwACHAPw%2BgFd87th0Gj1Kg6LpDGA0AMg7qZvZeO8RzSwseq6x9H%2Fo%2BMNhu2268jfqqZ%2BPF2nfLNeTeD5cD%2FIaMbF%2FbCpP0l4yUnYJnCCNSZBQZC4bV68dTO%2FzGeiM7yUBgT7%2FW58PJIxna7qwCX%2FME38ca6eGQ2pV6vE5clEH59fGVw6eVKIwo|tkp%3ABFBMxIS7ivJh

If so whick thickness nib is best? Also will it work on the plated plastic bumpers that have gone yellow?

[bunglebus]

Yes that's the one. Difficult to answer on which thickness to go for, the 4mm is good for larger bumper areas etc but won't get into smaller detail areas properly. I use both 4mm and 1mm, the smaller one more often I'd say.

Shame it's not cheaper but it does work very well. Should cover the yellowed bits you describe just fine