Shite in Miniature II

[ambassador84]

3 hours ago, MAF260 said:

No Boyes anywhere near, but I'd love one of those XJCs! 

If there's any left on Monday I'll grab them for anyone who wants any.

[Amishtat]

11 minutes ago, ambassador84 said:

If there's any left on Monday I'll grab them for anyone who wants any.

Yes please 

[danthecapriman]

13 minutes ago, andrew e said:

Spent a pleasant after noon in the sun washing and polishing toy cars (because I’m crackers!)

A  fantastic @danthecapriman box, with a few under the counter purchases  as well! Cheers Dan 👍

Mini Dinky C2 Corvette is very delicate:

Corgi SD1 might be even better than my bronze one:

But here comes the money shot! Not taxi/fire/police/Petty 43 nascar Caprice. Such a honey and look at the colour! Even the seats are green!

 

Glad you like them mate! I’m glad they’re in good hands too.

That Caprice is an absolute honey. Not the most common variant at all, strangely, given how nice they are. I’m pretty sure they did a blue one too.

I have no idea how those Mini Dinky’s survive complete. They really are so fine and delicate. The Corsair @bunglebus had was exactly the same.

[sierraman]

35 minutes ago, andrew e said:

Spent a pleasant after noon in the sun washing and polishing toy cars (because I’m crackers!)

A  fantastic @danthecapriman box, with a few under the counter purchases  as well! Cheers Dan 👍

Mini Dinky C2 Corvette is very delicate:

Corgi SD1 might be even better than my bronze one:

But here comes the money shot! Not taxi/fire/police/Petty 43 nascar Caprice. Such a honey and look at the colour! Even the seats are green!

 

That green Caprice is lovely, I have the taxi and the police car. 

[MAF260]

2 hours ago, ambassador84 said:

If there's any left on Monday I'll grab them for anyone who wants any.

That's very kind of you - yes please!

[eddyramrod]

2 hours ago, ambassador84 said:

If there's any left on Monday I'll grab them for anyone who wants any.

Two please if possible!

[bunglebus]

I had a few bits arrive today, only just got a moment to photograph them. Bought this effectively mint in box hot rod Model A van, knowing someone with slightly more enthusiasm than skill had tried to paint the wheels

I'm hoping to get that off with the careful application of oven cleaner - might even try it on the box window too.

Next up, a pretty decent Wompin' Wabbit

Interesting little Playart Honda S800

Got an offer on this Welly Syrena

And a corgi Oldsmobile that's just about the right side of needing a resto

Talking of restos, I decided to strip my Thames Caravan of the horrible yellow paint someone had applied, did come across a slight technical hitch when putting it in the tub

Thankfully it just about went in on its side allowing the lid to fit. Paint mostly came off easily except for the thinner areas inside the body (why is that?) and one rear door which stubbornly clung onto that weird violet colour, despite the other one submitting without a fight. Here it is in its naked glory

Nice bIt of detail on the badges and those little dots between the windows, although the rear is somewhat clumsy, with no lights or handles on the doors and that clunky overlap where they shut. The VW van I repainted also had no rear lights, most strange considering the effort put into other areas.

I had to be very careful drilling the rear post as it would be very easy to go right through into the door step area, thankfully I got it right. Those doors hinge on a metal plate rivetted above the opening, I've left that alone but I'll have to be careful there's no stripper trapped between it and the body, or it'll ruin the paint.

I'm not doing this stock colours, probably still two tone but I haven't decided yet how it will look. Getting a decent coat up under that raised roof will also be a challenge 

[Snake Charmer]

That face says: "l'm scared and naked with no boots Pa!"

[flat4alfa]

YIKES !!

[eddyramrod]

I've had a stripping session here this week.  

Some tried to hold on to their coating, but that just means they'll be going back in.

I actually ran out of Cosmic Soda, so the other day I dropped into Barry&Quentin's and bought some actual Paint Stripper.  We will see how that goes!

[flat4alfa]

On 06/03/2025 at 13:39, bunglebus said:

Blackwall era American Tipper

I like that old COE casting

Have you any others?  First appeared 1974 as an artic, named Road King Truck

Loads(geddit) to find out there, a proper slippery slope.  Many examples here, I think he’s a bit obsessed:

https://www.thehaulerpages.com/the-list

[bunglebus]

I've got lots, but since Flickr managed to lose my two biggest albums (Hot Wheels, and VW diecasts), there are 20,000 images in no particular order. Unless I know the name of a casting, finding pics is next to impossible.

It's really annoyed me to be honest as they've pretty much just shrugged and given me a few months subscription for free. Going to take a very long time to sort them all, and hope it doesn't happen again

[sierraman]

3 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

I've had a stripping session here this week.  

Some tried to hold on to their coating, but that just means they'll be going back in.

I actually ran out of Cosmic Soda, so the other day I dropped into Barry&Quentin's and bought some actual Paint Stripper.  We will see how that goes!

Who are Barry and Quentin? 🤣

[flat4alfa]

It was in fact Block & Quayle

Richard Block and David Quayle’s first shop in Southampton

Lancia Beta coupe bonus points. Maybe he was buying Creosote for the sills

[eddyramrod]

Exactly!

Today being lovely, I've just been doing a bit of painting outside...

Not just colour coats, but also primer...

And a bit of metalwork.  Unthinkable metalwork!  I'm remodelling a Corgi Batmobile.  It'll make sense eventually.

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

Who are Barry and Quentin? 🤣

I always thought they were called Boris and Quentin

[MiniMinorMk3]

56 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

And a bit of metalwork.  Unthinkable metalwork!  I'm remodelling a Corgi Batmobile.  It'll make sense eventually.

 

Is it gonna be one of these?

[eddyramrod]

Nope...

[bunglebus]

For goodness sake, it's another K101. But this one has a red interior!

Think that's 5 variations now?

Black interior, red dash

Blue sides, full black interior 

Red, black interior red dash

Red, full red interior 

Still haven't found the gold one!

Lovely Corgi Marcos with tilty seats

And a smaller but no less lovely Cougar

Sorry wrong pic

[sierraman]

Ex @bunglebus Alpine restoration started, need to find some metallic brown paint to recreate the one we had when I was a kid. 

[danthecapriman]

20 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Ex @bunglebus Alpine restoration started, need to find some metallic brown paint to recreate the one we had when I was a kid. 

That came up really well! 
Would Roman Bronze work for the colour?

[bunglebus]

Despite harping on about how nice that era Majorettes are, I've only done one custom, the Lite Ace. I did attack the modern Beetle casting but that doesn't really count. Must dig one out for a once over!

[FakeConcern]

I'm Roffling some old tat

https://autoshite.com/topic/62403-roffle-vintageold-shite-matchbox-etc-diecast-toy-cars-60p-a-ticket-or-4-for-£2/

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ROFFLE Vintage/Old shite Matchbox etc diecast toy cars 60p a ticket or 4 for £2

[morrisoxide]

Popped over to Kirkgate Arcade in Otley, this is what I came home with.

£1 a pop apart from the black wall 32 Ford Hot Rod that was £2 . He also told me to help myself to the parts bin he has, but alas I forgot  : (

We couldn't figure out what this Polo was a copy of. Yatming maybe?

[bunglebus]

10 minutes ago, morrisoxide said:

We couldn't figure out what this Polo was a copy of. Yatming maybe

Don't think it is a copy, but it's made by Universal apparently. Nice find

I've been trying to find one of those Matchbox Dodge Dakotas to donate its roll bar too, but I've repaired what I have now

[flat4alfa]

15 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

Nope...

I reckon you've done one of those years ago already in the Eddy Film Car Collection...

In the red it was painted?

Whatever you decide, I'm looking forward to your futura plans for it

[eddyramrod]

You may be surprised to learn (I am!) that I haven't done that... yet.  I believe there is a modern 1/43 Futura knocking around the market, but I don't think I've actually seen one yet.

[AndyW201]

Delivery time. Had an offer from an ebay seller on something I've had on watch for a while.

Yeah, I don't for one minute expect this to be of interest to many on here but normal, everyday rammel like this is right up my street. (Amazingly, the Mk3 Ibiza is getting on for 20 years old so technically not too much of a "modern"... )

Plus it's another tick off my 'Cars I've owned' list.

Actually, this was Mrs W201's car, (the last brand new car we ever owned). So yeah, the colour is different and the real car was a facelift Mk3, but at least they are both Sport versions. Ours had a 1.9 pd TDi motor, and it was f'ing brilliant, only 100 bhp but in a small-ish car like the Ibiza, it went like a rocket. In any gear, at any speed, just give it a squirt of throttle and it was well away. We did actually test drive both the 1.4 75 bhp petrol Sport and the 1.9 TDi, and there was no contest really. Two trips to Germany in it saw it holding its own in the fast lane with the usual German luxobarges without holding them up! Had the all-important red D and i lettering on the TDi badges too, which people got all excited about back in the day 😆. We were genuinely gutted to see it go, but family expansion saw it replaced by a 4 year old 1.6 Octavia...

To be honest, a Mk3 Ibiza is not a car I'd have expected to see in miniature, this one is part of one of the many 'Unforgettable Cars' partworks by DeAgostini, the Mexican one apparently, and they are known for including all sorts of weird stuff you wouldnt expect to see modelled. (There actually was a yellow one done, I think for a Spanish partwork series, which obviously would have worked better for what I wanted it for). But for a cheapie partwork model, (IXO would be my guess for the maufacturer), quality is pretty good, and they've captured the shape nicely.

Detailing is pretty good, the lights in particular,

Those plates will have to be changed.

Shame about the upside down steering wheel (!) but dash detail isn't bad for a cheapie. Another weird thing about the interior is that it is mostly black, but the front seats are grey. I have seen this casting done as a slightly better detailed Cupra version, so I dont know if they use different front seats for different versions.

Beggars cant be choosers though, it's  still a nice model overall, and I'm still pleased to have a model of another much loved real car from the past. 

[RoadworkUK]

I always thought Corgi's XJR-12 casting was badly let down by its wheels, especially when some of its paint schemes were so gorgeous.

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Turns out I'm right

[Split_Pin]

11 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Don't think it is a copy, but it's made by Universal apparently. Nice find

I've been trying to find one of those Matchbox Dodge Dakotas to donate its roll bar too, but I've repaired what I have now

I think that looks very similar to a Corgi Juniors, with the cast front cut out.