Shite in Miniature II

[bunglebus]

6 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Another one for the list, then...

I don't know what the full range was but I saw a 2CV on eBay yesterday 

[155V6]

8 hours ago, AndyW201 said:

I remember our primary school library having one of the Gumdrop books, can't remember which one but I made a beeline for it as it was the only car related book in there. I also had a book about a yellow motorbike called Skid, who was apparently painted yellow by mistake at the factory and nobody wanted to buy him until a learner rider called Pete (I think) bought him and they went off having adventures.

Don't remember the little red Metro but I ended up living  my own series of horror stories after getting one when I passed my test,

Never saw Speedy the Mini either, but I do remember Martin's Marvellous Mini (or more accurately Martin's amazingly strange looking Mini?) in the Tiger comic,

That used to be my favourite story in Tiger,I painted a Matchbox Racing Mini up to match George 😁

[FakeConcern]

10 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

I thought he only wore it in a handful of episodes?

Blimey you're right!

https://shinventory.wordpress.com/category/wardrobe/wardrobe-starsky/page/2/

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Everybody knows Starsky’s sweater – the bulky white one that Paul Michael Glaser bought in the Mexican market on Olvera Street, LA, some time before he auditioned for Starsky’s role in 1974. Let’s get the few episodes he actually wears it in out of the way, and then dwell on the details of this fluffy favorite!

Starsky wears it in:

00-00 The Pilot
01-12 Terror on the Docks
01-20 Running
(+ a sighting of an early studio promo photo in Murder at Sea)

Just shows how unreliable (my) memory is!

[bunglebus]

Fitted a set of the C1 Models Creative 164 banded steels to the Proton, as I think they look closer to a stock rim than the Hot Wheels versions I put on originally 

[Split_Pin]

Nice job!

[MiniMinorMk3]

10 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

 

Another one for the list, then...

Maybe another for the list, the lesser spotted bright red V8 DY-19/B

Or maybe the roadster, DYB-05M, that was part of the Matchbox Collectibles Classic British Sports Cars Collection

Nice detail on the bottoms of these with solid looking castle rails, silver gearbox, petrol tank and leaf springs 

 

[flat4alfa]

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Everybody knows Starsky’s sweater – the bulky white one that Paul Michael Glaser bought in the Mexican market on Olvera Street, LA, some time before he auditioned for Starsky’s role in 1974

Sirdar picked up on the design and ripped-off published their pattern in 1977.  PDR download here

 

But get this - Marilyn Monroe had her very own Chinconcuac cardigan, shown in her last photoshoot in July 1962.  She died in August that year.   “I can wear this on chilly mornings when I have to leave house early,” Marilyn apparently said when she bought it.

 

However, can you imagine if she had auditioned for a Spelling-Goldberg pilot show named 'Sandy & Hutch' in 1965?   Apart from the fact she would be alive, the whole world would be different.   The 'Striped Tomato' would be a Ford Falcon Sprint, for a start.  Probably handle a lot better so able to catch more crims.  Wider side opening for better wind-in-hair shots at speed

 

Hutch could have driven a '63 Fairlane instead

 

And for the sake of further annoyance, Huggy Bear might say "It's a '66 it won't be out till next year, but I know some people that know some people that rob some people"

[MiniMinorMk3]

Marilyn would have had a Galaxy 500

Hutch, played by Tony Curtis, would have had a 1960 Fairlane

And Huggy Bear, played by Sammy Davis Jnr would have had a '63 Lincoln convertible

[quicksilver]

Here's something you're unlikely to have seen before. Why have I chopped this Maestro into a floppytop? It did exist but only as a concept drawing by Stephen Harper and was never built, so here's my might-have-been interpretation. Would it have been a success? I suspect not.

[flat4alfa]

20 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Marilyn would have had a Galaxy 500

Torino was mid-size, so full-size Galaxie too hefty.  Falcon or Fairlane Sprint more in-keeping with theme, I thought..

I can hear Tony Curtis playing Don't Give Up On Us Baby, on his saxaphone.  Wearing his driving gloves.

Jack Lemon doing a cameo appearance, in drag, at Huggy's Palace bar, in the episode S1 E6, 'Some liked it hot'

[flat4alfa]

26 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

Here's something you're unlikely to have seen before. Why have I chopped this Maestro into a floppytop? It did exist but only as a concept drawing by Stephen Harper and was never built, so here's my might-have-been interpretation. Would it have been a success? I suspect not.

Great effort. 

Agree it would have sold poorly, if at all.  Idea based on Visa Convertible apparently https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/austin/maestro/cabriolet/

 

There was a Montego that got the treatment in real life.  When it appeared now and again on the Ebay thread on here and elsewhere, it got plenty of ridicule

If it survives, attitudes may soften

Only sold for £350 at King's Lynn auction back in 2015, so unlikely it does

Even more shocking is Oxford Diecast.  It looks like they still haven't done that Montego they promised, in either scale

[stuboy]

3 quid from boot fair

[Datsuncog]

6 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I don't know what the full range was but I saw a 2CV on eBay yesterday 

The big Charlie Mack book on Matchbox lists out the full MB Dinky range, which is handy to have.

The 2CV might be one of the last produced in the late 90's, and if so is a repackaged Vitesse casting. I think by that point they were only being sold mail-order via the Matchbox Collectables imprint, rather than in shops.

The Model Shop in Smithfield has/ had a Matchbox Dinky 2CV along with some other tail-end models from the Vitesse range like the Messerschmitt Kabinroller and Renault 4L. Think he was asking rather a lot for them; more than I cared to stump up, anyway...

[bunglebus]

As it was such a warm* morning, I thought I'd check out the first boot sale of '24. It was surprisingly busy, even one nutter there in shorts and flip flops 😐

There were quite a few tat pedlars too, although 90% of my haul came from a young lad who's been selling nothing but diecasts for the last few years, and gives me the heads-up on anything he thinks I might like - such as this tidy Corgi Range Rover

Sierra in yet another colour

Red/red TR7

And yellow/yellow TR7

Crapi

And Carabo

[bunglebus]

Moving onto Matchbox, some unusual ones here.

My first Flareside

Ruff Trek in a colour I've not seen before - anyone?

World Class(?) GTO is a good score

Airport Coach 

Possibly the rarest find is this Pontiac Convertible, I think these just had a plastic screen so this shouldn't be impossible to resurrect

[bunglebus]

Why did Matchbox go to the trouble of casting the sunroof, skylights, rear corner windows etc in, but mould the central windscreen pillar as part of the glass? *sigh*

Sand Digger is tidy

Picked up this Majorette Safrane in case one of you wanted it. Didn't see the missing headlight at the time

Why did Majorette put a dog in the Fiat 127 looking out of what should be a fixed window? *sigh*

Yatming Marzal is quite unusual

Dinky Chevette is in good shape

Hot Wheels Merc SL has glowing glazing

It's quite hard to find Hot Wheels Grand Nationals with the hood intact, as for reasons unknown they made it as a separate part rather than hinged

[danthecapriman]

28 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Moving onto Matchbox, some unusual ones here.

My first Flareside

Ruff Trek in a colour I've not seen before - anyone?

World Class(?) GTO is a good score

Airport Coach 

Possibly the rarest find is this Pontiac Convertible, I think these just had a plastic screen so this shouldn't be impossible to resurrect

Definitely never seen that yellow ruff trek truck. I like it!

Looks like something that’d come in a set or multipack type thing though?

[bunglebus]

88-89 Motor City racing pack apparently 

[Blue 850]

2 from the €1 tray at a model fair today. The Miura was crying out for rescue as it had an orange bulldozer pushing it off the tray 😄

[junkyarddog]

Today was a local toy fair,normally I have to drive an hour or two,but this one was 10mins away.

Siku transit is a welcome addition, been after one of these for a while now.

Blue Matchbox RS2000 with Phantom stickers,quite a rare find in reasonable condition. 

Majorette Renault 5 in 5 door flavour.

Two Lone Star models,were this poorly Roller and the much better Lotus.

Majorette Chevrolet pickemup truck.

Nice Matchbox GMC Reefer truck in slightly less common yellow,with door still intact.

Zylmex E type.

Darda Porsche 959.

Majorette BMW CSL,and Late Lone Star Caddy.

Polistil Renault 16.

Plus a 12,sadly repainted. 

Norev mini jet Renault 12 in very nice shape.

Matchbox Cortina in gold,I can remember being extremely jealous of a school mate who got one of them,I could only find a green one!!

Two Wildcat Mustangs,one to be repainted at some stage. 

The orange one,has an unusual orange base too!

Next is this Corgi 300sl.

An unusual Toyota Celica by Konami.

Finally my favourite find of the day,this Boxed Corgi Car transporter. 

Not totally mint,but in very nice condition,box is slightly dog eared though. 

So all in all,a grand time out.

You like this lot Smoll Eddy??

"You've more money than sense M8"

 

[bunglebus]

20 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Siku transit is a welcome addition, been after one of these for a while now.

And the side door hasn't fallen off - be careful with it

22 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Blue Matchbox RS2000 with Phantom stickers,quite a rare find in reasonable condition. 

Very nice

22 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Majorette Renault 5 in 5 door flavour.

One casting I've still never found

[vulgalour]

16 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Revell do 1:25 kit of the Torino, I have one:

Nice set of slotmags, they'll be useful on something else. There's also a stock version of it on steels with hubcaps.

Didn't @vulgalour build one several years ago?

Sure did.  Not a bad kit tbh. I built it as a Grandma Torino.

[MiniMinorMk3]

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

The big Charlie Mack book on Matchbox lists out the full MB Dinky range, which is handy to have.

The 2CV might be one of the last produced in the late 90's, and if so is a repackaged Vitesse casting. I think by that point they were only being sold mail-order via the Matchbox Collectables imprint, rather than in shops.

The Model Shop in Smithfield has/ had a Matchbox Dinky 2CV along with some other tail-end models from the Vitesse range like the Messerschmitt Kabinroller and Renault 4L. Think he was asking rather a lot for them; more than I cared to stump up, anyway...

There's a sort off full list of Matchbox Dinky here.

The Dinky Collection | hobbyDB

The 2CV was released as DY-32.

The last two in the original series, number wise are the VW Karman Ghia DY035/A

and the Jaguar XK150, DY036/A

The second issue of the XK150 had a Matchbox Collectables style number DYM38304

The later Matchbox Collectable European Economy Car Collection, that was made from old Vitesse moulds included VEM01-M VW Cabriolet (Sorry no picture)

VEM02-M Austin Seven

VEM03-M Citroen 2CV

VEM04-M Messerschmit

VEM05-M Wolseley Hornet

VEM06-M Fiat 500

and VEM07-M Renault 4

[MiniMinorMk3]

The matchbox versions were mostly better detailed than the Vitesse versions

 

[flat4alfa]

Majorette Renault 5 in 5 door flavour? 

Did not know this 

Now wish I didn't! 

[155V6]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

Majorette Renault 5 in 5 door flavour? 

Did not know this 

Now wish I didn't! 

I think I've got a green one,& a pink one with red hearts all over it 😯

[Blue 850]

A few more I picked up today. I actually collect old Irish car mags but have small collection of model Fiats and the 1500 is really nice. The Kadett will probably go to my brother as he has a full size one, a Rallye  the lucky git

[155V6]

I went to visit my Brother today,he builds a lot of modern military kits,he gets sent them to review for magazines.One of his latest was interesting,it's an unlicensed 1/35 scale BMW 3 series with gas rockets

 

[bunglebus]

10 minutes ago, 155V6 said:

I think I've got a green one,& a pink one with red hearts all over it 😯

One of our members has the pink one mint and boxed - which is why I knew it existed

[sheffcortinacentre]

11 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

Blimey you're right!

https://shinventory.wordpress.com/category/wardrobe/wardrobe-starsky/page/2/

Just shows how unreliable (my) memory is!

More to do with being an iconic image like the Torino.