Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

That's useful as mine are all just catalogued as Corgi Cubs, as none have any reference on the base.

Mind you they've all gone off to the Emerald Isle now for Datsuncog's "nephew" and "niece" who definitely* exist

Didn't you nab the police car with windows that turned up on here?

[sierraman]

Does anyone actually catalogue what they’ve got? I’d be a month of Sundays doing it. 

[eddyramrod]

Today's been lovely, so there has been some outdoor work.  Starting with the primer where it's needed...

And then I got out the drill and the not-a-Dremel...

What could possibly be happening here?  Patience; all will be revealed eventually.  And then...

That tub is full of stuff to go back upstairs for whatever reason.  Some will be coming back down for paint; most won't.  Why is there a chunk out of the caravan?  Because it's going to become part of the half-a-Transit!  For decades we've all seen battered old van or truck chassis-cabs with caravans of various sizes tacked on the back to create a home-built camper.  I had a pretty distressed and incomplete Transit courtesy of @danthecapriman and a no-name cheapo caravan from @FakeConcern.  Well hey presto!

1 minute ago, sierraman said:

Does anyone actually catalogue what they’ve got? I’d be a month of Sundays doing it. 

I've partially catalogued the Matchbox-size entries in my Film/TV sub-collection.  That was arduous enough.  And it's a live thing, I keep adding to it, so the listing needs updating since I last did it.

[flat4alfa]

Cor!  I'm looking forward to the Bedford CF Car Transporter!  What with its 2.3 Litre petrol engine, it will give the driver quite a relaxed* drive.

[eddyramrod]

That's a brave inference to draw!  The 2.3 was quite legendary in the CF: for its time it was ridiculously powerful as vans go.  Of course it could have a Rover V8...  

[danthecapriman]

Nice work @eddyramrod good to see that old Transit live to fight another day! It was knackered when I got it but I managed to still rob a few spares for my other one. 
The Econoline high top is looking great too.

Quite a few I recognise there actually!

 

Maybe your CF got fitted with the engine out of the ex LDV Ambulance!

[flat4alfa]

21 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Does anyone actually catalogue what they’ve got? I’d be a month of Sundays doing it. 

I know I don't catalogue anything.

I just drink to numb the pain.

[bunglebus]

36 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Does anyone actually catalogue what they’ve got? I’d be a month of Sundays doing it. 

I name the pictures on my Flickr account so I can find them more easily

Anyone know what this is?

[flat4alfa]

1963 Cadillac 2-door hardtop

[flat4alfa]

Ah... you've found the Mini-Dinky Cadillac.  Buy it quick, if not tell me where it is pretty please

[flat4alfa]

 

[bunglebus]

Couple of VW arrivals, firstly what I think is a white metal kit with similarities to the Budgie no.8 

One wheel was off on arrival, followed shortly after by the other

Next is this Joustra, I have a couple of Renaults by the same maker,  but this one is a bit curious...

The styling is known as the Mulholland Look, a short lived fad in the 80s with unlikely square lights etc

 

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Didn't you nab the police car with windows that turned up on here?

Yes, a glazed Corgi Cub is a rare beast

Is makes a Mothercare toy transform into a Gerry Anderson film prop.

BUT I would swap for a Mini-Dinky Cadillac, no question

Tiny Tom agrees.

[bunglebus]

Also had loads of Hot Wheels 

But they were the same mix with the Volvo 240 again - down to £1.49

[bunglebus]

Next arrival is part two of two, part one not here yet!

Tooned Twin Mill isn't the most exciting...

...but I like the Tooned Golf

Supra and Silvia are also excellent 

But people are going nuts for the Cosworth

This is mix B of the 56th anniversary set, mix A is en route. There's a gold chase car for each mix but they're a lot of money and I don't especially like them

 

[flat4alfa]

36 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

The styling is known as the Mulholland Look

Did not know that.  Went off to find out more

Wondered what it had to do with name Mulholland.  Looked up the ZIP code 90038, but that's off Santa Monica Boulevard, bang in the centre of Hollywood - ah but just 15 mins away from Mulholland Drive, up in the hills

So went off to look at 90710, but that's right down near Torrance, 50 mins in the wrong direction.

Then they moved to Tennesee!  

Didn't find out why.

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

This is mix B of the 56th anniversary set, mix A is en route. There's a gold chase car for each mix but they're a lot of money and I don't especially like them

Yes I feel the same.  But then typically, when out of the boxes and under good lighting, I then get drawn in...

But I will have to say no as I have a shedload of Dodge Vans to dispose of

[flat4alfa]

Here's a thought.

Why is a CHASE car the solid roof version and not the glazed roof version, that's a bit more special and shows interior?  They could have used the clear glazing piece and picked out the seating, making it that bit more chase special not unlike like this mainline, that didn't get detailed there

I wasn't sure about the Super Chromes version from a while back...

I thought that reversing the colour scheme for black to be the dominant colour, with gold as the highlight instead, would have been better?   Almost that was the decision they couldn't decide on for the 55th CHASE VW

What I do have is one of these News TV livery ones that mean nothing to me

...and Teal metallic paint is already on the shelf in the garage

Then get some transfers printed off with a similar design, but reversed, in a counterfeited type of way

Or...

[danthecapriman]

Another partwork car joined the collection today.

I was looking at these for ages on and off but never quite pulled the trigger on one.

 

Yeah, ok. It’s just a Vectra. 
But, my dad had one which is why I fancied one. At the time it was only about a year old, R970XHL, a silver 1.8 saloon. At the time I hated it, but only because the families beloved Datsun Sunny coupe was traded in for it, and that unfortunately was the death warrant for the Datsun as it went straight to scrap. 
But, the Vectra was actually a very good car! Nothing exciting really but it was faultless really in the years we had it. 
It’s not really my thing, I’ll be honest. It’s not old enough to interest me really but since dad had one… and because I’d looked at it on eBay a few times I got a 10% off seller offer so decided for the price why not.

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

21 hours ago, bunglebus said:

 

The styling is known as the Mulholland Look, a short lived fad in the 80s with unlikely square lights etc

 

 

21 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Did not know that.  Went off to find out more

 

Testa Tosser look one here

They do remind me of the Turbo Look kits that you could get over here. I think GP, of beach buggy fame, did them. I have a mate who had a GT Beetle with a Turbo Kit and Shorrock Supercharged engine.

 

Here's one by Alba on a 1303.

and another 1303 version

 

[bunglebus]

Woohoo, anniversary mix A is here

[bunglebus]

It's about time I'm able to take pictures outside again, summer solstice is next month!

Boxes have arrived containing a Tonka Corvette,

A very tidy Whizzwheels Capri

A Husky VW

And another - first I've ever found with the tilt and bows still in place

[ETCHY]

23 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Erm wtaf is a mini Dinky I don't recall seeing these before ?

[ETCHY]

Just now, bunglebus said:

It's about time I'm able to take pictures outside again, summer solstice is next month!

Boxes have arrived containing a Tonka Corvette,

A very tidy Whizzwheels Capri

A Husky VW

And another - first I've ever found with the tilt and bows still in place

Tonka is cool. I like the others a lot but that Tonka looks brill.

 

[flat4alfa]

3 hours ago, ETCHY said:

Erm wtaf is a mini Dinky I don't recall seeing these before ?

They were Dinky, for the smaller-sized person.

Produced in Hong Kong, at the same factory later adopted by Mattel for Hot Wheels early production 

They were expensive new and suffered metallurgy problems later in life, so examples are scarce 

I have a few and covet them but keep them on a shelf and handle with care

[flat4alfa]

https://www.maronline.org.uk/the-mini-dinky-story/
 

 

[bunglebus]

Another mystery one - any ideas?

[sheffcortinacentre]

Late 40's Chevy/GMC make looks like mini tots/tiny tots or similar name I think.

[Bren]

Corgi cubs bring back memories.

I remember the receiving the green jeep as a gift from my gran. Brother got a blue truck. We also had a couple of silver "shell" tankers. Brother had the cop car which I always thought looked UFO / Strakeresque.

[Spottedlaurel]

Well-packed goodies arrived today after a complex tripartite trade arrangement between @Datsuncog, @flat4alfa and myself:

By coincidence both are around 1/60

Shinsei GMC has lots of features:

Well-engineered with a lot of play value. It's missing the RH rear jack and a couple of poles, but is in tidy condition. A complete one:

The Majorette transporter can join my fleet of their 1/60 commercials - I'll try and do something useful over the Bank Holiday weekend and get a photo of them all. In the meantime:

I could use the cars that were in my cabinet at work. I found a photo of a boxed example with pretty much this load, just a Datsun 260Z instead of the R17 - I thought the latter seemed like a suitable substitute.

P.S. It looks like I knocked the LH door mirror off, but fortunately I haven't lost it....