Shite in Miniature II

[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]

  On 05/04/2023 at 06:57, Spottedlaurel said:

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

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

[Spottedlaurel]

  On 05/04/2023 at 09:07, flat4alfa said:

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

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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]

  On 04/04/2023 at 23:33, 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.

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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]

  On 05/04/2023 at 06:57, 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.

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

[eddyramrod]

  On 05/04/2023 at 07:23, 155V6 said:

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

More pictures when I get home

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Seat-edge attained!

[eddyramrod]

  On 04/04/2023 at 21:50, flat4alfa said:

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

Will send it up

( @Isopon sorted )

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That's very kind, thank you sir!

[bunglebus]

Not an easy set to track down - apparently there's a Matchbox VW set imminent too

[eddyramrod]

I might have to look for one of those T2s... where I worked in the mid-80s we had one of those, missing the fold-down sides so a coat of white and some taller wheels would see UHG 425R live again!

We christened it The Shitbox, and we were being kind at that...

[junkyarddog]

  On 05/04/2023 at 10:41, bunglebus said:

VW set

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I never yet seen a 1:64 Mk2 Golf that looks right,they always look badly proportioned. 

 

[Cookiesouwest]

  On 05/04/2023 at 11:14, junkyarddog said:

I never yet seen a 1:64 Mk2 Golf that looks right,they always look badly proportioned. 

 

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More Lancia Delta than Golf from that side profile.

[Datsuncog]

Nobody seems to be able to model the Mk2 Golf in smaller scales terribly well.

I like the 1980s Matchbox version, but it's a bit rubbish.

 

Ditto the older Majorette version.

[bunglebus]

Several different bike/trailer combos in Tesco

Entertainer have re-stocked Matchbox and Hot Wheels but all mixes I'd seen before - and all picked over as their delivery day is now Tuesday rather than Wednesday 

[Tenmil Socket]

Looks like my copy has been through some hands.

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 04/04/2023 at 22:31, 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?

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  On 04/04/2023 at 23:12, barrett said:

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.

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  On 04/04/2023 at 23:33, 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.

 

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I think that the Eligor range is under valued. A few weeks back I did a post that was Eligor Mk1 Jags, showing the variety of colours that they casting was produced in. Some colours are quite rare and also quite interesting. I think it is probably the amount of different versions of the same casting that they produce is what holds them back. They produced a large range in the 80s and 90s. Here's a few examples that had been through my collection.

Peugeot 203 came in many many colours

Some are cast in plastic like this Chrysler New Yorker...

and Panhard Dynamic

Being French they did plenty of Citroens

404 Police and Gendarmerie

911 Targa

Mini Mk1

And a huge range of 1930s Ford V8 models that came in all sorts of liveries. These are just Fire Service vehicles.

 

 

[bunglebus]

Apparently Asda are getting some good Majorettes in - I'd be really interested in the T3 and MK1 Golfs if anyone spots them!

Mine has none of course

[sierraman]

The T3 camper looks good, the Golf looks a bit cheap tbh. 

[Datsuncog]

Just remembered that I did own another Eligor at one point - a Citroen Type H van, and this one definitely had a plastic body, though paired with a diecast base.

Some impressively fragile doors, too.

I only had this for a couple of months before swapping it on here, back in 2018.

The Peugeot 404 Break I'd had since about 1994, having bought it from a model shop in Tours (I think?).

Definitely underrated.

[flat4alfa]

  On 05/04/2023 at 11:18, Cookiesouwest said:

More Lancia Delta than Golf from that side profile.

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I was going with SEAT Ibiza

[flat4alfa]

  On 05/04/2023 at 13:52, Datsuncog said:

Just remembered that I did own another Eligor at one point - a Citroen Type H van, and this one definitely had a plastic body, though paired with a diecast base.

Some impressively fragile doors, too.

I only had this for a couple of months before swapping it on here, back in 2018.

The Peugeot 404 Break I'd had since about 1994, having bought it from a model shop in Tours (I think?).

Definitely underrated.

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I just remembered I bought one of those recently.  Will dig it out and fondle it when back in Blighty

Gunmetal metallic, not telephone company 

[flat4alfa]

Currently on Tenerife, north side, well away from the Britsabroad crowd

Walked into a market and saw these on a stall

 

[Tenmil Socket]

  On 05/04/2023 at 12:11, bunglebus said:

Apparently Asda are getting some good Majorettes in - I'd be really interested in the T3 and MK1 Golfs if anyone spots them!

Mine has none of course

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Liking the MK1 Golf! That's the colour I want to paint my Corgi RC Golf... which reminds me, I need to dig that out and finish it.

[bunglebus]

  On 05/04/2023 at 14:01, flat4alfa said:

Currently on Tenerife, north side, well away from the Britsabroad crowd

Walked into a market and saw these on a stall

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Score! They might as well not exist on these shores

[bunglebus]

I know you've already seen it, but my CMC Buick Riv just landed. I'm impressed every time with these, the quality is better than the originals when you look at the crispness of the castings etc. 

Anyway, time for some Trans-o-Lite fun

[Datsuncog]

  On 30/03/2023 at 15:55, flat4alfa said:

Need to get these too then

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Little bit slow to respond here, but two of those cropped up at the market a couple of years back:

Not my usual purveyor, these were on one of the antique stalls at £20 each - so not exactly bargainous.

They hung around for a looooong time but did, eventually, go.

[Datsuncog]

  On 05/04/2023 at 11:50, Tenmil Socket said:

Looks like my copy has been through some hands.

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Heh, I think my copy came from Oxfam!

Great book, and definitely one of my gateways into the shady world of smol diecast collecting - it was on the shelves at my local library in the late 1980s along with this:

 

It has to be said, collecting diecast does provide a fair old revenue stream for the charity sector... 

[Christine]

morrisons  new box and hanging strip ! All long cards

 

 

 

well maybe not this one..

 

 

 

[eddyramrod]

That Eligor 404 Gendarme wagon rang a bell, so I looked in one of my Police cabinets and lo, there it is, exactly that model.  If backup is needed I have a Solido 504 wagon that can also attend...

[sierraman]

Today’s purchase was this, trying to get all the ‘70th anniversary’ ones. 

[155V6]

Ok,it's photo time

These came from a car boot seller who does house clearances,he said they were found in a damp garage 

These are straight out of the box I bought earlier,they're not pretty 😮

Large stuff first

Some look like they might clean up,others not so much

A lot look like they were in nice condition before being badly stored

You can never have too many transporters

Small stuff

Most of these are quite bad,especially sad about these three

A few might be saveable

Bits from the bottom of the box

And the empty box with some of the missing paint 🤔

All in all, not too bad.A shame they hadn't been stored better,but if they had been,I wouldn't have been able to afford them