Shite in Miniature II

[eddyramrod]

Hmmm, I wonder.  Certainly in the world of slot car stuff, I get the impression that Americans are trying to airbrush the '70s cars out of existence.  Behold my extensive choice of full size chod that you won't find anywhere else.

 

1972 Charger.  Because unless it's a '68 or '69 nobody is interested

 

Even in Petty racing spec it gets hardly any interest

 

1972 Cadillac.  LA Police could have saved themselves a load of trouble in the '70s and just arrested every owner of a black Cadillac

 

1977 Pontiac LeMans

 

1972 Lincoln Continental and AMC Matador

 

Bring out a '50s car and everybody loves it because it's got chrome, tailfins and rock 'n' roll.  60s cars are tough, moody and mean.  70s cars?  Sorry, the US didn't make anything in the 1970s, they were away that decade.

I so wish I had room for my Scalextric, I'd be ordering some of those!  I wonder how easy it would be to convert that Cadillac into a 1973 Coupe deVille?

[Split_Pin]

I'm after that Mr Bean Mini. There's a Poundland near my work that usually has some good MBX in stock, got the Volvo V60 last week.

[155V6]

I'm after that Mr Bean Mini. There's a Poundland near my work that usually has some good MBX in stock, got the Volvo V60 last week.

Mine has a sticker saying "Exclusively for Asda",the same as the Ford Panel & '59 Chevy posted by Junkyarddog 

[sierraman]

I'll be scouring Asda then...

[Split_Pin]

Ah that's why I haven't found it!

[59Impala]

Damn I neeeed that 59 Chevy wagon. For obvious reasons. Off to fleabay I go.

[59Impala]

And I've bought one for two quids and a postage bit. I did wonder why there people bidding on one and it was at £6.50 when just a bit further down the page there were several with much lower 'buy it now' prices. Possibly they is idiots.

[Ghosty]

Is it just me or is the centre bit of that LM002 far too short?

 

Still, for a quid it's fair enough.

Seems to be cartoonish proportions.

 

Matchbox have a correctly scaled one in their lineup ATM, seen it in Poundland.

[sierraman]

Ford Van purchased today in Asda. The fact you can only get certain colours in Asda could lend it some collectible status in years to come

[Spottedlaurel]

Matchbox have a correctly scaled one in their lineup ATM, seen it in Poundland.

 

Bought one for my son just yesterday (Poundland, inspired by comments above). They didn't have much that appealed to me other than a green Ford Bronco.

[Junkman]

To my utter surprise, I managed to coax this from the French:

 

 

 

It contains the usual half arsed mag:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Must have taken them all of half an hour to make. Oh wait, they are French, so it probably took them two weeks.

 

Anyway, here is the model:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

However, since one can't live with just an R16, I actually got me two of them.

 

[eddyramrod]

 A breeding pair eh?  Are you trying to re-populate the wilderness that is our city streets?  Good luck!

[Junkman]

The real reason for having two of them is that I want to "TX" one, if I ever find the correct wheels.

[junkyarddog]

 

Today's find,VW K70 and caravan by Majorette.

paid too much for it,but had to have it

Photobucket is being shite,

so only this pic atm.

[junkyarddog]

[Junkman]

OMG that is sweet.

[andy18s]

Bought a joblot of cars which arrived whilst I was on the road

Well chuffed with the Mantas,both mint complete with aerials and mirrors!

The others I'm not to fussed about not being a Mini fan

The Nissan is funky little thing,if it's been painted then it's been done quite well

The small Welly's are sold over here for a couple of lev in most supermarkets,along with some very oddball stuff

[Skizzer]

The real reason for having two of them is that I want to "TX" one of them, if I ever find the correct wheels.

 

I have a 1:18 Otto 16TX with the correct wheels if you wanted to borrow it for 3D scanning and printing purposes.  

[Noel Tidybeard]

I have a 1:18 Otto 16TX with the correct wheels if you wanted to borrow it for 3D scanning and printing purposes.  

you'll never see it again!

[Bren]

 

Got this for easter £11 plus postage.

[Split_Pin]

I heart 1/24 partwork models. Alas I only have one, an Alfa Romeo Spider but it's damn fine.

[Junkman]

I have a 1:18 Otto 16TX with the correct wheels if you wanted to borrow it for 3D scanning and printing purposes.  

 

 

you'll never see it again!

 

Do you really believe I don't have one myself?

Good idea, I haven't thought about that.

However, I think there is a set in the upcoming ESCI/Italeri R5 reissue.

[Felly Magic]

More shite arrived this week at FM Towers from an egay seller in Polandland, arrived in 3 days too, a pair of Skoda Estelles in 1/43 scale, and taken with my other Skoda models, nice

 

 

 

[steveo3002]

like the skodas

[Split_Pin]

Love the round lights one.

[Felly Magic]

The coffin light mk1 Estelle is nice, it's one of those mag partworks, I do hope eventually they do a Garde/Rapid coupe. Abrex are a bit weird these days, saw a photo of a mk2 Fav estate on their website, but no sign of it in their catalogue, and tbh Abrex are getting pricey. Have a couple of bigger shots of the Estelles, plus my Lada collection. My camera doesn't seem to loke taking shots of white models

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mr Lobster]

Abrex are currently somewhat defunct to all intents and purposes as the people who made everything for them seem to have shut up shop with financial issues.

 

Shame, we were the biggest Abrex retailer in the U.K. y'know.

 

It's not so much that they were pricey, more that they'd spent so long with so much stock heavily reduced that it made the standard releases look expensive when in reality the normal price stuff still sold really well.

[Noel Tidybeard]

new autoshite level achieved- David Fowler

 

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[Split_Pin]

I have an Abrex Skoda Rapid, the modern sort. Nice little thing it is too and it was cheaps.

[RoadworkUK]

I bought an Abrex Skoda 136 at the Prague Technical Museum. It wasn't cheap

 

So, is the most Autoshite of all Bond cars the one with Marina door handles that was painted metallic bronze? I do hope so.

 

After lurking in the attic for years, I thought it was time I took some photos of this:

 

 

 

 

It's one of the earlier AUTOart releases, and they've come on a long way since then. Still love it, though.