Shite in Miniature II

[MiniMinorMk3]

Here's one on Ebay at the moment. If you look closely at the box it reads "Made to Dinky specification in Hong Kong". So where were they made?

AFter a bit more searching it turns out that these Volvos were put in Rover SD1 boxes.

[Noel Tidybeard]

oh ok then

[bunglebus]

There's some weird convoluted story about production going to Hong Hong, but then Dinky went bust and the HK Big Cat Jaguars ended up in crappy blister packs with DINKY TOY on them, and somehow Polistil ended up making the orange Volvo estates - and some of the police ones. Those late castings all have a terrible defect on the right front wing where the upper part is proud of the side trim, rather than the other way around, and a few other smaller faults elsewhere on the body 

[bunglebus]

6 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

oh ok then

Beatles were a bit before my time, so I don't have any nostalgia for the yellow Submarine. I liked Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as a child, but I'll be skipping that release too, just not something I'm interested in owning.

Lots of people seem to be anticipating both though, fair play to Corgi for making them

[Datsuncog]

Yeah, I skipped the Yellow Submarine too - it's a lovely big toy, but just not something that interests me a lot these days.

TBH, I've limited interest in most of the planned Corgi Model Club releases this year - not a big fan of Chitty either, and the majority of the 2025 drops seem to be just recolours of previous releases. So I dunno, could be skipping a fair few.

But then 2024 was phenomenal with all the Golden Jacks releases, so maybe it's just swings and roundabouts...

The Ecurie Ecosse Commer looks great, of course, but I'd want to see how much they're wanting for it before committing. Not sure if I want one enough to splurge £50 or £60.

[AndyW201]

14 hours ago, sierraman said:

I was quite pleased a few years back when Ford brought back a light bronze colour, it looks fantastic in the sun. 

I remember that, the Mrs had a grey mk1 facelift C Max a while back and then her friend got the newer shape one in that bronzey brown colour. As you say, it's a really nice colour that. I had a similarly coloured 190E at the time.

[Noel Tidybeard]

22 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Yeah, I skipped the Yellow Submarine too - it's a lovely big toy, but just not something that interests me a lot these days.

TBH, I've limited interest in most of the planned Corgi Model Club releases this year - not a big fan of Chitty either, and the majority of the 2025 drops seem to be just recolours of previous releases. So I dunno, could be skipping a fair few.

But then 2024 was phenomenal with all the Golden Jacks releases, so maybe it's just swings and roundabouts...

The Ecurie Ecosse Commer looks great, of course, but I'd want to see how much they're wanting for it before committing. Not sure if I want one enough to splurge £50 or £60.

i really can't wait for the other mini magnifique

[MiniMinorMk3]

Why have they released yet another Yellow Submarine?

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[quicksilver]

Browsing the web continues to throw up surprising models in 1/72 of obscure things I wouldn't expect to be done. That's mostly thanks to the military/wargaming 3D printing community, many of whom make civilian cars that had military uses or could otherwise be seen in a wargame setting. A recent discovery was a company called Battlefield3D, whose large range includes all sorts of military equipment from around the world but also such Eastern Bloc delights as a Tatra T77 and Moskvitch 412, so here they are finished as civilian UK-registered cars.

 

[Split_Pin]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

There's some weird convoluted story about production going to Hong Hong, but then Dinky went bust and the HK Big Cat Jaguars ended up in crappy blister packs with DINKY TOY on them, and somehow Polistil ended up making the orange Volvo estates - and some of the police ones. Those late castings all have a terrible defect on the right front wing where the upper part is proud of the side trim, rather than the other way around, and a few other smaller faults elsewhere on the body 

Looks like they've ground the side badges off?

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Looks like they've ground the side badges off?

I think there's been a problem with the mould so it's been ground away and therefore made slightly deeper on the top of that wing, which makes it stick out over the side trim if that makes sense? It's only that side but all the orange ones, and some others are affected by it.

The badges also vanished, yes

Blue ones are always good I think

Beige, defective 

I think the police ones have the later casting so the stripes sit flat where the badges were previously. Hard to tell how the wing looks as the stripes cover the join

[junkyarddog]

Got a new keyring for my Shitbox Jetta!😁

[Hertz]

On holiday in Cornwall this week. The weather is superb! Also whilst in Tintagel popped into here...