Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

As usual late to the party but if the Superfast Corniche is still there , could you pick it up please . It’ll be perfect to create a replica of one of my favourite old heaps I get to drive- there’s even a colour match aerosol in the boot.

Solido have you covered if you want to upscale

[flat4alfa]

For page 1436

Siku 1436 KTM X-BOW

[Split_Pin]

Ah I see I was beaten to it with the Winross identification.

They make what is closest to a White 4000 truck, the same as featured in Maximum Overdrive, but it's pretty crude and quite expensive. They appear on ebay in all sorts of promotional liveries.

[bunglebus]

Just remembered Entertainer in Derby said Friday was their delivery day - walked in just as an M case was coming out!

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Reasonable detailing, all the same - even the 'White' badge below the windscreen has been picked out in silver.

White 1500, marketed and badged as the White Compact.  New for 1961

New York World's Fair flags and structures in the background next to the Unisphere, so photo dated 1964-65

[eddyramrod]

I could be interested in those Vitesse/City vans, depending on price...

[MiniMinorMk3]

3 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

As usual late to the party but if the Superfast Corniche is still there , could you pick it up please . It’ll be perfect to create a replica of one of my favourite old heaps I get to drive- there’s even a colour match aerosol in the boot.

 

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Solido have you covered if you want to upscale

My late father had a '72 Corniche

Seen here with his daily Mondeo

Never any problem with over heating. Horrible scuttle shake though which spoiled the experience. I preferred the Shadow he had before it.

I have a 1/43rd Polistil Corniche on my desk as a reminder.

Good engine detail 

Silly sports steering wheel!

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

I have a 1/43rd Polistil Corniche on my desk as a reminder.

My Dad just had coal.

Did have one of those Polistils, it was one glance away from bits falling off.  This line-up happened during sunny lockdown

Lined them up with others collected. These photos are from this thread, but seemed to have been subjected to extra compression since

From left to right : POLISTIL ; ELIGOR ; SOLIDO ; DINKY ; CORGI

Took a while to collect those.  But I'm better now.

[Zie]

Aldi still have loads of Hotwheels. Still no GTV. 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

23 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

 

My late father had a '72 Corniche

Seen here with his daily Mondeo

Never any problem with over heating. Horrible scuttle shake though which spoiled the experience. I preferred the Shadow he had before it.

I have a 1/43rd Polistil Corniche on my desk as a reminder.

Good engine detail 

Silly sports steering wheel!

That’s lovely, I think the later cars benefitted from the Series 2 upgrades to suspension , the brown one also has a Harvey Bailey kit on it. Never really noticed any scuttle shake even when pressing on a bit on the Route Napoleon, until I lost the brakes anyway. The best modification by far though is the extended seat runners we had installed by Hillier Hill, there was no way I could drive it a thousand miles without them.

Those early Corniches were a bit quick as they had more power than equivalent Shadows, my Boss in 1983 had a brand new Spirit that could be left for dead by his wife’s 1971 Corniche Coupe. When I took it to Hythe Rd during my Chauffeur School course, the instructors reckoned they were the fastest things RR had ever made. The Camargue had the same setup but weighed more, apparently.

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

45 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

 

 

From left to right : POLISTIL ; ELIGOR ; SOLIDO ; DINKY ; CORGI

Took a while to collect those.  But I'm better now.

I've had a few of the True Scale and NEO models pass through here

Great detail, but the chrome trim does lift sometimes.

Great colours on them as well

This saloon has the toothbrushes on the headlamps.

The even do Game Show Host spec colours.

And a van for picking up your fizzy grape juice.

[eddyramrod]

I'm in the doghouse again...

So, let's take a look inside...

Well that doesn't tell me much!

Ah, that's better.  What a nice little haul!

I remember someone offering this, and I remember jumping at it, but can I remember who the other party is?  Oh and then there are these...

Two copcars that are most likely going in my Projects box.  Lovely.

A Golf?  Did I really ask for a Golf?  I wonder why I did that?

Now these look very much like my territory: no-name Chevy Caprice and partwork Volga, both matt-blacked.  I'll enjoy resurrecting these.

Whoever sent me these, I must owe you some money now!  Please, PM me and we'll sort it out.  I know you're from Essex, there was a return address on the box; but no name!

I got one the other day too but I know where that one came from: ebay.

I only really bought this to sell on, it'll be going in the boot of the XJ.  My stock is a bit depleted at the moment!  But if anyone here fancies it... fiver plus post.

[flat4alfa]

Dread to think what those True Scales cost

Did have a '1:22' Camargue by Bburago.  It is nearer 1:18.

Well in fact had three of the blighters due to an eBay bidding accident

Compared the size with a Dinky Silver Shadow

Fondled the opening things

Admired the dashboard effort

Took one to bits and counted 58 Pieces !

Too big for the shelves, so had to go in the end

[flat4alfa]

The Bburago Silver Shadow II is stamped 1:24 scale.

However, the length and width dimensions are a bit off, measuring to an average of 1:28

The Dinky measures to approx 1:38

The Dinky has more opening things

[Datsuncog]

So, after hopping off my trusty unicycle, the market was typically rather busy - so it was a bit of a battle to push through the bovine tourist hoardes to get to Tat Central.

Every day I'm battlin', yo.

And the stall was busy. Plenty busy.

In a way, this stall's something of a crystal ball - I can see my future reflected in it, kinda.

So many oul lads, and so much tat - old fire axes, wartime magazines, blow lamps, bullet cartridges, lapel badges, teapots, police insignia, pub ashtrays... everyone's got their thing, it seems.

And it appears this corner's mine.

Well, mine and The Nemesis'.

Good news for @NorfolkNWeigh - the Roller floppytop was still kicking around the table.

So I'll pop that in with your others!

Unfortunately the City Models Estafette and LD150 seemed to have been snaffled in the interim.

Next I headed round to the Irish Gifts stall - but, tragically and unexpectedly, the beige Maestro requested by @andrew e had VANISHED.

Well, bugger.

Apparently some oul fella had bought it along with another military vehicle not long after I was in this morning.

However, Colin does have another Maestro in beige at home, so he's told me that he'll set that one aside for me and bring it along next Friday.

Fingers crossed!

So, having managed all I could manage, I threaded my way around the now packing-away stalls just in case anything else had arrived, or been missed, from earlier on.

The Winross White box truck was still there, hidden amidst a load of - well, junk, really.

It's actually not in bad nick - and appears to be hand-painted.

It wasn't the only diecast lumped in:

But then I realised some of these were priced.

Ah. Aha.

Ahahahahaha.

Crikey. These are honestly the sorts of things a charity shop would throw out.

Even a car-booter would think twice about this sort of tat, surely?

Yeah, how about 'no'.

I did ask the stallholder, though - and was mildly surprised that, apparently, £10 would take the Winross

So, now we know.

Meanwhile, a morning of dashing around without even a scone to sustain me was taking its toll by 1.30pm. It would need to be the big guns, now...

Luckily, Sandra was still on standby even if the rest of the market was winding down.

Finest Ulster gourmet tradition.

*Chef's kiss* 👌

So - is it time to roll the credits?

[sierraman]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Just remembered Entertainer in Derby said Friday was their delivery day - walked in just as an M case was coming out!

Locally to us Morrison’s now don’t stock Matchbox and Tesco have ceased offering them as well. As predicted they’ve managed in typical U.K. fashion to make an even bigger mess than we started with. 

[Datsuncog]

I did also stop off at Alan's Emporium on my way out, and I did happen to nab a few modernz from his 50p Tray, to add to my Box Of Stuff That Might Amuse A Four-Year-Old.

Some Matchbox:

Some fairly well-worn Hot Wheels:

And some slightly less worn Hot Wheels:

I'll give these a bit of a scrub, and maybe a tickle with the Molotow paint pen where appropriate.

Gotta catch 'em young, hey?

Or else, who'll buy tat in the future, when all us oul lads are gone?

So there we have it. Another week.

Some quite nice pieces, I hope you'll agree, ready for re-homing in the not too distant future.

And so - everyone in for the traditional 5pm ensemble photo.

Say CHEESE!

Boom.

Whew.

Thassit.

 

Happy Friday, kids.

Til next week!!

[bunglebus]

I do like a Rolls-Royce,  especially a Silver Shadow or Corniche.

This one is the very casting that sent me down an extremely deep rabbit hole of obscure brands - Zylmex D44

[andrew e]

Yo @Datsuncog I was after a £6 Soda not a Maestro 😂 I’m not sure who that was but not me - I never liked the vans I had to drive, even the 700 diesel! 
 
Top reportage as usual, we should get to you to make a cut & paste Friday pdf almanac every Christmas to reminisce over the cold winter months! £1 a download for Gas & Soda bap funding 😎

[Datsuncog]

Daaah!

4 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

If you're still over that way Tim, could you grab me the beige Maestro if it's available please?

 

31 minutes ago, andrew e said:

Yo @Datsuncog I was after a £6 Soda not a Maestro 😂 I’m not sure who that was but not me - I never liked the vans I had to drive, even the 700 diesel! 
  😎

Wrong Andy!!

Apologies - hopefully we'll have some beige BLARG action next week for @AndyW201

[RoadworkUK]

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Did have a '1:22' Camargue by Bburago.  It is nearer 1:18.

Was it? Mine always looked uncomfortable sitting with my 1:18 stuff. I'd have thought it'd have trouble fitting in the usual Bburago box at 1:18 scale...

[MiniMinorMk3]

3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Dread to think what those True Scales cost

 

Buy low sell high.

I also had more NEO versions including Bentley T1 FHC

Bentley T2 FHC

One of my favourites the Bentley Continental S3 Convertible

And in Rolls guise

Or how about a Bentley S1 Radford Estate.

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Is anyone else old enough and not woke enough to still call S3 MPW’s  “Chinese Eye” ?  No? Just me then, I’ll get me coat.

[eddyramrod]

No don't worry, I still do too!

[MiniMinorMk3]

2 minutes ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

Is anyone else old enough and not woke enough to still call S3 MPW’s  “Chinese Eye” ?  No? Just me then, I’ll get me coat.

I did that on another forum about a year ago and got pulled up for it.

[FakeConcern]

On 7/29/2023 at 9:06 PM, FakeConcern said:

I just happened to see this BIN for £11 on ebay and made a cheeky offer which was accepted!

I didn't even know they existed and being under the influence I'd bought something without knowing anything about it...

I thought all "new" Corgis were 1/36, but this Capri sits well on the back...

Not sure what the winch/grab thing is meant to be, but hours of fun already...

 

On 7/29/2023 at 9:38 PM, sierraman said:

I think the grab hooks round the axles. My youngest has the RAC one. 

 

On 7/29/2023 at 10:00 PM, FakeConcern said:

Stop it.

 

 

 

Now looking on ebay for Corgi RAC spec lift transit...

I am so weak...

 

[Datsuncog]

[bunglebus]

I bet the cat judges you too. They all do.

[bunglebus]

Oh and don't wash that single seater unless you want to murder the paper sticker

[Datsuncog]

13 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I bet the cat judges you too. They all do.

Yeah, she was asleep on the settee and left with a look of absolute contempt once I sat down and started scrubbing away... and yes, the Team Matchbox racer will be spared a dunking!

It's actually really clean anyway; will use a dry brush to get the dust out from the cockpit and it should be just dandy.

The others are responding pretty well to bathnight.

Though I've just had my ten minute warning that MrsDC's on her way back from knitting, so I'd better get a wriggle on...