Shite in Miniature II

[sierraman]

I’m surprised it’s all that popular in America, nobody would have heard of a Capri there wasn’t it an absolute failure in the US?

Puzzles me why they don’t sell the Hitch and Haul or the Convoys here either. They sell the Skybusters they seem to remain gathering dust on the hooks.

[barrett]

2 hours ago, sierraman said:

I’m surprised it’s all that popular in America, nobody would have heard of a Capri there wasn’t it an absolute failure in the US?

Puzzles me why they don’t sell the Hitch and Haul or the Convoys here either. They sell the Skybusters they seem to remain gathering dust on the hooks.

I thought they were quite popular over there, and according to reliable* wikipedia "At its peak, yearly Capri sales in North America were the highest for any import vehicle (except for the Volkswagen Beetle)"

[DoctorRetro]

Got these today. Mk3 and 5 Escorts.

The mk3 is identical to one I had years ago, NML722X I believe. I think I either bought it from or sold it to @trigger.

Unfortunately I dropped it when I opened it, snapping off a mirror.

The Mk5 is a Schabak. I'm not impressed. Blemish on the bonnet, dash loose and boot was so stuff I had to dismantle it to gently push it open from the inside. Windows are a bit wonky too. It's a cool model though.

I've also got a 1:24 Sierra sapphire, but no photos as that's a birthday present for my littlun.

 

ps. I know I'm supposed to be posting some models to people, but life has been unkind lately. I'll get round to it, but don't hold your breath. Might be easier to give them all to @bunglebusto sort 😳

 

[bunglebus]

MK3 looks nicely detailed, what make is it?

[Amishtat]

 

27 minutes ago, barrett said:

I thought they were quite popular over there, and according to reliable* wikipedia "At its peak, yearly Capri sales in North America were the highest for any import vehicle (except for the Volkswagen Beetle)"

That was my understanding too, that they weren't a bad seller over there. Fairly sure I remember reading somewhere (probably about 20ish years ago) that UK /European Crapi enthusiasts were going to the effort of importing cars/shells from the West Coast rather than weld up home market survivors. 

[quicksilver]

@Datsuncog - a bit late to the party but can you add the Doosan shovel and the Christmas Commer to my stash please?

[DoctorRetro]

34 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

MK3 looks nicely detailed, what make is it?

Think it's a D'agostino or something, there's no name on it but it came in a blister pack like a magazine one. 

[Datsuncog]

28 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

@Datsuncog - a bit late to the party but can you add the Doosan shovel and the Christmas Commer to my stash please?

Ah, sorry, they're now all gone - the remainder were dropped off at St George's at first light this morning.

I've spent the rest of the day in a bit of a swoon.

Still. I'm hoping this clearout will give me the chance to do more stuff with models once we're moved somewhere else, so - trying to channel positive vibes.

[Remspoor]

Roadside furniture plus garage bits.

All the ones below are Dinky I think.

These too are Dinky.

I do not know who manufactured the roadwork set. The Slow Police sign and cones are from the Dinky Police Accident Unit. I had the one with lower half in orange. I no longer have that.

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, Amishtat said:

 

That was my understanding too, that they weren't a bad seller over there. Fairly sure I remember reading somewhere (probably about 20ish years ago) that UK /European Crapi enthusiasts were going to the effort of importing cars/shells from the West Coast rather than weld up home market survivors. 

I could have got it completely wrong but I don’t think it had the same impact there alongside the Mustang as it did in the U.K., it was almost like a phenomena here. 

[Amishtat]

Closest thing we got to the Mustang, I suppose. Same sort of premise, some nothing-special underpinnings dressed up with a fancy body and and a fair options list. 

[AnnoyingPentium]

This is for @eddyramrod - it's a 1/43 Corgi PA Cresta from my stash... used and abused since I've had it for years.

[eddyramrod]

Lovely!

 

I managed to wangle some NVR from a neighbour tonight and found some leftover cotton buds in the bathroom cabinet so I've had a crack at removing the taxi signs from the red one.  Fuck me, this is bud-intensive!  I need to go and buy some more.  But, it does work!  So to those who made the suggestion, thank you

[AnnoyingPentium]

1 minute ago, eddyramrod said:

Lovely!

Thanks! I'll see what else I have kicking about, I used to have tons but a wee lad my wee brother was friends with was more interested in them than I was at one point so he got some of them.

[eddyramrod]

There is a phase a man goes through when that happens.  If you're lucky it doesn't last and you get to keep some of your treasures.  Even if nobody else recognises them as such...

Fortunately here, you are surrounded by people who do, one of whom is DEFINITELY me.  There is actually a name for this: Autominology.

[AnnoyingPentium]

30 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

There is a phase a man goes through when that happens.  If you're lucky it doesn't last and you get to keep some of your treasures.  Even if nobody else recognises them as such...

Fortunately here, you are surrounded by people who do, one of whom is DEFINITELY me.  There is actually a name for this: Autominology.

I've come back around since buying the little Fabias at the start of the year etc. I'm still on the hunt for a little red Astra (2004) I used to have, used to take it everywhere with me as a wee-er lad. It's nice to be surrounded by folks like yourself and the others who are "into" this stuff just as I am though.

I've got some really nice 1/43 stuff left, and a hell of a lot of 1/76 stuff since my model railway exists still, admittedly up the loft though.

[eddyramrod]

You're in good company here, in both scales. 

I will admit to a degree of envy towards those who can still work in the small scales; 1/43 is as small as I can really go now, although I am engaged in making smaller-scale models of some of my previous real cars, mostly because only the small scales are available.

[Noel Tidybeard]

5 hours ago, bunglebus said:

MK3 looks nicely detailed, what make is it?

Ford

 

 

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

1 minute ago, eddyramrod said:

You're in good company here, in both scales. 

I will admit to a degree of envy towards those who can still work in the small scales; 1/43 is as small as I can really go now, although I am engaged in making smaller-scale models of some of my previous real cars, mostly because only the small scales are available.

I can work with most of the stuff in smaller scales. Housing kits by Metcalfe still give me the fear though! Trying to solder wiring for street lighting into my model railway was a task and a half due to my shaky hands, most soldering is a pig as a result though.

I ended up buying a lot of 1/76 since my Grampa used to take me to model railway shows three times a year, one in Irvine, one in Ayr, and one in Stevenston. 1/43 stuff was bought mostly when I was down in Blackpool annually in October, spending my pocket money on maybe a Nova or a Cavalier.

[sheffcortinacentre]

The MK1 Capri was/is quite popular in the states the MK2 less so.

[junkyarddog]

Found this unusual Mk1 Golf recently. 

No makers name.

 

[Tenmil Socket]

52 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Found this unusual Mk1 Golf recently. 

No makers name.

 

Nice! Looks like a Solidoish copy? Is the blue Rover a home brew? 

[155V6]

1 hour ago, junkyarddog said:

Found this unusual Mk1 Golf recently. 

No makers name.

 

I've got that one,& an Escort XR3.I can't remember who they're made by,but I'm sure @bunglebus will be along shortly with some info.

[Six-cylinder]

My latest car purchase yesterday was 1986 230TE estate W123 shape and as my model collection is every car I own in 1:43 I need a model.

Has anybody got a 1:43 scale Mercedes Estate W123 shape they can sell me?

[bunglebus]

6 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Found this unusual Mk1 Golf recently. 

No makers name.

 

 

5 hours ago, 155V6 said:

I've got that one,& an Escort XR3.I can't remember who they're made by,but I'm sure @bunglebus will be along shortly with some info.

Links to Polistil and Kees but probably sold as Golden Wheels.

Think Polistil made them for Kees but the moulds later went to Golden Wheels. Base of my MK3 Escort is clearly from the same series and you can just about make out where KEES has been removed 

Very nice Golf!

[Amishtat]

On 1/18/2022 at 7:10 PM, AnnoyingPentium said:

I had a yellow/cream PA Cresta taxi in my model railway. Will probably be up the loft with the other stuff now.

I was thinking something similar when you posted that, albeit you've since shown us yours and it's bigger. But since I've been getting my model railway stuff out of the shed and bringing it into the house.. 

[junkyarddog]

5 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Is the blue Rover a home brew? 

Umm,might be.

It's something smoll Eddy has been creating now that I've let him out of his tin again.

"You aint seen nuffin,right M8"

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

20 minutes ago, Amishtat said:

I was thinking something similar when you posted that, albeit you've since shown us yours and it's bigger. But since I've been getting my model railway stuff out of the shed and bringing it into the house.. 

 

Sorry for the confusion, I have a 1/76 one in all cream (no two tone) somewhere as well. 

Wee bit like this:

[Remspoor]

4x4 Aston Martin. I do have most of the missing bits. There are in amongst this lot, on the lower left,

[Justwatching]

1973 Ford Falcon XB as per it's appearance in the first Mad Max film.