Shite in Miniature II

[FakeConcern]

The Cambridge is looking fab @danthecapriman Just how Corgi should have done it!

Despite feeling shit today (I've managed to catch covid) I got a few bits and bobs completed between bouts of coughing and sneezing.

Mini pickup has had the bits of glazing that show polished as much as possible and the interior painted with black humbrol satin. This model is made from one I got to use the interior on another which I'd ruined the plastics with thinners so the good bits are in a green van now. The rough bits are from stripping the new paint off after it reacted with something and I didn't go over the top cleaning it up where it will hardly be seen.

Anyway here it is all back together

For the number plate I gooled mini pickup and used a reg I found

I kind of tried to keep it looking like it was made by Corgi

Comparing to Van and Countryman

Yes the interior of the pickup went into the green one

I also finally put together a Corgi Elan I painted ages ago  after seeing one someone had on here 155V6 maybe? Anyway I liked the purple with white stripe so here's mine

Needed a repro screen and the steering wheel comes from a Maisto Porsche

The Bburago 900 Turbo that I added the Aero body kit to is done as well, I know it's LHD and I stuck a UK plate on it, but I couldn't work out what a period Swedish one would be like. Perhaps I should have put an Italian one on.

It didn't have a steering wheel (I mean it never had) and I fitted one from a Corgi, but did no other modifications as I didn't feel like it any more, but wanted to get it finished.

It is interesting seeing it with the other Saab models I have, the Dinky 96 and Polistil 99 from childhood

 

The 9.5 I got the other day intending to use the Aero wheels on the 900, but decided it's too nice to ruin, however I am always a bit disappointed when the tailgate of an estate doesn't open

The two 99s are very consistant in size from the front to the rear wheel, extra length is in the hatchback

The grill on the Polistil isn't great though

While looking for the Saab 96 and 99 I found the other two Dinky Mini Clubmans (Clubmen?) I have, one is MIB and the other I already had is not as good as the one I got at the weekend

Interestingly the worst one also has sparkly lights which are yellow (been replaced?)  and has a different number plate

During the afternoon a large box was delivered...

It must have taken @Dick Longbridge hours to wrap this lot up, thanks again!

Since I was a bit off colour I didn't feel like wasting the excitement of unwrapping it all so that will wait, but I had a quick peek...

[danthecapriman]

Brilliant stuff @FakeConcern that Mini pickup looks absolutely fantastic. Definitely looks like something that could  have been what Corgi made. 
I wonder why they didn’t?

Hope you feel better soon btw.

[Datsuncog]

In Sainsbury's, and they seem to have a load of late 2023 and early 2024 Hot Wheels cases mixed in together across two dump bins...

Anyone mad keen on any of these?

Civic and Skyline are especially nice. I've grabbed one each for myself.

Annoyingly, Sainsbury's prices are quite high at £2.30 a throw - so I'm not gonna be buying any more speculatively tonight, but will be here for the next 30 mins or so!

If you want any, do shout...

[MiniMinorMk3]

16 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

That pick up looks great. 

Not many companies have done pick ups.

The only two I have had  1/43rd are these

 

 

Two that have alluded me over the years are the one from Spark, always very pricey when seen at fairs and shows. Rarely do they show up at auction.

The other one is from Ebbro. I have never seen one of these in the UK.

[bunglebus]

Hot Wheels one is nice but I've only ever found this version 

 

[Datsuncog]

Speaking of Hot Wheels... one I found in Asda over the weekend just past.

A 2023 release of a 1965 Mercury Comet Cyclone gasser.

I'm normally a bit put off gasser-style racers; they're not really my thing, but this one looked so nicely decorated with all-over tampos that it pushed me into handing over £1.90. I really like it.

It'd be nice to have a slightly more standard rendering of a '65 Comet, but I guess this is more what Hot Wheels is about.

I hadn't noticed the separate tailpipes exiting through the front arches until I took this pic, so that's a nice touch.

I'm probably gonna need more gassers now...

[FakeConcern]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Hot Wheels one is nice but I've only ever found this version 

 

Sometimes i wish I hadn't seen things on here! What other versions are there, I could only see this one on Google? Now I've seen them I want a Hotwheels Mini pickup and van to go with the saloons I have! I do sometimes look through the Hot Wheels at toy fairs, but I've never seen a Mini and one seller told me he saves them for car shows where they sell for more money than most others!

[bunglebus]

Looks like it is just that one! There's a Zamac one due out in a multi pack this year apparently 

[bunglebus]

59 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

I'm probably gonna need more gassers now...

Yes, yes you are

 

[eddyramrod]

20 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

In Sainsbury's, and they seem to have a load of late 2023 and early 2024 Hot Wheels cases mixed in together across two dump bins...

Anyone mad keen on any of these?

Civic and Skyline are especially nice. I've grabbed one each for myself.

Annoyingly, Sainsbury's prices are quite high at £2.30 a throw - so I'm not gonna be buying any more speculatively tonight, but will be here for the next 30 mins or so!

If you want any, do shout...

Can I lay claim to the VW flatbed please?  I have a use for one of those...

[Datsuncog]

41 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Can I lay claim to the VW flatbed please?  I have a use for one of those...

Well now, I didn't buy all of them - I just had a rummage in the supermarket aisle (earning myself some odd looks) and snapped a quick pic of some dump bin items which may have interested those of us on here!

But I'll keep an eye out for any VW flatbeds I may encounter - might be back in that branch of Sainsbury's on Friday so will check again and see if it's still there for you.

[danthecapriman]

Here’s something I didn’t know existed.

The Dinky casting for the Ford D series, I knew about the early type with early grill and opening doors and of course the late type with non opening doors and late style grill.

But I found this.

Early grill, non opening doors. In that same yellowish green the last version of the Johnson road sweeper comes in. I didn’t realise they did these like this. Almost an intermediate version of the D series.

[Datsuncog]

I did however come away with these two from last night's shopping trip:

1982 Nissan Skyline R30 Turbo, and 2001 Honda Civic Si, in relatively restrained 'scene' get-ups.

I kinda prefer solid colour versions like the Honda, as they tend to get detailed tampo prints on the front and rear, which looks a smidge more realistic than lairy graphics on the roof and sides. Mattel's policy on mainlines seems to generally put decoration on no more than three surfaces.

The R30 does have graphics on the side, which means it doesn't get so much detail on the front - though does have printed rear lights and a licence plate, which makes up for it a bit.

Having said that, the printing machine seems to have slipped on the offside unfortunately, so the stripe sort of runs downhill and the writing at the bottom of the door has been snipped off.

OMG ERROR CAR $$$$$

I didn't realise until I'd opened the pack, and looking back at the pics from the supermarket, I put the one that'd be properly printed back... well, duh.

But! 

I'm pleased to see some newish Hot Wheels releases are finally making it across the water.

Just have to find some of the Matchbox mainlines for 2024, now...

[Datsuncog]

Well well well, looks like Majorette's dropping a Mk2 Escort into the range soon.

Be interesting to compare it with the recent Hot Wheels release (assuming someone here can find one!)

[Datsuncog]

21 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Yes, yes you are

 

 

 

I think I have the Volvo P1800S in red, still unopened... but the Chevy Nova wagons are certainly ones I'll be looking out for!

Matchbox Moving Parts Kaiser isn't one I've seen in the wild, but it's very appealing too...

[bunglebus]

I've been keeping my eye out for one of those Majorette Escorts since they were mentioned a few weeks ago, think it might be a while before Europe gets them. In the meantime, more Matchbox sneaky peekys 

[Noel Tidybeard]

sensory overload

[eddyramrod]

MAXIMUM WANT!

[sierraman]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I've been keeping my eye out for one of those Majorette Escorts since they were mentioned a few weeks ago, think it might be a while before Europe gets them. In the meantime, more Matchbox sneaky peekys 

They look great but as per we won’t see them in the U.K…

[danthecapriman]

2 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

sensory overload

Nice!

 

But, I raise you…

Full CF house!!

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

I see your CFs and raise you an old Fiat

[ETCHY]

14 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Nice!

 

But, I raise you…

Full CF house!!

 

I've got "wood"

[eddyramrod]

1 hour ago, ETCHY said:

I've got "wood"

You think you have?????

[bunglebus]

On 17/04/2024 at 16:46, eddyramrod said:

Can I lay claim to the VW flatbed please?  I have a use for one of those...

I've got a spare in that colour

[morrisoxide]

On 17/04/2024 at 15:27, Datsuncog said:

It'd be nice to have a slightly more standard rendering of a '65 Comet, but I guess this is more what Hot Wheels is about.

Here's one I de-gassered earlier.

I'll be back with better pictures soon.

[AndyW201]

Found nothing much locally, still dithering over that Matchbox 5 pack with the Minor in Morrisons but I don't fancy much else in it. Might as well see if they drop the price...

Only real 'toy' shop I've bothered with lately is Smyths, and it did nothing to dissuade me that our local one is the dumping ground for all the shite that doesn't sell in other branches. They've also completely done away with Matchbox mainlines, with only a couple of 5 packs reduced to clear remaining.

Nothing really of interest among the hot Wheels premiums other than the Porsche set with the VW T1, but didn't really want to blow £24 on it. No Team Transport whatsoever either. Only other bit of interest was that they had that new run of Neon Speeders in, and for once they had the whole range in. I got a few of them, the ones I had most interest in,  and the RX-7 too, as there was only one of those left,

As mentioned on here before, they're not everyone's cup of tea, but this run at least has some good castings in, and being half-premium, they do at least have some good detailing,

Suppose this type of colour scheme suits the RX-7 the most,

One of my favourite HW castings, but I wish they'd done it with the standard rear  arches as theyre one of my favourite bits of the real car,

The tail light detailing and the little GT R badges make this one for me,

Another winner of a casting,

I also recently found another couple of these Fast& Furious ones, the two I've been looking for after bunglebus kindly supplied me with the Jetta. For F&F cars, they're fairly nice and subtle,

I had been tempted by the premium version of this casting, but I'm glad I got this one. I always think these Novas are handsome things, especially with a bit of slight modding, and as mentioned on here before, this one's almost as good as the premium one, but less than half the price,

[bunglebus]

Market Harborough was still a desolate wasteland for toy cars, I did notice Sainsbury's have reduced their 8 packs - a bit. Some nice cars in them too

[bunglebus]

However my itchy trigger finger has been at it again, so there were some parcels at home when I got back

First of all a couple of slightly scruffy Volkswagens, the Hot Wheels Sunagon that's quite a difficult one to get at a bargain price

And a Dragon Wheels, as it had an unpainted base rather than the usual black

However I also found one of the Retro 70s re-releases, I'm very tempted to get this out of the blister for a proper comparison 

I might also keep an eye out for the others in the series

[bunglebus]

Sticking with Matchbox, I gained a couple of Laser Wheels 

As well as a Super Kings K70 Porsche Turbo, I'd been on the lookout for a decent example of this release for a good while. It has had a couple of touch-ins on the "sunroof" sticker etc which an annoyance 

[bunglebus]

Yet more Matchbox, but in boxes now. Firstly this Model A, perhaps not the most exciting casting but I really liked my childhood early cream and green version as depicted on the box

Seller unfortunately just wrapped the lot in paper so the boxes got a bit of damage - as well as underpaying the postage

Coming bang up to date, Modelmatic got a slew of Collectors and Moving Parts 

Finally, I spotted the last of the latest trio of Hot Wheels Team Transports for not much more than Smyths sell them for. No doubt that means there will dozens on the shelf next week