Shite in Miniature II

[RoadworkUK]

My Solido Cossie has gone straight in among my top five 1:18 models. I mean, I'm not entirely sure what the other four are, but the Cossie's definitely in there.

[bezzabsa]

this would look great with a custom paint job.. pre lowered!!

[bunglebus]

7 minutes ago, bezzabsa said:

this would look great with a custom paint job.. pre lowered!!

Think I'd better find a spare - any suggestions on colour?

[Spottedlaurel]

13 minutes ago, bezzabsa said:

this would look great with a custom paint job.. pre lowered!!

Indeed, I reckon the RW stance is better than either of the Superfast. I didn't realise how terrible a job they'd done with the arches on the wide-wheel version!

A set of those smooth-centred wheels as fitted to the current LS400 or Civic might suit it well if they could be persuaded to fit under the arches?

[sutty2006]

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Think I'd better find a spare - any suggestions on colour?

Candy apple red 

[AnnoyingPentium]

52 minutes ago, sutty2006 said:

Candy apple red 

+1... or, failing that... Flamenco Red... colour code is 9892 and I may have a can of it somewhere.

[bunglebus]

Corgi Polo I was trying to ID turned up - not quite sure why they did this slightly altered version with chin spoiler

Also bought a multi pack of Hot Wheels, mainly for the 356

But there are some other nice ones in there too

Still kicking myself over an older 10 pack with a nice Mini in it, thinking it would come out as an individual car. It didn't 

[bunglebus]

Bought a job lot (surprise!). No one else bid and I could see there was a Mini Dinky in there

Anyone have a source for tyres?

Along for the ride, among others was an early Whizzwheels Jag

With bonus Blu-Tac

Also a cute Matchbox tractor

Roller

And various tatty Huskys and Corgis

[w00dy]

Not keen on the brown wheels, but otherwise a nice model added to the collection.

[bezzabsa]

On 6/22/2022 at 6:37 PM, bunglebus said:

Think I'd better find a spare - any suggestions on colour?

Flat black with scallop flame job and pinstripe art on boot...

or pearl white with the Lace detail paint on the roof

[Remspoor]

Matchbox MGTC still in box. This was my dads. He purchased this as he had a TA, This was the nearest model o that type he could find to bring back those memories.

[sierraman]

38 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Matchbox MGTC still in box. This was my dads. He purchased this as he had a TA, This was the nearest model o that type he could find to bring back those memories.

I have that one. Not in the box though, those Models if Yesteryear seem about as desirable as a bout of syphilis. I quite like the seventies ones in the garish unlikely colour schemes like a metallic pink Hispano Souza or something equally mad.  

[Remspoor]

9 hours ago, sierraman said:

I have that one. Not in the box though, those Models if Yesteryear seem about as desirable as a bout of syphilis. I quite like the seventies ones in the garish unlikely colour schemes like a metallic pink Hispano Souza or something equally mad.  

They had to paint this British Racing Green it goes with the territory. 😉

[sierraman]

6 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

They had to paint this British Racing Green it goes with the territory. 😉

When you find those old Models of Yesteryear now they almost invariably smell of fags, I have this picture in my head they’ll have sat on the Formica sideboard as some old guy will have been bought it in 1977 and sat for many an evening smoking beside it waiting to crystallise his investment in the burgeoning collectors item market. It’s weird how I like these but find ‘Days Gone By’ intolerable. 

[Remspoor]

More.....

Matchbox King Size. Foden Tipper.

Some random tractor parts. The red item, I think,  was from a Corgi Massey Ferguson. The blue one from a Britans Fordson New Major.

[Remspoor]

5 minutes ago, sierraman said:

When you find those old Models of Yesteryear now they almost invariably smell of fags, I have this picture in my head they’ll have sat on the Formica sideboard as some old guy will have been bought it in 1977 and sat for many an evening smoking beside it waiting to crystallise his investment in the burgeoning collectors item market. It’s weird how I like these but find ‘Days Gone By’ intolerable. 

DGB was basically the same casting with what ever livery they could get permission or paid to use. The castings were not very accurate either. Made to the cheapest level possible. They are like crystal figurines of the die cast world.

[sutty2006]

Popped into Asda while out shopping this morning. Good small haul. Green Volvo to match the red one I’ve got too. 

[junkyarddog]

A recent find is this Fun Ho Bedford Tanker truck,all the way from New Zealand!

Not a great casting by any stretch of the imagination, but it's a charming little thing despite its shortcomings!

Never had a casting from this manufacturer before.

Quite pleased to have found it.

[Datsuncog]

7 hours ago, sierraman said:

It’s weird how I like these but find ‘Days Gone By’ intolerable. 

The MoYs do seem to have much more charm to them than DGs - could be the better cast-in detailing, or maybe just the slightly larger scale that lifts them? Or the batshit 70s colour schemes?

It's weird in a way though, as I understand Jack Odell was behind both ranges.

But you're right about the fag ash everywhere, they always feel really gritty to the touch!

The original Corgi Classics are really nice too. Even though they used a fair amount of plastic, the detail remains excellent. I think we had a CC Rolls Royce Silver Ghost upthread a short while ago?

[bunglebus]

A thing arrived

Yes it's another carded Neet Streeter, in the solid red rather than the very similar looking metallic on the one I found last year:

I showed you this Dinky Land Rover a couple of Sundays ago

Now whilst I have a lot of respect for Land Rovers, they're not entirely my thing - couldn't resist it for a pound or two though, and I thought with a lick of paint I might actually be able to sell it on. Well of course it's never that easy, I had problems with paint reacting in the bed and also had some peel off removing the masking - same colour and same problem as the Gus's Gulper so I suspect it's a problem with this tin of paint

Still, it looks alright now. Googling pics of this model shows some with silver in the bed and some with white. Not sure if I made the right choice...

[500tops]

This weeks 'haul' 😂

[bunglebus]

Amphicar and Morris Minor 1,000,000 are cool

[Datsuncog]

Today's reminder that I seriously need to acquire some cleaning wipes for my laptop:

Opel Commodore B, in GS/E spec.

Think this may be an IXO model, maybe? One of those 'Opel Collection' partworks that continental types get to enjoy, while us over here just get to browse the Jumajo website with green-eyed lust...

Unfortunately, this one had a minor accident on the way over - busted box and damaged headlight.

Ah well. Still very nice.

[morrisoxide]

Got out of Work early today and decided to pop by Tescos.

Picked up these two, finally got a Honda.

I'm sure the Landy is in the same box as the Kadett and 36 Ford but no sign of them. There was also a 48 Willys in Khaki, White Food van , Road Roller & a rubbish self driving bus thing.

In other news these are in the works.

Chopped up to make a crew cab to go with a single cab I made out of a ruined older matchbox.

El Camino  that I'm turning into a El Vanino

[155V6]

6 minutes ago, morrisoxide said:

Got out of Work early today and decided to pop by Tescos.

Picked up these two, finally got a Honda.

I'm sure the Landy is in the same box as the Kadett and 36 Ford but no sign of them. There was also a 48 Willys in Khaki, White Food van , Road Roller & a rubbish self driving bus thing.

In other news these are in the works.

Chopped up to make a crew cab to go with a single cab I made out of a ruined older matchbox.

El Camino  that I'm turning into a El Vanino

Looks like there's finally some new Matchbox stuff turning up,thanks for the heads-up 👍

[sierraman]

Wonder what I’ll be doing tomorrow...

[Remspoor]

6 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

I think we had a CC Rolls Royce Silver Ghost upthread a short while ago?

That was me. The detailing in that is just phenomenal.

[Remspoor]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

Today's reminder that I seriously need to acquire some cleaning wipes for my laptop:

Opel Commodore B, in GS/E spec.

Think this may be an IXO model, maybe? One of those 'Opel Collection' partworks that continental types get to enjoy from , while us over here just get to browse the Jumajo website with green-eyed lust...

Unfortunately, this one had a minor accident on the way over - busted box and damaged headlight.

Ah well. Still very nice.

I am jealous. All I get is the cat occasionally sitting on my laptop. You get great die-casts.

[RoadworkUK]

Soon before I moved house I recieved a support package from our Norn Iron correspondent and diecast tat Tzar, @Datsuncog.

Now that we've been established in the new digs for a few months and much of the unpacking has been tackled (or at least all the untouched boxes have been stowed where they're out of the way), I feel that I can gingerly bring some bits down from the loft and play with them a bit.

So. Johnny Lightning.

Of the selection that the Cogmeister provided, I think this '62 Chevy Bel Air is my favourite, although that's subject to change without warning. It's absolutely glorious. My only reservation from this angle is that the front track looks excessively narrow, but after taking this pic I noticed that the wheels could have been slid a wee bit farther along their axle.

Otherwise, it's absolutely glorious. The casting is really crisp, the paintwork is deep and lustrous, the tampos are vivid and straight and the proportions are spot on. And, unlike Hotwheels, the wheels wouldn't scale to something crazy like 26" or something crazy. It sits at a sensible height, too.

The inside's lovely, too. I mean, there's a limit to what can be done at this scale, but there are suggestions of a gearstick and an appropriately deep-dish steering wheel, all colour-matched to the outside as would probably have been the case with the original.

And there are opening bits. Or one, singular, anyway. With a gorgeously captured and accurately orange painted V8 engine lurking beneath. Really lovely stuff.

Perhaps best, though, is the weight that these things pack. They feel really substantial in the hand, moreso than Hotwheels.

Johnny Lightning is my new favourite brand of 1:64. Cheers, Tim!

[Datsuncog]

37 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

I am jealous. All I get is the cat occasionally sitting on my laptop. You get great die-casts.

Oh, don't worry - I get the cat too...