Shite in Miniature II

[danthecapriman]

That big Triang Jumbo BMC FFK is about done.

Ive tried to keep it looking ‘toy’ like rather than a model. Shiny finish enamel paints help there but should also be a bit harder wearing. Not that it’ll get played with of course! 
The windscreen is worse than I thought unfortunately. The crack is quite obvious and I can’t really do much for that, but it’s also very very scuffed up, probably from years of use in someone’s sand pit. I tried polishing it up but it wasn’t really having any effect. Likewise the rear body and wheels, being plastic, are quite rough now just from age and damage over the years. I suppose it’s character! 
Thing is, it’s 50 odd years old now and considering the way it started I’m pretty happy with it.

[eddyramrod]

FUCK ME!*  Dan, that's gorgeous!  Well done there!

 

 

*No don't, unless you're Christina Trevanion or Izzie Balmer, and even then you'd need to be patient with the peculiar old bloke.

[danthecapriman]

10 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

FUCK ME!*  Dan, that's gorgeous!  Well done there!

 

 

*No don't, unless you're Christina Trevanion or Izzie Balmer, and even then you'd need to be patient with the peculiar old bloke.

🤣

Thanks Eddy!

[RoadworkUK]

1 hour ago, Christine said:

Yonezawa Toys.... never heard of them . Some little boy would love playing with it in a sand pit 

A very well-heeled little boy, given the asking price of those on eBay...

[Christine]

I'll have a look later  ..I will sell it   ,  but i have 500  EFE ,corgi and oxford buses , to unload first .  

[bramz7]

More 00s era Hot Wheels acquired:

Not bad for £14 considering it appeared to be RM Toys selling them at Brands Hatch. They are quite notorious (to me at least) for overpricing everything. Indeed, every single HW Ferrari of the same period was £20. 

It appears the £4 label on the fairly uncommon Morris with real riders was an error:

Shame.

 

Also the Escalade had a '£10 on eBay' label under it. It cost me £4. 

I was happy before but happier after I noticed those. 

[junkyarddog]

46 minutes ago, bramz7 said:

Morris with real riders

Great find!👍

[AndyW201]

This arrived yesterday. Not often I get a used Minichamps model with a mint case and outer box. Or box for that matter, for what I normally pay for them.

Something nice, ordinary, and everyday. Last year, I got one of Dave's Diecasts' Tickford-comissioned Mk1 Focus RS models, which is superb, but I always wanted a 'cooking' Focus as well. The Minichamps version is very good, this one is the less seen early version with black lower bumpers and sills, the later dark metallic red one with colour coded lower bits is more common. I had it on my watchlist for a while then got an offer of £13 posted, which I thought wasnt bad for a mint & boxed Minichamps.

One of the best bits about Minichamps of this era was the interior detail, which really put them above other models of the time,

[RoadworkUK]

56 minutes ago, bramz7 said:

Not bad for £14 considering it appeared to be RM Toys selling them at Brands Hatch. They are quite notorious (to me at least) for overpricing everything. 

This. They appear to prey on people who don't know any better.

[AndyW201]

Usual weekend shopping trip scouting mission didnt bring up anything of note, but I did spot those previously mentioned Chinesium MSZ jobs in B&M. So I grabbed a few, missing out the more exotic and supercar-ish subjects,

The Supra is a nicely rendered thing, easily a match for the Hot Wheels version IMO,

Pretty good tampo detailing on the front,

One thing I've found in common with them all is that the front tampos are quite detailed, but the tail light detailing is more basic, though the lower detailing cast into the baseplate like exhausts, diffusers etc make up for it.

My favourite one was the BMW M4, in quite a realistic colour scheme that most of the real ones seem to come in,

Cant say I'm a massive fan of the current Beemer big grille styling but it's done well here.

So, an interesting alternative to the usual HW or MB, especially as one of our local B&Ms seem to have abandoned mainline cars from both of those altogether. For £1.50 they seem fairly good value in today's climate, (they've even got 'working suspension') and remind me of the Realtoy cars I used to get from Tesco years ago, especially the wheels on the M4. 

Realtoy, now that's a range I miss seeing...

[eddyramrod]

Let's look at some I've completed this week...

Dinky Princess in Tara Green is for the TV set: it's the Terry And June car (shame about the damaged windscreen though).  Copcar is Corgi's Sheriff Oldsmobile, for my ever-expanding semi-fictional North Carolina fleet.  Dinky Anglia has been with me from new, and has spent most of the intervening time white, representing my real one from 1979.  I've now done a Vanguards version, so this has had a full strip and spray.  Not before time!

Today there has been some drilling, so that stripping can commence tomorrow (probably)...

That's just a teaser, you'll see them again bit by bit as they progress.  I've also been spraying some of the shells that have been waiting patiently...

You'll be seeing these again as they head for the finish line.

That's quite enough for today, I'm going to sit here now until my tea's ready!

[ambassador84]

1 hour ago, AndyW201 said:

Usual weekend shopping trip scouting mission didnt bring up anything of note, but I did spot those previously mentioned Chinesium MSZ jobs in B&M. So I grabbed a few, missing out the more exotic and supercar-ish subjects,

The Supra is a nicely rendered thing, easily a match for the Hot Wheels version IMO,

Pretty good tampo detailing on the front,

One thing I've found in common with them all is that the front tampos are quite detailed, but the tail light detailing is more basic, though the lower detailing cast into the baseplate like exhausts, diffusers etc make up for it.

My favourite one was the BMW M4, in quite a realistic colour scheme that most of the real ones seem to come in,

Cant say I'm a massive fan of the current Beemer big grille styling but it's done well here.

So, an interesting alternative to the usual HW or MB, especially as one of our local B&Ms seem to have abandoned mainline cars from both of those altogether. For £1.50 they seem fairly good value in today's climate, (they've even got 'working suspension') and remind me of the Realtoy cars I used to get from Tesco years ago, especially the wheels on the M4. 

Realtoy, now that's a range I miss seeing...

I miss those days of finding Realtoy everywhere. Matchbox beating quality for often HALF the price i bought masses of them at the time and then one by one they disappeared from various UK retailers culminating in Tesco dropping them in 2017 and never to be seen again. Odd really as Realtoy themselves only went out of business as recently as 2023.

[danthecapriman]

10 minutes ago, ambassador84 said:

I miss those days of finding Realtoy everywhere. Matchbox beating quality for often HALF the price i bought masses of them at the time and then one by one they disappeared from various UK retailers culminating in Tesco dropping them in 2017 and never to be seen again. Odd really as Realtoy themselves only went out of business as recently as 2023.

I was going to ask what happened to them. 
Odd they went under though, as they were really good. And popular. When I was buying job lots of diecast stuff I often found them. I quite liked the old Maisto/MC toys stuff too which just seemed to disappear.

[ambassador84]

22 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

I was going to ask what happened to them. 
Odd they went under though, as they were really good. And popular. When I was buying job lots of diecast stuff I often found them. I quite liked the old Maisto/MC toys stuff too which just seemed to disappear.

I'm not really sure what happened to them but it seems after 2017 they stopped being readily available as singles in most of their traditional markets around the World even Hong Kong and other East Asian Toys R Us stores. After 2017 they seem to have decided to concentrate on their lucrative airplane and airport themed sets mainly in conjunction with the likes of Daron and the now defunct Premier Portfolios.

Ive heard rumours the original owner wanted to retire and thus sold all the molds to Daron themselves who transferred all production to a new factory in Vietnam in 2024. Unfortunately but predictably Daron have only brought back the airplane models and a handful of associated airport themed vehicles and ones which might suit the souvenir market.

These  MSZ castings definitely have the spirit of Realtoy and hope they sell well enough at B&M Bargains to justify them getting in more castings and recolours.

[bunglebus]

Santa Pod buys from the weekend 

[MAF260]

I think I’ve just had quite a result.

Marketplace listing which seemed too good to be true was actually true!

I’m currently wading my way through a box of about 150 assorted Hot Wheels, Maisto, Realtoy, Welly, Matchbox & Carousel branded cars.

Here’s a few:

Lots more to go!

[Christine]

I'm playing  bmc dealership.... ford dealership too , and vauxhall and rootes...

 

[Christine]

[Snake Charmer]

1 minute ago, Christine said:

Late 50's? London was definitely more colourful!