Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

3 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Does anyone have a rough Commuter with intact DAGS that can donate to the Villager?  It’s lonely in there

Mine were taken to Battersea Dog's Home I'm afraid

 

[danthecapriman]

Must admit, I’d prefer them without the dogs in. Far too nice a car to allow pets or children into!

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

 

Note also disappearance of the fuel door in the rear quarter

Bad idea to delete door.  12 MPG at best, on a run. Don’t ask…

[Spottedlaurel]

6 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Cortina 2. I don’t have the Zephyr, though I would like one.

I have a spare Regular Wheels version, happy to swap for a Majorette or two.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

7 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Regular wheels, auto-steer. Superfast narrow, Superfast wide with enlarged arches

The last one is hard to find in green

Right, I'm now actively looking for one with superfast wide wheels. No cigar yet - if anyone on here is selling or spots one, please let me know! 

[bunglebus]

37 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Right, I'm now actively looking for one with superfast wide wheels. No cigar yet - if anyone on here is selling or spots one, please let me know! 

They're quite unusual - I was very pleased to spot mine in a job lot! There appear to be exactly none on eBay at the moment 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

13 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

They're quite unusual - I was very pleased to spot mine in a job lot! There appear to be exactly none on eBay at the moment 

I bet! Yeah, I'd scoured the bay in the meantime to no avail. Will keep looking!

[Justwatching]

1980 Chevrolet Caprice in 1:64 by Greenlight. 

I think the idea is to apply your own emergency service livery. I bought it just for the base model / fleet vehicle look. 

I like the new packaging, too - less material, less weight, takes up less space, and much easier to open. 

[danthecapriman]

4 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

I have a spare Regular Wheels version, happy to swap for a Majorette or two.

What Majorette’s are you after? I don’t have all that many Majorettes unfortunately…

[danthecapriman]

Here’s a few better pics of yesterday’s haul of keepers from the Wayne bus haul!

Here’s Wayne again. Handsome devil!! Why don’t buses look this cool anymore!?  

Couple of cars, Superior ambulance that’s still got its figures, and the Vauxhall estate (with its tailgate still attached!)

And this beast! What a looker these AEC cabs are! 

[barrett]

On 12/28/2022 at 4:49 PM, barrett said:

Goes well with the other two Italian-styled German low-volume production coupés. I like the Audi 100C and Capri they did, but these are a bit outside of my theme so I doubt I'll pursue these.

Shame-quote time. A mere two weeks later...

Le sigh

[danthecapriman]

Got this one out of a big box job lot.

It’s the big Corgi Metro. It’s in really nice shape too considering the box it came out of. I had to evict a hoard of angry looking spiders out of it though!

[Spottedlaurel]

22 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

What Majorette’s are you after? I don’t have all that many Majorettes unfortunately…

Whatever 1970s/80s, playworn, WHY. Or I'm sure I can find something in what you have spare....

[andrew e]

@barrett that Audi is delicate and the perfect colour too 👍

[danthecapriman]

7 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Whatever 1970s/80s, playworn, WHY. Or I'm sure I can find something in what you have spare....

I’ll have a look, and send you a PM with some pics. 👍

[bunglebus]

Doll's house car now reduced but still missing a bonnet 

[MiniMinorMk3]

Fiat 500/600 and relations.

Vitesse 1965 500 F

Vitesse 500 R

Vitesse Just Married

Vitesse 1965 Abarth 695 SS

Vitesse 1960 Steyr-Puch 650 T

Vitesse 1957 500

Progetto K 1968 Abarth 850

1960 Seat 600 D

Progetto K Seat 600 E

Progetto K Seat 600 L

 

Giocher 1956 Fiat 600 Multipla

Giocher 1959 Fiat 600 Multipla Marmitte Abarth

 

Giocher 1960 Fiat 600 Coriasco Permaflex 

 

Jal 43/Pilen Seat 600

[bunglebus]

I rather like this Nacoral one that Datsuncog found 

This Mercury is tatty but uncommon too

[bunglebus]

Got a couple of Hot Wheels blackwalls/Ultra Hots in the post. I've had various versions of the Corvette before

But the Sol-Aire CX4 is new to me

[quicksilver]

On 1/20/2023 at 3:49 PM, flat4alfa said:

Post Lady delivered a box with the contents attempting to escape

Not very well packed, then

But what was inside?

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FFS !! MORE BUICK REGALS

So much for "Ta-da!  Collection complete!"

Well the Buicks were 99p for three.  The JPS Lotus was 99p, so was Chitty

Didn't notice before as I was distracted by Belfast Buses. That Kenworth is an obscure Corgi, 1/76 scale, produced for the 2002 James Bond series and never seen again. Not a great looker as it comes but can be made pretty cool, as I did with mine - repaint in Ford Purple Velvet (my favourite colour), new wheels and plenty of chrome.

[RoadworkUK]

 

On 1/20/2023 at 6:20 PM, quicksilver said:

My username comes from my own fleet, nowhere near the same scale as the big ones and I don't bother with things such as timetables and vehicle rosters, but it gives a better reason for my collection to exist and adds more interest than just a random collection of models. I've never heard of that fleet though so it's possibly not an MBF member.

I bloody love that.

In a way, I can actually relate. When I was 11 or 12, when I should have been out and about investigating what the hell "girls" were, I instead invested rather too much of my spare time "designing" coaches. And, of course, if you do that, you have to choose a livery, so I did. For whatever reason, Clearwater Tours took my fancy.

Top one here was my vision of what a double-deck Plaxton Excalibur might look like:

[flat4alfa]

6 hours ago, quicksilver said:

That Kenworth is an obscure Corgi, 1/76 scale, produced for the 2002 James Bond series and never seen again

Thanks.  I did wonder.  Now I know, I will see it in a clearer light!  Will hold onto it a while longer and just pop it into small scale shots for the sake of it.  Looked it up - could this hold the record for size of packaging for a 1:76 scale single model?!

The scale is questionable.  If I've read it right, the 1986 Kenworth W-900 B is 102in (2.6m) across, wheel to wheel.  Quick calc makes that approx 1:86.  Hmmm...   so against a Hongwell Mercedes 280 SL (sold as 1:76) :

Against a Lone Star Mercedes 230 SL (stamped 1:86) :

Well I know which I would go for...

Either way, bought it, not just because it was 99p, but also because a teenage moi was amazed by the engineering to get one to pull that wheelie in the film.  Being filmed 1988, it wasn't CGI, the stunts were done for real:

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It still has the original 1 ton counterweight mounted on the fifth wheel assembly extending approx 5 feet behind the frame rails. The rear suspension was also modified to allow for extra travel. The truck does pull wheelies under its own power. Ive seen and driven this truck  [source: https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_6710-Kenworth-W-900-B-1989.html]

Which probably* means the chassis should be chopped and rejoined to make it permanently do this sort of thing:

Two Lone Star 1:86 Corvettes popped over to check out the scene.  Yep, going to stick with a scale nearer 1:86.

Apart from that wheelie effort, earlier on in the film sequence the Kenworth does this:

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A rig was devised to tilt the tanker on its side but proved unnecessary. “The tanker driver (Rémy Julienne) appeared on location — no crash helmet, seat belt or anything,” remembered 2nd unit special effects supervisor Chris Corbould. “He put a ramp up and he just drove up, and he put the tanker on its side. It was quite amazing.”  [source: https://www.007.com/licence-to-kill/]

He did that in one take.  RIP Rémy Julienne.

[flat4alfa]

Later, two other big rigs heard about the commotion and popped over to take a look...

To the left was the Majorette Ford CL-9000 (stamped 1:86 underneath) which brought along a tanker load to try

To the right was a Matchbox Kenworth K100 (Aerodyne cab, because upper windows) dated 1983.  The cab width measured to.... approx 1:86!  Did need to do something about that 'Dr Pepper' AMX load it normally carries, which is way out of scale to match.  So, a Lone Star (1:86) Citroen DS showed up...

...and got ferried home instead

That's better.

Always had a thing about the Ford, because of the massive shiny grille.  Also, the COE Kenworth cab is famous* for being the TV series star truck in BJ and the Bear.   https://www.imcdb.org/movie_78564-BJ-and-the-Bear.html

Unlikely you could make that show today, not with that title anyhow...   Not only that, a Ford CL-9000 makes an appearance in one episode too

And AMT produced a 1:32 scale model kit of the Kenworth as a TV show tie-in

The one @eddyramrod build as a lad now lives here, albeit somewhere safe in a box waiting in the queue of restoration jobs to do!  Must get back into the loft where all the project boxes are, but it's soooo cold up there...

[AndyW201]

A combination of two weeks off work sick, just before Christmas, and being about 152 days into January so far has led to not being able to have many diecast splurges as yet. However I had to go into Tesco earlier for something. As usual MB singles amounted to about 6 airport tugs and two Packard convertibles. 5 packs were fresh stock though!

Having owned a few brown Mercs over the years (and especially owning a boring grey one now), I had to have this one. Its unusual also to find a multipack where I like all the cars in it.

Not sure if a '62 Beetle would have been in service on the Autobahns at the time, but it's a bonny thing.

The 2002 looks great in this colour, Very much like the metallic blue they often came in.

Giulia in a fetching shade of Caramel.

This was the reason for getting it though! I was chuffed to find it is metallic brown. With the beige interior, it brings back fond memories of my old Nutria brown 190.

[bunglebus]

On 19/01/2023 at 23:51, junkyarddog said:

Got myself one of these today, same series that has the red P6 - of course none of those left.

£8.99 now in Smyths 😐

[bunglebus]

A few insta pics. Looks like the Opel is indeed an Opel

[flat4alfa]

I think there must be an area distribution thing as the big Tesco near me in Bedfordshire has closed the Matchbox line and reused the shelf where the box used to be.

 

[sierraman]

54 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

I think there must be an area distribution thing as the big Tesco near me in Bedfordshire has closed the Matchbox line and reused the shelf where the box used to be.

 

Supposedly the deal ended this month with Tesco, who as bad luck would have it are the sole retailer. I don’t know who the new one is or if it’s been renewed but this sort of stuff takes an age to settle so if they haven’t renewed then it would be another period where apart from the odd batch at retailers you wouldn’t see them until they found a retailer, if they do at all. 

[sheffcortinacentre]

17 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Later, two other big rigs heard about the commotion and popped over to take a look...

To the left was the Majorette Ford CL-9000 (stamped 1:86 underneath) which brought along a tanker load to try

To the right was a Matchbox Kenworth K100 (Aerodyne cab, because upper windows) dated 1983.  The cab width measured to.... approx 1:86!  Did need to do something about that 'Dr Pepper' AMX load it normally carries, which is way out of scale to match.  So, a Lone Star (1:86) Citroen DS showed up...

...and got ferried home instead

That's better.

Always had a thing about the Ford, because of the massive shiny grille.  Also, the COE Kenworth cab is famous* for being the TV series star truck in BJ and the Bear.   https://www.imcdb.org/movie_78564-BJ-and-the-Bear.html

Unlikely you could make that show today, not with that title anyhow...   Not only that, a Ford CL-9000 makes an appearance in one episode too

And AMT produced a 1:32 scale model kit of the Kenworth as a TV show tie-in

The one @eddyramrod build as a lad now lives here, albeit somewhere safe in a box waiting in the queue of restoration jobs to do!  Must get back into the loft where all the project boxes are, but it's soooo cold up there...

Still have my kit (built).

[flat4alfa]

5 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

Not sure if a '62 Beetle would have been in service on the Autobahns at the time, but it's a bonny thing.

Of course I had to go and take a look, out of curiosity

Autobahn patrol cars were also convertibles, this film clip from 1961

Not sure when the dark green was replaced with the lighter green, moving the Polizei script to the flanks, but it was between this 1967 magazine depiction

and the Wolfsburg museum 1303

I wonder why they didn't portray the earlier colour scheme and signage as on this 1959 1200

As Wiking did for 1:87, amongst others

But I suppose we are talking about Mattel Matchbox here..