Shite in Miniature II

[quicksilver]

Some tiny Europas in 1/72 from the Cararama range. Nicely done considering the small scale and a bit of an oddball choice. IIRC a couple of these were supplied by @Datsuncog a few years ago.

 

 

 

[Datsuncog]

Crumbs, I'd forgotten all about those Hongwell Europas - yes, picked up from Poundland in about 2005 or so. Six different colourways, but I don't think I bought all of them.

Might have kept one for myself, I can't remember now.

This Lotus love-in has jogged my memory that I also had a Tomica Europa as well - though one of the mid-90s ones that came in a blister pack, rather than an original JDM card box example shown upthread. Dark green with yellow side stripes, I think.

Can't think what became of that - I definitely don't have it anymore, but from photos it wasn't around when I disposed of the bulk of my Tomica mini-collection in 2018.

I've only a metallic pinky-silver Superfast version these days, my rough Whizzwheels example (from a market 50p tub) having been jettisoned back at the start of last year.

Weird-looking cars alright, though I kinda like them.

[FakeConcern]

As you may recall I'm trying to collect all the cars for my Corgi Transporter GS, so I bid on a job lot of Minis and won them for a not unreasonable £25, no postage as I collected them from down the road. (should have made a collection thread!)

The ones I need for the project are the wicker side Cooper...

Playworn just how I like, but has the later wheels than I think mine had...

Also the blue Mini Minor was needed and I now have two...

Slightly different colours to each other, the newer one has cracked window and older one with flat wheels...

Can see difference in colour from underneath too, newer one with sump guard mount point...

In addition I got two Dinky toys. I've never had a Dinky Mini and this is an old one...

Listing slightly, but suspension still works...

It's actually an Austin Seven and has a tin base..

The other Dinky is the much later, larger scale police car...

A bit rough, but still nice...

Now what you've been waiting for @danthecapriman a recreation of my childhood toys using the Imp and Cortina you supplied...

I don't have the correct Rally Mini so my new Corgi Club one is acting as a stand in for now, I didn't expect it to fit with the roof rack on...

Obviously the Rover 2000 is the original, it still does its party trick...

The original blue Minor (now black and red) looks to be different again in colour to either of the ones I just got...

Also interesting that the bases of the old Minor and old Seven (was red now yellow with silver base) are different...

I'm still on the lookout for the correct (I think) Rally Mini with the signatures on the roof, two spot lights in the grill and racing number2 to complete the set...

[danthecapriman]

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

As you may recall I'm trying to collect all the cars for my Corgi Transporter GS, so I bid on a job lot of Minis and won them for a not unreasonable £25, no postage as I collected them from down the road. (should have made a collection thread!)

The ones I need for the project are the wicker side Cooper...

Playworn just how I like, but has the later wheels than I think mine had...

Also the blue Mini Minor was needed and I now have two...

Slightly different colours to each other, the newer one has cracked window and older one with flat wheels...

Can see difference in colour from underneath too, newer one with sump guard mount point...

In addition I got two Dinky toys. I've never had a Dinky Mini and this is an old one...

Listing slightly, but suspension still works...

It's actually an Austin Seven and has a tin base..

The other Dinky is the much later, larger scale police car...

A bit rough, but still nice...

Now what you've been waiting for @danthecapriman a recreation of my childhood toys using the Imp and Cortina you supplied...

I don't have the correct Rally Mini so my new Corgi Club one is acting as a stand in for now, I didn't expect it to fit with the roof rack on...

Obviously the Rover 2000 is the original, it still does its party trick...

The original blue Minor (now black and red) looks to be different again in colour to either of the ones I just got...

Also interesting that the bases of the old Minor and old Seven (was red now yellow with silver base) are different...

I'm still on the lookout for the correct (I think) Rally Mini with the signatures on the roof, two spot lights in the grill and racing number2 to complete the set...

That gift set looks absolutely fantastic! It does look just like they should from the catalog pictures. Is it all staying out on display now!?

Your new Mini’s look like a good find too.

 

[FakeConcern]

14 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

That gift set looks absolutely fantastic! It does look just like they should from the catalog pictures. Is it all staying out on display now!?

Your new Mini’s look like a good find too.

 

Thanks I love it (again haha) and yes I've decided to put some of my favourite toys out on the shelves in one of the spare rooms. The C30s will stay in the cabinet with Mrs Concern's tin robots.

I'm happy with the Minis even though they weren't exactly a bargain unlike the box of stuff from you!

[danthecapriman]

7 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

a bargain unlike the box of stuff from you!

😁glad you like them! 
And also, hold that thought… I landed on another big box load! Just waiting for it to arrive.

[danthecapriman]

I don’t think I put this pic up from when I was sifting through everything before.

Two Corgi versions of the same basic tanker. Early Bedford S cab & later TK cab.

[FakeConcern]

8 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

😁glad you like them! 
And also, hold that thought… I landed on another big box load! Just waiting for it to arrive.

Yeh, still playing with them...

Sounds interesting...

I've got a list of stuff I want now!

[sierraman]

Exciting news... Morrison’s to stock Matchbox. This is really good news, chicken, bread, some real ale and matchbox. 

[Datsuncog]

Bad news.

(For me anyway.)

There are no Morrisons stores in Northern Ireland any more.

 

[sierraman]

53 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Bad news.

(For me anyway.)

There are no Morrisons stores in Northern Ireland any more.

 

Fear not the Autoshite Diecast exchange can help. 

[flat4alfa]

Yes the westbound CogBoxes will be full !

[sierraman]

If anyone passes a Morrison’s if they could have a look, if I pass one I will report back. 

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

If anyone passes a Morrison’s if they could have a look, if I pass one I will report back. 

It's going to be one hell of a queue

[AndyW201]

I'll be nipping into Morrisons later, although if the MB contract with Tesco ends in March, I can't see Morrisons getting stock in till then. And even then, probably not until the next new case comes out.

Encouraging news though, our local Morrisons is where I get.the majority of my Hot Wheels purchases, even though they're usually one or two cases behind, most of the time.

[bunglebus]

Well I managed to slip away early and visit a Müller on my way to the station - not many Hot Wheels or Matchbox left but I didn't leave empty handed

[2cvspecial]

On 1/20/2023 at 11:08 AM, FakeConcern said:

Hi @Datsuncog If you have the chance please pick up any Matchbox Volvo C30s that aren't gold (not sure if there's a red one lurking in the pic near the bottom)

And also the Majorette Citroen C4VTS in green (If there's one in black or red I'd prefer it but not too fussy)

If it's difficult then no problem and thanks anyway

Is that a new release?

[flat4alfa]

34 minutes ago, 2cvspecial said:

Is that a new release?

Assuming you meant the Citroen, it seems not: https://majorette-model-cars.fandom.com/wiki/Citroën_C4_Coupé

But some had a clear spoiler, not a black one, so not as clear from some angles.

I assume the base on all is this

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Well worth picking up a couple of those I think, a set for just £8.83 GBP

[sierraman]

Why don’t we have such choice in the U.K.? 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Just now, sierraman said:

Why don’t we have such choice in the U.K.? 

I saw those Jada BTTF multipacks in our local Asda around six months back. They stock a fair bit of Jada diecast.

[flat4alfa]

Strike that.

Looks like Jada store inside Amazon has them https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jada-253251002-Back-Future-Nano/dp/B081J57S6F/

And they do look shonky

[bunglebus]

11 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Well worth picking up a couple of those I think, a set for just £8.83 GBP

Yeah a bit too expensive for me, I did buy the F+F set for the MK1 Escort in Asda for similar money. Germany is not a bargain basement but it does offer better choice than we get

[flat4alfa]

Germany has the EU bloc 19% VAT equivalent so ought to be similar

Stock choices should* be led by demand.  Perhaps we just don't buy enough

Smyths and Entertainer have the UK sown-up as so many independents were closed / swallowed.  It pains me when I walk into Entertainer (especially) and see big boxed pre-school/toddler toys that surely they can't shift many of, yet leave other lines such as die-cast so sparse.  And what's with those overflowing stands of Schleich farm animals

[eddyramrod]

As a change from all this agonising about new models (justified though it is) here's a look at one of my projects. 

I wanted a mk2 Cortina in 1/43 to represent the last car my dad bought new, way back in 1967.  The 1600 engine had just come out so he got a good deal on a 1500 Super in maroon, which he called Black Cherry.  Contemporary models of the mk2 came from Matchbox and Dinky, in approximately 1/64 and 1/43 respectively.  I've never had the Dinky but that doesn't matter because it's a two-door and our car had four.  The Matchbox was also a two-door, but some years ago I converted one to four-door and it's been in my Family Fleet wing of the collection ever since.  More recently I've decided to add some more 1/43s, where the only model I have is smaller, and the Cortina is one that I can do because there's a perfectly acceptable Vanguards model these days, and thanks to a fine gentleman from these parts who shall remain nameless, I have the Boy Racer edition at a scrap price to use as my base.  Except... even the Vanguard Cortina is only a two-door.

Well it WAS!

Out go the B pillars.  I've kept them in case I can use them a bit further forward, because obviously the Cortina was never available as a pillarless hardtop (shame on you, Ford!).  The shell will now have to wait until I'm mixing up some filler in the spring (I have other cars needing some) because obviously the door shut line is in the wrong place now.  Then I will have to take a deep breath and with a very steady hand, scribe new verticals where they should be.  I probably won't follow the line of the rear arch!  And then it can be painted maroon.

Speaking of paint...

The Boy Racer edition comes with a beige interior, which, on the whole, Cortinas didn't back then.  I remember them being mostly black; certainly ours was.  So what you see above is a little Humbrolling to correct that.  The dash is black already, but unfortunately has a supplementary instrument pod cast into the top, which the Super didn't have.  I'm not going to try and re-sculpt it though.  The BR also has a sunstrip at the top of the windscreen bearing the names Mick and Tracey.  I've removed that with a small file.  It also has a lovely pair of bullet mirrors on the front wings, which have gone into a spares pot.  I'm sure I'll find a use for those.

More pictures to follow in a few months.

[Split_Pin]

The only thing about those Vanguards Cortinas was that some tended to suffer from zinc pest. Yours is obviously  a good one though!

[Cookiesouwest]

Not posted in ages, because while hundreds of die cast buses have arrived since before Christmas, no cars.

Until now. And an unusual one for me, both in scale and manufacture.

Mrs CSW's Disco 3 has been in the garage for nearly two weeks, so thought I would buy her a model to remind her that she still owns one.

Its the only one I could find in the same colour. Same spec too.

Never bought in this scale before or had something from Britain's.

Must say, its pretty good. Very good likeness. Im impressed.

[bunglebus]

Here are my findings from Müller this afternoon 

Pleased to find this one

And one the Mrs found while I was away

[Split_Pin]

4 hours ago, Cookiesouwest said:

Not posted in ages, because while hundreds of die cast buses have arrived since before Christmas, no cars.

Until now. And an unusual one for me, both in scale and manufacture.

Mrs CSW's Disco 3 has been in the garage for nearly two weeks, so thought I would buy her a model to remind her that she still owns won.

Its the only one I could find in the same colour. Same spec too.

Never bought in this scale before or had something from Britain's.

Must say, its pretty good. Very good likeness. Im impressed.

Hey yeah that's damn nice. That reminds me I have a Britain's Freelander in the loft but I'm sure it's bigger than 1:32. Which makes no sense as Britain's have of course modeled in that scale forever.

[flat4alfa]

Post Lady has been today

I'd bought something the other day and was not exactly cheap.

 

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What have I done

 

 

Oh the humanity !