Shite in Miniature II

[FakeConcern]

1 hour ago, andrew e said:

Hey that alright, did you build it or buy it (and where!)

It was the slats from a bed we took apart!

[bunglebus]

Poundstretcher 

[MiniMinorMk3]

22 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Remember when 007 popped in to see Rita’s biker gang Dad and the Firenza was on the driveway, an early 1256 SL, one of Q’s cast-offs.

Still on DVLA

[bunglebus]

Asda

[bunglebus]

Home Bargains 

BuM had some too but older releases

[MiniMinorMk3]

Play spot the old miniature tat on this marvellous video from the BBC

 

[sierraman]

23 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

The film car was a post May 1984, which was when the SE model trim became Vanden Plas for both 2600 and 3500

Minimerc did a 437 BMR in 1:18

Fun Fact:

The reason for the Mk1 front seats being fitted was that these could quicky be put in the recline position by simply pulling a lever. SD1 Mk2 seats recliner mechanism worked by turning a handwheel and would have taken ages.

Wonder if it still survives that car?

[Tenmil Socket]

On 19/11/2023 at 12:36, sierraman said:

Rita Sue and Bob too?

Was talking about this film before in work. Years ago I got free tickets to watch a play of it in the local theatre. The prop used in the main car scenes was an XR3i convertible! 

[flat4alfa]

14 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Years ago I got free tickets to watch a play of it in the local theatre. The prop used in the main car scenes was an XR3i convertible! 

Seems it was...

...but since been replaced by this 

[Tenmil Socket]

2 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Seems it was...

...but since been replaced by this 

Is that a wooden SD1 😂

[flat4alfa]

Wait for it...

 

 

[flat4alfa]

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[sierraman]

Thinking back I’d be about 10 when I first watched that, there’s not a cat in hells chance I’d let my daughter watch that at the same age. 🤣

[flat4alfa]

Couldn't make it now anyhow

The story was semi-autobiographical written by the late Andrea Dunbar.  Andrea had an affair with a married man, having sex with him in his car, along with her friend Eileen.

In her play/screenplay, Bob was set as 27 years old.  Rita and Sue were set as 15-16

Siobhan Finneran and Michelle Holmes were 19/20 and George Costigan was nearly 40 when filming.

[bunglebus]

Got another of the Matchbox that Tesco omitted to stock

Front and rear tampos are so much better than side ones. Not many real cars have anything on the side of them anyway

This came in the post, Tomicas are quite lovely things - just never saw them when I was a kid

[Bren]

Sue's father gave the greatest quote in movie history.

" ....iv'e done some things..."

[stuboy]

Very beige bmw

[bunglebus]

Not seen this before. Technicolour Avants?

[Spottedlaurel]

59 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Not seen this before. Technicolour Avants?

1980s issue for their range of plastic kits?

[MiniMort]

15 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Wait for it...

 

 

Off topic but that reminds me of how at about this time of year, every year without fail Strictly Come Dancing wheels out an 'American car' as a prop that totally isn't a Volvo 740 with some chrome bits grafted onto the front...

Anyway, rapidly back onto topic, I flew out of Hong Kong airport the other day and was amazed to know they had a model car shop just before customs. I regret to inform you I didn't buy the faux-Lego transformer Toyota Crown Comfort...

... but I did get a New Territories spec version of the latest Toyota Comfort.

[Dick Longbridge]

19 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Still on DVLA

Scrapped 5.5.87 😉

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Scrapped 5.5.87 😉

Film release date    29 May 1987

Poor Firenza

[155V6]

Day off today,so went into town for breakfast & to look round the charity shops.I didn't find anything,but came home to find this outside my front door

I hadn't ordered anything,so opened it up to find that it's the cars I won from @RichardK at the weekend 🙂.I got them out for a quick picture 

Some very nice cars here,my favourites so far are the Metro set,the Lancia Stratos,& the Alfa Giulia.

It's my birthday today,so nice timing.Thanks again Richard 😎

[bunglebus]

It was the Detomaso Mangusta I was lusting after

[155V6]

9 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

It was the Detomaso Mangusta I was lusting after

It is VERY nice 

[danthecapriman]

37 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

Day off today,so went into town for breakfast & to look round the charity shops.I didn't find anything,but came home to find this outside my front door

I hadn't ordered anything,so opened it up to find that it's the cars I won from @RichardK at the weekend 🙂.I got them out for a quick picture 

Some very nice cars here,my favourites so far are the Metro set,the Lancia Stratos,& the Alfa Giulia.

It's my birthday today,so nice timing.Thanks again Richard 😎

Nice haul there! The Volvo 142 is a nice looking thing!

Happy Birthday too🥳

[bunglebus]

Another plastic oddity has materialised in the form of this Italian MK1 Golf. Whoever made it had quite a good stab at the wheels at least

[Tenmil Socket]

14 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Another plastic oddity has materialised in the form of this Italian MK1 Golf. Whoever made it had quite a good stab at the wheels at least

That’s tremendous! How big is it?

Swap for a plastic Ritmo?

[danthecapriman]

Bit more painting done today.  
Here’s a load of the current ‘works in progress’ hardening off.

Mercury Commuter had its interior painted darker blue. I’ll do some lighter blue centres to the seats, steering wheel etc once it’s all dry.

Cortina is now in its final colour!    
Roman Bronze is the colour of winners, and suits the Cortina to a T!

 

I also picked up this bastardised Dinky Volvo since nobody else bid on it. 
It’d been opened up, shit speed wheels replaced with much older tyred wheels than poorly painted red. Reason I was attracted to it was the wheels tbh! It just stood out!   
It’s been stripped and now drying after a wash off, but in the meantime I decided to do a bit of wheel testing…

Fronts are as it came. I think they are actually Dinky truck wheels & tyres on homemade axles. 
Rears are a suggestion from @eddyramrod and are late Dinky Transit wheels which actually fit well! Obviously the tyres are completely wrong for that wheel so I’ll need new ones! 
I did test a set of Corgi wheels (from a big Regal), which did look quite good (looked a bit like Volvo alloys!) but they were far too big to clear the rear arches sadly!

 

[bunglebus]

18 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

That’s tremendous! How big is it?

Swap for a plastic Ritmo?

About the same as a Lucky Toys, didn't measure it but I needed to use the bigger photo booth.

Keeping this one, definitely more about old VWs than Fiats!