Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Just when I thought I'd seen just about everything done to a Hot Wheels, then this guy comes along 🤯

[AndyW201]

18 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

The black is certainly a lot more relatable as a real car - don't know which of these is now yours but I've had three, but only one in white

With a bit of work it could look very good, lights painted in etc

Yeah, comparing it to the black Hot Wheels F&F E34, it does stand up really well, considering the 30-odd years between them. And the Matchbox has opening doors...

[Spottedlaurel]

8 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

And I grabbed the last 510 wagon in the shop, as a spare. Available if anyone's desperate for one...

Hmmm, could well be. I'm struggling to find it around here....

[AndyW201]

11 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Hmmm, could well be. I'm struggling to find it around here....

No problem, I'll put your name on it. Give me a shout if you need it.

[bunglebus]

Popped into a Smyths today while on a job - found a single Car Culture from the new set hidden at the back of the pegs

I still say the roll bar could have been done better.

Fiat 131 and Corrado are the ones I want to find really

[Split_Pin]

18 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

Last one from the bunglebox was this,

Don't really know what I'm going to do with it, as I've not had anything in this scale for donkeys years. But it's a Merc...

Again, like the vast majority of older diecasts I've bought from the good folk on here, it's for a combination of nostalgia and/or  one I wanted at the time but missed out on. I loved my Polistil and Burago 1/24 ish cars. I had the red 190E (that had a lot to answer for in later years...) but never got the SEC , although I did have it's near rival, the BMW 635 CSi which was a lovely thing. This one, bodywise is immaculate, practically perfect.

Only things that spoil it really are the missing rear light section (same section actually came loose on my old 635 too) 

And the seat backrests. There is a slightly shabby one of these on eBay for about £4 with intact rear lights and tan interior. I may get it as a donor and mint this one up. The condition of the bodywork makes it worthwhile I think.

Excellent work on the Bburago SEC find. That's one still on my ' never had as a kid but wanted one' list. I do have a 190 and a very lovely 500 SEL Saloon which came all the way from New Zealand courtesy of @Jon. The latter is from the early 1/24 series of Bburagos when almost everything opened and they were an absolute joy.

[bunglebus]

Ooh

Aah

Coming soon...

...along with the Angular!

[FakeConcern]

On 05/11/2023 at 20:40, flat4alfa said:

I would give you more than £2 for that Rover

OK how much would you give? It has no front bumper/grill or rear bumper and quite a lot of paint loss. I really want one of these and annoyingly I turned down a mint one for £20 at a toy fair and since then I've bid more than that on ebay and been out bid haha!

I thought I'd put the grill/bumper etc from a Golden Jacks version on it even though it shouldn't have jewelled headlamps.

On 06/11/2023 at 00:14, eddyramrod said:

I'd give you profit on one of the Jensens and the Triumph 2000 right away, so you did well there.

I'm not sure yet what I'm doing on those as I am thinking of doing one Jensen yellow again and the other a more realistic colour.

The Triumph is quite nice and I do have another one in a different colour, but with a broken screen so again not sure if I'll keep it or not. Anyway I'll give you first refusal on those if I don't keep them.

I did think you'd want the Dinky Rolls for £2, shows I have no idea!

On 06/11/2023 at 19:05, barrett said:

Thanks to the wonder of Autoshite, having spotted a toy car for sale in Nottingham (collection only) last week, it is now in my grubby little hands

Thanks too @FakeConcern for facilitating the collection/drop-off

Looks familiar, because

However, it's a slightly earlier issue so I can compare box variations. How sexy is that?

It's a Flavia party over here right now

Anyway, I won't apologise for that. The Flavia Zagato model is what first intrigued me about Italian diecast from the '60s, and it took me years to actually get one, so adding a second feels like a totally normal thing to do. Particularly at such a bargain price.

I hope you're happy with it, I enjoyed the fun and thrill of the chase without the risk!

On 06/11/2023 at 19:50, andrew e said:

Top bombing @FakeConcern 👍

I had little to do with it actually, just asked my daughter to go and get it and she did haha!

[Spottedlaurel]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Fiat 131 and Corrado are the ones I want to find really

Altezza is the one I'll be looking out for.

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Coming soon...

...along with the Angular!

Is the Toyota a reissue of the bright green one from the Mountain Drifters range that I picked up recently?

Anglia looks great, just like a National Hot Rod.

[FakeConcern]

After seeing the recent Dukes of Hazzard thread ( https://autoshite.com/topic/55938-dukes-of-hazzard/page/3/#comment-2874686) and having never seen any episode I downloaded and binge watched the first series, now I've been looking for another Matchbox King Size Charger, but failed to get one for reasonable money.

Today I was at the Ardingly Antiques fair and spotted quite a lot of interesting looking die cast around the place, but we were really there to try and get some furniture for a friend and by the time I had a chance to look, most was packed away. There was a really nicely presented stall in one of the buildings which had some great boxed Dinky & Corgi that I didn't bother looking at the price for as while looking at the loose stuff I noticed a Corgi Land Rover breakdown missing the crane jib and hard top for £15 and a Corgi Morris Mini badly repainted by hand for £10 so knew they'd be out of range!

I did pick this no name Charger and a Majorette trailer for £2.80 for both

No tyres on the Charger, but look like Dinky ones should fit, shame I only have 3...

Any ideas what the trailer is from?

Missing rear bumper and I thought it should have a light panel

I found a much better one on ebay and it looks like the back is just missing bumper and the louvred window

https://www.ebay.com/itm/394098009691

Scale is 1/48 according to the base

A fair bit smaller than the Matchbox one

I thought I'd repaint it, but actually it's a great livery as it is...

Edit; so I'm still looking/hoping for a Matchbox charger to paint up!

[eddyramrod]

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

I'm not sure yet what I'm doing on those as I am thinking of doing one Jensen yellow again and the other a more realistic colour.

The Triumph is quite nice and I do have another one in a different colour, but with a broken screen so again not sure if I'll keep it or not. Anyway I'll give you first refusal on those if I don't keep them.

I did think you'd want the Dinky Rolls for £2, shows I have no idea!

Fair enough on the first two; thank you.

Rolls: you have more idea than you think!  I just didn't want to be greedy.  If it's going to be available then yes, put it in my box please!  Is it complete?

ETA:  While I'm not being greedy (lol) maybe the Victor estate too?

[flat4alfa]

On 31/10/2023 at 11:41, flat4alfa said:

Mahindra was still producing the Mini Bus variation into the 1990s

How did we forget this Maxwell (India) Mini Bus from a @Datsuncog Tat Friday

Mahindra Jeep Forward Control bus (of sorts) I think now identified.  With a squint.

Think it went to @bunglebus.  Where is this Tat Friday bus now?

[FakeConcern]

30 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Fair enough on the first two; thank you.

Rolls: you have more idea than you think!  I just didn't want to be greedy.  If it's going to be available then yes, put it in my box please!  Is it complete?

ETA:  While I'm not being greedy (lol) maybe the Victor estate too?

I think the Rolls is missing bumpers and one seat back and as you can see the radiator grill is holed. I think the glazing is ok, but one bonnet side is a blue/silver replacement. I'll have a proper look at it when I get a chance. I had already put it in your box.

Soz, but I'm defo keeping the Victor! That was one I'd already been hankering after!

[FakeConcern]

16 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

How did we forget this Maxwell (India) Mini Bus from a @Datsuncog Tat Friday

Mahindra Jeep Forward Control bus (of sorts) I think now identified.  With a squint.

Think it went to @bunglebus.  Where is this Tat Friday bus now?

Obviously this is off at a tangent, but today I saw a Land Rover forward control, no pics as I was driving, but reminded me I had a Matchbox one as a kid.

[eddyramrod]

Thank you!  I think most parts are available for the Rolls, and it'll be getting stripped and painted anyway, so it's ideal.  I understand about the Victor, no problem there.

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

The eBay Charger you linked is marked as an MC Toys on the base - not normally known for larger scale stuff but there was some collaboration between manufacturers that saw them sold as MC...and Zylmex/Zee Toys - which is what mine says on it

My other one has the blank circle like yours

White one is also lacking the rear bumper, neither have a rear light panel - I think they just didn't have any originally

56 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

How did we forget this Maxwell (India) Mini Bus from a @Datsuncog Tat Friday

Think it went to @bunglebus.  Where is this Tat Friday bus now?

Safe and sound in my loft!

[bunglebus]

Crap Worthpoint image

 

[Jon]

If you're looking for a smaller scale Charger to add to your collection, @FakeConcern, I can recommend this c. 1/64-ish no-name effort:

 

Mine's packed away somewhere at the moment, so I can't remember who's attributed to making it but I'm sure someone on here will know for sure.

 

Hope you don't mind me gratuitously adding some images from previous posts, as I suddenly remembered today that I still have a Flickr Pro account, essentially to house the images from my posts on here, plus my spotted and fleet threads; these latter two, I've let go fallow due to severe disinterest on both mine and others' parts! Might be time to think about knocking Flickr on the head and posting images directly here, to keep more small tat funds in the kitty...

 

As you can see, the casting of this one is not great but one would be ideal for a repaint, perhaps keeping the flashing intact and painting it up as corrosion.

 

I've got a bunch of these excellent backdrops saved for further scene creations but I need to find both the time and more importantly, the enthusiasm to make any more. I still need to find a better solution to the surfaces to place the subject on, as well as light control and loads of other technical aspects. But I won't get better without further practice.

 

One final thing: the dished spoked wheels on this Charger work really well. I'm sure a repainted one of these would look great. But I had one of these as a kid and loved it, so this one will be staying as is. 

 

[Jon]

And here's some images of stuff I shot before selling on to others here:

I think this Tomica Nissan truck went to @eddyramrod.

 

And if memory serves, these went to @sierraman, for use in his wardrobe-based scrap yard.

 

 

The '1 of 100' Jago liveried Corgi Escort sent to @andrew e, mentioned the other day on here.

 

He also bagged this Corgi SL, to add to his collection of several others, since he likes the casting so much! It is a lovely colour, in fairness.

 

And a couple that went @Split_Pin's way. Inspiration for the Sintra's exotic backdrop reflects the locations chosen to launch otherwise dull cars,  in the hopes of exciting car journos and pepping up their reports. Who knows if that ploy actually works...

 

And finally, the Bburago Mercedes SEL mentioned up-thread:

'Despot disposing of the evidence' spec.

 

ARTY*.

 

 

[andrew e]

It’s true I love that Corgi SL it’s just so delicate , a perfect colour too. Pretty much a favourite as a kid and still 40 odd plus years later!

[Split_Pin]

8 hours ago, bunglebus said:

The eBay Charger you linked is marked as an MC Toys on the base - not normally known for larger scale stuff but there was some collaboration between manufacturers that saw them sold as MC...and Zylmex/Zee Toys - which is what mine says on it

My other one has the blank circle like yours

White one is also lacking the rear bumper, neither have a rear light panel - I think they just didn't have any originally

Safe and sound in my loft!

Crikey that brings back memories! I had a set as a kid with a red Jeep, a trailer and that white Charger. Being a big fan of DoH, I coveted the Charger but for some reason it went missing, probably stolen by one of the horrible kids I thought was my friend at the time. The Jeep could still be in my parents loft somewhere but the last time I saw it, it was in a very bad state.

[bunglebus]

6 hours ago, Jon said:

If you're looking for a smaller scale Charger to add to your collection, @FakeConcern, I can recommend this c. 1/64-ish no-name effort:

 

Mine's packed away somewhere at the moment, so I can't remember who's attributed to making it but I'm sure someone on here will know for sure

Welly!

One of the PG Tips promo cars too

[FakeConcern]

I love those backdrops and the way you place the cars @Jon , I don't think you need much more practice at taking excellent pics!

I like the little Charger in your pics, but for the while I'm trying to stick to Corgi/Dinky friendly 1/43 ish scale which is why I'd like another King Size Charger.

Also thanks @bunglebus for the info and pics on the no name Macau Charger.

 

[bunglebus]

It's not rare, but I've never found one on a card in such nice condition, so I treated myself. 33 years old

[sierraman]

7 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

It's not rare, but I've never found one on a card in such nice condition, so I treated myself. 33 years old

I have that one, weird thing is I recall getting it, I woke up and my dad had put it at the side of my bed as a kid. Assuming he must have bought it while he’d been out. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

15 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

 

 

I found a much better one on ebay and it looks like the back is just missing bumper and the louvred window

A fair bit smaller than the Matchbox one

 

 

11 hours ago, Jon said:

 

 

 

 

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Welly!

One of the PG Tips promo cars too

 

The only Chargers that had a flush window at the rear were the Charger 500.

The 500 had a different grill and lamp set up to the regular Charger. The reason for the flush rear window was when tested for NASCAR the recessed window caused lift. The front  end was changed because the stock front end caused drag. 

And the Daytona is the winged aero fronted NASCAR special that was the next progression of the 500.

[bunglebus]

That's a cock-up I made when I recreated the Roadkill General Mayhem 

I had a regular Charger with an opening bonnet but it was too nice to chop up, ah well

[bunglebus]

Went into my local Smyths looking for the Modern Classics series, and they had them

Thought maybe I'd find the white Altezza for @Spottedlaurel. No such luck, just this boring black one

Which you can have for £8.99 - I have a spare!

[danthecapriman]

Got some painting done today.

Had to strip the Escort van again as the white paint sprayed poorly and looked awful. Live and learn!

But, Transit has got its first coat of its main colour.

Pontiac is now in its final shade!   
Top pic is after a second coat, other two pics are just the first pass. Look a familiar colour to anyone? 
It’s not a GM colour, but I think it suits the shape and age of the coke bottle styling cars.

 

Spoiler

It’s Ford Onyx Green as used on 70’s Capri’s, Cortina’s, Granada’s etc. lovely colour!

 

[Spottedlaurel]

10 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Which you can have for £8.99 - I have a spare!

Yes please, thanks! May be several weeks before I can visit a Smyths.

Saw the HW Nissan 5-pack set in Tesco the other day for £8.80 Clubcard price, but I already have one of them.

Still no sign of HWs in my local Aldi.