Shite in Miniature II

[Remspoor]

Corgi Bedfords. Car transporter, Milk tanker and Petrol Tanker.

This is a bridge my Father made for me. Made from wood.

[stuboy]

Won this off a lottery page of social media page... think it was worth the £9 !!

[eddyramrod]

Today I unboxed the Matchbox-Dinky Stag to compare with the Bond-partwork one...

 

They're clearly NOT the same casting.  So, that's one mystery laid to rest.  Now let's look at Ford V8 Pilots, just because I now have two.

Yes it's nice to have two, but I never really liked it in silver.  Now I have the beige one, silver can go, and I don't mind putting it in the box that the beige one came in.  Fiver plus post, anyone?  Or a black one as a swopper?  Like many, I clearly remember these in black, so that would be nice to have with the beige.  The silver doesn't feel like a period colour somehow.

[bunglebus]

Today's diecast delight is this Benbros 57 Chevy wagon, that despite subject matter is made in good old England

It came with another that has a broken base which of course includes the bumpers

[junkyarddog]

That's an unusual find.

Well done on scoring that.

[Remspoor]

The Ben Bros is a find.  Well done.

[Remspoor]

Dinky tanker. I have seen this described as either a Dodge or a Studebaker. i personally think that this is a representation of the latter. Dinky had a long production run with this model in various liveries. From 1950 to  '61

[Lord Sterling]

Got this recently. 1/18, exactlythe same one I test drive when they first came out:

[RoadworkUK]

I have that MG6. Really nice model. I'm kicking myself for not going the MG3 to go with it, really. 1:16 is a slightly annoying scale, though.

[cms206]

Have we had this from Oxford yet?

[Jon]

On 2/3/2022 at 3:29 AM, bunglebus said:

And a mystery plastic car about 1:43 scale - anyone?

It's obviously missing a shed load of the intricate details but.... possibly a plasticised knock-off of the  Volvo Tundra concept?

 

Squared arches and side strake line up. Plus retractable front lights and possibly some offset front grille arrangement on the casting?

Granted, it's tenuous but that's my offering.

[bunglebus]

14 hours ago, Jon said:

It's obviously missing a shed load of the intricate details but.... possibly a plasticised knock-off of the  Volvo Tundra concept?

Apparently - a Pontiac J2000! I've also worked out it's a Kai Yip casting, whether sold or stolen I don't know.

This is easier to ID

Missing its plastic cover of course but I can swap that off another one.

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Apparently - a Pontiac J2000! I've also worked out it's a Kai Yip casting, whether sold or stolen I don't know.

This is easier to ID

Missing its plastic cover of course but I can swap that off another one.

I had that one as a kid, another one that my parents chucked in the bin... mine had the cover and the hi-tailer in the back

[bunglebus]

I don't have the correct Martini one, but I do have

And the Super GT

I do also have a not-as-nice Martini K-7, that one has the red tailgate

 

[sierraman]

5 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I don't have the correct Martini one, but I do have

And the Super GT

I do also have a not-as-nice Martini K-7, that one has the red tailgate

 

Can’t remember the tailgate but it had the rooftop and the correct martini car. They go for some good money. Typically though mine ended up in the bin along with a preproduction VW 1500, a genuine silver colour trial, not a faded pink one. 

[Remspoor]

Matchbox Yesteryears are just one step up from Days Gone By? They are certainly unloved.

Packard Landaulet, with driver from the Corgi Daimler

Opel Coupe. I have to hood somewhere.

Morris Bullnose, without dickey seat cover.

Ford T

Bentley "Blower" Broken front wing.

Spyker

Mercedes GP, I do have the spare wheels for this.

Type 35 Bugatti

Last of my Yesteryear cars is the Benz

If I had a favourite I think it would be the Bullnose. Because of the simplicity of the model.

[bunglebus]

I mentioned a couple of days ago finding those reduced Matchbox Superfasts? They turned up this afternoon, they're really nice with "real rider" type wheels etc 

[sierraman]

Every now and then they have them on 50% off so they’re £2.50. 

[sutty2006]

I was over the moon the other day when this finally came my way. Was eying it up in the display cabinet at work for years. With a price tag of about £26. Never committed to buying it but was close. Kept asking the parts guy “how much is dis?” Then mulling it over for a few days after before talking myself out. Until a few months back the parts manager had a clear out and gave this to the parts lad. I was gutted. He knew I wanted it and rubbed it in. Then he broke it (grill) and locked it in his filing cabinet. I kept asking him when is he giving it to me? Good home for it you see……. Then one day last week he gave in and now it’s mine! Detail for its size is epic. It’s now sat in the top of my tool box and puts a smile on a miserable workshop. 

[Justwatching]

1974 Dodge Monaco in 1:64 by Greenlight. Like the yellow livery - unusual for a cop car (Las Vegas PD). 

[bunglebus]

I might be slightly mad but I can't bring myself to cancel the Corgi club subscription. They're just lovely things, and although this Thunderbird features no opening parts, it does have lovely compliant suspension and an easily-lost driver

Joining it on the doormat were a tidy Husky NSU RO80 because I like them

And a plastic MK2 Golf of unknown provenance 

[Remspoor]

 A Naked Austin Westminster by Corgi. Made between 1956 and '61. Some damaged because I used to played car he .

That is a game of tag or it. Instead of us boys running around the school playground we would push our cars over the rough tarmac surface. The die-cast would not take the punishment so vehicles would firstly be chipped than then break a part. I have damaged many many cars that way.

[DoctorRetro]

Littlun's birthday gift...

Schabak 1:24

[AnnoyingPentium]

52 minutes ago, DoctorRetro said:

Littlun's birthday gift...

Schabak 1:24

Oh this is gorgeous!!

[sierraman]

Looks like it wants TCA bushes doing! 

[Spottedlaurel]

Picked this up for £4 at a little antiques/collectibles shop in town yesterday:

I already have the original version with the fantasy cab, but this was straight enough to make a useful display stand for late '70s Superfast.

Photos taken outside the recently-closed local Vauxhall dealership. I believe it's the site of a longstanding garage which sold Vauxhall for many years, and also Bedford back in the 1960s/70s. Whether they offered TMs I don't know, probably just HA, CF and TK, but it's nice to think one of them might have made a delivery here back in the day.

The shop also had a shoebox full of boxed mid '80s Corgis, mostly the 1:64-ish cars/vans like Renaults 5 Turbo and Trafic, Rover SD1 etc,  but also a couple of the trucks (Volvo and Scania from memory). I don't know if he was up for selling them individually, but he had a price of £70 on the lot.

Progress also being made on the Monogram '57 Chevy rebuild:

Most of the foil brightwork has been done, it went OK. A bit of silver paint required on the badges etc.

I think I'm going to use these Centerlines from another Monogram kit, with semi-gloss clear to dull the shine - I don't recall them being polished back in the '80s. It'll sit a bit higher at the back as befits an older custom.

[DoctorRetro]

On 2/2/2022 at 2:29 PM, bunglebus said:

 

And a mystery plastic car about 1:43 scale - anyone?

Matra Murena / Bagheera maybe?

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Spottedlaurel said:

I think I'm going to use these Centerlines from another Monogram kit, with semi-gloss clear to dull the shine - I don't recall them being polished back in the '80s

No - I have seen them polished but it doesn't look right, Centerlines should have a brushed/spun finish like a moon disc 

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, DoctorRetro said:

Matra Murena / Bagheera maybe?

FB commenter suggested Pontiac J2000. Open to interpretation I guess - they had a version with Pontiac stickers though

[FakeConcern]

On 2/2/2022 at 8:01 PM, stuboy said:

Won this off a lottery page of social media page... think it was worth the £9 !!

I was expecting someone else to ask about this, but as no one has-what make and scale is it? I keep looking at your pictures of it, it looks so good!

19 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I might be slightly mad but I can't bring myself to cancel the Corgi club subscription. They're just lovely things, and although this Thunderbird features no opening parts, it does have lovely compliant suspension and an easily-lost driver

 

 

 

I had to steel myself and cancel after I got the Monte Carlo Mini, but couldn't really justify the expense even though there are some I'd love, like the T Bird and Mustang, but also several I don't really want or still have in pretty good original condition.

17 hours ago, Remspoor said:

 A Naked Austin Westminster by Corgi. Made between 1956 and '61. Some damaged because I used to played car he .

That is a game of tag or it. Instead of us boys running around the school playground we would push our cars over the rough tarmac surface. The die-cast would not take the punishment so vehicles would firstly be chipped than then break a part. I have damaged many many cars that way.

I didn't know Corgi made a Westminster, my dad had one when I was tiny (see page 3 of Family Snaps with your old car in background thread). My toys mostly ended up like yours by the sound of it, they really got played with!