Shite in Miniature II

33,723 · August 1, 2023

53 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Picked this up at the weekend.

No idea about it,apart it seems to be made from resin/plastic.

Nicely detailed,but the wheels dont turn.

I'm guessing it's a kit of some description.

Starter were a French company that made resin kits and complete models for sale. I had a Citroen GSA estate many years ago. It was a nice model but I preferred the saloon version that I got from someone on here about ten years ago so I sold it on.

25,869 · August 1, 2023

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Never seen one of those. Came in kit form, or finished ready. You can see from the thickness that it is resin and not plastic, didn't know that

Interesting,will watch that when I've got a moment.

59,820 · August 1, 2023

Majorette singles in Sainsbury's

40,654 · August 1, 2023

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

I didn't know we got those

That Honda T360 is 2022 series

Does this mean we will see this 2023 series?

Doubtful unless through specialist shops where they will be about £15 million. That said our local toy shop had the ‘Best of France’ in with the French only VW transporter in Sapeurs Pompiers. The wife bought me one the other day, can’t decide whether to open it or keep it as is. Any ideas how to get in with minimal damage?

59,820 · August 1, 2023

16 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Doubtful unless through specialist shops where they will be about £15 million. That said our local toy shop had the ‘Best of France’ in with the French only VW transporter in Sapeurs Pompiers. The wife bought me one the other day, can’t decide whether to open it or keep it as is. Any ideas how to get in with minimal damage?

On a card that's gloss front and back, cutting the blister with a scalpel etc is your safest bet. Thinner/Acetone can't soak in from the back like the mainline cards.

I'm back in Derby tonight and hoping that shop has had the promised delivery, no doubt I've missed all the really good stuff in the mean time

59,820 · August 1, 2023

Bought a crew cab in Sainsbury's

Also picked this up - a 50th anniversary Zamac Plymouth Duster in a brand new 9 pack - no idea how a 5 year old car ends up in a new multipack. There's no evidence of tampering

40,654 · August 1, 2023

Couldn’t resist temptation and opened it. Nice model, reminds me of the early 90’s majorettes.

45,044 · August 1, 2023

3 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

I'm guessing it's a kit of some description.

Yep, that'll be a Starter kit. Starter were one of the many French makers of 1/43rd kits. They made various competition vehicles in resin.

The castings were good including the interior.

Some had photo etch details

and various other parts

The decals were excellent, and a lot of kits could be built into various versions.

But the instructions were basic, mostly consisting of just some colour pictures of the finished model.

2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

Never seen one of those. Came in kit form, or finished ready. You can see from the thickness that it is resin and not plastic, didn't know that

I used to have quite a collection of old Starter kits, all sold off now

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Starter were a French company that made resin kits and complete models for sale. I had a Citroen GSA estate many years ago. It was a nice model but I preferred the saloon version that I got from someone on here about ten years ago so I sold it on.

Their built models are quite good. Here's just a few of the ones that have passed through here over the years.

43,446 · August 1, 2023

I notice all the price labels are French Franc, so were around £26 at the time

Works to be around the £90 mark in today's money

43,446 · August 1, 2023

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

Doubtful unless through specialist shops where they will be about £15 million. That said our local toy shop had the ‘Best of France’ in with the French only VW transporter in Sapeurs Pompiers.

Just seen two on 'bay with UK sellers at £10 mark, which isn't far off the shop price. Will have carriage on top, but then the car park fee and petrol would bite too

Hmmm.... trying to talk myself out of it

43,446 · August 1, 2023

Gah! Just found out Minichamps did one if 1:43

5,218 · August 1, 2023

2 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Majorette singles in Sainsbury's

45,044 · August 1, 2023

18 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

I notice all the price labels are French Franc, so were around £26 at the time

Works to be around the £90 mark in today's money

Yes mid 90s pricing.

Current 1/43rd kits in metal of resin vary from around £40 to over £100, depending on the detail.

Product Search (grandprixmodels.com)

59,820 · August 1, 2023

I bought a couple of these Stars and Stripes Hot Wheels from Jadlam while I was in Somerset. There are 10 in the series which form a flag if you line them all up but they didn't have all of them anyway, so I just bought the two I liked - funny enough one is the Thruster Duster like the oddball 9 pack one I found earlier