Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

7 hours ago, Isopon said:

Just a quick note- my local Sainsbury's has Matchbox 5 packs reduced to clear at only £2.10!! I don't know if this is a one-off, but there are some bargains to he had.

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Not in my town they’re not.  Even the HW box is useless. (Spotty for rant)

If you buy the one with the Polizei Beetle and BROWN BENZ and don’t want those two please can I partake in a purchase or swap or whatever 

[Isopon]

5 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Not in my town they’re not.  Even the HW box is useless.

If you buy the one with the Polizei Beetle and BROWN BENZ and don’t want those two please can I partake in a purchase or swap or whatever 

I'll keep an eye out for one, but I think I'm unlikely to see another one to be honest. If I do find one, I'll keep you updated.

[eddyramrod]

2 hours ago, Isopon said:

Just a quick note- my local Sainsbury's has Matchbox 5 packs reduced to clear at only £2.10!! I don't know if this is a one-off, but there are some bargains to he had.

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What's the beige one, second down in the Wagons pack?  I feel I should recognise it but I don't...

[Isopon]

2 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

What's the beige one, second down in the Wagons pack?  I feel I should recognise it but I don't...

It's a 1964 Ford Fairlane

[eddyramrod]

Thank you; can you pick me up a set please?  Whereabouts are you?

[Isopon]

4 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Thank you; can you pick me up a set please?  Whereabouts are you?

I'm in Essex- as with F4A, I'll keep an eye out for them. I'll be back there within a week; stocks were quite low on all the sets, generally with fantasy sets being left.

[FakeConcern]

I Have now cleaned up the Corgis I bought at the toy fair on Sunday and pretty pleased with how they came out...

In particular the interior is now lovely and while givving it a polish I noticed that this does also have the name HJ Mulliner Park Ward on the base like the RR refered to by @eddyramrod.

The Citroen Safari came up really well as it had a load of yellow stuff over it, more or less gone now

As you can see I've fitted new tyres

The Pathfinder looked good anyway

I thought I took pics of the Classic, but apparently not...

So I have now fitted the jewel to the headlight of the Bentley I got from Dan

and a spare wheel

Happy with that!

As you all know I recently painted some Dinky Mokes to look like Prisoner models for the summer house. I've also painted a Matchbox Super Seven (from dan as well maybe?) even though it's the wrong scale and also the later streamlined style Seven, but came out ok even so (IMO)

Screen from some random clear plastic box and spare wheel from an old Corgi Mini

I see the spare has slipped after I UHU'd it, please don't tell Mrs Concern as she'll have me doing it again and I CBA.

Number plates printed out from t'internet

Headlamps from a bit of sprue that happened to be chrome effect

Lastly I bit of a strange question as I'm undecided what to do. I have my Dinky rally Cortina, owned from new that at some point I repainted

It's hand paint Humbrol, but looks ok

I painted the red Lotus stripes to replace the paper stick ons and did the bonnet and boot in white rather than red

So I'm inclined to re do this by spraying it as I have some white and red paint and could buy repro stickers

I can't decide, leave as is or re do more accurately with spray and stickers?

[Tenmil Socket]

2 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

I Have now cleaned up the Corgis I bought at the toy fair on Sunday and pretty pleased with how they came out...

In particular the interior is now lovely and while givving it a polish I noticed that this does also have the name HJ Mulliner Park Ward on the base like the RR refered to by @eddyramrod.

The Citroen Safari came up really well as it had a load of yellow stuff over it, more or less gone now

As you can see I've fitted new tyres

The Pathfinder looked good anyway

I thought I took pics of the Classic, but apparently not...

So I have now fitted the jewel to the headlight of the Bentley I got from Dan

and a spare wheel

Happy with that!

As you all know I recently painted some Dinky Mokes to look like Prisoner models for the summer house. I've also painted a Matchbox Super Seven (from dan as well maybe?) even though it's the wrong scale and also the later streamlined style Seven, but came out ok even so (IMO)

Screen from some random clear plastic box and spare wheel from an old Corgi Mini

I see the spare has slipped after I UHU'd it, please don't tell Mrs Concern as she'll have me doing it again and I CBA.

Number plates printed out from t'internet

Headlamps from a bit of sprue that happened to be chrome effect

Lastly I bit of a strange question as I'm undecided what to do. I have my Dinky rally Cortina, owned from new that at some point I repainted

It's hand paint Humbrol, but looks ok

I painted the red Lotus stripes to replace the paper stick ons and did the bonnet and boot in white rather than red

So I'm inclined to re do this by spraying it as I have some white and red paint and could buy repro stickers

I can't decide, leave as is or re do more accurately with spray and stickers?

Leave it... looks okay as it is!

[FakeConcern]

2 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Leave it... looks okay as it is!

Also I just noticed I had put a Canterbury registration on it as we lived in Herne Bay!

[ETCHY]

I'd leave the Cortina. It looks ok as is & it's part of its history with you. Repainted it'll just be dull somehow & more unoriginal imo.

[danthecapriman]

Same, I’d leave it as it is. Looks great already and it’s personal to you.

The others all look good too, I think the Lotus was one from me (I think!?) 

[Datsuncog]

13 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

I can't decide, leave as is or re do more accurately with spray and stickers?

I'd absolutely leave that one as it is - there's loads of restored Dinky Mk2 Cortinas in the world, but only one that looks like yours!

For me, a restoration is a great way to bring a shabby/ playworn toy back into displayable condition. Your hand painted version is very much displayable, and has a personal history which it seems a pity to erase.

Maybe keep an eye out for a shabby but structurally intact one which you could then bring back to as-new condition, without losing any of your own history?

I did have a fairly ropey example which would have made an ideal resto candidate, but sadly I already moved it on a few years back!

(The model was nearly as bad as the photo, but not quite)

[Jon]

Another vote for leave as is. Social history, innit.

I find the lustre of older painted models quite captivating, in some instances.

Here's a Spot On Land Rover where I'm retaining the previous owner's efforts:

The rustic effort suits the subject, in this case! Plus it appeals to my inner laziness.

[Christine]

No cheap  Matchbox in local Sainsburys tonight

 

Bunglebus  Honda Civic looks good  dunnit !

I like a model of all the cars i've had 

Remember i converted a Hotwheels  Volvo  into a half arsed model of my  Honda HRV ..  ?

 

 

 

[FakeConcern]

18 minutes ago, Christine said:

No cheap  Matchbox in local Sainsburys tonight

 

Bunglebus  Honda Civic looks good  dunnit !

I like a model of all the cars i've had 

Remember i converted a Hotwheels  Volvo  into a half arsed model of my  Honda HRV ..  ?

 

 

 

Clever!

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, eddyramrod said:

Thank you; can you pick me up a set please?  Whereabouts are you?

Eddy, I bought that pack and do have the Fairlane spare

Will send it up

( @Isopon sorted )

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, Isopon said:

I'll keep an eye out for one, but I think I'm unlikely to see another one to be honest. If I do find one, I'll keep you updated.

No worries, did find that locally but felt cheap and avoided the £9 charge. However £2.10 would probably make me buy the set!  Then would sink into armchair in despair and blame the cat.

[flat4alfa]

On 9/29/2021 at 12:20 AM, flat4alfa said:

Part of the Silver Shadow / Bentley T fleet in 1:43, together in a row

From left to right : POLISTIL ; ELIGOR ; SOLIDO ; DINKY ; CORGI

 

The Polistil Silver Cloud III Coupe is not a Shadow, so was not allowed to this party..   as, despite both Polistils being stamped 1:43, they got that one way-off as it's a good size up.

Bit late to the Shadow Party but do have this in reserve  😶 ^

Favourite is the Eligor. Don't know why, just because.

Am I the only one to think Eligor (despite this misses) has been underated?

[barrett]

38 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Bit late to the Shadow Party but do have this in reserve  😶 ^

Favourite is the Eligor. Don't know why, just because.

Am I the only one to think Eligor (despite this misses) has been underated?

The Eligor range was, I think, exclusively metal re-tools of old 1960s plastic Norevs - what's not to like? All the charm but none of the wobblyness / ability to exmplode into a million pieces if you look at them wrong. I only ever had one, the Ami 6, which I repainted to look like the one in a Practical Classics test of small 60s saloon cars because I loved it so much. Years later, I became friends with the subsequent owner and I've driven the car on several occasions.

[Datsuncog]

21 minutes ago, barrett said:

The Eligor range was, I think, exclusively metal re-tools of old 1960s plastic Norevs

I had an Eligor Peugeot 404 estate and I always thought it was plastic/ resin rather than metal... just something about the finish.

I didn't realise they were derived from older Norevs until quite a few years later.

The opening tailgate was definitely plastic, I can say that with a degree of certainty!

Kinda wish I still had it now, so I could have another look...

[Spottedlaurel]

A modest little haul of HWs last week:

I know I already have several other versions of the Mazda.

Did well on a visit to the local Tesco yesterday:

The red RS was sitting on top but it was the only one there. Got the MBX trailer as it matches the Nissan pickup (which I didn't realise until I saw a photo on here the other day). No joy in finding the Civic.

In kit news, I'm working on this Mazda RX-7 as a quick Easter project:

So far it's in primer, awaiting final colour choice and chucking together. It's a rather simple, almost cartoonish model so I'm not worrying too much about detailing. Not yet decided on wheels, but they need to be wide.

[155V6]

Car boot on my way to work just now provided this box of projects

More pictures when I get home

[FakeConcern]

That looks very promising!! ^^^

[sierraman]

Car boot on a Wednesday morning! They had some on a Sunday near us but they turned into basically a market for plastic tat, capes and dead peoples clothes. The swap meet has proved much more fertile hunting ground lately. 

[flat4alfa]

2 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

So far it's in primer, awaiting final colour choice and chucking together

But I bet you’ve already done one in that colour

[Spottedlaurel]

11 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

But I bet you’ve already done one in that colour

I haven't, but it is a classic shade for them. Tamiya's Candy Lime Green would be good. Also have several Tamiya versions when I want to do a more standard version.

[barrett]

10 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

I had an Eligor Peugeot 404 estate and I always thought it was plastic/ resin rather than metal... just something about the finish.

That's nice. I like the simplicity of them - and the subject matter was highly unusual (if you didn't realise about the Norev connection) so they were very appealing when I was a kid. My Ami 6 was definitely diecast, as I stripped all the paint off it during my 'restoration', but I can't be 100 per cent certain about every car in the range (although I'm pretty certain).

[eddyramrod]

3 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

A modest little haul of HWs last week:

I know I already have several other versions of the Mazda.

Did well on a visit to the local Tesco yesterday:

The red RS was sitting on top but it was the only one there. Got the MBX trailer as it matches the Nissan pickup (which I didn't realise until I saw a photo on here the other day). No joy in finding the Civic.

In kit news, I'm working on this Mazda RX-7 as a quick Easter project:

So far it's in primer, awaiting final colour choice and chucking together. It's a rather simple, almost cartoonish model so I'm not worrying too much about detailing. Not yet decided on wheels, but they need to be wide.

Lakeland Motor Museum has recently had a silver RX7 of that generation donated...

[eddyramrod]

2 hours ago, 155V6 said:

Car boot on my way to work just now provided this box of projects

More pictures when I get home

Seat-edge attained!

[eddyramrod]

12 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Eddy, I bought that pack and do have the Fairlane spare

Will send it up

( @Isopon sorted )

That's very kind, thank you sir!