Shite in Miniature II

[junkyarddog]

9 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Now I know you're pulling my leg

No I'm not,I want the engine and 4 speed auto box for my mk2 Capri,to replace it's worn out 2.0 pinto and 3 speed auto box.

That's a while off yet though.

 

[andy18s]

This arrived this morning from my Portuguese contact.

It's another magazine model so no markings on the box or stand to indicate who made it.

It's a neat and nicely done model and matches 1 of my first road going Stradas,apart from mine being silver.And had steel wheels.

Edit. Don't know why the pics have flipped again...

[Split_Pin]

Asda, yaass!

[bunglebus]

This is one of those kicking myself moments - I saw this Mini in a 10 pack ages ago and thought I'd wait for it to appear as a mainline. It didn't...

[Remspoor]

All the ones here

[bunglebus]

I was hoping to have some new Kenner Fast 111's to show as it would be appropriate, but sadly not.

However I can give you a sneak peak of the 2023 Hot Wheels A case

Art car series looks interesting

But this is by far the best

[Split_Pin]

Just watched a Lamley video where he reviews the Escort. Absolutely lovely. Like the MK1 in 2015 it will be quite some time before us mere mortals get one as it's a given that greedy buyers will hoover them up for a profit.

[Datsuncog]

Still no new Matchbox or Hot Wheels in Tesco here; just the same ol' leftover rubbish.

That Nissan Patrol looks decent for the 2023 case, though!

[junkyarddog]

Tesco here in Ireland are changing €3.00 each now for Hot Wheels!

Matchbox are a more palatable £2.00 e each still.

 

[andrew e]

Don’t forget @Jon has loads of Hotwheels up for grabs!

[sierraman]

On 9/7/2022 at 7:31 AM, Split_Pin said:

No reply from the seller as they're probably not awake yet so I tried paying for the 128 3P again and it went through. Thankfully it was only £4.75 posted so not the end of the world if it goes AWOL.

 

Most people in Rotherham don’t get out of bed until after dinner. 😂

[bunglebus]

 One Below have the Lexus batch of Matchbox 

and some Hot Wheels aeroplanes 

[Datsuncog]

Long past lunchtime, but mebbe one to finish off the week...

Norev Fiat 127 Series 1, in very 70s green.

I think this one was also a magazine partwork, but one that didn't come in an acrylic box - just a plastic and card outer. I can't now remember where I picked it up - possibly at an autojumble or toyfair sometime around 2007.

I don't really remember these cars on the roads; rust had finished the vast majority off in short order, although I can recall last-of-the-line hatches from the early 80s cropping up occasionally in scrapyards until the mid 90s.

Once, while doing a bit of amateur exploration near an old quarry around 2000, I did find the back end of a 127 in this very same colour sticking out of the ground in a patch of bogland. I couldn't tell if it was an entire car, half-sunk, or just the back and roof chopped and left to rot.

I meant to come back with a camera one day, but never did.

Base is perfunctory, but casting in the original style 127 badge is a nice touch.

Overall detail on this is good, with an excellent interior, and it's an appealing slice of what most people might regard as unglamorous street furniture.

And it's sooooo green!

[sutty2006]

My latest trawl of Asda picked up these two. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a green lancia before! 
 

 

[Split_Pin]

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Long past lunchtime, but mebbe one to finish off the week...

Norev Fiat 127 Series 1, in very 70s green.

I think this one was also a magazine partwork, but one that didn't come in an acrylic box - just a plastic and card outer. I can't now remember where I picked it up - possibly at an autojumble or toyfair sometime around 2007.

I don't really remember these cars on the roads; rust had finished the vast majority off in short order, although I can recall last-of-the-line hatches from the early 80s cropping up occasionally in scrapyards until the mid 90s.

Once, while doing a bit of amateur exploration near an old quarry around 2000, I did find the back end of a 127 in this very same colour sticking out of the ground in a patch of bogland. I couldn't tell if it was an entire car, half-sunk, or just the back and roof chopped and left to rot.

I meant to come back with a camera one day, but never did.

Base is perfunctory, but casting in the original style 127 badge is a nice touch.

Overall detail on this is good, with an excellent interior, and it's an appealing slice of what most people might regard as unglamorous street furniture.

And it's sooooo green!

My Uncle Robert had one of these in a darker shade of green in the early 1980s. I was just old enough to remember it. He sold it because, I quote "It went into big holes".

To be fair, the base represents pretty much all there was under these. We had E817PMS, a 127 Fiorino work van in the mid 1990s and the underside is pretty much 2 flat floorpans and an exhaust. By 1995 it still had no rust at all but the engine and indeed the replacement, knocked badly. I still have the grille from the donor car in my loft.

[eddyramrod]

4 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

 

I don't really remember these cars on the roads; rust had finished the vast majority off in short order, although I can recall last-of-the-line hatches from the early 80s cropping up occasionally in scrapyards until the mid 90s.

Once, while doing a bit of amateur exploration near an old quarry around 2000, I did find the back end of a 127 in this very same colour sticking out of the ground in a patch of bogland. I couldn't tell if it was an entire car, half-sunk, or just the back and roof chopped and left to rot.

I meant to come back with a camera one day, but never did.

I had one!  Summer of 1986 and it was indeed the saloon as modelled here, with a boot rather than a hatchback.  White from new, it had been painted black with what looked like blackboard paint, which was pretty awful.  I bought some paint in B&Q and after stripping off what was on it, my dad brushed it for me while I was at work, in a green very much like that, down to the waist moulding (below doorhandles), with magnolia below.  Yes, the colours I chose.  I sold it after a few weeks and lost track, so the one in the quarry wasn't KKD 177P was it?

If you decide to move that on, please come to me first!

[bunglebus]

I had quite a decent haul of Hot Wheels out of Asda/Sainsbury's today but just got in after 12 hours of van driving - so I'll show you tomorrow. 

[AndyW201]

Found a couple more earlier,

I do like a nice gasser, so I'm loving this 'Vette.

Someone's gone a bit mad green laning this one, the V has come off the tailgate!

[Jon]

On 9/5/2022 at 9:26 AM, sheffcortinacentre said:

Don't suppose you've got the red ford F-150 lightning in those hot wheels? As never managed to get one.

Really sorry, only just seen this. No, sadly.

[bunglebus]

Here's yesterday's haul, some of the moderns will go to my mate. 

[bunglebus]

Also got this in the post, think I posted it up on the eBay thread but decided to bid on it. 

I've seen a lot of these James Bond partwork cars and they do look quite good, but never bothered to get any until I saw this GP buggy.

Also got to try out the set of triangular bits @Datsuncogsent me ages ago to get it off the base!

Driver looks slightly perturbed 

[RoadworkUK]

That's very nice. The Bond partwork cars vary quite dramatically in merit; I've got the View To A Kill Renault 11 (there are two versions...  I've got the one that isn't in half), and it's absolutely superb. I've also got the Audi 200 from The Living Daylights, and while it's nice enough, its proportions are sadly miles off.

[RoadworkUK]

1 minute ago, RoadworkUK said:

That's very nice. I really like the little dioramas that each of those Bond partworks is presented in, but it's a shame that the cars vary quite dramatically in merit. I've got the View To A Kill Renault 11 (there are two versions...  I've got the one that isn't in half), and it's absolutely superb. I've also got the Audi 200 from The Living Daylights, and while it's nice enough, its proportions are sadly miles off.

 

[Isopon]

Go these two finished earlier today, absolutely love the colours, especially the Lincoln- in person it has a lovely metallic finish.

[sierraman]

18 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

My Uncle Robert had one of these in a darker shade of green in the early 1980s. I was just old enough to remember it. He sold it because, I quote "It went into big holes".

To be fair, the base represents pretty much all there was under these. We had E817PMS, a 127 Fiorino work van in the mid 1990s and the underside is pretty much 2 flat floorpans and an exhaust. By 1995 it still had no rust at all but the engine and indeed the replacement, knocked badly. I still have the grille from the donor car in my loft.

Christ this is really weird. I have an uncle Robert as well. But he had a Renner 25 and a 21, serial Renault botherer

[AnnoyingPentium]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

Christ this is really weird. I have an uncle Robert as well. But he had a Renner 25 and a 21, serial Renault botherer

I also have an uncle Robert, but he used to have a mostly filler some parts metal Volvo 240.

[sierraman]

24 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

I also have an uncle Robert, but he used to have a mostly filler some parts metal Volvo 240.

Maybe it’s an early sign... 🤣

[500tops]

3 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Here's yesterday's haul, some of the moderns will go to my mate. 

That RS2 is sweet!

[bunglebus]

57 minutes ago, 500tops said:

That RS2 is sweet!

That's also the Super Treasure Hunt so one to look for

[Split_Pin]

The Mira Seat 128 3P arrived early today, its a very nice wee thing. I'm right pleased with it.

Theres a story why I've wanted to find a contemporary model of a 128 3P. Way back in the mid 1990s there used to be a light green example, OFS 77P that parked in front of a house on the canal which I used to walk past every day. By then the door bottoms were beginning to rust but in 1995, all the rust disappeared and it appeared to have had quite a thorough restoration. It was still in daily use at that point too. 

Some while later it disappeared and the last I heard of it was from @fiatdaft that it was on a barn near Whitecross, the next town from Linlithgow where I used to live. That was about 13 or 14 years ago and I have  no idea where it is now, but it's still on SORN somewhere!