Shite in Miniature II

[eddyramrod]

This is the first thread I come to, every time.

Eddy, size XL.

[eddyramrod]

@danthecapriman and @FakeConcern pay attention, because you've supplied some of these!

Rover P6s:

The grey one came with no A pillars, and a window unit that disintegrated when it saw the cosmic bath, so I rebuilt the pillars with staples, and since then it's been sitting around waiting for today's delivery.  The Roman Bronze one was similarly waiting for a back bumper.

Beaten-up Trotter van is going in the Screen cabinet, as Mr Bean's duelling partner whenever he takes to the streets in his Mini.  Nash Rambler was in an ebay job lot and missing the windows; but no longer!

 

[junkyarddog]

1 hour ago, ETCHY said:

Folk elsewhere on the Forum are often getting all worked up but here is just a chilled, nice place to be.

It can become quite the bunfight when two people want the same casting though🤣

[FakeConcern]

11 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

@danthecapriman and @FakeConcern pay attention, because you've supplied some of these!

Rover P6s:

The grey one came with no A pillars, and a window unit that disintegrated when it saw the cosmic bath, so I rebuilt the pillars with staples, and since then it's been sitting around waiting for today's delivery.  The Roman Bronze one was similarly waiting for a back bumper.

Beaten-up Trotter van is going in the Screen cabinet, as Mr Bean's duelling partner whenever he takes to the streets in his Mini.  Nash Rambler was in an ebay job lot and missing the windows; but no longer!

 

Amazing work there Mr Ramrod! I love seeing what you've been up to tat wise and the pair of P6s don't disappoint!

[danthecapriman]

22 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

@danthecapriman and @FakeConcern pay attention, because you've supplied some of these!

Rover P6s:

The grey one came with no A pillars, and a window unit that disintegrated when it saw the cosmic bath, so I rebuilt the pillars with staples, and since then it's been sitting around waiting for today's delivery.  The Roman Bronze one was similarly waiting for a back bumper.

Beaten-up Trotter van is going in the Screen cabinet, as Mr Bean's duelling partner whenever he takes to the streets in his Mini.  Nash Rambler was in an ebay job lot and missing the windows; but no longer!

 

Fantastic work there Eddy!👍

Ford Roman Bronze works extremely well on a Rover! Very classy.

Love the little plastic pig too.

[bunglebus]

4 hours ago, Surface Rust said:

BTW, does anyone have one of these they are willing to part with?

Seen quite a few but they seem to have dried up now.

I'll try and remember to check for them

[bunglebus]

The rest of the premiums I unboxed for display

Got a few other bits to photograph that I've collected on my travels this week

[MiniMinorMk3]

Progress on the Lancia trio has been good.

Lets start with the graphics. Left...

then right.

Left number on Duriforte car.

The bonnet ToTip had to go on first as other decals go over the top. Also grilles in place.

Big side decal on Duraforte.

Some back end work.

Martini at the end of the days work.

ToTip has had a bit more done.

And Duriforte has more done. Also spot the Vitesse sponorship on the rear spoiler.

More tommorrow.

[eddyramrod]

That's a level of attention to detail that I can only admire!

[danthecapriman]

Painting today!

D series and TK cabs both in primer. There’s a tiny spot of filler I missed somehow on the D that I’ll have to rub down and prime again. Joint around the front panel blended in well though.

 
    
AEC chassis has been finished then a blast of primer. 
Cab insides have had a quick blast of colour too. It won’t be all white on the outside though.

    
F150 is now white!

[bunglebus]

I bid on several Lone Stars recently from one seller but only won this one. I thought at first it might be a repaint but I think it's actually a very clean original

Found the Car Culture Porsche in Smyths - no black chase but I'm happy enough

Asda had a long card Camaro, the regular version of the Super from the other week

Lastly my fat boy Hot Wheels T-shirt, I like that it's beige rather than white

[Chuck Buckles]

Have a bundle of kids used diecast cars heading for the charity shop. 
any interest let me know
 

[bunglebus]

6 minutes ago, Chuck Buckles said:

What's the "General Lee", a Matchbox Cougar by any chance?

[eddyramrod]

This is what my workbench looks like today...

[cms206]

Another day, another TK Maxx; these 1/24 VWs strangely appeal.

[bunglebus]

They're pretty nicely done

Not seen them over here before though - wouldn't mind a panel van

[andrew e]

4 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

This is what my workbench looks like today...

Eddy it looks like your running a chop shop 🤣 

[andrew e]

I like the tagged transporter, though I thinking it’s a stickered  window van? 

[Chuck Buckles]

5 hours ago, bunglebus said:

What's the "General Lee", a Matchbox Cougar by any chance?

It’s a Matchbox by Lesley one.  Must of come from a charity shop at some point as I didn’t paint it. 
Modern friend next to it is a  Hot Wheels Mercury Cougar Eliminator. Sounds like a US serial killer. 

[bunglebus]

What's an Essex girl's favourite wine?

"I wanna go Lakeside!"

So we did.

Entertainer was absolutely manic so I didn't look through the various stacks of Hot Wheels

No new Matchbox

Poundland now have the twin pack monster trucks, seeing them all over the place now

TK Maxx had some Majorette 5 packs

[bunglebus]

...so I bought one

Plus a monster VW van

[Hertz]

5 hours ago, cms206 said:

Another day, another TK Maxx; these 1/24 VWs strangely appeal.

Wouldn't mind one of these. How much are they?

 

[danthecapriman]

Got a Spanish partwork Transit smiley today.

Ive already got one somewhere but thought I’d get another while I can! Really nice model of this generation Transit. 
Nice to have a smiley in model form, having owned two (N reg 120 and V reg 190) and had use of a couple with a previous job. 
Pity we didn’t get these models offered to us over here!

[Datsuncog]

On 16/02/2024 at 12:33, bunglebus said:

Entertainer have HW 3 packs with some exclusive colour releases

Ah, interesting - while taking a brief scoot through the Belfast branch of The Entertainer yesterday, I noticed Hot Wheels two-packs on the pegs for the first time:

Not exactly great value at £4.60 though, when their long running three-for-two offer on mainline singles means you can get three cars for £4.80.

If the new three-packs are £6, then I'm going to guess the three-for-two offer will be finishing up before long.

Plenty of Hot Wheels on the shelves, though - these seem to have recently been reorganized.

The Team Transports seem to have been restocked and reduced, though not as much as they were back in December.

Other than the recently stocked-out models in the Moving Parts range, there's very little Matchbox stuff to be seen in the store - just the one shelf-end display containing the exact same mainlines selection that we were seeing over a year ago, plus a couple of five-packs and ten-packs.

But no more Hitch & Haul diorama two-packs, no more Skybusters, and still no Action Drivers sets (which Lakeside seem to have on the shelves) - it certainly doesn't seem that it's a line they're planning on expanding for 2024, which is kinda disappointing.

I also had a nosey in Cash Converters, without much to grab me:

The Phase 1 Laguna estate in the crazy-big box is still here, and still quite pricey. So's the Presidential DS.

And these...

Yeah, £4 each?

Errr... no.

Just no.

I schelepped around most potential diecast distributors in Belfast, without much success.

Poundstretcher are still bulging with Matchbox and long-card Hot Wheels at a somewhat inflated price; I note that they started cutting their Matchbox prices to half-price in March last year, so maybe the same thing will occur again?

Poundland had virtually no diecast in their big Ann St store, though quite a lot in the Castle Court outlet - just none I'm looking for.

TK Maxx had no diecast of interest - no Majorette, no Matchbox etc.

I nearly didn't bother with B&M, as they've been pretty rubbish of late for diecast and I'm kinda tired of having to run the Fart Ninja gauntlet every time I toddle down the toy aisle... it's just a little exasperating.

But!

Ok, maybe it was worth it.

[Datsuncog]

So, where did it all finish?

Bit like this.

White Marcos GT850 and Fulvia are set aside for @FakeConcern, while the yellow Marcos 3-Litre is in the @NorfolkNWeigh box (will look up the spreadsheet later and ping you over your total, dude!)

One of the RS2000s is for @andrew e, while I've already opened the other one and have been merrily running it up and down the kitchen table.

Greenlight Ford bus is still available, if anyone's keen!

And that's about it for this week - other than to wish you all a Happy Friday Saturday, kids.

[bunglebus]

13 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Other than the recently stocked-out models in the Moving Parts range, there's very little Matchbox stuff to be seen in the store

New Matchbox have been seen in Entertainer - just not by me

[cms206]

1 hour ago, Hertz said:

Wouldn't mind one of these. How much are they?

 

Think they were 15 quid - didn't pay much attention, sorry!

[cms206]

1 hour ago, Hertz said:

Wouldn't mind one of these. How much are they?

 

Think they were 15 quid - didn't pay much attention, sorry!

[eddyramrod]

Looks like it might be a decent day outside.... stand by for some painting shots later!

[eddyramrod]

Well in half an hour outside, I've managed to run out of primer, and get colour coat on a handful of shells.

The two shades of blue are new tins I bought yesterday.  Both are a bit brighter than I expected, but they might settle down as they dry.