Shite in Miniature II

[danthecapriman]

A while back I was posting something else up and mentioned I’d found another vehicle that I’d never seen in model, or at least my preferred scale of 1:43. Well it arrived yesterday. All the way from Japan!

70’s Datsun Cedric estate! One for @Spottedlaurel

I stumbled on this completely by chance. I had no idea they existed, but it turns out there was a Japanese vehicle collection of similar vehicles that doesn’t seem to have been available elsewhere. There’s quite a few cars and vans in the collection from what I’ve been able to find so far, but they’re not particularly easy to track down.

Heres the magazine type thing it came with. Absolutely no clue what it says!😆

  
Im assuming it’s a Japanese version of the AA or RAC?? I’m not entirely sure what the contraption in the boot is either, compressor maybe? But regardless of that it’s a very nice model of those big 70’s Jap cars! Quite an unusual thing to find.

I can just about remember seeing these running around here in the UK, although even by then they weren’t all that common. Certainly not as common as similar things like Granada’s. Saloons always seemed a bit more common than estates too. I remember a former colleague having a saloon one for banger racing too, rotten but still a magnificent looking car!

[eddyramrod]

As we've reached page 1800....

[bunglebus]

26 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

As we've reached page 1800....

Corgi Fiat 1800

Dinky Triumph 1800

Solido Lancia Beta 1800

Hot Wheels Ford Escort RS1800

Bburago Escort RS1800

Corgi Marcos 1800 (repro)

And original 

Lone Star Volvo P1800

Corgi Volvo P1800 (repro)

Politoys Lancia Beta 1800

Matchbox BMC 1800 Pininfarina

Hot Wheels Volvo P1800

Matchbox Volvo P1800S

Corgi Volvo P1800

 

[ETCHY]

5 hours ago, quicksilver said:

It's not a bad effort for such a small scale but something about it doesn't look quite right to my eyes. It seems a bit top heavy so perhaps the glasshouse is a tad too big and the wheels too tucked under. Compared with the 3D print the windscreen especially is a lot bigger and my memory of Metros is of the screen being quite small.

Is that blue one on the left  the same model ?

If so  then yes you have a point .

[ETCHY]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Here are some of today's finds. Got this Corgi Range Rover for next to nothing due to the broken spotlamps. Didn't expect to find all the bits inside

Most expensive single buy, and I think I might have been slightly hasty. Still, I'd not seen a Dinky Monteverdi before

Still, the cost was offset buy a glut of bargains. This was 50p

£2 for a boxed Corgi '3i - all the others were the common versions. Doors are really stiff, obviously never been opened before

This cost the same as the Dinky above, but I got a few others thrown in for nothing

Seriously spotty!

Another £2.00 bargain 

This was 50p! I had no idea of the make but was too good to leave behind. I know who made it now, do you?

Boxed Polistil Scirocco...

...is a slight improvement from the last one I found

Solido doesn't always do it for me, but this Opel was too good to leave behind 

That awesome Gremlin. Cracked lid on the box I can live with

And a not-Dinky (Cougar) Talbot Tagora

Good haul.

I do like an AMC Gremlin, I think they look brill.

 

[Spottedlaurel]

1 hour ago, danthecapriman said:

A while back I was posting something else up and mentioned I’d found another vehicle that I’d never seen in model, or at least my preferred scale of 1:43. Well it arrived yesterday. All the way from Japan!

70’s Datsun Cedric estate! One for @Spottedlaurel

Very nice, certainly one I'd be happy to have in my not-collection of 1:43 things.

Lik wise I can only recall one or two from pre-Datsun OC/banger racing days. One was up the road from us and I remember at the time being a little disappointed when it disappeared and they got a rear-engined Skoda instead

[danthecapriman]

8 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Very nice, certainly one I'd be happy to have in my not-collection of 1:43 things.

Lik wise I can only recall one or two from pre-Datsun OC/banger racing days. One was up the road from us and I remember at the time being a little disappointed when it disappeared and they got a rear-engined Skoda instead

Definitely one to try and find. A saloon model would be most welcome too. Likewise a Laurel!

The one my former colleague had didn’t actually last very long on the banger track. It was in the days where rules were much looser and they allowed things to race together that really shouldn’t have been. 
It got T boned, hard, by a Nissan Patrol still running its 4x4!! Hit it so hard he almost got knocked out. The H frame actually got knocked loose too so he wasn’t allowed to race it for the day afterwards. I remember it specifically because it nearly ended up in a fist fight afterwards because he shouldn’t have been allowed to use the Patrol!

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Does anyone else have irrational ideas of buying specific diecast? I've seen a model which is pretty poor quality, Hong Kong made but very unusual and likely early 1980s. It's also had a terrible paint job which needs removing and starting again. Thing is, I really fancy it for the collection! It would stand me in around a tenner if I bought it - there are no other watchers and 99.9% of the rest of the population would lob it in the bin. 

I'm trying hard to avoid buying the damn thing!

[quicksilver]

1 hour ago, ETCHY said:

Is that blue one on the left  the same model ?

If so  then yes you have a point .

Yep, that's the second release of the same casting in Denim Blue. The headlights are better on this than the red one.

[danthecapriman]

37 minutes ago, Dick Cheeseburger said:

Does anyone else have irrational ideas of buying specific diecast? I've seen a model which is pretty poor quality, Hong Kong made but very unusual and likely early 1980s. It's also had a terrible paint job which needs removing and starting again. Thing is, I really fancy it for the collection! It would stand me in around a tenner if I bought it - there are no other watchers and 99.9% of the rest of the population would lob it in the bin. 

I'm trying hard to avoid buying the damn thing!

Yes, I do. Probably in a slightly different way for me, but I tend to not be very good at avoiding buying them! Usually if it’s something I really like/want I’ll tell myself ‘No!’ Then keep looking at it over the coming hours/days and eventually give in and just buy it.

I think sometimes you do just need to concede defeat, cut out the middle man and just do it! You know your going to eventually anyway…😆

What is it? You’ve piqued my interest now!

[MiniMinorMk3]

[eddyramrod]

43 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Yes, I do. Probably in a slightly different way for me, but I tend to not be very good at avoiding buying them! Usually if it’s something I really like/want I’ll tell myself ‘No!’ Then keep looking at it over the coming hours/days and eventually give in and just buy it.

I think sometimes you do just need to concede defeat, cut out the middle man and just do it! You know your going to eventually anyway…😆

What is it? You’ve piqued my interest now!

Me too.  Perhaps fortunately for me, most things that make it onto my ebay watch list run away beyond my tiny budget anyway.  If they didn't, I really would need a bigger house!  (What, like I don't already???)

[junkyarddog]

5 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Dinky Monteverdi

You're not going to believe this,I picked up the exact same model today!!!

What are the chances of that happening??

Also found this,which is my favourite find of the day. 

Polistil Renault 4!😁

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, junkyarddog said:

You're not going to believe this,I picked up the exact same model today!!!

Door mirror envy

[bunglebus]

Forgot the Marina for the 1800 page! Saw a very tidy one today but I was already way over budget

 

[junkyarddog]

1 minute ago, bunglebus said:

Door mirror envy

Just the one mind!

[andrew e]

I’ve been on the look out for a good green Marina for ages too! Tell me it was overpriced 😂

[Christine]

I bet the page rolls over...

 

[bunglebus]

16 minutes ago, andrew e said:

I’ve been on the look out for a good green Marina for ages too! Tell me it was overpriced 😂

Didn't look specifically. I was pondering whether I could haggle much off a really tidy blue Corgi Toronado that was £15, if that gives you an idea

[bunglebus]

I got most of those Matchbox photographed yesterday, with a battery recharge needed towards the end! Most are not especially rare but are in lovely condition. Rather than showing 150+ pictures, I thought I'd just show some of the more unusual ones

Strange to think this has been trapped in its packaging almost exactly as long as I've been alive 

I don't keep all the My First Matchbox stuff, but I like to catalogue them at least 

Of course I just sold the lorry this belongs to 

Lego tanker was hiding in the box

Not found one of these Scammell breakdown trucks before 

Or a Dear John tractor 

Setra coach is just a lovely early example 

GT40 was fished out of a tub of random bits, one day I'll find a really good regular wheels white version 

Superfast Mustang was also hiding in plain sight. Junior definitely had his money's worth out of this one 

One of the last times the Cattle Truck was seen?

And the more familiar release 

Anyone recognise this tiny plastic motorbike?

These two don't usually have the riders intact 

 Lesser spotted Field Car 

And a decent Cortina 

Lots of colour variation to be found on the Bora's bottoms

Clear and amber windowed versions of one of my childhood favourites

I'd not seen the 959 in this livery before buying one online the night before the toy fair. Now I have three! He did have the matching transporter but it's not really my thing, and too big

BP stickered Soopa Coopa, original?

Laser Wheels Datsun

The most produced, yet least loved casting? 

BMW is one I'd been looking for 

Most of the black marker came off

Cav appears to be a factory error with no rear panel

Tyco era certainly gave us some interesting paint schemes

Lastly, one I didn't know existed - an Escort Cosworth 

[andy18s]

Just finished unpacking my other few delivery along with Dan's and found a few oddities, mostly among the Majorette pile .

[Tenmil Socket]

4 minutes ago, andy18s said:

Just finished unpacking my other few delivery along with Dan's and found a few oddities, mostly among the Majorette pile .

What's the 205? It's brilliantly shite!

[andy18s]

It's a Majorette Turboom.

If you crash it the front end collapses,doors fly open and the bonnet pops up!

[warch]

On 10/11/2024 at 11:04, quicksilver said:

It's not a bad effort for such a small scale but something about it doesn't look quite right to my eyes. It seems a bit top heavy so perhaps the glasshouse is a tad too big and the wheels too tucked under. Compared with the 3D print the windscreen especially is a lot bigger and my memory of Metros is of the screen being quite small.

For reference this is the actual car the red OD Mini is based on. I think the wheels are ok, the launch car had  narrow 12" wheels, not the 13" ones most later versions had. The glasshouse is a bit big, but actually not miles out, they did have tall slab sides like many 80s hatchbacks. The lights are an interesting example of not looking how I remembered because some specs had recessed headlights and separate side and indicator units (like that one does) and others had flush headlights with the indicators to the sides. 

[Datsuncog]

22 hours ago, bunglebus said:

This was 50p! I had no idea of the make but was too good to leave behind. I know who made it now, do you?

Looks like a Majorette Deluxe release of a Rolls Royce Corniche II - I had one in a sort of gold-beige colour. Plastic body on a diecast base, if memory serves?

Good find for 50p - even has its display dome.

 

[bunglebus]

Turbooms

 

[bunglebus]

11 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Looks like a Majorette Deluxe release of a Rolls Royce Corniche II - I had one in a sort of gold-beige colour. Plastic body on a diecast base, if memory serves?

Good find for 50p - even has its display dome.

 

Indeed!

[tooSavvy]

Geezze 😮

Astra H estate (caravan 🙄) model, they are rocky horse nuts....

HFM

🚙💨

[eddyramrod]

31 minutes ago, warch said:

 some specs had recessed headlights and separate side and indicator units (like that one does) and others had flush headlights with the indicators to the sides. 

That's right, it was a trim-level thing.  Upper spec = flush lights.  Those were the days, when 12" wheels were enough on a small family hatchback!

[warch]

25 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

That's right, it was a trim-level thing.  Upper spec = flush lights.  Those were the days, when 12" wheels were enough on a small family hatchback!

When I was very little, my mum and dad chopped in their Triumph Toledo (in British Leyland Racing Brown no less!) for a  black 1.0 Mini Metro as our family car. I don't remember much about it apart from painfully trapping my toe in the folding seat mechanism and my dad doing handbrake turns in the carpark when it snowed (most unlike my dad). Knowing my mum and dad it was either base spec or slightly above.