Shite in Miniature II

[eddyramrod]

Having said that... one thing I am looking for is the MB Mercedes 450SEL.  I don't mind whether it's plain, taxi or police, because it's going to get painted brown...

Yes, another one for the Ronin set.  Didn't someone make an E34 in a similar scale too?  Again, it's only to paint black...

[Split_Pin]

7 hours ago, bunglebus said:

About 1:64

Mine is just a Mira rather than Mini-Mira, but my Mini ones are the same size as this

I've got that and unless mine is actually a different model, I'd say it was bigger than 1:64. Certainly appreciably bigger than my MB Cortina (which is the greatest Superfast of all time) and quite an odd size. I really like the fact that it's a MK5 as prior to me finding it on ebay about a year ago, I thought this last phase of Cortina had never been modelled at the time.

[AndyW201]

7 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

Having said that... one thing I am looking for is the MB Mercedes 450SEL.  I don't mind whether it's plain, taxi or police, because it's going to get painted brown...

Yes, another one for the Ronin set.  Didn't someone make an E34 in a similar scale too?  Again, it's only to paint black...

Yep, Matchbox did. You may fall lucky and find a black one...

[bunglebus]

Guiloy Taurus is also a MK5

[warch]

I might have to get a Patrol, I had a go in a real one once, incredibly rare in the UK. I forget which engine, think it was a straight six but it sank on the springs when you revved it. 

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Guiloy Taurus is also a MK5

That looks like the same casting 🤔

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

That looks like the same casting 🤔

The #5 car and the beige one are the same car before and after. Mira and Guiloy castings are definitely different 

[MiniMinorMk3]

Some more recent 1/43rds

IXO Chrysler Simca 2 Litre

IXO Talbot Matra Murena

Kyosho Lotus Europa JPS

Detail Cars Fiat 600D

 

Detail Car Ford Bathtub

 

 

[bunglebus]

Anyway, today was toy fair day today, so I jumped in my submarine(!) and headed off. Yet again my nemesis had paid for early entry and showed me a carded Hot Wheels P-911 I would have loved to find

Think it was the rarer version with gold Wheels too goddammit.

I picked up some others though

Doesn't seem to be a lot of love for this era Matchbox, just £1

I always see loads of Matchbox and have to rack my brain as to whether mine are in better/worse condition. Don't think I have this one though

Not sure if this counts as red or orange - either way it can go in the back of a K-6 Pick-up Truck

Toe Joe has its toe hooks

Charger was retrieved from the bottom of a box of junk

Paid a couple of quid for a decent Draguar though

Turbo 2

Crazy fool

Pulled this out of a £1 tub

I sold my last Matchbox Plymouth Trail Duster as it didn't interest me, but for some reason decided I needed this version today

This is cool though, Dinky MK2 Cortina is I think complete other than one mirror - £3 

Onto a few oddballs, this is small scale, slightly larger than Matchbox and made by Lucky

Similar scale, Buddy L

Holly 

Found another version of the HW Matchbox DeTomaso Pantera 

And a Sunny

[bunglebus]

Pondered on these but left them behind 

[Split_Pin]

38 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

The #5 car and the beige one are the same car before and after. Mira and Guiloy castings are definitely different 

Right enough, I can see that now.

[MiniMinorMk3]

40 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

 

I always see loads of Matchbox and have to rack my brain as to whether mine are in better/worse condition. Don't think I have this one though

 

 

Is that a repaint? I have only seen white on red painted Crestas

[andrew e]

Scored some bargains there @bunglebus  was it busy? Looks like I saved myself a few quid having the plague!

[Justwatching]

1983 Chevrolet C10 Silverado by Auto World. Nice brown and beige colour scheme.

Pictured next to the '81 model (which I believe was a single year front end).

 

[155V6]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

The #5 car and the beige one are the same car before and after. Mira and Guiloy castings are definitely different 

I've got the plastic base version of the GuiloyI never realised it was a Mk5,always thought it was a Mk4 as the roofline looked the same as the Matchbox Cortina

[155V6]

Some car boot finds from the last couple of weeks

Siku Peugeot? Camper & Matchbox VW T25

Spot-On Taxi  & Matchbox Cortina

I nearly left the Taxi,as I thought it was a Corgi at 1st glance.I think it has been repainted,as it's held together with hex head bolts

It's not the most exciting model,but a complete Spot-On for £1.00 isn't something you see every day

I saw this small basket of cars on the floor,& bent down to have a look

The seller said I could have the lot for a pound,so I didn't even bother looking through until I got home.

Here's what I got

Matchbox stuff

Corgis

Hotwheels Sizzlers Backfire & Majorette Mercedes

French Dinky AMX Tank

The rest,shame the Capri is squashed

[155V6]

I also got another Minichamps Puma this week

It found it on eBay one morning when I couldn't sleep,it was on a buy now for £17.50 posted which is a good price for one of these.It doesn't look like it's ever been out of the sleeve 😁

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Is that a repaint? I have only seen white on red painted Crestas

Yep you can see the red underneath 

[junkyarddog]

That pink base No70 Dodge dragster looks to be in good shape,nice find.

[bunglebus]

16 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

That pink base No70 Dodge dragster looks to be in good shape,nice find.

Yeah she had quite a few fairly decent Matchbox of that era, always hard to know what to buy and what to leave as I have almost all of them already. I like the funky base colours on these though 

[sierraman]

I’m the worlds worst for knowingly buying things I already have, especially if they are in nice condition. I see myself as some sort of retirement home for diecast. In past few months I’ve bought things like a Corgi AA Escort van, I already have one but this was too nice to fall in to the hands of some kids 🤣. 

Theres some ones I just have a weakness for, it’s no exaggeration I probably have nigh on 20 Mercury Fire Chief cars. 

[bunglebus]

I do the same but I excuse it by keeping the nicest example and selling the others. Or putting them in the box of cars to customise which I won't get done if I live to 150

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, andrew e said:

Scored some bargains there @bunglebus  was it busy? Looks like I saved myself a few quid having the plague!

It was rammed but several regular sellers were missing, shame as I made a beeline for the guy that usually has trays of Matchbox Corgi Majorette Siku etc etc and he wasn't there

[junkyarddog]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Yeah she had quite a few fairly decent Matchbox of that era, always hard to know what to buy and what to leave as I have almost all of them already. I like the funky base colours on these though 

I'm still on the lookout for a green base version,I have the black,pink and yellows far...🤪

[eddyramrod]

4 hours ago, sierraman said:

I’m the worlds worst for knowingly buying things I already have, especially if they are in nice condition. I see myself as some sort of retirement home for diecast. In past few months I’ve bought things like a Corgi AA Escort van, I already have one but this was too nice to fall in to the hands of some kids 🤣. 

Theres some ones I just have a weakness for, it’s no exaggeration I probably have nigh on 20 Mercury Fire Chief cars. 

 

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I do the same but I excuse it by keeping the nicest example and selling the others. Or putting them in the box of cars to customise which I won't get done if I live to 150

I'm another one.  Drives MrsR bananas.  My usual excuse is that I need them for either the personal-history fleet, because we have had (eg) four Marinas and six Ladas, in total; or the TV/film collection, in which I have, for example, three Corgi Junior SD1s in different colours.  (Only one is yellow, it doubles up for both Steed and Cowley just as the real car did!)

Incidentally... I've just won another SD1, this time the MB version dressed as a copcar.  Regular readers will remember I've been after one to cut the upper rear end off, so I can finally build my MB Rover Sterling to match the 800 mk2 hatchback I had before my operation.  Yes I know they're tiny but that just means they'll be a bit forgiving of the odd inaccuracy.

[sheffcortinacentre]

9 hours ago, bunglebus said:

The #5 car and the beige one are the same car before and after. Mira and Guiloy castings are definitely different 

Those are the ones I have plus I think a white & a pink one.

 

[bunglebus]

2 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

I've just won another SD1, this time the MB version dressed as a copcar

I've still got the bronze one put aside for you

[eddyramrod]

3 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I've still got the bronze one put aside for you

Oh goodness!  I clean forgot about that!  Well... looks like I've saved it from being chopped up then.  Under no circumstances does this mean I no longer want it.  We must do some sort of deal so that it can be included in a parcel.

[MiniMinorMk3]

Minichamps are one of my favourite ranges, I've been buying them for 30 years ever since I first came across them in St. Martins Accessories. Here's some examples.

Amphicar

BMW 2000 CS

BMW 2002 Cabriolet

BMW 700 LS

Jaaaaaaag XJS

1997 C-Class

SD1 Vitesse

1995 Saab 900

TR6

 

 

 

[Split_Pin]

They are undoubtedly the best in 1/43 scale. I first discovered them under the old 'Paul's Model Art ' name in 1994 when I got my first real pay packet from work experience. I went to Wonderland Models in Edinburgh and bought a Ford Mondeo.  I couldn't believe the accuracy and detail and it hasn't been surpassed even now. The Progetto Alfa Romeo Guilia and 2 Corgi Morris Minors that I bought at the same time weren't a patch on the Ford and I no longer have those.