Shite in Miniature II

[eddyramrod]

Nor did I, needlessly* spend 90 minutes swopping cars between two cabinets and a stack of open shelves.  So now my Film/TV cars have a little more space around them, as do my Personal collection.  My repainted American cars are a bit squashed-together, but considering they were previously in the roomiest cabinet, that isn't much of a surprise.  I might have to do some more yet, because I think I'd like a bit more space for my ambulances now...

[bunglebus]

What kind of weirdo arranges cars in colour order?

[bunglebus]

There's that pop-up trailer I was talking about, I knew I used to have it!

Pic was taken probably 15 years ago, had a bit of a life laundry after that and sold all those Hot Wheels as well as my Beetle and Bus, plus a load of other changes

[flat4alfa]

On 05/01/2023 at 23:36, flat4alfa said:

This week some more Lone Star models appeared after a Post Lady visit.  Yes, she is still around and as friendly as ever.

One is the seemingly uncommon Alfa Romeo [Giulietta] Spider.  Uncommon, in that it still has all its opening things and it does retain both its headlamp jewels, being an early Impy with the steering chassis.  Pleasingly, the paint is reasonably unscathed.  Steering wheel has escaped, have a similar Lone Star donor.  Will need to do something about fabricating/donating a screen though, as I hoped (assumed!) it was the same as fitted to the Rolls Royce that Steve Flowers recently introduced and the eBay trigger finger was applied.  Never mind, it was bid to just £4, a surprise!

Also separately was the Jaguar MK X, a Flyers range car with the wheels I prefer.  It has more chipping, but also complete with all its opening things and nothing missing.  It is also much nicer than either the Matchbox or Husky offerings.  Even better than that it was BIN £1.99 !

Scaling is a bit off though.  The Jaguar states 1:64 scale, but measures to 1:67.  The Alfa just states 'scale model' and measures to approx 1:51, so perhaps it was intended for the larger Roadmasters range rather than Impy?  Perhaps they worried the American market would find it too weedy.

Tiny Tom wonders why I am buying Lone Star examples when I told myself I would clear out the small cars and concentrate on 1:48, or not at all.  I blame you lot.

^^ Lone Star Alfa Romeo got scale measured here

Paragraph 4

measures to approx 1:51, so perhaps it was intended for the larger Roadmasters range rather than Impy?

[junkyarddog]

Another of yesterday's finds.

Budgie toys Salvage crane.

Amazing how well this fragile thing has stood the test of time.

"I'm not as fragile as I look M8"

[junkyarddog]

Another exciting* find is the Site hut truck,complete with hut!!!

"I can barely contain myself M8"

[bunglebus]

Site Hut Truck seemed to always turn up in job lots. The hut, not so much - I have one 

[Spottedlaurel]

I don't remember ever having the site hut with the regular wheels truck I had as a kid, maybe it came to me from a jumble sale or hand-me-down? It still made for a useful little flatbed however, should still be in a box somewhere.

Do have a MIB Superfast version complete with hut, probably purchased back in the '90s when no one was very interested in them. I think that even has an elastic band still with it (which hopefully hasn't caused some unpleasant reaction with the plastic).

[danthecapriman]

Don’t think I’ve ever had one with the hut, always seem to be missing. See also, skip trucks! Loads of them around but almost always missing the skip. It’s taken me ages to find the skips for some of the older ones. 

[junkyarddog]

Some more...

Auto Pilen Renault 12-S

Norev Renault 17 TS.

I was going to leave Smoll Eddy out of these pics because he's the wrong scale but...

"You'll never sack me off,I'm omnipresent in your collective consciousness M8"

[bunglebus]

That's cool, I really love the styling of the 17. Until I few years ago I'd never seen one

[MiniMinorMk3]

 

50 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Some more...

Auto Pilen Renault 12-S

Norev Renault 17 TS.

I was going to leave Smoll Eddy out of these pics because he's the wrong scale but...

"You'll never sack me off,I'm omnipresent in your collective consciousness M8"

Not seen a Rallye Pilen 12 here, I've had a chrome one

And on the Norev front here's a Renault 15.

[sierraman]

This arrived today for equivalent of a £1 when the others were factored in. 

[flat4alfa]

@danthecapriman 

Bedford J-type spotted in SEB photo on far right

So there's another conversion* to enjoy for your SEB Diorama

[flat4alfa]

HUSKY Catalogue 1966

[FakeConcern]

For Volvo 240 fans...

 

[bunglebus]

I found a fairly rare one the other day, hopefully it should be here soon

[bunglebus]

In the mean time, Matchbox Model A Ford - the van especially must be one of the most produced castings they ever made. Who's got what?

[junkyarddog]

More....

Hot Wheels Larry's towing,Peugeot 505 and Packin Pacer.

You like a towing rig don't you Smoll Eddy,what's your favourite from these?

"The Pacer,'coz like me it's packin M8"

😲

[bunglebus]

16 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Yours hasn't got it, but the first version of the Larry's Towing truck (Ramblin' Wrecker) had Larry Wood's actual phone number on it - and loads of people called him! It used to be where the blue bit is above "Larry's"

[flat4alfa]

First call was on Christmas morning.  He received a call from a boy in another state, calling long-distance!

It was put on as a joke and was never meant to reach production

[sierraman]

The hot wheels fold away garage has a Larrys Towing. 

[junkyarddog]

Corgi and Spot on Renault Floride.

The Spot on was ridden hard and put away wet.

"Don't they put Floride in the water M8"

 

 

[flat4alfa]

1975 was a busy year.

Ramblin' Wrecker

Backwards Bomb had a camper attachment instead of a tow truck boom

Emergency Squad and Ranger Rig

Grille also on Super Van and Paramedic

#

It's surprising they coped with it all.

[flat4alfa]

Trio to collect!

Oh and another

Solido had a lady driver

Recent years Atlas Editions

Oh no what have I done

 

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

The hot wheels fold away garage has a Larrys Towing. 

Had to look that up

Reckon that's quite valuable now, the first 1979 release anyhow

Hot Wheels Service Center Playset

I wondered who Mike and Ted were.  I looked up on the designers list but none match from that era.

[155V6]

Another couple of things for the collection I'm still not sure about arrived today

They were sold as spares only,so I wasn't expecting too much.The crane is actually all there apart from the catch that the boom clips into, @FakeConcern,did you fix one of these?.The trailer is complete apart from the sliding doors either end

Quite happy with these 🙂

[FakeConcern]

23 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

Another couple of things for the collection I'm still not sure about arrived today

They were sold as spares only,so I wasn't expecting too much.The crane is actually all there apart from the catch that the boom clips into, @FakeConcern,did you fix one of these?.The trailer is complete apart from the sliding doors either end

Quite happy with these 🙂

That looks better than mine you did well to get them. These are great the crane is so heavy and just real! Also I'm jealous of the cage, I've bid on three so far and not won any!

You can get a repro ratchet, I just decided to be a cheapskate! I made one from aluminium sheet glued to a bit of soft iron wire, then glued onto the stump of the original. I'll see if I can do a template for you, but may be in a few days time as I'm out until at least Thursday. I also made the hook although I think the Steve Flowers one is pretty cheap anyway.

[FakeConcern]

21 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

^^ Lone Star Alfa Romeo got scale measured here

Paragraph 4

measures to approx 1:51, so perhaps it was intended for the larger Roadmasters range rather than Impy?

So did you work out what would be suitable replacements for the steering wheel and windscreen?

As for scale, that is a bit of a strange one and doesn't fit with anything else I have, but I believe your workings much more that Van Cleemput as he states the scale of the original Corgi 318 Elan as 1:42 & the 319 detachable chassis Elan as 1:40!

Do you know the scale of the Dinky Sprite?

The Big Book says

MGB GT 1:45

TR2 1:44

MGA 1:45

 

[eddyramrod]

I always considered the Dinky Sprite to be around 1/48, but I could easily be wrong.