Shite in Miniature II

[Tenmil Socket]

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Many thanks to @bunglebus for posting this 1/25 Polistil and another red example on the miniature ebay tat thread and for @FakeConcern for tagging me. I don't look at that thread and for a very good reason however they were a lovely bargain.

Both ended at a fiver each, plus the same for postage (was only £3.90 though but I won't grumble).

It's absolutely marvellous and a world away from the one-door R5 further up the thread (I can't wait for that to arrive either) Lovely opening features and great engine detail.

The red one is on its way!

 

That is rather lovely! 

[MiniMinorMk3]

25 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Got this today.

Damaged Schabak Ford Orion in 1:43. 
Tail light, windscreen and scuttle trim/wipers all missing but not bad otherwise. I should be able to cobble something together to fix the missing bits. 
These don’t seem too common over here and are a bit pricey when they do show up, so this one will satisfy my need for one to strip & repaint to look like my old H reg 1.4GLX one.

They turn up at Vectis quite a lot. I've had a few over the years in both 1/43rd and 1/25th scale, along with other Fords of the same era.

 

[danthecapriman]

34 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

They turn up at Vectis quite a lot. I've had a few over the years in both 1/43rd and 1/25th scale, along with other Fords of the same era.

 

They look like older models to me. They’re still good, but not quite up to what you get now.

Weren't some of them made as promotional models for when the cars were current? If that’s the case that Orion of mine is early 90’s with the first of that shape Orion coming out in 1990!

[MiniMinorMk3]

5 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

They look like older models to me. They’re still good, but not quite up to what you get now.

Weren't some of them made as promotional models for when the cars were current? If that’s the case that Orion of mine is early 90’s with the first of that shape Orion coming out in 1990!

Yes they were sold through Ford dealers when the car were current.

[flat4alfa]

11 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Looking at the box artwork, and being China, I think they were going for something more like the Colt Celeste

Daphne was elated

[sheffcortinacentre]

7 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Possible, although for mass production I’d imagine rubber would just degrade and distort very quick if you were punching out hundreds or even thousands of identical castings year on year. Most of them are metal, aluminium or steel. 
The ones that company I mentioned had were steel. They were two part moulds that were much bigger than the part that was cast inside them, they were tightened together insanely tight then the molten metal forced in. Once it was solid the two halves were undone and the part pulled out. Any defects like air bubbles etc and they went straight into the recycling rejects bin. Or if your Matchbox, just paint it anyway and put it in a box to sell!😆

I remember on playschool in the 70's matchbox was one of the films in the "through the window" segment.

Must be online somewhere.

[FakeConcern]

19 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Take a look at my Polfi
She's the only one I got

Not much of a Polfi
I never seem to get a lot

After seeing this I listened to Breakfast In America for the 1st time in at least 15 years, sounded nothing like I remembered!

Anyway I've been going mad on ebay lately.

As I don't collect 1/36 Corgis I've never had a Supra, until now

Missing the parcel shelf and tow hook, but pretty nice anyway

I've not seen a Spot On Austin Healey at a toy fair and saw this restored one and was sent an offer, I made a counter offer and got it very cheap!

I thought I'd probably be painting any one that I bought and all the repro bits would cost almost as much as I paid for this

Polistil Beetle 1303 missing a few parts

I sent the one I had before to our resident VW fanatic, but fancied having one anyway

Not all Polistil are good, it does look ok from the front

but at the back it looks more like a Renault 12

I only had eight C30s in 1/43 and none were bright red

Love these

Another pic of the Polistil Escort so you can see how gopping it is

You may have seen in the background my Spot On restoration is still on going, well I also got some colour onto a few more

I need to order some parts now...

[bunglebus]

Weird diecast day today. Had quite a lot of time to myself around Oxford area to go hunting for diecasts - there were no Smyths within a reasonable distance but I hit up several Entertainers, various supermarkets, B&M and Toys R Us (where I got accused of shoplifting), as well as a few charity shops.

Bought very little for myself, but fulfilled a few requests via WhatsApp at least!

These two Corvettes came from a charity shop, the Matchbox is a lot better than the one I have, and I didn't have the Corgi

The Miura was there too, worth it just for the louvre panel alone

A tatty job lot arrived, wasn't especially after this Porsche but it's interesting to see how terrible they made what used to be a nice casting, by fitting these wheels

Car transporter 

This was a bit of a disappointment, bought on the strength of one picture, and sadly a bit squished/broken

Big ol' Gran Fury was in the job lot

The last box is definitely the best though, this Polistil Jaguar has somehow survived unscathed other than losing a tail light. It also looks just like the Daimler that my friend's dad owned forever, same colour scheme too

[ambassador84]

2 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Weird diecast day today. Had quite a lot of time to myself around Oxford area to go hunting for diecasts - there were no Smyths within a reasonable distance but I hit up several Entertainers, various supermarkets, B&M and Toys R Us (where I got accused of shoplifting), as well as a few charity shops.

Bought very little for myself, but fulfilled a few requests via WhatsApp at least!

These two Corvettes came from a charity shop, the Matchbox is a lot better than the one I have, and I didn't have the Corgi

The Miura was there too, worth it just for the louvre panel alone

A tatty job lot arrived, wasn't especially after this Porsche but it's interesting to see how terrible they made what used to be a nice casting, by fitting these wheels

Car transporter 

This was a bit of a disappointment, bought on the strength of one picture, and sadly a bit squished/broken

Big ol' Gran Fury was in the job lot

The last box is definitely the best though, this Polistil Jaguar has somehow survived unscathed other than losing a tail light. It also looks just like the Daimler that my friend's dad owned forever, same colour scheme too

What on earth made them think you were shoplifting? Having said that they must think everyone is a tea leaf with all those security tags put on their ridiculously overpriced Hot Wheels!

[Split_Pin]

That Polistil Jaguar is a belter. I had a Police one, really nice detail and a great era for that maker, 1975-80. Their subject choices were always interesting for that scale. The only reason I don't have it any more is because I swapped it for a Stahlberg Saab 900 (good deal for me IMO!)

[eddyramrod]

Gran Fury, did someone say?

We can do that

I've been finishing up a few that were loitering on my bench, still got a few to go though!

Green Imp is the Dinky.  I almost didn't paint it but it needed a new bonnet and when I'd painted that, the rest of the car looked shabby.  But who did it better/worse?  White is Corgi, red is Vanguards.

Dinky is probably the daintiest, but the Corgi has the opening rear window that was one of the Imp's distinguishing features.  Dinky is the one I've just done.

In every cop/spy show in the 70s, if there was a scene "in France" there would be a white 504.  This one came from @FakeConcern and was very poorly Humbrolled, including the windows!

Cortina estate is the second of three; the third one is in the next batch for drilling.

Blue Herald is waiting patiently; red one came to me in all-over red Humbrol.  I don't know if I'll do the blue one.  Probably, is the best I can offer!  The green Imp was tidier apart from the missing bonnet, so I think it's only a matter of time.

And finally for tonight, a Corgi 1/64 ERF cab, representing "my" wagon when I was delivering timber to building sites.

 

 

[bunglebus]

On 28/04/2025 at 17:53, danthecapriman said:

Aren’t they supposed to be quite collectible now? Same as those porcelain pigs from NatWest or whatever?

 

On 28/04/2025 at 17:58, bunglebus said:

 as for the pigs, they're worth naff all - for the common ones such as mum dad and the baby

Forgot to post this pic I took the other week, these things are absolutely everywhere at boot sales now

[bunglebus]

37 minutes ago, ambassador84 said:

What on earth made them think you were shoplifting? 

I walked in with a carrier bag containing Hot Wheels from Entertainer, had a look through the various cars they had, didn't find anything I wanted so went to walk out - and they guy jumped in front of me and said "are you going to pay for those?" To which I replied "what, again?" He seemed a bit a bit confused by this and said it's because they sell Hot Wheels, so I said that's exactly why I was in there! He wanted to see the Entertainer receipt after I said that's where I'd bought them, said "OK I apologise" (which isn't an apology) and let me on my way.

[Split_Pin]

10 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Gran Fury, did someone say?

We can do that

I've been finishing up a few that were loitering on my bench, still got a few to go though!

Green Imp is the Dinky.  I almost didn't paint it but it needed a new bonnet and when I'd painted that, the rest of the car looked shabby.  But who did it better/worse?  White is Corgi, red is Vanguards.

Dinky is probably the daintiest, but the Corgi has the opening rear window that was one of the Imp's distinguishing features.  Dinky is the one I've just done.

In every cop/spy show in the 70s, if there was a scene "in France" there would be a white 504.  This one came from @FakeConcern and was very poorly Humbrolled, including the windows!

Cortina estate is the second of three; the third one is in the next batch for drilling.

Blue Herald is waiting patiently; red one came to me in all-over red Humbrol.  I don't know if I'll do the blue one.  Probably, is the best I can offer!  The green Imp was tidier apart from the missing bonnet, so I think it's only a matter of time.

And finally for tonight, a Corgi 1/64 ERF cab, representing "my" wagon when I was delivering timber to building sites.

 

 

Eddy I meant to say a few days ago when I spotted it, the white Gran Fury with the tan vinyl roof is great!

[eddyramrod]

Thank you young man; although I should point out, the car is beige.  Pale, yes, but definitely beige.  I got the paint in Wilko's, those were the days!

[Split_Pin]

25 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

beige

Even better! I might have to do one similar myself, the Dinky rendition of the car is really quite fine.