Shite in Miniature II

[flat4alfa]

Originals were also silver and used base plate from the saloon, reading SIMCA 1500 GLS

[Split_Pin]

2 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

And then we have the Dinky Standard Vanguard, for @Split_Pin:

The tyres are a bit knackered and flat at the back, but the casting really is very nice indeed.

It's done well to survive with this much paint.

It's always the way - the best method to have something great show up on Tat Friday is to have a Tat Box sent earlier in the week!

Will keep this for as long as you like, man.

Thanks Tim, it looks great, happy to square that one off with you whenever.

[Datsuncog]

4 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

You tagged quicksilver first and he said yes so he should have first refusal in my opinion.

 

1 minute ago, quicksilver said:

FIGHT!

Oh wait...

That's very magnanimous of you. Rest assured it'll be going to a good home with other Bill Day models for company. I've always liked the look of those East Lancs coaches although the build quality was probably shit.

I was hoping for obscene limericks, but duly noted fellas!

Some truly unusual items cropping up from time to time - there can't be many of these in scratch-builds in circulation, can there?

[Datsuncog]

So - that really is it.

It's been quite a week!

I've a little bit of admin to attend to, then...

But a pleasure, as always.

Happy Friday kids - have a good 'un!

[Split_Pin]

It jumped out at me because these were once so familiar yet the model is so unusual. Tayside had 2 Volvo Citybuses with these EL bodies and they were always tooling about with small independents as 2nd or 3rd hand purchases. 

[Split_Pin]

2 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

So - that really is it.

It's been quite a week!

I've a little bit of admin to attend to, then...

But a pleasure, as always.

Happy Friday kids - have a good 'un!

Thanks Tim, a smashing Tat Friday. Have a good weekend yourself.

I'm really pleased with the Vanguard, another I'd been chasing since discovering them and other early 50s cars in Popular Classics. I'm sure there in my 'British Family Cars of the Fifties' book as well.

[Datsuncog]

42 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

I hope you bought that Crescent Toys 1284 Mercedes Benz 2.5 Litre 

Heh, didn't even notice it!

Not really my area of interest, but looks in reasonable nick.

Some quite unusual stuff this week - will be interesting to see what returns!

33 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Yeah me!

No worries - will add the Matchbox camper to your box!

[Datsuncog]

33 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Which doesn't excite me as much as this - I don't think this colour scheme Celica Supra was released in the UK

Ah, now I have that one - purchased as NOS from a local newsagent's display case in 1991 (without the box, annoyingly).

Different wheels on mine though - the earlier five-crown type.

Plus rusty axles. Mmm.

They're not common though - and who knows where mine was sourced from?

[flat4alfa]

Do you have a Hot Wheels Supra to do a side by side, who messed it up the most, comparision

[MiniMinorMk3]

Can anyone spot the odd ball here?

I'll be back tommorrow to give the answer.

[bunglebus]

I'm gonna say the green van as I don't recognise it

[flat4alfa]

30 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Can anyone spot the odd ball here?

I'll be back tomorrow to give the answer.

Metallic Green one wears Countryman grille, despite being the Austin Van body

Metallic Green one also has poor radio reception and no woodworm.

[danthecapriman]

Does anyone know of a website that lists all the Matchbox models and the colour etc variations?

Just want to have a look at the Sierra and see how many there actually are.

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

Ah, now I have that one - purchased as NOS from a local newsagent's display case in 1991 (without the box, annoyingly).

Different wheels on mine though - the earlier five-crown type.

Plus rusty axles. Mmm.

They're not common though - and who knows where mine was sourced from?

I’ve got a couple of those, the axles always seem to be rusty and they are rarely found in good condition. 

[bunglebus]

25 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Does anyone know of a website that lists all the Matchbox models and the colour etc variations?

Just want to have a look at the Sierra and see how many there actually are.

Well you've got Wiki but it's not always got every variation I find 

https://matchbox.fandom.com/wiki/Ford_Sierra_XR4i

HobbyDB list 15

https://www.hobbydb.com/marketplaces/hobbydb/catalog_items

[flat4alfa]

26 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Does anyone know of a website that lists all the Matchbox models and the colour etc variations?

https://www.cfalkensteiner.com was the best for all international variations

But site is a bit broken but you can get in sideways.  Sometimes.

[flat4alfa]

Also https://www.mbxforum.com/ME-Catalog/jnmMCDB31PDetails.php

But it's quite old and clumsy.  This is the page for Toyota Supra [A60]

Doesn't show a red one

Also came with Twin Cam 24 tampo which looks smart

 

Dinky release was the most colourful and probably rarest of the Macau production

Don't even get started on the many Bulgarians

[flat4alfa]

42 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Just want to have a look at the Sierra and see how many there actually are.

26 variations on MBX Forum

[flat4alfa]

Just 15 variations on HobbyDB

https://www.hobbydb.com/marketplaces/hobbydb/catalog_items?cid=526113&filters[type_id]=3&prod_status=Variant&variant_definition_id=30377

[flat4alfa]

Just 12 on Fandom pages

https://matchbox.fandom.com/wiki/Ford_Sierra_XR4i

[Dick Cheeseburger]

12 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

26 variations on MBX Forum

I've owned a grey/red Sierra like the one at the top middle since the early 80s. Mine has the dished wheels like the blue and white examples either side. Does that mean mine is ul£ra r$re? 

Thought not.

[danthecapriman]

It’s the blue one I’m after but it’s a pig to find. Looks like USA issue though according to that site, which is probably why I’m struggling!

[flat4alfa]

22 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

It’s the blue one I’m after but it’s a pig to find. Looks like USA issue though according to that site, which is probably why I’m struggling!

Search on Team Duckhams QXR, it was only ever in these sets:

- Team Matchbox TM-6 (1987)

- Team Convoy TC-9 (1988)

There is a Convoy set over in Germany, but don't look at the price.

[flat4alfa]

Found you 33.33% of the set living in Monmouthshire  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363091851432

and Kent  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354375178181

Pretty likely parted-out some time ago because of the lust for Duckhams Sierras!

This one lives in a collection in New South Wales, Australia

alongside the Transit

[danthecapriman]

There’s a good chance I won’t be getting that one then!😁

I’ll have to be happy with this one, which is still nice.

 

I’m guessing it was only this one and the plain white one that were made in uk? 
Most of the others seem to have slightly later dates so must all be Thailand/Macau/China made.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

2 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

There’s a good chance I won’t be getting that one then!😁

I’ll have to be happy with this one, which is still nice.

 

I’m guessing it was only this one and the plain white one that were made in uk? 
Most of the others seem to have slightly later dates so must all be Thailand/Macau/China made.

That's the same as mine, although I'm pretty sure mine is Macau built.

[FakeConcern]

After all the help choosing colours you all gave me I thought a quick pic to show progress was in order so here's my drying rack

I have just been working on restoring a Corgi Camaro. It wasn't awful and I didn't take many before pics

No windscreen (obv) and the dash was broken with brown suede stuck to it. It was also stuck down on the floor as carpet and on the door card armrests and the centre consol. The roof was broken and Humbrol matt black was used to give a nice tide mark all round the car and also painted on the interior behind the back seat. The headlight blinds were missing and the chrome yellowed.

Most of the black paint came off quite well using various techniques

 

Steve Flowers screen fits really well, shame I didn't notice the little bit of flash on the top right corner before I looked at these photos. I had filed the other corner already.

It's a bit chipped in places, but not too bad at all.

The rear panel was black and came up pretty well, but the repro hood not a great fit.

All the red interior came up much better than I expected, shame someone cleaned the black off the steering wheel, left it on the draining board then placed a heavy saucepan on it! It did glue back together.

Lights closed

Lights open!

Looks pretty much like the real thing

Very pleased to have made them.

The dashboard got patched up with red plasticard and really looks fine behind the repro screen.

Firebird sits much higher, presumably because of Whizzwheels

You can see how good the Steve Flowers windscreen is compared to the firebird original

For some reason the Camaro is on what I take to be Hunter Minilights, the 11 yr old me must have done that along with the other mods, I don't remember and don't seem to have the originals anywhere either.

The same, but different!

[bunglebus]

Thailand;

England;

Macau;

 

[flat4alfa]

28 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

I’m guessing it was only this one and the plain white one that were made in uk? 
Most of the others seem to have slightly later dates so must all be Thailand/Macau/China made.

White ones first release 1983 with Made in England on base

The silver with those graphics production transferred during 1985, so both.  If you have a Made in England silver one, then it was a 1984 until then.

From then on was Made in Macau until 1990 when the Thailand factory started production

[flat4alfa]

4 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Heh, didn't even notice it

Do actually have a Crescent Toys Mercedes Benz 2.5 Litre back here anyhow...!  😇

It lives on the back of this transporter

Along with a Crescent Aston Martin DB3S, a Spot-on Jaguar XK SS and a Corgi Lotus Mark Eleven

No I don't know why I haven't got round to repainting them either

Tucked on the back of a transporter, they've been forgotten about.  

But I am on the look-out for the Crescent D-type Jaguar to complete 'the set', if anyone has a rough one looking to pass on

New Ford D-series livery idea!