Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

On 7/9/2020 at 3:20 PM, bunglebus said:

DeTomasa Mangusta. I spotted this Dinky one;

It came with another, earlier one which has much nicer wheels, so I may make a hybrid if I can find tyres

It looks like they have a habit of loosing their trunk lids...   I wonder if we could take a mould of your intact one, that is if you are stripping it back to repaint?  There are none available, so might be worth knocking a few clones out - I need to paint one up as the car in THAT Kylie video.  Until I do - I won't be able to get it outta my head, it's more than I dare to think about, la la la, la la la-la-la....

This one was sat on a shelf next to the Alfa 33 Tipo.   I got it from @Datsuncog a while back, described by himself as a 'Thompson Mongoose', which to be fair does have a certain ring to it ?Maybe 'Thompson Mongoose' as a name change, should stay.

[flat4alfa]

19 hours ago, Amishtat said:

I am openly jealous. I've never come across a 101 for anything like my budget. Well done! 

I'm glad I got it now, it was the last note left in my wallet....  won't tell the wife that though.

I've wanted a model 101 for a while, hoping to do an estate modification to one.  The idea being to model on my 101 Estate from a few years back, which still lives locally:

But like the real size car, too rare and valuable to mess about with after all !

[bunglebus]

25 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

It looks like they have a habit of loosing their trunk lids...   I wonder if we could take a mould of your intact one, that is if you are stripping it back to repaint?  There are none available, so might be worth knocking a few clones out - I need to paint one up as the car in THAT Kylie video.  Until I do. I won't be able to get it out of my head.

This one was sat on a shelf next to the Alfa 33 Tipo.   I got it from @Datsuncog a while back, described by himself as a 'Thompson Mongoose', which to be fair does have a certain ring to it ?Maybe 'Thompson Mongoose' as a name change, should stay.

At least you can tell me the correct tyres to order. Never taken a mould or cast a part, I'd probably make a right bodge of it.

[artdjones]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

Oh I still have mine from many years ago. The detail of the pump at the rear is "cute".

Yes,the only possible improvement would have been headlamps.

[flat4alfa]

19 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Something of a step too far for Issigonis' much-lauded vision, the Landcrab range ended up pushing the minimalist Mini concept to the extreme - resulting in a car with a pointless excess of interior space, and an extremely spartan layout. A bit like sitting on an orange box in an empty living room.

It was designed to supersede the finned Farinas,  but proved too large and expensive to directly replace them in the range - so BMC found themselves obliged to keep selling their old '50s designs alongside... and with the car never meeting its sales targets, a management decision was reached to use surplus stocks of 1800/2200 doors for both the smaller Maxi project, and the prestige 3 Litre. Could the seeds of BL's 1970s woes have been sown with this car? Some believe so...

Oooohhhhh well I don't know about that, they are well-regarded in some circles.  I had this a few years back and do want to have another one day - I don't say that about many cars!

The interior space is superb and shames many a modern car.  And the Wolseley interior I wouldn't call spartan, what with the leather seats and that big slice of veneered tree for a dashboard.  Besides, a Landcrab will run rings around a A60, as they have barely any body roll and the over-engineered weight of them means the ride doesn't hop about like an ADO16.  I would like one of the very few left Morris 2200.  If I still lived in Australia I'd probably be keeping a Kimberley instead of that Leyland Princess currently in the garage

When we went to pick up our first big Plasma TV (over ten years ago), as we pulled up to the collection point, the shop worker looked at me like we were having a laugh.  Then I just opened the rear door (they open out near 90 degrees) and we slid the big box in, behind the front seats.  WIDTH WAYS.  Flat floor, you see.  

This is the Vanguards Wolseley Six from up on a shelf.  Had it a while so needed to dust this one down!  Being in a 'similar' blue with the blue seats, I keep it to remind me of my good old reliable Landcrab:

[bunglebus]

As usual, it's hard to capture this colour flip stuff in a picture - it's much livelier than it looks

 

DSC_0027 by RS, on Flickr

DSC_0019 by RS, on Flickr

DSC_0004 by RS, on Flickr

DSC_0029 by RS, on Flickr

DSC_0030 by RS, on Flickr

[Amishtat]

I bet that really sparkles when (if) the sun hits it

[Amishtat]

29 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Oooohhhhh well I don't know about that, they are well-regarded in some circles.  I had this a few years back and do want to have another one day - I don't say that about many cars!

The interior space is superb and shames many a modern car.  And the Wolseley interior I wouldn't call spartan, what with the leather seats and that big slice of veneered tree for a dashboard.  Besides, a Landcrab will run rings around a A60, as they have barely any body roll and the over-engineered weight of them means the ride doesn't hop about like an ADO16.  I would like one of the very few left Morris 2200.  If I still lived in Australia I'd probably be keeping a Kimberley instead of that Leyland Princess currently in the garage

When we went to pick up our first big Plasma TV (over ten years ago), as we pulled up to the collection point, the shop worker looked at me like we were having a laugh.  Then I just opened the rear door (they open out near 90 degrees) and we slid it in behind the front seats.  WIDTH WAYS.  Flat floor, you see.  

This is the Vanguards Wolseley Six from up on a shelf.  Had it a while so needed to dust this one down!  Being in a 'similar' blue with the blue seats, I keep it to remind me of my good old reliable Landcrab:

Nice crab! When I was eighteen someone in my village was selling a lovely Morris 1800S in maroon, OCF474G. I couldn't afford it at £1995 (in 1998) but he insisted upon us going for a test drive. It was beautiful, plenty of poke and cornered like nothing of its vintage I'd encountered. Its next owner parked it on grass for a decade and I last saw it in our local banger racers' yard about 2010,completely ruined. Anyway, back to toy cars.. 

[bunglebus]

Yeah it looks great. I forgot to mention the wheels, off some cheap Chinese thing but the rims and tyres come apart making paint easy. Also a lot of Hot Wheels don't suit older cars as they're all wheel and no sidewall to the tyre

 

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Yes it is too, the Corgi one.

Wouldn't say no to that - mine's missing a bit

 

20191212_170243 by RS, on Flickr

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Just realised I also have

 

20190805_161232 by RS, on Flickr

20190805_161251 by RS, on Flickr

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, artdjones said:

Yes,the only possible improvement would have been headlamps.

I wondered if that was down to being wartime, but it first appears in the Dinky catalogue for 1936

Looking at the 'Leyland Limousine Fire Pump' (by Merryweather) it is modelled from, the headlamps weren't particularly large anyway

 

 

[flat4alfa]

27 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Just realised I also have

Cor!   That's worth at least half a Rescue Pacer !  ?

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, Amishtat said:

Said Impala

Ok please park that next to the Johnson Road Sweeper please.

Happy to wait for what Tat Wednesday brings

[Tenmil Socket]

Got this for sale. I ruined the paint job but it’s not my thing so won’t be doing it again. The cable tie is holding the shell to the chassis while the rubber glue dries so can be easily disassembled. £3?

[Tenmil Socket]

My next projects are these.

 

[bunglebus]

Nice 'tache 

[Tenmil Socket]

I noticed  that after I posted 
eyebrows too ?

[Tenmil Socket]

In the bath.
Don’t tell mrs socket!

(nail varnish remover)

 

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

The corgi mk3 Cortina was available in several guises

Maize yellow,black roof, red interior,rostyle wheels (dealer promotion) 1970 only, also in LHD.

Brown/bronze,black roof,white interior rostyle wheels,inverted V steering wheel,also blue/green exterior. Available upto circa 74.

Police car white,jam sandwich, red int, roof box with beacon,  with rostyle wheels on first 2 variations,3 rd versions has the black dot wheels.

Also 3 different steering wheels early version has inverted V (as per real car),2nd version has a horizontal spoke with wider centre with an inverted V ,3rd version (with black dot wheels) has a 3 spoke steering wheel remanisant of the RS version.

The police car was available throughout the 70,s singularly or as part of the police gift set.

[Spottedlaurel]

Prompted by my son's recent sifting through the parts boxes, I've been slowly finding the various missing parts for this kit first completed in the very early '90s:

1:24 Monogram 1937 Ford kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

I think it was painted Ford Signal Orange, my hand ended up the same colour when I didn't wear a glove as I sprayed it......

Looks like it should just be a case of sticking it all back together again. I'm surprised at managing to find even the tiniest pieces despite it having been through five house moves. Need to do one more rummage through the boxes to find the bumper brackets, then liberate some wheels from another kit as I used the originals on that recently completed 1966 Chevelle.

Should be a quick and easy weekend project.

[eddyramrod]

I really should get back into my 1/24-5 models.....

[Spottedlaurel]

1 minute ago, eddyramrod said:

I really should get back into my 1/24-5 models.....

You should!

I'd never say I got out of doing them, but I've certainly had periods of several years where I didn't finish any. I've certainly been more active on them this year for various reasons (not just lockdown) and I find it's good to have two or three on the go at different stages. If I get fed up putting foil onto window trims on one kit then I can mindlessly paint seats or suspension components on another, or find things to do while a painted bodyshell is drying out.

I also try and mix up what I'm building, whether it's from alternative kit makers or different eras.

[bunglebus]

8 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

The corgi mk3 Cortina was available in several guises

Just dig mine out (late wheel type)

Think we can rule out the Cortina as the mystery seat back donor

 

[155V6]

I had a of a sort out this morning & found these which might be good for spares or projects.

Mini Traveller & MGC

 

@flat4alfa The MG has got the same door missing as yours,& the grille has gone.Tailgate glass is ok though

@bunglebus The Mini has got some sort of gunge all over it,looks like it might clean off though.The windows are complete & unbroken.I did look for the Mini saloon for the door you need,but no luck yet.

Land Rovers 

The Dinky tow truck is battered,but complete apart from the roof sign & one light,The hook is missing from the crane,& both axles are bent.Didn't @Datsuncog want some parts for one of these?

The Corgi one is complete,just has a broken tow hook

Corgi Beetles

The Driving School car is all there,has just had a bad repaint.The other two have both got collapsed suspension

Corgi Porsches

The Polizei car is complete apart from the flashing light & the siren,the other two are missing a door & engine cover between them,& both have suspension issues.

Corgi Fiat X1/9

This is complete,& is quite good apart from a couple of random paper stickers which should come off quite easily.Was someone looking for one of these a week or so ago?

Tuf Tots

 

No idea where these came from,thought I'd put them up as a couple of you have shown some recently.I've got a feeling the trailer for the truck may be around somewhere,but no promises.

I don't want anything for anything for any of these,just pay postage please.

I did plans to start doing some cars myself,but never seem to get round to it,so would rather someone else could do something with them.

[flat4alfa]

Great?

If possible, The Mini Traveller and MGB please

Driving School Beetle I never did have and could go to keep the Acclaim and A60 company 

X/19 too is better than mine as bumpers are intact. I want one to repaint anyhow into my old red real one

Dinky Land Rover would be handy, the one I have has metal disease down one flank and has given paint reaction headaches over and over

I’d also like the Tuff Tot Corvette with driver in.  But I might be getting greedy now 

[flat4alfa]

Popped out to Tesco and they’ve more Matchbox stock than I’ve ever seen!   No Honda Civics though

Also in case none of you know, Halfrauds are doing a clearance of rattle cans at £3 each

[flat4alfa]

Sun came out, so a garden bench meet just happened

Organ Donor came in the post this morning, was a BIN at £4 so grabbed it.  Now cleaned, and chatting with its Corgi noisy bastard brethren 

Quartermaster was in a poorly-listed job lot from a couple of weeks back, that reached just £3....  while Commuter was a gift, a while back from the seller of the Adams 

I think all that is missing from this line up now are the Austin Ruby gasser thing (not keen on that) the Capri (Ford Taxed) and perhaps the Monkeemobile?

[Christine]

Tesco today

 

[Datsuncog]

Eddymail always comes through...

...and inside, following my lamentations the other week, were these two - beautifully wrapped, I might add.

Yup, Spot On Triumph TR3 and Big Healey

The Healey is a Ramrod Original (TM), and so will be staying just the way it is.

The TR3 is actually in lovely shape, only lightly playworn, so I think it just needs a  replacement  windscreen and steering wheel to be, well, spot on.

These are the first Spot-On models I've ever handled that haven't been substantially compromised - even the market stall examples at £10/£20 all had bent baseplates or other damage.

All thanks to @eddyramrod- greatly appreciated!