Shite in Miniature II

[junkyarddog]

Ooh!

That's clever!

[flat4alfa]

Found out I have an unregistered Kenner Fast 111 here

Going by the name Blue Monday it had the tampo Four X4

Modelled on the Chevrolet Blazer

It was later retooled into the Matchbox Blazer, although the differences are significant to my eye

Stamped 1980.

[bunglebus]

12 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

It was later retooled into the Matchbox Blazer, although the differences are significant to my eye

Another one! I used to have a list somewhere, there's the Mustang and the Dirt Digger buggy thing too

There are four

Mighty Mule - 50F Chevy Blazer

Gravel Grinder - 37H Jeep 4x4

Dirt Digger - 72F Sand Racer

King Cobra - 74F Mustang GT

[Datsuncog]

Some Convoys jiggery-pokery earlier...

Trying to see what's what with the Ford C900.

Despite having some sort of hitch mechanism moulded into the fifth wheel, for some inexplicable reason it's not-quite compatible with the late-era Lesney trailers from 40 years ago.

What an oversight. Tch.

Still, I reckon it looks quite decent as a full rig.

Box trailer on the back looks alright too...

...but the Shell logo on the rear quarter kinda begs for a tanker trailer.

I think I'm a little shaken by the realisation that my original early-80s Convoys are closer in age to the 1950s and 60s Majors than they are to the modern releases currently on the shelves...

[flat4alfa]

Corgi Mini Custom Rodder

Some of you may have spotted this on 'bay the other day

Well, it came my way

I thought it would be bid-up, but no.  So here it is. 

It deserves a recolour perhaps, a new headlamp jewel and a fiddle with the glazing.  I'm pondering the delights* that might be in the Mini thread on Rod'n'Sods .co.uk to get ideas*

[flat4alfa]

6 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

What an oversight. Tch.

You're not the only one !

 

[Datsuncog]

3 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

Corgi Renna 16 £2, still has the spare wheel with tyre...

Meant to say, that's a billy bargain for two quid! Well found!

[danthecapriman]

3 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

Hastings junk shop finds.

Matchbox caravan £1

Corgi Renna 16 £2, still has the spare wheel with tyre...

and working seat backs and parcel shelf

I was also tempted by a quite nice Dinky Ford Thames Atlas Copco in yellow as far as I could see complete for £4 and a Dinky Austin Landcrab in metalic blue, but missing tyres and bonnet for £2. I managed to resist.

You did well there. The Renner is a nice little model.

Might I suggest sir should definitely go back for the Copco truck! They’re very nice too.

I just need new stickers on mine!

[Amelia]

Here's one of my son's favourites.

 

Also having a clear out. 

Will be listing the contents of this tub!

[bunglebus]

I spy Majorette Toyota Lite Ace

[sierraman]

39 minutes ago, Fennec said:

Here's one of my son's favourites.

 

Also having a clear out. 

Will be listing the contents of this tub!

Is that a Majorette LS400 unless I’m mistaken?

[bunglebus]

More Kenner Fast 111s stuff - model kits!

[Amelia]

41 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Is that a Majorette LS400 unless I’m mistaken?

It's called 'Road Tough' and it's 1:18. 

 

[Amelia]

For sale thread

 

 

[bunglebus]

Spotted a small lot on eBay with a couple of tidy looking cars

Hot Heap has a couple of bits missing. Maybe that's a job for 3D printed man

Dyane is lovely though

Buggy needs a trip around the sink - unfortunately I've had to glue the screen on as it snapped in transit 

Corgi Cooper-Maserati will probably get sold on

[sierraman]

Found the Road Stripe King in Poundland, it actually has a hole where you can put a pen to make Road markings. That’s great. 

[bunglebus]

Be still my beating heart

Old Timers are Welly if anyone cares.

Sprinter was Chinese no name 

[bunglebus]

You may have a Dinky Eldorado...

...or a Hot Wheels Custom Eldorado...

...or a Playart...

or a Lone Star...

...or a Husky...

...or a Corgi Whizzwheels...

...or a Rockets...

...or a Caddy Hot Rodder...

...or a Marx...

...but have you got...

...an ELDORATO?

[MiniMinorMk3]

23 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Corgi Mini Custom Rodder

Some of you may have spotted this on 'bay the other day

Well, it came my way

I thought it would be bid-up, but no.  So here it is. 

It deserves a recolour perhaps, a new headlamp jewel and a fiddle with the glazing.  I'm pondering the delights* that might be in the Mini thread on Rod'n'Sods .co.uk to get ideas*

[matt79]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Be still my beating heart

Old Timers are Welly if anyone cares.

Sprinter was Chinese no name 

@bunglebusThe Merc Sprinter model is one of 250 produced by Fire Brigade Models & although missing a few bits (the riot shield above the windscreen)  it will still be worth some coin on ebay as an ideal base for a code 3 model.

Boxed & complete would see circa £60 - £70 +

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275726736451?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338353466&toolid=20006%26customid%3Ds%3AGS%3Bgc%3ACj0KCQiAgaGgBhC8ARIsAAAyLfH0VkHU25U1C9SBFdM2OrDyefKRso_ECMLwP_ndZ5_n32a7VkDuOK8aArDVEALw_wcB%3Bpt%3A1%3Bchoc%3A2&customid=s%3AGS%3Bgc%3ACj0KCQiAgaGgBhC8ARIsAAAyLfH0VkHU25U1C9SBFdM2OrDyefKRso_ECMLwP_ndZ5_n32a7VkDuOK8aArDVEALw_wcB%3Bpt%3A1%3Bchoc%3A1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgaGgBhC8ARIsAAAyLfH0VkHU25U1C9SBFdM2OrDyefKRso_ECMLwP_ndZ5_n32a7VkDuOK8aArDVEALw_wcB

 

[flat4alfa]

On 3/8/2023 at 2:30 PM, bunglebus said:

Eldorato might be an actual pronounciation variation ...which might explain the Eldorato Airport in Columbia.  But am not native Spanish speaker.

Would go well with the Lancia Storatus and the Racaing Jaguar XJ6

Don't know about you but I've given up finding a Sugar Daddy Eldorado.  Might be easier to make one!

[sierraman]

Particularly like this one, it’s a Nissan courtesy bus. 

[bunglebus]

14 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Would go well with the Lancia Storatus and the Jaguar XJ6 with a similar mispelling (when I find it)

Can't beat a VOIKOWAGENG 

[Jon]

I mentioned the other day that I had a couple of birthday related updates, so here goes.

Went to Auckland on Saturday, which gave me an opportunity to visit my favourite model shop in NZ (or indeed, favourite shop, full stop). Mrs_Jon waited patiently in the car and I had no cash on me, so spent wisely*, because shared account.

Raided the 50p tubs first:

Yatming Maserati Bora was a definite take home. Majorette Cherokee ambulance bought on condition rather than aesthetics, plus it was mildly a curio on tge basis of (peeling) stickers, not tampos.

 

Colour changing Hotwheels 959 no longer does, so it's now permanently a sickly shade of 'high vis vest' orange, to mess with modern camera colour processors. Matchbox RS2000 bought for reminiscence of the 2 metallic green ones in the toy box, growing up. And surely you can't lose, at 50p?

Condition and subject also the catalyst for grabbing this Pop van, too. Only when I looked at it later did I notice the opening bonnet and name on the decal that's almost the same as mine. Again, didn't think I could lose on a Hotwheels 'English' Ford in good nick.

 

Then I saw this behind the till. Paid a bit for it but I did feel a bit tight arse leaving an independent model shop in 2023, operating on a weekend having spent a whopping £2.50.

Would have loved it if it was a green one tbh but I've not seen one of these since selling my very good condition red and green ones to I think @Lord Sterling in 2010, weeks before emigrating.

I can understand that the rear card art demonstrated the array of diecasts on offer but barring the R5 and Golf, it's quite a lacklustre effort. Despite that, I think there was an example of each in mine and my brother's toy box!

[Jon]

Mrs_Jon had got in on the act too, buying me a couple of trinkets as a 'something to open on the day' effort, after I'd splurged a wodge of cash on a 2nd hand espresso machine and a grinder, in the name of birthday/upcoming kitchen improvements, a few weeks back.

Judging by the efforts, she'd had a trip down the hill to the shops in town and it seems the newly opened charity shop had some diecasts in, as well as some quite appaling records (which I also received!).

This is quite fitting due to my fire service connections and there's still one of these locally dousing wet stuff on the hot stuff, which said brigade refuse to part with. Wish we could be that persuasive on not be lumbered with Ivecos.

 

Tyco era Matchbox Stingray is amusingly lurid but still preferable to the Hotwheels on the right, which is a later release of a 1979 casting, according to the wheels and base plate date. I think the more believable dimensions and sproingy suspension favour the MB preference.

 

Finally, look at this piece!

 

I'm still struggling to decipher what the heck it's supposed to have been based on, about 4 stolen casting renditions prior; the closest so far is a sort of resemblance to a late 60s Buick Electra, at the front. Vaguely.

There was a little feigning of delight as my wife sought credit for her hand picked efforts but in reality, this brought more pleasure than I imagined it would have.

I mean, there's no way I'd have picked it up and bought it myself but to be given something as a gift transcends the significance, somehow. Yes, it's the closest of the 4 selected that aligns with my core interest - but just look at it! A rolling relic of the sad decline in the die cast industry.

Admittedly though, it rolls beautifully!

[bunglebus]

You did alright with that Cortina, a gold 'n' stripey is one of the nicest condition Matchbox I own 

Old colour changers always seem to get stuck after a while, I have the Hot Wheels and also the Matchbox version  bought off this very forum 

[Jon]

Not sure why but the stripey Cortina is my least favorite version but I do like the casting, in general. Was never a fan of the low hanging front number plate, though - too easy to get caught up in the carpet, back in the day.

I had that Matchbox 959 in the same shade but don't remember it being a colour changer!

[Bren]

21 minutes ago, Jon said:

Mrs_Jon had got in on the act too, buying me a couple of trinkets as a 'something to open on the day' effort, after I'd splurged a wodge of cash on a 2nd hand espresso machine and a grinder, in the name of birthday/upcoming kitchen improvements, a few weeks back.

Judging by the efforts, she'd had a trip down the hill to the shops in town and it seems the newly opened charity shop had some diecasts in, as well as some quite appaling records (which I also received!).

This is quite fitting due to my fire service connections and there's still one of these locally dousing wet stuff on the hot stuff, which said brigade refuse to part with. Wish we could be that persuasive on not be lumbered with Ivecos.

 

Tyco era Matchbox Stingray is amusingly lurid but still preferable to the Hotwheels on the right, which is a later release of a 1979 casting, according to the wheels and base plate date. I think the more believable dimensions and sproingy suspension favour the MB preference.

 

Finally, look at this piece!

 

I'm still struggling to decipher what the heck it's supposed to have been based on, about 4 stolen casting renditions prior; the closest so far is a sort of resemblance to a late 60s Buick Electra, at the front. Vaguely.

There was a little feigning of delight as my wife sought credit for her hand picked efforts but in reality, this brought more pleasure than I imagined it would have.

I mean, there's no way I'd have picked it up and bought it myself but to be given something as a gift transcends the significance, somehow. Yes, it's the closest of the 4 selected that aligns with my core interest - but just look at it! A rolling relic of the sad decline in the die cast industry.

Admittedly though, it rolls beautifully!

A hint of AMC matador?

[barrett]

22 minutes ago, Bren said:

A hint of AMC matador?

Yeah that was my first thought!

which I may have mentioned before is one of my favourite American cars and would be pretty high on my lottery win-list, thanks mainly to Assault on Precinct 13

[andrew e]

Jon this is like the diecast equivalent of entering the ambassadors ball and finding not one but TWO pyramids of Ferreo Rocher! Top bombing 👍