Shite in Miniature II

[Christine]

Rod Stewart had a Muira

 

[bunglebus]

So did Jay Kay

[bunglebus]

  On 10/04/2023 at 20:39, Christine said:

Rare split oval window Porsche    Corgi junior  ..

Have we had this one before ?

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What's going on with that Carrera?

Love a Vantastic

[flat4alfa]

Yes was going to say that XM is worth a bit more than we might think.  Even with the missing door handle, which to be fair provides an authentic experience of living with a real XM.  I had one.  Bits fell off, like a Polistil.  It had creeping zinc pest like a Hong Kong Dinky floor pan rot like an 80s Alfa.  

Can you recall price on it?  If it was a tenner I would want it  @captain_70s

[flat4alfa]

  On 10/04/2023 at 20:47, Christine said:

Rod Stewart had a Muira

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So did Roger Beckerman

For a while...

[flat4alfa]

  On 10/04/2023 at 19:14, FakeConcern said:

The only Miura I have is the Corgi one...

The box had a sticker saying new Whizzwheels version, did any Golden Jacks one get made at all?

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Unfortunately not, the 'Golden Jacks' versions of Miura and the Ferrari Dino Sport were canned after the boxes were produced, hence the hasty stickerage.

The Miura pre-release advertising also showed it with the 'Red Spot' wheels type as well.

You will have you noticed that under the engine cover you can see a cast spare wheel.  That is the unique design 'Golden Jacks' intended for Miura.  

So you could* do this sort of thing  http://www.batmobile.free.fr/English/CORGI_342_Lamborghini_Miura_ Take-Off.htm

[Christine]

What's going on with that Carrera?

 

 

Lledo have their uses.. cool eh ? I only made it tonight ..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bunglebus]

Poor Lledo bug!

Talking of which - it's page 1303!

 

[Christine]

Another VW      Conrad

 

[Christine]

And a Mk1      Solido

 

[Split_Pin]

  On 10/04/2023 at 19:14, FakeConcern said:

What scale is the Solido XM? Looks lovely just like the real thing!

 

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It's 1/18 Scale. It only has a (fragile) opening boot and bonnet so the rest of the glazing remains uninterrupted. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 10/04/2023 at 20:47, Christine said:

Rod Stewart had a Muira

 

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He had more than one.

[sierraman]

JLL831K still on the road it seems. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 10/04/2023 at 21:47, flat4alfa said:

Unfortunately not, the 'Golden Jacks' versions of Miura and the Ferrari Dino Sport were canned after the boxes were produced, hence the hasty stickerage.

The Miura pre-release advertising also showed it with the 'Red Spot' wheels type as well.

You will have you noticed that under the engine cover you can see a cast spare wheel.  That is the unique design 'Golden Jacks' intended for Miura.  

So you could* do this sort of thing  http://www.batmobile.free.fr/English/CORGI_342_Lamborghini_Miura_ Take-Off.htm

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The red spot wheeled versions are worth about 3 times what a teledial wheeled version is worth. It came in Yellow or Red

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 11/04/2023 at 09:41, sierraman said:

JLL831K still on the road it seems. 

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It was auctioned by Sotherbys in 2018.

[andy18s]

I seem to have won this Shado Interceptor, don't remember bidding but there you go..

[MiniMinorMk3]

Some Minchamps for page 1303

Code 3 Luxemburg Police

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 10/04/2023 at 22:13, Christine said:

And a Mk1      Solido

 

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That's a Solido. Usually comes covered in decals, with extra ones to be applied later

 

[Christine]

It did, I had several boxed ones

 

Agila ..

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 10/04/2023 at 20:39, Christine said:

Audi 90     Schabak

 

 

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Some Conrad and Schabak Oddies

 

[Christine]

I have a Schabak Jetta , but i swapped over the headlight panel  with the  Golf one...and now i've lost the Golf..   I've got the T4 tipper  and  T4 caravelle too

[MiniMinorMk3]

Breaking news, Rod Stewart didn't have two Miuras, it turns out he had three.

Registration number OVM8H and chassis #3372 was the first.

Next was the white Miura P400S Reg JLL831K and chassis #4863.

The third was an SV in yellow, Reg LUC 38K and chassis #4818

[Christine]

One of them caught fire burnt out  a few years ago .   Had a Marcos too.

 

Pah , they're only jumped up VW's....

[captain_70s]

  On 10/04/2023 at 21:12, flat4alfa said:

Yes was going to say that XM is worth a bit more than we might think.  Even with the missing door handle, which to be fair provides an authentic experience of living with a real XM.  I had one.  Bits fell off, like a Polistil.  It had creeping zinc pest like a Hong Kong Dinky floor pan rot like an 80s Alfa.  

Can you recall price on it?  If it was a tenner I would want it  @captain_70s

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I had a nose but couldn't see a price on it. I'd wager it'd be more than £10 though!

[Weird Car]

5 new additions to my miniature fleet, all bought from my local recycling centre at 50p each. I know the spark plug car isn’t technically a toy car but I couldn’t resist. Also really cool to have a model 309 finally.

[bunglebus]

309 and 205 are Maisto/MC Toys I believe 

[RoadworkUK]

  On 10/04/2023 at 22:18, Split_Pin said:

It's 1/18 Scale. It only has a (fragile) opening boot and bonnet so the rest of the glazing remains uninterrupted. 

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It's "sort of" 1/18 scale... looks somewhat dwarfed in the company of models that genuinely are that scale.

It is a lovely model, though; not overburdened with detail, and the stick-on pillars are prone to peeling, but it just looks so "right". Much nicer than the 605 that Solido released at about the same time, I reckon. I bought mine, new – for something daft like £6 – in Liskeard Trago Mills in the early 90s, and that was enough to have me checking their toy department every year since then for similarly unlikely occurrences... fruitlessly thus far.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

  On 11/04/2023 at 10:09, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Breaking news, Rod Stewart didn't have two Miuras, it turns out he had three.

Registration number OVM8H and chassis #3372 was the first.

Next was the white Miura P400S Reg JLL831K and chassis #4863.

The third was an SV in yellow, Reg LUC 38K and chassis #4818

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Miles Davis had 2, after almost killing himself in his first one he bought another. Not sure which one this is 

 

357 Magnum and two bags of Charlie in glovebox and not visible.

[bunglebus]

Updated list of expected Corgi Model Club releases

April (coming very soon!) ~ Corgi 324, Marcos 1800 GT
May ~ Corgi 492, VW European Police Car
June ~ Corgi 420, Ford Thames Airborne Caravan
July ~ Corgi 358, Oldsmobile HQ Staff Car
August ~ Corgi 211, Studebaker Golden Hawk
September ~ Corgi 318, Lotus Elan S2
October ~ Corgi 247, Mercedes Benz 600 Pullman
November ~ Corgi 334, Mini Cooper Magnifique

December ~ Corgi 482, Chevrolet Fire Chief 

January 2024 ~ Corgi 302, MGA Sports Car

February 2024 ~ Corgi 490, VW Breakdown Truck

[eddyramrod]

Sometime they have to come up with the Commer minibus in Samuelson Film Service spec, Shirley?

 

In other news, I found myself with almost an hour to kill in town today so I dropped into BuM to look at the HW Flying Customs, and, er.... bought four.  I know Shiters are clamouring for the white Shelby, so I grabbed the only one there was; along with the 84 Firebird, the Nova Wagon and the green Cuda.  Two quid plus postage, or swopsies, especially if you're already holding something for me.