Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

My Dinky Phantom needs some help

Tri-Ang Cloud off to pastures new soon

Play Art Camarge is a beast but missing bumper is a bummer

Polistil Cloud has managed to retain almost all its delicate bits

Corgi Corniche

Dinky Silver Wraith needs full resto

Any excuse to repost my Matchbox K-53 powered Corgi Corniche again

[bunglebus]

Smaller scale stuff includes Matchbox Silver Spirits

The lovely Matchbox Silver Shadow in both opening boot...

...and opening door versions 

Shadow Coupes are lovely things, i do have a roof for the blue one now

Not quite so pleasing Cloud

Although still better than High Speed's effort

I'm really fond of the Zylmex ones

MB Phantom V has been well loved

I've yet to find a Hot Wheels redline Roller, but the blackwall era Phantom II turns up regularly 

Not discussing this

[Split_Pin]

53 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

What's this one, Solido maybe?

That's a later Norev example with speedwheels. Solido issue has the rear door quarterlight pillars.

[FakeConcern]

1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

What's this one, Solido maybe?

From boot fair a couple of weeks back

https://autoshite.com/topic/10758-shite-in-miniature-ii/page/1485/#comment-2849269

37 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

That's a later Norev example with speedwheels. Solido issue has the rear door quarterlight pillars.

Quite right it's a Norev Jet Car

[flat4alfa]

13 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

I intend to put up more shelves in that room and make better displays/dioramas on more or less permanent show

I saw the wooden doll, had a pang of 'well I never!' and then looked back at what is here in the 'tidy' section. 

The doll is in distress. Pleading for me to stop collecting stuff.

But I don't want to talk about it.

[Tenmil Socket]

Can anyone tell me the contact details for Steve Flowers please?

It's for the old fella who owns the shop I was in the other day... at the time his name escaped me and I did say Tim Flowers but on the way home I realised that he was the Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper from the 90's.

[FakeConcern]

13 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

I saw the wooden doll, had a pang of 'well I never!' and then looked back at what is here in the 'tidy' section. 

The doll is in distress. Pleading for me to stop collecting stuff.

But I don't want to talk about it.

So now we know where it spends its holidays!

[flat4alfa]

59 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Can anyone tell me the contact details for Steve Flowers please?

It's for the old fella who owns the shop I was in the other day... at the time his name escaped me and I did say Tim Flowers but on the way home I realised that he was the Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper from the 90's.

http://model-supplies.co.uk/

https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/steveflowersmodelsupplies

 Tim?

 Herbie?

 Mike?

 Yay!

I got there in the end too!

[MiniMinorMk3]

4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

What's this one, Solido maybe?

It's a Norev

 

Here's one of the Solido Rally versions

 

This casting was used later as a Dinky.

[MiniMinorMk3]

Some more Rolls and Bentley stuff

Budgie R-R Silver Cloud

Verem R-R Silver Cloud

Verem Bentley S1

Polistil R-R Continental

Tomica R-R Phantom V

DiaPet R-R Silver Shadow

[bunglebus]

I've got one of these somewhere but can't find a pic

[sierraman]

My fairly terrible Corniche. 

[flat4alfa]

Good though if the Duke and Duchess are wearing a tall loose hats driving up to the Church Fete

[sierraman]

3 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Good though if the Duke and Duchess are wearing a tall loose hats driving up to the Church Fete

It is a tribute to the horrors that a firm like Hooper etc would concoct for some head of state someplace. 

[flat4alfa]

Doris and Ken had a Polistil 1:30 Silver Cloud for a while

Although they found that Polistil appeared to have achieved a build quality standard of a Rolls Royce built in Calcutta.  Bits fell off.  If they didn't fall, they got bent out of shape.  Not unlike Ken on THAT Golfing weekend with Shirley and Des.

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[RoadworkUK]

21 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

All we got was coal.

Have posted before, but I took apart one of the Bburago Camargues one day and found it to consist of 58 pieces!

Funny thing. Not so long after getting my first (and second, third and fourth) 1:18 Bburagos, I beseeched Mum and Dad to buy me the Camargue – because it was like a 'Normal' car. I knew that the car it resembled was a hyper-expensive plutocrats's barge, but in terms of play value, it represented the Cortina that my dad had at the time. It was kinda sorta like a regular saloon car, and I could regard it as such on the living room carpet. As such, it was denuded of its box. 

It's a real shame it's in 'scaled for the box' 1:22, but then again it doesn't really hold up in fine detail to be displayed alongside recent 1:18s properly anyway.  Also a shame that it's the only 'big' Bburago not to have working steering. I remember this coming as a bit of a bummer on initial encounter.

[flat4alfa]

The big Bburago Camargue is pretty good though for a model first released 1977 I think?  They kept producing them to 1990 so that was good going.  But oh those 55 dies and moulds - the poor things - they must have been exhausted.

1977-79: Brown met ; Green met ; Blue met
1979-82: Silver
1987-88: Pure White ; Cream White
1989-90: Dark Red ; Wine Red

Apart from that:

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According to unconfirmed sources, a small series (10 pieces) in black / interior grey / registration number HFM 600 N for the British Royal Family was produced in 1977 / 78  [www.bburago-collector.com]

[flat4alfa]

Talking of Royals, picked this up recently - a chipped but almost complete model of the 1961 Rolls-Royce Phantom V that our late Queen was ferried about in.  Needs a boot lid, rear bumper corner, the Royal Crest, some tyres.  Spot-On just named it 'Royal Rolls Royce'. 

The real thing was known by 'Number One State Car', as per usual.  Saw it at Sandringham and it looked lush in its 'Bible Black over Royal Claret' paint

Replaced by the bomb-proof (literally) 1977 Phantom VI built for the Silver Jubilee, until the introduction of the two Bentley State Limousines for 2002 Golden Jubilee.  Saw Queenie and Phil in one when she travelled up to visit the Zoo nearby in 2017.  That looked proper lush.

Talking of which, I wonder if the 1:43 Minichamps examples of the Bentley have dropped in value yet, must take a look. 

Mainly because 1) can't afford a real one, 2) unlikely to see one roffled-off on here anytime soon.

[Remspoor]

I am no fan of these older cars. But the detail  Corgi managed to capture in this is Rolls is superb.

*Image posted previously.

 

[bunglebus]

Three additional cars added to the Corgi Model Club list for 2024

Corgi 302, the Hillman Hunter (complete with kangaroo!) 

Corgi 475 the Citroen Safari 'Corgi Ski Club' (complete with ski figure!) 

Corgi 264 the Oldsmobile Toronado.

[bunglebus]

They follow the current list which is as such;

October ~ Corgi 247, Mercedes Benz 600 Pullman 
November ~ Corgi 334, Mini Cooper Magnifique

December ~ Corgi 482, Chevrolet Fire Chief 

January 2024 ~ Corgi 302, MGA Sports Car

February 2024 ~ Corgi 490, VW Breakdown Truck

March 2024 ~ Corgi 236 ~ Austin A60 De Luxe Motoring School Car

April 2024 ~ Corgi 275, ~ Rover TC 2000 'Golden Jacks' 

May 2024 ~ Corgi 246 ~ Chrysler Imperial 

(weird formatting, sorry)

I'm still waiting for my Studebaker Golden Hawk

[FakeConcern]

So another episode of “what shite have I bought on ebay?”

No please don’t tell me I was so pissed I bid on a Vanguards Hillman Imp!

No, no there’s something else in here...

So which of you fellow addicts encouraged me to buy a Gama Opel GT?

It is lovely though

How come it’s as big as a Corgi Stingray?

Showing off the pop up headlights

Can the Corgi do this though?

Thought not, what about this?

Shame it’s a MIB as I never like to get them out and if I do, I have to store the box.

Talking of which anyone after a Vanguards Hillman Imp box?

[bunglebus]

Ooh, T-Hunted just posted a pre-production Hot Wheels due at some point;

I always thought it was a shame they didn't make much of the previous version, I'd say this may be a premium initially going by the metal base and possibly opening boot.

I'd like to see the flat front Escort RS1800 and wide arch Capri filter down to the mainline, fingers crossed

[bunglebus]

Having a nose around their Instagram, some good looking premiums in the pipeline for 2024. Roll hoop on the MX5 spoils it though 

Plus a Fiat 600 in the mainline, normal and Super Treasure Hunt 

[eddyramrod]

Except it's a 500.  The 600 is completely different.  What we seem to be seeing there though, is the Abarth 595SS, which I admit complicates matters a bit.

[flat4alfa]

Thing is, got them all, in ok enough shape to 'have to do' without having to rejoin. 

 

Can get zoo figures that will do out of the charity shop kids box

At least, that's the excuse I'm going tell myself.  For now...

[bunglebus]

36 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

Except it's a 500.  The 600 is completely different.  What we seem to be seeing there though, is the Abarth 595SS, which I admit complicates matters a bit.

Yeah I questioned myself when I wrote it. I think it's the previously premium casting