Shite in Miniature II

[sheffcortinacentre]

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

That's right, Corgi no200 I think.

That's the one Z-car I'm short off in 1/43.

[Datsuncog]

21 hours ago, andrew e said:

I can see so much I missed now - minishitters remorse 😉

I can add to your misery... is that a repainted G7 Gift Set Matchbox car ferry?

Worth having, even if Humbrol'd!

Seems to be the early version with the deck drains - I'd thought it might have been the even rarer grey landing craft supplied with the Beach-Head Assault playset of 1978, but I think that was a different moulding.

[Hertz]

FFS stop posting pictures of stuff I had as a kid and now have to try and find/source for my own nostalgia fetishes (/\ /\ had that car ferry but in red).

 

[bunglebus]

I kept getting AliExpress and Temu notifications telling me about these little split window buses, so I buckled

No idea who or what Robert Design is

Base gives no clues

[eddyramrod]

A parcel arrived from @Tenmil Socket

Individually wrapped for freshness!

Excellent, thank you kind sir!

[Jon]

On 24/06/2024 at 04:25, matt79 said:

Did you happen pick up the Hong Kong police transit (the rear end is shown in you last photo, as circled)?

Made by C'sm (I believe they usually made bus models) and are possibly the only 1/43 scale 1995 - 2000 Ford Transit mk3.5 (Smiley grille) models to exist. All were LWB, with 2 different roof height (medium & high roof) versions produced.

They were released in various Hong Kong police liveries, some UK police force liveries were modelled as well (Cambridgeshire, Northumbria & London Metropolitan police force liveries from my hazy memory) There were also some vans produced in Amtrak & Citylink courier company liveries.

(Boxed models with certs etc sell for around £50-£60 plus on ebay)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296470760330?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D266917%26meid%3D7e75004937294e089ace33da075f16dc%26pid%3D101875%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D333825632748%26itm%3D296470760330%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D4429486%26algv%3DSimplAMLv11WebTrimmedV3MskuWithLambda85KnnRecallV1V2V4ItemNrtInQueryAndCassiniVisualRankerAndBertRecallWithVMEV3EmbeddedAuctionsCPCAutoWithCassiniEmbRecallManual%26brand%3DFord&_trksid=p4429486.c101875.m1851&itmprp=cksum%3A2964707603307e75004937294e089ace33da075f16dc|enc%3AAQAJAAABgP9d%2BMZSXlztIfYFu3kI%2B7ft0VcQix7rTrUVdiJwc2upzwLfM%2B2UEqu0ZqdXqu2qWe6up6s9MSEY%2BWikIwEh4xLkizL%2BG%2Fyhg6cdW4xfkbb75erVQBYYISNxGN1au%2BE0eJ778JYYSAyLJRupNiZky3B2UHpMsaEp7JRgW9fuueOszPlG9eCPE4mSzJx4EejjZE0v1xx3s4HgKujjhEB3s6mkoY9oqEQNQerfz5pzu2T8gX%2BuRDESF0TRcwRaTNBYCW%2B9NHqynjmIISDaO9bu7bDTyRWtdAuTIj0FbdpjY%2Fi%2Bg%2F5TgAfmEpjYTM4k3RO48--STUX3u7DV9xtmgwjCQkYWeFGIFr3ELbRMS20I9qAoMblGIrHecd9NWHv1X4x%2Ff6YT2vti4nwHAwmvZEL6jg7qJcpxq%2BGTPDif7VVZcMrBoTHWHwOiiBE8jngAU4R7fEhwvtOewxV2bkjDk0RqwWfGHVSaMdO8jKsM68LGtlm%2BfFDCph%2FC3t7hWK7UJcMZkQ%3D%3D|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A4429486&itmmeta=01J12WY63FPGJVE78JB4ZG0QRF

There were also some models produced in Amtrak & Citylink courier company liveries.

If anyone collects these and would like to add an NZ police Transit to the collection, there's a fella selling some (in NZ, of course).

https://www.trademe.co.nz/4776620501

From a batch of 300 numbered issues commissioned, apparently.

Landed at mine (in NZ!) would be about £35, so not cheap but perhaps cheap/interesting enough for those committed to the cause.

[sierraman]

Old vs new…

[flat4alfa]

XJ6C is finally in shops now?

[MiniMinorMk3]

15 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I kept getting AliExpress and Temu notifications telling me about these little split window buses, so I buckled

No idea who or what Robert Design is

Base gives no clues

 

Robert is from Brazil, he produces artworks of modded cars.

🔰 Robert Design (@rob3rtdesign) • Instagram photos and videos

 

I think the models are from Malaysia

MCE diecast (markas.my)

 

Or check out "inspire model x robert design" on your favoured interweb search engine. You will find lots of unboxing videos on the YouTube. 

[sierraman]

4 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

XJ6C is finally in shops now?

I bought mine back in April in Tenerife. A small island in the Atlantic that had them yet in the U.K. I’ve not seen any, still the same rubbish that was there in January. I just don’t think Mattel have any interest in promoting them in the U.K. the distribution is that bad that they might as well not bother. Rant over! 🤣

[bunglebus]

New Team Transports in Smyths, I can grab any if wanted and you're quick!

Don't think I've seen this before either

[bunglebus]

New F+F in B+M - again I can grab if needed

 

[bunglebus]

Aldi have a newer case of Hot Wheels - we must be due a recolour on the Proton Shirley?

[bunglebus]

Decided to bring the Porsche Carrera 6 Team Transport set home

Along with three of the Fat and Fabulous cars

This is the most interesting, I've been waiting a while to see if this got the the Hot Wheels treatment 

And this

Which has such nice wheels, I bought a second to rob them off of

[sierraman]

Not exactly an amazing transformation but it’s cheered it up no end. 

[IronStar]

Picked up this RMZ City F150. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

57 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Decided to bring the Porsche Carrera 6 Team Transport set home

 

 

Why do Hot Wheels do that.

That car was raced at the Nurburgring 1000km in 1968.

At some point it lost the Shell stickers from the sides. My guess it required a new engine cover at some point.

 

The car was entered by VW-Auto Oy of Finland and driven by Pauli Toivonen and Antti Aarnio-Wihuri. They failed to finish because of engine problems. The car raced until 1970 by which time it was painted yellow, the chassis number was 125.

It would have probably transported using a VW of some sort. Maybe on a trailer like this Frazer Nash one...

or on the back of a pick up

But it most definitely would not have been transported on some generic American truck from the future. It's not that hard for them to do a split screen van and trailer and make the set more life like.

 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

such nice wheels

I think they look pretty good under this 911 

[danthecapriman]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

Not exactly an amazing transformation but it’s cheered it up no end. 

Looks great to me.👍

Certainly a million times better than it was! Looks far better without that aluminium body thing on the back too.

[barrett]

Only recent arrival here is this Mercury Fiat 130 berlina, which mainly makes me wonder (again) why nobody modeled a 130 coupé in 1:43 in period

[flat4alfa]

Yes, odd one.  
Guisval did do a 1:37 in some colours, alongside a Policia (believable), a Taxi (not) and this comedy Rallye effort 

[andrew e]

Some more late entries from Sundays bootsale £1 bins!

 Now this is a case of wheels making the model, I can even overlook the bizarre colour choice! Almost well proportioned bar the oddly long front wing behind the wheel arch, otherwise rather nice. Solido Hi-Fi:

 

Next up the humble Prius - not sure if this an official model or not, but it is an excellent representation of a humdrum (yet technical tour-de-force) family car. Wipers, wheeltrims and aerial (that wobbles) lights and badging are good too. Only missing a Wolverhampton private hire plate 😉

Lastly this tatty yet great Opel Monza bearing the Hotwheels base, so I think that makes it a Mebetoys  casting? Well proportioned and detailed for a humble toy.

[Split_Pin]

10 minutes ago, andrew e said:

Some more late entries from Sundays bootsale £1 bins!

 Now this is a case of wheels making the model, I can even overlook the bizarre colour choice! Almost well proportioned bar the oddly long front wing behind the wheel arch, otherwise rather nice. Solido Hi-Fi:

 

Next up the humble Prius - not sure if this an official model or not, but it is an excellent representation of a humdrum (yet technical tour-de-force) family car. Wipers, wheeltrims and aerial (that wobbles) lights and badging are good too. Only missing a Wolverhampton private hire plate 😉

Lastly this tatty yet great Opel Monza bearing the Hotwheels base, so I think that makes it a Mebetoys  casting? Well proportioned and detailed for a humble toy.

Brilliant finds! Solido HiFis were definitely a cut above the regular range.

The Monza will indeed be a late Mebetoys. I have a Volvo 343 from the same era.

[sierraman]

The Blue Peter lot are at it again looking for lofts full of old Dinkies. They will take it away as well for FREE! 😂

[bunglebus]

Yeah I bet ^

A couple of things on T-Hunted and Matchbox world Insta to dribble over

Apparently there's even a Moving Parts Anglia in the works

[sierraman]

I like the Anglia. 

[eddyramrod]

2 hours ago, sierraman said:

The Blue Peter lot are at it again looking for lofts full of old Dinkies. They will take it away as well for FREE! 😂

Yeah right.  Far better to keep them in the family by sending them to @danthecapriman @FakeConcern or even... me!  Between us we CAN and WILL do right by them.

[bunglebus]

New premiums in Smyths - there's a 911 in the set but every one was gone

[danthecapriman]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Yeah I bet ^

A couple of things on T-Hunted and Matchbox world Insta to dribble over

Apparently there's even a Moving Parts Anglia in the works

More lovely new ones… that the uk will never see!😆

I do like the Anglia. The 100 coooooop is nice too.

[MiniMinorMk3]

12 hours ago, andrew e said:

Lastly this tatty yet great Opel Monza bearing the Hotwheels base, so I think that makes it a Mebetoys  casting? Well proportioned and detailed for a humble toy.

 

 

Here's a boxed version.

They also did a 1/25th scale...

that transitioned into a Hot Wheels