Shite in Miniature II

[Amishtat]

It's only taken a week, but now some of the festive dust has settled I've had the chance to have a closer look at the ex-Eddyramrod Dodge Dart Phoenix which has been hidden on a shelf in the back hall since last Wednesday. Another little gap in the Forward Look line up filled. 

[Justwatching]

1978 Dodge Monaco in 1:64 scale by Greenlight. Ever the sucker for an old NYPD livery. The bonnet looks like it opens, but I've not managed it yet. 

Interesting* fact - the car number is only one different from the Monaco that appears in Ghostbusters.

[bunglebus]

Another day, another arrival. Anyone have info on these plastic motorised Matchbox? Corvette and RX-7.

Found 'em, 1987 catalogue, Speed Riders

Oops

 

[Jon]

Had a spare moment yesterday, so decided to tit about with some toy cars, whilst home alone.

 

 

 

This RR Classic is OK, though based on one of those funny later 3 dr models with the horizontal slat grille, which mainland Europe got and the UK missed out on, for some reason.

As both man and child, I don't/didn't really care for models of racing cars by and large, so this is ripe for a respray in a more boring, civvie colour. Would lose the rear badge but no biggie (I'll probably never get round to it anyway).

 

Mrs_Jon got a new yoga mat for Christmas, so another platform to test out:

 

Works on far away things, too:

This Unimog is quite a nice thing and very reminiscent of my Tamiya motorised version, which was a favourite plaything back in the day.

 

Nabbed it recently for a about £4 delivered. Came with a little trailer too, with a long goose neck to reach the tow bar. Only, it's broken and the hitch is still attached to the 'Mog. Another job on the 'never get round to' list.

 

Then I got incredibly artwank and snapped off loads of silly photos of these silly small Hondas:

 

 

 

 

 

 

An excellent and cost-effective waste of time, I'm sure you'll agree.

It also seems that the turquoise little champ is actually quite accurate, as per this example I spotted back in January:

 

[Tenmil Socket]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Another day, another arrival. Anyone have info on these plastic motorised Matchbox? Corvette and RX-7.

Found 'em, 1987 catalogue, Speed Riders

Oops

 

 

Shittin’ Nora, I’d forgotten all about these!

[sierraman]

What are they?

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

What are they?

"Motorised Speed Riders" - I've edited the post to show the catalogue scan.

Also realised I had one in the collection already

 

[Justwatching]

1991 Ford LTD Crown Victoria in 1:64 scale by Greenlight. NYC yellow cab livery. Last year of the square body and LTD model name. 

[bunglebus]

Y'know these Corgi Juniors Jeeps?

Are there any limited edition/rare ones? Just seen a pair with blue interiors and "R" on the bonnet but can't find any reference to them

[stuboy]

Bought these whilst at tesco ... think was the bright shiney packaging caught my eye..lol

[sierraman]

No Capri in stock? 

[bunglebus]

Didn't know that Car Culture series was coming out. The Starlet and 2000 GT look good

[Datsuncog]

Took a trawl through Tesco last night...

Seems that the Mini Cargo Trucks aren't in desperately high demand.

Not much else from the MB stable really, though the semi-premium UK Collection has made a reappearance in Carrickfergus:

Yellow Lotus Europa and TX4 Taxi were lurking behind these on the pegs.

But stay! The Hot Wheels tub was turgid with fresh diecast...

...and virtually undisturbed at the lower level.

Ohhhh...

So, there were these...

Which I bought, because I'm a weak-willed dandiprat.

So, once I'd gone and found the Special K I'd originally gone in for (Kellogg's, you naughty people), and reality kicked in, I now have two Sierras and an AE86 looking rehomed, at cost price plus postage.

Form an orderly queue...

[bunglebus]

Sod it I'm in for the Sierras. Can't find them around here despite some new stock appearing - they're swiped instantly 

[Datsuncog]

No worries; will pop them both to one side for you.

I'm well aware that my indiscriminate swiping of Sierra shaped items makes me part of the problem...

[sierraman]

I must be alone in liking the Cargo truck...

[Tenmil Socket]

8 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Sod it I'm in for the Sierras. Can't find them around here despite some new stock appearing - they're swiped instantly 

Do you want both?

[andy18s]

If anymore Sierra appear can I claim 1? Chances of me finding 1 here are close to zero...

[Tenmil Socket]

My dad bought me this Escort years ago from a car boot for 50p but didn’t realise it had a wheel missing! Therefore a Citroen donated a wheel 😆

It’s quite a nice model but the rear bumper and whale tail have faded in the sun. I’m quite impressed with the interior detail.

 

[bunglebus]

14 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Do you want both?

One will go to my friend who also collects but can't get out much since getting knocked off his motorbike 

[Justwatching]

1967 Ford Custom in 1:64 scale by Greenlight. It's a 100th anniversary edition for the Maryland State Police. Very distinctive livery and a nice model overall (other than the uneven rear axle). 

And here's a round up of my year in miniature shite!

 

[bunglebus]

I spy Christine and ECTO1

[Spottedlaurel]

9 hours ago, Justwatching said:

And here's a round up of my year in miniature shite!

All this year?

I like your little diorama. I should try and knock-up something similar up for my 1:24/1:25 kits - now I don't have the flat roof and expansive views for a photo location, I need to try something different.

[bunglebus]

I'm trying to get all my copies and originals in one place for a group picture - a harder task than I first thought!

I did lead me to realise that what I thought was another Gruesome Twosome copy by Lucky is actually different. Did they change it due to copyright infringements or just because they could?

Then you get into what constitutes a copy? Is this

a big-ass version of this?

Anyway - looks like I have my work cut out

[Justwatching]

2 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

All this year?

Excluding the trains, all this year. 

[155V6]

A surprise delivery yesterday was this Corgi Junior Ironside van

I saw it on FB Marketplace on Thursday,it was fairly local,but I'd just tested positive for Covid so couldn't go to collect.I paid him to post it,& thought I'd get it next week.

I got a knock on the door yesterday morning,old chap had bought it round for me 😁

Looking back,I think I saw this at a car boot back in the autumn,but didn't have enough left to buy it.

Really please with this one,it's not mint,but still very nice,and complete

[bunglebus]

I bid on a lot including one of those ^ but lost out. Same happened with one containing an Aerocar too

[bunglebus]

Anyway - thought I'd look back at how many cars got tinkered with in 2021 - about half what I achieved in 2020 but considering six months were spent dealing with an extremely difficult family situation that occupied most of our waking hours, I think I did OK

 

[bezzabsa]

Looking to start a Collection of HGV's this year I think...

May hack a few Stobarts about to create some code 3's...

But really looking for a 94d rigid

Daf 1900 Rigid 

Roadrunner / Daf 45 

a Nice Renault Magnum

[AnnoyingPentium]

29 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Anyway - thought I'd look back at how many cars got tinkered with in 2021 - about half what I achieved in 2020 but considering six months were spent dealing with an extremely difficult family situation that occupied most of our waking hours, I think I did OK

 

Where did you get the dinky Lupo from?