Shite in Miniature II

17,652 · May 4, 2023

Popped into a smaller Tesco in the arse end of a housing estate today while on a job - destroyed my hands free headset and needed a replacement quickstyle.

Glad I did...

12,246 · May 4, 2023

Finally I've managed to re create the Scammell Tri Deck GS20

I've fitted jewelled headlights to the P1800 and tickled in the white slightly so it looks ok.

Converting the Lancia to Whizzweels was more of a faff than I expected with lots of filing and packing out, but I'm pleased with how it turned out.

Obviously the Firebird really needs the later Teledial wheels

I got some of the wheel chocks from Steve Flowers, I thing they originally had four on each higher deck, I only got two for each deck and glad I did. Even the Capri can't be pushed over the chocks without scraping the roof, I can see why so many have been removed and lost. I'm going to take them off again on mine!

Good fun loading it up

Like in this catalogue ha

43,466 · May 4, 2023

So a yellow Marcos Volvo is true!

I saw one at weekend in Exeter antique shop for under a tenner, quickly looked it up (eBay & Google Images) but no other yellow ones were shown, so I assumed, what with the 'space' decal, that it was a home-restored one. And left it. Gah!

43,466 · May 4, 2023

Should have tried harder. It was the Marcos logo. Doh.

https://www.chezbois.com/corgi/corgi_modelpages/Marcos GT.htm

42,536 · May 4, 2023

Speaking of Marcos...

More pics that I took the other week and never bothered my arse uploading.

Yup, the April release from Corgi Model Club - arrived a week or two ago but I was pipped to the post when it came to gloating over it on this fair thread.

I came very close to asking them to skip this one, as generally speaking I'm not all that into sports special stuff - but I'm kinda glad I didn't now. It's actually very nice.

Shrunken lil driver dude is pretty hilarious, mind.

I mean, this is a model of what was already a very low car - only 60" high or thereabouts - so this guy's basically doll-sized.

Detailing is good, as you'd expect, and the opening bits are snug enough when closed. Having a cast-in window frame on the door is unexpected - not many Corgis have that, I don't think - but it looks ok, not too heavy.

Inside of door insert is also unexpected, but appreciated for the extra detail.

Did the original have some extra stuff on the base, I wonder? Like a manufacturer badge? Seems a bit smooth in places. I've no recollection of seeing an original close-up, so I don't know. I do know the CMC Porsche Carrera lacked the Porsche badge on the base which the original Corgi release had, and the DS lacked any Citroen badging altogether, so there could be some sort of licensing issue at play here as well.

100% AUTHENTIC M8

I'm still not sure why Corgi made so much effort to let their young customers know that the Marcos was fitted with a Volvo engine - other than the De Tomaso Mangusta (sold as the 'Ghia Mangusta with De Tomaso chassis', if I recall correctly), I can't think of other models in the range where the engine took equal billing on the box. Maybe Volvo insisted on it?

Overall though: nice 👍

60,002 · May 5, 2023

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

Did the original have some extra stuff on the base, I wonder?

I have an original one

I'm quite a long way behind on getting these, only just had the email to say my MGB is on its way!

I could change my sub I suppose but they always arrive in the end

5,244 · May 5, 2023

Maybe the Volvo mentions was to cash in on the “Saint” which was the only other Volvo an 8 year old might have heard of?

42,536 · May 5, 2023

A somewhat dreich and drear old morning...

Still, where we're going we don't need... weather.

42,536 · May 5, 2023

And we're in.

Tat Stall still under construction...

But initial impressions are good, if not probably cheap...

Big Sun Star models.

Crumbs.

9,215 · May 5, 2023

Oh good gawd. If that SunStar Merc is like, £20 or something crazy.... and you happen to have sufficient cash on the hip....

42,536 · May 5, 2023

1 hour ago, RoadworkUK said:

Oh good gawd. If that SunStar Merc is like, £20 or something crazy.... and you happen to have sufficient cash on the hip....

It was £55 on the Merc... and it was quickly snaffled by a rather taciturn fellow I've seen around before.

For £20, I would have had it myself!

£110 asked on the Routemaster.

EDIT: Routemaster has been Nemesis'd!!

43,466 · May 5, 2023

That Sun Star 1:18 scale Mercedes W115 retails for £150 - if you can find a stockist

43,466 · May 5, 2023

In case anyone wondered

It's in 1:24 and RM Toys list it at £250. But they do try it on.

33,758 · May 5, 2023

I've got a couple of those Routemasters and they're so large that I only have space to display one at a time. They are fantastic though.

42,536 · May 5, 2023

So then.... another HUGE set of new arrivals - mostly newish, though, and not really super-cheap.

I'm just gonna fling the pics out here as I've a meeting starting regrettably shortly.

As a general rule of thumb, smaller stuff was priced at £5 and bigger stuff at £10 (though there were exceptions).

Never seen a 1/24 Majorette before.

£10 on that one.

9,751 · May 5, 2023

White 405 if you please.

42,536 · May 5, 2023

Unusual Playcraft Impala.

Bit warped, and missing a back bumper.

£10 on it.

Oxford Bentley Continental may be the one that was banging around its acrylic box for the best part of a month.

Heller still here.

Solido Landie missing its rear door.

PT Loser by unknown.

43,466 · May 5, 2023

@Datsuncog If the James Bond AMC Matador is a fiver yes, but not ten

42,536 · May 5, 2023

2 minutes ago, andy18s said:

White 405 if you please.

If I can get back over at lunchtime, I'll see if it's still there!

Steerable front axle is broken on it, annoyingly, but looks like a bit of tape might fix it.

43,466 · May 5, 2023

1 minute ago, Datsuncog said:

Unusual Playcraft Impala.

Bit warped, and missing a back bumper.

£10 on it.

That's a slot car

42,536 · May 5, 2023

1 minute ago, flat4alfa said:

@Datsuncog If the James Bond AMC Matador is a fiver yes, but not ten

It was indeed £5 - I'll see if it's still there later!

I very nearly bought it for myself, but my head was turned with other things...

42,536 · May 5, 2023

3 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

That's a slot car

It is.

Any interest? Same range as the missed-opportunity XK140 earlier in the year.

40,657 · May 5, 2023

Majorette did loads of 1/24 scale for their domestic market, I had a few at one point, E-type, Cobra, Cherokee. None as far as I know were ever retailed in the U.K., the quality was a bit indifferent as well.