Shite in Miniature II

60,232 · March 12, 2023

They both are - the rollcage is a good clue. I'll get that yellow checkered roof one day!

12,269 · March 12, 2023

I think the only Hot Wheels I've ever had is the Mebetoys Boss Mustang and the only one I want apart from the Mini I've just discovered is a Citroen C4 VTS. They seem pretty common, but I've never found one at a boot fair.

43,514 · March 12, 2023

Gah!

Wish I hadn’t seen this one

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A play on the 1967 Monte-Carlo Winner

5,530 · March 12, 2023

5 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Ooft that's a belter, the headlights are spot on. I have a 1/18 version made by UT models and one of these would go nicely with it. The Vanguards captures all the important features of a 1990s Escort.

Aye, I've got the UT 1/18 Escort too. One of my few remaining 1/18s (along with the Revell Manta GT/E) that I'll not part with!

2 hours ago, Rover414 said:

@AndyW201 - just picked up the blue Cosworth myself - they look great. IXO do a Mk6 Escort estate, there are a couple on ebay but haven't brought myself to get one yet though definitely on the radar.

Gah! Forgot about the IXO estate, been watching them myself, especially the silver one. If they'd done a hatchback though, I'd probably already have one. I was torn between the blue Vanguards Cosworth and the Violet, but the interior on the Violet was what swung it!

40,660 · March 13, 2023

9 hours ago, Macscrooge said:

Finally, red crosses from the decal box and a quick coat of varnish. It is destined to be used in wargames.

Would probably look good with some of that weathering wash stuff on it?

9,775 · March 13, 2023

Just found these half price in my new favourite shop.Gotta get them all now though....

45,048 · March 13, 2023

20 hours ago, bunglebus said:

This was my best find today, a Cursor VW K70. It was in bits but I managed to find most of it rattling around in the box - I very nearly bid on a £15 one recently. This one was FREE

That K70 is a right Bobby Dazzler

15 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

I won't buy that Mini then (although I like the wheels). Nice models (the Beetles) but not into them, just Minis!

When collecting Minis you have to draw the line somewhere. I only collect 1/43rd scale and original 1960s and 1970s produced stuff. If I collected everything Mini the house would be full, instead of just one room.

12,269 · March 13, 2023

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

When collecting Minis you have to draw the line somewhere. I only collect 1/43rd scale and original 1960s and 1970s produced stuff. If I collected everything Mini the house would be full, instead of just one room.

I agree up to a point.

What I'm generally aiming to do is collect all the lost and broken Corgi/Dinky toys from my childhood, restore some of the ones that aren't too far gone and also collect some that I always wanted, but never got.

I already have a few Minis in various makes and scales so I'll add the odd one or two I like a lot and those Hot Wheels ones fit the bill as for some reason I love the look of them!

28,774 · March 13, 2023

13 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

What I'm generally aiming to do is collect all the lost and broken Corgi/Dinky toys from my childhood, restore some of the ones that aren't too far gone and also collect some that I always wanted, but never got.

That's pretty-much what @danthecapriman and I are doing! Our case is complicated by our love of American cars, and mine of police cars, but broadly speaking, we're on the same page.

33,831 · March 13, 2023

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

What I'm generally aiming to do is collect all the lost and broken Corgi/Dinky toys from my childhood, restore some of the ones that aren't too far gone and also collect some that I always wanted, but never got.

I think we are all on the same page, literally!

43,514 · March 13, 2023

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

What I'm generally aiming to do is collect all the lost and broken Corgi/Dinky toys from my childhood, restore some of the ones that aren't too far gone and also collect some that I always wanted, but never got.

Yeah it starts like that...

Then this time next year...

60,232 · March 13, 2023

Got a Porsche 928. No idea what make it is

And it does stuff

Also got this which I think is High Speed cos I already have one

60,232 · March 13, 2023

Walked into the outhouse earlier and the Bassline was glowing away merrily! Bloody thing

60,232 · March 13, 2023

On 12/03/2023 at 20:28, flat4alfa said:

It would have had the black bed cover on the red Kidco Dinky

Thought I'd check if this one is loose. But no, it's pretty much welded home! And so are all the other Kidcos and Dinkies

Used a torch to peer underneath through the suspension tab, but couldn't see evidence of a fixing. Not that I was expecting to se a self-tapping screw in the first place...

Found another the same - so the factory method of securing the load cover is a self tapper! Can't see that getting a CE mark...

22,874 · March 13, 2023

3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Yeah it starts like that...

Then this time next year...

I'm thinking of tunnelling below the garage/garden Dibnah style, and building something similar. I reckon I'll install a discrete drop hatch somewhere on ground level too for so the courier can drop kick each diecast delivery straight down into the epicentre and Mrs DL won't have to worry about the inside of the house doing a Trebus any more.

43,514 · March 13, 2023

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Got a Porsche 928. No idea what make it is

Suspiciously similar to the Summer FIAT Abarth

60,232 · March 13, 2023

Base and wheelie mechanism look the same

But so does the one under the Celicas that I think are High Speed (bases are different to each other though!)

43,514 · March 13, 2023

A package arrived from Post Lady™

It contained (working from left)

A Husky Cadillac Eldorado, whose occupants were saved from injury due to advances in laminated ~~windscreen~~ windshield technology

Matchbox Thames Estate Car, a model that had escaped until now

Minic Motorways Jaguar 3.4 saloon, with the earlier metal chassis with a roller pickup to tinker with!

Hot Wheels Ford Escort RS2000, wearing that odd wheel variety, also escaped until now

Minic Motorways Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, with the later plastic chassis and a sprung blade pickup to tinker with!

Matchbox Mercury Commuter with the steering chassis and a unique* paintwork to get accustomed to

Matchbox Mustang, with the switchable steering chassis no less

Thank you @155V6

22,874 · March 13, 2023

31 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

A package arrived from Post Lady™

It contained (working from left)

A Husky Cadillac Eldorado, whose occupants were saved from injury due to advances in laminated ~~windscreen~~ windshield technology

Matchbox Thames Estate Car, a model that had escaped until now

Minic Motorways Jaguar 3.4 saloon, with the earlier metal chassis with a roller pickup to tinker with!

Hot Wheels Ford Escort RS2000, wearing that odd wheel variety, also escaped until now

Minic Motorways Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, with the later plastic chassis and a sprung blade pickup to tinker with!

Matchbox Mercury Commuter with the steering chassis and a unique* paintwork to get accustomed to

Matchbox Mustang, with the switchable steering chassis no less

Thank you @155V6

That Mercury Commuter needs to be preserved in all its glory.

60,232 · March 13, 2023

How'd I miss that white Mustang? I need a donor!

43,514 · March 13, 2023

Another package arrived, this time from Post Man in a van™

The main WANT AND WON IT was the Lone Star Road Master Ford Sunliner. Was very surprised that this didn't get a bid over £1.31 (?!) and I think the seller was too. Especially as Steve Flowers Pops does the screen for £2.50. Very pleased as been after one for a while and it's all there otherwise and in great nick.

The rest of them were to -ahem- make up the postage weight, as I try and tell myself:

Matchbox Studebaker Wagonaire. The sliding rear roof part is there but will need to get a new screen piece. Never had one.

Yet another Lone Star Chrysler Imperial. Well you can't have too many of these, it's those jewelled headlamps...

Matchbox Mercedes-Benz 300 SE Coupe wearing the pre-Superfast wheelset and (some of its) first-release GREEN, for a change.

Corgi Ford Thames Airborne Caravan, do have a far better one already so this perhaps (if I ever find the time) might be attacked by Dremmel and live on as the yellow 'Jazz Band Wagon', complete with the whitewall tyres. To get the vision out of my head, at least.

Because you can TRUMPET AND DRIVE !

Anyway, that Sunliner:

Modelled on the 1960 Ford Galaxie Sunliner, although it misses the mark in a few places

...never mind, it's tidy.

And blue. With red. And some white!

43,514 · March 13, 2023

28 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

How'd I miss that white Mustang? I need a donor!

I thought all you needed was glazing? This is complete with the the pre-Superfast wheels I wanted, and too good for donorising

43,514 · March 14, 2023

Another parcel... this time from Evri Man in his car™

Matchbox Vauxhall Cresta PA. Never had one of those before.

Morestone (Budgie) Wolseley Police Car being clambered over. To go with the big Budgie version.

ERTL 1936 Ford V8 Coupe, Dick Tracy's car in the 1990 film. Logo on the Dickie seat lid, in case Dick forgets.

And the elusive until now Dublo (Dinky) Volkswagen Delivery Van. The sole Dublo in the out-of-control 'collection' back here. To go in the area of cabinet where the maker's self-branded vans go. There are a few now...

Thanks, @Macscrooge

42,587 · March 14, 2023

FFS, what is it about world political leaders muscling in on my turf?

Why are they suddenly all so mad keen to rock up to Belfast on a Friday morning?

We know.

As if it's not tricky enough to get parked around The Markets without CIA goons everywhere.

Well, if he thinks he's going to be swanning back on to Air Force One with a sense of having cemented international relations and with a pocketful of lightly scuffed Corgi Juniors with early Whizzwheels, he's got another think coming...

45,048 · March 14, 2023

Old Joe only goes for early Redlines, especially ones in chromatic blue.

42,587 · March 14, 2023

Probably why he's trying to offload that Budgie Leyland as a swopsie, as he's heard Rishi's got an original Mod Quad stashed in his desk back at No.10...