Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

Think this is it for the 1800

 

[FakeConcern]

21 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Just realised this one completely slipped my mind during the overextensive Friday/ Saturday tat writeup.

It's a Corgi Citroen 2CV6 in yellow - possibly one of the 007 tie-in versions?

Proportions aren't bad - maybe a little bit wide, but that classic deux chevaux look is definitely there. I'm not convinced it's a true 1/36 scale, though... it's kinda big! I'll dig out my earlier Dyane at some point and compare the two.

Rolled back sunroof is a nice touch, though the interior's fairly perfunctory.

Pop-up bonnet, secured with a catch and opened with a sprung piece of metal, adds a bit of excitement.

The one downside to this arrangement is that there's a bit of a gap even when the bonnet's shut, as the spring's straining against the catch.

The detail on the two-pot engine's pretty good, though hard to photograph.

I never owned one of these before - though have had an eye out for a decent one for a quite a while now!

This had a bit of played-with-in-the-flowerbeds evidence to the wheels and underside, but has since cleaned up nicely.

I'd quite fancy one of the two-tone Dolly or Charleston special editions that appeared later - there's always just one more to find in the Corgi range...

This gives me the perfect opportunity to show some pictures of the three I had whenever they came out. I kept one in the box as standard

I made one into a Charleston for a friend who had a ral one, I can't remember why I didn't give it to her or why it's now missing the headlamps. Did they have round lamps?

The blue one I made into a van after a holiday in France seeing loads of them and trying to buy a model of one. The shop assistants invariably thought I was trying to buy a lemon as my accent was so bad!

Plasticard back end

[Bren]

I was given the grand canyon speedway by my cousin - it must have been the late 70's.

The supports needed filling with sand otherwise the whole lot collapsed like a tory government.

A bit of a nuisance in the early 70's as you could just nip to B&Q for a bag of sand.

While the sets were a bit meh the cars were lovely - the beautiful metallic green XJ6 is one of my all time faves.

[flat4alfa]

The real BMC 1800 Berlina Aerodynamica by Pininfarina was a wishy washy yellow

[flat4alfa]

44 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Think this is it for the 1800

[bunglebus]

25 minutes ago, FakeConcern said:

That van's very good, I was wondering where you'd found that!

[flat4alfa]

I think I'll go with the blue

[flat4alfa]

The real Lamborghini Marzal was white, then silver, now white again

Yellow one has clear glazing, not seen on production

Definitely prefer the green!

[bunglebus]

I'd be interested to see the casting differences, love that stuff

[155V6]

50 minutes ago, Bren said:

I was given the grand canyon speedway by my cousin - it must have been the late 70's.

The supports needed filling with sand otherwise the whole lot collapsed like a tory government.

A bit of a nuisance in the early 70's as you could just nip to B&Q for a bag of sand.

While the sets were a bit meh the cars were lovely - the beautiful metallic green XJ6 is one of my all time faves.

I had a few odd bits of track around the same time,was never really that bothered with them though.More recently,I've really got into the cars,if only I could find a purple Capri for a reasonable price 😁

[Bren]

My two. I prefer the wider wheels.

[flat4alfa]

Colour variations I can't get into, that's a dangerous slope

BMC https://tinyurl.com/3advtasv

Lamborghini https://tinyurl.com/2yavapfp

 

Am more fascinated by box artwork

 

[flat4alfa]

31 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I'd be interested to see the casting differences, love that stuff

This is a rabbit hole, click on the PDF link

https://www.darkens.net.nz/variations cat.htm

[sierraman]

I’ve got all the colours including the yellow broomstick one. 

[flat4alfa]

I read that B-R-R-OOM STICK was a sales disaster 

Not surprised!

Walking my toy car around like a doggie doesn’t appeal

[MiniMinorMk3]

 

12 hours ago, Bren said:

I was given the grand canyon speedway by my cousin - it must have been the late 70's.

The supports needed filling with sand otherwise the whole lot collapsed like a tory government.

A bit of a nuisance in the early 70's as you could just nip to B&Q for a bag of sand.

While the sets were a bit meh the cars were lovely - the beautiful metallic green XJ6 is one of my all time faves.

We filled the supports with water straight from the tap. No need to nick the sand from the sand pit at school.

My fave rocket was the 007 OHMSS Escort. OHMSS was the first Bond film I saw at the cinema.

12 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

 

The real BMC 1800 Pininfarina was a wishy washy yellow

It also has the door handles from an Kamm Tail Alfa Spider

[MiniMinorMk3]

Thanks to @FakeConcern my Marcos GT now has a full complement of MiniLites

Before

After

But then I just noticed that one of my original MiniLites is a different casting. Look at the centre of the rear wheel, it is flat. This wheel was on the front in my original picture. It was moved to the rear when I took all the wheels of and then just stuck the back on in a different order. I guess this is one for @bunglebus and his casting fetish.

[bunglebus]

Remember this guy?

I hit a stumbling block over the decal, the only one available was from the USA and would have been around £30 delivered. I could buy a nice original Flying Beetle for that.

However after a bit of discussion with Black Square decals, they created one - now on the website so you can make a fake if you so desire. 

[sierraman]

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

I read that B-R-R-OOM STICK was a sales disaster 

Not surprised!

Walking my toy car around like a doggie doesn’t appeal

It really was a pretty bloody stupid idea. Bonus yellow marzal or white Porsche 910 though. 

[flat4alfa]

Didn't know about Zingomatic

I bet the Americans were beside themselves with excitement

[flat4alfa]

I wonder what happened to the trade-ins

$0.59 in 1971 is worth $4.42 USD today

[flat4alfa]

'FABULOUS TEN' is reminiscent of Mattel marketing

This was 1973

Previously for 1972 it was 'TREMENDOUS TEN'

[bunglebus]

14 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

I wonder what happened to the trade-ins

[flat4alfa]

 

[bunglebus]

Remember the Poundland Nitro Legends bug pickup?

I did a bit of window reshaping, lowered it and swapped the wheels for Hot Wheels steels. Bit of detail and Bob's ya uncle

[MiniMinorMk3]

39 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

I wonder what happened to the trade-ins

 

They lead to the phenomenon that is known as Tat Friday.

[Datsuncog]

Back online!

Well, that was a terrifying 36 hours of reality.

Let's not do that again.

[Zie]

[bunglebus]

I ventured into Smyths. They have Matchbox! 

Plus a premium set I hadn't seen

I did a buys

Nissan set wasn't cheap but is really nice - interiors are rather pleasing but impossible to photograph 

[sierraman]

Same old stock though! It must be like living in Bulgaria where they had the same casting available for 20 odd years!