Shite in Miniature II

[junkyarddog]

Another recent find is this Corgi Hyster container forklift.

It's a big old beast,box says 1977.

 

[FakeConcern]

Ok another question for all you seasoned modification experts, I would like to re purpose these Whizzwheels and the axle needs to be narrower.

 

Do you cut the blibble off the end with sidecutters to make it shorter?

How about fixing the wheels on again, crush the end in a vice or blob of Araldite?

Or tell me the best way!

[FakeConcern]

8 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Another recent find is this Corgi Hyster container forklift.

It's a big old beast,box says 1977.

 

Funny I just found this with some other stuff...

Similar

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

32 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

Ok another question for all you seasoned modification experts, I would like to re purpose these Whizzwheels and the axle needs to be narrower.

Do you cut the blibble off the end with sidecutters to make it shorter?

How about fixing the wheels on again, crush the end in a vice or blob of Araldite?

Or tell me the best way!

Chop off the end. To make a new end I would use a cupped nail punch. Obviously you will need to hold the axel in a vice or some strong grips, and take care not to bend the axle.

 

[flat4alfa]

39 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

Do you cut the blibble off the end with sidecutters to make it shorter?

How about fixing the wheels on again, crush the end in a vice or blob of Araldite?

I think your blob of Araldite idea is best. 

Using a vice means stopping it bending.  I have tried hammering, not always succcessful and wish I hadn't started

[flat4alfa]

You could avoid shortening altogether, by cutting short lengths of spacer from some plastic tubing and go for the Carlos Fandago look

It'll be brill.

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, FakeConcern said:

Ok another question for all you seasoned modification experts, I would like to re purpose these Whizzwheels and the axle needs to be narrower.

 

Do you cut the blibble off the end with sidecutters to make it shorter?

How about fixing the wheels on again, crush the end in a vice or blob of Araldite?

Or tell me the best way!

Aah, this is a fun one. Yes you can cut the axle with side cutters (a pair you don't care about too much ideally). 

*edit just looked again - they're the thicker axles out of a bigger Corgi - might be better using a rotary tool or hacksaw

Sorting the end out so the wheels don't fall off isn't so easy. I've seen people use a ball pein hammer to tap a flat onto the end - I just end up with bent axles. 

Marty on YouTube uses a drill press and a home-made tool to spin the end.

I use a small blob of gel superglue, then once it's dry a bit of chrome paint over the top

[MiniMinorMk3]

34 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

You could avoid shortening altogether, by cutting short lengths of spacer from some plastic tubing and go for the Carlos Fandago look

 

For those young'uns at he back who don't know who Carlos Fandango is (amazing that an ad from almost 50 years ago is still a point of amusement)

 

[Christine]

That oval window porsche had a bent  front axle , it snapped like a carrot when i tried to straighten it ..  it has a hypodermic needle axle now ! 

[flat4alfa]

20 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

For those young'uns at he back who don't know who Carlos Fandango is (amazing that an ad from almost 50 years ago is still a point of amusement)

 

Brings thing round to this Anglia slot car homage I knocked together a while back 

Body is die cast and by Saico, approx 1:30

Just for the hell of it.

[FakeConcern]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

You could avoid shortening altogether, by cutting short lengths of spacer from some plastic tubing and go for the Carlos Fandago look

It'll be brill.

What a coincidence!

 

Might be just a bit too much enough though!

[sierraman]

I reckon if you could drill in some metal a hole the diameter of the axle, then countersink it a bit so that when you clobber it it flares out a bit if you get what I mean? Maybe heat it with a blow torch to soften the metal a bit. 

[bunglebus]

I mentioned a couple of differences between Binz ambulances earlier, but there are actually quite a few, considering it was only made from 67-72, with a brief comeback in the amazing year of 1977

Regular wheels - correct wheelarches, Merc star on grille top

Early Superfast - enlarged rear arches, no Merc star

Late Superfast, even bigger wheelarches

Late Superfast, tailgate cast shut - and headlights now part of the body, not the base

1977 twin pack release

 

[Reluctant Adult]

Visited Cloverlands Model Car Museum on Sunday & saw these (among many others) 😀More photos to follow!

[Reluctant Adult]

[Reluctant Adult]

[junkyarddog]

52 minutes ago, Reluctant Adult said:

Visited Cloverlands Model Car Museum on Sunday & saw these (among many others) 😀More photos to follow!

 

 

 

 

I saw the first pic and thought Smoll Eddy would look right at home there,He's omnipresent,bit too neat for him though🤣

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Reluctant Adult said:

Is that a white Corgi NSU RO80 on the transporter?! 

WANT

[bunglebus]

1 hour ago, Reluctant Adult said:

I need a little rest after looking at those two pics

[andrew e]

Those Siku’s and Majorettes 😎 I really ought to arrange mine in the display cases I’ve put up in my garage…. last month… 😂

[MiniMinorMk3]

11 hours ago, Reluctant Adult said:

Visited Cloverlands Model Car Museum on Sunday & saw these (among many others) 😀More photos to follow!

 

Next time I'm in Wales I will drop in, looks a great place to spend a day.

Welcome to Cloverlands Model Car Museum | The Largest Public Collection of Model Cars in Wales (cloverlandscarmuseum.com)

 

[w00dy]

Picked this up from a fairly depleted Morrisons stock. Choice of two so clearly not a popular model. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

On 4/11/2023 at 11:08 AM, Christine said:

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

I have a Mk2 Jetta

and a Polo Bread Van has been through here.

[flat4alfa]

10 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Is that a white Corgi NSU RO80 on the transporter?! 

WANT

For £85 though, I'd rather just paint one to match...

[flat4alfa]

12 hours ago, Reluctant Adult said:

I  think I may need to seek help.  Because my own shelves are significantly fuller than some of those...

[barrett]

54 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Next time I'm in Wales I will drop in, looks a great place to spend a day.

You could kill an hour there, but it's quite a crappy place really (I've only been to the old site, not the new one, but I'm sure the exhibits are the same). There are some interesting things in there but there's no real curation, so Day's Gone gets equal billing with some super-rare stuff. It's worth visiting more for the heavy League of Gentlemen vibes than the exhibits, although I think the mad old woman who started it has died. Local toys for local people.

[bunglebus]

On 09/04/2023 at 22:22, flat4alfa said:

Hmm... yeah, those.

The missing cars to (almost) complete the saddo OCD collection back here...   are the top one Ford Torino Talledega and the bottom one Gazella R (which doesn't look like it should be in the collection anyhow)

The only other to complete it would be Twin Mill

https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Orange_and_Blue_Series_(2021)

B+M

[sierraman]

3 hours ago, andrew e said:

Those Siku’s and Majorettes 😎 I really ought to arrange mine in the display cases I’ve put up in my garage…. last month… 😂

I’d love to display all my stuff but for the sanctity of my marriage I condone it to one shelf in the bedroom. 

[flat4alfa]

41 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

B+M

Talledega please!

Is there a Twin Mill??

[flat4alfa]

17 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

Mint-flavour toothpicks?